“Just the day before he was detained, Ya’akub had recorded and participated in a city council meeting in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, where he spoke out in support of local community leader Marwan Marouf who was detained by ICE, according to a court filing from his legal team last week.”

"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

Primaries for senators

reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.

Y I K E S.

For obvious reasons, this is a TERRIBLE idea. Facial recognition has high false positive rates for immigrants in particular!

#PuertoRico has always been used as a launching ground for whatever wars in the Caribbean or central/south Atlantic the U.S. wanted to fight/start. #Venezuela is our/U.S. current target.

Lia Smith was a transgender rights advocate and athlete who spoke out forcefully against this administration's policies.

Rest in peace. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.

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“The officials said there is growing concern that in the Trump administration’s race to expand the number of ICE agents to 10,000 by the end of the year, the agency could miss red flags in the backgrounds of some new recruits and inadvertently hire them.”

YOU THINK

Officials Scrub Data Showing U.S. Citizens Swept Up in Immigration Arrests Florida’s immigration crackdown dashboard reportedly showed the arrests of 21 U.S. citizens—until a local paper asked questions.

“Florida officials have been accused of quietly scrubbing records showing U.S. citizens were swept up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet after a local paper started asking questions.” www.thedailybeast.com/officials-sc...

Nancy Neal of Corvallis, Montana, counted more than 700 participants at the No Kings Indivisible rally in Hamilton, a town of roughly 5,000. Neal said she’s not using the term “antifa” anymore.

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Brett Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/mass-depor...

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

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Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.

This is absolutely shameful. My heart breaks for the families of the 21 immigrants killed on ICE's watch this year.

These unsafe conditions at privately run, for-profit ICE facilities show a profound disregard for the well-being of mothers, fathers, sons & daughters.

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration reut.rs/4mIfztt

Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.

Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants

As Trump sucks up more of our data, ICE added online activists to its target list, demanding Meta hand over personal info attached to Instagram accounts for StopIce.net and more.

My report includes tips on how to protect yourself!

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

Oh no. Que en paz descanse.

None of this should have happened. A tragedy all around.

A major piece of Puerto Rican History most folks don't know:
Women's History Month: Sterilization and experimental testing on Puerto Rican women
www.dailykos.com/stories/2018...

Court greenlights Planned Parenthood defunding Planned Parenthood previously warned such a move could lead to the closure of hundreds of clinics nationwide.

www.axios.com/2025/09/12/p...

Man in Chicago fatally shot by ICE officer after allegedly resisting arrest An immigration officer opened fire after he was hit and dragged by a vehicle driven by an undocumented immigrant, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Man in Chicago fatally shot by ICE officer after allegedly resisting arrest

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More than 1,000 HHS workers demand RFK Jr. resign in new letter "Kennedy's actions are compromising the health of this nation," the Wednesday letter reads.

They're right.

RFK Jr. is a serious threat to public health and our lives. He is undermining vaccines, boosting dangerous conspiracy theories, and decimating lifesaving research.

Resign or be fired. He needs to go.

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations.

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/states...

Phil Scott declines Pentagon request to use Vermont National Guard at ICE facilities The U.S. Department of Defense was seeking 12 Guard members to assist with administrative, logistical and clerical duties inside federal immigration detention facilities, according to a governor’s aid...

President Trump is trying to use the National Guard and active-duty military troops to help carry out his cruel mass deportation campaign. We're glad to see Vermont's governor has refused to go along — that's the kind of leadership we need and deserve.

www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...