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A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

Quick PSA for all mid-career academics and above: people may be citing articles with your name on them that don't exist.

The other major federal data source with e-bike-related fatalities has also changed to capture fewer crashes

"FARS and CRSS are no longer collecting motorized bicycles as motor vehicles... Any traffic crash involving only motorized bicycle(s) will no longer be captured in FARS or CRSS" ...

In the current moral panic about e-bikes, it is frustrating that data on e-bike-related injuries and fatalities is threatened

I can't find an update to this story, but this data was key to the CPSC's last look at e-bike safety www.bicycleretailer.com/sites/defaul...

#BREAKING #SCOTUS blocks President Trump's tariffs.

Richard Mack, the leader of a far-right sheriffs group & who has met with & advised Tom Homan, claimed on a podcast last week that the composition of the House January 6 committee & Trump's civil fraud case in New York were both "Jim Crow."

SpaceX and Blue Origin abruptly shift priorities amid US Golden Dome push The largest U.S. commercial space companies recently shifted priorities toward lunar development, just as DOD pushes its next-gen missile shield plans.

Article suggests DOD + SpaceX & Blue Origin are thinking of placing Golden Dome BMD sensors and comms *on* the Moon, and that not Artemis explains the firms lunar plans. That makes ZERO sense. 1/ www.defensenews.com/space/2026/0...

This isn't what SCOTUS *said* (they said nothing) BUT the Court's "passivity"-deciding not to decide or say anything - helps the executive branch aggressively characterize & implement the Court's orders.

My draft paper "Passive Vices" goes into this (Law Review editors- it's looking for a home!)

Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE

then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"

and i was like.
oh!

Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons "It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.

More than a year after the Trump administration was first sued over its anti-transgender prison policies, DOJ literally showed up in court Thursday morning with a new policy — and it is even more anti-trans, aiming to end trans-related care in federal prisons altogether.

To fight (Congress) or not to fight, that is the question D.C.'s elected officials need to decide whether to defy Congress – or defer to it – over a tax bill.

Defy, or defer? D.C.'s elected officials are trying to decide whether they should fight Congress over its resolution repealing a local tax bill. Some say fight, others say the risks are too great.

This really is a great picture:

Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial A Los Angeles judge ordered Meta officials to remove their AI glasses at a trial over the impact of social media on users.

"The judge upbraided the Meta team and said if you guys have recorded anything, you have to dispose of it or I will hold you in contempt," Jacob Ward, a technology journalist and the host of the Rip Current Podcast, told CBS News, calling the incident "an extraordinary misstep" by Meta.

New funeral plans for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson shared, including services in DC and South Carolina The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family announced revised funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate beginning next Thursday.

New funeral plans for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson shared, including services in DC and South Carolina

State House votes to rename Florida airport to Donald J. Trump international The Republican-controlled Florida House voted 81-30 in support of the name change to President Donald J. Trump International Airport

Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him

Agents wrote on detainees, in one case referring to the "mark of the beast," to track arrests by team. After a restaurant employee was detained, an agent joked, "The guacamole’s never going to taste the same now," and continued even after the trooper said his body cam was “hot.” (4/11)

Here’s a profile of Vos I wrote for Politico in 2021 www.politico.com/news/2021/09...

Wisconsin House Speaker Robin Vos, who tangled with Trump over the 2020 election results and drew his repeated fury, announces he won't seek reelection.

Image shows screenshot of medical records listing a child as “Inmate.” The child’s name and “Inmate ID” is redacted

As part of my reporting on children held in immigrant detention in Dilley, Texas, I’ve gotten to review some medical records from the facility.

This is where ICE brought 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos.

One detail that has gnawed at me: The medical forms refer to the children as inmates.

Reminder that immigration detention is administrative, not criminal.

What happened to the once-mighty National Governors Association? How the group of state leaders lost influence as its members prioritized partisanship over mutual interests

ICYMI: I explained in my latest free newsletter how we got here

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Trump's refusal to invite all governors to a White House meeting prompts group to back out The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors.

Trump's refusal to invite all governors to a White House meeting prompts group to back out

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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A new banner of Trump has been hung up on the Department of Justice headquarters.

NEWS: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, the first woman elected to the role in that state, will give next week’s Democratic response to Donald Trump's State of the Union.

we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A slavery exhibit removed by the Trump administration is returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia, city says.

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After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.

After pulling out of WHO, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build, which will cost about three times as much. | The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...