Cynthia Ries
@crieswoof.bsky.social
Nonprofit leader and consultant for arts and social justice. NYU Adjunct Professor. Spiritual Director who loves labyrinths and SoulCollage(R). Lover of dogs and horses.
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These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deporta
theintercept.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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Few knew of Keith Porter until after Renee Good was killed. The collective consciousness feels police brutality is the lot of Black men, not WW.
Good's murder was tragic. Porter's came with the territory, right? If there were any signs for Porter today, I wonder how many non-Black people held them.
Good's murder was tragic. Porter's came with the territory, right? If there were any signs for Porter today, I wonder how many non-Black people held them.
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Few knew of Keith Porter until after Renee Good was killed. The collective consciousness feels police brutality is the lot of Black men, not WW.
Good's murder was tragic. Porter's came with the territory, right? If there were any signs for Porter today, I wonder how many non-Black people held them.
Good's murder was tragic. Porter's came with the territory, right? If there were any signs for Porter today, I wonder how many non-Black people held them.
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A federal judge in Boston interrupted the administration’s efforts to force 15,000 people with legal status in the US to leave by revoking their parole just days before Christmas. Learn who these people are & ask yourself how this makes us any safer. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
A Little Good News on a Saturday Night
Saturday night, a federal judge prevented the Trump administration from revoking “parole” as many as 15,000 people who don’t have legal immigration status but have been permitted to remain in the U.S.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 AM
A federal judge in Boston interrupted the administration’s efforts to force 15,000 people with legal status in the US to leave by revoking their parole just days before Christmas. Learn who these people are & ask yourself how this makes us any safer. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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Venus Williams marries actor Andrea Preti in two ceremonies held in Italy and Florida.
December 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Venus Williams marries actor Andrea Preti in two ceremonies held in Italy and Florida.
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On a recent Sunday, a group of volunteer pilots and animal lovers transported 117 animals, about twice the usual number, to mark the anniversary of Seuk Kim's tragic plane crash. Kim's legacy has inspired the group to expand its efforts to rescue pets from overwhelmed shelters.
How Seuk Kim's tragic plane crash built a volunteer army of pet rescuers
A group of volunteer pilots and animal lovers, known as Seuk’s Army, has been conducting weekly airlifts to rescue pets from overwhelmed Southern shelters.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
On a recent Sunday, a group of volunteer pilots and animal lovers transported 117 animals, about twice the usual number, to mark the anniversary of Seuk Kim's tragic plane crash. Kim's legacy has inspired the group to expand its efforts to rescue pets from overwhelmed shelters.
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NEW: Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.
With @wpln.bsky.social
With @wpln.bsky.social
A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay
Judges across the state are demanding more accountability from abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns in an effort to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.
With @wpln.bsky.social
With @wpln.bsky.social
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Less than a day after the Kennedy Center announced it was renaming itself after the president, the signage was already updated at its iconic building. But across the internet, the name was largely unchanged.
Trump’s renaming spree hits the Kennedy Center, but will it stick?
Media and cultural institutions face a dilemma: Whether to affix President Donald Trump’s name to Washington’s best-known performing arts center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Less than a day after the Kennedy Center announced it was renaming itself after the president, the signage was already updated at its iconic building. But across the internet, the name was largely unchanged.
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American political culture has long rejected he idea that sitting officer holders, or even living persons, should be honored with buildings or institutions named for them. Until now. slate.trib.al/sy5Zecl
Trump Now Shares One More Thing in Common With History’s Worst Dictators
This sort of behavior is alien to a republic and a democracy. It is common, however, in dictatorships.
slate.trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
American political culture has long rejected he idea that sitting officer holders, or even living persons, should be honored with buildings or institutions named for them. Until now. slate.trib.al/sy5Zecl
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Ohio Gov. DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes changes to the voter-passed marijuana law, including adding crimes such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs intoxicating hemp ban, new marijuana regulations into law • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes various changes to the state's voter-passed marijuana law, including adding criminal charges such as…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Gov. DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes changes to the voter-passed marijuana law, including adding crimes such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...
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Maria Farmer’s FBI report from 1996. If law enforcement had taken this more seriously, how many Epstein victims might have been spared?
