Emma Herman
@elherman.bsky.social
History PhD, trying to write a dissertation | 19th and 20th c. U.S.; race, space & law | Albuquerque, NM
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Also from Sameer: “The Civil Defense in Gaza received 3,500 calls in the last hours and the Sameer Project received hundreds of calls and messages. Hundreds of camps flooded and dozens have been completely destroyed.” Please donate!!!!
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🚨🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨🚨 The rain and flooding from Storm Byron has wreaked havoc on Gaza. Families are without shelter, without warmth. The death count is now up to 14 people in the past 24 hours. Preventable deaths!! chuffed.org/project/1491...
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Also from Sameer: “The Civil Defense in Gaza received 3,500 calls in the last hours and the Sameer Project received hundreds of calls and messages. Hundreds of camps flooded and dozens have been completely destroyed.” Please donate!!!!
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New from me in @prospect.org: ICE is opening a school inside one of their concentration camps and the outfit they picked to run it is a virtual education company that's been failing students for years. Stride, aka K12, was also accused of securities fraud just a few days ago.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New from me in @prospect.org: ICE is opening a school inside one of their concentration camps and the outfit they picked to run it is a virtual education company that's been failing students for years. Stride, aka K12, was also accused of securities fraud just a few days ago.
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As a winter storm batters Gaza, "people's tents are either being washed away or flooded entirely," says Moureen Kaki with the medical aid group Glia, speaking from Khan Younis. She says the current situation is "not really a ceasefire" but merely "a slower form of death."
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As a winter storm batters Gaza, "people's tents are either being washed away or flooded entirely," says Moureen Kaki with the medical aid group Glia, speaking from Khan Younis. She says the current situation is "not really a ceasefire" but merely "a slower form of death."
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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If we don't end the use of surveillance technologies, the tools will only become more pervasive and violent.
If we argue against a surveillance tool based upon its "accuracy" or suggest implementing oversight models, we're misunderstanding the problem.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
If we argue against a surveillance tool based upon its "accuracy" or suggest implementing oversight models, we're misunderstanding the problem.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
A Step Towards Pervasive Facial Recognition
Axon's police bodycams are used across the world and may soon come with facial recognition after a trial in Edmonton, Canada.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If we don't end the use of surveillance technologies, the tools will only become more pervasive and violent.
If we argue against a surveillance tool based upon its "accuracy" or suggest implementing oversight models, we're misunderstanding the problem.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
If we argue against a surveillance tool based upon its "accuracy" or suggest implementing oversight models, we're misunderstanding the problem.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
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This is infuriating. For those who just want the donation link, it's here
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December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is infuriating. For those who just want the donation link, it's here
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Exxon is asking the Supreme Court to toss climate deception lawsuits, which could hold oil companies liable for billions in climate damages.
According to Exxon's lawyer, the cases are a "problem" and killing them is a "big priority."
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-nex...
According to Exxon's lawyer, the cases are a "problem" and killing them is a "big priority."
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-nex...
Exxon's next Supreme Court play
Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits — part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.
www.exxonknews.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Exxon is asking the Supreme Court to toss climate deception lawsuits, which could hold oil companies liable for billions in climate damages.
According to Exxon's lawyer, the cases are a "problem" and killing them is a "big priority."
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-nex...
According to Exxon's lawyer, the cases are a "problem" and killing them is a "big priority."
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-nex...
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A new #Jaguar has been spotted in #Arizona just days after the Trump admin.'s decision to to fast-track construction of border walls and industrial-scale lighting systems across all federally designated jaguar critical habitat connecting southeastern Arizona to Mexico.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Breaking
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A new #Jaguar has been spotted in #Arizona just days after the Trump admin.'s decision to to fast-track construction of border walls and industrial-scale lighting systems across all federally designated jaguar critical habitat connecting southeastern Arizona to Mexico.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4pDXChu
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This is wild. After a federal judge ruled that @DHSgov couldn’t attach strings to grants that states rely on for counterterrorism and emergency planning, the government disabled the button on its grant website for states to formally accept the money. with @opb.org
Oregon Struggles to Land Federal Counterterrorism Money as Trump Orders Troops to Stop “Terrorists” Hindering ICE
A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum.
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is wild. After a federal judge ruled that @DHSgov couldn’t attach strings to grants that states rely on for counterterrorism and emergency planning, the government disabled the button on its grant website for states to formally accept the money. with @opb.org
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Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
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Donate directly to Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign:
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RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project
"GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" this Winter season...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Donate directly to Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign:
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A delivery person on his route was kidnapped by this guy this afternoon in DC.
#bigballsdcshow
#bigballsdcshow
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A delivery person on his route was kidnapped by this guy this afternoon in DC.
#bigballsdcshow
#bigballsdcshow
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Hegseth's not the only war criminal here. "The [USSOCOM] commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Adm. Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley, told people on the secure conference call that the survivors were still legitimate targets... He ordered the second strike."
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hegseth's not the only war criminal here. "The [USSOCOM] commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Adm. Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley, told people on the secure conference call that the survivors were still legitimate targets... He ordered the second strike."
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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100%
The nation-state form bends towards fascism.
It is a tragedy of immense proportions that we didn’t learn this lesson after the end of WWII and, instead, treated Nazis as “war criminals” rather than nationalists doing the nationalist thing.
The nation-state form bends towards fascism.
It is a tragedy of immense proportions that we didn’t learn this lesson after the end of WWII and, instead, treated Nazis as “war criminals” rather than nationalists doing the nationalist thing.
Tho tbh the very idea of war crimes legitimizes + ‘civilizes’ certain forms of state violence, what some folks might call good and necessary for the security/integrity of the nation
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
100%
The nation-state form bends towards fascism.
It is a tragedy of immense proportions that we didn’t learn this lesson after the end of WWII and, instead, treated Nazis as “war criminals” rather than nationalists doing the nationalist thing.
The nation-state form bends towards fascism.
It is a tragedy of immense proportions that we didn’t learn this lesson after the end of WWII and, instead, treated Nazis as “war criminals” rather than nationalists doing the nationalist thing.
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
Did I blink and miss a judge deciding this occupation is suddenly legal...?
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Did I blink and miss a judge deciding this occupation is suddenly legal...?
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.