Kate Doyle

so, torture. they’re torturing them as federal policy. entirely predictable, but that doesn’t make it any less evil

The blatant consent-manufacturing lie about Iran possessing nuclear weapons threatens to overshadow the promotion of the Iranian version of Ahmed Chalabi.

Good god yes. Agree.
Deploring the atrocities of the Iranian regime does not = support for a murderous bombing campaign and the return to monarchy

Y’all think these are dance moves when they really are tactical maneuvers for when they are deployed to suppress us. But keep thinking it’s cute to watch how deftly robots dance.

A++++

“This catastrophe must be recorded in the historical memory of people around the world” - General practitioner, Tehran

Opinion | The Iranian Regime Has Committed a Massacre (Gift Article) We surveyed medical workers across 14 cities and 11 provinces in Iran about their experiences treating wounded protesters.

Required reading.

“This is not just the worst mass killing in the contemporary history of Iran,” said Mr. Akhavan, now a human rights lawyer and a co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Doc. Center. “It is one of the worst mass killings in contemporary world history.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Ramiro Osorio Cristales, massacre survivor, after his testimony in Canada in 2024. Photo: Loubna Chlaikhy/La Converse

I testified in Sosa’s Ottawa trial, along with other experts and one of the only living massacre survivors and witnesses, Ramiro Osorio Cristales.

Click on @nsarchive.bsky.social ‘s website to see the ruling + US and Guate declassified documents used in the case.

If international law is more than just a legal theory, countries like Canada need to find the political will to prosecute perpetrators of the worst human rights crimes in their own courts.

Without justice, universal jurisdiction is a hollow promise.

Former second lieutenant Jorge Sosa Orantes in a photograph from his time in the Guatemalan army. Photo: ProPublica

Jorge Sosa Orantes has never been held accountable for the atrocities committed at Dos Erres. More than 250 men, woman and children were murdered by Kaibil special forces on Dec. 6-8, 1982.

Impunity 101

The good news: Canada ruled against a Guatemalan ex-military officer, calling his actions in the horrific 1982 #DosErres massacre “crimes against humanity.”

The bad news: Canada refused to use its own War Crimes Act, so the ruling strips his citizenship and kicks him out of Canada.

This guy gets it.

The FOIA strikes again! Excellent reporting, great collab.

Don’t believe the DHS lies.

Bodyguards for Azerbaijani president, in town for Trump’s Board of Peace, attack protesters in DC

Protesters were outside hotel in Washington demanding the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

In a note embedded on top of an FAQ question, “What is the average length of stay for the aliens?” Tim Kaiser, the deputy chief of staff for US Citizenship and Immigration Services, asked David Venturella, a former GEO Group executive whom The Washington Post described as an adviser overseeing an ICE division that manages detention center contracts, to “Please confirm” that the average stay for the new mega detention centers would be 60 days. Venturella replied in a note that remained visible on the published document, “Ideally, I'd like to see a 30-day average for the Mega Center but 60 is fine.”

NEW: DHS left embedded comments in a PDF outlining its plans to warehouse immigrants, identifying the architects and laying bare the gross extent of its regulatory capture. Great scoop by @regret.bsky.social:

www.wired.com/story/metada...

Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.

looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:

They are OBSESSED with this man.

Jameel Jaffer · Thought Control Ideological exclusion at the border seems anachronistic now, when all human knowledge is accessible online, video-...

‘From one perspective, the Trump administration is taking up the practices once enabled by the McCarran-Walter Act, but with MAGA’s prejudices, conspiracy theories and obsessions substituted for those of the Cold War.’

@jameeljaffer.bsky.social on ideological exclusion
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office Welcome The Stranger

This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.

youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40

😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.

Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ... TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance

North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/

Alice Wong Writer, editor, and disability justice activist. Born on March 27, 1974 in Indianapolis, IN, USA, she died from an infection on Nov 14, 2025 in San Francisco, CA, USA, aged 51 years.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3

They keep changing tactics but keep kidnapping my neighbors. Every time they claim they’re drawing down things get a little worse.

N.J. bans ICE from state property, unveils site to upload videos of agents Gov. Sherrill's executive order requires warrants for ICE access to non-public state areas and allows residents to upload videos documenting federal immigration enforcement.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Wednesday unveiled a statewide portal for residents to upload photos and videos of federal immigration activity, as her administration moves to more aggressively scrutinize the work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Virtual Career Expo – 02/18 Help Defend the Homeland ​Register today for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Virtual Career Expo on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, from 11 AM to 4 PM ET. ​ ** Registration is now open! ** If …

For crying out loud #ColumbiaUniversity
Really???!!

careerdesignlab.sps.columbia.edu/events/2026/...

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

interviewed Ramirez about her plans to dismantle DHS, abolish ICE, and put money towards housing and health care for communities ICE is terrorizing. www.publicnotice.co/p/delia-rami...

These Companies Work With ICE. New York City Pays Them Millions. - Documented New York City is paying at least $260 million in contracts to companies fueling ICE's immigration crackdown, according to a Documented analysis.

“NY sanctuary laws are not enough currently to prevent collusion between local police and ICE, and we need to ensure there is no data sharing occurring whatsoever among those agencies,” says S.T.O.P.’s Will Owen.

Read more.

documentedny.com/2026/02/05/n...

Stunning investigation into the ICE surge everywhere all at once.

ICE-watchers, start taking notes.