ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers.

"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.

"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.

Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.

must-read thread

Well written, as always. Hard to balance that cortisol with “just curious enough” these days. But we need to be able to feel- and hear- and say- hard things.

Congratulations! You are doing great- and vital- work!!❤️🏆

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

WATCH: Linda, who lost her son after he spent years in dangerous and discredited “conversion therapy,” speaks on why Colorado’s law helps protect families, kids, and faith.

Her story is a textbook example of why the Supreme Court must uphold Colorado’s restrictions on these harmful practices.

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President

It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.

Garcia Ramirez v. ICE case caption. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND TO ENFORCE FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and to Enforce the Permanent Injunction and accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities and Declarations (the "Motion"), and all other materials properly before this Court, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from implementing any new directive regarding age-outs; ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from detaining any class member in an adult ICE facility in any manner that contravenes the Permanent Injunction; ORDERED that Defendants immediately rescind any determinations to detain based on this directive; ORDERED that Defendants immediately produce that directive, any related policies regarding that directive, and the Age-Out Review Worksheets of any class members who may have been impacted by that directive, including all AORs issued since October 1, 2025. SO ORDERED this 4th day of October 2025.

BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS a new ICE policy that went into effect last week to automatically detain unaccompanied migrant children on their 18th birthday when they “age out” of shelter care.

The TRO enforces a court order in a case brought by @immcouncil.org and @immigrantjustice.bsky.social.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

“A lot of times, you know, babies don’t cough; they just stop breathing,” warned Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney as he discussed Mississippi's first infant death from whooping cough in 13 years.

The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.

NEW: "I’m thrilled to be a polio dinosaur. I am living proof that even though the Salk vaccine did not arrive in time to prevent my limp or rejection as a kickball pitcher, science is the workshop of miracles....Vaccines are manmade miracles among us."
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When you think you're World War II's Patton, but you're really just M*A*S*H's Major Frank Burns.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

lol. Go Buckeyes!

Go Buckeyes!

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello Slams Hegseth Over Wounded Knee Medals Morello: “What the f*ck is wrong with these people”

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello Slams Hegseth Over Wounded Knee Medals

Morello: “What the f*ck is wrong with these people”

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BEWARE TIKTOK: Instead of China collecting our data, it will be the Trump administration.

They’ll also control the terms of service and be able to hit the ban button on anything they don’t like.

Excellent article! Thanks for the gift link!

Rough night there, Jack?

*New Jersey keep an eye out, vote-by-mail ballots are now on their way to your door.

I can introduce him to my 65 year old sister

C.H.U.D2 was filmed in my neighborhood! Excellent callback!!

My mom was told- by several “experts” that she caused my sister’s autism- which was first observed at birth. Never forgave Bettleheim.

We must guard our freedoms.

Fed. Governor Lisa Cook is the test. If SCOTUS says yes, the purge begins. The Fed folds. The SEC obeys. The NLRB vanishes. Independence is gutted. One man decides who stays. Who kneels. Who falls. This is how dictators destroy democracies. Ask Jimmy Kimmel what happens when you dare to resist.

"Republicans are going to spend millions and millions of dollars to try to defeat CA Yes on Prop 50...this is a really important election."

We need your help to win this: votesaveamerica.com/prop50

Bored Trump Spends Night Channel Surfing For New Shows To Cancel

Bored Trump Spends Night Channel Surfing For New Shows To Cancel https://theonion.com/bored-trump-spends-night-channel-surfing-for-new-shows-to-cancel/

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.