Jan. 6 rioters accuse police of excessive force in class action lawsuit

I am uncomfortable supporting the police in any way, but the imagery I’ve seen from 1/6/2021 shows cops giving the insurrectionists almost white-glove treatment (at least by cop standards).

Trump’s Justice Department dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in shift to immigration

Supreme Court backs conservatives’ ‘right’ to torture LGBTQ kids

Utah bans polygraph tests for those reporting sexual assault

This is progress, and says everything about the Utah and police mindsets, on sexual assault and homosexuality.

Dem Senators launch investigation into Alligator Alcatraz torture

Excerpt: “There have been credible allegations that detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ have been punished with confinement in a small cage-like structure known as ‘the box,’ where they are held in stress positions with hands and feet tightly shackled for hours at a time, in direct sunlight with no access to food or water,” the letter stated.

San Diego woman abducted at her green card interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored, and has her credit card info stolen

Deaths in ICE Custody are growing. ‘They let him rot in there.’

FOIA docs reveal details about ICE “surge” in Minneapolis

New data indicates most arrested in Maine ICE surge had no criminal convictions, charges

Data shows three-quarters of ICE abductees in Minnesota had no criminal record

ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps

Prior to ICE murder of Alex Pretti, White House commandant Stephen Miller told officials that demonstrators “need to be vanquished by any force necessary”

Trump regime cites white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship

Excerpt: Alexander Porter Morse, a Confederate officer during the Civil War and a Louisiana attorney, argued for legalized segregation in the landmark 1896 Supreme Court case that established the “separate but equal” doctrine and buttressed Jim Crow laws.

He is again playing a key role in a monumental case to be argued before the justices Wednesday: The Trump administration has tapped Morse as an authority in its push to upend long-settled law that virtually everyone born in the United States is a citizen.

Over a century ago, Morse was among a trio of thinkers who spearheaded a failed effort – steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism – to erase birthright citizenship. The Trump administration is reviving their arguments to make its case today, some legal scholars say.

Trump signs order seeking federal control of mail voting as he promotes false claims

The President has zero authority to change election rules, so this is one of the biggies in his fetish for fascism. If Trump gets his way on this one, it’s the end.

But c’mon, you know we’re at the end already.

Federal Judge approves Trump order for list of Jews from Penn

Next, Trump demands their firstborn sons…

Tennessee librarian fired for refusing to move more than 100 books from children’s to adult section

President declares Iran must ‘open up the Strait of Trump’ as he groans over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize

Giggle at Trump’s senility and stupidity, sure, but this war he’s started has the potential to sink the world’s economy, and quite quickly.

If the strait stays closed, the world will have to significantly reduce its oil and gas consumption — but not before prices spike to a level that forces consumers and businesses to fly, drive and spend much less

New analysis reveals a US weapon struck a second elementary school in Iran

US used missiles untested in combat in a deadly attack on Iranian sports hall and school

There are now over 50,000 American troops in the Mideast

Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war

This is something Spaniards should be proud about.

Italy denies use of Sicily airbase to US planes carrying weapons for Iran war

White House’s mysterious ‘covfefe moment’ was stupider than we imagined

Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico, for ‘national security’

Big shot Texas Republicans calls for 100,000,000 deportations and increased Islamophobia

Gosh, it’s startling to learn that Republicans are racists.

JD Vance claims Ilhan Omar ‘definitely committed immigration fraud,’ White House will ‘go after’ her

Hegseth official told military officer Trump doesn’t ‘want to stand next to a black female officer’ in promotions rift: report

Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America

White House app found tracking users’ exact location every 4.5 minutes via third-party server

Arizona Governor vetoes bill to name highway for dead asswipe Charlie Kirk

Pardoned insurrectionist gets four years for child porn, files included toddlers, bestiality, “gruesome” animal abuse

Newly appointed political director for College Republicans of America is racist, antisemitic, homophobic, sexist, etc — a Republican, in other words

Chicago Bulls waive Jaden Ivey following multiple right-wing social media tirades

It’s not clear what Robert F Kennedy Jr did with a raccoon’s penis

DeSantis signs bill to rename Florida airport for Trump

Trump accused of showing classified map to passengers on private flight

Drunk-driving Republican politician is charged; another lawmaker was carrying handgun during traffic stop

Being armed and drunk seems like something that shouldn’t be forgiven quite so quickly, but no charges are filed.

Pete Hegseth’s broker attempted to make defense investments before Iran war

Hegseth reverses helicopter crew suspension over Kid Rock flyby

White House IT guy sends out reminder memo about child porn

Uber is spending millions to make it harder to sue after wrecks

Scientists solved the mystery of missing ocean plastic — it went invisible and spread everywhere

Major enshittifier Sysco buys Restaurant Depot for $29B

Trump tells DHS to pay TSA despite government shutdown after agents miss another paycheck

This is illegal, of course, like everything Trump does except eating cheeseburgers and shitting.

