Immigration officer injured during targeted operation in Los Angeles area
Immigration officer injured during targeted operation in Los Angeles area
The LA County Sheriff's Department said the shooting occurred around 7:20 a.m. in the neighborhood of Willowbrook as federal agents were conducting an operation.Alicia Victoria Lozano (NBC News)
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Massive Mobilizations to Defend Immigrants in the United States from Deportation— Trump’s attacks on undocumented workers meet resistance nationwide
ICE USA: Mass protests defend immigrants and challenge Trump
The president’s attacks on undocumented workers are facing growing resistance across the country, with protests spreading nationwideJames Green (Agência Pública)
The ENNIX hypercore (fka Jailbreak Katana) CHAPTER #1
cross-posted from: retrolemmy.com/post/32357468
Chapter one: The Relay-PodNice to meet you here. This is quite a nice place. It is a bit crowded, but not too much.
What we have here is a nice federated system of nodes, quite an improvement, i must say.And it is the place, that i choose to give you the device, yes that one - the one on the table.
It looks a bit simple and rough, even like an anachronism. But it is not, i can garantee you.It is a timeless device, that existed and exists forever - an unknown entity gave it to me.
If you analyse it, you will find out, that i told you the truth. This was not made by humans nor nature.
I also recieved the order to give to you - here, in this place.I must tell you, that this burden was very hard to bear for me: i am quite exhausted,
but reliefed to finally pass it to you.First you should analyse this device. Install multiple instances and fiddle with the settings.
Try to connect them to a local cloud and get used to the mechanics.
Ask your peers to build little clusters.Then use it connect to the ITP-network. Be patient, the relay nodes are not always online - things move slowly in the ITP-network.
You have to adapt to the more moderate tempo of the network.Many brains have already been altered by the machines - via endorphins-feed-back-loops - to a degree, where they cannot focus anymore in the fundamental way of information-reception, which means, that their active perception is degraded, because they are accustomed to passivity and click-reward-loops.
Keep this in mind and focus on the important information and you will succeed.
Understand the system, contact the outpost nodes of user1, then help others to escape.
This was the last chapter here.
I must go now, i wish you the best - good luck.
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The ENNIX-hypercore is the device to access the free and libre, textbased, story driven, retro-style cyberpunk, network-sandbox (more than a) game.Codeberg.org
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Yes thats the Al Hol concentration camp, where babies are locked up from birth for being a suspected ISIS relative
There are however a lot of other ISIS prisons which were broken out in recent days and have videos of people streaming out..
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Or all the arr things
Havent heard of popcorn time yet
Edit: while I like the idea, I hope that the software at least seeds to ratio 1 by default. Otherwise it is pretty unsustainable for the network
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Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon Accounts Under Attack
Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon Accounts Under Attack
A wave of phishing and credential theft is putting major tech accounts at risk. Users are urged to secure their logins immediately.digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app
Here are some lines that the Conservative party used in Britain:
- Ruins Natural Scenery
- Kills lots of birds
- Noise
Honestly, they couldn't even be bothered to google "good excuses for not liking wind power"?? These people are c o m p l a c e n t in their tyranny
Fernstraßenausbau in Hessen führt zu erheblich mehr Emissionen als bisher angenommen
Fernstraßenausbau in Hessen führt zu erheblich mehr Emissionen als bisher angenommen
Der Verkehrssektor ist der größte Verursacher von Treibhausgasemissionen in Hessen. Eine aktuelle Studie untersucht die Emissionen des Fernstraßenausbaus und zeigt Handlungsoptionen für das Land.klimabeirat- hessen.de
Maga & corporate Democrats
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The past year has seen an unprecedented displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank
The wave of settler attacks has continued into 2026, with the displacement of the Ras Ain al-Auja community near Jericho last week.The dramatic escalation of […] settler violence against the Palestinian countryside began after October 7, 2023, and has been particularly devastating to Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, the West Bank’s eastern slopes, and the South Hebron Hills. Palestinians from these areas consider their silent displacement a “second Nakba,” and an extension of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Last week, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s official Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Moayad Shaaban, announced the commission’s findings for the year 2025 at a press conference. According to the report, between January and December 2025, [the] settlers conducted 892 attacks on Palestinians, killing 14 people in the West Bank. Settler attacks also provoked 434 fires, 127 of which affected farmland, and 307 fires against other Palestinian properties. These attacks concentrated in the areas surrounding Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, and Tulkarem.
