Did you read about the blind refugee who was left to die in the Buffalo region?
NY’s AG is reportedly investigating the Buffalo sheriff’s office over this: www.investigativepost.org/2026/03/06/n...
We at Bolts reported on the frightening record of people dying under this office last year:
If scientists had scoffed less at the study of human society & spent more time understanding themselves as members & beneficiaries of that society, they would have worked to build trust & widespread science comprehension. Instead, they wound up in a walled city under seige w/no food or supplies.
A conversation I would like scientists to have at some point is how pride in the difficulty of its subject matter (which is actually more a deficit of good science teachers and lack of desire to address systemic inequalities in science ed) has resulted in a society that is science illiterate. 1/
The best realistic outcome is for Americans to give elected officials no peace until they impeach and convict Trump, removing him from office.
The American public has far more power and money to accomplish *realistic* regime change than the people of Iran. We just can't seem to be bothered.
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."
But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
El Taco Riendo dining room is back open and Kristi Noem is fired which means nature is healing.
At the Senate I’m continuing to push for rental assistance funding and for an extension of our pre-eviction notice which we need to help families stay in their homes.
Alabama is set to execute Sonny Burton on March 12, even though he never killed anyone and the state admits that.
Sonny has stayed on death row for 33 years while his health deteriorates. Governor Ivey must commute his sentence.
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That OnMessage question would have justified a Canadian invasion to free Minneapolis.
Just to return to the topic from yesterday, only the US can kill hundreds of thousands of civilians in previous wars and still have its citizens and reporters pretending that it doesn’t do that.
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Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
So it now appears based on many media reports that we bombed a girls elementary school and killed 175 people, and right after that Hegseth was beating his chest in a press conference saying we weren’t going to worry about “stupid rules of engagement” anymore.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Truly, this wing of the Democratic Party can fuck right off.
"May Emmanuel’s memory inspire a renewed commitment to justice and humanity in all our institutions," Ellis wrote.
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Hospital photo of a man lying in a bed with breathing tubes, a nasal tube, and medical monitoring wires attached to his chest. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVbqrooD_hb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Chandler, AZ City Councilmember Christine Ellis announced his death in an IG post earlier today.
This is the reality of medical neglect in ICE detention.
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Emmanuel Damas in a patterned dress shirt and striped tie leaning against a metal railing on a sunny residential street with red brick rowhouses and flowering trees in the background.
Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.
Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.
A tooth infection.
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Trump sits down and immediately describes his strikes on Iran as "war"
Will they allow the *world* to hold us to account for our war crimes? Will they tax the rich to fund healthcare access and other social services?
Or will they win and immediately say they can't do any of this because there's another election in 2028?
I think too many people in the US are counting on a Dem win in 2026 to fix what ails us. But let's say the Dems win: will they hold the admin and GOP accountable? Or will they slow walk it to failure? Will they slash funding for ICE and transform our immigration system into something more humane? 1/
Texas. A state so libertarian that doctors go to jail for performing medically necessary abortions, schools can't teach Black history, and the National Guard is deployed to terrorize other states.
Not only has MPD not intervened in cases where feds use unlawful force, today we learned MPD has submitted nothing to the county attorney related to crimes committed by federal agents.
Dec. 5, 2025, 11:07 AM EST By Alex Tabet MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job. “If unlawful force is being used by any law enforcement officer against any person in this city and one of our officers is there, absolutely, I expect them to intervene, or they’ll be fired,” O’Hara said when asked how his officers should respond to excessive force by ICE agents. O’Hara noted that cases of “excessive” force that were “readily apparent” would merit officer intervention. A sergeant from O’Hara’s department later clarified that while Minneapolis Police Department officers may physically intervene in the case of unlawful force, they would stop short of arresting ICE agents.
December 5: Chief O'Hara says if his officers witness ICE using unlawful force, "I expect them to intervene, or they'll be fired."
February 23: MPD has no interventions to report.
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While we wait for more results (I promise a bunch of calls are sure to be around the corner), my usual Election Night note:
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Results: Progressives win all four of these primaries, ousting incumbents Cunningham, Willingham, and Majeed, while Pierce held off Wray’s comeback.
extraordinary night for state progressives in North Carolina
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As I understand it, it is the policy of the United States that the President can unilaterally issue orders to kill the leader of any country any time for any reason? Or kidnap them and bring them to the U.S. for trial for lesser crimes than the U.S. President had committed.
Am I missing something?
They used to cut Left Eye outta Waterfalls on the radio! But sure, alternative rock was suppressed by the CIA and not just eventually so bland and uninteresting that people took their ears elsewhere. Because the CIA is notorious for its deep affection for black/brown people and our cultures. /end
Rock was born of Black America when Black musicians were still forced to go through the back door, perform to segregated audiences, & watch white "mainstream" musicians get air time they were denied for weakass rebditions of their songs. For a long time, radio stations wouldn't even play rap... 1/
