Dr. Dre
@asilvaphd.bsky.social
Associate Prof Political Science at UCR. Immigration, REP, and Latino Politics; RPCV EC 72, chronic lethologica
The pause only applies to immigrant visas. Students, tourists, and others seeking to travel from the 75 countries shouldn’t be affected.
State Department Announces Visa Application Freeze
The State Department announced Wednesday that it will be freezing visa applications for individuals from 75 countries, starting next week, in what it says is an effort to crack down on use of taxpayer...
www.insidehighered.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 AM
The pause only applies to immigrant visas. Students, tourists, and others seeking to travel from the 75 countries shouldn’t be affected.
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After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
Enrique Tarrio, exlíder de los Proud Boys, dice que se ha convertido en agente de ICE
Tarrio, quien recibió un indulto de Trump por su participación en el asalto al Capitolio en 2021, fue detenido un mes después de su liberación por un cargo de agresión en Washington D.C.
www.telemundo.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 AM
After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
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Employment is temporary
Calling the president a Pedo to his face is forever.
Calling the president a Pedo to his face is forever.
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Employment is temporary
Calling the president a Pedo to his face is forever.
Calling the president a Pedo to his face is forever.
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There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
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Hello late stage capitalism
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Hello late stage capitalism
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Most people don't know that even if you win your asylum case, ICE can still keep you in detention. For example, a Madison couple that fled Venezuela recently won asylum, but the husband is still detained while ICE appeals.
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
Madison couple who fled Venezuela win asylum, but ICE detention continues — for now
An immigration court judge granted asylum to Dailin Pacheco-Acosta and Diego Ugarte-Arenas. But they remain jailed — hundreds of miles apart — as Trump administration officials defend a policy…
isthmus.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Most people don't know that even if you win your asylum case, ICE can still keep you in detention. For example, a Madison couple that fled Venezuela recently won asylum, but the husband is still detained while ICE appeals.
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
isthmus.com/news/news/ma...
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The admin is proposing indefinite control of Venezuelan oil, but evidence suggests that Venezuelan cooperation will only extend as far as it‘s coerced - and can’t extend past what the crumbing infrastructure can generate. Meanwhile ordinary Venezuelans continue to suffer.
@goodauth.bsky.social
@goodauth.bsky.social
Restoring the oil sector – and securing friendlier relations – may prove equally difficult.
Here's what to expect in Venezuela, after Maduro.
Read from @hsulli.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/what-to...
Here's what to expect in Venezuela, after Maduro.
Read from @hsulli.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/what-to...
What to expect in Venezuela, after Maduro
What to expect in Venezuela, after Maduro. Restoring the oil sector – and securing friendlier relations – may prove equally difficult.
goodauthority.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The admin is proposing indefinite control of Venezuelan oil, but evidence suggests that Venezuelan cooperation will only extend as far as it‘s coerced - and can’t extend past what the crumbing infrastructure can generate. Meanwhile ordinary Venezuelans continue to suffer.
@goodauth.bsky.social
@goodauth.bsky.social
“‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”
The official position of the White House is that on January 6, "it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election."
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
“‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”
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Many low-income service workers already work 80+ hours per month on average. But 1 in 3 such workers will fall below the 80-hour-per-month threshold in at least one month in a year because of hours inconsistency or spells of unemployment
New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
When Volatile Work Schedules Meet SNAP Work Requirements
New policies put low income workers in jeopardy of losing vital supports
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Many low-income service workers already work 80+ hours per month on average. But 1 in 3 such workers will fall below the 80-hour-per-month threshold in at least one month in a year because of hours inconsistency or spells of unemployment
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We pay ICE to round up as many bodies as they can for the private for-profit detention industry.
Bodies = profits for investors.
That's why they've almost eliminated release-on-bond for immigrants.
That's what this cruelty boils down to.
Tax money theft.
www.brennancenter.org/series/priva...
Bodies = profits for investors.
That's why they've almost eliminated release-on-bond for immigrants.
That's what this cruelty boils down to.
Tax money theft.
www.brennancenter.org/series/priva...
Private Prisons
About 90 percent of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by for-profit companies.
www.brennancenter.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We pay ICE to round up as many bodies as they can for the private for-profit detention industry.
Bodies = profits for investors.
That's why they've almost eliminated release-on-bond for immigrants.
That's what this cruelty boils down to.
Tax money theft.
www.brennancenter.org/series/priva...
Bodies = profits for investors.
That's why they've almost eliminated release-on-bond for immigrants.
That's what this cruelty boils down to.
Tax money theft.
www.brennancenter.org/series/priva...
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NEW: More than 300 judges — including 33 appointed by Trump himself — have now rebuffed the Trump administration’s bid to dramatically expand efforts to lock people up while they fight deportation.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
NEW: More than 300 judges — including 33 appointed by Trump himself — have now rebuffed the Trump administration’s bid to dramatically expand efforts to lock people up while they fight deportation.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
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Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month. n.pr/49fi9CC
Trump will drop push for National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA and Portland, Ore.
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Courts blocked troops from deploying in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and the Los Angeles deployment effectively ended after a judge blocked it earlier this month. n.pr/49fi9CC
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
The police procedural that we have chosen for hygge 2025, is
::drumroll::
Dark Winds
it's pretty awesome!
::drumroll::
Dark Winds
it's pretty awesome!
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The police procedural that we have chosen for hygge 2025, is
::drumroll::
Dark Winds
it's pretty awesome!
::drumroll::
Dark Winds
it's pretty awesome!
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See Cheryl Harris, “whiteness as property“ 1993 harvardlawreview.org/print/no-vol...
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
See Cheryl Harris, “whiteness as property“ 1993 harvardlawreview.org/print/no-vol...
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Once again, marginal income, capital gains, & wealth tax rates are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Once again, marginal income, capital gains, & wealth tax rates are too low & this poses an existential threat to the Republic
Guess how old I am from this thing I just said: “OoOoOoh this a good napkin, I’m taking it!”
December 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Guess how old I am from this thing I just said: “OoOoOoh this a good napkin, I’m taking it!”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
A baller move by uni leaders in forward thinking states would be poach clusters of scholars from TX institutions. You’d inject a generation’s worth of teaching and productivity power to your school for bargain basement prices.
Paging Ass. Deans across the nation.
A baller move by uni leaders in forward thinking states would be poach clusters of scholars from TX institutions. You’d inject a generation’s worth of teaching and productivity power to your school for bargain basement prices.
Paging Ass. Deans across the nation.
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
A baller move by uni leaders in forward thinking states would be poach clusters of scholars from TX institutions. You’d inject a generation’s worth of teaching and productivity power to your school for bargain basement prices.
Paging Ass. Deans across the nation.
A baller move by uni leaders in forward thinking states would be poach clusters of scholars from TX institutions. You’d inject a generation’s worth of teaching and productivity power to your school for bargain basement prices.
Paging Ass. Deans across the nation.