Revisiting the shameful legacy of family detention • Source New Mexico Around a decade ago, when I was a young lawyer, I hopped in my little truck and drove across the stormy summer desert to see about a family detention center. Even though five years earlier, …

Immigration lawyer Allegra Love revisits the history of family detention, as a new chapter of it seems to be on the horizon.

Giant strawberries at Wal-Mart! All of them are like this 😮

The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

reading the Declaration of Independence and it is so fucking wild to me how Trump is literally doing like 75% of this

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

The 2025 Project for Awesome, which doesn't actually start until tomorrow, has already raised nearly $500,000 for organizations like Partners in Health and Save the Children. Pretty awesome! projectforawesome.com

Are you or your work in TB affected by recent US govt actions? Click 👇 to systematically document these experiences that waste US taxpayer $: stop-work, aid freezes, expiring medications,
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Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

Please watch and share with as many people as you can. Ok Bluesky everyone is pretty aware of the situation but share on other platforms if you have the ability to.

House Education Committee for HB 27 LIBRARIAN PROTECTION ACT The New Mexico House Education Committee has HB 27 LIBRARIAN PROTECTION ACT as the first item on the agenda for Monday, February 17, 2025  -  8:30 AM  -  Room 309 in the State Capi...

The Librarian Protection Act will be presented in front of the NM House Committee on Feb 17 8:30AM if you'd like to speak in person or online to support the bill. This bill helps to fight book bans in our libraries.
www.fightforthefirst.org/events/house...

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We went to El Paso Comic Con once. It was neat. @ltlenas.bsky.social wore her BioShock outfit and of course I had to be Spider-Man because it was an expensive suit.

#cosplay #bioshock #comics #videogames #spiderman #marvel

Just did it myself.
Just because.

Done! :)

New Mexico Attorney General sues Trump Administration over NIH funding cut NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration. He joined 21 other attorneys general in suing the administration, the Depart…

I'm calling his office to thank him. We all should.
(505)490-4060

www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...

I will, thank you!

"For the Army now, it's 'Blacks need not apply' and it breaks my heart."

that's a quote from an ACTIVE DUTY U.S. ARMY GENERAL.

American Medical Association (AMA) The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Our mission is to promote ...

American Medical Association is providing regular updates on bird flu and other infectious diseases on YouTube. I highly recommend subscribing to their page, especially since CDC has been axed by FOTUS #Voices4Victory

m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...

Four saguaro cactuses against a blue sky

One saguaro cactus that looks like it is putting two of its arms up to fight.

When we drove to Arizona a few years back, there were Saguaro cactuses everywhere. They were so silly looking with all their random arms.

Boston Terrier/chihuahua mix looking super adorable, putting one little chicken leg paw up in the air while wanting a belly rub. He's also wearing a blue Mario Bros bandana with pixilated characters

Sushi says goodnight. And that his mom keeps forgetting to post until it's super late at night but oh well.

Adorable!

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

a close up of a man wearing a red jacket ALT: a close up of a man wearing a red jacket

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Very very very small blue dice

Very small dice in case next to large dice in case.

Tiny dice next to a normal size die that looks very big in comparison

Husband and I were reviewing Rolyn Dice accessories awhile back, and they sent us these SUPER adorable tiny dice in this super small case 🥹

Ah Im also in NM with a Boston named after food!! Nacho is adorable. Mine is Sushi

A package of dragonball z themed gummies that are round, orange, with four stars

Three dragonball z gummies in individual packages, orange ball shapes with four stars each.

An exciting find at World Market. They are all the 4th ball design.

Probably too much power if they were to give the whole set 😅

#dbz #dragonballz #candy #anime