Chris Newman
@cnewman.bsky.social
General Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON).
Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies.
Partner and follower of @marjoriegarcia.bsky.social
Vituperative tweeter with a gentle heart
Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies.
Partner and follower of @marjoriegarcia.bsky.social
Vituperative tweeter with a gentle heart
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Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.
To hell with editors. To hell with grammatically correct sentences. It’s time to speak to the American public in the second person. But not all of the American public. Just you, the _real_ American public. Oh yeah. And to hell with undershirts too. This is the NEW CBS!!!
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
To hell with editors. To hell with grammatically correct sentences. It’s time to speak to the American public in the second person. But not all of the American public. Just you, the _real_ American public. Oh yeah. And to hell with undershirts too. This is the NEW CBS!!!
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There are multiple national political commentators who earnestly predicted that Eric Adams would be a legitimate presidential candidate and a national figurehead of the Democratic party by now and those commentators still have careers somehow.
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 AM
There are multiple national political commentators who earnestly predicted that Eric Adams would be a legitimate presidential candidate and a national figurehead of the Democratic party by now and those commentators still have careers somehow.
“In interviews, one judge called the orders ‘mystical’ and another compared the relationship between district courts and the Supreme Court to ‘a war zone.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
In Chief Justice’s Annual Report, a History Lesson and Embrace of Independence
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“In interviews, one judge called the orders ‘mystical’ and another compared the relationship between district courts and the Supreme Court to ‘a war zone.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
proceed accordingly.
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
proceed accordingly.
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1/ This advertisement is dangerous. ICE agents are shown in full paramilitary gear (helmets, rifles, tactical vests) despite ICE being a civil immigration enforcement agency, not a military force.
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1/ This advertisement is dangerous. ICE agents are shown in full paramilitary gear (helmets, rifles, tactical vests) despite ICE being a civil immigration enforcement agency, not a military force.
I could think of a few better ways for the government to spend $100 million www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE plans $100m yearlong ‘wartime recruitment’ media blitz to attract new agents
Campaign will target rightwing ideologues to fill ranks to meet Trump deportation goals in 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I could think of a few better ways for the government to spend $100 million www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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MAGA and DHS are melting down over Kilmar Ábrego García “making TikToks.”
I went to look at the video they’re complaining about, and all he’s doing is lip sync to a Christian song in Spanish about trusting God amid trials and tribulations.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs...
I went to look at the video they’re complaining about, and all he’s doing is lip sync to a Christian song in Spanish about trusting God amid trials and tribulations.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs...
December 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
MAGA and DHS are melting down over Kilmar Ábrego García “making TikToks.”
I went to look at the video they’re complaining about, and all he’s doing is lip sync to a Christian song in Spanish about trusting God amid trials and tribulations.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs...
I went to look at the video they’re complaining about, and all he’s doing is lip sync to a Christian song in Spanish about trusting God amid trials and tribulations.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs...
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Ever year, thousands of trucks are involved in fatal accidents. In 2022, fatal large truck crashes peaked at an average 16 deadly crashes per day.
In the last few months, less than a dozen such crashes involved people who DHS claims are unlawfully present. From that, a moral panic has been created.
In the last few months, less than a dozen such crashes involved people who DHS claims are unlawfully present. From that, a moral panic has been created.
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ever year, thousands of trucks are involved in fatal accidents. In 2022, fatal large truck crashes peaked at an average 16 deadly crashes per day.
In the last few months, less than a dozen such crashes involved people who DHS claims are unlawfully present. From that, a moral panic has been created.
In the last few months, less than a dozen such crashes involved people who DHS claims are unlawfully present. From that, a moral panic has been created.
Nope. Can't do this. As federal courts have repeatedly made clear.
Unfortunately, an open question for 2026 is whether the Supreme Court will allow the administrations to rename the I-5 "TRUMP HIGHWAY."
Stay tuned, I suppose.
Unfortunately, an open question for 2026 is whether the Supreme Court will allow the administrations to rename the I-5 "TRUMP HIGHWAY."
Stay tuned, I suppose.
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Nope. Can't do this. As federal courts have repeatedly made clear.
Unfortunately, an open question for 2026 is whether the Supreme Court will allow the administrations to rename the I-5 "TRUMP HIGHWAY."
Stay tuned, I suppose.
Unfortunately, an open question for 2026 is whether the Supreme Court will allow the administrations to rename the I-5 "TRUMP HIGHWAY."
Stay tuned, I suppose.
This is some sick s--t.
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is some sick s--t.
There's an obvious solution to this whole kerfuffle: Run the original 60 Minutes story *and* do Barry Weiss town hall with Stephen Miller. Win win.
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There's an obvious solution to this whole kerfuffle: Run the original 60 Minutes story *and* do Barry Weiss town hall with Stephen Miller. Win win.
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is what the kids call a "must read thread." 👇
PS- Rep @seancasten.bsky.social, I beg you to do a similar response thread to literally anything @mattyglesias.bsky.social has written about immigration in the last two years...
PS- Rep @seancasten.bsky.social, I beg you to do a similar response thread to literally anything @mattyglesias.bsky.social has written about immigration in the last two years...
