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“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
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But we’re not falling for it.
We need to phase out fossil fuels, justly and fairly. Governments must drive the shift to renewable energy sources and proven technologies that don’t hurt people or the planet.
We need to phase out fossil fuels, justly and fairly. Governments must drive the shift to renewable energy sources and proven technologies that don’t hurt people or the planet.
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
But we’re not falling for it.
We need to phase out fossil fuels, justly and fairly. Governments must drive the shift to renewable energy sources and proven technologies that don’t hurt people or the planet.
We need to phase out fossil fuels, justly and fairly. Governments must drive the shift to renewable energy sources and proven technologies that don’t hurt people or the planet.
October 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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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...
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
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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...
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...
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A Congresswoman calls for everyone like me to be locked up. The world's richest man proposes I be subject to a Nazi medical experiment. I no longer flinch at the sight of the soldiers with assault rifles on my commute. A billboard for AI tells me "keep thinking." One cold brew with oat milk, please
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A Congresswoman calls for everyone like me to be locked up. The world's richest man proposes I be subject to a Nazi medical experiment. I no longer flinch at the sight of the soldiers with assault rifles on my commute. A billboard for AI tells me "keep thinking." One cold brew with oat milk, please
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ICE is using a "staging facility" in Louisiana to hold people for days and deporting them before they can call a lawyer to defend their rights.
“Louisiana is where people go to be disappeared,” said Nora Ahmed of the ACLU of Louisiana.
“Louisiana is where people go to be disappeared,” said Nora Ahmed of the ACLU of Louisiana.
Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear
A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long stays
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ICE is using a "staging facility" in Louisiana to hold people for days and deporting them before they can call a lawyer to defend their rights.
“Louisiana is where people go to be disappeared,” said Nora Ahmed of the ACLU of Louisiana.
“Louisiana is where people go to be disappeared,” said Nora Ahmed of the ACLU of Louisiana.
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We can have better.
We can have universal healthcare.
We can have tuition-free college.
We can have universal childcare.
We can have affordable housing.
We can have livable wages.
We can have affordable food.
We have to stick together & demand better for the working class.
We can have universal healthcare.
We can have tuition-free college.
We can have universal childcare.
We can have affordable housing.
We can have livable wages.
We can have affordable food.
We have to stick together & demand better for the working class.
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We can have better.
We can have universal healthcare.
We can have tuition-free college.
We can have universal childcare.
We can have affordable housing.
We can have livable wages.
We can have affordable food.
We have to stick together & demand better for the working class.
We can have universal healthcare.
We can have tuition-free college.
We can have universal childcare.
We can have affordable housing.
We can have livable wages.
We can have affordable food.
We have to stick together & demand better for the working class.
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If we don't do something they can easily leverage, they'll make something up, lie and say we did, or weaponize something that has nothing to do with us. That's why the respectability policing—and thinking that if everyone moves and talks just so, they won't be able to escalate—is magical thinking.
September 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If we don't do something they can easily leverage, they'll make something up, lie and say we did, or weaponize something that has nothing to do with us. That's why the respectability policing—and thinking that if everyone moves and talks just so, they won't be able to escalate—is magical thinking.
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"I once studied under a lamp. I read books. I dreamed of life. Now, the glow of my phone makes me flinch. A candle is a target. A match, a betrayal."
Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza.
jewishcurrents.org/the-betrayal...
Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza.
jewishcurrents.org/the-betrayal...
The Betrayal of Light
At the precipice of each instant, two voices speak to me. One says, “You survived.” The other, “It will begin again.”
jewishcurrents.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"I once studied under a lamp. I read books. I dreamed of life. Now, the glow of my phone makes me flinch. A candle is a target. A match, a betrayal."
Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza.
jewishcurrents.org/the-betrayal...
Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza.
jewishcurrents.org/the-betrayal...
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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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#ICYMI: We obtained internal data showing the Trump administration knew at least 197 of the men it sent to CECOT had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#ICYMI: We obtained internal data showing the Trump administration knew at least 197 of the men it sent to CECOT had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
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"Knowing what we know today, and provided the field remains the same, Zohran Mamdani is the next mayor of New York City," says Amit Singh Bagga, one of the strategists behind the a new poll that sees the democratic socialist winning the mayoral race handily.
Find Me a New Yorker Who Doesn't Support Zohran Mamdani
A new poll sees Mamdani decisively on top. And more links for your Wednesday morning.
hellgatenyc.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"Knowing what we know today, and provided the field remains the same, Zohran Mamdani is the next mayor of New York City," says Amit Singh Bagga, one of the strategists behind the a new poll that sees the democratic socialist winning the mayoral race handily.
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This war in Gaza must end NOW.
Call your reps to demand they:
-- pressure the Trump admin to negotiate a sturdy ceasefire
-- work to ensure the urgent, safe delivery of aid to Palestinians
-- support resolutions blocking arms sales to Israel
Script here 👉 5calls.org/issue/gaza-p...
