Kendra Maas, PhD
@dnakendra.bsky.social
Queer scientist mom r nerd gardner she/her
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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NEW: Records also show DHS rushed Mobile Fortify out after abandoning its own facial-recognition oversight rules. Central privacy review was sidelined under orders from a Project 2025–linked former Heritage Foundation lawyer now serving as DHS chief privacy officer.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
NEW: Records also show DHS rushed Mobile Fortify out after abandoning its own facial-recognition oversight rules. Central privacy review was sidelined under orders from a Project 2025–linked former Heritage Foundation lawyer now serving as DHS chief privacy officer.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
I can not think of many more overtly self destructive moves for a university than "pivot to ai". This is the MOOC crazy but with zero humans teaching rather than very few.
Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I can not think of many more overtly self destructive moves for a university than "pivot to ai". This is the MOOC crazy but with zero humans teaching rather than very few.
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Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.
Yelling at electeds can move them. Keep yelling.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Yelling at electeds can move them. Keep yelling.
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NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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Every American must watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Every American must watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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The Justice Department’s application-via-DM-slide posts on Saturday and call for loaning out attorneys from elsewhere on Monday adds context to Julie Le’s, uh, let's call them courtroom struggles on Tuesday
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Exhausted DOJ Lawyer to Federal Judge: “What Do You Want Me to Do? This Job Sucks”
The Trump administration cannot find enough lawyers who are willing and able to defend its fascism in court.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The Justice Department’s application-via-DM-slide posts on Saturday and call for loaning out attorneys from elsewhere on Monday adds context to Julie Le’s, uh, let's call them courtroom struggles on Tuesday
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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I included Rosa Lee in my No Selves to Defend Project - noselves2defend.wordpress.com - you can read about her in the zine.
No Selves to Defend
The Legacy of Criminalizing Self-Defense and Survival
noselves2defend.wordpress.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I included Rosa Lee in my No Selves to Defend Project - noselves2defend.wordpress.com - you can read about her in the zine.
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ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society.
"You can’t just measure the value of something in terms of 'whether or not it makes everything worse for everyone.' The world is much more complicated than that."
Please Don’t Say Mean Things about the AI That I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In
“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society.
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““Take a look at Detroit,” he said. “Take a look at Philadelphia. You go take a look at Atlanta.””
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
I hope every American is paying attention to Trump’s unfolding plans to steal the midterms.
Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly,' then 'somebody else should take over'
Trump had been asked what he meant when he called on members of the Republican Party to "take over the voting" in a recent interview with Dan Bongino.
www.cnbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
““Take a look at Detroit,” he said. “Take a look at Philadelphia. You go take a look at Atlanta.””
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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When you read the limited release of the Epstein files, you realize why Donald Trump wanted a fellow child rapist, Matt Gaetz, in charge of whether to release them.
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
When you read the limited release of the Epstein files, you realize why Donald Trump wanted a fellow child rapist, Matt Gaetz, in charge of whether to release them.
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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There are SO many of us being treated like dirt by this tiny cabal of rich freaks. Let's just round them up & take over! There's no law this has to be violent or follow any historical precedent. We outnumber them by so much! Let's just take our money back! They can go to court. Good luck to them.
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
There are SO many of us being treated like dirt by this tiny cabal of rich freaks. Let's just round them up & take over! There's no law this has to be violent or follow any historical precedent. We outnumber them by so much! Let's just take our money back! They can go to court. Good luck to them.
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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U.S. Citizens Testify About DHS/ICE’s Use of Violent Force
YouTube video by SenatorBlumenthal
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Important: Georgia Fort is President of the Center for Broadcast Journalism and was “one of two journalists in the courtroom when Derek Chauvin was sentenced.”
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Important: Georgia Fort is President of the Center for Broadcast Journalism and was “one of two journalists in the courtroom when Derek Chauvin was sentenced.”
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
Her arrest, and the others, are a targeted assault on journalism by a white supremacist hate group that has infiltrated the US government.
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.