Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged. As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting.

Now the official line is crumbling. 1/

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No kings Americans!!!
Apalachicola protest. This town might have 2500 folks. Ten percent are out here!!
#nokings #blueskyartshow #photography #protest

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

The words “MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS” displayed vertically in a grey, serif, display font on a white background.

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Last light of sunset overlooking New Haven from atop East Rock Park.

wrote this last month!

Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."

What Happened in Trade Talks Between Japan and the U.S. Tokyo had expected smooth tariff negotiations but is experiencing whiplash, becoming a central target of President Trump’s trade frustrations.

Japan’s relationship with the U.S. seemed to be on solid footing. Now, the country is dealing with diplomatic whiplash after President Trump sent letters directing a subset of countries to change what the White House called unfair trade policies.

Uruguay's ex-President José Mujica, nicknamed 'world's poorest president,' dies at 89 José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

Water droplets beaded up on the leaves of a plant

Close-up of Black-eyed Susans in a little meadow

Enormous water droplet gathered in the center of a leafy plant

Close-up of wildflowers in a field

Be present. Be where your feet are. And sometimes let your feet take you to a little meadow full of wildflowers.

note that this completely inverts the public justification for the deportation scheme. they claim they’re deporting criminals, but they deported Kilmar without knowledge of a crime, and now that they supposedly found one they’re bringing him BACK.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." 

—Louis Brandeis

CBS News' Scott Pelley delivered a powerful commencement address this week calling out the Trump administration's anti-American maneuvers. And Harvard's president got a standing ovation at their commencement for being a model of Trump resistance. 💪 For more moments of positivity, look no further.

My father had friends of many creeds and colors. He taught us to be fascinated by humanity’s differences. Then Fox News ruined him, injecting him with fear. He’s gone now, and I want to have fond memories. But I can’t help thinking of him as an avatar for how the right wing has poisoned my country.

Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again. The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored…

In 2011, a Chicago officer pulled a woman over just to get her phone number, then called or texted her nearly 30 times.

Between 2017 and 2019, he was reported for sexual misconduct THREE MORE times before he was finally arrested.

w/ @invisible.institute

Trump’s Plan to Cap Drug Prices Doesn’t Exist Instead, he seems content blaming foreign countries and hoping for the best.

"Trump could deliver lower drug prices to the American people if he really wanted to," Rogé Karma writes. "Instead, he’s offering snake oil."

Ben-Gvir Can’t Bring Himself to Pretend The Israeli national-security minister came to New Haven to tell the story of his political awakening.

Itamar Ben-Gvir spoke at an event near Yale last night. So @gcaw.bsky.social went and asked him about why he'd idolized Baruch Goldstein, the infamous mass murderer of Muslims in 1994. Read what happened:

Same old story.

Image of professor, Jason Stanley, speaking from behind a dais at the Unitarian Society of New Haven

Wider image of professor, Jason Stanley, speaking from behind a dais at the Unitarian Society of New Haven

Close image of professor, Jason Stanley, standing from behind a dais at the Unitarian Society of New Haven as the audience enters the main hall

History in a democracy is not static, not mythic, but dynamic and critical. Erasing history helps authoritarians because doing so allows them to misrepresent it as a single story, a single perspective. — Prof Jason Stanley

Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza
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Mundus sine caesaribus

Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil is a direct attack on the FIRST Amendment of the United States Constitution which protects five freedoms from government interference: religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Image of the book “The Road to Unfreedom” by Timothy Snyder on a wrinkled fabric background

There’s a lot of insight in this book. Published in 2018. Still extremely relevant.

Two books overlapping each other. “44 Poems on Being with Each Other” an anthology, and “Kitchen Hymns “ by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Posting this as and admonition to read good books an share good poems with the broader community

It’s important to be informed but it’s equally important to be nourished. Let’s make sustainable spaces for our souls. Let’s feed our imaginations and then use them to cultivate generative communities and beautiful futures. #44PoemsOnBeingWithEachOther #KitchenHymns #OnBeing #poetry

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