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Citing national security, the Trump administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections for endangered animals—even if it could cause their extinction.

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Police logs say an ICE agent was “trapped in his car” and pelted with snowballs. Police also logged numerous calls about ICE agents patrolling schools and allegedly “harassing children.”

The documents the article is about are here

 

For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.

 

Between 2021 and 2024, home insurance costs increased by about 50% in Illinois, and this year, the state’s insurance rates are expected to climb about 5%.

National data here

 

Trump told a lengthy story about negotiating over the price of Sharpie pens. The company says it has no record of any such conversation.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They posted the video to BlueSky. No need to go to the Nazi bar https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3mbu3embafk2a

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Senator Tina Smith has the right idea

A US citizen has apparently been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. I’m gathering information, but the situation on the ground is volatile.

ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why the &#**### is California putting Amber Alerts on a porn site?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Its also based on who runs the elections: the states. The federal executive branch doesn't hold power over them.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 34 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Thats shockingly close to his actual language. Start at 1775 seconds in

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

That kind of choice is quite unusual in the US.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

Jamelle Bouie is far from typical at the NYT

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In particular, its a failure of state utilities commissions, which have power over electric pricing.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

Americans were, if anything, more openly racist during Einstein's day than now. What he did was to articulate and help demonstrate that a better world was possible

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 18 points 5 months ago

Yes. The combination of widespread protest with lawsuits often succeeds

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 15 points 5 months ago

That one is nominally done by the governor, so it has a different legal status

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