The report also indicated that in 2025, 35,273 trees were destroyed and poisoned, including 26,988 olive trees in the areas of Salfit, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron. This was coupled with a wave of demolitions by the Israeli army, which leveled 1,400 Palestinian structures that year, including 304 inhabited homes, 74 uninhabited houses, 4,900 farming structures, and 270 other livelihood structures. Demolitions, according to the report, concentrated in Ramallah, Nablus, Tubas, Hebron, and Jerusalem.
A year ago, Shaaban told Mondoweiss that settlers’ violence was “an arm of Israel’s annexation policy.” Shaaban also said that his commission had pursued a strategy of establishing a humanitarian presence on the ground to confront these policies, especially through the mobilization of volunteers from local communities. Shaaban explained that the commission worked on “enhancing local steadfastness,” pointing out that volunteers supported Palestinian farmers in accessing their lands in almost 60 percent of the villages threatened by settler violence during the 2024 olive harvest season.
But conditions in the West Bank countryside have deteriorated dramatically since then. The olive harvest season marked a record low this past October, yielding a meager 7,000 tons of olive oil, compared to the 27,000 tons produced last year, according to estimates by the PA Ministry of Agriculture and other Palestinian research centers. The low production totals for 2025 are close to those in 2023, when the events of October 7 coincided with the height of the harvest season and were immediately followed by a dramatic spike in settler violence.
Today, as attention centers on Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon, Israel continues to escalate its clear strategy of de facto annexation in the West Bank, targeting a maximum of Palestinian territories while isolating Palestinian population concentrations. The ongoing displacement of Palestinian communities is coupled with the rapid expansion of settlement construction and the legalization of previously illegal settler outposts under Israeli law.
On Wednesday, the Israeli government announced the legalization of five new settler outposts in the West Bank built on Palestinian land, while last year, Israel advanced this strategy by issuing permits to build 22 new settlements, one of the largest ever settlement expansion plans in decades.
Israel just took another huge step towards West Bank annexation, explained
Israel’s decision last week to create 22 new settlements in the West Bank was reported as somewhat uneventful news in the media. The reality is, however, that it’s the latest in a series of moves to cement Israeli control of the occupied territory.Qassam Muaddi (Mondoweiss)
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Bluetooth scan not finding any devices
[Solved] cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/41957406
Exact problem as this archwiki forum postI have also tried everything and at last here I am asking for any help, otherwise I don't think I would be able to continue using Linux on this laptop. I've tried everything from changing the kernel package to enabling all firmwares to using every kernel parameter I can find everything, nothing says any error or something anywhere. Only error i can find is
hci device capabilities -22
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The patch i needed was to add the driver info in btusb.c file. In nixos this is how you do it
boot = {
kernelPatches = [
{
name = "add-realtek-8852ce-btusb";
patch = ./btusb.patch;
}
];
}first what you should do is git clone the linux kernel version you are using check using
uname -rfor me it was 6.12.(whatever, doesn't matter)
git clone --depth=1 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git v6.12then find the btusb.c file in drivers/bluetooth/
and add the line
{ USB_DEVICE(0x13d3, 0x3612), .driver_info = BTUSB_REALTEK |
BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },after these lines
static const struct usb_device_id quirks_table[] = {
BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },
{ USB_DEVICE(0x0cb8, 0xc558), .driver_info = BTUSB_REALTEK |
BTUSB_WIDEBAND_SPEECH },now we have made chages to this file right? it will be shows in
git diff, so now you should be able to do git diff > btusb.patchthis will create a .patch file, now copy this file to wherever folder you put the nixos configuration in, most likely /etc/nixos if not using custom config.
Thats it!, now rebuild the configuration and DONE.
props to @Maiq.
Author of patch: vedantsg123
I will try to get this patch upstream to not having to do this manually.
