Peter Piazza
@piazza4malden6.bsky.social
Professor at Stonehill. Malden School Committee Rep. Dad to 2 wild animals.
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I’m thrilled to be joining the Malden School Committee!
There are so many projects I’m excited to work on, but first, many thanks to the good people of Ward 6 for giving me the chance to rep their interests/concerns & many thanks to this crew of volunteers, who are undefeated political organizers.
There are so many projects I’m excited to work on, but first, many thanks to the good people of Ward 6 for giving me the chance to rep their interests/concerns & many thanks to this crew of volunteers, who are undefeated political organizers.
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Will we see justice in Worcester tomorrow? 🙏🏼. Thanks to @bill_shaner
@EtelHaxhiaj and Ashley fighting charges, that should never have been brought, stemming from ICE’s visit to Worcester on MAY 8. May justice be yours. ❤️🙏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/billshan...
@EtelHaxhiaj and Ashley fighting charges, that should never have been brought, stemming from ICE’s visit to Worcester on MAY 8. May justice be yours. ❤️🙏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/billshan...
Litigating a deficit in fealty
Plus: Gary Rosen's magical realism, "tentage and a guard shack may also be installed"
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Will we see justice in Worcester tomorrow? 🙏🏼. Thanks to @bill_shaner
@EtelHaxhiaj and Ashley fighting charges, that should never have been brought, stemming from ICE’s visit to Worcester on MAY 8. May justice be yours. ❤️🙏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/billshan...
@EtelHaxhiaj and Ashley fighting charges, that should never have been brought, stemming from ICE’s visit to Worcester on MAY 8. May justice be yours. ❤️🙏🏼
open.substack.com/pub/billshan...
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New Mexico just banned 287(g) collaboration agreements with ICE.
MA needs to start playing catch-up. #mapoli
www.aclu-nm.org/press-releas...
MA needs to start playing catch-up. #mapoli
www.aclu-nm.org/press-releas...
Governor Signs Immigrant Safety Act into Law - ACLU of New Mexico
New Mexico Becomes National Leader in Protecting Immigrant Families
www.aclu-nm.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
New Mexico just banned 287(g) collaboration agreements with ICE.
MA needs to start playing catch-up. #mapoli
www.aclu-nm.org/press-releas...
MA needs to start playing catch-up. #mapoli
www.aclu-nm.org/press-releas...
From the article: “I was dreaming that my mom was hugging me,” she said on Sunday, wrapping her arms around herself as she remembered. But she woke up and realized that her dream was not real.
“And then, it was scary.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
“And then, it was scary.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘I want my mom’: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in Maine - The Boston Globe
A growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
From the article: “I was dreaming that my mom was hugging me,” she said on Sunday, wrapping her arms around herself as she remembered. But she woke up and realized that her dream was not real.
“And then, it was scary.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
“And then, it was scary.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
“Well before Kristi Noem announced DHS operations in Minnesota, the neighborhood got ready. It started with rapid response preparation in the park’s recreation center and legal observer trainings at a church. Small networks that formed in 2020 were reactivated.”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
ICE vs. Everyone | Erin West
What we’re doing now is this: The trainings have evolved into street medic workshops on protecting yourself from chemical weapons and lessons on digital security; there’s a meet-up to sew reinforced u...
www.nplusonemag.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“Well before Kristi Noem announced DHS operations in Minnesota, the neighborhood got ready. It started with rapid response preparation in the park’s recreation center and legal observer trainings at a church. Small networks that formed in 2020 were reactivated.”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Something I hope for -- naively, I know -- is for Minnesota's Republicans to understand this is an attack on THEIR people, on THEIR community, and speak against it.
January 25, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Something I hope for -- naively, I know -- is for Minnesota's Republicans to understand this is an attack on THEIR people, on THEIR community, and speak against it.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Massachusetts Fight Back Table hosting a Rapid Response Webinar tonight at 6pm. Register here. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Massachusetts Fight Back Table hosting a Rapid Response Webinar tonight at 6pm. Register here. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Silvero Villegas Gonzalez (38)
Keith Porter (43)
Jamie Alanis (57)
Jocelyn Rojo Carranza (11)
Renee Nicole Good (37)
Roberto Carlos Montoya (52)
@latinomuslimunity
Keith Porter (43)
Jamie Alanis (57)
Jocelyn Rojo Carranza (11)
Renee Nicole Good (37)
Roberto Carlos Montoya (52)
@latinomuslimunity
January 23, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Silvero Villegas Gonzalez (38)
Keith Porter (43)
Jamie Alanis (57)
Jocelyn Rojo Carranza (11)
Renee Nicole Good (37)
Roberto Carlos Montoya (52)
@latinomuslimunity
Keith Porter (43)
Jamie Alanis (57)
Jocelyn Rojo Carranza (11)
Renee Nicole Good (37)
Roberto Carlos Montoya (52)
@latinomuslimunity
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...that proves the opposite point: a robust and inclusive comment process is necessary because there is significant public interest in the subject matter of this rulemaking.