Call your reps to demand they:
-- pressure the Trump admin to negotiate a sturdy ceasefire
-- work to ensure the urgent, safe delivery of aid to Palestinians
-- support resolutions blocking arms sales to Israel
Script here 👉 5calls.org/issue/gaza-p...
July 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This war in Gaza must end NOW.
Call your reps to demand they:
-- pressure the Trump admin to negotiate a sturdy ceasefire
-- work to ensure the urgent, safe delivery of aid to Palestinians
-- support resolutions blocking arms sales to Israel
Script here 👉 5calls.org/issue/gaza-p...
Call your reps to demand they:
-- pressure the Trump admin to negotiate a sturdy ceasefire
-- work to ensure the urgent, safe delivery of aid to Palestinians
-- support resolutions blocking arms sales to Israel
Script here 👉 5calls.org/issue/gaza-p...
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these camps are going to be as bad as anything in our country's checkered history
A man coughing up blood. Men zip-tied face down on a wet floor. CCTV turned off. Men forced to eat off of a chair like animals while handcuffed. Solitary confinement if you complain. This is just three paragraphs from a new report.
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
these camps are going to be as bad as anything in our country's checkered history
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Read my latest:
Gaza is starving
Palestinians seeking food are being killed by the IDF. It's time for the entire world to say enough.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Read my latest:
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A worker was killed. Dozens detained.
Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing.
Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing.
Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California Demands Release of CSU Faculty Member Brutalized By ICE
SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our brother Jonathan Caravello, PhD, a U.S. citizen and union member, who was brutally assaulted and detained by federal agents as he…
seiuca.org
July 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A worker was killed. Dozens detained.
Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing.
Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing.
Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
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paywall is down now
New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
paywall is down now
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BREAKING: Massive ICE raid ongoing at a farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, CA.
Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained.
Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota.
Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained.
Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota.
July 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
BREAKING: Massive ICE raid ongoing at a farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, CA.
Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained.
Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota.
Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained.
Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota.
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Israel is planning to force Gaza’s entire population into a concentration camp. Once in the camp, Israel plans to attempt to forcibly transfer Palestinians to different countries.
That is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
That is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
'Concentration camp': Israel's planned new city in Rafah, explained
What we know about Israel Katz's 'humanitarian city', how it seeks to realise Trump's ethnic cleansing plan and what international legal experts think
ow.ly
July 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Israel is planning to force Gaza’s entire population into a concentration camp. Once in the camp, Israel plans to attempt to forcibly transfer Palestinians to different countries.
That is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
That is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
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Feds just threw tear gas at protesters so they’d clear the road for a US Marshals bus carrying people they arrested at the farm
July 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Feds just threw tear gas at protesters so they’d clear the road for a US Marshals bus carrying people they arrested at the farm
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This is an absolutely critical read. Truly urge everyone to take ten minutes and read this. It adds so much context to where we are now, with strategy and vision for how and why we must not give up hope.
"Take my hand. We can do this."
"Take my hand. We can do this."
Why am I squeezing in a conference before I go on medical leave? Because it's my favorite conference of the year. These are the people I want to be with when so many things are going wrong. For those of you who aren't at @socialismconference.org, here are some remarks I shared today.
Some Thoughts on Techno-Fascism From Socialism 2025
"This is the endgame of our isolation."
organizingmythoughts.org
July 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is an absolutely critical read. Truly urge everyone to take ten minutes and read this. It adds so much context to where we are now, with strategy and vision for how and why we must not give up hope.
"Take my hand. We can do this."
"Take my hand. We can do this."
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ICYMI: Elon Musk's xAI’s gas turbines get official approval from Memphis, Tennessee, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.
"Over 1,000 people submitted public comments demanding protection and got passed over for a billionaire’s ambitious experiment.”
"Over 1,000 people submitted public comments demanding protection and got passed over for a billionaire’s ambitious experiment.”
Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI
Elon Musk’s xAI gas turbines get official approval, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.
www.wired.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ICYMI: Elon Musk's xAI’s gas turbines get official approval from Memphis, Tennessee, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.
"Over 1,000 people submitted public comments demanding protection and got passed over for a billionaire’s ambitious experiment.”
"Over 1,000 people submitted public comments demanding protection and got passed over for a billionaire’s ambitious experiment.”
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UN expert, Francesca Albanese, urges countries to cut trade, financial ties with Israel aje.io/65i9x7?updat...
‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers
At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.
aje.io
July 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
UN expert, Francesca Albanese, urges countries to cut trade, financial ties with Israel aje.io/65i9x7?updat...
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I wrote about the budget bill, police-state measures intensifying, Himmler's defense of camps, the dangers of mirroring Putin's Rosgvardia, Trump's wish for a multistate network of concentration camps, and a long list of things you can do right now to fight ICE.
America's (not-so) secret police
The budget bill unleashes a detention system that threatens every American.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I wrote about the budget bill, police-state measures intensifying, Himmler's defense of camps, the dangers of mirroring Putin's Rosgvardia, Trump's wish for a multistate network of concentration camps, and a long list of things you can do right now to fight ICE.