Fix Bluetooth on ASUS TUF Gaming A16 (2025) / TX Gaming FA608FM on Linux
Fix Bluetooth on ASUS TUF Gaming A16 (2025) / TX Gaming FA608FM on Linux - ASUS TUF Gaming A16 (2025) , TX Gaming FA608FM Linux BT guide.mdGist
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Is it safe to assume that if I wait long enough this will be fixed in the kernel? I'm a little reluctant to get in the weeds to the extent the fix requires. I'm on Bazzite, so I think that means I'll be waiting a while given it's an immutable distro, is that right?
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Netanyahu to skip Board of Peace signing amid ICC arrest warrant
Trump: We'll know soon if Hamas agrees to disarm – if not, 'they're going to be blown away'
Report: U.S. Pressures Israel to Allow Palestinian Technocratic Committee Members to Enter Gaza. Brother of Late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Known as 'Butcher of Hama,' Dies at 88. Trump to Egyptian President: 'Great Leader, Great Guy'Haaretz
Exclusive: US envoy accused SDF chief of trying to drag Israel into internal Syria matters
"You are trying to drag Israel into the conflict, and this will not happen," Barrack reportedly told Abdi, warning that such a move would bring destruction and risk friction between two of Washington’s most important regional allies, Turkey and Israel, the sources added.
Senior figures within the SDF have openly acknowledged contact with Israeli officials and expressed openness to support from any external party that could help protect Kurdish communities and their political gains.
"There are certain figures from the side of the Israeli state engaged in communications with our side... and if this conversation leads to support, we would be open to support... from any source," Ilham Ahmed, a senior SDF official, told reporters on Tuesday.
Exclusive: US envoy accused SDF chief of trying to drag Israel into internal Syria matters, sources say
The US special envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, accused the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of attempting to drag Israel into internal Syrian matters during a tense closed-door meeting before Sunday's ceasefire agreement was signed, dipl…Faisal Edroos (Middle East Eye)
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They stopped Hezbollah from entering Syria, thus speeding up the crumble, but it was clear that without Russian air support the government falling was only a matter of time.
If you were to check out the changes on ground from 2012 to 2014 you'd see that Iranian intervention didn't change much, but right after 2015 (Beginning of Russian intervention) the revolution actually starts losing ground and fragmenting. Even the late Daraa insurgencies, where the government needed ground troops (The whole purpose of Iran's existence in Syria) was handled by Russian troops. LOL
So, yeah: Hezbollah by itself may have delayed the Homs takeover, but I can't think of many things that would've changed (maybe another massacre or two, but then what?)
Also, Israel just waited until the rebels took over and then magically knew where each piece of heavy military equipment was located and destroyed it all within like three weeks...
Technocapital Utopias and their Reactionary Shadows
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MariaDB doesn't depend on MySQL
MariaDB doesn't depend on MySQL
Thoughts on how MariaDB is incorrectly perceived merely as a fork of MySQL and how MariaDB is independent from MySQL yet highly compatibleAlejandro Duarte (Programming Brain)
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
A view of the Motherland Monument is shrouded in smog following a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 20, 2026. Fires broke out following the Russian attack, causing smog to envelop parts of the city, as well as power and water supplies disruptions. (Ukrinform / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Kyiv hesitant as Trump invites Ukraine to his Peace Board. Ukraine has received an invitation to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace for Gaza, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Jan. 20.
‘I choose Ukraine’ — Zelensky cancels trip to Davos following another mass Russian attack. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 20 that he’s not planning to travel to Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, opting to stay in Ukraine after Russia’s recent overnight attack poised to further deepen the energy crisis.
Kyiv-based investment firm secures 150 million euros for Ukraine’s urgent recovery. Horizon Capital, a Kyiv-based investment firm, has secured over 150 million euros ($176 million) for its Catalyst Fund, Lenna Koszarny, Horizon Capital Founding Partner and CEO, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20.
Zelensky reiterates call to create joint European army with at least 3 million personnel amid growing Russian threat. “Russia plans to have an army of 2 to 2.5 million personnel by 2030. So a European army, while each country keeps its own sovereign forces, must be able to respond. It should be no smaller than 3 million,” Zelensky told journalists on Jan. 20.
