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  1. Mar 2025
    1. Polls that were conducted by or for partisan organizations are labeled, as they often release results that are favorable only to their causes. Margins are calculated using unrounded vote shares when available.

      Not to put on my tin foil hat but I don't feel like these polls are accurate. There has to be some sort of bias in the reporting of these polls. When I am online, all I see is very loud disapproval of this administration.

    2. poll from Quinnipiac University conducted March 6 to 10 March 6-10 Disapprove +11

      This doesn't surprise me for a poll at a University which would typically have a young and educated demographic.

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      Seems accurate

    1. One is a resentencing track, which was the focus of Monday’s news conference. The court began these proceedings itself, and, separately, Mr. Gascón filed a petition last year to push for resentencing. Mr. Gascón’s petition argued that the brothers deserved a chance at parole because of their exemplary conduct in prison. Mr. Gascón said the brothers had “paid their debt to society,” and asked a court to resentence the brothers to prison terms of 50 years to life, instead of life without parole. That change would automatically make the brothers immediately eligible for parole, because they were under 26 years old when the crime occurred (Lyle was 21, and Erik was 18).

      Why is their no mention of the sexual abuse?

    2. “They have apologized for the horrific actions they took. They have apologized to us. And, they have demonstrated their atonement through actions that have helped improve countless lives,” the coalition said of the brothers in a statement. “Yet, D.A. Hochman is effectively asking for them to publicly apologize to a checklist of actions they took in a state of shock and fear.”

      Even the family who was affected wants them out.

    3. Mr. Hochman spent much of his news conference retelling the gruesome details of the killings carried out by the brothers, and how they covered it up. The brothers, he said, had lied over and over again through the years. And he argued that, even over many years, they had failed to show that they had “full insight” into the crimes, or that they had they taken “complete responsibility” for them. “Our position is that they shouldn’t get out of jail,” Mr. Hochman said. “Now, ultimately, that is a position. We bring that position to the court.”

      There is an abundance of evidence that the boys were molested by their father and financially blackmailed.

    4. Besides the court-initiated review of resentencing, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is separately considering a clemency petition in the case; he took action last month to move that process forward.

      Come on Gavin Newsom... this makes me feel slightly more optimistic.

    5. Thus, the announcement by the district attorney, Nathan J. Hochman, at a news conference in downtown Los Angeles is largely symbolic — a high-profile statement of values by a top prosecutor who was elected in November on promises to take a tougher approach on crime.

      I'm so tired of this case being politicized.

    6. The new district attorney of Los Angeles County said he would ask a court to withdraw a resentencing petition put forward by his predecessor in the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who brutally murdered their parents more than 35 years ago.

      This is missing context

    7. Erik and Lyle Menendez still have paths to freedom. But the new district attorney is trying to roll back an effort by his predecessor to ease their punishment for killing their parents.

      As someone who's been following this case for years, this is heart breaking.

    1. Many people here complained about the cafe’s name. Here was one thing they could change, something tangible, when everything else felt so out of control.

      I really hope they change this name.

    2. Some Ukrainians spoke positively about Mr. Trump’s business acumen and had hoped that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — rather than Mr. Zelensky — might rub Mr. Trump the wrong way.

      I've seen this positive outcome in the 1980s with Reagan and the demolition of the Berlin Wall.

    3. “Unfortunately, humanitarianism is absent from U.S. politics. They do not care about Ukraine’s casualties, its tragedies, or the war crimes committed by Russia against Ukraine.”

      Every single thing is about profit.

    4. Artem Kholodevych, 33, a lieutenant colonel in the military who lost his right leg at the front, said he believed that Ukraine had enough stockpiles of weapons to hold out until European allies could increase aid deliveries.

      I hope he is right

    5. “I feel like we are being abandoned, just abandoned by everyone,” said Ms. Khrul, who like everyone else here, said she had lost people in the war, including a classmate and a close friend. Last week, she attended the funeral of a good friend of her boyfriend who was killed fighting at the front.

      Such a waste of human life... all for profit

    6. Many people had been hoping for the resurrection of the minerals deal, so that the United States would continue to support Ukraine in return for a share of profits from its resources.

      Everything is about money.

    7. Under Joseph R. Biden Jr., the United States was Ukraine’s biggest ally. But since President Trump took power in January, the United States has done an about-face on its foreign policy, making good relations with Russia a priority over those with Ukraine.

      Why must we stab our ally's in the back. What's next? Leaving NATO? Oh wait...

    8. obstetrician-gynecologist, stood in line for a bottle of water and counted off the people she knew who had been killed by the Russians on her fingers: Her brother, a childhood friend, her neighbors.

      I have no words. This is just devestating.

    9. At the Trump Pizza Station in Kyiv, where the internet password is “TrumpLovesYou,” one woman burst into tears when she learned that the United States was suspending military aid to Ukraine.