US directs embassies to team up against foreign ‘hostility’ – and use X to ‘counter anti-American propaganda’

Trump urges world’s nations to steal oil

She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can’t use a credit card.

Connecticut cop fired after firing 9 shots killing black man in mental health crisis, after other cops tried to de-escalate

Local cops haven’t investigated ICE killing outside Chicago last year

Kentucky: All charges dismissed against 2 former police officers who provided false information for search warrant leading to raid and murder of Breonna Taylor

Michigan: Over traffic violations, police chase driver into wreck killing two people in the other car

New York cops drag 80-year-old black woman from car and break her teeth after she calls 911 for help, charging her with assault — now she wants payback

Ohio: Former deputy found guilty of corruption of another with drugs, two counts of intimidation, unlawful transaction in weapons, two counts of theft, and one count of forgery; two counts of abduction and one count of tampering with evidence were dropped

South Carolina: Over traffic violation, cops chase motorcyclist into fatal wreck

Texas: It took 5½ years to reach a verdict that arresting a reporter for photographing cops violates the First Amendment

Texas: Over “disturbance” call, cops chase driver into fatal wreck

John Oliver, on police stings

‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling

Excerpt: “In general, people who are highly skilled using the internet and concealing their identity skew younger,” said Kennedy. “Bogus cases want to qualify for as many surveys as possible. It is well known in the industry that young adults are hard to reach for surveys. So from this standpoint, it is advantageous to self-present as young because surveys tend to need such respondents.”

Kennedy added: “Bogus respondents tend to respond in the affirmative, no matter what is asked. This is called positivity bias, which inflates the estimate.”

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice

Excerpt: What’s more, the study determined that just one interaction with a flattering chatbot was likely to “distort” a human user’s “judgement” and “erode prosocial motivations,” an outcome that persisted regardless of a person’s demographics and previous grasp on the tech as well as how, stylistically, an individual chatbot delivered its twisted verdict. In short, after engaging with chatbots on a social or moral quandary, people were less likely to admit wrongdoing — and more likely to dig in on the chatbot’s version of events, in which they, the main character, were the one in the right.

AI systems are enabling mass surveillance in the US, and there is no national law that ‘meaningfully limits’ the use of this data

Ronny Cheng, on AI

US has caused $10-trillion worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

Kind of obnoxious that the damage needs to be expressed in dollars to reach some people. And the numbers only assess past damages; the future damages are incalculable, but will be exponentially higher.

Sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes: Allergy symptoms start earlier with climate change

No snow. No water. Restrictions grow across West as drought fears rise.

‘Something out of the ordinary’: Why are Japan’s oysters dying en masse?

AI data centers can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C

Georgia minister arrested after allegedly molesting woman at McDonald’s

North Carolina: Former coach at Christ the King Catholic High School is accused of indecent liberties with two 16-year-old students

Oklahoma City church manager nabbed after nearly $100,000 in tithes & offerings vanishes

South Carolina: Preacher arrested for molesting a child

Texas youth pastor sentenced to 40 years for child sexual assault

Texas: MAGA megachurch pastor released from jail after serving only six months for molesting 12-year-old

Wisconsin priest faces child porn charges after Clintonville arrest for attempted child enticement

Shield of the Americas

Excerpt: The inaugural Shield of the Americas Summit was held at one of Donald Trump’s golf resorts in Florida on 7 March. The US president told the dozen allied heads of state gathered at Trump National Doral Miami that he didn’t have time to learn ‘your damn language’. He scolded them for the reach of organised crime in their countries, as if US drug policies had nothing to do with it. Trump said he’d be happy to use missiles to target traffickers should his partners request it, and that Cuba was ‘at the end of the line’. Pete Hegseth announced that he only spoke ‘American’.

How Angie Mentink made it back after an offseason stroke

Angie is a bright spot on the Mariners radio broadcasts (which I can listen to again, because I’ve found a source that automutes the ads). I’d missed her during the spring training broadcasts, and haven’t heard as much from her as usual since. Who knew there was a reason?

Terry Bell
“wayward boy” of South Africa

Dick Foley
rock’n’roller, The Brothers Four

“Ross the Boss” Friedman
rock’n’roller, Manowar

Nicholas Haysom
good guy “Fink”

Sam Kieth
cartoonist, The Maxx

Perry Thornley
forgotten person

James Tolkan
actor, Back to the Future

unidentified, 28
forgotten person

Jeff Webb
cheerleading fascist

Nothing will meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives.

4/1/2026

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