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LAWSUIT: We’re suing DHS after agents tracked down a Rochester, NY, man for sending a critical email to ICE’s director.
This is America at 250. Dispatching federal agents to your doorstep because you criticized a public official is an insult to the First Amendment.
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From the courthouse yesterday: An IJ attorney explains why we’re challenging unconstitutional TSA forfeiture practices.
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LeBron going to the slammer after they catch him betting on Bronny unders
Four teams were mentioned in the illegal sports gambling investigation as being bet on — the Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, and Portland Trail Blazers.
(Via @BrettSiegelNBA )
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Whenever the state legislature proposes reforms to address CA's housing crisis, LA City Council cries "We need local control!"
It makes me wonder: what good things has "local control" actually gotten Los Angeles? 🧵
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📸2 years ago today I got this absolute unit all to myself as everyone else scored the Yuma tornado. Totally worth it I must say!
Wild Horse, CO 8/8/23
#cowx #wxtwitter #StormHour
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So much of the identity of the Simpsons - the stings, the interstitial music cues, the quite impressive full musical numbers - were Alf Clausen. All of it really except for the title theme. Foundational to the show. RIP. Here’s a news jingle he did.
Alf Clausen, Emmy-Winning Composer for 'The Simpsons,' Dies at 84 hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
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Sydney, Australia based Quantum Computing company Diraq to join DARPA, IBM, and PsiQuantum at the future Quantum Computing campus in Chicago.
Diraq was already working with DARPA and FermiLab, and had recently set up shop in Silicon Valley and Boston.
chicagobusiness.com/technolo…
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The new pope won't have any trouble finding his way around Italy. Being from Chicago, he's seen this map a thousand times.
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I still can't believe our society invented a thing that just pretends to be smart, & numerous people immediately put their trust in it.
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Update: Anyone who has left LA and headed south. You are welcome at our restaurant, 16600 Pacific Coast Highway, 92649. We have a large parking lot, you can stay as long as you need and camp out. We will provide free meals for all of those affected. If anyone has any coordination in process for meals, supplies, etc for LA, reach out to me, we will provide as much food to deliver and arrange supplies as well.
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After years of litigation, on the literal eve of trial, the Pasco Sheriff has admitted that its "predictive policing" program violated the constitution.
In other words -- the good guys won!
What I've been working on lately: Pasco County, FL, used a crude computer algorithm to "predict" who would commit future crimes--and then subjected their families to relentless harassment. They called it "Intelligence Led Policing."
This is Robert Jones, one of our clients. His son landed on Pasco's list when he was just sixteen years old.
Soon, the Pasco sheriff's office was visiting the family's home multiple times a week and at odd hours of the day, knocking on the doors, and peering into the windows. Deputies found excuses to issue fines for things like tall grass, and they found excuses to arrest Robert--arresting him three times in three months.
Robert had never been arrested before. But he was arrested the day after Christmas because officers claimed to see a minor smoking a cigarette through the windows of his home; was arrested a week later for failure to appear for a code citation hearing (even though he did not receive notice of the hearing); and was arrested several months later for alleged possession of marijuana.