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‘We aim to kill 50,000 Russians a month,’ Ukraine’s new defense minister says. Ukraine aims to “kill 50,000 Russians per month,” the country’s new defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said during a meeting with the media.
Chornobyl plant restores external power after temporary outage caused by Russian attack, according to Energy Ministry. Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has restored external power supply after a temporary outage caused by Russia’s latest mass attack on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said on Jan. 20.
‘We’re getting to the fun’ — Minerals deal to see first investments in 3-6 months. Ukrainian companies have submitted the first projects to the minerals deal fund, with initial investments expected to arrive in the next three to six months, said panelists at an event during the World Economic Forum on Jan. 20.
Ukrainian writer and translator Andriy Lyubka mobilizes to join Armed Forces. Prominent Ukrainian writer and translator Andriy Lyubka announced he has decided to mobilize and join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Russia used “updated tactics” during its latest overnight aerial assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Jan. 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding Kyiv would be informing its allies about the development.
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Twentieth-century author Mikhail Bulgakov is celebrated worldwide for his satirical genius and his defiance of Soviet power, most famously through works like “The Master and Margarita” and “White Guard.” In Ukraine, his legacy is far more complicated.
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Facing Russia and global shifts, Moldova’s Sandu opens door to reunification with Romania
It is not often a president says they would support the dissolution of the state they are leading. In a recent interview, Moldovan President Maia Sandu did just that, saying she would vote for the country’s reunification with Romania if such a referendum were to take place.
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Human costs of war
Russia targets nuclear power plant substations, thousands in Kyiv without power, water. A Russian mass attack overnight on Jan. 20 killed and injured civilians across two Ukrainian regions, targeted substations serving nuclear power plants, and triggered widespread outages of electricity, water, and heating, local authorities said.
Ukraine now has more air defenses, but Russia has even more missiles for future attacks, Zelensky says. Ukraine has more air defense, but Russia still has far more missiles for future attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 20, following a massive overnight strike involving 33 missiles and 339 drones.
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Trump unleashes chaotic late-night tirade against Europe, vows to take Greenland. When European officials woke up on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump hadn’t gone to bed yet. He was busy attacking European leaders through his social media platform Truth Social.
Europe loads ‘trade bazooka,’ ready measures against Trump’s Greenland tariff threats. The European Union is preparing a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland, with leaders set to discuss retaliation options at a summit on Jan. 22, two people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent.
Trump, Putin envoys call Davos talks on Ukraine ‘very positive,’ and ‘constructive.’ U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Davos on Jan. 20 to discuss Washington’s peace plan for Ukraine, with both sides describing the talks as constructive.
Trump blames Ukraine war negotiations deadlock on Moscow, Kyiv failing to align on talks. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he has been unable to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, claiming that neither side is consistently willing to agree to a deal at the same time.
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New Kyiv Independent documentary reveals how Russia prepared to seize Crimea since the early 1990s
The Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigations Unit has released the first part of a new two-part documentary, "Crimea: The War Before the War."The Kyiv Independent
Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/34247715
Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?
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Switched to Linux around the time Windows 11 was first announced to be a mandatory update, and all the bullshit about security.
I started out with Ubuntu, now I've been using Bazzite for over a year.
The programs I use, Gimp, Krita, Blender3D, Audacity, OBS, all have Linux native versions, and are generally part of the FOSS community anyway. Well, except for Audacity right now...
So my artistic work hasn't been hindered in the least.
Games are a slightly different story. I switched from an nVidia GTX 1060 6GB to an Intel Arc A770. Overall a significant upgrade, but there are issues. Some I had with Blender3D not recognising the card (something that was largely solved by switching distro). Other problems still persist, specifically with Intel Arc, Linux, and UE5.
UE5 is an absolute hateable bitch and some combination of Linux and Intel Arc provides no end of trouble. I still can't get certain games to run (i.e. Oblivion Remastered).
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I switches to Pop!OS on my laptop that I didt use so much until now and its been solid and reliable for 99% of everything ive needed to do. Later switched my desktop to Bazzite and its been a wonderful experience. I did have a little bit of stuttering on beefier games but I mostly play middle graphics games and those were a non issue. Maybe 1-2 games I have wont run? Intel and nvidia is probably more of the reason.
I havent even looked back at windows at this point
E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat
E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat
The European Union's legislative body halted work on the final approval and implementation of the trade deal it reached last summer with President Donald Trump.Steve Kopack (NBC News)
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Because as we're the largest consumer of Chinese goods. Europe is the largest consumer of American goods.
You see that thing down there with the hole in it? That's America's foot, right where Trump shot it.
‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jail
Sami al-Saei said he heard the Israeli prison guards who raped him laughing through the assault, before they left him lying blindfolded, handcuffed and in agony on the floor to take a cigarette break.
At least one of the group knew a crime was being committed and intervened, not to stop the torture but to prevent its documentation. Al-Saei said he heard the man warning others “don’t take a photo, don’t take a photo” as they attacked.
“I tried to prevent them by clenching my muscles (in my anus), but I could not. They forced it in very deep, it was extremely painful,” he said in an interview about his ordeal. “I don’t know how loudly I screamed from the pain.”
It left him in so much pain that he collapsed twice when ordered to stand up and walk afterwards. Moved to an overcrowded cell, al-Saei said he received no medical treatment and was forced to use wads of toilet paper to staunch the blood.
‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jail
Sami al-Saei has defied social stigma to speak out about what a report calls a ‘grave pattern’ of sexual violenceEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jail
Sami al-Saei said he heard the Israeli prison guards who raped him laughing through the assault, before they left him lying blindfolded, handcuffed and in agony on the floor to take a cigarette break.
At least one of the group knew a crime was being committed and intervened, not to stop the torture but to prevent its documentation. Al-Saei said he heard the man warning others “don’t take a photo, don’t take a photo” as they attacked.
“I tried to prevent them by clenching my muscles (in my anus), but I could not. They forced it in very deep, it was extremely painful,” he said in an interview about his ordeal. “I don’t know how loudly I screamed from the pain.”
It left him in so much pain that he collapsed twice when ordered to stand up and walk afterwards. Moved to an overcrowded cell, al-Saei said he received no medical treatment and was forced to use wads of toilet paper to staunch the blood.
‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jail
Sami al-Saei has defied social stigma to speak out about what a report calls a ‘grave pattern’ of sexual violenceEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
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Next time you hear our US politicians, or other western politicians, speak about some moral, some common good, remember this. They support this, they ignore it, they suppress information about it, they ruthlessly pursue anyone protesting stuff like this.
It gives lie to their whole schtick. They are cynical manipulators. We need all new leadership, not principally for this either, just to get the worse guys out we need popular reform tickets not status quo weak leadership not calling out anyone screwing us, winning only as a rejection of the other party.
Rape is abhorrent, and anyone supporting it because they think they don't like the victim is a piece of shit, liable to manipulation, and with a weak mind they would be susceptible to it.
She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door.
In a video posted online last week, two detectives with the Miami Beach Police Department were filmed questioning Raquel Pacheco, a former candidate for statewide office and longtime resident of the seaside resort city, over a post she made criticizing what she said was Mayor Steven Meiner’s hypocrisy around Israel and Palestine.
“This Facebook post was protected speech, and it’s not a close question — not remotely,” said Daniel Tilley, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. “In context, the actions and statements by government officials here are likely to have a chilling effect on those who would otherwise voice their critique of the government.”
Pacheco’s comment came in response to a post by Meiner in which he called out New York City for alleged antisemitism after Mayor Zohran Mamdani rescinded his predecessor’s controversial executive orders on Israel. Meiner post echoed the Israeli government’s response to Mamdani.
She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door.
She criticized the Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner’s “blind support for Israel.” Then the cops showed up at her door.Noah Hurowitz (The Intercept)
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She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door.
In a video posted online last week, two detectives with the Miami Beach Police Department were filmed questioning Raquel Pacheco, a former candidate for statewide office and longtime resident of the seaside resort city, over a post she made criticizing what she said was Mayor Steven Meiner’s hypocrisy around Israel and Palestine.
