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Bill Lamb
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Retired newspaper editor.

Graduate, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.

Mac user since 1985.

Photo: Lake Zürich on a sunny, but chilly December day with the snow-covered peaks of Switzerland in the background.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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I'll start dressing like they did in the 50's when airlines offer the cabin space they had in the 50's.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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A New York Times investigation finds that the Trump regime gave false information to the Supreme Court about an incident in Chicago in order to support its bid to deploy the National Guard in the city. (Gift link)
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Trump’s FBI Follows Hegseth’s Lead In Seeking Revenge On Dems talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Trump’s FBI Follows Hegseth’s Lead In Seeking Revenge On Dems
Retribution Henchmen The Justice Department and the FBI are now conducting their...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Guaranteed multimillion-dollar payouts for immigrant bounty hunters, paid out by the US government. from @dell.bsky.social
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Many Chicagoans also are connecting with residents and community-based organizations on the ground in other impacted states and cities, like Charlotte, to offer support and share insights.

“When we fight together, we’re stronger.

thetriibe.com/2025/11/chic...
Chicago is a model of resistance for cities battling federal immigration enforcement operations • The TRiiBE
Chicago has been resisting ICE and Border Patrol by building rapid response and mutual aid networks, and providing legal defense funding.
thetriibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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just like in Chicago before, these folks in St. Paul are standing up to armed goons in full tactical gear in nothing but pajamas
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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The AAUP chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station issued the following letter to their administration to reinstate Melissa McCoul

aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...
AAUP @ Texas A&M: Reinstate Prof. Melissa McCoul
CONTACT:  Leonard Bright, PhD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.

The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're just "star stuff," Sagan said.
“Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.”

― Brian Cox, Wonders of the Universe
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm not so sure Witkoff could be a "strategist" for anyone, but, yeah, I get your meaning.
A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice
A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice
A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Idle Thought: Time again for #StrangerThings, and I admit I'm totally "meh" about it. To start, nobody's a kid anymore. They're all like 20-30 now. Then the finale will be LONG and broken into two parts or something. Mind you, the first one was superb. But that was ... so long ago.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Yes! 😎
This is how you do it
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Your regular reminder that Donald J. Trump is the most corrupt president in American history…

youtu.be/mMLtPSI_rDY
Trump Watches 2024 - Only $100,000
YouTube video by We Have To Go Back!
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Is there such a thing as uncaring empathy?
For Celia Monreal, a former Trump voter, one Senate vote can mean the difference between keeping health coverage or going uninsured.

“Considering the bills and everything else, we wouldn’t be able to afford a $1,500 a month increase for health insurance,” Monreal told journalist Chris Vazquez.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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This is how courts work in functioning democracies. Presidents that attempt a coup are held accountable.

Meanwhile, our Supreme Court enables a 34 time convicted felon to commit crime after crime.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Wasn't Thiel arrested?

No, wait. That was South Park.

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The madness of these people knows no bounds.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.

He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM