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Commentary: From the ballot box to the streets, Latinos are blowing the whistle on Trump's reign Election Night was a humiliating rebuke of Trumpism. And the tip of the Democratic spear? Latinos.

Must-read Column by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social

After backing Republicans in record numbers last year, Latino voters swung decisively left in recent elections, fueling Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia and California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

~10% of Maine’s population relies on SNAP benefits, including over 50,000 children.

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.

They have worked 12 days in 3 months.

Epstein Shutdown.

The Kavanaugh Stop is now happening.

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

Moises Caceido

ICE is a paramilitary organization.
It is NOT an immigration customs and enforcement agency.

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

#KavanaughStop

Chicago’s Black Immigrants Face New Wave of ICE Arrests and Uncertainty Nearly 70,000 immigrants from African countries live in the city, making up 5.2% of the population according to 2023 U.S. Census data.

There are 69,484 Black immigrants in the Chicago metro area originally from a country in Africa, making up 5.2% of the city’s population, according to an American Community Survey analysis of the 2023 Census.

Fyi chatbot, when people today are calling for a Saturday Night Massacre, it has nothing to do to do with actual killing.

***Attention IEHS members***

In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029.

Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at asig@uic.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.

Deadline: 10/17/25

Immigration History Manuscript Workshop IHRC seeks authors finishing a US immigration history book (colonial era–present) for feedback from experts at the Organization of American Historians conference.

***2025-2026 Immigration History Research Center ( @ihrc-umn.bsky.social ) Immigration History Manuscript Workshop***

Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply.

Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...

In case anyone was wondering, there are active TB cases in Maine.

Brilliant

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”

- Fred Hampton

Opinion | The Border Is Invading America

The border is invading America. It has become unmoored from geography, dragging its violence and impunity into the heart of American life. My latest in @nytimes.com - please read & share. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

A CDC Highway to Hell

Team Trump is more Dred Scott than Bon Scott, and now RFK Jr. says you can't have a Covid vaccine if you're young (and I don't mean Angus). Congressional Republicans could stop this, but they're thunderstruck. Safe to say Mike Johnson is no Brian Johnson.

by Maureen Dowd

Opinion | The Border Is Invading America

Essential reading this morning.

We are proud to officially launch The Green Book Project Website today! Explore the rich history of Black
travel and business during the Jim Crow era and add your own Green Book story to our interactive map:

greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu

#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

***Immigration History and the Present (New Blog Series)***

Our blog, Not From Here, invites contributions that explore the intersections of immigration history and the present.

Interested? Email notfromhere@iehs.org

Colleagues, if you're teaching & want to address the Trump admin's use of ideological exclusion/deportation, check out this article. 🗃️⬇️

Includes:

Mahmoud Khalil

Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision

Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude

AAUP Trial on ideological deportation

Feels like a good time to re-up this.

ICE agents in Maine arrest local pastor who supported immigrant community Michel Tshimankinda was detained by ICE last week. His family is raising money to bring him home to Westbrook.

ICE agents in Maine arrest local pastor who supported immigrant community

ICE spokesperson "didn’t mention whether Michel Tshimankinda had applied for asylum and he wasn’t able to provide further information Tuesday on whether that would have mattered to ICE"
www.pressherald.com?p=7484843&uu...

Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.

'US President Donald Trump issued an expansive executive order (EO) yesterday that would centralize power...If implemented, political appointees — not career civil servants, including scientists — would have control over grants, from their initial solicitation to their final review.'

Manisha Sinha, author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 A recording from Julian Zelizer's live video

Manisha Sinha, author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 open.substack.com/pub/julianze... @profmsinha.bsky.social joined The Long View to discuss her important book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920.

Great thread

And get you very own Brownshirt!!!