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Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.

They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."

abc7.com/post/ontario...

The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.

“The kids are alright. The real problem might be older generations projecting their own racial anxieties onto them.”

This is a must-read piece by two of the finest scholars of U.S. politics, @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Bovino’s rant fits the authoritarian indicators in our assessment: empowered security forces acting with impunity, militarized immigration raids, executive overreach through federalized enforcement, and loyalty-driven ops unmoored from oversight. His tone isn’t an outlier but a symptom.

Greg Bovino’s Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data… Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have reported using force on other people more than three times as many times as they have faced assaults – a ratio higher than anywhere else in the agency...

Also: please read and RT @schwellenbach.bsky.social’s latest report on excessive force by Bovino and CBP. And follow him! www.pogo.org/investigatio...

Piercing analysis from @tompepinsky.com on the US in the Asia Pacific: "They must prepare for a future in which the United States cannot lead, regardless of who is in power." In a forthcoming @iojournal.bsky.social piece, @sdhyde.bsky.social & I conclude the same for US global leadership generally.

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

Absolutely shocking that the Chinese govt pressured a UK university to shut down research about forced labour in Xinjiang and the links to global supply chains. The work of Laura Murphy and her team had been instrumental in getting Chinese companies sanctioned.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Another paper showing that a lot of what statistically lies at the "center" looks like this:

AI-optimized cybercrime increasingly targeting Japan Many of the attacks originate in China, using underground marketplaces that sell access and sensitive data to other cybercriminals.

The future of cybercrime is AI-optimized — and Japan is increasingly a target.

Asking AI to explain which party made Epstein and government cover-ups of pedophiles a central part of their political identity for years

Someone needs to draft a Project 2029 agenda item of defunding anti-democratic government contractors. Trump would do it out of pure spite, but my guess there is a strong efficiency argument to reduce rent-seeking.

@bluejaysbot.bsky.social
#GoJays!

Trump's Dictatorship Is Failing. Prove me wrong. An essay full of realistic optimism.

Strongmen can't control large amounts of people. They only condition them to believe they have fewer options.

Condition them against their own freedom.

Propaganda makes you complicit in your own imprisonment.

A participant in your own oppression.

resistrebelrevolt.substack.com/p/trumps-dic...

When you can’t afford a car

Here’s the study 📖 showing Sinclair’s impact on local news outlets by Martin and McCrain (2019). [first-view online in 2018]

www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Trump’s war on independent journalism

youtu.be/J3ItkKJxbl8

#Resist
#ProtectDemocracy

Disney's cancellation page crashes!!
Cancel or boycott anything Sinclair as well as anyone that advertises on the programs!

Trump II was already, even before this, the biggest systematic assault by an administration on First Amendment rights since at least World War I, easily surpassing the 50s Red Scare, and the only plausible rival for going after mainstream political opposition would be the Alien & Sedition Acts.

Armed troops in US streets? For many, Trump makes that seem normal. Armed troops patrol streets in the nation’s capital, and many residents shrug their shoulders. President Trump’s ability to normalize such dramatic actions is at play – but isn’t the end of the story.

“We have a very muscular civil society in the United States. We have come this far toward authoritarianism primarily because civil society has not pushed back. Stephen Miller and Trump are much bolder now because we let them do it. Power is being surrendered.”

www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...

U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say

After banning visas for Palestinian children seeking medical care, the Trump administration is now banning any Palestinian passport holders from entering the United States.

Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...

At Trump's urging, Missouri jumps into redistricting race to help Republicans Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session starting Wednesday to help the GOP hold onto Congress. It's part of the battle to reshape the voting map and help Trump keep a majority for his agenda.

JUST IN: Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session starting Wednesday to help the GOP hold onto Congress. It's part of the battle to reshape the voting map and help Trump keep a majority for his agenda.

In my first for Foreign Affairs, I write about how both left and right can win on immigration.

The gist: stop shouting and start governing. Make policy demonstrably beneficial, tie it to national needs, and make the gains visible in people's daily lives.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

ChatGPT shows signs of the same biases that arise in audit studies of human beings.

When you give ChatGPT resumes, it's biased in how it evaluates minorities.

When you ask ChatGPT to generate resumes for women & minorities, it generates systematically different types of resumes

✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Exclusive: The Churches Fighting Back Against ICE A network of 5,000 churches is launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ICE raids.

NEW: The Bulwark has learned exclusively that a network of five thousand faith communities is now disseminating a blueprint for clergy and lay leaders who want to push back against Trump's immigration regime.

The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

Raging Moderates: How Obamaworld is Elevating Zohran Mamdani (ft. David Axelrod) The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Episode

Today’s Raging Moderates… Jess is joined by David Axelrod, CNN chief political analyst and former senior advisor to President Obama.

@davidaxellrod.bsky.social
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social
@ragingmoderates.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/0kVa...

Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve Governor, is a Black woman with exemplary credentials, education and history of accomplishments. Trump has baselessly accused her of mortgage fraud.

Unions protect workers.

Wait--DEI FTW?!?!?

Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?

Well, because of our new working paper you do!

@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay