pduves
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Current interests = Rutgers MBB & WBB; employee ownership; ranked-choice voting; bike & pedestrian infrastructure; passive house; pediatric med devices; random tech
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“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat
WALPOLE, NH—Revealing that the series would force Americans to rethink everything they thought they knew about the “cute little fuzzball,” filmmaker Ken Burns announced Friday the release of Mr. Biscu...
theonion.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
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A federal judge permanently blocked key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order aimed at reshaping how states administer federal elections. Though the ruling only applies to Washington and Oregon, it sets up a broader legal reckoning over presidential power in elections.
Federal court blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order, restores states’ control over elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A federal judge permanently blocked key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order aimed at reshaping how states administer federal elections. Though the ruling only applies to Washington and Oregon, it sets up a broader legal reckoning over presidential power in elections.
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As DOJ ramps up what appear to be politically-motivated investigations, some elected officials are beginning to have enough. As members of Congress retire and opposition grows, we're seeing the power of independent voices.
Lindsey was on @msnownews.bsky.social to discuss.
youtu.be/qhcwF6HG-zY
Lindsey was on @msnownews.bsky.social to discuss.
youtu.be/qhcwF6HG-zY
The Independence and Credibility of the DOJ
YouTube video by Forward Party
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
As DOJ ramps up what appear to be politically-motivated investigations, some elected officials are beginning to have enough. As members of Congress retire and opposition grows, we're seeing the power of independent voices.
Lindsey was on @msnownews.bsky.social to discuss.
youtu.be/qhcwF6HG-zY
Lindsey was on @msnownews.bsky.social to discuss.
youtu.be/qhcwF6HG-zY
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Research shows that countries governed by populists suffer lasting economic damage, with lower incomes and greater instability long after they take power
Pessimism is the world’s main economic problem
Gloomy expectations are starting to matter more than the data
econ.st
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Research shows that countries governed by populists suffer lasting economic damage, with lower incomes and greater instability long after they take power
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The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration
Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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This is fascism, pure and simple.
Breaking NYT:
Federal investigators assigned to the killing of Renee Good are looking into her possible connections to activist groups.
It's in line with the admin's strategy of deflecting blame toward opponents they describe as domestic terrorists — without providing evidence.
Federal investigators assigned to the killing of Renee Good are looking into her possible connections to activist groups.
It's in line with the admin's strategy of deflecting blame toward opponents they describe as domestic terrorists — without providing evidence.
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This is fascism, pure and simple.
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"The inevitable result is toadies and ideological loyalists heading complex institutions, rather than people chosen for their knowledge and experience." 🔥 marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
January 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"The inevitable result is toadies and ideological loyalists heading complex institutions, rather than people chosen for their knowledge and experience." 🔥 marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
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Also, anyone who is like "what's mutual aid, that sounds weird" just hand them a copy of Little Blue Truck and tell them to come back in 10 minutes.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Also, anyone who is like "what's mutual aid, that sounds weird" just hand them a copy of Little Blue Truck and tell them to come back in 10 minutes.
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"Once central banks lose their independence and are forced to help governments finance deficits, that's always a precondition for high and even hyperinflation," said former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. https://to.pbs.org/4qCfD0V
Trump's intimidation of Fed's leadership threatens economic stability, Yellen says
As Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushes back against a criminal probe from the Trump Justice Department, Amna Nawaz discusses the developments with Janet Yellen. She served as chair of the Feder...
to.pbs.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"Once central banks lose their independence and are forced to help governments finance deficits, that's always a precondition for high and even hyperinflation," said former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. https://to.pbs.org/4qCfD0V
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New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough? n.pr/4pyoy1I
Exercise is as effective as medication in treating depression, study finds
New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough?
n.pr
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough? n.pr/4pyoy1I
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“organized gangs of wine moms”
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“organized gangs of wine moms”
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Dialing down the use of social media for a week reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in young adults, according to a study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Dialing down the use of social media for a week reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in young adults, according to a study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The district courtroom really is one of the last spaces left in American public life where there’s a serious possibility that a strategy built on the denial of reality just won‘t fly.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The district courtroom really is one of the last spaces left in American public life where there’s a serious possibility that a strategy built on the denial of reality just won‘t fly.
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New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. https://to.pbs.org/4oZRBfu
Multicultural New Orleans is the next battleground in Trump's immigration crackdown
New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy and the birthplace of jazz, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
www.pbs.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. https://to.pbs.org/4oZRBfu
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Many Americans say they believe in democracy, but many also don’t believe it's working, according to a new Gallup poll.
Americans like democracy, but don't believe it or US institutions are working well, poll finds
A Kettering Foundation-Gallup poll finds that about half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only around one-quarter think it’s doing “very” or “moderately” well.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Many Americans say they believe in democracy, but many also don’t believe it's working, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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worth noting that this is exactly what nonviolence is for. showing the violence carried out against you for what it is.
DHS claimed an incident on Oct. 3 showed agents were in danger of being "rammed."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
![Defendants also highlighted an October 3, 2025 video, presumably to show that agents driving the streets faced constant danger from cars ramming them on purpose. Axon Body 3. Video. But instead of leaving this impression, the video, which almost entirely consists of a view of the back seat of the car and some dialogue about how the agent’s “body cam is on” and he is “still recording,” suggests that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force. Id. This also calls into question Hewson’s testimony that motorists have rammed into agents every day during the operation. [FN 8]
[FN 8] 8 The Court acknowledges that at times agents have dealt with aggressive drivers. See, e.g., Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23. But this has not been the norm in the videos that the Court has viewed, with agents instead often treating cars that are merely following them but not driving aggressively as potential threats. See, e.g., Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23_1011_D01A31902 at 2:00–3:20 (showing an agent stating to a woman who had been behind his vehicle and gotten out to video agents as they stopped at the exit of an alley that “if you keep following us, we’re going to arrest you, you’ve been warned,” but nothing prevented the agents from continuing to drive); Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23_1012_D01A45488 at 2:00–2:45 (showing that, despite having a clear path to continue driving, an agent gets out of his vehicle and tells a woman in the car behind him who was honking that “You know what you’re doing is illegal and you could be arrested for impeding law enforcement. I’m just warning you . . . following law enforcement, honking, and harassing agents is impeding law enforcement”); Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-25_1045_D01A36942 at 3:42–3:50 (Agent (tapping on glass of a car behind agents’ vehicle): “Stop following us.” Bystander: “They’re allowed to follow you.” Agent: “No they’re not.”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifvyjcsr7lb6a65impvn6jer5hiorc5r4isr7hwbeussapmkqhnqi@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
worth noting that this is exactly what nonviolence is for. showing the violence carried out against you for what it is.
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It amazes me so many ppl still treat Trump as if he were a normal human being, a bonafide President of the US, a cognitive individual with intelligent thinking. This is a deeply impaired man who needs health care, at the least.
Don’t coddle this monster. If this were a member of your family . . .
Don’t coddle this monster. If this were a member of your family . . .
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It amazes me so many ppl still treat Trump as if he were a normal human being, a bonafide President of the US, a cognitive individual with intelligent thinking. This is a deeply impaired man who needs health care, at the least.
Don’t coddle this monster. If this were a member of your family . . .
Don’t coddle this monster. If this were a member of your family . . .
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...