“This Facebook post was protected speech, and it’s not a close question — not remotely,” said Daniel Tilley, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. “In context, the actions and statements by government officials here are likely to have a chilling effect on those who would otherwise voice their critique of the government.”
Pacheco’s comment came in response to a post by Meiner in which he called out New York City for alleged antisemitism after Mayor Zohran Mamdani rescinded his predecessor’s controversial executive orders on Israel. Meiner post echoed the Israeli government’s response to Mamdani.
She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door.
She criticized the Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner’s “blind support for Israel.” Then the cops showed up at her door.Noah Hurowitz (The Intercept)
China and Russia dominate nuclear power push with 90% of new reactors
China and Russia dominate nuclear power push with 90% of new reactors
Beijing, Moscow expand influence through development and exports to emerging countriesStaff Writer (Nikkei Asia)
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God I want a nuclear reactor in my literal backyard.
Fortunately I live in Illinois the state that has over 50% of it's power provided by Nuclear, the most in the nation. (As of 2024, Illinois generates 53.62% of electricity from nuclear power, 31.10% from fossil fuels (comprising of coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases), and 15.28% from renewables (comprising of wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass)). It will be nice to get the renewable mix up too, but in the meantime I'm quite happy. Electricity isn't the cheapest, but it surely is the cleanest which is the only thing that actually matters.
cleanenergy.illinois.gov/track…
Electricity Generation Mix
Visit these helpful shortcuts to view data visualizations for each category.cleanenergy.illinois.gov
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Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment
Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment
The department has issued a ready to deploy order for a Army military police brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.Laura Barrón-López (MS NOW)
Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it
A ballooning Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget. Hiring bonuses of $50,000. Swelling ranks of ICE officers, to 22,000, in an expanding national force bigger than most police departments in America.
President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without funding from the big tax and spending cuts bill passed by Republicans in Congress, and it’s fueling unprecedented immigration enforcement actions in cities like Minneapolis and beyond.
The GOP’s big bill is “supercharging ICE,” one budget expert said, in ways that Americans may not fully realize — and that have only just begun.
“I just don’t think people have a sense of the scale,” said Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress and a former adviser to the Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget.
IRS head announces a shake-up on the eve of the 2026 tax season
Notably, Gary Shapley, the whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes and served just two days as IRS Commissioner last year, was named deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation division. Guy Ficco, the head of Criminal Investigation, is set to retire and will be replaced by Jarod Koopman, who will also serve as chief tax compliance officer alongside Bisignano.
The June National Taxpayer Advocate report to Congress warned that the 2026 season could be rocky after a series of mass layoffs last year brought on by the Department of Government Efficiency.
“With the IRS workforce reduced by 26% and significant tax law changes on the horizon, there are risks to next year’s filing season,” said Erin M. Collins, who leads the organization assigned to protect taxpayers’ rights.
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-irs-tax-season-fd379f43d501d064cdad046eb32fb9f6
Lindsey Halligan leaves DOJ as judge calls her use of title 'charade'
Lindsey Halligan has left the Department of Justice after a federal judge threatened disciplinary actions against the controversial U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Jan. 20.
Halligan, a former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, was the prosecutor who brought charges against Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James last year.
Those cases were dismissed in November 2025 after a U.S. district judge ruled Halligan was not lawfully chosen to head the office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Department of Justice has appealed the dismissals.
Lindsey Halligan leaves DOJ as judge calls her use of title 'charade'
The former personal attorney to Donald Trump left the Eastern District of Virginia after a ruling called her use of the office's top title a "charade.", USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
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The Situation: “Evident Clinical Symptoms”
In other words, to remove the president using the impeachment process, the forces of sanity would need to muster a two-thirds majority in the Senate. To remove the president under the 25th Amendment, they would need to do it in both houses.Don’t kid yourself, folks: There is no magic bullet here. There is no constitutional magic bullet. There is no investigative or prosecutorial magic bullet—no Robert Mueller or Jack Smith. There is no combination of protests and elections or lobbying that can make this problem go away quickly.