Anyhow, folks should submit comments (though the regulations.gov portal will not be up until tomorrow).
12/12
Anyhow, folks should submit comments (though the regulations.gov portal will not be up until tomorrow).
12/12
Regulations.gov
regulations.gov
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
...that proves the opposite point: a robust and inclusive comment process is necessary because there is significant public interest in the subject matter of this rulemaking.
Anyhow, folks should submit comments (though the regulations.gov portal will not be up until tomorrow).
12/12
Anyhow, folks should submit comments (though the regulations.gov portal will not be up until tomorrow).
12/12
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...deference than Chevron deference, but it isn't the total absence of deference.
Also, HUD purports to justify only allowing 30 days for public comment on the grounds that many comments have been submitted in past comment processes for the same overarching issue. One could easily argue...
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Also, HUD purports to justify only allowing 30 days for public comment on the grounds that many comments have been submitted in past comment processes for the same overarching issue. One could easily argue...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
...deference than Chevron deference, but it isn't the total absence of deference.
Also, HUD purports to justify only allowing 30 days for public comment on the grounds that many comments have been submitted in past comment processes for the same overarching issue. One could easily argue...
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Also, HUD purports to justify only allowing 30 days for public comment on the grounds that many comments have been submitted in past comment processes for the same overarching issue. One could easily argue...
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What else of note is going on here?
Well, HUD claims that agency interpretations of statutes are entitled to no deferential weight after the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright. That's just wrong. Loper Bright reinforced the existence of Skidmore deference. That's a lesser form of...
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Well, HUD claims that agency interpretations of statutes are entitled to no deferential weight after the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright. That's just wrong. Loper Bright reinforced the existence of Skidmore deference. That's a lesser form of...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
What else of note is going on here?
Well, HUD claims that agency interpretations of statutes are entitled to no deferential weight after the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright. That's just wrong. Loper Bright reinforced the existence of Skidmore deference. That's a lesser form of...
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Well, HUD claims that agency interpretations of statutes are entitled to no deferential weight after the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright. That's just wrong. Loper Bright reinforced the existence of Skidmore deference. That's a lesser form of...
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...how HUD will apply the Act when it is exercising its statutorily mandated enforcement role. Of course, civil rights and housing justice advocates have ample reason to be concerned that HUD will act lawlessly, if it even bothers to accept jurisdiction over disparate impact complaints.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
...how HUD will apply the Act when it is exercising its statutorily mandated enforcement role. Of course, civil rights and housing justice advocates have ample reason to be concerned that HUD will act lawlessly, if it even bothers to accept jurisdiction over disparate impact complaints.
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...it is the role of the courts to interpret statutes, but that doesn't answer for how HUD will interpret and apply the Act in its own administrative enforcement proceedings.
The field is left with - or will be left with if the proposed rule is finalized and takes effect - uncertainty about...
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The field is left with - or will be left with if the proposed rule is finalized and takes effect - uncertainty about...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
...it is the role of the courts to interpret statutes, but that doesn't answer for how HUD will interpret and apply the Act in its own administrative enforcement proceedings.
The field is left with - or will be left with if the proposed rule is finalized and takes effect - uncertainty about...
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The field is left with - or will be left with if the proposed rule is finalized and takes effect - uncertainty about...
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...the standard rather than it being its role. The Department is seemingly aware that it is constrained from following in the CFPB's footsteps in light of a 2015 Supreme Court decision holding that the Fair Housing Act allows for disparate impact claims. At the same time, it isn't bucking the...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
...the standard rather than it being its role. The Department is seemingly aware that it is constrained from following in the CFPB's footsteps in light of a 2015 Supreme Court decision holding that the Fair Housing Act allows for disparate impact claims. At the same time, it isn't bucking the...
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In a proposed rule published in November, the CFPB articulated the position (contrary to mountains of legislative history) that ECOA did not allow for disparate impact claims.
The position HUD is staking out here is essentially a dodge. The Department is saying it is the courts' role to set...
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The position HUD is staking out here is essentially a dodge. The Department is saying it is the courts' role to set...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
In a proposed rule published in November, the CFPB articulated the position (contrary to mountains of legislative history) that ECOA did not allow for disparate impact claims.
