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Lawbrarian, #CarIntoBuilding tracker, definitely not your lawyer. Personal account, bad takes are solely my own. You'll have to pry my pronouns from my cold, dead bio (he/him)

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Why is China set to approve a new law promoting 'ethnic unity'? A law that could threaten the rights of minority groups is a sign of the direction Xi is taking China.

#China’s new “ethnic unity” law, to be passed this week, will accelerate the attempted forced assimilation of the country’s ethnic minorities into the dominant Han culture, according to academics and human rights groups. A piece by me:
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www.bbc.com/news/article...

10.03.2026 01:57 👍 47 🔁 30 💬 4 📌 7
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Pa. workers still aren’t guaranteed paid family leave, unlike their neighbors in N.J. and Del.

As a growing number of states, including New Jersey, have created paid family and medical leave programs, Pennsylvania remains without one.

10.03.2026 16:30 👍 21 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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Family of Quakertown, Pennsylvania teen put in chokehold at ICE protest wants justice and accountability The family of a teenager who appeared to be put in a chokehold during a protest against ICE in Quakertown is speaking out.

"Who was the aggressor? Clearly it was the chief. Clearly the chief incited any reaction that came after that," said the attorney representing the girl. "Certainly his actions were that of a counter protester and not of an officer de-escalating or under crowd control." #Quakertown

10.03.2026 13:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Many such cases #CarIntoBuilding

10.03.2026 14:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Family of Quakertown, Pennsylvania teen put in chokehold at ICE protest wants justice and accountability The family of a teenager who appeared to be put in a chokehold during a protest against ICE in Quakertown is speaking out.

"Who was the aggressor? Clearly it was the chief. Clearly the chief incited any reaction that came after that," said the attorney representing the girl. "Certainly his actions were that of a counter protester and not of an officer de-escalating or under crowd control." #Quakertown

10.03.2026 13:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

An NJ legislator doing... good?!

10.03.2026 12:33 👍 25 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

Car into house #CarIntoBuilding

10.03.2026 13:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Large cube van into home #CarIntoBuilding Canuck Edition 🇨🇦

10.03.2026 13:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Appointment of top federal prosecutors in New Jersey was unconstitutional, judge rules In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann wrote that Trump’s administration has intentionally avoided taking the proper steps to appoint a top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

A federal judge said yesterday that “scores of dangerous criminals” could be released because of Trump’s refusal to have a senate confirmed U.S. Attorney in New Jersey for over a year.

A brutal 130-page opinion about an “enormous assertion of Presidential power.”

www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...

10.03.2026 12:58 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 2
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The infuriating history of the law that doomed abortion rights The men behind the Hyde Amendment saw it as their ticket to paradise.

In 1974, an Internal Revenue Service attorney named Paul Haring pitched an idea to Catholic leaders that would shape the lives of millions of women for the next half-century.

The Hyde Amendment is a ban on federal Medicaid funding of abortion that will mark its 50th anniversary this year.

10.03.2026 01:00 👍 166 🔁 82 💬 9 📌 5
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Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

10.03.2026 06:46 👍 183 🔁 114 💬 10 📌 11
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Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem gambling − but few seek treatment

As online platforms make gambling easier and more convenient, some Pennsylvanians are gambling more often and may be more prone to developing problems.

09.03.2026 20:01 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3

*extremely Peter Garrett voice*

How can we sleep while the cars are crashing?

10.03.2026 10:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#CarIntoBuilding Police Chase Edition 🚨

10.03.2026 10:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#CarIntoBuilding Down Under Edition 🇦🇺

10.03.2026 10:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Important ruling on immigration operations in Minnesota

Judge Tostrud (Trump appointee):

"Plaintiffs have made a clear showing that Defendants have adopted a POLICY authorizing federal immigration officers to conduct investigatory stops based on ethnicity or race without reasonable suspicion."
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09.03.2026 21:55 👍 1151 🔁 442 💬 14 📌 16
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Noem associate Madison Sheahan bought 2,500 marked vehicles for ICE Despite ICE employees seeking to keep a low profile in public, ICE official Madison Sheahan placed a bulk order for marked vehicles.

Wild story from @washingtonexaminer.bsky.social:
ICE "wasted millions" to buy "thousands of employee vehicles that the agency cannot use to arrest illegal immigrants"

The problem: the vehicles are marked with ICE logo and motto

“ICE has never had marked vehicles,” person familiar said

09.03.2026 16:30 👍 375 🔁 144 💬 33 📌 71
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I can't compete with this.

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Oil Prices Spike Over $110 a Barrel, Highest Since Pandemic

Oil Prices Spike Over $110 a Barrel, Highest Since Pandemic www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/b...

09.03.2026 13:59 👍 20 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 3
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AmicaMossOpn030826

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump plan set to take effect Monday that would rapidly dismiss many/most? immigration appeals. Judge Randy Moss (Obama/DC) says DOJ has to complete notice-and-comment before such a change. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

09.03.2026 04:11 👍 875 🔁 301 💬 17 📌 30

Exactly, but then my brain needs a disambiguation page

09.03.2026 10:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reading about the economy

09.03.2026 10:15 👍 210 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 1
Eliot Higgins being reposted by Eoin Higgins (not the same guy)

Eliot Higgins being reposted by Eoin Higgins (not the same guy)

No offense but it’s very confusing that you are two different guys

09.03.2026 10:15 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
In a hotel room, a brick wall that has obviously had a huge hole repaired

In a hotel room, a brick wall that has obviously had a huge hole repaired

Pretty sure the Kool-Aid man stayed in this hotel room once

09.03.2026 02:26 👍 10739 🔁 876 💬 363 📌 188
Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens YouTube video by PBS

The documentary "The Librarians" is free to watch on YouTube. And I can't recommend it strongly enough.

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Middle East war live: Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader The 56-year-old cleric becomes the third leader of the Islamic republic after his father was killed in US-Israeli air strike

An Ayatollah Khamenei is Supreme Leader of Iran and oil is above $100 a barrel
www.ft.com/content/0b7b...

08.03.2026 22:11 👍 83 🔁 23 💬 5 📌 7

The result of this was Judge Tunheim ordering compensation under the Federal Torts Claims Act for lost or otherwise not returned property. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

08.03.2026 14:40 👍 234 🔁 66 💬 4 📌 1
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Toilet terror? ICE detention plan will drown Roxbury in a sewage nightmare| Opinion Federal government's proposal for 1,500-detainee facility faces insurmountable sewage capacity constraints that could generate 157,000 gallons of wastewater daily with no place to process it.

Federal government's proposal for 1,500-detainee facility faces insurmountable sewage capacity constraints that could generate 157,000 gallons of wastewater daily with no place to process it.

08.03.2026 17:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0