Dr. Dre
@asilvaphd.bsky.social
Associate Prof Political Science at UCR. Immigration, REP, and Latino Politics; RPCV EC 72, chronic lethologica
[Everyone hated that]
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
[Everyone hated that]
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ICYMI: our own Stone Center Director @sashakillewald.bsky.social explores the costly ‘motherhood penalty’ and how one country is erasing it. Learn more in her article from [email protected]:
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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
myumi.ch
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
ICYMI: our own Stone Center Director @sashakillewald.bsky.social explores the costly ‘motherhood penalty’ and how one country is erasing it. Learn more in her article from [email protected]:
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If it wasn’t for bad bunny I wouldn’t have watched the Super Bowl…
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
If it wasn’t for bad bunny I wouldn’t have watched the Super Bowl…
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New Mexico's legislature just passed a bill that bans local governments from joining ICE's 287(g) program *and* from hosting detention centers. On to the governor.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
New Mexico's legislature just passed a bill that bans local governments from joining ICE's 287(g) program *and* from hosting detention centers. On to the governor.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Idk who is playing in the SuperB owl, but I am rooting for Benito to sing Ojos Lindos
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Idk who is playing in the SuperB owl, but I am rooting for Benito to sing Ojos Lindos
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
Not one more penny for ICE.
Not one more penny for ICE.
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
Not one more penny for ICE.
Not one more penny for ICE.
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Food Insecurity Still High, Admin Ends Data Collection Before SNAP Cuts Push it Up
www.cbpp.org/blog/food-in...
www.cbpp.org/blog/food-in...
Food Insecurity Remained High in 2024, Administration Ends Data Collection Before SNAP Cuts Push It Higher
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the last of its annual reports on food security on December 30, showing that 47.9 million people in 18.3 million households reported having difficulty acqui...
www.cbpp.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Adding to this thread bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies.
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies.
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
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Breaking news: A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home as he responded to her 911 call reporting a prowler outside.
Former deputy gets 20-year sentence in killing of Sonya Massey
Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson fatally shot Sonya Massey in her Illinois home while responding to her 911 call to report a prowler.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Breaking news: A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home as he responded to her 911 call reporting a prowler outside.
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"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
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Corporations are extracting billions from America’s safety net and their payday is about to be supercharged by new rules.
I lay out how programs like Medicaid have become vulnerable to corporate capture and what we need to build to stop it.
@lpeblog.bsky.social
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
I lay out how programs like Medicaid have become vulnerable to corporate capture and what we need to build to stop it.
@lpeblog.bsky.social
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Corporations are extracting billions from America’s safety net and their payday is about to be supercharged by new rules.
I lay out how programs like Medicaid have become vulnerable to corporate capture and what we need to build to stop it.
@lpeblog.bsky.social
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
I lay out how programs like Medicaid have become vulnerable to corporate capture and what we need to build to stop it.
@lpeblog.bsky.social
lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
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CEOs of Minnesota companies, including Target and Hormel, say they're pushing against ICE's occupation.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
Minnesota CEOs Cry Crocodile Tears Over ICE - The American Prospect
Executives who lobbied for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enabled the immigration terror in their state, now
prospect.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
CEOs of Minnesota companies, including Target and Hormel, say they're pushing against ICE's occupation.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
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ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
some advice for bovino...when you get thrown under the bus, your job is to lie there...
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
some advice for bovino...when you get thrown under the bus, your job is to lie there...
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges: The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion, threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
abcnews.go.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges: The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion, threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges
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The Trump administration called for the accelerated disposal of a corridor inside the Social Security building that contains more than 1,800 square feet of art.
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Trump administration called for the accelerated disposal of a corridor inside the Social Security building that contains more than 1,800 square feet of art.
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Even as ICE receives $170B in new funding, it has stopped paying for medical care for detainees — including life-saving medications, dialysis, and chemotherapy treatments.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Even as ICE receives $170B in new funding, it has stopped paying for medical care for detainees — including life-saving medications, dialysis, and chemotherapy treatments.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
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How come Trump and Noem are not sending ICE to Florida or Texas ? Oh never mind the Governor of Maine told him “See u in court” that time and his little man feelings suffered big hurt.
Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
How come Trump and Noem are not sending ICE to Florida or Texas ? Oh never mind the Governor of Maine told him “See u in court” that time and his little man feelings suffered big hurt.
Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
