Mindful Citizen KS

Mindful Citizen KS

@mindfulobserver.bsky.social

Business, investments, technologies, current trends, and the occasional rant about politics.

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

ICE is detaining foreign citizens at airports with expired U.S. visas, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers.

nyti.msICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation DriveFederal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com

Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU

latimes.comImmigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLUBody camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminary injunction filed on Monday.

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Reform Party UK Exposed
@reformexposed.bsky.social

Leicestershire County Hall under 'heavy strain' from 1,000 per cent increase in councillor complaints

meltontimes.co.uk'There have been thousands and thousands of taxpayers’ money and resources used on these complaints'Councillor complaints have soared by more than 1,000 per cent within almost a year since Reform UK took control at County Hall, with officials saying it is putting a ‘heavy strain’ on the authority’s…

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Forbes
@forbes.com

The CDC has confirmed 1,645 cyclosporiasis cases in the U.S. across 34 states, though it has said it is aware of over 5,000 cases that require testing to confirm them as domestic cyclosporiasis.

forbes.comWhite House Says It Has ‘Handle' On Cyclosporiasis Outbreak—While Urging PrecautionsThe CDC has confirmed 1,645 cyclosporiasis cases in the U.S. across 34 states, though it has said it is aware of over 5,000 cases that require testing to confirm them as domestic cyclosporiasis.

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Peter Stefanovic
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!

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Bloomberg News
@bloomberg.com

The EPA long considered the cost to industry and the savings in avoided deaths and disease when coming up with air pollution rules. Under Trump, the agency is dropping human health out of that equation.

bloom.bgEPA Will No Longer Consider Value of Human Health Benefits in Setting Air Pollution RulesThe agency is abandoning a longstanding policy to calculate the monetary savings in avoided deaths and disease from cutting certain pollutants.

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

Many Minneapolis residents, business owners and immigrant workers have denounced ICE and the Border Patrol's arrests and aggressive tactics, saying the agents are indiscriminately sweeping up people based on racial and ethnic profiling.

nyti.msVideos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in MinneapolisArrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term. Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.” (Published Nov. 2025)

propublica.orgA Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His SecondWe found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
Mindful Citizen KS
@mindfulobserver.bsky.social

Why is this level of violence necessary when arresting unarmed civilians?

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

propublica.orgWe Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off BreathingCivilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

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Otto English
@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Reform should call itself Retory: Nadhim Zahawi Ben Bradley Malcolm Offord Jonathan Gullis Chris Green Lia Nici Kruger Dorries David Jones Sir Jake Berry Graham Simpson Marco Longhi Ross Thomson Andrea Jenkyns Aidan Burley Alan Amos Lee Anderson Ann Widdecombe Maria Caulfield And counting

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The New York Times
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Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.

nyti.msThiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth TaxMore large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.

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Good Law Project
@goodlawproject.org

“Six months in, they’ve handed a contract to a firm with 10 serious pollution incidents, whose licence is under public inquiry, and whose owner openly supports the local party. If this is Reform’s ‘new politics’, it looks remarkably like the old politics.” https://goodlaw.social/kip5

goodlaw.socialReform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backerReform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Mindful Citizen KS
@mindfulobserver.bsky.social

It gets harder to find the truth when billionaires own most of our media. Take everything with a pinch of salt these days. And if something looks like rage bait or a bot, it probably is, use the block/mute function to help clean up social media.

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds. Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.comTwo-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll findsExclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration

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The Washington Post
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing about $10 billion in federal funds for child care grants and family assistance earmarked for five Democratic-led states over what it had said were concerns around fraud.

washingtonpost.comJudge blocks Trump administration from freezing $10B in child care fundsThe temporary order will keep aid flowing to five Democratic-led states for 14 days as a lawsuit against the government moves ahead.

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Deborah Lynn
@mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... US manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes. Blue-collar jobs boom hasn't materialized. Households are concerned about still-rising prices and uncertainty about labor market.

reuters.comUS factory headcount falling despite Trump's promised manufacturing boomU.S. manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after President Donald Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes that he pledged would lead to a resurgence of b...

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Sean Solo
@spqesq.bsky.social

Replying to @atrupar.com

Somewhere there's a little girl hiding in an attic in Minneapolis writing in her journal about ICE.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Mayor Frey: "So our ask is really simple here. Our ask is to embrace the truth. Our ask is to include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this process because we in Minneapolis want a fair investigation ... if you got nothing to hide from, then don't hide."

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)
@portlandken.bsky.social

The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.

ncronline.orgCatholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee GoodAfter the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.

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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆
@eviebauer727.bsky.social

This is the Portland Police Chief and he breaks down during a Press Conference regarding the shooting of two people yesterday in Portland by Federal Agents. If you’ve forgotten what it was like to have a member of law enforcement with integrity and compassion — let this man be a reminder.

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

Minnesota officials renewed their calls on Friday for state agents to be allowed to help investigate the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer earlier this week. State investigators so far have been denied access to evidence, they said. trib.al/Iqy2KA4

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content

theguardian.comIndonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic contentMove comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool. The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app. Continue reading...
Mindful Citizen KS
@mindfulobserver.bsky.social

We should not be using proprietary software from a foreign company that does not want the NHS to succeed. Companies like Google and Nvidia can help the UK build our own AI capabilities. The govt needs to intervene before it’s too late. @labouruk.bsky.social

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org

Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software? Tell them what you think here: https://goodlaw.social/658abc