Kwon Y.
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History reader (he/him)
Okay. That made me laugh. Lol
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Murder.
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This man has never taken the Amtrak
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Honestly. I respect the hustle on this one.
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Gravel Influencer
19 days ago
Every story I read about the revocation of TPS for Haitians makes me shake with rage. I am no longer surprised at the cruelty of this regime, but it is deeply shameful that our country is doing this. This is simply ethnic cleansing.
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āIām dead.ā As Haitian temporary protected status ends tomorrow, itās unknown how people will survive. - The Boston Globe
TPS, a legal status reserved for those fleeing countries in upheaval, is slated to end for Haitians on Tuesday.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/02/metro/haitia-tps-ends-greater-boston/
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RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute
19 days ago
Venezuelan oil has the highest average methane intensity among oil and gas producers globally ā its operations are the most wasteful and polluting, losing more gas than the entire nation of Ireland consumes in a year.
https://ow.ly/acGH50Y4UUw
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Paul Cohen
20 days ago
Everyone should read every last line of Judge Biery's ruling
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eileen chengyin chow
21 days ago
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
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This year, even more so than other years, we should remember Fred Korematsu.
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Kevin Kenny
24 days ago
šļø State & local jurisdictions cannot defy federal law but neither can the federal govt order them to enforce every aspect of that law. For some origins of this ongoing tension in immigration federalism, rooted in the history of American slavery, here is a š§µ on Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) š§µ 1/10
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Harrowing
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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This is the legacy of ICE. This is Trump's legacy. This is also what American society voted for. We need to take a hard look at ourselves.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/disabled-son-ice-detainee-dies-30-days-hospitalization/287-0b945cda-2cd7-4abd-8eb9-d81117e47061
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One of mankind's greatest achievements. If not the greatest.
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Joanne Freeman
27 days ago
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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Kimberly Clausing
27 days ago
For those of you wondering how to help those in Minneapolis St Paul, an excellent list of resources is here, including both food support and legal assistance groups.
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
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Ways to Support Minnesotaās Immigrant Communities as ICE Activity Escalates
Food drives, fundraisers, trainings, restaurant specials, and other resources to support immigrant communities during ICE's massive Operation Metro Surge.
https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/general-interest/ice-minnesota-support-immigrant-communities-fundraisers-food-drives-trainings/
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Kevin M. Kruse
27 days ago
The mom who we all saw turning the wheel and trying to drive away was actually a domestic terrorist trying to run over a poor ICE agent, and now the nurse who we all saw coming to the aid of another ICE victim was actually a deranged shooter who had to be taken down.
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Kelsey Atherton
28 days ago
ICE will repeatedly execute nonviolent protesters in the streets and call it insurrection
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Goes to show that these people are truly idiots. There are commentaries twisting themselves backward trying to tease out a worldview or a grand strategy. No, they are simply stupid. They should be treated accordingly.
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
Our reporting has found that ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters in 2025. A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldnāt make contact with his dad, who is deaf. Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
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derek guy
30 days ago
I'm excited to announce I'm doing a new Bloomberg column about the business of fashion. The first column is about how we can re-shore US garment manufacturing. Instead of mass deportations and raising tariffs, I argue the government should move the industry upstream:
tinyurl.com/reshoringapparel
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An Un-MAGA Proposal to Bring Back American Manufacturing
Follow the path of Italy, France and Japan.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/derek-guy-on-why-luxury-is-the-path-back-for-made-in-america-clothes?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTA4Mzk4OCwiZXhwIjoxNzY5Njg4Nzg4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOTlJS1dLR0lGUVYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3M0YyQjFDNzkwQ0I0OUJCOUE0RjRGNUY0RkRDMTZBNCJ9.LPRTW4qSKXsTKa23tFaK8X7qREQ9ownN9hkfrrbjUxo&leadSource=uverify%20wall
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Gillian Branstetter
about 1 month ago
Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
The "worst problem you've never heard of" is the leading cause of Black land loss in this country. Over the years, it's seen Black families stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars in land. It's called "heirs' property." From the ProPublica archives:
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Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery. The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.
https://features.propublica.org/black-land-loss/heirs-property-rights-why-black-families-lose-land-south/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1768874407&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Will Stancil
about 1 month ago
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like āIām here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fixā
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Joni Askola
about 1 month ago
Too few people are talking about the blood on Elon Musk's hands. When DOGE slashed foreign aid, it wasn't just numbers on a screen. It was insulin, food, and antibiotics being ripped away from the world's poorest children. Musk is responsible for the death of thousands
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Adam Rothman aced his cognitive test
about 1 month ago
Someday your citizenship papers might end up in a museum
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
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Eric Umansky
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing People have had seizures. They passed out. āI felt like I was going to dieā said 16-yr-old citizen Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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David Roberts
about 1 month ago
I mean, what do you say any more?
