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Spox for the mayor said Tuesday the amount of the TIF surplus “is one of the least controversial parts of the budget.” https://t.co/BT3hyBjLfw Aldies def complained about not being talked to, some had concerns about specific problems, have not heard any that are saying screw CPS.
Trib on the City’s massive TIF sweep: https://t.co/BwYdsqiN7S It was clear in the back & forth on Tuesday, there’s some # of projects that were more developed & wouldn’t be swept by end of year, if aldies had been talked to. That’s a little harder to square than a mere concept.
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This New Yorker piece on the Congo’s 30-year war is framed around Trump’s declaration that he’d “stopped” the war, but it has incredible context about the ethnic tensions, particularly as they relate to the genocide in Rwanda, I was unfamiliar with:
newyorker.com
The President declared a diplomatic triumph. The view from the ground is more complex.
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An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths. Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.
nytimes.com
Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.
The Mine Is American. The Minerals Are China’s. A Brazilian rare earths mine backed by American investors illustrates China’s grip over the strategic minerals that underpin the modern economy.
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A fuel blockade shows the frightening power of Mali’s jihadists: https://t.co/hQhCuYz7PJ + Video: Mali’s capital caught in the crosshairs of jihad, a military junta & geopolitics
economist.com
But fears of a terrorist takeover are overblown
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Trump's admin. has ordered a broad review of all refugees who entered under fmr. President Biden, an unprecedented move that could reopen cases of 233k folks. https://t.co/eFJ7lJkUai Memo orders a halt to all processing of apps for permanent residence for that group.
White South African Afrikaner refugees arrive in US on a government-chartered plane: https://t.co/jBBomKnCQv + More on the moral line in the sand the Episcopal Church drew:
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Feds object to laws that shield patients from medical debt: https://t.co/QZMadX7qBd More than a dozen states have laws on the books to protect people from the financial fallout of unpaid hospital bills.
washingtonpost.com
D.C. lawmakers push forward with a bill to shield residents from medical debt, despite recent CFPB guidance saying only the federal government has that right.
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These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates: Financial & social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
nytimes.com
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
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Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan: https://t.co/bfs4vaEsxZ The ruling is an extraordinary rebuke of the rushed effort by the Justice Department — under Trump’s direction — to seek indictments of his political adversaries.
politico.com
A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation.
A federal grand jury has indicted NY AG Letitia James on two fraud-related charges. She’s the second Trump foe charged in a case that career prosecutors had turned down. https://t.co/nbtJLKWY5K This New Yorker article has deets of why the case is flimsy:
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The recent deaths of 15 forcibly recruited minors in military operations have sparked an unprecedented crisis for the Colombian president:
english.elpais.com
The recent deaths of 15 forcibly recruited minors in military operations have sparked an unprecedented crisis for the Colombian president
The forced recruitment of child soldiers in Colombia: Families are uprooted, isolated & threatened. https://t.co/Va5JpkV0so Nearly 4 out of every 10 demobilized children belong to indigenous or Afro-Colombian communities.
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How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions: https://t.co/LYTpUHOSSQ By the end of December America will have executed 47 people, nearly double last year’s tally and the highest in nearly two decades.
economist.com
How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions
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Really powerful story: Two men. One identity. They both paid the price.
nytimes.com
Thousands of undocumented workers rely on fraudulent Social Security numbers. One of them belonged to Dan Kluver.
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In a new lawsuit, the Cherokee, Chickasaw & Choctaw nations contend McGirt affirms their right to regulate hunting by their members on their reservations. They say their authority is backed up by treaties, federal law & their inherent sovereign powers:
oklahoman.com
The three tribes and the governor are disputing over the interpretation of the McGirt decision amid a lawsuit on wildlife crimes on tribal land.
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The middle had me cracking up over the weekend b/c she heard a commercial that said, “Hey, Meta” & she says, “Who’s Jimeta?”
Spent a good 5 mins trying to decipher what the middle was saying her collerbone looked like. Midwest accent strikes again! Tree “ruts” turns out. It was way easier to translate the oldest’s English in a Spanish accent. Lord knows what the third is going to end up saying…
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Texas is getting far less in federal money for broadband expansion than expected: Rural leaders who have worked years to improve broadband access said they were disappointed by the sharp decrease in federal dollars. https://t.co/w9ouiqmNkm >2.8M TX HHs & 7M Texans lack broadband.
texastribune.org
Rural leaders who have worked years to improve broadband access said they were disappointed by the sharp decrease in federal dollars.
Nearly 3M in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don’t Practice & Telehealth Doesn’t Reach:
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The storied Taj Mahal has become a flash point in India’s Hindu-Muslim conflict: https://t.co/OmqkTK6FYv A new film questioning whether the Taj repurposed a Hindu palace fits into a larger climate shaped by nationalist rhetoric & amplified through India’s influential pop culture.
washingtonpost.com
The storied monument has become a flash point in India’s Hindu-Muslim conflict.
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Chicago-area housing advocates are bracing for many of the 8500 formerly unhoused whose residences are subsidized by the feds to lose their homes after Trump drastically changed funding rules & slashed $$ subsidizing long-term housing.
capitolnewsillinois.com
The Trump administration is dramatically cutting the money available to help pay for housing for people in need, including those
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“THEY CHOSE HOOTERS. I treated them to lunch.” Calumet City aldermen lower limit of Mayor Thaddeus Jones’ credit card, citing excessive travel spending: https://t.co/mDhcTeEict Known about his restaurant preference for many years & he stays getting elected so 🤷🏾‍♀️
chicagotribune.com
A statement shows Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones spent more than $44,000 in one month via his municipal credit card.Â
I feel like these two stories should not be able to be written two years apart: https://t.co/B5BwXI4loc + https://t.co/lezzk0C0Xz C'mon.
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Inside the fight to bring casinos to New York City:
newyorker.com
Inside the fight to bring casinos to New York City.
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The Trump Admin. is deporting people to countries such as South Sudan, Ghana & Eswatini, where they have no ties, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Disappeared yo a Foreign Prison: https://t.co/y2fm0dN2YX This is heavy.
US sent $7.5m to the government of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive & corrupt regimes, to accept noncitizen deportees: https://t.co/D3LetqKi0h Nearly all countries involved in 3rd party deportations ft. in State Dept reports for serious human rights abuses.
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A Dem senator has intro’d a bill repealing Virginia’s right to work law, there’s Dem majorities & the Dem Gov-to-be, Abigail Spanberger, continues to oppose it: https://t.co/9twc2fMhp6 I know folks that get excited about her, but that’s a firm 🙅🏾‍♀️
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
If you are Abigail Spanberger and you have the opportunity to sign a bill repealing Virginia’s right to work law that would give labor organizing and thus the Democratic Party a huge boon, the answer...
Overturning Right to Work: https://t.co/sAbZGupFwe It has been about 60 years since a state did this.
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