selectiveecho
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Writer, Editor (Selective Echo TBA), Critic, Arts/Culture Journalist. Contributor (The Utah Review), Immigration Reform Advocate. #BlackLivesMatter #BearsEars
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace introduces a bill to ban non-citizens from federal government employment:
This story opens with an account of a Salvadoran on temporary protective status who scrubbed Logan Airport bathrooms for nearly 30 yrs but just got fired because of an @StephenM initiative. Somehow reminds me of that tweet that got @TerryMoran fired. nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/…
A thought I have, is Francis may have had a better response to the economic dislocation of AI, than Leo has provided. A Universal Basic Income, & adopting an old fashion aristocratic vision of dignity as freedom from work, might be a better base to build an effective response.
Americans’ savings rate falls to lowest level since 2022, per CNBC
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
Jake Sullivan on Iran: It all just comes back to an imperfect but basically effective nuclear deal. Every day that Trump doesn't go for that deal is another day we all suffer. It's another day where America loses, where Iran gains, and it is just putting off, frankly, the inevitable.
In Cambridge for Graduation day. We are so proud of you Aidan!
Politico reports: In a long-awaited draft bill that is not yet introduced, [House Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson] outlines an expansion of the H-2A farm labor program that aligns with the priorities of growers grappling with nationwide labor shortages. Notably, the draft legislation would allow any contract under 350 days to qualify as “temporary” regardless of whether the underlying job is year-round, meaning operations like dairy farms would qualify for H-2A workers, a longtime industry demand. The bill aims to ensure “farmers have access to a legal and reliable workforce,” a House Ag aide, granted anonymity to discuss the legislation that has not been made public, said in a statement. Read at Politico: ow.ly/2fo550Z5hEE
🚨 HOLY SHIT. A U.S. citizen just testified before the Senate that ICE agents ignored his passport, detained him, placed him on suicide watch, and released him WITHOUT charges or explanation. Read that again. An AMERICAN CITIZEN says he showed agents his passport multiple times… and still ended up locked in a cell under 24/7 lights, stripped naked, wearing a hospital gown while guards watched him constantly. His family reportedly had no idea where he was. Then after all of that? No charges. No explanation. Just released.
🚨 HOLY SHIT. A U.S. citizen just testified before the Senate that ICE agents ignored his passport, detained him, placed him on suicide watch, and released him WITHOUT charges or explanation. Read that again. An AMERICAN CITIZEN says he showed agents his passport multiple times… and still ended up locked in a cell under 24/7 lights, stripped naked, wearing a hospital gown while guards watched him constantly. His family reportedly had no idea where he was. Then after all of that? No charges. No explanation. Just released.
It turns out the reason that Netanyahu stated its time for the US to end its $3.8 billion dollar a year arms subsidies to Israel is because House GOP leaders have inserted provisions into the NDAA now being considered by Congress to integrate the US and Israeli militaries. This integration is being planned to a degree the US has never done before with any other foreign military establishment with tens of billions of dollars of joint research and arms production. This will serve to ensure that the US military continues to be used as Israel's Foreign Legion to fight Israel's wars so Israel doesn't have to expend any ground or naval forces to do so. This just shows the level to which Israel, a tiny country the size of El Salvador controls not just the White House but Congress as well.
Part of an orchestrated campaign to single out and demonize individual pro-Israel Americans for supporting candidates of their choice. A level of scrutiny not applied to any other group of citizens. And it’s tolerated and celebrated by “leaders” who claim to want a big tent.
