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A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran,
who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian,
is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and now on the brink of war with the United States.
She is one of thousands adopted from abroad who were never granted citizenship because of a fracture at the intersection of adoption and immigration law.
 
The woman, who The Associated Pres…

Woman adopted by American war veteran faces deportation to Iran
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States. She is one of thousands adopted from abroad who were never granted citizenship because of a legal loophole. The woman, who The Associated Press is not naming because of her legal situation, received a letter this month order…

I unfortunately just had to cancel my Concord Monitor subscription, not because they did anything wrong, but rather because I'm too broke to afford my own personal subscription at the moment… if someone else could subscribe to them to make up for the revenue they're losing by my unsubscription, I'd appreciate it! You'd be helping save local news!
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Well. This does not seem like a good thing: «AI systems are built to function in ways that degrade and are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions. The affordances of AI systems have the effect of eroding expertise, short-circuiting decision-making, and isolating people from each other. These systems are anathema to the kind of evolution, transparency, cooperation, and accountability that give vital institutions their purpose and sustainability. In short, current AI systems are a de…

My Nakamichi tape deck died, and so I got a replacement belt and idler wheel tire for it. That didn't fix it. Internet searches suggested that corrosion in the cam motor was the most likely culprit.
Today I took it apart, opened up the cam motor, used a wire brush Dremel attachment and some Deoxit, and got it cleaned up. Put it all back together and it actually works! It was a frustrating process, with lots of tiny little parts, but gosh it's nice to have a functioning ta…

Trump ended the "de minimis exemption" for products from China last May and for items from the rest of the world in July.
Although it did not address de minimis directly, the Supreme Court’s decision appeared to invalidate one of the legal grounds for Trump’s decision to end the exemption, potentially opening the door for such inexpensive tax-free shipments to resume.
But in an executive order hours later, Trump said the flow of such goods remained a national emergency,…

Trump Doubles Down on Closing Tax Loophole on Cheap Imports
The exemption was shut down last year by President Trump based, in part, on the same legal grounds as the tariffs that were invalidated by the Supreme Court.

Indeed. Because the great majority of the cases were not of antisemitism but opposition to the genocidal and apartheid policies of Israel.
As Mr Reed well knows
Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims | Local elections 2026 | The Guardian

Over 1,500 apartment buildings remain without heating in Kyiv after Russian attacks, local authorities say: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/16/over-apartment-buildings-remain-without.html

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Instead of digging a bit deeper into factors affecting housing affordability, news articles like this uncritically accept YIMBY's Leora Ross's “Thanks to years of advocacy at the state level to pass laws like AB 2011, housing proposals like these will bring thousands of homes to the Bay Area and make it easier and more affordable for people to live here.”
There are so many factors affecting affordability - and this is ignored. WHY?
Plans for nearly 4,000 homes over Saf…

Missing a trick here.
Not a word on Labour's trashing of environmental protection and building boom. That boom won't deliver affordable rent housing.
Greens to launch local elections campaign with promise on affordable housing which ‘failing Labour councils’ haven’t delivered - Green Party