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I don't know this country anymoreVideo footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.” Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.”
The footage has put fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used by US law enforcement officials as the Trump administration sets ambitious enforcement targets to detain thousands of immigrants every day.
“The federal government has imposed quotas for the arrest of immigrants,” said Jack Scarola, an attorney who is advocating on behalf of Laynez-Ambrosio and working with the non-profit Guatemalan-Maya Center, which provided the footage to the Guardian. “Any time law enforcement is compelled to work towards a quota, it poses a significant risk to other rights.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrest
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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?Nice.
I have a 'Miss Molly' buddleia that I thought I had lost after last winter. They tend to die back to the ground in cold winters but the roots usually survive and they will re-sprout come spring. Mine took forever but it's finally grown about a foot. Hopefully it will bloom before summer is over!
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Eating my way through Central EuropeWorld Market used to have the Mozartkugeln around the Christmas holidays. I think I've also seen them at various international grocery stores around here.
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What’s cookin’ good lookin?Squirrel pot pie. No. Just no.
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RIP Chuck Mangione
Link to videoJazz musician Chuck Mangione, who had one of the biggest pop-jazz instrumental crossover hits of all time with “Feels So Good” in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 84.
The death was reported by multiple news outlets out of his native Rochester, NY. The city’s WROC-TV reported that the Bartolomeo & Perreto Funeral Home said the musician died in his sleep at home on Tuesday.
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A federal prosecutor named Comey. Connected to the Epstein case. -
Japan trade dealPresident Donald Trump’s “massive” trade deal with Japan is buoying foreign carmakers — and alarming American car companies who fear they are now at a disadvantage.
Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on all foreign auto manufacturers in early April, a duty that also applies to cars made by U.S. companies from parts imported from Mexico and Canada. But now, the president is planning to lower the tariff to 15 percent for Japanese autos and auto parts, the White House confirmed Wednesday. That means some cars manufactured by U.S. companies could end up facing higher duties than some cars built entirely overseas.
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The last original FLW clientWhat's it like to have Frank Lloyd Wright design your house? This 101-year-old knows
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5468949/frank-lloyd-wright-usonia-house
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Faunascrolling--what's visiting where you are?We had pavement ants a few weeks ago around the foundation; they seem to like to be around the chimney. Did the Terro ant baits inside and out and sprinkled the diatomaceous earth. Don't see any more right now.