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Trump actually is ‘canceling’ the 2026 midterms, starting in Texas | Will Bunch Trump's outrageous push to kill five Dem House seats in Texas triggers a nuclear war that will end representative democracy.

OK, Trump can't actually cancel the 2026 midterms, but Texas redistricting scheme (and plans to bring it to FL, IN, etc.) is essentially that, deciding the election by a computer instead of a campaign the GOP will lose

The plan to nullify Congress. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/texa...

Atlanta Dream shared this on their stories. This league is so important man.

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

Ohio prisons to use AI to listen in on ‘all inmate' calls - Signal Ohio Soon, “all” phone calls involving some of the 45,000 people in state prisons in Ohio will be recorded and analyzed by new AI technology.

"Stewart, an attorney, said he 'assumed' the AI vendors have some means to screen out the lawyers’ calls with inmates. But he’s not worried about it, given the words would likely be found inadmissible as evidence."

Feds Make It a Crime to Give PPE to ICE Protesters The Trump administration is targeting nonviolent acts like identifying masked agents and aiding LA’s anti-ICE protests.

The FBI agent’s claim in this case is astounding - that face shields designed to protect against police tear spray and rubber bullets are typically used only by “violent” protesters. theintercept.com/2025/07/23/f...

What Happens When Someone Dies in an Ohio Jail In Cuyahoga County, a jail death triggers mandatory investigations. Here’s what all Ohio sheriffs are supposed to do, and how to check their work.

I wrote about the steps local, state and federal agencies are supposed to take when someone dies in a jail in Ohio.

We also included what records in those investigations should be available to the public.

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/24/c...

Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

What Happens When Someone Dies in an Ohio Jail In Cuyahoga County, a jail death triggers mandatory investigations. Here’s what all Ohio sheriffs are supposed to do, and how to check their work.

Important new piece from @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org

ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

The Department of Homeland Security still has not explained why they are arresting and detaining American citizens. It’s unjustifiable.

The Florida Supreme Court concluded that a racial gerrymander designed to DILUTE the voting power of Black Floridians is perfectly legal, while a new map drawn to PROTECT the voting power of Black Floridians would be unconstitutionally racist.

We are fully through the looking glass here.

Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10 She’s in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview. The 45 year old wife & mother has been moved between facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada. 🧵 They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape. This is why we call them concentration camps. There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out.

Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.

Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…

Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.

Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

Presidents of both parties have muddied the water on unilateral presidential military action, but an attack on a sovereign nation with barely even a pretext of a lawful reason, no congressional involvement or even interest, and no UN involvement would be a new low for “checks and balances.”

Not at all clear this is required by SB 1 (which is not yet in effect) -- it's another frustrating choice OSU is making.

Worcester father of 4-month-old deported after ICE ‘violated his rights,’ attorney says A Worcester mother was arrested by ICE in a chaotic scene. Her daughter's partner, and father of her 4-month-old grandchild, has been deported, an attorney said.

ICE forged his signature so that they could deport him. Add that to the fact that the story began because the ICE agent was a road rager angry at someone who honked at him. www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...

Kelvin is waiting to board his plane this morning. bsky.app/profile/mari...

This one is a white dad of four with a job who is now apparently stuck in a for-profit detention center for having neglected to file a form in 2015

In Chicago, in 21 months, the AI-powered gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter generated more than 40,000 “dead-end police deployments”

89% of ShotSpotter deployments resulted in no gun-related crime

But the tool did cause the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

Document posted by National Science Foundation program director on LinkedIn says not only that grants are being terminated by DOGE but that they're being deleted from databases. Presumably to make it difficult or even impossible to undo DOGE's illegal actions.

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

There's officially an #Ohio version of the #SAVEAct — and it's an existential threat to voting rights in our state

NEWS: After canceling thousands of foreign students' immigration records — threatening their ability to study and live in the US — the Trump administration has reversed course and restored them all.

It follows intense pushback from courts across the country.

Details TK

By my count, there had been 103 lawsuits filed in the last 20 days, and judges had issued 50 restraining orders requiring the Trump administration to reverse the terminations. Those decisions came in more than 23 states. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

With the Trump administration having terminated multiple contracts providing lawyers to unaccompanied migrant children, we're back to the bad old days of toddlers representing themselves against deportation.

Last week, DHS and Secretary Noem's staff and spokespeople suggested that because Mr. Abrego Garcia had $1,100 in cash on him when arrested outside Home Depot seeking day labor, that was strong evidence that he was a member of MS-13.

I guess that raises a similar question about her $3,000.

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

U.S.-born man held for ICE under Florida's new anti-immigration law • Florida Phoenix Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...

floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u...

I’m at the Leon County Jail with the mom of the 20 year old U.S. citizens arrested for illegally entering Florida after a traffic stop. She showed his birth certificate in court. He’s still in jail waiting for ICE officials to pick him up.