Damir Cosic
@damircosic.bsky.social
Economist, immigrant, antifascist, antiracist. Stop the genocide. Trans rights are human rights. At Urban Institute. Views my own.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
brilliant and very funny, if you can still laugh at the sorry state of the NY Times
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
brilliant and very funny, if you can still laugh at the sorry state of the NY Times
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Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.
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Content moderation is out, but outright censorship is in:
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Content moderation is out, but outright censorship is in:
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
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Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
A women's soccer star is the target of an anti-trans activist - Outsports
Barbra Banda's peers in the NWSL stood up for her when the head of an anti-trans fashion brand tried to demean her.
www.outsports.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial.
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
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On March 6, #SCOTUS denied a Trump emergency application in the Dellinger case. That was the last time that happened; today's ruling is the 24th (consecutive) grant since then.
I survey this broader pattern (and its alarming implications) in a new draft paper here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I survey this broader pattern (and its alarming implications) in a new draft paper here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On March 6, #SCOTUS denied a Trump emergency application in the Dellinger case. That was the last time that happened; today's ruling is the 24th (consecutive) grant since then.
I survey this broader pattern (and its alarming implications) in a new draft paper here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I survey this broader pattern (and its alarming implications) in a new draft paper here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
time for readers to show Conde Nast what they think about their corporate behavior
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
time for readers to show Conde Nast what they think about their corporate behavior
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Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
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Pereira Guevara says the holding area she was kept in was dirty.
"There was no cleaning. They never cleaned the bathroom," she says through an interpreter.
"One time we asked for a broom so we ourselves could clean. They refused," she adds.
"There was no cleaning. They never cleaned the bathroom," she says through an interpreter.
"One time we asked for a broom so we ourselves could clean. They refused," she adds.
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Pereira Guevara says the holding area she was kept in was dirty.
"There was no cleaning. They never cleaned the bathroom," she says through an interpreter.
"One time we asked for a broom so we ourselves could clean. They refused," she adds.
"There was no cleaning. They never cleaned the bathroom," she says through an interpreter.
"One time we asked for a broom so we ourselves could clean. They refused," she adds.
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Was he able to take a shower in Broadview?
"No. There was no place you could bathe," he says. He adds he wasn't able to change his clothes either.
He says the holding area smelled bad from everyone's sweat.
"No. There was no place you could bathe," he says. He adds he wasn't able to change his clothes either.
He says the holding area smelled bad from everyone's sweat.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Was he able to take a shower in Broadview?
"No. There was no place you could bathe," he says. He adds he wasn't able to change his clothes either.
He says the holding area smelled bad from everyone's sweat.
"No. There was no place you could bathe," he says. He adds he wasn't able to change his clothes either.
He says the holding area smelled bad from everyone's sweat.
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Moreno González further adds he was only given water a few times a day, comparing the water bottles he was given to a 10 oz bottle of hand sanitizer on Judge Gettleman's desk.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Moreno González further adds he was only given water a few times a day, comparing the water bottles he was given to a 10 oz bottle of hand sanitizer on Judge Gettleman's desk.
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He says he was kept at Broadview between Wednesday and Friday, and fed only small sandwhiches.
He say he was never given a hot meal, was hungry, and lost weight over the days he was there.
He say he was never given a hot meal, was hungry, and lost weight over the days he was there.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
He says he was kept at Broadview between Wednesday and Friday, and fed only small sandwhiches.
He say he was never given a hot meal, was hungry, and lost weight over the days he was there.
He say he was never given a hot meal, was hungry, and lost weight over the days he was there.
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Moreno González, after calming down a bit, describes toilets in the facility, and agrees they were only about an arm's length to where people were staying in the holding area.
"You can't go, because everyone is seeing you," he says.
"You can't go, because everyone is seeing you," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Moreno González, after calming down a bit, describes toilets in the facility, and agrees they were only about an arm's length to where people were staying in the holding area.
"You can't go, because everyone is seeing you," he says.
"You can't go, because everyone is seeing you," he says.
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Moreno González says he tried to sleep in a sitting position, but couldn't stay asleep more than a few minutes at a time.
At that, he breaks down in tears, putting his face over his hands.
"It's too much. It's just too much," he says.
At that, he breaks down in tears, putting his face over his hands.
"It's too much. It's just too much," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Moreno González says he tried to sleep in a sitting position, but couldn't stay asleep more than a few minutes at a time.
At that, he breaks down in tears, putting his face over his hands.
"It's too much. It's just too much," he says.
At that, he breaks down in tears, putting his face over his hands.
"It's too much. It's just too much," he says.
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Witness testimony now beginning with Pablo Moreno González, a Mexican national and one of the class rep plaintiffs. He says he's lived in Chicago 35 years.
Gettleman comments that the alleged conditions in Broadview are "in [his] words, disgusting."
If they're true, he says, "Every day that goes by would be irreparably harming the putative class."
If they're true, he says, "Every day that goes by would be irreparably harming the putative class."
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Witness testimony now beginning with Pablo Moreno González, a Mexican national and one of the class rep plaintiffs. He says he's lived in Chicago 35 years.
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Now in Judge Gettleman's courtroom in Chicago, waiting for the morning hearing on this case - which alleges the Broadview, IL ICE facility is a "black hole" where detainees are deprived of legal counsel and subject to inhumane treatment - to begin.
Update: District Judge Robert Gettleman told the govt to return the immigration detainee plaintiffs in this lawsuit to IL by 4pm yesterday, as they had already been moved out of state.
I finally got word the plaintiffs were back in IL at ~7:45 am. A hearing in the case is set for 9:30 am today.
I finally got word the plaintiffs were back in IL at ~7:45 am. A hearing in the case is set for 9:30 am today.
"You have no rights in here."
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now in Judge Gettleman's courtroom in Chicago, waiting for the morning hearing on this case - which alleges the Broadview, IL ICE facility is a "black hole" where detainees are deprived of legal counsel and subject to inhumane treatment - to begin.
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
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TLDR: Teen Vogue's coverage is about to be watered down in a way that serves no one. The politics section, which featured cutting edge stories on repro rights, the economy, and more is now gone. Black women are no longer at what remains.
Everybody loses. This is #TheDoubleTax.
Everybody loses. This is #TheDoubleTax.
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
TLDR: Teen Vogue's coverage is about to be watered down in a way that serves no one. The politics section, which featured cutting edge stories on repro rights, the economy, and more is now gone. Black women are no longer at what remains.
Everybody loses. This is #TheDoubleTax.
Everybody loses. This is #TheDoubleTax.
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Not just Kavanaugh stops. Kavanaugh ransacking of apartments. open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid
Witnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10–12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the hallway, and tenants told to vacate.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Not just Kavanaugh stops. Kavanaugh ransacking of apartments. open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
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For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them: