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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Reindeer, cut off from foraging routes, now graze on seaweed. Polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms to hunt seals, have turned inland, increasingly, clashing with humans.

Scientists are discovering how climate change is transforming ecosystems, making their work more dangerous.

Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Among the long list of political adversaries President Trump has targeted in his second term are several Black women in powerful positions. Attorney General Letitia James of New York, who brought a civil case against Trump and won, is the latest.

Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump

Fani T. Willis, a district attorney who brought election interference charges against Mr. Trump, and Lisa Cook, who serves on the Federal Reserve Board, have also been investigated.

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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission @tlhumanrights.bsky.social · 2d

The Democratic staff of the TLHRC are now accepting applications for the winter term (Jan-April) under the newly-established Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Internship Program (deadline Nov 6). For application information see: humanrightscommission.house.gov/about/intern...

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WOLA @wola-org.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Last night, the Senate narrowly rejected (48–51) a War Powers Resolution led by Sens. Schiff and Kaine requiring congressional approval before using military force against alleged “narco-terrorists.”

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National Priorities Project @nationalpriorities.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Nearly 80% of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high.

And the more immigrants tell their stories, the better people understand why they belong.

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The More Americans See of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, The Less They Like It - OtherWords

Amid a wave of attacks on migrants, 80 percent of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 3d

71% of immigrants in detention have no criminal convictions.

Yet still, 1 in 4 FBI agents have been pulled from cybercrimes, drug trafficking & anti-terrorism assignments to do immigration enforcement. This will hurt our national security.

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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

Smithsonian museums will go dark after Sat. “Murray worries how she will provide for her three children and grandchildren in Capitol Heights, Maryland.”

“I don’t know how I’m going to feed my kids or pay my mortgage,” she said. "It’s not about me. I don’t care if I don’t eat, but I want them to.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 3d

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Press Release: Civil Society Organizations Call on Congress to Stop Trump's Aggression in the Caribbean - Latin America Working Group

For Immediate Release:October 8, 2025 Contact:Vicki GassExecutive DirectorLatin America Working Group (LAWG)[email protected] Over 50 Human Rights, Faith, Veterans and Foreign Policy Groups Call on Congr...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Meeting a delegation of bishops and social workers from the US-Mexico border at the Vatican on Wednesday, the first American-born pope urged them to ‘speak strongly’ on behalf of migrants and refugees …”

“Our Holy Father is very personally concerned about these matters,” said El Paso Bishop Seitz.

Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 4d

The pope has instructed U.S. bishops to take a stronger public stand against the president’s hardline immigration policies

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration says immigration enforcement is "unchanged" during the shutdown.

"But at least one team at ICE isn’t going into work: the Office of Detention Oversight, which inspects detention centers to ensure they meet federal standards for the safe and humane treatment of immigrants."

ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s entire Office of Detention Oversight has been placed on furlough, despite surging numbers of detainees.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Check out this whole interview! I think we got into a ton of really interesting topics over the course of the interview.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 4d

As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

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Politico @politico.com · 4d

Republican leaders are clashing on whether to return to session to pass emergency legislation to pay troops during the government shutdown.

Republican leaders clash on emergency troop pay vote

Some lawmakers want to move standalone legislation to deliver military paychecks amid the shutdown.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Every time we have been attacked with pepper bullets or tear gas or pepper spray that I have been present, it has felt like it came from anger that we were there, and not from any determined safety need or protocol,” said Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist pastor. “They are unhinged.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire,” @jackjenkins.me reports.

“We could hear them laughing,” Rev. Black said: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 4d

Posted about 23 hrs ago
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"btnewsroom: In response to the announced deployment of 200 National Guard troops & 150 🧊 agents to Portland, a group of military veterans gathered in front of City Hall, calling on service members to remember their oath to the Constitution"

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4d

Great reporting by @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Donald Trump: “We’re going after the worst of the worst.”

ICE arrests two men at a Chicago area bakery. Workers, not criminals. And this is why they need the National Guard?

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean bypass Congress and put us on a dangerous pathway to wider abuses. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-strikes-in-the-caribbean-are-a-dangerous-illegal-abuse-of-wartime-power-it-wont-stop-there/

Trump’s Strikes in the Caribbean Are a Dangerous, Illegal Abuse of Wartime Power—It Won’t Stop There

The Trump administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean bypass Congress and put us on a dangerous pathway to wider abuses.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 4d

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Judge denies government's request to delay Abrego Garcia's legal proceedings

The judge overseeing the Maryland deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has denied the government's request to delay proceedings because of the government shutdown.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

Pope Leo’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire,” @jackjenkins.me reports.

“We could hear them laughing,” Rev. Black said: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 4d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported. apnews.com/article/vati...

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 4d

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