      Heartless...especially considering how much funding we give our military.

  2. Feb 2025
    1. The Texas attorney general similarly accused Cal-Maine in 2020 of raising egg prices by 300 percent. The case is still open.

      This is a bipartisan issue but the right doesn't seem concerned with this.

    2. The egg production industry has faced scrutiny over its pricing practices in the past. In 2011, major food companies, including Kraft and General Mills, sued the biggest egg producers and industry trade groups, claiming that they had colluded to reduce the supply of eggs in order to increase the price.

      So this has been an issue before.

    3. The egg industry said the bird flu had been devastating to farmers who had lost birds to the virus. At the same time, consumer demand for eggs has been up year over year for 23 consecutive months.

      Why would consumer demand go up for a staple grocery item like eggs?

    4. “That capacity has opened up,” he said, referring to the agency now that its antitrust case against the merger of two giant supermarket chains, Kroger and Albertsons, is over. That case, which went to trial last year, ended with a court order preventing the merger.

      Thank goodness.

    5. Similar pleas from advocacy groups and lawmakers were made to the F.T.C. under the Biden administration, which did not announce an antitrust investigation into egg producers.

      Anti-trust legislation seems needed at this point.

    6. but it sure as hell seems we should be looking into it and see if there’s anticompetitive conduct that is hurting consumers

      This situation seems to me like large corporations could be in kahoots on price inflation to increase profits... very reminiscent of Robber Barons.

    7. But as consumers confront empty shelves in their grocery stores and prices soar in some places to over $10 for a dozen eggs, the concentration of egg production in fewer hands is raising concerns, stoked by previous findings. Two years ago, the largest producers were found liable for inflating prices in the 2000s. Now, some lawmakers are calling for federal regulators to investigate the industry.

      I can't believe we are living in a reality where big egg producers are seeing record profits while Americans are struggling to buy groceries

    8. . Cal-Maine has acquired more than two dozen companies since 1989. It and four other large producers control roughly half of the egg market in the United States. The others are privately held and don’t make their financials public.

      Again.... sounds like a monopoly.

    9. Cal-Maine Foods, which controls about a fifth of the egg market and sells to Walmart and other large retailers, reported that its revenues jumped to $954 million in the quarter that ended in late November from $523 million from the prior year — an increase of 82 percent.

      This sounds like a borderline monopoly.

    10. Should one of their hens test positive for the H5N1 virus that causes avian flu, their whole flock would have to be killed to prevent the spread.

      This seems impractical and unethical. Is there no treatment?

    11. Brian Moscogiuri is an egg broker. A vice president for the wholesale company Eggs Unlimited, he works the phone in his home office in Toms River, N.J., until late into the evening, trying to connect hopeful buyers with farms that have eggs to spare.

      Egg broker?

    1. ‘Thank God E.I.S. was spared,’” said Dr. Michael Iademarco, who helped create the Laboratory Leadership Service when he was at the C.D.C. “And my response will be, ‘Yeah, but we just killed the promising half of field investigation, because nobody knows about it.’”The agency has also lost its presidential management fellows, who were assigned to the C.D.C. under a decades-old government initiative that describes itself as “the premier leadership development program for advanced degree holders across all academic disciplines.”Veterans of the health agencies said they were troubled by the seemingly random nature of the cuts.

      These cuts seemed to be happening without order or reason. It's almost like they are drawing names from a hat.

    2. He warned that he would cut 600 jobs at the health institutes. In October, after merging his presidential campaign with that of Mr. Trump, he instructed F.D.A. officials to “preserve your records” and “pack your bags.”

      Ah yes, the party who claims to care about the. economy, the financial wellness of American families, and job growth.

    3. “taking action to support the president’s broader efforts to restructure and streamline the federal government.”

      He's removing government employees so he can hire a bunch of right wing yes men in their place.

    4. “These individuals are not numbers on a spreadsheet,” they wrote, adding, “We owe them a debt of gratitude, not a pink slip.”

      These agencies are fundamental to the wellbeing of the American people.

    5. The firings have also excised the next generation of leaders at the C.D.C., the N.I.H., the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies that the department oversees.

      Firing the FDA employees is extremely ironic when RFK is part of Trump's cabinet.

    6. “It’s not canceled,” Elon Musk, the billionaire in charge of the downsizing, wrote on social media in response to the blowback about the purported dismantling of the Epidemic Intelligence Service.

      WHY IS ELON MUSK INVOLVED IN OUR GOVERNMENT WHEN HE'S NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL?!

    7. But the cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services — coming on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a century — have been especially jarring.

      I cannot even begin to wrap my head around the ramifications of this.

    8. the “disease detectives” who track outbreaks around the world — has apparently been spared, perhaps because of an uproar among alumni after a majority of its members were told on Friday that they would be let go.

