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RT @veraizmaylova41: We have known the photographs of prisoners from Dachau, Buchenwald, Auschwitz, and Birkenau since childhood. These pho…
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We are increasingly close to a US Senator giving @janecoaston & other like-minded people a giant laugh by citing supposed examples of kids using litter boxes in school because they identify as cats. And should that day come, it will be a great one
I know the deranged Democrats don’t like the fact that I called out the insane FURRY CULTURE this week. But the truth is, there is an ALARMING number of these DERANGED people working in our airline industry. Don’t believe me? Just a few months ago, PILOTS were MEOWING and BARKING at each other over the radio at DCA.
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The April 2026 DCA radio incident of pilots meowing and barking was a longstanding aviation joke on the emergency guard frequency 121.5, not evidence of furries. Such noises have been common for years as pranks. nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_… fearoflanding.com/demystifying/m…
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.@SCSubstation is on a generational heater
The 49ers are running out of injured reserve spots, per @AdamSchefter San Francisco is leaning toward not placing Nick Bosa on IR due in part to the lack of available spots
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It's not just that flock should get sued, we need to revisit concepts of prosecutorial and police immunity so that some human can be held accountable for problems like this
Lindsey Isaacs, a 23-year-old from Palm Coast, Florida, testified about being thrown into solitary confinement for more than three days after a Flock license-plate camera wrongly tied her Dodge Durango to a deadly I-4 crash. Jail staff told her she had to stay isolated because of how serious the charges were. The cell door stayed locked for about 86 hours. She said she was terrified she would spend the rest of her life in prison for a wreck she knew she hadn’t caused. At her lowest point she didn’t want to live. She spent nearly two weeks in maximum-security jail before prosecutors dropped the charges. Flock should be sued out of existence for this.
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Markwayne Mullin threatened election officials with prison time, pointing to allegations of mass voter fraud in Nevada among other places. The state looked into DHS's claims. They found nothing. nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/po…
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After initially claiming it was 16K, DHS sent Nevada a list of 185 people it claimed were noncitizens illegally registered to vote, and every single one of them turned out to be a US citizen. DHS certainly isn't too concerned about disenfranchising Americans.
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Trump ran on securing the border, reducing costs, and no new wars. And what his supporters got was ICE gunning down randos on the street, a skyrocketing cost of living crushing day-to-day life, and the dumbest war of all time that made gas go to $4.50/gal. Heckuva job!
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They pressed their "solve everything button" and nothing got better
Genuine question: is there a single labor market metric where native-born workers are better off than they were in 2024? New post: I took a long dive to see if there's been any upside of deportations for native born workers and couldn't find anything; like literally nothing. 1/2
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A) in the age of no scandals because everything is a scandal, this use of government resources should still be a scandal B) if Trump & his lackeys want to escalate making the election about him
So I was just watching Fox News and this commercial played during Jesse Watters show. It says “Paid for by the US Government.” This is clearly a campaign ad. And the singers are just singing over and over again, “Love me” - over images of Trump. @CBSMiami @CBSNews
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Can we fuse a news story here and bring in Mary Peltola to start dropping some well-deserved slurs?
If you think women should be able to vote, have jobs, live alone, or have unsupervised access to one another, that is because "you have normalcy bias for insane world": "You're living in an insane asylum and you think it's the normal world." peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch…
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Good. Police officers who wantonly abuse the public trust deserve to face full professional consequences - and criminal too where applicable. Doing so by using new technology in a way that even a moron can figure out is morally wrong only amplifies the point.
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐃 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐋𝐏𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 INDIANAPOLIS – On September 23, 2026, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) announced that four suspended officers, who have been recommended for termination, and one former officer have been formally charged by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO). All five have been charged with fraud and official misconduct. One has also been charged with stalking. In August and September 2026, internal audits identified potential misuse of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology by the five officers. IMPD initiated administrative and criminal investigations. Based on preliminary findings, Chief Terry placed all five officers on administrative duty with no police powers and revoked their access to ALPR systems. One officer subsequently resigned, but the administrative and criminal investigations into that officer’s ALPR use continued. As additional facts emerged in each investigation, Chief Terry suspended the four remaining officers and recommended their termination to the Merit Board. In September, IMPD investigators presented their findings in each of the five cases to the MCPO for review. The MCPO filed charges against the following: ▫️Michael Rogers, 16 years – Suspended and recommended for termination Fraud, Official Misconduct ▫️Jonathan Schultz, 18 years – Suspended and recommended for termination Fraud, Official Misconduct, Stalking ▫️Cassandra Crawley, 7 years – Suspended and recommended for termination Fraud, Official Misconduct ▫️Matthew Binford, 4 years – Suspended and recommended for termination Fraud, Official Misconduct ▫️Abigail Cramer, 5 years – Resigned Fraud, Official Misconduct “Today is a deeply disheartening and disappointing day for IMPD. These individuals’ actions went far beyond a clerical error or a violation of department policy. These actions crossed into criminal conduct and shook the foundation of trust that our agency is built upon,” said Chief Tanya Terry. “But I refuse to let the actions of a few define the work of this department and the hundreds of officers who show up every day with one mission: to protect our community. They put others before themselves. They run towards danger as others run away. They wear this badge with pride and serve with integrity and respect. They do the right thing. "We will continue serving with courage and compassion, as well as professionalism and accountability. Maintaining public trust is not optional, and it must be a daily practice. Each one of us has a role in upholding that standard," she added. The alleged misuse occurred prior to the implementation of IMPD’s new ALPR policy. In August 2026, IMPD issued an updated ALPR Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Every ALPR user was required to sign the policy to keep access. Those who did not had their access shut off. All searches must now be tied to a case or incident number as well as a National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offense code. IMPD has also implemented stronger auditing to more quickly identify and investigate potential misuse and ensure every search is for a legitimate law enforcement purpose. IMPD has also adopted single sign‑on for ALPR technology, strengthening security by reducing the risk of credential sharing or misuse. IMPD is only sharing ALPR data with law enforcement agencies within Indiana. Access is no longer provided to agencies outside the state. IMPD is currently converting the ALPR SOP to a General Order, which will be presented to the General Orders Board for feedback before a final version is issued. Once finalized, the General Order will be available to the public. IMPD supports legislation that guides proper use of this technology while leveraging it to reduce violent crime, save lives, and reunite loved ones. Conversations with legislators are already underway ahead of the next session.
