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Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year. The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year. Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

submitted 1 day ago • 341 comments

"I was never a Sauron fan. Did I facilitate Sauron's rise to power by donating most of Isengard’s resources to his reconquest campaign and persuading my legions of Uruk-hai followers to support him? Sure, but that doesn’t mean I agreed with him on everything."

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

We @lawfaremedia.org will hopefully publish something on this soon but fwiw the legal authority invoked is NOT the Insurrection Act — it’s 10 USC 12406, which is much more limited than an Insurrection Act invocation. (Reporters: Chris Mirasola is the expert to talk to about this)

submitted 20 hours ago • 56 comments

So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?

submitted 19 hours ago • 117 comments

“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”

submitted 11 hours ago • 38 comments

So I just learned about this 100% R&D salary tax credit that expired in the US in 2022. This... was massive for game companies. This would have been a MAJOR factor in the tech & game industry-wide layoffs and contraction we've seen over the last few years, and I had no idea qz.com/tech-layoffs...

submitted 23 hours ago • 8 comments

Oh, wow 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza - BBC News

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Discworld QOTD, from Making Money

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

submitted 20 hours ago • 324 comments

It's not going to be enough to abolish ICE. There are going to need to be prosecutions.

submitted 1 day ago • 87 comments

One thing is for certain after this week: Local cops in sanctuary cities—Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York—are working in lock step with DHS and ICE.

submitted 1 day ago • 136 comments

Nike has cancelled fmr AOTY Grace Tame as a brand ambassador because of pro-Palestinian posts?! So, Nike opposes human rights and supports genocide?! Good to know. #IStandWithGrace #BoycottNike #RecognisePalestine #FreePalestine

submitted 15 hours ago • 32 comments

Jesus fuck this map alone is enough. Then consider the Great Barrier Reef bleaching on the east coast the Gnoorea Beach fish kill and the toxic algae bloom in At Vincents Bay off Adelaide. And so far I've only seen the extent of this marine disaster reported by one team of journalists.

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

Meet Scott Morrison, the latest recipient, of the once was “prestigious” Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

submitted 17 hours ago • 14 comments

The return of Abrego-Garcia to face due process in the US, after Trump officials swore he would never ever return to the US, is a reminder that politics matters and pressure works. Don’t give up. Don’t let the fascists relax.

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

The cops are holed up at the donut shop???? 🙄

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

The tragedy of him having to go to public high school in Santa Monica 🙄 It’s genuinely the most stupid villain origin story in the world, and please keep in mind that I’ve seen every tentpole movie of the last decade.

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

Los Angeles Police Department says anti-ICE activity on Saturday "remained peaceful, and we commend all those who exercised their First Amendment rights responsibly" x.com/LAPDPIO/stat...

submitted 19 hours ago • 12 comments

Caryl Churchill: “Theatres used to say they couldn’t manage without tobacco sponsorship, but they do. Now it’s time they stopped helping advertise banks that support what Israel is doing to Palestinians.” www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

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Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT

submitted 20 hours ago • 199 comments

typical, what a horrible human being. And he was our PM. FFS Australia

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

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submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Guys the authority invoked is not the Insurrection Act don’t let ppl tell you it’s the Insurrection Act ok

submitted 20 hours ago • 40 comments

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

🎊 And the Andre Norton goes to... THE YOUNG NECROMANCER'S GUIDE TO GHOSTS by @vriccithode.bsky.social‬ (self-published). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

This is the second day in a row that federal agents shot us both

submitted 23 hours ago • 17 comments

this shit didnt come up once during the campaign, it makes me so fucking mad

submitted 22 hours ago • 39 comments

The Trump administration's baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities, and is akin to a declaration of war on all Californians.

submitted 21 hours ago • 19 comments

Thinking about that time Senators Warren and Blumenthal wrote a letter to Joe Biden asking him for policy to stop Trump from deploying the National Guard against Americans.

submitted 21 hours ago • 37 comments

Trump and those around him have sought from day one a pretext for unleashing military force against the American people. Today's actions are bad. But things will only get worse from here. The best possible response to it is collective action, stand up to force and document and share everything.

submitted 21 hours ago • 13 comments

Had a small procedure yesterday and had to recover the ready of the day so I’ve been slow to get orders out, but they should all go out today if all goes well! There is still one little tan mouse left and 5 black and tan mice if you wanna sneak your order in in time for this first batch of shipping!

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

ICE agents briefly detained a U.S. marshal in Arizona “The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE," ICE is out of control www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

submitted 23 hours ago • 69 comments

Not a big fan of @safety.bsky.app slapping the "Sexually Suggestive" tag on things that have been labelled as "Non-Sexual Nudity" by the user. Why even have the distinction if that's what you're going to do?

submitted 21 hours ago • 5 comments

I fear this is what they wanted; an excuse to send in the troops.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

So much of the world of these dudes is based on the idea that the "realistic", "pragmatic" and "rational" thing to do is to commit civilisational suicide by boiling ourselves alive.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments