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Talarico is right. Stop them now, before they come to your city to do the same.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Talarico is right. Stop them now, before they come to your city to do the same.
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BREAKING: Greg Bovino has reportedly been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large." This is another clear signal that the Trump administration is feeling our pressure to stop federal agents' cruelty.
We're not letting up until ICE and CBP stop terrorizing our families and our communities.
We're not letting up until ICE and CBP stop terrorizing our families and our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
BREAKING: Greg Bovino has reportedly been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large." This is another clear signal that the Trump administration is feeling our pressure to stop federal agents' cruelty.
We're not letting up until ICE and CBP stop terrorizing our families and our communities.
We're not letting up until ICE and CBP stop terrorizing our families and our communities.
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
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They cut overnight weather forecasting and are getting red state voters killed.
May 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
They cut overnight weather forecasting and are getting red state voters killed.
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The Trump administration can say what they want but the video couldn’t be clearer: Plainclothes, warrantless ICE agents ambushed Mahmoud Khalil — and he did not resist or try to flee.
This arrest was illegal and unjustified. He must be released.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/u...
This arrest was illegal and unjustified. He must be released.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/u...
Video shows minutes leading up to Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest | CNN
New footage appears to show the minutes leading up to the arrest of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. The video, first obtained by CNN was secured by Khalil’s legal...
www.cnn.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Trump administration can say what they want but the video couldn’t be clearer: Plainclothes, warrantless ICE agents ambushed Mahmoud Khalil — and he did not resist or try to flee.
This arrest was illegal and unjustified. He must be released.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/u...
This arrest was illegal and unjustified. He must be released.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/u...
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For every series of responses an AI chatbot generates, data centers consume about 16 ounces of water.
Water stress is already on the rise all over the US and the world.
Yet the GOP is trying to prevent states from regulating AI for 10 years.
Water stress is already on the rise all over the US and the world.
Yet the GOP is trying to prevent states from regulating AI for 10 years.
May 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For every series of responses an AI chatbot generates, data centers consume about 16 ounces of water.
Water stress is already on the rise all over the US and the world.
Yet the GOP is trying to prevent states from regulating AI for 10 years.
Water stress is already on the rise all over the US and the world.
Yet the GOP is trying to prevent states from regulating AI for 10 years.
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Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
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The plan to defund Planned Parenthood would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit
So much for cutting costs.
www.motherjones.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan to defund Planned Parenthood would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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“I think they [detained me] because they know who the fuck I am and they wanted to put the fear of god into me, not knowing that I'm a stubborn piece of shit and that's not going to work at all."
No one should be detained for their political speech.
No one should be detained for their political speech.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“I think they [detained me] because they know who the fuck I am and they wanted to put the fear of god into me, not knowing that I'm a stubborn piece of shit and that's not going to work at all."
No one should be detained for their political speech.
No one should be detained for their political speech.
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Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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No one should be detained at the airport for their political speech.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
No one should be detained at the airport for their political speech.
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What does Qatar get in return for the $400M plane it's gifting to Donald Trump?
What’s the quid for the quo?
It could be any number of things.
The only certainty is that you and I and other Americans won’t necessarily benefit.
America’s Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.
What’s the quid for the quo?
It could be any number of things.
The only certainty is that you and I and other Americans won’t necessarily benefit.
America’s Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.
May 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What does Qatar get in return for the $400M plane it's gifting to Donald Trump?
What’s the quid for the quo?
It could be any number of things.
The only certainty is that you and I and other Americans won’t necessarily benefit.
America’s Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.
What’s the quid for the quo?
It could be any number of things.
The only certainty is that you and I and other Americans won’t necessarily benefit.
America’s Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.
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Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
May 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
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In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and safety risks.
Aggressive immigration enforcement makes musicians rethink U.S. tours
In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and s...
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and safety risks.
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"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?”
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?”
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
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Rümeysa Öztürk speaks after her release from ICE detention and return to Massachusetts.
We'll keep pushing for freedom and justice for Rümeysa and other scholars like her who've been targeted for exercising their First Amendment rights.
We'll keep pushing for freedom and justice for Rümeysa and other scholars like her who've been targeted for exercising their First Amendment rights.
May 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk speaks after her release from ICE detention and return to Massachusetts.
We'll keep pushing for freedom and justice for Rümeysa and other scholars like her who've been targeted for exercising their First Amendment rights.
We'll keep pushing for freedom and justice for Rümeysa and other scholars like her who've been targeted for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Our client Rümeysa Öztürk spent the last 6 weeks in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana — all in retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
Rümeysa Öztürk comes home, speaks at press conference in Boston - The Tufts Daily
Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday and spoke publicly to a crowd of reporters at Boston Logan International Airport following her release from Immigration and ...
www.tuftsdaily.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Our client Rümeysa Öztürk spent the last 6 weeks in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana — all in retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
On Saturday, she finally made it home to her beloved Tufts community, where she can resume her studies and begin teaching again as her case proceeds.
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When Trump...
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
May 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When Trump...
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
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We went to court today to fight for Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont as her case proceeds.
Now from Öztürk’s ACLU lawyer Esha Bhandari:
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We went to court today to fight for Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont as her case proceeds.