Ann Swearingen
@annswea.bsky.social
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Homeland Security Department, said the decision was meant to “streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to enforcement.”
Excuse me, Trish, let me fix that for you: “streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to extreme rendition”
There you go!
Excuse me, Trish, let me fix that for you: “streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to extreme rendition”
There you go!
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.
The move guts the office responsible for oversight over President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Homeland Security Department, said the decision was meant to “streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to enforcement.”
Excuse me, Trish, let me fix that for you: “streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to extreme rendition”
There you go!
Excuse me, Trish, let me fix that for you: “streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to extreme rendition”
There you go!
Detached dumpster lid hurtling at full speed - serious road hazard
NEW: Tesla will recall nearly all the Cybertrucks it has produced to repair a stainless steel trim panel that the carmaker said could become detached from the vehicle while driving.
It’s the eighth recall for the distinctive all-electric pickup, which hit US roads just over two years ago.
It’s the eighth recall for the distinctive all-electric pickup, which hit US roads just over two years ago.
Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue
Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”
www.wired.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Detached dumpster lid hurtling at full speed - serious road hazard
“Masked agents arrested Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow, outside his home in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night […]The agents identified themselves as being with the [DHS] and told him the government had revoked his visa, the lawsuit says.”
Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“Masked agents arrested Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow, outside his home in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night […]The agents identified themselves as being with the [DHS] and told him the government had revoked his visa, the lawsuit says.”
If members of the executive branch are allowed to issue truth claims that have the consequence that human beings leave the United States, we are in a dictatorship. If we accept that the executive branch can simply deport anyone they call a "foreign alien terrorist," then none of us has any rights.
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
If members of the executive branch are allowed to issue truth claims that have the consequence that human beings leave the United States, we are in a dictatorship. If we accept that the executive branch can simply deport anyone they call a "foreign alien terrorist," then none of us has any rights.
So much bad stuff today due to the latest constitutional crisis I almost missed this morsel of moral insanity.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So much bad stuff today due to the latest constitutional crisis I almost missed this morsel of moral insanity.
“Musk summed it up […] empathy is the bane of Western civilization. And really, they do think that […] it’s very important to understand that their going after things like Medicaid or Social Security is not an externality. It’s not an unintended effect. It’s very much what they want to destroy”
M. Gessen on Trump’s Authoritarian Policies at Home & Abroad
We speak with the acclaimed Russian American writer M. Gessen, who says Donald Trump has entered his second term prepared to enact his radical Project 2025 agenda, including a crackdown on LGBTQ right...
www.democracynow.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Musk summed it up […] empathy is the bane of Western civilization. And really, they do think that […] it’s very important to understand that their going after things like Medicaid or Social Security is not an externality. It’s not an unintended effect. It’s very much what they want to destroy”
Radio Free Europe - check. Interagency Council for Homelessness - check. Habitat for Humanity - check.
It’s an extremely efficient strategy in the larger war on compassion.
It’s an extremely efficient strategy in the larger war on compassion.
If you’re going after Habitat for Humanity, you’re the bad guy. newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Radio Free Europe - check. Interagency Council for Homelessness - check. Habitat for Humanity - check.
It’s an extremely efficient strategy in the larger war on compassion.
It’s an extremely efficient strategy in the larger war on compassion.
Librarians and data nerds- undercover superheroes strike again.
The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge
Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?
www.newyorker.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Librarians and data nerds- undercover superheroes strike again.
The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
I feel like we’re all jailed inside the mind of someone completely psychotic. Radio Free Europe, the Wilson Center, Museum & Library Services. I will not be shocked if the Smithsonian and LoC are on next week’s docket.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I feel like we’re all jailed inside the mind of someone completely psychotic. Radio Free Europe, the Wilson Center, Museum & Library Services. I will not be shocked if the Smithsonian and LoC are on next week’s docket.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
you can’t deport a movement
BREAKING: Hundreds of U.S. Jews and friends are taking over the Trump Tower to say: Come for one, face us all.
March 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
you can’t deport a movement
Reposted by Ann Swearingen
We will not allow this to become normal.
The Trump regime is trying to crush dissent beginning with those who speak out for Palestinian freedom. This is a threat to all who believe in justice. Tell Congress to protect students & demand Mahmoud’s release: bit.ly/freemahmoudnow
The Trump regime is trying to crush dissent beginning with those who speak out for Palestinian freedom. This is a threat to all who believe in justice. Tell Congress to protect students & demand Mahmoud’s release: bit.ly/freemahmoudnow
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We will not allow this to become normal.
The Trump regime is trying to crush dissent beginning with those who speak out for Palestinian freedom. This is a threat to all who believe in justice. Tell Congress to protect students & demand Mahmoud’s release: bit.ly/freemahmoudnow
The Trump regime is trying to crush dissent beginning with those who speak out for Palestinian freedom. This is a threat to all who believe in justice. Tell Congress to protect students & demand Mahmoud’s release: bit.ly/freemahmoudnow
thehill.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Nothing deranged to see here. I’m also feeling good about the Bible quotes cascading in the new DC Attorney’s feed.
