Joe Newlin

*Sheena Easton voice*

🎶Come spend the night inside meshuga walls🎶

Let’s cancel the next war and the rest of the current one and use the savings for housing and Medicare for All.

this tickles my basil ganglia

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues * TorrentFreak In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.

In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.

13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.

The law didn't change.

torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

City of Masa: L.A. TACO's Ultimate Guide to Tortillas in Los Angeles ~ L.A. TACO Life is too short for bad tortillas. Here’s how to choose flour and corn tortillas that have the power to change your outlook on life.

Great article about LA tortillas, but why not a single mention of Guatemalan tortillas, @lataco.bsky.social? (The only place I’m aware of to get them at is Amalia’s on Beverly.)

lataco.com/best-tortill...

The Real Litmus Test for Democratic Presidential Candidates Supporting a wealth tax.

The underlying thing making democracy impossible is the vast fortunes of the extremely rich and any Democrat unwilling to support wealth taxes is not interested in addressing America’s biggest problem.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-real-l...

I've seen lots of coverage including in the international press. What I haven't seen is Democratic electeds bringing it up daily therefore driving coverage.

Centrism has never defeated fascism.

And, no, not losing elections doesn't count as defeating fascism.

Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

the phrase “more than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

Tish James to NYU Langone on cessation of gender affirming care: Stop obeying in advance. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

This is terrifying

www.advocate.com/news/crime/b...

We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN.

Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.

Florida now close to dealing death blow to public worker unions A Florida bill backed by Gov. DeSantis and the Freedom Foundation could make it harder for public sector unions to certify.

USA: State now close to dealing death blow to public worker unions www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Kansas invalidated a trans woman's license even though she never changed her gender marker.

It's not about the gender marker. It's about targeting trans people and making their lives unlivable.

She finds your criticism hard to swallow

The judges in WV have seen enough.

They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings — including against state officials who help them carry it out.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

Florida bill targeting unions could be unconstitutional, staff analysis warns Florida Sen. Jonathan Martin defends SB 1296 during its first committee stop (Feb. 11, 2026) A new proposal from Florida lawmakers that would make it

Florida Republicans are moving forward with legislation that could wipe out many remaining public sector unions in Florida and make it harder for most public employees (not just teachers) to form a union in the first place. It could also be unconstitutional www.orlandoweekly.com/news/labor/f...

The Numbers Behind America’s Culture Wars From climate change to deportation, the latest polling shows clear majorities on some issues and sharp divides on others

"Which is closest to your view about illegal immigrants?"

🔵 Allow them to stay + Apply for citizenship: 41%
🟡 Allow them to stay + Not allowed to apply for citizenship: 7%

⚫ Deport Them: 38%

Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Social media sites subpoenaed for identities behind anti-ICE accounts. "[DHS] is... sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

AOC describes what has happened in Gaza as a genocide, praises the idea of wealth taxes and has condemned corporate monopolies. Those positions are correct, and they are shared by many Democratic voters.

But not by most of the party’s other 2028 hopefuls. trib.al/tjJdp9t

In a historic vote, Tennessee Volkswagen workers get their first union contract Two years ago, the successful union drive at this plant was expected to spark victories throughout the South. But now, as members vote to make their contract official, momentum has fizzled.

In a historic vote, Tennessee Volkswagen workers get their first union contract - WSKG

#unions #politics

Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

Librarian here. We grant library cards to ALL residents, no matter their age or legal status. Our ID requirements pertain to establishing residency only. Do not invoke libraries, which embrace *everyone* in its civic fold, as a precedent for measures designed to *suppress* civic participation.