tenacious--t.bsky.social

tenacious--t.bsky.social

@tenacious--t.bsky.social

cat parent, recovering lawyer, and proud Californian

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Lonnie Rouse worked at the Hanford nuclear site for nearly 20 years. It was so toxic, he said, that the floor once melted the rubber off his boots. Now he needs 24-hour care. The DOE has appealed his workers’ compensation claim more than 20 times.

propublica.orgNuclear Weapons Waste Made Workers Sick. Despite a Law Meant to Help, the DOE Keeps Fighting Their Claims.A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who got sick cleaning up Hanford, a former federal nuclear weapons site. Eight years later, the DOE has spent nearly $12 million fighting to de...

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An American student with a disability is suffering from a broken wrist and a black eye after ICE wrongfully tackled and detained him in Santa Maria. Americans didn’t ask to be brutalized by ICE. They sure as hell shouldn’t be paying for its actions with broken limbs.

noozhawk.comSanta Maria Special-Education Adult Student Says ICE Agents Caused Broken WristFederal immigration enforcement agents detained and allegedly injured an adult special-education Santa Maria High School student Wednesday morning while

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

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STOP LETTING JD VANCE MEET POPES

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

ROME (AP) — Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and that the lower lobe of his right lung was removed.

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🚨Holy crap! Ken Paxton partied on New Year’s Eve 2024 in Dubai with his girlfriend and two U.S. fugitives (Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail) charged in healthcare fraud/embezzlement schemes. Ahmed, a major donor, gave about $190,000 to Paxton’s campaign — including after his indictment.

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Can't believe Jean Twenge, the woman who has dedicated her career to manipulating data about teen mental health, would manipulate data about teen sexuality.

Christopher Julian@chrisajulian.bsky.social

I reanalyzed the CDC data behind the LGB “free fall” headline. It rests on a change in bisexual identification among one grade, in one wave, of one survey. Gay or lesbian identification did not change significantly. Calling it a "free fall" is sensational and just gives bad actors talking points.

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DHS claims the man ran in front of their SUV. You be the judge.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

The @houstonchronicle.com posted this video and it's pretty jarring. No matter that he was fleeing, law enforcement officers may not use deadly force on someone who poses no significant risk of death or serious injury to others. Deliberately hitting someone with a car is a use of deadly force.

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MAN STRUCK BY ICE VEHICLE IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, SUFFERS BROKEN LEG A man was hospitalized with a broken leg Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE goon during an enforcement operation on Clay Road in northwest Harris County around 7:20 a.m.

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He’s so damn good at this. Jon Ossoff came out swinging against Mike Collins in the Georgia Senate debate. “It’s not just that you’ve hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office … It’s that you’re robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.” 🔥

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.

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You should never have to wonder whether soldiers are watching you vote. This footage shows uniformed troops standing beside an official ballot drop box in Washington, D.C. Who sent them there? What were their orders?

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He had already surrendered. Video captured today in Oasis, California shows a federal goons kneeling on a man he threw to the ground while tasing him. This whole time the man is surrendering.

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BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!

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A disabled Downey resident was detained Tuesday shortly before 10 a.m. by masked individuals during what appeared to be a federal immigration operation near Smallwood Avenue and 4th Street.

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Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"

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The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

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Texans, time to vote like our lives depend on it! Early VOTING in Texas begins October 19. Please check your registration now! Vote in person if you can.

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Pedro Mendoza Chavez was caught up in ICE's dragnet in San Antonio, leaving him hospitalized with head injury that required stitches. His wife has no idea where he is and has not been able to speak with him.

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ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.

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WATCH: A group of ICE goons beat a man they were detaining after they'd already wrestled him to the floor in Naples, Florida on Wednesday night. Bystanders began to yell that they were filing when the ICE goons punched the man repeatedly.

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