March 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Nothing deranged to see here. I’m also feeling good about the Bible quotes cascading in the new DC Attorney’s feed.
I think he needs a nap and maybe a snack afterwards. I love a good Elon tantrum.
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Elon Musk Dubiously Blames Billionaires George Soros, Reid Hoffman Over Tesla Protests—Citing Unnamed ‘Investigation’
Musk did not name a specific investigation, nor did he offer any additional evidence.
www.forbes.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I think he needs a nap and maybe a snack afterwards. I love a good Elon tantrum.
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Who's coming this Tuesday?! Even if you're not a federal worker fired by DOGE, you can talk to your Senators and tell them to be like Al Green and GROW A SPINE.
State capture is NOT business as usual and they need to pull themselves out of the old reality and start dealing with THIS ONE.
State capture is NOT business as usual and they need to pull themselves out of the old reality and start dealing with THIS ONE.
We've been at the Senate nearly every day for the past couple of weeks and are transitioning to a once-a-week schedule (...for now).
📢 TAKE-IT-TO-THE-SENATE TUESDAYS! 📢
Today we succeeded in bringing 100 illegally fired federal workers, contractors, and allies to the Senate. (1/2)
📢 TAKE-IT-TO-THE-SENATE TUESDAYS! 📢
Today we succeeded in bringing 100 illegally fired federal workers, contractors, and allies to the Senate. (1/2)
March 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Who's coming this Tuesday?! Even if you're not a federal worker fired by DOGE, you can talk to your Senators and tell them to be like Al Green and GROW A SPINE.
State capture is NOT business as usual and they need to pull themselves out of the old reality and start dealing with THIS ONE.
State capture is NOT business as usual and they need to pull themselves out of the old reality and start dealing with THIS ONE.
Here’s a rewatch from 2019 that’s hard to turn away from, despite how heavy handed it is. Not the state capture and Elon driven techno-feudalism that’s happening in the US in 2025, but plausible collapse with clear analogs to our current reality.
BBC One - Years and Years
Drama series following a tumultuous 15 years in Britain through the eyes of one family.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Here’s a rewatch from 2019 that’s hard to turn away from, despite how heavy handed it is. Not the state capture and Elon driven techno-feudalism that’s happening in the US in 2025, but plausible collapse with clear analogs to our current reality.
According to the official, the security guard called back and said the young men were threatening to call the U.S. marshals, and his boss had given him permission to let the men upstairs. But when they reached the USADF’s floor, the DOGE employees could not find anyone to let them inside the suite.
Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building
The USADF, an independent agency created by Congress and focused on African economic development, resisted letting in DOGE employees who were there to fire staff.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
According to the official, the security guard called back and said the young men were threatening to call the U.S. marshals, and his boss had given him permission to let the men upstairs. But when they reached the USADF’s floor, the DOGE employees could not find anyone to let them inside the suite.
March 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I dunno, an elected who likes to shoot dogs seems like a great person to go HARD in her DHS flak jacket while they round up women and children. I hope she dies alone after many days of losing her ability to breath.
abcnews.go.com/US/immigrati...
abcnews.go.com/US/immigrati...
During immigration raid, DHS Secretary Noem says ICE bringing 'consequences'
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is bringing "consequences" during raids in Virginia on Tuesday.
abcnews.go.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I dunno, an elected who likes to shoot dogs seems like a great person to go HARD in her DHS flak jacket while they round up women and children. I hope she dies alone after many days of losing her ability to breath.
abcnews.go.com/US/immigrati...
abcnews.go.com/US/immigrati...
Dems, please catch up. Folks need you to wake up and stand up for them.
Long b4 Ds settle on tactics (how to stage press conferences, what kind of things to post on social media) their leaders, starting with Schumer & Jeffries, need to change their mindset about what it means to be in opposition.
Ty @brianbeutler.bsky.social for letting me share some ideas here ↘️
Ty @brianbeutler.bsky.social for letting me share some ideas here ↘️
Democrats Need A Battle Plan—And A War Room
They shouldn't "roll over and play dead"—they should understand what their advantages are, and seize them.
www.offmessage.net
March 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Dems, please catch up. Folks need you to wake up and stand up for them.
Somehow I can’t feel guilty for eating cookies in bed in the dark right now
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Somehow I can’t feel guilty for eating cookies in bed in the dark right now
Hey friends! Join us tomorrow night at 6pm on zoom.
Ivan Marovic knows a few things about fighting authoritarianism.
Ivan Marovic knows a few things about fighting authoritarianism.
February 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hey friends! Join us tomorrow night at 6pm on zoom.
Ivan Marovic knows a few things about fighting authoritarianism.
Ivan Marovic knows a few things about fighting authoritarianism.