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Enjoy the series as a respite from the evils of the world, love appears to triumph but not really, it keeps in tact all social categories and norms. 😊

What I found most interesting is the offer: Be my mistress? Which frankly does offer some protection but rejected because it is undignified position for Sophie, who is really a nobility. In this narrative, what is being sad about the dignity of sex work.

It is a romance show but what about the option of retiring to country, giving up position in society, which dear Benedict seems unwilling to do for love. Alas

How Bridgerton raises but then dodges the class/gender questions in Season 4. How can a nobleman marry a maid! He cannot but she's really nobility from her father's side, so we fudge it, because we want a happy ending. 🧵

The talks came after President Trump assembled the largest fleet of warplanes and aircraft in the Middle East in decades ahead of possible U.S. strikes on Iran, even though Congress has not authorized an attack.

Even in a Blizzard, Food Delivery in New York City Continues

Even in a Blizzard, Food Delivery in New York City Continues www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/n...

Today I honor the martyrs of Bengali Language Movement & all our revolutionary elders across the globe who fought for the liberation of oppressed people. Our task is to build a grassroots, transnational, diverse movement for our collective liberation. I pledge myself to this.

Detentions and disappearances: how ICE has driven fear into Michigan’s Arab communities Arab Americans in Dearborn and beyond are being swept up by ICE at places of worship and work, with devastating consequences

“From truck drivers to construction workers, Arab Americans in Dearborn are being swept up by ICE at places of worship and work, with devastating consequences.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"It is difficult to comprehend the level of state-sponsored criminality we are witnessing because our country has never experienced anything like it."- #NYDailyNews

(wait'll ya experience the midterms...)

#AccountabilityIsComing ⚖️

NEW: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from entering Labor Department HQ after two female staffers accused him of sexual assault inside the building, according to NYT. One alleged incident was captured on security cameras and is now part of a criminal investigation.

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

So gross, and even the Labor Secretary acting inappropriately! Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

After my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to respond to trauma. We can all take part | Rümeysa Öztürk I was detained for co-writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

For real.

Law + Liberation - audio version of all our past episodes are now available on substack
In the series I interview activists, scholars, lawyers, and organizers on the frontlines of social justice. substack.com/@lawatthemar...

HBCU Law School Not Allowed To Use The Word 'Black' For Black History Month Event - Above the Law This headline should have been written by someone who works at The Onion.

Efforts to erase Black and other communities of color will not work. abovethelaw.com/2026/02/hbcu...

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Backed by Mamdani, D.S.A. Candidate Wins Election for Mayor’s Old Seat

Backed by Mamdani, D.S.A. Candidate Wins Election for Mayor’s Old Seat www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...

Mayor Mamdani and the Taxi Driver

Mayor Mamdani and the Taxi Driver www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/n...

Mamdani Names Nonprofit Leader and Ex-Rikers Inmate to Run N.Y.C. Jails

Mamdani Names Nonprofit Leader and Ex-Rikers Inmate to Run N.Y.C. Jails www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/n...

Don Lemon's arrest escalates DOJ crackdown on Black journalists The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Photograph shows a man standing barefoot in the snow on the steps outside an apartment doorway. He is wearing blue shorts and is wrapped in a red and white plaid blanket. Two federal officers in tactical gear stand on either side of him, guiding him forward. Snow is falling. One officer wears a jacket labeled “ERO.” The man appears cold, disoriented, and physically exposed to freezing conditions. The image is credited to Reuters.

Screenshot of a Facebook post from the page “Hmong American Experience.” The post describes an ICE raid on a family apartment in which agents broke down the door, handcuffed a naturalized US citizen named Saly, pointed a gun at his daughter in law, forced him outside in freezing weather without proper clothing, detained and fingerprinted him for nearly an hour, then released him after realizing he had no criminal record. The post states ICE used violence, intimidation, and humiliation instead of asking for identification.

ICE broke down the door of an American citizen, aimed a gun at his daughter’s head, threatened the family, forced him outside without proper clothing, and then said, ‘wrong man.’ This is American fascism.

US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.

Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.

ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees

ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals

Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care

🧵

Invitation to join a Critical Research Network on Pedagogies of Race and Empire For some time, several colleagues and I have been thinking of how to consolidate and build on the work that we have been doing individually in translating our anti-colonial and anti-racist research…

My latest blog post is a detailed invitation to join a research network devoted to critical pedagogies of race and imperialism in law. In it, I outline who its organisers are, the reasons why we have set up the network,and what we hope to achieve in it. All welcome!

folukeafrica.com/invitation-t...

Amílcar Cabral: To Be Mountains, To Return to the Source of Power Assassinated 20 January 1973. Yet still today we cry “Viva Cabral! Viva!”

Killed on 20th January 1973. Through his biography, his own words & the music of those who remember him, I invite us once again to think critically about what decolonisation means through the life of a man who lived and died for it. Long live Amilcar Cabral.
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...

Keep hoping Amanda

He should be charged with homicide. #reneegood

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According to witnesses, this is the masked ICE agent who shot the driver in Minneapolis. He shot from the side into the vehicle.

This is him walking away from the crashed vehicle.

After Renee Good, hemorrhaging blood, crashed her car, a man from the neighborhood approached and said, "Let me take vitals and help. I'm a physician."

According to a witness, ICE responded, "We don't care. Stay back." And they blocked him.

These people are stone-cold monsters.