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html
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Federal Reserve
about 1 month ago
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckGHaBLSn4
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Liberal Currents
about 1 month ago
"Despite President Jacksonās pretensions, the Bank War he began was not a mass movement against unelected, usurious elites. It was a president grabbing at power denied to him by the peopleās duly elected representatives in Congress, as is Trumpās recent feud with the Fed." (from September)
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Trump Must Lose the Second Bank War
Henry Clay understood what was wrong with the unitary executive theory back in the 1830s.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-must-lose-the-second-bank-war/
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Joey Politanoš³ļøāš
about 1 month ago
NEW from me: Job growth has been functionally zero over the last five months, as the US sinks from a ālow hire, low fireā labor market to a āno hireā one. That slowdown is hitting young & low income workers the hardest š§µ
www.apricitas.io/p/the-no-hir...
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The 'No Hire' Economy
US Job Growth has Zeroed Out as Hiring Rates Sink, Hitting Young & Low Income Workers the Hardest
https://www.apricitas.io/p/the-no-hire-economy
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Carl Quintanilla
about 1 month ago
We got āliberatedā, alright. š¤”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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That is a lot of clean energy infrastructure you could be building in the United States.
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Kelsey Atherton
about 1 month ago
If Minnesota doesn't at least try to charge the murderer in the ICE uniform, they should just return the Battle Flag of the Virginia 28th. There's a fight for freedom from tyranny or there's surrender.
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King George III on the 1770 Boston Massacre, probably
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I beg the media to actually read about the Monroe Doctrine and learn the difference between it and the Roosevelt Corollary.
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I suspect that the man still does not understand what asylum means. I suspect this because I met people who told me that they believe that the Mariel boat lift in the 70s involved Cubans released from mental institutions. American literacy is a disgrace.
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about 2 months ago
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True to character, the admin puts out a nihilistic/degrowth ad where no one is enjoying the beach. And here is a reminder that immigration has been a driver of growth in American history. Thank you for your attention on this matter.
www.nber.org/papers/w23289
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about 2 months ago
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Dag.
about 2 months ago
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
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The New York Review of Books
about 2 months ago
The Elaine massacre of October 1919, writes Atul Dev, represents āa pivotal episode of American history, consigned inexplicably to the margins.ā
https://go.nybooks.com/4s3ui6p
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āThey Killed Our Peopleā | Atul Dev
In the spring of 2008, at a small desk piled with papers and notebooks, Lisa Hicks-Gilbert sat spellbound in front of a laptop. After a lifetime of
https://go.nybooks.com/4s3ui6p
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
about 2 months ago
Imagine how fried-by-white-supremacist-over-online-bullshit your brain needs to be to think that Britain or France's immigration policy is a greater threat than the nuclear arsenals of actual geopolitical rivals like China, North Korea or Russia.
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Scott Horton
about 2 months ago
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the presidentās closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-presidential-pardon-process-dda97c15?st=cjezHF&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Kelsey Atherton
about 2 months ago
joyeaux noƫl
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Trumpās Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: Itās all going to get much, much worse.
https://newrepublic.com/article/204227/trump-immigration-nightmare-happening-here
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Adam Bonica
2 months ago
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? Itās not environmental groups. Itās been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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Joey Politanoš³ļøāš
2 months ago
US electricity prices continue to rise in inflation data released today, up 41% since 2020 and 7% since this time last year
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Colin Carlson
2 months ago
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? š
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Molly Jong-Fast
2 months ago
This is extremely important
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I mean Joseon dynasty kings also tilled a rice paddy in an annual ritual. Doesn't make them rice farmers.
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Two pencils? That would have taken me through one week of algebra class in middle school.
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Tomas was always a right of center guy. Wealthy, steeped in feudal privilege, but never particularly partisan. "I was never a supporter of the estates general."
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