      These jobs were likely spared due to the pandemic.

    9. At the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed.

      How is this beneficial to the American people?

    1. “What are they doing in that system? Why would they need to be in that system?” Judge Moss said. “There’s not a lot of clarity about what the DOGE employees are doing.”

      Isn't this literally just a coup.

    2. A lawyer for the Justice Department said on Tuesday that the team litigating the matter had not been briefed on whether members of Mr. Musk’s team had “actual access” to sensitive student information, such as tax return information, Social Security numbers or income data.

      Interesting...

    3. Mr. Musk’s team, part of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has been operating in the Education Department for more than a week.

      Something I am not very well educated on is how certain agencies/departments are created and how what power they hold is decided.

    4. Mr. Musk’s associates from combing through the Education Department’s data because of privacy concerns related to the personal identifying information that students routinely disclose when applying for federal aid.

      He does not have any elected authority

    5. Cuts to the agency’s research grants are especially notable given that the federal government has taken a leadership role in collecting data on education — and highlighting best practices — since the 1860s, said Chester E. Finn Jr., who served under President Ronald Reagan as the Education Department’s assistant secretary for research and improvement.

      How will this effect the public school system?

    6. Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort announced a variety of cuts at the Education Department totaling over $900 million, apparently aimed at hobbling the department’s research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences.

      In terms of government spending this seems like a minor expense

    7. “terminated” 89 of the department’s contracts, apparently targeting its research arm.

      I wonder what the motivation behind this is... censorship? maybe to create a less informed populus?

    1. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico called her deal with the Trump administration — averting tariffs for a month and cooperating to curb the flow of drugs and weapons — a “good agreement.”

      So was this entire tariff threat just a ploy for more border security? If that is the case then why tariff Canada?

    2. President Trump’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China included a little-noticed but significant change to how online purchases will be taxed when they enter the United States.

      This is such a stupid decision (sorry to keep harping I am juist baffled)

    3. “It is in the strategic interest of the United States that this integration is not only maintained but grows in the coming years,” Ebrard told reporters.Image

      International trade is generally good

    4. The peso and Canadian dollar, which had declined against the U.S. dollar because of the looming threat of tariffs, started to recover today after Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said tariffs on goods from Mexico would be delayed.

      As I said... tariffs against our closest allies will be a HORRIBLE idea

    5. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said that the 10,000 Mexican national guard troops being sent to the border would be pulled from other parts of the country and would be in addition to security forces already there.

      How would this affect the security in other parts of the country?

    6. In return, Mexico will get at least a temporary reprieve from the blanket 25 percent tariffs Mr. Trump announced on Saturday, as well as help from the U.S. government to stanch the movement of guns back over the border, Ms. Sheinbaum said on Monday.

      25% Tariffs are absurd and will wreak havoc upon both economies

    7. Ms. Sheinbaum agreed to deploy 10,000 troops, who President Trump said would be designated to stop the flow of migrants and illegal drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border.

      I wonder about the logistics of this implementation

  3. Jan 2025
    1. Erica: You will work with Erica mainly on the First Year Service Experience for LLC students.This is the Pre-arrival programming we oMer our freshmen, allowing them to move in early.Any questions about this should be directed to her or her team members.Glenda: Glenda will be filing your finance reports each month. Attached is the template forwhat I would fill out each month, detailing what each expense was used for and ensuringthat each receipt is connected to the correct purchase. Any questions about the budgetand purchasing should be directed to her

      Great professional way to warn about personality conflicts.

    2. The main tool that we use is teams. It is important to make sure people are creating theirdocuments through the Team’s folder for the Service and Social Action LLC. If they arecreated through the Teams folder you won’t have to worry about people sharing theirdocuments if you need access, and since this oMice can have a high student turnover overit makes passing the workload to the next employee much easier.Using Trello for the team makes it much easier to track what everyone is doing daily. It is anextension in Teams that allows for little blocks to be created for each event, and you caneasily comment on what work was accomplished. It also is a great way to start your one-on-one conversations with PALSs because it gives you a base level of what they have orhave not accomplished in the past week.The Canvas page is also something I would familiarize yourself with. It is one of the mainways we can contact students through a platform they use every day. We tend to postservice event opportunities on the announcements, not oMice hours, since that canoverwhelm students. We also put all events and when the oMice is open on the canvascalendar for students to access.

      Love that you split 3 tools into 3 paragraphs

    3. I like to set one dayof the week where my hours are “remote” and have that day be where I run to Target orWalmart to buy items needed for the week’s events or supplies for the oMice.

      Good voice.

    4. Congratulations on the new role! We are so excited to have you at the Volunteer ResourceCenter. I am sorry I couldn’t walk you through your new role in person. I hope this email willhelp you understand what to expect while at the VRC

      Great voice. Love the enthusiasm.

