Michelle Takemoto

Notice of Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain | Homeland Security EO 11988 Posting

DHS posted this for Romulus, MI. "ICE proposes to acquire and retrofit the existing warehouse facility at 7525 Cogswell Street [...] for use as a Detention Processing Center."

"Any individual, group, or agency wishing to comment on the project may do so via email at icesustainability@ice.dhs.gov."

In a Tennessee Town, ICE Is Eyeing a Detention Complex Bigger Than Almost Anything in American History Twice the size of the largest detention facility ICE has already purchased, the complex has been empty since it opened. It may not stay that way.

"Mayor Hutto put the potential detainee population at 14,000 to 16,000 — which would make it the largest immigration detention facility in modern American history — exceeded in scale only by the Japanese American internment camp at Tule Lake Segregation Center in California during World War II."

For the first time since @projectsaltbox.bsky.social launched their DHS warehouse acquisition tracker, the number of canceled sales is higher than any of the other warehouse-related figures. We've reached a tipping point, folks.

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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union.

This could have tremendous implications for voting:

World Cup Waitlist — RESISTANCE STUDIES SERIES

We want to host culturally relevant classes that institutions like the New School are purging.

This potential class on Global Soccer would run from April to May, before the start of the World Cup. Lectures would be recorded for enrolled students.

www.resistancestudiesseries.com/worldcupwait...

It’s giving middle passage

The Case for Transgender Asylum From Trump’s America - Dame Magazine Leaders of free nations of the world need to hear my message: Genocide has already started in plain view, and it is following the exact template of the last great genocide in Western society. So far, ...

And their plans for trans people follows the arc of Germany in the 30s as well. Please take a look, the parallels are nearly 1:1. www.damemagazine.com/2025/09/08/t...

Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...

Trump is not 'exonerated' There are two sexual assault allegations against Trump involving minors

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In @theguardian.com today with @powerlines.org to discuss the complicated relationship between #datacenters and #utilitybills

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I introduced the first statewide data center moratorium in the country and corporations got mad before the bill language was even done. We should get all the facts before permanently changing the beautiful landscape of our state.

Higher ed is where we name who we are and dream of who we want to become. That dream is under threat. I’m proud to introduce the @alliancehighered.bsky.social and humbled to serve as its inaugural president. Join the movement in support opportunity and democracy: allianceforhighered.org

Higher education should be a place where everyone is welcome, supported, and safe. But that vision is under threat and we must defend it — together. The Alliance is a new coalition protecting and promoting higher ed as a pillar of democracy. Joining the movement: allianceforhighered.org

The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific Respected ocean expert Katy Soapi continues to advocate to protect Tetepare, one of the last untouched places in Solomon Islands

"It wasn’t just about trees any more, it was about identity and heritage.”

Beautiful story about how Dr Katy Soapi and villages combined Indigenous knowledge with conservation science to protect the sacred island of Tetepare from logging in the Solomons. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

5M would lose coverage with national Medicaid work requirements | TechTarget Discover how national Medicaid work requirements would impact Medicaid enrollment in 2026.

Who might be affected by proposed #Medicaid work requirements? A new study estimates 5 million people could lose #HealthCoverage under a national policy. Details here: ⬇️

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#WorkRequirements #Medicaid

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers

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Here was our sign!

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

Why isn't this major headline news? Why isn't corporate media covering NSPM-7?

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

What To Know About NSPM-7 On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

The Onion had a post about NSPM-7 before The New York Times did lmao

THE ONION!
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From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…

One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”

Gaza's healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent The catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with the apparent deliberate targeting of health-care infrastructure and personnel, has highlighted a profound challenge to the global medical community. ...

‘Medicine is more than science—it is a moral duty. And when that duty is under threat, silence becomes betrayal’ @thelancet.com

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a lot of what trump and the SC are doing does have precedents in american history.

those precedents are bad and people fought them too. the takeaway is we can be better than this, not, "oh well, it doesn't matter because america was always bad."

"it's all bad, everyone is corrupt" is literally a fascist talking point. it is what fascists want you to think. "nothing matters, why resist?"

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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"This is the deadliest period for journalists in recorded history. More than 240 journalists killed in Gaza alone," journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social said at the UN. "They are targeted and there must be accountability," Ressa added at a meeting marking the United Nation's 80th anniversary.

YouTube video by Rappler Maria Ressa at UNGA 80th anniv: 'Information integrity is the mother of all battles'

@mariaressa.bsky.social ’s call at UNGA could not be more urgent.

The time for AI self-regulation is over.

200 Nobel laureates, former heads of state, and industry experts just signed a statement: "We urgently call for international red lines to prevent unacceptable AI risks"

Emmy-Award Winning Journalist at Risk of Deportation Over ICE Coverage “This is one of the most dangerous periods for free speech in American history,” a Georgia lawmaker said.

"The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered Emmy-award winning journalist Mario Guevara to be deported to El Salvador, a country he fled more than two decades ago after being persecuted for his reporting."