@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-27 14:37:33
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay.
Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Shortly after Kirk was killed last September, Attiah wrote online,
“Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence.”
“…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-24 20:35:06
As Trump continues to test the extent of his power,
systematically going after the most vulnerable population in our country, and those who defend them,
he is now pushing the limits to attorney ethics.
This flippant abuse of power and attacks to decades of precedent is putting bar licenses
and more importantly the lives of children at risk.
Unaccompanied migrant children arrive at our border alone, fleeing dangerous situations,
and remain one of the most…
@jake4480@c.im2026-07-25 16:20:46
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-07-21 13:21:35
TIL: There’s a town in the U.P. of Michigan named “Felch.”
I have no comment on this novel (to me) fact. @… https://m.ai6yr.org/@nwstornado_bot/11
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-20 05:38:14
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project.
Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback.
The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security waived req…
@bici@mastodon.social2026-09-25 23:00:16
Donald Trump is not Big Brother, but he is something Orwell would have recognized. The U.S. President’s ideal day involves endless monologues followed by an overnight of serial tweeting. His statements are mostly insults and put-downs, designed to provoke not thought, but feeling – ideally ill feeling. Like Orwell’s Two Minutes Hate.
Mr. Trump is a symptom of decaying democratic politics, as well as its agent.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-donald-trump-orwell-greer-totalitarianism/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-20 20:17:33
Two contrasting films,
produced eight years apart,
neatly distill the evolution of John Fetterman,
Pennsylvania’s maverick senator in his journey from progressive icon to a man seemingly more at ease with his nominal Republican opponents than his fellow Democrats.
Fetterman’s evolution has been so stark that some Democrats fear he will go over to the Republicans
– jeopardizing the party’s hopes of regaining control of the Senate
– despite his disavowals of…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-19 16:24:15
Primaries in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming held on Tuesday provided the latest view into how voters are feeling ahead of November’s US midterm elections.
One candidate aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) netted an extraordinary win
while another was defeated handily.
Donald Trump’s handpicked candidates received a mixed reception from voters.
In Alaska, voters chose their fighters for one of the year’s marquee US Senate races,
and in Florida, e…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-17 15:28:56
Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan,
has warned that there will be more “bloodshed” unless Democrats
“shut their mouths.”
Following the
back-to-back fatal shootings of a Colombian native in Maine
and a Mexican man in Houston by Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
👉the Trump administration has tried to shift the blame onto Democratic leaders who have been educating immigrants on their rights.
“I'm scared to death because assaults with vehicles …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-12 03:48:09
