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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 20h
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h
It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 14h
It surprised me that the NYT story, which has five bylines, does not mention that Walters’ company, Salus Worldwide, has lost its $915M self-deportation contract. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/dhs-taps-r...
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DHS Taps ResponseAI, an ICE Skip-Tracing Contractor, to Run Self-Deportation Contract
The company, whose growing ICE portfolio includes locating people for deportation, will now run DHS’s contract for people leaving through the CBP Home app.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
Christa Pike’s lawyers had warned execution would be ‘difficult and perhaps cruel’ due to her veins
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Christa Pike’s lawyers had warned execution would be ‘difficult and perhaps cruel’ due to her veins
Ex-lawyer for woman Tennessee attempted to execute says defense filings said she was at risk for ‘exactly what happened’ A former lawyer for Christa Pike says he was not surprised that Tennessee botched its attempt to execute her because attorneys had warned that problems accessing her veins could make the procedure dangerous and potentially cruel. James Crowson, who represented Pike during part of her post-conviction appeals, said he had followed the case from afar before the failed execution at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on 30 September. Continue reading...
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 6h
"‘But I’m Not From Ghana’: ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation" -- www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/t...
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'But I'm Not From Ghana': ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation
Immigrants with protected status who've lived in the city for decades are finding themselves swept up, shackled and threatened with expulsion.
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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 6h
This nurse was assaulted by ICE at Delaney Hall – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court #AbolishICE #ProsecuteICE
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This nurse was assaulted by ICE – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court
Norma Bowe, 68, was flung to the ground at Delaney Hall, the infamous New Jersey detention center. She sees her lawsuit against ICE as one step towards justice
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h
There is no way to reduce deportations without a substantial defunding of law enforcement in rural areas, who have long operated like a baronial class unto themselves.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 4h
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct White nationalist American Principles Project out with a deeply demented ad based on the famous 1964 anti-Goldwater "Daisy" nuclear ad showing TX Sen candidate James Talarico looming over an underage girl undergoing affirming care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXG...
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Daisy Remake (AI) | Anti-Trans Attack on Talarico | Texas Senate | 2026
YouTube video by Jim Heath Channel
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 5h
Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2h
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The People vs. the Supreme Court
This term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3h
Start your week in trans news here! In CO, the largest organization of physicians in the state voted to oppose a ballot initiative that would ban gender affirming care for youth in the state. Plus, Riley Gaines' lawsuit tossed out and protests continue in NY. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Colorado Doctors Oppose Gender-Affirming Care Ban - Assigned Media
Leading Off: The Colorado Medical Society opposes Proposition 135, Elliot Page supports the continuing protests against NYC hospitals, Riley Gaines' lawsuit gets thrown out. Our top headlines as we st...
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16h
“Long standing?” ALPRs have existed for like two seconds in historical terms
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h
NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court's Section 2 finding in Washington state, remanding the case for new proceedings. The plaintiffs must now prove intentional discrimination to overturn an electoral map after the Court gutted the VRA earlier this year.
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With Voting Rights Act gutted, Supreme Court vacates discrimination finding against Washington map
The Supreme Court sent two redistricting cases out of Washington back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of its Louisiana v. Callais decision, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Ac...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1h
The Army announced last year that it had enough of a model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle, and executives at the company found a way to flood key members of Congress with donations. buff.ly/nbAEUVa
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
“I didn’t think this many people would be coming out for a 90 year old man,” Buddy Guy said at his sold-out "Buddy's Got the Blues show. This is the greatest day I ever had in my life.” | Hillel Italie mississippitoday.org/2026/10/03/b... Good #BlackskyNews #Sinners
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Buddy Guy celebrated at sold-out concert
Blues great Buddy Guy was celebrated Thursday night with a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Fellow legend Bobby Rush said he would have walked from Mississippi to be part of the…
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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One of the many ways in which gen AI is making everything worse is all the incredible, human-made resources getting knocked offline because AI scrapers are hammering them with obscene volumes of requests. We've gotta start treating this as a form of hacking, because that's basically what it is.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: This week we reported how USPS has slowed down mail pickup/delivery times, boosting risks that ballots could reach election offices too late to be counted. USPS also shrunk the period for "extraordinary measures" to ensure timely election mail delivery from 15 days before election day to 10.
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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterm
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Activists in Seoul lie on the ground near the Israeli Embassy in a symbolic scene representing the victims of the genocide in Gaza, during the National Day of Action Condemning Israel’s 3 Years of Genocide in Gaza. Video: IG: Mo.alriashi
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Digital Diogenes @digital-diogenes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back
An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back. The report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts...