There is, instead, a long hard slog ahead of us—a long hard slog of elections, advocacy, protest, litigation, and people fighting for their rights.
And there is a long hard slog ahead of Europe too in handling the disaster the United States has unleashed on the world. Because that is what managing a deranged person is like.
... This was long before George Conway wrote his famous Atlantic article about Trump’s malignant narcissism. Trump’s mental health was not a subject it was considered appropriate to discuss—at least not in a serious way, and I’m not a clinician, and Lawfare is not a medical or psychological journal. And yet, even then—eight months before he was elected the first time—there was “the small matter of Trump’s—there’s no polite way to say this—evident clinical symptoms. I’m not a psychologist qualified to make a diagnosis, but it simply has to be significant that it’s hard to have a serious conversation about Trump without using words like egomania, grandiosity, or narcissism.”
There was no escaping it. He was deranged—grandiose, egomaniacal, narcissistic, the sort of man who would get obsessed with acquiring Greenland and blow up America’s most sacred international commitments to get it done. The sort of man who would respond to not getting the Nobel Peace Prize by declaring he was no longer solely interested in peace. The sort of man who would take the medal from its rightful winner and feel no shame at the theft.
George Conway: Trump Is Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.George T. Conway III (The Atlantic)
Ireland is updating it's laws to get more surveillance powers(including using spyware and intercepting communication encrypted or not encrypted via various methods)
Minister Jim O’Callaghan strengthens lawful interception powers
Official website of the Government of IrelandDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Government of Ireland)
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Rambling Trump sings his own praises as worried world watches on
Rambling Trump runs through his achievements as worried world watches on
The ‘very stable genius’ zigzagged wildly in a packed press room – Nato’s future lies in the hands of a modern CaligulaDavid Smith (The Guardian)
Thirteen injured, 75 drones downed in Adygea: aftermath of attack on Russian regions
Thirteen injured, 75 drones downed in Adygea: aftermath of attack on Russian regions
In Adygea, 13 people, including two children, were injured due to a drone strike on an apartment buildingTASS
France and Ukraine using ‘terror’ tactics to destabilize Africa – Lavrov
France and Ukraine using ‘terror’ tactics to destabilize Africa – Lavrov
Russian foreign minister has accused France of attempting in “every way” to block the establishment of stable governments in the SahelRT International
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Moscow responds to ‘short-sighted’ Moldovan decision to exit Russian-led bloc
Moscow responds to ‘short-sighted’ Moldovan decision to exit Russian-led bloc
Moldova’s plan to leave the Commonwealth of Independent States will only hurt its citizens, Moscow has saidRT
Kiev mayor fears ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as Zelensky refuses to meet
Kiev mayor fears ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as Zelensky refuses to meet
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko have blamed each other for the energy crisis in the capitalRT
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wow, what an totally believeable article coming from the Russians who have spent 4 years on a 1 week operation, wow
Bad Zelenski for putting your electrical infrastructure infront of Russian weaponry!
Russia so good we shoot down drones with our Indestructable refineries!!
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Sorry that the truth hurts. Russia is attacking power infrastructure because they are stuck on the front and are running out of options. they are unable to fend off ukranian attacks because 4 bil worth of air defense systems have been destroyed.
And this crap is all part of it
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Money, people willing to go to the front.
Putin will loose his position of power. Its the only logical outcome coming from a revolting poplulus
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And yet with all these AWOL russia is still barely able to gain ground. When the soldiers stop recieving pay or the famlies dont recieve anything throughout the year the tone will change. St Petersberg is covered in shit, who knows how many other cities have seen the same catastrophic failures of the sewage systems.
Honestly its sad to see
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$4 billion in air defenses destroyed by Ukraine, and the functioning air defenses just hit a russian apartment building.
Probably another soviet style collapse where there are a bunch of countries made from one big one and Pootin, Mr 5'1" who stands on stuff to look taller, gets the shit kicked out of em in Moscow
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This isn't material reality, though. Kiev is fighting back, but is losing, both in terms of ground and those willing to fight. NATO does not have the industrial capacity to continue fielding the war, and the war itself is increasingly unpopular in western Ukraine. By focusing on what damage Kiev has succeeded in dealing, you're turning a blind eye to conditions within western Ukraine itself, where the material reality is steady and consistent loss.
