Very fascinating find!
mautamu 1 month ago • 91%
Thank goodness for the Lincoln Project! Maybe the bully in chief will eventually come to realize he's not in control here...
mautamu 1 month ago • 100%
They still can; the day is still young...
www.wphm.net
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15832268 > > The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street. > > The right-wing war on knowledge continues to be a five-alarm fire for American (and world) Democracy and getting worse by the day...
www.wphm.net
> The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street. The right-wing war on knowledge continues to be a five-alarm fire for American (and world) Democracy and getting worse by the day...
Reposting this image from [r/Minnesota:](https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1e8mxed/project_2025_is_coming_for_the_bwca/). A vote for Trump is a vote for the end of the BWCA as we know it; tailings and copper pollution from the mining would ruin the environment and be a drag on tourism.
mautamu 2 months ago • 100%
A Heritage spokesperson told CyberScoop after publication that the organization was not “hacked.” Instead, the spokesperson said “an organized group stumbled upon a two-year-old archive of The Daily Signal website that was available on a public-facing website owned by a contractor. The information obtained was limited to usernames, names, email addresses, and incomplete password information of both Heritage and non-Heritage contributors, as well as article comments and the IP address of the commentor.”
At least they're admitting to being incompetent...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8862176 > Painesville, Cleveland, Gallipolis, and Dayton will all see some of the money. Minneapolis is also on the list!
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Former Marion police chief had ‘pizza party’ after raid, turned off body cam, new lawsuit says - Kansas Reflector
mautamu 8 months ago • 100%
Absolutely despicable! Thank you for summarizing all of these details, this story has such sprawl it's difficult to capture just how all the issues factor into one another anymore. Really hope that justice starts to play out in the long term, but I'm not convinced that will happen on account of the corruption emanating from the State; the Kansas Bureau of Investigation decided to involve CBI in the matter, indicating the rot likely permeates much of the state bureaucracy as well.
There's also the attempt to undermine Kansas' 2016 Open Records Act in preventing the release of pertinent communications by officials and court records during and shortly before the raid (which many anti-transparency activists in the Kansas GOP are trying to use to get rid of the KORA (1 and 2)).
kansasreflector.com
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8358951 > Crooked cop couldn't remember the Miranda Rights and threw a *pizza party* to celebrate... This story gets worse with every new revelation.
kansasreflector.com
Crooked cop couldn't remember the Miranda Rights and threw a *pizza party* to celebrate... This story gets worse with every new revelation.
Suggesting that lead paint in water is of trivial importance is cartoonishly evil
www.usatoday.com
Unfortunately, the oil-funded NIMBY scourge continues...
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Trader Joe’s argues National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional — and other labor news - Minnesota Reformer
mautamu 8 months ago • 100%
Most definitely!
At least where I am, they're in the most uptown bougie strip mall they can get into; same situation with Whole Foods. Starting to shop exclusively at the two state-wide/local stores that don't have these issues, but wish more folks had access to quality local grocers who pay well and support unions.
minnesotareformer.com
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8284923 Key Takeaway: > "In defending itself against union busting allegations, Trader Joe’s fired a cannon ball that could sink the ship of modern American labor law. > > The grocery store chain is arguing that the federal agency prosecuting it for unfair labor practices — including giving union workers worse retirement benefits and barring workers from wearing union pins at work — is unconstitutional."
minnesotareformer.com
"In defending itself against union busting allegations, Trader Joe’s fired a cannon ball that could sink the ship of modern American labor law. The grocery store chain is arguing that the federal agency prosecuting it for unfair labor practices — including giving union workers worse retirement benefits and barring workers from wearing union pins at work — is unconstitutional."
kansasreflector.com
At this point, we really ought to be shouting about this from every rooftop in the country.
kansasreflector.com
The ghouls are back at it again with the flat tax proposal. Infuriating that they keep bringing this up; Laura Kelly and the handful of reasonable Republicans need to stand their ground. Please contact your state senators and representatives today!
kansasreflector.com
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8045144 > I really like Laura Kelly's takes here; glad to see that the looming water crisis, education crisis, and rural hospital shutdowns are taking center stage in her budget. Hopefully the Republicans are willing to support these measures as well, and even better if they drop the idiotic flat-tax proposal and school vouchers proposal they put forward perennially at this point...
kansasreflector.com
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8045144 > I really like Laura Kelly's takes here; glad to see that the looming water crisis, education crisis, and rural hospital shutdowns are taking center stage in her budget. Hopefully the Republicans are willing to support these measures as well, and even better if they drop the idiotic flat-tax proposal and school vouchers proposal they put forward perennially at this point...
kansasreflector.com
I really like Laura Kelly's takes here; glad to see that the looming water crisis, education crisis, and rural hospital shutdowns are taking center stage in her budget. Hopefully the Republicans are willing to support these measures as well, and even better if they drop the idiotic flat-tax proposal and school vouchers proposal they put forward perennially at this point...
>The taste of champagne as we know it could change beyond recognition in the coming years. As global temperatures continue to rise, the climate crisis poses a threat to the production of wine.
www.twincities.com
A very intriguing read, even if from Pioneer. > The vacancies along Grand Avenue are “not a sign that the avenue isn’t working,” Crowell said. “It is a sign that [STRS Ohio] isn’t working with the avenue.” >The six recommended actions called for: > - Improving the pedestrian experience > - Focusing on accessibility and parking > - Protecting the livelihoods of small businesses by slowing taxes and other costs > - Planning for future density, open space, residential and commercial areas > - Convening local leaders to generate new sources of revenue for investment in infrastructure > - Developing solutions for vacant storefronts through short-term tax relief or other means.
kansasreflector.com
Always interesting how some aspects of global heating go acknowledged by republicans while others do not... see also: https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/senators-own-up-to-1-2-million-in-big-oil-stocks/
inv.tux.pizza
Kansas GOP 🤝 Ohio GOP "We know better than you!"
kansasreflector.com
Good to see a responsive governor willing to take ownership for things under her watch! Wish more politicians would grow to be even half the person Laura Kelly is
kansasreflector.com
Will be interesting to see if Laura Kelly and Steve Morris can bring Kansas to moderate positions.
mautamu 12 months ago • 100%
That's a good question, never heard about this before now...
www.startribune.com
Very unfortunate that the TCM was cancelled this year due to an above-acceptable wet-bulb globe temperature. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/dNBV0)
mautamu 1 year ago • 100%
It will be interesting to see what becomes of them!
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TIL what an ocular migraine feels like. Not recommended.
mautamu 1 year ago • 100%
Haha thank you! The first time was definitely a very scary experience, I felt the same way you do now; hope that you're not too rattled and doing better now!
Casual Conversation/Pointless Stories
TIL what an ocular migraine feels like. Not recommended.
mautamu 1 year ago • 100%
Yes! I've had this before also; luckily was able to get in to see an optometrist who, after she ruled out retinal detachment, told me exactly what it was and said something to the effect of "next time it happens just sit back and enjoy the show".
Do not recommend either.