Em
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Moriarty: "I was working with the BCA all day. What happened at the scene was that the federal agents stood about 2 feet apart w/ large batons & they physically prevented the BCA from entering the scene ... DHS prevented them from even entering the scene with a lawfully signed, by a judge, warrant."
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Moriarty: "I was working with the BCA all day. What happened at the scene was that the federal agents stood about 2 feet apart w/ large batons & they physically prevented the BCA from entering the scene ... DHS prevented them from even entering the scene with a lawfully signed, by a judge, warrant."
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"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
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If there’s one thing we know ICE fears, it’s informed, empowered people documenting and recording their actions.
Let’s ensure that there are more folks out doing just that next week. Join the No Kings coalition for an Eyes on ICE call: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Let’s ensure that there are more folks out doing just that next week. Join the No Kings coalition for an Eyes on ICE call: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
www.mobilize.us
January 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM
If there’s one thing we know ICE fears, it’s informed, empowered people documenting and recording their actions.
Let’s ensure that there are more folks out doing just that next week. Join the No Kings coalition for an Eyes on ICE call: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Let’s ensure that there are more folks out doing just that next week. Join the No Kings coalition for an Eyes on ICE call: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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“Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.”
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.”
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
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I try not to be a doomer but that RFK's ACIP has already started its move towards vaccine hesitancy and it barely moved the needle...like, this is much worse news than Mamdani even if you don't like him! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/h...
June 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I try not to be a doomer but that RFK's ACIP has already started its move towards vaccine hesitancy and it barely moved the needle...like, this is much worse news than Mamdani even if you don't like him! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/h...
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If you are in NYC and still thinking Cuomo is a good choice, know he’s getting money from Palantir,Peter Thiel’s company.
#nycmayoralrace
gizmodo.com/palantirs-ce...
#nycmayoralrace
gizmodo.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir's CEO Throws Money Behind Andrew Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Race
The creepy company's chief creep is backing a mayoral candidate who has been called a creep.
gizmodo.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you are in NYC and still thinking Cuomo is a good choice, know he’s getting money from Palantir,Peter Thiel’s company.
#nycmayoralrace
gizmodo.com/palantirs-ce...
#nycmayoralrace
gizmodo.com/palantirs-ce...
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🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
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The Secretary of Homeland Security responds to the voluntary dismissal of an immigration lawsuit: "Suck it."
May 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Secretary of Homeland Security responds to the voluntary dismissal of an immigration lawsuit: "Suck it."
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So you’re telling us the radical transparency people are against… transparency?
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So you’re telling us the radical transparency people are against… transparency?
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Republicans are moving to take Medicaid $ from states whose healthcare plans cover non-citizens. Dems are opposed - but some Dem governors (Walz, Newsom, Pritzker) are already going there. www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
Republicans, preparing to cut Medicaid for US citizens, would prefer to talk about immigrants
They see the messaging strategy as highly effective, no matter how much Democrats decry the “talking point.”
www.semafor.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Republicans are moving to take Medicaid $ from states whose healthcare plans cover non-citizens. Dems are opposed - but some Dem governors (Walz, Newsom, Pritzker) are already going there. www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
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Another word for this is “kidnapping”
May 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Another word for this is “kidnapping”
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If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
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Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges without a binding code of ethics. We need to change that.
I'm joining @hankjohnson.house.gov to introduce the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act because Americans deserve a court that lives up to its responsibility.
I'm joining @hankjohnson.house.gov to introduce the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act because Americans deserve a court that lives up to its responsibility.
May 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges without a binding code of ethics. We need to change that.
I'm joining @hankjohnson.house.gov to introduce the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act because Americans deserve a court that lives up to its responsibility.
I'm joining @hankjohnson.house.gov to introduce the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act because Americans deserve a court that lives up to its responsibility.
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At this very moment, Republicans are trying to pass a bill that would gut funding for Medicaid. Who would that really hurt?
Children, people with disabilities, and seniors in nursing homes.
Children, people with disabilities, and seniors in nursing homes.
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
At this very moment, Republicans are trying to pass a bill that would gut funding for Medicaid. Who would that really hurt?
Children, people with disabilities, and seniors in nursing homes.
Children, people with disabilities, and seniors in nursing homes.
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The family of Dem Rep. Gerry Connolly announced that he has died at 75. Connolly had been fighting cancer.
Gerry Connolly, Democratic Congressman From Virginia, Dead At 75
He "passed away peacefully at his home this morning surrounded by family," Connolly's family said in a statement.
www.huffpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The family of Dem Rep. Gerry Connolly announced that he has died at 75. Connolly had been fighting cancer.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs www.propublica.org/article/sean...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging. A spokesperson for Duffy said an account manager made the t...
www.propublica.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs www.propublica.org/article/sean...
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Cutting Medicaid will cause Americans to die. This is not hyperbole.
This budget proposal is despicable. All so that Donald Trump can get a tax cut.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
This budget proposal is despicable. All so that Donald Trump can get a tax cut.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Republicans unveil steep cuts to Medicaid in portion of Trump tax bill
Legislation introduced by House Republicans late Sunday would slash Medicaid spending significantly by imposing new restrictions on Medicaid beneficiaries such as work requirements and more frequen…
thehill.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Cutting Medicaid will cause Americans to die. This is not hyperbole.
This budget proposal is despicable. All so that Donald Trump can get a tax cut.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
This budget proposal is despicable. All so that Donald Trump can get a tax cut.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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The trump library of congress takeover is even worse than u think, story coming shortly
May 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The trump library of congress takeover is even worse than u think, story coming shortly