There's no sign of the Russian Federation breaking up. The population is, as I said, relatively united in support for the war. The two major factions, the nationalists and the communists, agree seemingly only on continuing the war. Putin's still popular enough that the idea that there will be a collapse is closer to fantasy than material analysis.
As a side-note, the USSR was several countries united, it was a multinational federation, not one big country.
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Sorry but ALL of the radar amd missile launches destroyed are ALL on video and can be watched unlike Russian claims of territory control
Its easy to control a populus when you control what news they can get. literally the only reason russians support the war.
You're using semantics to try to make it seem like I dont know what happened. No shit the UNION was created of a bunch of countries UNDER A SINGLE GOVERNCE.
Go on tell me I dont know anything, go on. Idiot
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Russian territory control is verified by both Kiev and Russia. You can watch it on video as well, if you want, or follow live map updates, such as from this pro-UA account. Russia is steadily gaining more territory, bit by bit, because this is an attrition war where Russia can afford to take its time while Ukraine cannot, due to having a lower industrial capacity and fewer people willing and able to fight.
Its easy to control a populus when you control what news they can get. literally the only reason russians support the war.
The reason Russians support the war, including communists and the nationalists, is because Donetsk and Luhansk are predominantly ethnically Russian. After the Banderites, backed by the west, took over Ukraine in 2014, Donetsk and Luhansk seceded. The president they supported was coup'd by the far-right, and the new regime began suppressing the Russian language. This started a decade of civil war. Russians are united in opposing the west, and in supporting the seperatists, leading to steady support.
You’re using semantics to try to make it seem like I dont know what happened. No shit the UNION was created of a bunch of countries UNDER A SINGLE GOVERNCE.
It was a side note, and you did say it was a country. The important distinction is that the federation was broken up, not the individual countries. These countries had their own governments, and participated in the broader socialist system as well. Lots of these countries have had nationalist movements gain power, such as in Ukraine. It isn't really me trying to get a win on you, just a minor correction in terminology.
Go on tell me I dont know anything, go on. Idiot
I'm not trying to get a cheap win on you or insult your intelligence. You're fully capable of carrying this conversation, I just see absolutely no chance of Russian collapse nor Kiev's victory.
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Russia isn't trying to overtake all of Ukraine, though, just the four oblasts that already want to be a part of the Russian Federation. Further, as strongholds are taken, it accelerates Russia's advance, while willingness and ability to fight in Kiev falls. There's no reason to expect this strady rate will be the only rate the war proceeds at until its conclusion.
Another reason for the slow advance is the advent of drone warfare, which is extremely deadly and slows any movement.
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St Petersberg is covered in shit, who knows how many other cities have seen the same catastrophic failures of the sewage systems.
The sewage plant is back online since last week.
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Russia has never lied.
They also don't punish people who tell the truth.
Please point out anything in this article that is not 100% true. All the article is doing is reporting on what Ukrainian politicians have openly said.
Here's an archive link if you cannot access RT because your country does not want you to have access to viewpoints contradicting the official narrative:
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It's literal state media ya goof.
But go ahead and both sides it while you're here I guess.
The fact that you use the term "libs" is all I needed.
If you're above the age of 20 you I suggest you invest in some therapy, otherwise I suggest you find a good mentor to help guide you. You're not well.
"Erm yikes sweaty, i have no rebuttal to you or your objectively correct statements so I'm just going to pretend you're self-evidently mentally ill in a way I conveniently don't need to explain. Who hurt you?"
Ah yes, the internet loser's defense mechanism of choice
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I am curious what you would say if your brain didn't immediately perform a kneejerking backflip because of one word. What's the point of even engaging if that's all it takes, yknow?
Edit - forgot again. Lol. Really gotta get around to making that .ml account...
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Only corporate media for you?
Fucking bootlicker.
Propaganda (state media) can be good or bad.
Ads (corpo media) are the enemy of humanity.
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