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This is rage inducing bureaucratic incompetency (at best) that deserves every ounce of rhetorical rage that should be poured on those responsible, even before the stakes in TX this year. Likely gasoline on the fire of Democratic intensity at this point too
A Texas Department of Public Safety error means about 11 months’ worth of voter registration applications were never sent to county election officials, creating a severe backlog less than two weeks before the November midterm deadline. fox4news.com/news/texas-dps-…
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RT @JessicaBRiedl: Suddenly, a lot of senators who spent the past two years blocking even modest ICE reforms, approving tariffs, refusing t…
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Regular reminder it is constitutionally protected speech to tell law enforcement your profane opinions about their actions. Too many cops are snowflakes and need remedial education on Constitutional rights for the citizens they serve.
A man commented “F you and your Flock cameras" on a South Carolina police department's FB post. And then the police department—reportedly the Police Chief himself—messaged him, threatening to have "U.S. Marshals" arrest him for “unlawful communications.” wrdw.com/2026/09/23/ridge-sp…
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Indeed telling cops off without legitimately impeding their duties is an inherently American act … no matter how butthurt it makes (bad) cops feel
LAWSUIT: Eight officers raided his home before dawn. His offense? He filmed an officer speeding, criticized him when he got to a drive-thru, and embarrassed the department. In a free country, criticizing police shouldn’t end in handcuffs. In 2022, Joshua Gibbons filmed a Kingsport, Tennessee police SUV speeding without lights or sirens, violating state law. He caught up with the officer at a drive-thru and had salty words about his disregard for the law. That exchange lasted all of one minute. The consequences for Joshua lasted four years. After someone complained about a different video — an officer flipping Gibbons off — police scoured Gibbons’ YouTube channel for ammunition. Before dawn the next morning, while Gibbons was still in bed, eight armed officers raided his mother’s home to arrest him — for speeding using a cellphone while driving, and disorderly conduct. A judge dismissed the speeding and cellphone charges but convicted him of disorderly conduct, saying he was “offended by the way” Gibbons was “talking to that officer.” Gibbons appealed. At a second trial, a jury again found him guilty. In June, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously reversed that conviction and dismissed the charge. The court found “no evidence” that Gibbons’ criticism prevented anyone from doing anything lawful. The court recognized — as many courts had held — that even “profane and insulting” words alone aren’t a crime, especially when directed at police officers, who are trained to exercise restraint. With FIRE’s help, Gibbons is suing to vindicate his First Amendment rights. The First Amendment protects your right to film and criticize police. Kingsport PD needs to hear that message loud and clear.
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“The life they've built here on the taxpayer's dime” is such a FALSE narrative. Immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes and get virtually no government benefits. Undocumented immigrants are barred from most welfare programs.
NEW: I've been speaking with a handful of experienced ICE agents in different parts of the country to get a sense of their mindsets during enforcement operations. They have described feeling tense on almost all stops due to the political climate. One veteran ICE agent articulated it to me this way: “We aren’t local cops. Local cops make stops and 99% of the time let people go with a ticket or warning. We are making every stop to take someone's freedom away and send them back to a hell hole. I'm not saying local cops don't have dangerous stops, I'm saying every stop we have is dangerous. Every stop we have is planned to end with handcuffs and exiling someone away from the life they've built here on the taxpayer's dime."
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The anonymous “senior administration official” behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, @oliverdarcy scoops status.news/p/white-house-pr…
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I see you at this hearing @Kinger_DC. Thanks for being in this fight, brother.
NEW: Florida woman gives emotional testimony about being placed in solitary confinement for more than 3 days after a Flock camera falsely connected her vehicle to a deadly crash: "Correctional officers told me I had to stay there because of the severity of my charges... The cell door was shut and it was not open for approximately 86 hours." “I was terrified. I was facing the possibility of spending the rest of my life in prison for a crash I knew that I had not been involved in." "At my lowest point, I didn't want to be alive.” Lindsey Isaacs spent nearly 2 weeks in maximum-security jail before the charges were dropped.
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Big illustration of the difference between political & sports media. In political media training you learn to presume you’re on tape *whenever* you’re at a taped interview, whether you think tape is rolling or not. Political media is presumed adversarial. Sports? Not so much.
Mike Macdonald said his comments about the Broncos accusing the Seahawks of cheating in 2024 -- which were made over the summer to @GrahamBensinger -- were not meant for public consumption. Macdonald said he's learned a lesson, and that he reached out to Sean Payton to apologize.
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