The $64.4 billion bill, which includes roughly $10 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), passed the House by a vote of 220-207. All but one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), voted for the measure.

This has finally gotten me to take steps to deGoogle my email, Fastmail trial underway.

A force that helped defeat Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian government

The move came as dozens of immigrants arrested in Minneapolis were shipped to the Torrance County Detention Facility, which is run by private prison operator CoreCivic, in New Mexico. One of them, 33-year-old Jorge Cordoba, told Source NM he lived in Minneapolis for more than 20 years and was in the country legally under protected Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status.

The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump.

We’re not sure if it’s exciting or not that scientists just discovered new ‘lifeforms’ inside of our bodies. Tiny bits of RNA, smaller than a virus, colonize bacteria inside our mouths and guts and have the power to transfer information that can be read by a cell.

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES narrowly defeated a resolution aimed at blocking further attacks on Venezuela after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., held the poll open for a lengthy period to secure a final vote against it.

THE WHITE HOUSE used a photo that was digitally altered with Google AI tools in its PR campaign against resistance to the federal agents’ assault on Minnesota, according to a Google detection system that confirms whether the tech giant’s AI tools were used to alter a photo.

The American Prospect reported that several Democrats in closely contested districts would be voting for the ICE appropriation. “They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement,” an unnamed source told the liberal magazine. “They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”

I adopted Toby and he’s THE most affectionate cat I’ve ever had. He’s 13. I love him already. Only adopted him yesterday.

France says it has seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet”.

More than a month has passed since the deadline for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all its files related to the investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And while the department has publicly shared thousands of documents since that date, those releases account for only a fraction of the materials it has in its possession—leaving the vast majority of the so-called “Epstein files” still unreleased.

Prosecutors said a Chicago carpenter had offered a bounty for killing Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official. Defense lawyers said he was just sharing a social media post.

If you want them to act, you’re going to have to call your senators

Last month, federal officials allegedly deported one of the suspects in a massive 2022 jewelry heist in Southern California where thieves made off with $100 million in merchandise, in what prosecutors have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history.

VOY s6e24 “Life Line”

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/acab/p/609712/i-dont-like-black-people-kentucky-deputy-joins-unemployment-line-after-appearing-on-dating-s

At least 120 cities plan to hold actions in solidarity with the Minneapolis General Strike.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/33154172

https://xcancel.com/DavidAFrench/status/2014190054990647565#m

An internal memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suggests that agents are authorized to enter the homes of immigrants and citizens alike without a judicial warrant — an assertion that violates the Fourth Amendment and several years of caselaw stating otherwise. The memo was first made public in a disclosure from whistleblowers within the federal government, with the help of…

Turns out all you need is a Supreme Court majority on your side and you can wipe your ass with the Constitution.

https://hrnews1.substack.com/p/ring-cameras-join-flock-and-amazon?r=1t17zr

For context, in my password manager I had tried formatting some of my entrees so that it would contain the usual username and password, but instead of creating whole new entrees for the security questions for the same account, I just added additional fields in the same entree in order to keep things a little more tidy.

Packed venues with lines stretched down the block. Smashed fundraising records, fuelled by small donors in every part of the country. And as excitement has grown, so have the attacks by the corporate media—from open hostility to studied erasure.

For the second time in a year, a former Calgary teacher, who is now in his 80s, is facing sexual assault charges dating back decades.

A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.

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U.S. Army Reserve Black Hawk pilot Chris Busby, 28, and Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez, 25, went to an Austin courthouse to get their marriage certificate on Dec. 3.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/46038408

Another in the seemingly unending march of me-interviewing-developers-from-different-programs/projects/games-etc has arrived. This time I’ve chatted to the team behind Spruce/Sprig (*a pair of Linux-based operating systems designed specifically for retro handhelds*) to get their story.

I don’t recommend jumping right in to the online game if you haven’t played it before, but for folks who are familiar with it this is a great resource. I’ll make a post about how to get into the game if you’ve never played before though.

Alternate link: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=TIf3IfHCoiE

includes overhauled Patrons and bases, six new heroes, a fast-paced game mode ‘Street Brawl’, HUD updates, many quality-of-life additions, revamped postgame with an MVP screen, and more.

He hates snow. We’re gonna get 8-10 inches.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to testify under oath before the congressional committee investigating the federal government’s handling of the Epstein files.

It was a moment of global clarity. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech to the world’s political and economic elite gathered in Davos this week described global realities, past and present, with a candour and nuance rarely heard from a serving politician.

The system turns fiber-optic cables into “ultra-sensitive” sensors capable of spotting early anomalies, giving crews precious time to investigate and respond before they trigger outages in voltage grids or damage subsea facilities.

https://archive.ph/YXrEF