America, Police State USA
Land of the Incarcerated, Home of Police State Thugs--
Miami Gardens ‘Stop & Frisk’ Nabs Thousands of Kids, Finds 5-Year-Olds ‘Suspicious’ -- Fusion.:
"...."I have never seen a police department that has taken the approach that every citizen in that city is a suspect. I’ve described it as New York City stop-and-frisk on steroids.” said Miami-Dade County Public Defender Carlos Martinez. Last year, a Miami Herald report exposed how the MGPD repeatedly stopped and arrested employees and customers of a local convenience store including, Earl Sampson, who was stopped more than 200 times. Fusion’s analysis of more than 30,000 pages of field contact reports, shows how aggressive and far-reaching the police actions were. Some residents were stopped, questioned and written up multiple times within minutes of each other, by different officers. Children were stopped by police in playgrounds. Senior citizens were stopped and questioned near their retirement home, including a 99-year-old man deemed to be "suspicious.” Officers even wrote a report identifying a five-year-old child as a "suspicious person.”..."
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Livestream app Favorited, a new TikTok alternative, gets backing from a16z
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This month, drama unfolded across mainstream social media platforms like
TikTok, which briefly went dark in the U.S. before a rapid return.
Instagram rec...
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Mel Gibson Returns as a Director with ‘Flight Risk’
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For “Flight Risk,” his first outing as a director in nearly a decade, the
Oscar winner isn’t quite taking center stage.
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Ryan Gosling Reportedly In Talks To Lead New Star Wars Movie
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Well here’s something I didn’t expect: A new report claims that Ryan
Gosling—yes that very famous one from Barbie—is in negotiations to star in
an upcomi...
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You Can (and Should) Plant Bulbs Right Now
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End-of-season sales on "fall bulbs" can be as high as 80%, and as long as
the ground is workable, now is a fantastic time to plant.
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AIA: Architecture Billings "End the year on a weak note"
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Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real
Estate (CRE) investment.
From the AIA: ABI December 2024: Business conditions end...
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The 10 best US cities to find a job in 2025
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Scottsdale, Arizona, topped the list, with Pittsburgh and Columbia,
Maryland, among the top five, according to WalletHub.
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iPhone 17 Rumors Point to a Camera Bar on the Rear
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Rumors suggest that at least some of Apple's next iPhone models could
include a camera bar similar to the one on Google's Pixel phones.
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ABC executive behind Antoinette Lattouf sacking departs
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The decision to sack Lattouf has plagued the broadcaster for a year and
will be scrutinised in a Federal Court trial next month.
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Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
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Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady
corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
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This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, food
assistance, and poverty and inequality. On the federal budget, CBPP staff
underscored how...
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7 Google Photos tips for perfecting your pics on Pixel 7
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Our new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro have incredible cameras for capturing your
memories, but snapping a photo is just the beginning. We all want to get
our ...
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‘Every weld is a challenge’
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Philadelphia schools are focusing career-tech training on preparing
students to move from high school to apprenticeships and skilled jobs,
reports Chalkbea...
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Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?
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- Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry.
- Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet the
effect sizes found in stud...
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32+ Years...
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Our comment on COPPA
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Responsibility is our number one priority at YouTube, and this includes
protecting kids and their privacy. Over the last few years, we’ve
significantly in...
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Huawei Working On 5G Radar Tech For Self-Driving Cars
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Current chairman Xu Zhijun said Huawei is working on millimeter-wave radar
and laser radar for use in autonomous vehicles as part of an “ecosystem” of
car-...
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Bifurcar 'blockchain': universos paralelos de cadenas ingobernables
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Los usuarios de Nano han demandado a sus desarrolladores por una pérdida de
criptomonedas valorada en 150 millones de euros. Si prospera, estarĂan
obligado...
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The Blog Moves On
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But the show goes on.
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The US Treasury’s missed opportunity
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The US Treasury recently published the first in a series of reports
designed to implement the seven core principles for regulating the US
financial system ...
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Corinne Found the Perfect Way to Rebel Against *The Bachelor*
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Over the course of the season, the show’s latest villain just might have …
grown as a person.
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The search for the best middle-class tax cut
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Say you want to help struggling middle-class families by cutting their
taxes. Say you want to figure out an actually helpful plan to do that, and
not just ...
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IBM buys Ustream: is it a workforce communication play?
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IBM has added Ustream to a long list of video technology company
acquisitions in the recent past -- like Clearleap acquired last month --
buying the stream...
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Book Expo America, BookCon, Detroit Public TV Video
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Tweets about #BookCon2015 OR #BEA15
*Date: Fri May, 29 2015 11:00 AM CDT — Sun May, 31 2015 3:00 PM CDT*
*Detroit Public TV will bring live inside the boo...
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The World's Billionaires
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Carlos Slim Helu takes the No. 1 spot on Forbes' annual list of the world's
richest as a record 164 billionaires return to the ranking amid the global
econ...
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