White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate

These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?

Putin has ALWAYS planned to rebuild the Russian empire. There was a time when the United States would be one of the strongest defenders of our European allies. But not anymore. Not under Trump. He’s destroying democracy and freedom at home. He’s certainly not going to defend it abroad.

🚨🚨" It was humiliating to watch an American president act like a happy puppy upon encountering the dictator of a much poorer, much less important state, treating him as a superior". Spot-on by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social of #anchorage debacle.

UCLA should not bend 'on their knees' to Trump in grant negotiations, Newsom says Making his first public comments about how the University of California should proceed in negotiations with President Trump over grant freezes, Gov. Gavin Newsom chided deals struck by Ivy Leagues and...

NEW: UCLA should not bend “on their knees” to Trump in negotiations, Newsom says, chiding Columbia and Brown deals www.latimes.com/california/s...

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

I have hardworking male colleagues. But I also know a LOT of men who for years have been spouting vague instructions and waiting for someone else to do the work, taking credit for it when it's finally done. Of course they're early AI adopters.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.
― Howard Zinn

Only one thing is certain: if we give up, we lose. Keep going.

Goodnight 💚

Wait wait wait wait so Columbia MUST create a DEI office for Jewish folks but MAY NOT create a DEI office for anyone else? Am I reading this right?

Since 2000, Gavi has helped get vaccines to 1.1 billion children. The U.S. announced that, after this year, it’s pulling out all its money. If that happens, Gavi estimates that 75 million children will miss vaccinations over the next five years—and of those, 1.2 million children will die.​

Is Trump’s Use of Executive Power Really So Different? Presidents of both parties have relied on expansive authority to achieve their goals.

Columnist Julian E. Zelizer writes that Trump is drifting further away from the constitutional principles that the Founding Fathers, who were terrified of monarchy, tried to enshrine.

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

A Court Without the Range The Reconstruction Court 2.0

A must read tonight from @sifill.bsky.social.

A Court Without the Range open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Trump now hinting he may suspend the billions of dollars the U.S. annually supplies to Israel unless the country's prosecutors halt their corruption trial of Netanyahu, who is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes

Ok. Do you understand what’s happening now???

Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda.

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Investigations are now underway into officers and ICE agents who fired crowd-control munitions at dangerously close range. In case after case, the situation only escalated when force was used against peaceful protesters.

YouTube video by CNN 'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.

Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.

This is how you want a leader to talk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

They keep talking about punishing protestors as if this country wasn’t FOUNDED BY PROTESTERS WHO ENSHRINED THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, I AM SO TIRED OF HOW STUPID THINGS HAVE BECOME

Here’s my flag flying on the front of my house facing some of my hateful neighbors❣️

Keep us posted on your donation. I’m going to make a donation today in your honor. Be safe and to hell with the haters!

An inclusive pride flag flies behind the cab of a semi truck.

I've decided to turn any hate towards this into a positive. Every time I get flipped off or thumbs down for this flag I'm gonna make a 3$ donation to www.thetrevorproject.org at the end of the month.
#Pride #QueerTrucker #TheTrevorProject #LGBTQ

This is not lost on most Americans. MAGA should care, but they don’t.
#GOPHypocrisy

Many of us are struggling with a desperate sense of urgency while it seems so many others are asleep. It was 2.5 years from the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence. We've had 3 months. That war was won because day after day, people chose to keep going

Keep going friends. Goodnight💚

Still image from video showing Marco Rubio on the left in a dark blue suit, white shirt and blue tie, sitting in a director-style chair in a studio setting. Across from him on the right is Mike Benz, a bald white man with a brown goatee, wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie. He is also seated in the style of chair as Rubio. Behind them are windows looking out into a courtyard with dozens of international flags.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio just sat down for a one-on-one interview with a man who, as @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social has reported, has claimed that "Jewish influence on the West" has led to "white genocide" and once said "Hitler actually had some decent points."

www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

You win!🤣

I have been critical of Senator Booker, but he is rising to the moment. Bravo! May he be followed by colleagues from across the political spectrum all rising up in support of a democracy that embodies free speech, religion, and assembly, one that affords people due process.