    Annotators

    1. I do also want to let you know that our regional and corporate leadersplay a major part in the store and it is crucial to impress them whenever they visit to ensure theentire team’s bonus is paid out, this is not just you specifically, but everyone must play theirpart.

      Great voice. Also very professional way to inform coworkers of important social dynamics.

    2. You will have access and be trained in depth with online customer servicethat will override many issues, as far as theft, rest assured that our asset management team willbe there for you and take care of the issue.

      Run on? Could be broken up to seem more smooth.

    3. Unfortunately, I will not be able to be present once you start your role, therefore I am writing inhopes of providing you some guidance and assurance on your new position.

      Could be worded more smoothly

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    1. “As long as we still have a Constitution and laws, they can’t go against any of us because we are not breaking any laws. Let me be clear, I am not going to violate the Constitution.”

      Lack of concern about punishment

    2. “Denver does not obstruct federal law enforcement, and has been clear that we will cooperate with ICE on violent criminals, as we always have,” Mr. Johnston said.

      Very reasonable stance

    3. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office published guidance for city workers on how to engage with ICE shortly before Mr. Trump took office. Mr. Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

      Wonder if he'll be punished for this

    4. His administration told federal prosecutors in a memo this week that local officials were bound to cooperate with the Justice Department under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution and that they could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they failed to comply.

      I feel like this will be extremely difficult to implement because local officials could say they were ignorant to these "issues".. I hope.

    5. Local officials responded with a mix of silence and defiance on Wednesday after the Justice Department ordered prosecutors to investigate and charge state and city law enforcement officials if they refused to enforce the Trump administration’s new immigration policies.

      I'm wondering if he's going to create legislation to punish officials that don't abide by these rules.

    1. I have no doubt that the Roman Catholic Church will vigorously denounce mass deportation if and when it begins. But why wait? Undocumented immigrants will be subject to horrific pain and suffering if Mr. Trump follows through on his intentions. Over six million households are said to have at least one undocumented person.

      This deportation does not align with traditional Christian values. That is why I feel that White Christian Nationalists have bastardized the original text of the bible.

    2. The Times reported last week that public schools serving migrant children face the challenge of persuading parents “to send their children to class when some are so anxious about deportation that they are reluctant to separate from their children for even part of the day.”

      This is heartbreaking.

    3. At the same time, we are called always to have a sense of the dignity of every human person. And thus, plans which have been talked about at some levels of having a wider indiscriminate massive deportation across the country would be something that would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine. So we’ll have to see what emerges in the administration.

      I wonder if the "good Christians" who support this doctrine or his administration have had any conflicting emotions or are experiencing cognitive dissonance.

    4. A top aide has said that “vast holding facilities” would serve as “staging centers” for immigrants as they wait to be flown to other countries.

      This again is going to hurt our economy.

    5. repeated and ambitious commitments as a candidate was to arrest and deport up to 12 million undocumented immigrants. Many are Mexican and have been in the United States for more than 10 years.

      This would DESTROY the US economy. This would be unfathomably expensive and immigrants do many of the important jobs that natural born citizens consider " undesirable".

    1. several doctors said they were concerned that the trend might encourage people to turn to compounded weight loss drugs, which are copycat versions that the Food and Drug Administration does not vet and has repeatedly warned come with health risks.

      People will do anything for the pursuit of beauty.

    2. To Mr. Hammer, the smaller doses were a tool that helped him make lifestyle changes. Now that he didn’t feel sick all the time, he worked out more and focused on eating healthier foods.

      The lifestyle changes along with the medication may just be a placebo.

    3. “There’s this desire for ultra-personalization,” said Dr. Andrew Kraftson, a clinical associate professor in the division of metabolism, endocrinology and diabetes at Michigan Medicine.

      This is the root of this weird desire.

    4. despite limited evidence, seems to be growing more popular: “microdosing” weight loss drugs, or taking very small amounts.

      Maybe using a term such as "microdosing" that is used when talking about small amounts of recreational drugs will not be beneficial to giving this method credibility.

    1. Kimbal Musk, Mr. Musk’s younger brother, later posted on X that it was “the best speech” of Mr. Musk’s life.

      I feel like this just further proves this was an accident. If it was an "unintentional" Nazi symbol... I think his brother would be more mortified and not call it his "best speech".

    2. “made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm” and that it was “not a Nazi salute.” The organization added that “all sides should give one another a bit of grace.”

      He is extensively media trained. I just doubt this. That seemed very intentional.

    3. The motion soon drew comparisons online to the salute popularized by Adolf Hitler, and others interpreted it as a Roman salute, which is also known as the “Fascist salute” and was later adopted by the Nazis.

      As I said in my previous annotation.

    4. Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute.

      Ugh, what other salute could this be. I see speculation online that it's the "Roman Salute" but the "roman Salute" inspired the Nazi salute.