Jess Fantz

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

Grateful to this woman for writing about what she experienced. What used to be administrative issues are now getting ppl detained. Why would anyone come to our country to visit when this could happen for little to no good reason with no clear way to get out???

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump policies France's research minister expressed 'concern' on Wednesday at this decision by the US authorities. The researcher underwent a random check on arrival, before his computer and phone were searched, a s...

Labeling anyone who disagrees with Trump as a terrorist, is where this is headed if it’s not shut down. It won’t stop with visitors to our country if it’s allowed to continue

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

A few months ago, multiple large Amazon vans were a daily presence in our suburban neighborhood. Lately, the visits have been noticeably fewer. Today I drove by an Amazon delivery BIKE with a cargo carrier that couldn’t have held more than 15-20 packages. We’re making a visible impact.

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

So this is happening…

The Department of Homeland Security has eliminated policies preventing the investigation of individuals or groups solely based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

While Republicans start their work tonight on a bill to cut your Social Security and Medicare benefits, Democrats are working to make your life better, safer, and more affordable.

Here are 10 of the amendments I filed to the Republican budget bill 🧵

Building Resilience Against Manipulative Disinformation Supporting young people’s mental health and well-being is essential in addressing vulnerabilities to harmful disinformation.

Coming back to this article as a reminder as the right pushes to get rid of SEL, and villainizes empathy - it is getting so much worse out there for our kids and they need the tools to help them figure out truth from misinformation (and propaganda)

www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/fal...

You can’t make this stuff up… “Red White and Blue Land” 🤦‍♀️

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Wired.com is suddenly the hottest timely source of behind the scenes reporting of today’s political situation and breakdown/takeover of our government systems. They’ve always been on top of tech and social trends, now they’re laser focused on security and politics. Subscribe now, they are on 🔥

In some news to look forward to: Elton & Brandi teaming up to put out a new album is giving me all the feels today

www.instagram.com/reel/DFsvqGd...

Trump Proposes U.S. Take Over Gaza, Level It and Build Resorts President Trump called for the U.S. to "own” the Gaza Strip, “level the site” and develop it, explicitly calling for displacing Palestinians from their homeland as the region’s leaders struggle to mai...

I didn’t even have to see the headlines this morning to know he was thinking about how many resorts he could build on the backs of this conflict

time.com/7212848/trum...

Democratic National Committee Elects First Gen Z Vice Chair The school shooting survivor who's become an influential progressive activist has said he wants to bring uncomfortable truths to the Democratic Party.

Not seeing this in the major media outlets (looking at you @apnews.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com
But this is a big deal for gun control advocates and, oh - young people and the future of the dem party. David Hogg has so much career & potential ahead of him

www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Here for the community building, the non-fascist, non-nazi movements, pro LQBTQ+ and any other flavor of I don’t give a f, just be yourself people, diversity and education and science affirming folks out there. We’re in for a wild ride and we need you right now