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Police pepper spray protesters, arrest two as ICE raids Detroit home Federal authorities said agents arrested a man from Honduras who has already been deported twice.

"Armed federal immigration agents raided a home on the west side of #Detroit Monday and arrested an undocumented immigrant from Honduras while Detroit police assisted, using pepper spray against nearby protesters and arresting two." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

In 2019 after newly elected Black sheriffs in NC vowed to stop cooperating with ICE, the agency carried out wide scale enforcement in the state as retaliation, often posing as day laborers to nab immigrant workers in the early morning hours:

StubHub is a scam. If the event is rescheduled and you can no longer attend— no refunds. You have to take on reselling the tickets. And that function is currently not working. 😐

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans Attacks

My latest piece, written for the Kettering Foundation.

I urge organizations, nonprofits, and companies to end the cycle of over compliance with Trump threats, and show how doing so ushers in fascism.

Some lessons from what we have seen in the trans community.

kettering.org/do-not-compl...

Dessert
#dessert

Two small paintings on a dark wooden table. The left picture is of an orange dog on a blue skateboard outside. The right picture is hello kitty standing next to a coffee cup and all her friends are on top.

Painting with the nibbling
#gratitude

Bombshell in North Carolina: the state's GOP-dominated Court of Appeals just sided with the GOP candidate in last year's supreme court race.

Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.

Close up photo of cherry blossom

Blooms at my parent’s house. A practice every day to give thanks to nature.

Slice of cake on a plate. It has a whitish cake center, a brown top and powdered sugar sprinkled on top.

I had yuzu cake during dinner with a homie. Our words swirled around state violence, abuse, arrest and still we found laughter. And this divine treat.

Close up photo of white pansy flowers with a deep purple center

Flowers from my dad’s garden. We all stood around them and marveled at their beauty. These small moments.

Way to go Wisconsin! ✊🇺🇸💚

Dogwood flowering tree - close up of a flower with four petals that are bright pink.

Gratitude for this dogwood on my run today. Both nature and running are keeping me grounded in the chaos.

Illustration of a person in striped clothing holding a sign that reads "purpose disrupts despair." The person has long braided hair and is raising a clenched fist. Black cats are below, with abstract sun rays in the background.

Some new art by my friend @monicatrinidad.bsky.social - I think that she is quoting @mskellymhayes.bsky.social

Same goes for edicts issued by tweet or whatever they're called over on the site he's on

Call for Art! Looking for graphics that show solidarity with trans & immigrant communities. Learn more & submit: forms.gle/sEEbarfyugxNSbiy5. @interruptcrim.bsky.social @justseeds.bsky.social

In other news, 689 people have liked my albino deer post on Substack. People really be needing some symbols of hope.

a chipmunk is giving a thumbs up . ALT: a chipmunk is giving a thumbs up .

All day I called Substack - submittable and made no sense to everyone I talked to.

White pen drawing of a flower on shiny black canvas

5 minute flower
In my black/white phase

Sun rising just above a tree line with a giant cloudy sky and a neighborhood street

Morning run

Large sticker in a book with a design showing Geronimo and the word disobey.

Gifts that lift my spirit.

A federal judge ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired under Musk’s government-cutting initiative. Judge William J. Alsup ruled the firings unlawful, carried out unilaterally by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.

Just updated our guide to using Signal. If you aren't already on Signal, this will get you up to speed. Also, you should be using Signal—there's no time like this very second! www.wired.com/story/signal...

Oh ya know just another day watching deer in my backyard. #deer #rare

The Khalil hearing just got out. Judge set an accelerated schedule for filings and ordered the government to provide Khalil with a privileged call with his lawyers, which he hasn’t yet been afforded.

JPMORGAN slashes $TSLA Q1 delivery estimates “to just ~355K, which is -8% y/y .. and -28% q/q
from 495K in 4Q24 ..

“.. We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly ..”

Cuts target price to $120 (prior $135

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Where is Mahmoud Khalil? After Trump's promise to deport students protesters, ICE arrested an activist who helped lead pro-Palestine actions at Columbia University.

During the first Trump administration, Columbia called itself a "sanctuary campus." Now, they're rolling out the red carpet for federal agents. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...