The position HUD is staking out here is essentially a dodge. The Department is saying it is the courts' role to set...
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The position HUD is staking out here is essentially a dodge. The Department is saying it is the courts' role to set...
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It would have maintained the pretense that the disparate impact framework endured while making it functionally impossible for a plaintiff or complaint to ever prevail.
Also, HUD isn't taking the route taken by the CFPB with respect to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
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Also, HUD isn't taking the route taken by the CFPB with respect to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It would have maintained the pretense that the disparate impact framework endured while making it functionally impossible for a plaintiff or complaint to ever prevail.
Also, HUD isn't taking the route taken by the CFPB with respect to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
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Also, HUD isn't taking the route taken by the CFPB with respect to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
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Unlike in the first Trump Administration, HUD is not setting forth a standard for evaluating disparate impact claims. Back then, HUD issued a rule (subsequently enjoined by the courts) that would have made the disparate impact standard a nullity through a death by a thousand cuts approach.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Unlike in the first Trump Administration, HUD is not setting forth a standard for evaluating disparate impact claims. Back then, HUD issued a rule (subsequently enjoined by the courts) that would have made the disparate impact standard a nullity through a death by a thousand cuts approach.
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Like any proposed rule, the fact that HUD is proposing changes does not alter what the law is unless and until it is finalized. The HUD disparate impact rule that was originally promulgated during the Obama Administration and that was restored under Biden remains in effect.
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24 CFR § 100.500 - Discriminatory effect prohibited.
www.law.cornell.edu
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Like any proposed rule, the fact that HUD is proposing changes does not alter what the law is unless and until it is finalized. The HUD disparate impact rule that was originally promulgated during the Obama Administration and that was restored under Biden remains in effect.
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Today, the "day early" version of a proposed HUD rule to rescind the Department's existing disparate impact regulations appeared on the Federal Register website. It will be formally published in the Federal Register tomorrow, kicking off a 30-day comment period. Here's what that all means.
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Public Inspection: Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard
Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard
www.federalregister.gov
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Today, the "day early" version of a proposed HUD rule to rescind the Department's existing disparate impact regulations appeared on the Federal Register website. It will be formally published in the Federal Register tomorrow, kicking off a 30-day comment period. Here's what that all means.
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Using white grievance illusions to dismantle *all* civil rights progress.
and it’s still low on the list of insanity from just one day of this awful administration.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
and it’s still low on the list of insanity from just one day of this awful administration.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
White Students Hurt by L.A. Desegregation Policy, Lawsuit Says
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Using white grievance illusions to dismantle *all* civil rights progress.
and it’s still low on the list of insanity from just one day of this awful administration.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
and it’s still low on the list of insanity from just one day of this awful administration.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Thanks for including me and Protest and Pedagogy in your #ScholarSunday thread @ugapress.bsky.social! For those interested in buying a copy of the book, you can use 08PROTEST at checkout: www.ugapress.org/978082037530...
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Thanks for including me and Protest and Pedagogy in your #ScholarSunday thread @ugapress.bsky.social! For those interested in buying a copy of the book, you can use 08PROTEST at checkout: www.ugapress.org/978082037530...
In a time of deep social divison, center-left Dems are focusing on schools *not* as places to enrich the fabric of our fading democracy.
But as workforce training programs.
Which will simply reproduce existing social heirarchies.
We can do better.
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/imo/media/do...
But as workforce training programs.
Which will simply reproduce existing social heirarchies.
We can do better.
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/imo/media/do...
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
In a time of deep social divison, center-left Dems are focusing on schools *not* as places to enrich the fabric of our fading democracy.
But as workforce training programs.
Which will simply reproduce existing social heirarchies.
We can do better.
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/imo/media/do...
But as workforce training programs.
Which will simply reproduce existing social heirarchies.
We can do better.
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/imo/media/do...
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Surely they don’t expect us to believe they want to keep our communities safe when they’re out here shooting people in their communities.
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Surely they don’t expect us to believe they want to keep our communities safe when they’re out here shooting people in their communities.
Awesome workshop on an important topic led by a fantastic facilitator.
Tues, 1/20 noon-1:15pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Check it out!
Registration Link: www.tickettailor.com/events/sarah...
Tues, 1/20 noon-1:15pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Check it out!
Registration Link: www.tickettailor.com/events/sarah...
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Awesome workshop on an important topic led by a fantastic facilitator.
Tues, 1/20 noon-1:15pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Check it out!
Registration Link: www.tickettailor.com/events/sarah...
Tues, 1/20 noon-1:15pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Check it out!
Registration Link: www.tickettailor.com/events/sarah...