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Maria Farmer’s FBI report from 1996. If law enforcement had taken this more seriously, how many Epstein victims might have been spared?
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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This. A thousand times this.
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
Choose Love Not ICE
YouTube video by Interfaith Alliance
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This. A thousand times this.
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
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Q: “Why do you think Trump is working so hard to stop the Epstein files from coming out?”
REPUBLICAN Rep. Massie: “These files implicate billionaires, friends of Trump, political donors — and Epstein had ties to 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 intelligence agencies.”
REPUBLICAN Rep. Massie: “These files implicate billionaires, friends of Trump, political donors — and Epstein had ties to 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 intelligence agencies.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Q: “Why do you think Trump is working so hard to stop the Epstein files from coming out?”
REPUBLICAN Rep. Massie: “These files implicate billionaires, friends of Trump, political donors — and Epstein had ties to 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 intelligence agencies.”
REPUBLICAN Rep. Massie: “These files implicate billionaires, friends of Trump, political donors — and Epstein had ties to 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 intelligence agencies.”
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The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.
‘Incomplete Release’: DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.
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The wide ranging disclosures of documents involving Bill Clinton should put to rest any arguments by the DOJ that they can’t release docs involving people under investigation, since Clinton is one of the figures whom Bondi, kissing up to Trump, ordered be the subject of a new investigation.
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The wide ranging disclosures of documents involving Bill Clinton should put to rest any arguments by the DOJ that they can’t release docs involving people under investigation, since Clinton is one of the figures whom Bondi, kissing up to Trump, ordered be the subject of a new investigation.
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Full of redactions, the thousands of newly released Epstein files seem unlikely to end any Epstein conspiracy theorizing. Likely, they will do the opposite, @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
The Most ████ Administration Ever
The Epstein files are here, and they are too redacted to satisfy anyone.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Full of redactions, the thousands of newly released Epstein files seem unlikely to end any Epstein conspiracy theorizing. Likely, they will do the opposite, @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
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While a bunch of journalists were at the Kennedy Center taking pictures today, I asked the VP of Facilities and Operations at the Kennedy Center a direct question:
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Only at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-de...
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Only at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-de...
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
While a bunch of journalists were at the Kennedy Center taking pictures today, I asked the VP of Facilities and Operations at the Kennedy Center a direct question:
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Only at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-de...
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Only at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-de...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Something Twice the Size of Earth Slammed into Uranus and Knocked it Over on its Side: www.universal-sci.com/headlines/20...
Something Twice the Size of Earth Slammed into Uranus and Knocked it Over on its Side
Astronomers think they know how Uranus got flipped onto its side. According to detailed computer simulations, a body about twice the size of Earth slammed into Uranus between 3 to 4 billion years ago....
www.universal-sci.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Something Twice the Size of Earth Slammed into Uranus and Knocked it Over on its Side: www.universal-sci.com/headlines/20...
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There’s concern that the sale of these San Francisco buildings could be the start of a trend as shrinking federal funds and increased costs hit the city’s nonprofit housing market.
S.F.’s nonprofit housing market could be in trouble as longtime developer plans to sell buildings
There’s concern that the sale of these San Francisco buildings could be the start of a trend as shrinking federal funds and increased costs hit the city’s nonprofit housing market.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There’s concern that the sale of these San Francisco buildings could be the start of a trend as shrinking federal funds and increased costs hit the city’s nonprofit housing market.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete. https://cnn.it/3MUd237
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete. https://cnn.it/3MUd237
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Ro Khanna says two of the most critical documents Epstein survivors demanded were not released today, a 60-count indictment drafted before Epstein’s sweetheart deal and an 82-page memo backing it up
Both are missing
Transparency law violated.Survivors ignored.Accountability still nowhere in sight
Both are missing
Transparency law violated.Survivors ignored.Accountability still nowhere in sight
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Ro Khanna says two of the most critical documents Epstein survivors demanded were not released today, a 60-count indictment drafted before Epstein’s sweetheart deal and an 82-page memo backing it up
Both are missing
Transparency law violated.Survivors ignored.Accountability still nowhere in sight
Both are missing
Transparency law violated.Survivors ignored.Accountability still nowhere in sight
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).