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If businesses won't get the money back, then what chance do their customers have?

Judicial Calvin Ball, except only one side gets to change the rules.

In Mass. they haven't gone this far, yet, but it is always "for the children"

Fake it when you make it. With cocaine.

“The name of [an ICE] officer accused of strangling a man in Fitchburg during an immigration arrest has been revealed in court, despite the federal government’s attempts to keep his identity a secret. The officer’s name is David Jackson, an acting supervisory detention and deportation officer.”

Use proportional representation to elect the House. Each state is a single district. Gerrymandering in the House goes away. Make sure to also open up who can get on the ballot or states will limit choice that way.

once again the unbelievable arrogance of roberts et al is going to genuinely destructive effects on the entire country

Abolish ICE White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

In the name of "protecting children", @booker.senate.gov will eliminate Facebook's competition and kill the open Internet. #SaveSpeech

a reminder that a lot of the things people find unpleasant about cities - along with the noise and dirtiness - are largely a product of filling them with cars. get rid of the cars and the pleasantness of the environment improves dramatically

Unfortunately, this piece on The Great Resegregation has aged well. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

In the past we had “Jim Crow“ laws. The next phase should be called “John Roberts” laws

How does this even help him? Unless the white power court ignores the constitution to let him run again AND he wins the next election, he is out. It wouldn't be ambiguous. The new president orders the secret service to escort him out. If they don't do that, then the order goes to the FBI, DOD, etc.

worth remembering how short and simple the 15th Amendment is, as well as how sweeping its grant of congressional authority is. the idea that this doesn't cover a ban on racial gerrymanders is transparent horseshit

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

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They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.

Like if the person had tried to kill Congressional representatives instead of Trump, Republicans would be defending him, calling for him to be pardoned and given taxpayer money for being arrested while doing it.

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124 cameras per 1000 people.

Brilliant video explainer on Meta astroturfing behind 'Age Verification' mandates. We're going to keep yelling this from the rooftop: ID checks are not, and have never been, about kids online safety. youtube.com/shorts/ZUrMm...

Meanwhile, millions of people surveilled in the same way get nothing because they aren't supporters of Trump.

It really is telling that there was no fascist-friendly billionaire who was willing to buy it. They must think it is cheaper and more effective to bankroll fascist influencers, pink slime web sites or AI slop farms.

Happy 4/20! 🍃 Crack open a beer or roll one up for this one… …or don’t! It's your choice. That’s kind of the point. Through the Spyglass: Hibition out now! uspirates.org/through-the-...

Remember, first they came for the dope heads. Segregation of society by perscription medicines older than time. What nazis vice. At worst a poorly diagnosed and poorly treated medical condition. Or that deep utter sadness that drives men away from life. Not a crime.

It remains to be seen, in other words, whether the Supreme Court is still committed to preserving Americans’ privacy even as technology advances — and whether there are still five votes for the civil libertarian approach taken in Carpenter.

THIRTY MINUTES. thirty goddamn minutes.

Setting up an election system that selects the top two candidates so as to discourage third party and independent candidates could bite dems. They could have gone with an all candidate election with Ranked Choice Voting and saved the cost of the primary election every four years.

if Ds control congress, they could pass a bill to send people checks, funded by taxing billionaires. let trump veto it if he wants. include a provision in the bill that trump's name can't be on the checks.

Example #5817 that vaccines save lives

Over half of Americans don’t have passports.

It's telling that the entire premise of the shadow docket is that lower courts are incompetent. Not wrong, not the normal judges-can-disagree stuff. SCOTUS is certain the Appellate and District courts are all so truly incompetent that they cannot properly decide injunctions, forcing SCOTUS to act.🙄

Some insane deal with get OK'd and the Supreme Court will say no-one can sue because they lack the standing to protest a politician ransacking their tax dollars for personal benefit. And Trump will keep using the claim of fraud to deny safety net benefits to Americans.

A Massachusetts bill would require judges to reduce someone’s sentence or offer pretrial diversion if they find that the person’s actions were directly related to their experiences of abuse. Advocates hope lawmakers can move it forward this year.

Pretty frustrating that the New York Times is crediting AP with uncovering the existence of Aadam’s archive when I reported on it 15 months prior. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

who could have seen this coming

I could run cameras for a long ass time on a solar recharging 205Wh. That’s basically two max travel capacity V mounts strapped together 🤔

Reminder: the state she lived in is the only dem governed state with an agreement with ICE, and that governor has applauded ICE on multiple occasions. so thanks @massgovernor.bsky.social you helped terrorize international students until they left Boston.

This is something you should all know @evangreer.bsky.social @masspirates.bsky.social @eff.org @act-on-mass.bsky.social @maindivisible.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social @aclum.bsky.social @mikestabile.bsky.social @electerika.bsky.social @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social old.reddit.com/r/linux/comm...

Pelting agents of the state with snow balls is a Boston tradition and helped start our revolution

The House punted on FISA 702 reauthorization, extending the law til just April 30 That means there's still time to tell Congress to vote NO on any Section 702 reauthorization bill that doesn't include real privacy protections for Americans Use our action center TODAY to contact your representative

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‼️MASSACHUSETTS ‼️ we need you to get your phones & get busy pushing back against @massgovernor.bsky.social ‘s awful social media ban legislation that pushes age verification- punishing parents & teens while letting Big Tech off the hook! www.boston.com/news/local-n...

NEW: #Massachusetts has just one house of correction with an ICE contract, but it’s part of a dangerous network where detainees face a crisis in the shadows. Guest story via @binjdotnews.bsky.social

Viewpoint diversity for conservative/racist/sexist ideas, not ideas such as we all deserve privacy, copyright shouldn't censor free speech, we shouldn't allow billionaires or file sharing saves our shared culture

BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won.

🎧LEVER TIME: The secret 40-year plot to bury you in tax paperwork & force you to pay accountants - rather than letting the IRS send you your completed tax returns like other countries do. This story is enraging - it's a GOP plot to enrich tax prep companies & make you hate taxes.