How does an office too understaffed to respond to detainees’ release petitions or obey release orders once issued or file status reports have staff to appeal a vacated civil contempt fine where the only defense was to beg for the “good graces” of the court?
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/less...
Trump is preparing to make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments
- It’s part of his overhaul of the safety net for poor, older and disabled people.
- Hundreds of thousands of people could lose benefits
@washingtonpost.com
I keep thinking about how claims that the current state oppression (and right wing violence) is unprecedented in the US must hit different for Black people who lived in the Jim Crow south.
Orwell , George ⬇️
The Trump administration is considering restricting entry to citizens of an additional 36 countries, in what would be a significant expansion of the travel ban announced early this month, according to a State Department memo.
All of the remaining No Kings demonstrations in Minnesota have been canceled as police hunt for the lawmaker assassin. The authorities have said they are concerned the attacker might be planning to target protests.
“We think it’s important to gather peacefully,” the group, @indivisible.org Twin Cities, said in a statement. “In the face of this horror, we will mourn and mark our determination for a peaceful, just, democratic future.”
Minnesota lawmaker shootings:
• State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D), has been assassinated. Her husband was also killed.
• State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were also shot. They underwent surgery.
• Police exchanged gunfire with gunman, who then escaped.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
This is the first protest where I have seen lots of progressives wrapped in American flags.
Michelle Mower (below) said it was “because the right wing of our country has tried to coopt the American flag and patriotism and it’s just not accurate.”
Breaking news: A prominent Minnesota Democrat and her spouse were killed early Saturday morning by a gunman impersonating a police officer.
Another state lawmaker and his wife were shot overnight, believed to be connected to the same suspect, police said.
A manhunt for the suspect is underway.
The leak probes! The "languid perp walks"! The texting! All the mishegoss that's fit to print about Hegseth's Pentagon
oh my god
New- Last night Meta announced its mega $14B investment in Scale AI.
But there's more to the deal: Meta could spend the majority of its annual AI budget on Scale over the next five years — a provision worth hundreds of millions in revenue for Scale. www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...
There are protests nationwide — Saturday, not Sunday — but *not* in DC. Find your protest at nokings.org.
A day after al-Assad fled to Russia, prosecutors unsealed an indictment that accuses top Syrian officials of war crimes
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/u...
The Trump Transition bump
Folks—Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is on Cameo starting at $250 a pop
The Texas Supreme Court has cleared the way for another execution date for Robert Roberson - who was convicted of a crime even the lead detective in the case says he no longer thinks actually happened.
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
It’s giving early 1900s eugenics…
did not have “NYT pubs horse porn” on my bingo card
He loves a ponytail
What a sweet boy. I’m so sorry Davey💜
Verizon broke me! I'm a shell of a human
The way we build & grow social networks and apps can amplify and exacerbate the existing inequities in society. But it doesn’t have to be that way. (This piece is from 7 years ago; it’s about how networks are shaped by who gets access.) medium.com/humane-tech/network-ineq...
Boosting. AAPI hate is ridiculous
