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Alabama immigration advocate detained by ICE in traffic stop, family says: ‘Just heartbreaking and discouraging’ "Her detainment is not only legally questionable — it is morally wrong," a petition demanding her release reads.

In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...

A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency t...

we obtained footage of an agent in the middle of a raid at a Home Depot wearing Meta's smart glasses, and talked to experts about what that means: www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-...

there's no bottom

Washed up Superman joining ICE may seem like a narrative pro ICE coup.

However, it also sets up the more interesting, Marvel-ous narrative whereby residents target the banishment of Evil Faux Supermen ICE

More than 200 lobbyists at UN’s plastic treaty talks will limit progress, campaigners warn Environmental group says industry figures will be obstructive and aim to reduce overall ambition of meeting

Update on attempts to reign in plastic production and waste - lots of industry lobbyists, US goes full fossil fuel MAGA

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Portland Public Schools prepares for school year with electronic device ban With the new Portland Public School year less than a month away, students, parents and faculty alike are preparing for a return without the use of electronic devices.

Portland Public Schools prepares for school year with electronic device ban

Thank you for presenting a story from NJ as if it’s from OR. Really honest thing for a news business to do ❤️

Which is bigger deal for oregon economy:

Myth that rich people are leaving Portland

Actual reality that likely illegal* tariffs are going to tear through Oregon economy

*tariffs are not supposed to be made by one mad dictator, but he has made up a fake emergency now challenged in court

Kaepernick is a speaker this morning at Portland Public Schools’ leadership summit.

J Street head says he’s now convinced Israel committing genocide in Gaza Jeremy Ben-Ami explains he has been 'persuaded rationally' by legal and scholarly arguments, stresses that though he won't use term himself, he won't argue against it either

"Days after rejecting the claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of the liberal Zionist advocacy and lobby group J Street, has said he has been “persuaded” that he was wrong."

admitting you were wrong is good

www.timesofisrael.com/j-street-hea...

And part of the reason it's so hard to grasp is that so many of the prominent people who have figured it out aren't willing to say it out loud in public.

A shopping center’s demise brings frustration to East Portland The demise of shopping center brings frustration – and potential – to East Portland's neglected neighborhoods.

I spent the last few weeks hanging around the Gateway Shopping Center, talking to small biz owners, neighbors & historians about what it means for the community to lose a bustling economic hub -- and how they want City Hall to (finally) show up for East Portland.

Everything stadium will be decorated in gold, Jesse Owens will not be permitted to spoil the view of the stupid king

“Funny coincidence,” one federal employee who’s been dealing with this situation says, dryly

Send them all to jail

Tennessee demands abortion data from hospitals in ban exceptions case Medical groups subpoenaed for US abortion records in lawsuit over narrow exceptions to state’s near-total ban

On behalf of God, state of Tennessee demands abortion records from state hospitals

State hopes to keep clean sheet with Man Upstairs, protecting His sacred young life, while responsibly managing pregnancy deaths of his Lady Vessels

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

‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration

Ossoff’s office compiles and publishes 500+ list of abuses in ICE custody since January

Of course Trump and Republicans have removed all oversight and investigation so senators’ offices need to do it

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

FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.

🚨SCOOP:
A "select" number of FEMA probationary employees have been involuntarily reassigned to ICE, effective immediately, to "assist with hiring and vetting." If the employees don't report to ICE within seven days, they are threatened with termination.
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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

Beautiful expose on how Microsoft Azure and Microsoft corporate leadership helps Israel’s top military units execute a genocide and illegal military occupation:

(But couldn’t detect October 7th)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

A Trump tweet. I've whited out most of it, leaving: Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control. Washington, D.C., must be safe, clean, and beautiful for all Americans and, importantly, for the World to see. If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore.

The man that committed one of the worst crimes in DC in recent history, who made sure 1,500 of his fellow criminals would go free, says criminals like him and his friends aren not going to get away with it anymore.

Gaza before and after: new video shows extent of Israel's destruction – video The Guardian traveled on a Jordanian plane dropping over the Gaza Strip

Guardian video of Gaza from Jordanian plane includes before and after of multiple regions totally bombed out

www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

What the Columbia Settlement Really Means

The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...

Indeed more people should be aware that US evangelical christians are instigating conflict in the MENA region

The delegation was hosted by Heather Johnston, a Christian Zionist operative who founded the US Israel Education Association, based in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, to "play a hidden role" in "helping facilitate unfolding prophecies". From a 2021 interview--

Former Israeli PM Bennett says Israel is seen as a 'leper state' in US Naftali Bennett blames the negative perception on a failure of Israeli propaganda, not the dire situation in Gaza

Bennett sounds the alarms.
“Americans hate us!!”

www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-...

What to Do — And Not to Do — About a Judge Like Emil Bove To confront a judge like Emil Bove so committed to Trump’s authoritarianism, we need to recognize the underlying problem.

Excellent article on the courts from Natasha Lennard, includes quotes from Aziz Rana who says the left must back efforts in the courts - means that are limited but at least currently existing

theintercept.com/2025/07/31/e...

Yes, ICE got many billions in taxes

But recruiting and hiring in this field is difficult and expensive.

Much of the money may end up paying retention and hiring bonuses, and, in theory, student loans (tho one has to be a fool to take the fed govt at its word on that)

Guess Who’s Eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness: New ICE Agents Thanks to the Supreme Court and the Trump administration, student loan forgiveness is out of reach for many — unless you work for ICE.

Student loan forgiveness in the US!!

But only for those working for ICE

theintercept.com/2025/08/02/s...

Trump fires lead US statistician

Why? Because he expects all numbers and facts to suit his preferences. Like, that he won the most votes in 2016 and he won the election in 2020

Tinpot dictatorship, party of cult members

Is any concept of Truths vs Lies just out the window