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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

“We have not had any discussions about jurisdiction,” Terri Wallo Strauss, PPB spokesperson.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Portland Police Bureau officers around the corner who stood by watching while the federal officers moved down the city street firing chemical munitions directly at protestors said questions about their role in these situations should be directed to the bureau’s public information office.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Portland Police Bureau officers around the corner who stood by watching while the federal officers moved down the city street firing chemical munitions directly at protestors said questions about their role in these situations should be directed to the bureau’s public information office.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 4d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4d

DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

Hey all! At federal courthouse in Portland now where judge Karin Immergut will decide whether to grant a temporary restraining order barring guard deployment to the city for now. Will report result here ASAP. Hearing starts in 15 mins.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/29/f...

Judge sets Friday hearing on blocking National Guard deployment to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The request for temporary restraining order blocking troop deployment is part of a broader lawsuit against the Trump administration over its federalizing of Oregon National Guard troops.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 5d

The joy I get from wearing my hell gate hat around NYC and having other hell gate enjoyers notice is A+

soleil ho @soleilho.com · 5d

@daylightsdnews.bsky.social (san diego)
@thesouthlander.com (la)
@aftermath.site
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@lbwatchdog.bsky.social (long beach)
@rangemedia.co (wa)
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@defector.com
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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 5d

I asked my ai boyfriend and he said it's true tho so maybe I'm wrong

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 5d

Without even seeing the survey I can tell you that it's bad and does not pass muster. 1 in 3 Americans??? That's 100 million people. 100 million people have not had a romantic relationship with ai

The Independent @the-independent.com · 5d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Joe Murphy @joemurph.bsky.social · 5d

New from @megan-lebowitz.bsky.social and the @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team: A day-by-day ticker of what to expect (and what has happened) from the federal government shutdown

www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Government shutdown key dates: What could happen, day by day

Museums may close by Day 7, and WIC funds could lapse by Day 15.

www.nbcnews.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 6d

The "Homes for All" next to a "No building this apartment building" flier really sends me

a Homes for All poster next to a "We dont want this apartment building" flier

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 6d

@thecity.nyc help plz!

Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 6d

Niche NYC elections question - does anyone know what format the initial vote counts will be released as on Nov 4? (csv, pdf, html???)

The NYC board of elections website has pdfs for the last mayoral election in 2021, but will they be releasing vote counts day-of in the same format?

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Oliver Laughland @oliverlaughland.bsky.social · 6d

Our latest Anywhere But Washington is in Chicago, examining how the city is responding to a wave of ICE raids & a crackdown on free speech following the murder of Charlie Kirk.

We spent time with @katmabu.bsky.social, neighborhood watch organizers & right wing groups outside the city:

How Chicago is resisting Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown | Anywhere but Washington

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 6d

The latest in the @us.theguardian.com investigations team work on deportations: family separation

@maanvisingh.bsky.social reveals how the admin is coercing families into giving up, by forcing them to give up their kids if they want to fight their deportations

Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’

Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure

www.theguardian.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 6d

Our series is based on data leaked to the Guardian US from GlobalX, the nation's largest deportation flight provider. This data has given us unprecedented insight into how deportations are affecting the more than 200,000 people that the administration has deported in the last 9 months

Family separation is one of several ways in which the US government is, increasingly, moving immigrants around the country – shuffling detainees through a vast, chaotic system that advocates say is intentionally cruel.
An analysis of leaked flight records and US government detention data, as well as interviews with immigrants, attorneys and former officials, revealed that immigrants are increasingly moved without notice away from their families, communities and legal counsel – leading to apparent violations of constitutional due-process rights.

The Guardian reviewed leaked flight data from Global Crossing Airlines, the charter company that operates the majority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) flights, and found that the vast majority of these trips during the first three months of the second Trump administration were between domestic US airports. The airline transported nearly 44,000 immigrants – including 1,000 children – during that time. US detention data revealed that since the inauguration, nearly 2,350 kids under the age of 18, including 36 infants, have been booked into immigration detention centers around the country.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 7d

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com

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Pamela Duncan @porcelinad.bsky.social · 7d

I’m a few days late to this (busy life, what can I say)...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨Guardian data analysis shows how a public Facebook network helps incubate far-right ideas in the UK.

The scale is staggering: the combined membership is >600k and rising week-on-week👇

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow

The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation

www.theguardian.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 10d

support.theguardian.com/us/contribute !!!

Support the Guardian

Help us deliver the independent journalism the world needs. Support the Guardian by making a contribution.

support.theguardian.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 10d

I gained a lot of followers this weekend and I want to say, please support The Guardian. Support from our readers means that we can keep reporting on what is happening in the United States. It's a privilege to be able to report for an international paper that cares so deeply about covering the truth

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 11d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ice detains superintendent of Iowa school district with ‘no information as to why’

Ian Roberts, who has said he was born in Brooklyn, New York, appears to be held in jail near Des Moines

www.theguardian.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 12d

According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.

Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention

Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges

www.theguardian.com

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 12d

A significant change under the Trump administration, though, is that number of people in Ice detention with no criminal history has been steadily increasing, and they are now make up the largest group.

This data, from Ice, directly contradicts all of the public messaging from DHS

Chart showing proportion of detainees with criminal history

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 12d

The Guardian has been tracking immigration enforcement under Trump and the latest data came out late in the afternoon yesterday. There have now been nearly 230,000 arrests and 234,000 deportations

By the numbers: the latest Ice and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US
The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration

Total
arrests
228,088
Up 17,870 in the past 14 days
People currently
in detention
59,762
Up 1,000
Total
deportations
234,211
Up 17,790
Note: Values from 28 January 2025 to 22 September 2025. Arrest data includes arrests from Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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