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is what the kids call a "must read thread." 👇
PS- Rep @seancasten.bsky.social, I beg you to do a similar response thread to literally anything @mattyglesias.bsky.social has written about immigration in the last two years...
PS- Rep @seancasten.bsky.social, I beg you to do a similar response thread to literally anything @mattyglesias.bsky.social has written about immigration in the last two years...
Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Great point from @cnewman.bsky.social in this thread: Home Depot is becoming the locus point for immense human rights abuses, and it's time for Home Depot to take a side in this struggle. Chris suggests targeting it the same way the targeting of Tesla paid off:
I particularly hope every executive at The Home Depot reads this excellent @gregsargent.bsky.social piece about Stephen Miller's terrifying project to transform the United States. Why Home Depot...? (cont) newrepublic.com/article/2041... /1
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great point from @cnewman.bsky.social in this thread: Home Depot is becoming the locus point for immense human rights abuses, and it's time for Home Depot to take a side in this struggle. Chris suggests targeting it the same way the targeting of Tesla paid off:
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I feel sorry for Miller’s kids. We don’t get to pick our parents.
One day they will learn that their parents were the Magda and Joseph Goebbels of the USA
I hope they can escape their toxic home without too much psychological damage.
One day they will learn that their parents were the Magda and Joseph Goebbels of the USA
I hope they can escape their toxic home without too much psychological damage.
I particularly hope every executive at The Home Depot reads this excellent @gregsargent.bsky.social piece about Stephen Miller's terrifying project to transform the United States. Why Home Depot...? (cont) newrepublic.com/article/2041... /1
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I feel sorry for Miller’s kids. We don’t get to pick our parents.
One day they will learn that their parents were the Magda and Joseph Goebbels of the USA
I hope they can escape their toxic home without too much psychological damage.
One day they will learn that their parents were the Magda and Joseph Goebbels of the USA
I hope they can escape their toxic home without too much psychological damage.
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“Trump doesn’t care about the victims or the millions of Americans calling for justice,” Jacovich added. “He only cares about protecting the rich and powerful, even those who abuse young women and children.”! www.commondreams.org/news/epstein...
'An Absolute Joke': Trump DOJ Partially Releases Epstein Files, Many Heavily Redacted | Common Dreams
“Trump’s failure to release the Epstein files is an insult to survivors and a further stain on an administration that continuously bends over backwards to protect abusers," said one critic.
www.commondreams.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“Trump doesn’t care about the victims or the millions of Americans calling for justice,” Jacovich added. “He only cares about protecting the rich and powerful, even those who abuse young women and children.”! www.commondreams.org/news/epstein...
Cancel him. And all his enablers.
It's long past time for Democrats to turn the page anyway...
It's long past time for Democrats to turn the page anyway...
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Cancel him. And all his enablers.
It's long past time for Democrats to turn the page anyway...
It's long past time for Democrats to turn the page anyway...
ICE agent locked up in his own jail. Hopefully this is some Ghost-of-Christmas-future type s-t....
POETIC JUSTICE? Cincy ICE Supervisor will spend night in BUTLER COUNTY JAIL, most notorious ICE prison in Ohio. He was arrested for strangling his partner + charged in Hamilton, but now has federal case, charges unknown. Madeline Fening @citybeatcincy tracking case www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE agent locked up in his own jail. Hopefully this is some Ghost-of-Christmas-future type s-t....
Dear Author of this Article,
Do Laurene Powell Jobs next please...
Sincerely,
A proud member of the "groups"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Do Laurene Powell Jobs next please...
Sincerely,
A proud member of the "groups"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zuckerberg Cut Ties With Pro-Immigration Organization He Founded
Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy has cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group that he founded more than a decade ago, a move that parallels other sweeping changes he’s made to his company’s poli...
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dear Author of this Article,
Do Laurene Powell Jobs next please...
Sincerely,
A proud member of the "groups"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Do Laurene Powell Jobs next please...
Sincerely,
A proud member of the "groups"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This story is the immigration story writ large: an enormous set of hard-working immigrants contributing to our country and a far smaller subset of bad actors - the latter of which racists like Trump point to in order to obscure the contributions of immigrants like MIT's Nuno Loureiro
Brilliant MIT professor pioneering fusion research was an immigrant from Portugal
So reaction of Trump admin is to further shut down immigration to make sure same mistake of recruiting brilliant researchers to our country doesn't happen again
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
So reaction of Trump admin is to further shut down immigration to make sure same mistake of recruiting brilliant researchers to our country doesn't happen again
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at President Donald Trump’s direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to p...
www.pbs.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This story is the immigration story writ large: an enormous set of hard-working immigrants contributing to our country and a far smaller subset of bad actors - the latter of which racists like Trump point to in order to obscure the contributions of immigrants like MIT's Nuno Loureiro
Paging Russ McSpadden....
Burgum: "We have an opportunity to take a strip of land right along the border [in CA], transfer it to the military for a 3 year period. Then, if someone crosses into our country, they're stepping on a military installation. That gives our troops down there more authority about detaining people."
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Paging Russ McSpadden....