Tara Rana

An Adverse Ruling Against Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Callais Case Could Also Doom State Voting Rights Acts #ELB I have written about the dangers of the Court killing off or significantly weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, via the surprise reargument in the Louisiana v. Callais case. If the Court rule...

An Adverse Ruling Against Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Callais Case Could Also Doom State Voting Rights Acts electionlawblog.org?p=152469

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old boy from ICE custody The boy is allegedly being held with unrelated adult men, and no reason has been given for his detainment, according to the order.

As a parent, this makes me so upset. A 13 year old boy was kidnapped by ICE and is currently being incarcerated (still hasn't been released despite judge's order). Think about that. I wish more people would be more upset about all of this. www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Bar associations need to start disbarring. There's immediate precedent with Giuliani. To the point @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social has repeatedly made, a polity that allows elites to repeatedly lie, obviously and with impunity, is not sustainable. Feels like the legal profession is at the same juncture.

UPDATE #TN-05 Democrat #ChazMolder raised $785,000 in the first four weeks of his campaign. That’s more than 13 times Republican Andy Ogles’ current war chest.

People are clearly eager to put an end to #PinnochiOgles lies and drama www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

The pope calls Trump’s immigration policy “inhuman” and “not pro-life”

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“In a time of darkness, New York must be the light.”

October 10, 2025 TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY FROM: SEAN P. BARBABELLA, D.OSK PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY ٥.٥٠ سا SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness. Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters. In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations. President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction. SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

President Trump received his flu shot and a COVID vaccine booster today, per the White House.

For some of his supporters, COVID boosters are used as a perjorative when attempting to insult someone.

This museum immerses students in U.S. history: 'You can smell it, touch it, see it' At New York City's Tenement Museum, high schoolers explore the American experience through the eyes of one 1860s-era Black family.

How can we make real #history
come alive in the #AI age? The answer — take kids out into the world to see and feel and imagine it for themselves — lies in this lovely #NPR story about the
#TenementMuseum in #NYC. Please pass it on! #EduSky #SSChat #teachable

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There have been many important comics that we have published as the Civics For All Comics Group, none have been as significant as our forthcoming KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic. If you are at NYCC stop by our booth to learn more about this comic and grab copies of our other books!

I listened to this happen on air and Simon all but physically eviscerated Shapiro. The transcript does not adequately convey the utter disdain Simon had for this bullshit line of questioning.

The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history

Too often world historians use “Afro-Eurasia” with a hyphen. That hyphen has an ugly history. It’s time to start using Afrouerasia.
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-problem-...

A 🗃️ colleague at Rutgers has been mercilessly doxxed for being a scholar of the history of antifascism - and his family (including another historian colleague) were prevented from leaving the country last night, in a very alarming development. See below for how to help!

“We Took the Freedom of Speech Away” Is Somehow a Direct Quote From Donald Trump Trump's definition of "freedom of speech" does not appear to incorporate anything the Supreme Court has said on the subject.

Love to have a president who talks about the Constitution like this

Jessica Ramos? The "I'm gonna endorse the predator Cuomo even though he's not even going to give me the time of day" Ramos? Is gonna say Mamdani going on *hunger strike* to win hundreds of millions of dollars of relief for taxi drivers isn't working hard enough? Fuck you know about working?

The Kavanaugh Stops will continue until we have racially segregated every middle-lower class bulding’s residential population in every major city.

Congratulations, Brett. You’ve done a Prigg v. Pennsylvania.

“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950 Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s

New post on global feminism and its support for internationalism between the world wars
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/all-women-th...

I wonder when they’re going to start using shadow docket descent to just tell everybody what’s happening behind the curtain.

This is the obvious absurdity of pulling ICEBlock. It is obviously legal, protected speech for anyone to say, in any forum, “I just witnessed some police activity at location X”. Indeed, people have been doing this regularly on social media since its inception.

I still have a Windows XP laptop waiting to be turned back on.

Power to the knitters of Portland: 🧶

Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Is Looking Sillier By the Day Kavanaugh said that immigration agents “promptly” release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.

Kavanaugh recently suggested immigration stops are no big deal if you're a legal resident bc ICE just promptly releases you

That is not, in fact, what ICE does

He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

This is up 9 points from a couple days ago. Keep speaking up!

How Mamdani’s Predecessors Built Democratic Socialism A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin’s Freedom Budget is the key to understanding the appeal of the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor.

“The only real way to produce a social revolution for America’s Blacks was to produce a social revolution for all Americans.” The class-based universalism of the civil rights movement is still the way forward. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/D87zH3o

Clarence Thomas Admits That He’s Coming for Our Rights In a little-covered speech, the Supreme Court justice explained how he thinks the court should reverse rulings conservatives don’t like.

Clarence Thomas announced that he doesn't care about precedent and is making it up as he goes along. He didn't say it *like that* of course, because then people would have noticed.
But I noticed, through the jargon, and explain it here in @thenation.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Great THREAD.

Reagan-Appointed Judge Rips Into Trump Admin for Illegally Targeting Pro-Palestine Student Protesters | Common Dreams Politico's senior law reporter called it "the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era."

ICYMI: A Reagan-appointed judge ruled that Trump's abduction and attempted deportation of pro-Palestinian student activists is an unconstitutional attack on freedom of speech.

We must continue to resist Trump's illegal attacks on our fundamental rights. www.commondreams.org/news/judge-s...

Dear @apnews.com

The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.

Fix your headline.