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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2d

"The Supreme Court is not our friend. It has been corrupted and weaponized and functions as an antidemocratic enforcement mechanism of the Republican political agenda." - @elienyc.bsky.social with the grim preview of this coming term.

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Stop AAPI Hate @stopaapihate.org · 6d

Following decades of racist policies that shut out Asian immigrants, the Immigration Act of 1965 gave millions of people the chance to move to the U.S. for the first time. People like our co-founder, Manjusha Kulkarni.

Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social · 6d

On this day in 1965, President Johnson signed the Hart-Celler Act. It ended the racist “immigration quotas” that kept Asian immigrants out, and it opened the door for millions of people around the world to call the U.S. home. People like me.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent tips for keeping ICE out of your phone now featuring alt text

Android:

Don't give apps your
tracking ID!

One big way your Android phone tracks you is by making up an ID for itself and giving that to advertising companies, which eventually winds up in the hands of investigators. It calls this ID its "advertising ID." In the latest Android versions, you turn off delivery of this by going into the Settings app and navigate to Security & Privacy > Privacy > Ads. Tap "Delete advertising ID."

In older Android versions where that option isn't there you reset it instead, which protects you better if you do it often.

iPhone: Don't give apps your
tracking ID!

One big way your iPhone tracks you is by making up an ID for itself and giving that to advertising companies, which eventually winds up in the hands of investigators. It calls this ID its IDFA, or "ID for advertisers."

Whenever an app asks for this, you can click "Ask App Not to Track" and that app (and the creeps which sweep up information from it) won't be able to follow you! Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking to turn this off for apps you might have already allowed.

You can turn off another tracker by going to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and set the "Personalized Ads" switch to "off"

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Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social · 6d

As Asian Americans, we have a choice to make. We can either fight to keep the doors open for future generations — or we can watch them close behind us.

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Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social · 6d

The Hart-Celler Act opened the gates for immigrant students, workers, and families. Sixty years later, Trump is slamming them shut for the next generation. He’s detaining international students and deporting people without due process. He’s tearing families apart.

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Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social · 6d

It was because of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement — who advanced the fight for immigration reform — that families like mine were given a chance to set down roots, open businesses, and transform the face of this nation.

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Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social · 6d

In 1971, my parents and I moved from Mumbai to Kansas City, where they had secured jobs at the Trinity Lutheran Hospital. For a long time, this would have been unthinkable because of the Asiatic Barred Zone Act of 1917 and other racist immigration laws.

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Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social · 6d

On this day in 1965, President Johnson signed the Hart-Celler Act. It ended the racist “immigration quotas” that kept Asian immigrants out, and it opened the door for millions of people around the world to call the U.S. home. People like me.

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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Stop AAPI Hate @stopaapihate.org · 9d

Trump hasn't given up on his unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship. Here's what you need to know. ⬇️
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him end birthright citizenship

The president’s Day 1 executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship has not taken effect because four federal judges ruled it violates the 14th Amendment.

www.politico.com

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Stop AAPI Hate @stopaapihate.org · 8d

A federal judge is putting the Trump regime under fire for its unlawful attacks on pro-Palestinian student protestors — including Korean immigrant Yunseo Chung, Indian immigrant Badar Khan Suri, and several other people of color.

Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech

In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.

www.nytimes.com

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Stop AAPI Hate @stopaapihate.org · 8d

The Constitution is clear: Everyone in the U.S. — regardless of citizenship status — has a right to free speech. No president can take that away from us.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently it is too difficult for @apnews.com to understand that ..

- Republicans control the Senate
- Republicans control the House
- Republicans control the White House
- Republicans control #SCOTUS & ever lever of the U.S. Govt.

How useless can the traditional media be?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d

BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.

Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

bit.ly

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10d

Molly Ivins:

There is no such thing as objectivity, and
the truth, that slippery little bugger, has
the oddest habit of being way to hell off
on one side or the other: it seldom
nestles neatly halfway between any two
opposing points of view. The smug complacency of much of the press—I have heard many an editor say, “Well, we’re
being attacked by both sides so we must
be right”—stems from the curious notion that if you get a quote from both
sides, preferably in an official position,
you’ve done the job. In the first place,
most stories aren’t twosided, they’re
17-sided at least. In the second place, it’s
of no help to either the readers or the
truth to quote one side saying, “Cat,”
and the other side saying “Dog,” while
the truth is there’s an elephant crashing
around out there in the bushes."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 13d

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think

Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

thebarbedwire.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13d

This headline says it all about where we are on the rule of law.

“Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13d

the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 13d

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

On September 3, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction directing the Executive to obligate roughly $10.5 billion of appropriated aid funding set to expire on September 30. Of that $10.5 billion, $4 billion was proposed to be rescinded in a “special message” transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act. See 2 U. S. C. §681 et seq. After the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied stays of that order, the Government filed this application to stay the District Court’s injunction. The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The Government, at this early stage, has made a sufficient showing that the Impoundment Control Act precludes respondents’ suit, brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, to enforce the appropriations at issue here. The Government has also made a sufficient showing that mandamus relief is unavailable to respondents. And, on the record before the Court, the asserted harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents. This order should not be read as a final determination on the merits. The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with the standards for interim relief.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 15d

So many women have been talking, writing and warning people of the dangerous ideologies and biases of tech in Silicon Valley, for decades, and it’s so infuriating that so many men (not OP here) just flat out ignore it and act surprised at the technofascists infecting it now

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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