Thus, rather than require such adjudications, the Department is changing its regulations to provide the Board more flexibility in reviewing appeals. Instead, for appeals taken from decisions issued after this IF becomes effective, as explained in Section IV.A of this preamble, the default will be summary dismissal unless a majority of current Board members vote to consider the appeal on the merits. And such dismissals will occur quickly—within 15 days of filing the appeal—allowing aliens to seek Federal court review expeditiously, rather than potentially waiting for years for a Board decision that in the vast majority of cases would affirm the underlying Immigration Judge decision.

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

Tiny muntjac charges adult rhino A tiny male muntjac at a Polish zoo charged a full-grown rhino after it wandered too close to his enclosure while a female was in heat, echoing a David-and-Goliath clash.

Maybe its time to be the muntjac. #resist

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*

Alt text: Screenshot of a Facebook post by Joseph Fasano. The post reads, “I can’t stop thinking of all the poets slain by tyranny. Today I hear the voice of Federico García Lorca, slain by fascists in 1936.” Below the text is an image of a poem titled “Lorca,” credited to Joseph Fasano, with the subtitle “after Neruda.” The poem reflects on being silenced by one’s country, facing execution, hearing birds and the heart remain strong, and urging others to go on. It ends with the repeated line, “They can kill the singers but they cannot kill the song.”

I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.

And if this was true, Mr Bessent, what is the government who controls the border doing about it? Sounds like a “you”’problem if it was true.

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...

Here’s an explainer on just one of the many neglected investigations sacrificed for the sake of Trump’s cruel immigration crackdown I did for @theunpopulist.net.

“You kill people and break things for a living” is one of the most insane sentences I’ve ever heard

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

Opinion | The Tax on Being a Girl

"As medical care evaporates, it is moms who die in childbirth. As food disappears and babies cry from hunger, some overwhelmed husbands abandon their wives and children."

from @nickkristof.bsky.social, on the damage done by the "pro-life" Americans who elected Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...

Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell A Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him before putting him in a jail cell for nearly two hours.

“I said, ‘No, I’m very sorry, I’m in Canada.’ And I said I’m polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. ‘You can’t come across the border and pick me up’ but they did,” he recalled

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

‼️ By the middle of this day alone, there have been almost 70 Russian assaults on our positions. It will soon be 50 days since Russia has ignored the US proposal for a complete and unconditional ceasefire, which we agreed to, — Zelensky

Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States

But will still have the expense of filing returns every year
What a waste

I disagree- not all churches are like you suggest. We house Meals on Wheels, distribute food to 500 people twice a month, serve at the local homeless shelter, march in the Pride parade, stand against Christian nationalism and do what we can to love everyone. And I am not getting rich as their pastor

NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.**

One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices

You know this is 100% going to happen…

Presidential regulation of Congressionally created independent agencies, stopping funding of the SEC, Federal Trade Commission, Labor Relations Board, the Fed as it pertains to Wall Street and FCC? Power to interpret the law now vested in the President and “his” AG? What could possibly go wrong?

Dear @Doge

If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing

Lutheran Bishop Chris DeForest and other Lutherans (yes those in the news Lutherans) in solidarity

Trump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fund U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund.

BREAKING: Trump has signed an executive order creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund- popular with Middle East monarchies - so the U.S. can buy TikTok. That’s state-run media, folks. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.

NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:

“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”

I’m a Lutheran Pastor and we love all kinds of people with food and housing, healthcare, and disaster response with things like quilts for comfort. If compassion is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Elon and Mike and DOGE accuse us of money laundering BUT the only thing we launder is the quilts.

In case anyone needs this 💙💙💙

Girls getaway to the Bookhouse Hotel cancelled due to snow. Plan B? Check in at the SureStay down the road. Book the room with the kitchen and stack your own books. Spotty WiFi meant reading and foot spa and completely missing the return of the Clock app. #booksky