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@akwala.bsky.social
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Person. Sustaining distractions. 🍉 Huey Freeman wannabe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Freeman). https://indieweb.social/@4slam https://twitter.com/akwala
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akwala.bsky.social
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

> Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

#Apple #ICE #FirstAmendment
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
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ahjohnson.bsky.social
One thing I’d be nice if Schatz and others acknowledged is that even judging their hard right turn on immigration in Spring 2024 on its own terms it failed miserably. In July when Harris took over Trump led on “immigration” by 9pts, by election day he led 13pts. At best it, electorally, did nothing
akwala.bsky.social
Tell Congress: Cosponsor H.R. 3565 to block weapons transfers to Israel - action.ccrjustice.org/a/email-cong...

#USA #Israel #Gaza #BlockTheBombsAct #HR3565
Tell Congress: Cosponsor H.R. 3565 to block weapons transfers to Israel
action.ccrjustice.org
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
If someone says "why don't they just get in line," send them this.
immcouncil.org
"Why don't they just apply for citizenship?"

This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
Why Is It So Hard to Become a US Citizen? - American Immigration Council
“Why don’t they just get in line?" It's a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
akwala.bsky.social
The End of the Belle Époque, by Pankaj Mishra

harpers.org/archive/2025...

The arc of Indian affinity for America.
#india #usa #pankajmishra
The End of the Belle Époque, by Pankaj Mishra
harpers.org
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rafil.bsky.social
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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fightforthefuture.org
@warren.senate.gov has co sponsored KOSA despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ human rights groups + First Amendment experts.

@evangreer.bsky.social @helpbyamg.bsky.social + other locals callu on her + @edmarkey.bsky.social to oppose any legislation that would harm the LGTBQ community 🗣️
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the majority doesn't like it.

A 90-year-old precedent meant nothing to the majority allowing Trump to fire an FTC commissioner during litigation. This is no way to run a court, let alone a country.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the majority doesn't like it
This is no way to run a court, let alone a country.
www.lawdork.com
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Excellent outcome for the case! It’s notable that this began before Trump took office, although it got worse after. When the government alleges someone is connected to terrorists, it can be extremely hard to get them to back down.
propublica.org
Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court, was released from an Ohio jail Friday as DHS abruptly withdrew its case against him.

“This is beyond my dreams,” he told ProPublica.
Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of…
www.propublica.org
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water.

These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.

They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
akwala.bsky.social
#dhs #ice #civildisobedience #nyc
documentedny.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: 11 lawmakers have been arrested by DHS on the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza after trying to gain access for over an hour.
akwala.bsky.social
#california #prop50
votefwd.bsky.social
📢 We’re launching a new campaign in California ahead of the Nov. 4 redistricting special election, and we have less than 7 weeks to make an impact.

Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
akwala.bsky.social
#surveillance #Flock #ALPR
eff.org
“I think it’s startling to see how many data points just driving your car through one city can add up to,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @NBCNews.com. “It’s still unnerving to get a real concrete idea how ALPRs are essentially mass surveillance.”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securi...
Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says
Flock Safety says it has become “the largest public-private safety network” in the country.
www.nbcnews.com
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I wrote a piece in July abt how a lot of liberals simply can't understand authoritarians use language differently than liberals.

That's what Ezra doesn't understand.

Or one thing he doesn't understand. He doesn't understand how threatened marginalized people are

www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/06/s...
Seeing Language as a Tool of Authoritarianism - emptywheel
When you speak on social media, are you saying or are you doing?
www.emptywheel.net
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markharris.bsky.social
In his new piece--which is largely about the reaction to his last piece--Ezra Klein says that he is deeply shaken by Charlie Kirk's murder essentially because they were in the same business: They both did public politics. This is honest on his part. It's also the problem. >
akwala.bsky.social
Commendable generosity. Now imagine Kirk was a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Sikh...

Jamie Lee Curtis Sobs Through Charlie Kirk Remembrance

www.thedailybeast.com/jamie-lee-cu...

#JamieLeeCurtis #hate #hatespeech #Christian
akwala.bsky.social
A major public university caves to fascism.
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apnews.com
Basel Adra, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” told The Associated Press that Israeli soldiers conducted a raid at his home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, looking for him and searching his wife’s phone.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra says his home in West Bank raided by Israeli soldiers
Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra has told The Associated Press that Israeli soldiers have conducted a raid at his home in the West Bank.
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