Norman Jefferson

Norman Jefferson

@jeffnorm.bsky.social

Into justice, science, birds, archery. "To win the respect of intelligent people and... earn the appreciation of honest critics.." Trying not to dwell on the others.

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I’m looking for opinions on something about a #Massachusetts #Boston #accent. If you have this accent, say these phrases and note where you pronounce an R: “Ma is at work.” “Stop at the bar before the show.” “Tell Ma to get some milk.” “The car is in the shop.”

For me it’s: [Mah riz] at work. Stop at the [bah befoah] the show. Tell Ma to get some milk. The car is in the shop. “Bar” and “Ma” both end in -ah before a consonant, and “car” and “Ma” use an R sound before a vowel. So “car” doesn’t ALWAYS become “cah”.

In this #CornellRape case, it’s as if a rapist put up a rapist Bat Signal for all the other rapists, and the rest of Gotham just looked up and shrugged. I can’t get over that. FFS, people… If you see a fucking Groupon for a rape, you go intervene or tell someone who will.

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Maj. Jason Watson, the active-duty U.S. Air Force officer arrested after calling for Trump’s removal over the Iran War, said he is willing to accept whatever punishment comes with speaking out.

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The 60 largest planned data centers could produce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future to line their own pockets. We need a data center moratorium — now.

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New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

wapo.stShe left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.

nytimes.comFederal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE ConfrontationsSenior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

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The Supreme Court must be reformed or dismantled at this point. It's a rogue body filled with 6 right wing extremists who want to replace democracy with a white Christian King. If a politician doesn't support Court reform then they arent the leaders for this moment. Step aside.

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I'm starting an ICE Air podcast with @jjindc.bsky.social, called Worst Airline Ever. First ep will drop soon. I get most of my news from podcasts tbh, maybe you do too? It'll be depressing and enraging, yes. BUT we'll also tell you what you can do to fight back. www.patreon.com/cw/worstairl...

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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Buttigieg: Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that there have to be nine Supreme Court justices. That one doesn't even take a constitutional amendment. It just takes a readiness to set up a court that fits this country.

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And too often we see this as putting the U.S. at a disadvantage, as if some other country will do all the research instead. Much of it won’t get done. It’s planetary loss.

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social

Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...

The US government continues to murder civilians in boats of the coast of South America. Every one of these deaths is either a civil murder or a war crime. We can not get used to this or let it go. Every one of these crimes MUST BE PROSECUTED. I will not vote for anyone who intends to “move on”.

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This flight made yet another stop, to the Republic of Georgia, that I hope was just for fuel but was probably also a deportation. Meaning people would’ve been shackled for 50+ hours. Longest one I’ve recorded this year. (The longest I’ve ever recorded is 82 hours, in December.)

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

God almighty, Uzbekistan wasn’t the last stop. This ICE flight continued on to Pakistan via this circuitous route. Migrant passengers onboard will have been shackled for at least 43 hours.

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"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS

Dems are going to think R judges are wrong, and Repubs are going to think D judges are wrong, but hopefully we can all agree that when judges appointed by 1 party unanimously think the law says one thing, and judges appointed by the other party unan. think the law says something else, we’re fucked.

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Fetterman was the deciding vote on advancing Mullin’s DHS Secretary nomination. With the GOP committee chair Rand Paul voting no, Fetterman could have single-handedly thrown sand in the gears of the agency of ICE, mass deportation, rights violations, and concentration camps. He chose the opposite.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org

Even though Markwayne Mullin has vowed to champion the same mass deportation agenda as Kristi Noem, Fetterman just voted to advance Mullin's nomination as DHS secretary. Fetterman could have blocked Mullin's nomination. Instead, this supposedly Democratic senator decided to back the regime.

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We’re told there’s no money for universal healthcare or to end hunger in this country. But somehow $200 billion more for war will likely move through Congress without question.  Not another penny for another endless war.

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Overnight, two likely ICE flights operated by Journey Aviation landed in Rzeszów, Poland. This airport was previously used to transfer deport Ukrainians. It is a violation of US and international law to deport people to an active warzone, including via another country.

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joe kent, director of national counterterrorism center (and strong maga supporter), resigns over iran war.

We see you. #JourneyAviation #ICE #ICEAir #ChingaLaMigra

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

🧊🛩️ UKRAINE ⛓️🇺🇦 👉 TWO Journey Aviation jets (tails: N86MS & N558TN) arrive to Poland on an ICE mission from Arizona, transporting Ukrainian asylum seekers (via rail transfer) back to the war zone in Kyiv 👀

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🧊🛩️ UKRAINE⛓️⁉️ 😲 A Journey Aviation Gulfstream 4 (tail: N86MS) is preparing to depart Arizona, transporting humans-in-chains tonight via New Hampshire and Poland to Ukraine 🇺🇦

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Let’s get one thing straight: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

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The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?

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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

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They found him. He died. Another murder by our immigration goon squads

Investigative Post@ipostnews.bsky.social

Breaking: A blind Burmese refugee named Nurul Shah Alam has been missing since Thurs. after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Tim Hortons, leaving him to find his own way home. His family & lawyers weren't notified. They're seeking help to find him. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/24/b...

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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

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I refuse to get used to our government murdering people on the high seas. If they can do it to these people, they can do it to you.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

We murdered three more people in boats today

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BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

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Federal judges have ordered the Trump administration at least 35 times since August to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases, according to a New York Times review of federal dockets.

nyti.msJudges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their OrdersAt least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases.

Last night an #OmniAir #Deportation flight flew into #Pease in NH from Harlingen, TX to refuel before continuing to Sofia, Bulgaria, knowing the entire northeastern US was about to be hit by a blizzard. Totally unsurprisingly, it has been unable to take off. 1/2

Detainees have likely been shackled for more than 12 hrs now and still have a trans-Atlantic flight ahead of them, and they have been on the ground in a plane in a blizzard for 8hrs already, with no letup in the storm predicted for the next several hours. More ICE human/civil rights abuses. 2/2

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🚨This plane landed in Portsmouth, NH, to refuel but sat there for 8 hours and is now headed back to Alexandria. This is how the 75-hour shackling in Oct. and the 82-hour shackling in Dec. began, w false starts. Migrants will likely be shackled in a holding area near tarmac until they try again. 1/

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

Another long-haul deportation flight likely in progress. This will be Omni’s 20th ICE trip in the 7 1/2 weeks we’ve been in 2026. Dozens of blue state and swing state public-employee retirement funds are invested in Omni’s private-equity owner, Stonepeak.

Question for people who are knowledgeable about #olympics #bobsled: I see these bobsleds hitting 80+ mph… how fast would that track be if a regular person went down on a saucer sled or plastic toboggan?

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There are concentration camps in the USA. People are being disappeared. One facility has 3,500 people, most of them children. Now, what are we going to do about it?!