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Bramhall:
NY Times:
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker:
“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”
Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.
Heather Cox Richardson:
Trump clearly thinks he must take matters into his own hands. Although the Constitution is quite clear that it is Congress, and Congress alone, that can make laws, today his social media account announced he intends to change the nation’s voting laws all by himself. The account posted: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple—They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired. I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future. There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not! Also, the People of our Country are insisting on Citizenship, and No Mail-In Ballots, with exceptions for Military, Disability, Illness, or Travel.
Actress Ingrid Bergman in 1943 with her favorite new memoir:
Woody Guthrie probably didn’t know about that, but a few years later he became obsessed with the actress after watching her (several times) in the movie “Stromboli,” and so wrote a semi-erotic poem about her, much later turned into a song by Billy Bragg for the Mermaid Avenue project:
Sarah McLachlan visited NPR’s Tiny Desk this week:
From Tunes to Toons
Goris:
deAdder:
Anderson:
Kamensky:
Davies:
Royaards:
KAL:
Photo Finish
From my camera to you, “Field at Stone Barns During a Storm”
Some powerful cartoons.
What a beautiful photo!
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