ICE just became the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the entire country.

There’s no telling what Trump is planning to unleash now.

A Canadian woman working legally in the US has been detained by ICE for trying to obtain a visa in San Diego.

Canadian woman detained by ICE at the US border

“We learned that 30 people, including Jasmine, were removed from their cells at 3am & transferred to San Luis Detention Center in AZ. They are housed in single concrete cell with no natural light, no mats, no blankets, & limited bathroom facilities”

🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

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"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm

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This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

UPDATE: Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the “Riviera of the Middle East” under U.S. ownership.

"Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you're operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you're willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

For the latest Unshocked episode w/ @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we talked about - what else? - shock.

How Trump is using "shock and awe" as a governing strategy and how we fight back.

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The progressive women just sworn into office offer a glimmer of “bright hope” as the country enters a second Trump administration.

The Smithsonian isn't a federal agency, but it gets much of its funding from federal appropriations.

With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of Rafah this week.

A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.

I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.

Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/

one of key functions of immigration raids & crackdowns is not to actually deport all migrants/refugees but to deepen conditions of social precarity & labor deportability. to make migrants more vulnerable to exploitation from bosses & landlords & banks, and to create scapegoats for austerity policies

The Trump administration warned federal employees of “adverse consequences” for not reporting colleagues resisting orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, giving a 10-day deadline to report via a special email account.

“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”

So, she took a breath, and spoke.

"Your job is to do something small but measurable every day that ensures you are not the one being moved off your norms, that ensures you are connecting to community around you."

The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.