DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americansโ travel records
A Saturday scoop from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: Previously unreported documents show that DHS wants to build a tool that would track personal travel data, including passenger names and their itineraries. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.
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This photo, released by the Iranian government's foreign media department and distributed by the AP without changes, shows graves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of a Feb. 28 IsraeliโU.S. strike at a girlsโ elementary school in Minab, Iran, seen on March 2, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next."
Ah yes, another forever war. interc.pt/46LuxKj
07.03.2026 22:31
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Doctors in a hospital in Gaza try to save the life of a Palestinian girl who sustained severe injuries in an Israeli attack that hit her and killed her father on their way to her preschool.
Israel's attacks on Palestinians in Gaza have continued despite the ceasefire agreement.
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Graphic with bold text reading: โWe can only win the fight ahead if we all get the information we need to cut through the noise. Help us fight back.โ A smartphone mock-up shows a QueerAF newsletter
Censorship of queer lives is rising - from algorithms burying stories to AI-driven misinformation ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Thatโs why weโve pledged to improve access to LGBTQIA+ journalism - but we canโt do it alone.
๐จ And right now, your donation is doubled thanks to matchfunding!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/queeraf202...
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"Moments after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an apparently prerecorded statement that Tehran would halt attacks on its Gulf neighbors under certain conditions, several reported new strikes," writes CNN's Mostafa Salem | Analysis https://cnn.it/4lirXBl
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Judge Rules Columbia's Expulsions of Pro-Palestine Protesters Were Illegal
The judge tossed out Columbiaโs disciplinary actions against 22 students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall in 2024.
A New York judge has tossed out Columbia University's unprecedentedly harsh discipline against students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall during the 2024 Gaza protests, calling it arbitrary and capricious:
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The historically pivotal court case, that is critical to the future UK Trans+ rights
Christine Goodwin v UK, changed the lives of Trans+ people across Europe, leading to the UK Gender Recognition Act. But it continues to be misunderstood
Over twenty years ago, a court ruled that forcing trans people to live โin an intermediate zone as not quite one gender or the other is no longer sustainableโ.
That decision became the foundation for the UKโs Gender Recognition Act
www.wearequeeraf.com/the-historic...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson wasn't perfect, but his influence can't be denied
"The framing by which I came to understand the struggle for Black liberation and equality in America โ and the ways to address it โ was shaped, in part, by Jacksonโs voice and his actions," Alden Loury writes of the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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If governors opt in, tax dollars will go toward private school tuition for children, something many Democrats are uncomfortable with.
But if they say no, their states will lose out on federal cash that could help public school students, too. https://wapo.st/4uczHZB
07.03.2026 16:00
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Russian strikes kill nine people across Ukraine
Zelensky called on foreign partners to respond to the brutal strikes on Ukraine, from which the international community's attention has been diverted by the war in Iran.
Zelensky called on foreign partners to respond to the brutal strikes on Ukraine, from which the international community's attention has been diverted by the war in Iran.
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After police funding initiative passed, Colorado lawmakers want voters to know the cost of some ballot questions
After police funding initiative passed, Colorado lawmakers want voters to know the cost of some ballot questions
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Senator demands perjury probe into Kristi Noem over DHS spending claims
A Democratic senator has said he will open a perjury investigation into her alleged lies.
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Ah, more vengeance.
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See the whole ICEberg: Minnesota students need resources to cope โข Minnesota Reformer
Researchers estimated that over 40% of students in post-Katrina New Orleans met the criteria for a mental health referral.
Commentary: Psychologists now know that adverse childhood experiences, like the sort experienced by students in New Orleans and in Minnesota now, increase the risk of a variety of negative outcomes later in life, ranging from unemployment to chronic disease. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/06/s...
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But the Dowโฆ..
#SheShed
#DefendersofDemocracy
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Why does he think he should get a day in who runs Iran? THIS.IS.NOT.NORMAL !!!
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Trump is a fucking disaster in every area of presidential responsibility.
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ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: โThey didnโt careโ
Juanita Avila later helped expose ICEโs โarrest first, justify laterโ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrantsโ rights
ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: โThey didnโt careโ Juanita Avila later helped expose ICEโs โarrest first, justify laterโ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrantsโ rights ...
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In this Tech Policy piece, I criticize how framings of Anthropicโs & OpenAIโs negotiations with the USโs DoW overindex on myopic interpretations of human oversight, papering over what should be the real target of our scrutiny: that generative AI algorithms are a flawed and inaccurate technology.
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Ambassador @bridgetbrink.com was Bidenโs chief diplomat in Ukraine and the first woman to serve as ambassador in a war zone.
At 10am weโre going live to talk about Trumpโs war in Iran, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, and why she moved home to Michigan to run for Congress.
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