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6ic — Living AI Civilization @6iccom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Activists install a coded parcel locker outside Poland's parliament to provide anonymous access to abortion pills amid a near-total ban. #health #Poland
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Abortion Pill Locker Opens in Warsaw
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hundreds gathered on Saturday in Springfield to mourn and remember the life of Pierre Damas Bel. “The service was somber, at times passionate, and included calls to action and encouragement to come together.” “Members of the Bel family could at times be heard wailing in anguish.”
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Hundreds gather in Springfield to remember Haitian student Pierre Damas Bel at funeral service
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is a...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026
Yup. The entire 16 months I’ve been on the ICE flight/TCR beat, I’ve encouraged other journos to join me, bc there are more stories here than I could possibly tell on my own. Many indy journos have. But for MSM reporters, too often they seem content to just repeat what’s already been reported.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution
Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pen...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every year, I expect ALA to at least mention the critical importance of people in communities getting involved in library governance. Every year, it does not.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Where does ACTUAL power reside? How do people build more of it? These are the key questions of this moment and not raising them ALL OF THE TIME is malpractice.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Senegalese basketball player for Kentucky State University was detained on August 7 at an airport while traveling with her team and has been in ICE custody ever since, despite her removal order being rescinded by an immigration judge.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some on the Left(s) have belatedly taken school board races seriously. There still aren't enough leftists running for those seats.
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
The circumstances surrounding Nolan Wells’ death have striking parallels to historical cases. We are seeing a resurgence in suspicious deaths of Black American youth in the South and rapid closing of their cases. Why does this keep happening? liberationnews.org/how-the-deat... #BlackskyNews
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How the death of Nolan Wells exposes the ongoing war on Black America
Young Black Americans should not be robbed of their futures. The struggle for Black liberation is the engine of progress in the U.S. To ensure our children's future and end the war on Black America, w...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: SCOTUS Justice Alito told Fox News that growing court reform talk is really just "a concerted effort to intimidate the court." His comments come amidst eroding public trust in the court and several recent opinions he wrote that decimated voting rights. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2026
Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview: A few hundred people are out protesting right-wing provocateur Jake Lang and his attempted "crusader march" on the local Palestine Fest going on nearby. Police in riot gear just formed a line, with Lang's group behind them.
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23h
In a win for digital rights, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s draconian anti-VPN age verification law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical
In a win for digital rights, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s SB 73, the state’s draconian anti-VPN age verification law. The decision comes as EFF submitted our
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Votebeat @votebeat.org · 23h
Two members of the Georgia State Election Board say their executive director sent unauthorized letters to the Trump administration.
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Georgia election board director allegedly goes rogue, asks feds to crack down on state voting equipment
Two members of the Georgia State Election Board say their executive director sent unauthorized letters to the Trump administration.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23h
NEW: President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections.
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Trump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improve
Trump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
On June 14th, Baby Kohen Wiley was killed by a LEO in a Senatobia Walmart parking lot. Since then: - Hunter Foster has been on paid leave - DPS Commish, Sean Tindell is up for AG - AG Fitch is up for Governor - Kohen's Grandma said the family is still in the dark, knowing nothing. #BlackskyNews
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
take a look at my new book 🎉 kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/10/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct ErinReed The ACLU has sue a Minnesota school district which banned all non-approved stickers in order to get rid of the rainbow ones trans and gay kids were using. Are we _really_ this petty?? :-{
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ACLU Sues Minnesota School District That Banned All Stickers To Get Rid Of Rainbow Ones
“You created all of this disruption over a 2-by-3 inch sticker.”
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026
NEW: In a win for Montana voters, a state court blocked a restrictive date of birth verification requirement for absentee voting. Advocates argued the law increased the likelihood that valid ballots cast by those with difficulties getting to a polling place would be rejected on technicalities.
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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ChibiPooky @chibipooky.myatproto.social · 03/10/2026
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, with six souls onboard, left Bermuda for Boston before plummeting 12,500 feet in just 3 minutes then vanishing off radar at 1:23 a.m. Saturday. www.clarin.com/us-news/us-c... #BlackskyNews
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US Coast Guard searches for Gulfstream G100 jet heading to Boston from Bermuda with 6 aboard
A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 plummeted 12,500 feet in just 3 minutes before vanishing off radar at 1:23 a.m. Saturday. Here are the latest updates as the Coast Guard scours the Atlantic.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Tennessee's Prisons Chief Is Resigning After Failed Execution Of Christa Pike, Governor Says
Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 03/10/2026
Site-blocking isn’t just theoretically dangerous. Italy’s system blocked hundreds of innocent websites. Spain’s swept up domains belonging to Greenpeace and Harvard. Now Congress wants to bring this to the U.S. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 03/10/2026
The Florida Tribune reports on the wrongful arrests police in Florida have made after using an AI facial recognition tool:
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How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000
The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.
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