Mastodawn

There seems to be no crime too ugly for a Trump pardon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/opinion/trump-jan-6-pardons-crimes-recidivism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.HDE8.hRDmTL4xAhSU&smid=url-share

Opinion | The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree

The president and the Republican Party deserve to pay a political price for the pardons.

The New York Times

The Doctor (0/6 - Commissions open)8h ago

From one of my recent Friday Flash Fictions, “step” right across “The Threshold”: www.patreon.com/posts/153357... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmWriting #GiftLink #CozyHorror #Eldritch #WIPSnips

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Reed Mideke 13h ago

Lest you think the shitbag part is uncalled for "At the news conference last week, a reporter asked Chief Zibolski, who has since retired, if the police should apologize to Ms. Lipps. He responded that the police were still investigating the bank frauds"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/north-dakota-facial-recognition-ai-errors-bank-fraud.html

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Woman Spent Five Months in Jail After A.I. Linked Her to Bank Fraud Case

The police chief in Fargo, N.D., acknowledged “missteps” but stopped short of apologizing to Angela Lipps, a Tennessee resident who said she had never been to North Dakota before she was arrested.

The New York Times

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Reed Mideke 13h ago

#AIIsGoingGreat / shitbag cops crossover: West Fargo PD used #ClearView to identify a suspect. Never mind that she lived in Tennessee and had no connections to North Dakota, they had her arrested, extradited and held her for 5 months before she got the case dismissed

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/north-dakota-facial-recognition-ai-errors-bank-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.oL6N.hwGCpvB0UfU8&smid=url-share

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Woman Spent Five Months in Jail After A.I. Linked Her to Bank Fraud Case

The New York Times

LilMikeSF 13h ago

#KashPatel putsch against #Congress Rep #EricSwalwell sees #EastBay #congressman issue "cease & desist" plea while other DC #Democrats "observers" alarmed including some forced to act in #FBI . #Swalwell accuses #Drumpf admin of trying to taint his #campaign for #California governor

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/28/fbi-patel-eric-swalwell/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc0NjcwNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc2MDUyNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzQ2NzA0MDAsImp0aSI6ImNhZmVmNjYyLTVhMzgtNGJhZS04OWJiLWIwOTMwZmFkM2U2NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzAzLzI4L2ZiaS1wYXRlbC1lcmljLXN3YWx3ZWxsLyJ9.iGN3KPHjJl5r6StlPpa_25ydPOwz8KjrKWlMXmt4FEY #GiftLink #Free GIFT FROM A #WaPo #BezosBrand News SUBSCRIBER

Kash Patel’s push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within FBI

FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing to post documents related to a Democratic lawmaker who has not been accused of wrongdoing, raising alarms within the Bureau.

The Washington Post

LilMikeSF 14h ago

$4.25 B proceeds from $ale of #PDX #Trailblazers #NBA franchise reportedly going to #charity via #PaulAllen family.

#ProBasktball team's new owner also holds #Carolina #NHL franchise and has partnered with major #PandaExpress investors on #Oregon based #ProBasketball team

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7129015/2026/03/30/trail-blazers-sold-tom-dundon-nba/?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.0s0Q.pIVDWEvyVxR5&smid=ta-android-share #GiftLink #NYTimes #ProSports

My IRL friends call me Chris 19h ago

"For some on the left in Canada, inside or outside the NDP, that boldness may be welcome among those tired of the left having to apologize for itself or hold its tongue while it creeps to the centre.," writes Susan Delacourt. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?... #GiftLink 🎁 #CanPoli

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Trevor Burrows 1d ago

I know we're wary of NYT links, but sharing this gift link for an excellent op-ed on birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment, from historians Martha Jones and Kate Masur.

Will be using this in my US History I class in a few weeks, for sure, when we cover #Reconstruction.

"Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/opinion/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.5Gug.KNYTehipxhrZ&smid=url-share

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Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.

The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.’

The New York Times

Jim Patterson 🇨🇦1d ago

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) were pretty quick in labelling new @ndp leader @avilewis as antisemetic, apparently due to his consistent stance labelling Israel's actions against Gaza a genocide and his support for the Palestinian cause.
This seems to be following the usual Israeli messaging, that any criticism of Israel is ipso facto antisemitic. Having been to two of his rallies there was nothing in his speech against Judaism in general (he's Jewish himself). The only clue in the CIJA statement was: "When a leader declares that Zionism is inseparable from ethnic cleansing, he is not engaging in legitimate policy critique. He is telling Jewish Canadians that a core part of their identity is illegitimate. ".
So, their position is that Zionism is a core part of Judaism and anyone opposing the Gaza genocide is antisemitic. Zionism (as a justification for Israel's genocide) certainly seems like ethnic cleansing. Is that a core part of Judaism?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/47e14988ee9a721e5c79e5557d3c84ac608683b2395ee901b2ff0e6a2dffa335/MAFJ4QL6W5FHHPAKMQY7ZFT64A/

#gaza #genocide #GiftLink