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This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...
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The only thought I’m going to share on Charlie Kirk is the disheartening number of people saying “Well, he didn’t advocate for empathy, so why should I show him any?”
Criticize his actions/legacy, but I truly believe the people saying things like the above don’t believe a better world is possible.
Criticize his actions/legacy, but I truly believe the people saying things like the above don’t believe a better world is possible.
September 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The only thought I’m going to share on Charlie Kirk is the disheartening number of people saying “Well, he didn’t advocate for empathy, so why should I show him any?”
Criticize his actions/legacy, but I truly believe the people saying things like the above don’t believe a better world is possible.
Criticize his actions/legacy, but I truly believe the people saying things like the above don’t believe a better world is possible.
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NEW: The 9th Circuit permits the Trump admin to terminate TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal for now.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
August 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: The 9th Circuit permits the Trump admin to terminate TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal for now.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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🚨This case shows how the Trump admin is stripping due process from people. This woman had been complying with EVERYTHING the government asked her to do. She had a pending asylum hearing. But Trump's ICE, to hit quotas, detained her and illegally tried to strip her of the right to that hearing.
August 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨This case shows how the Trump admin is stripping due process from people. This woman had been complying with EVERYTHING the government asked her to do. She had a pending asylum hearing. But Trump's ICE, to hit quotas, detained her and illegally tried to strip her of the right to that hearing.
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We are at or near full employment. There are at least 7.5 million undocumented workers. There are not 7.5 million Americans ready, willing, and able to take those jobs, so positions will go unfilled.
That means businesses will close, the economy will shrink, and Americans will *lose* jobs.
That means businesses will close, the economy will shrink, and Americans will *lose* jobs.
Rep. Greg Steube: "As more and more illegals are deported from our nation, it'll give the opportunity for more citizens of our country to take these jobs."
August 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are at or near full employment. There are at least 7.5 million undocumented workers. There are not 7.5 million Americans ready, willing, and able to take those jobs, so positions will go unfilled.
That means businesses will close, the economy will shrink, and Americans will *lose* jobs.
That means businesses will close, the economy will shrink, and Americans will *lose* jobs.
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration's use of summary deportation for those who had previously been paroled into the U.S. — and warns the tactics used by the administration are beginning to resemble the countries these people fled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
BREAKING: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration's use of summary deportation for those who had previously been paroled into the U.S. — and warns the tactics used by the administration are beginning to resemble the countries these people fled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Terrible, but sadly, expected — and the latest remark in an Orwellian laundry list that suggests the president views gov economic data as a source of propaganda to make him look good, not to guide policy for the best interest of all Americans. Facts don’t matter, only Trump does.
August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Terrible, but sadly, expected — and the latest remark in an Orwellian laundry list that suggests the president views gov economic data as a source of propaganda to make him look good, not to guide policy for the best interest of all Americans. Facts don’t matter, only Trump does.
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Trump, looking at this, going "yeah that sounds amazing."
July 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Trump, looking at this, going "yeah that sounds amazing."
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NEW: DHS's claim that TPS for Haiti was terminated because DHS thinks Haiti is now "safe for Haitian citizens to return to" is FALSE.
According to the termination published in the Federal Register, the ONLY explanation Noem gave is that letting Haitians have TPS was "not in the national interest."
According to the termination published in the Federal Register, the ONLY explanation Noem gave is that letting Haitians have TPS was "not in the national interest."
June 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NEW: DHS's claim that TPS for Haiti was terminated because DHS thinks Haiti is now "safe for Haitian citizens to return to" is FALSE.
According to the termination published in the Federal Register, the ONLY explanation Noem gave is that letting Haitians have TPS was "not in the national interest."
According to the termination published in the Federal Register, the ONLY explanation Noem gave is that letting Haitians have TPS was "not in the national interest."
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Christian nationalism encourages us to live as though our power & privilege are under threat.
When living & acting out of a place of fear, we do whatever is necessary to protect power & privilege, even jettisoning central aspects of the Christian faith.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
When living & acting out of a place of fear, we do whatever is necessary to protect power & privilege, even jettisoning central aspects of the Christian faith.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Christian nationalism encourages us to live as though our power & privilege are under threat.
When living & acting out of a place of fear, we do whatever is necessary to protect power & privilege, even jettisoning central aspects of the Christian faith.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
When living & acting out of a place of fear, we do whatever is necessary to protect power & privilege, even jettisoning central aspects of the Christian faith.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
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Already saw at least one Dem Congressman making the same point about denaturalization and just begging, begging people not to descend to the level of calling for stripping the citizenship of people you don't like.
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Already saw at least one Dem Congressman making the same point about denaturalization and just begging, begging people not to descend to the level of calling for stripping the citizenship of people you don't like.
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Tattoos are not a crime. Being gay is not a crime. Seeking asylum is not a crime. Why is Andry in a mega-prison in El Salvador? #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump
June 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tattoos are not a crime. Being gay is not a crime. Seeking asylum is not a crime. Why is Andry in a mega-prison in El Salvador? #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump
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What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
June 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
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An incredibly devastating decision which simply ignores the human costs and blesses the Trump admin's stripping of status of hundreds of thousands of people who entered the country legally — which the explicit stated goal of rapidly deporting those people without a court hearing.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to enforce its immigration parole grant terminations for around 500,000 people during litigation. Jackson writes a strong dissent, joined by — and only by — Sotomayor.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A1079
KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY v. SVITLANA DOE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[May 30, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 15, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10495, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
JUSTICE JACKSON, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR joins, dissenting from the grant of the application for a stay.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigment2ucq3yytchmiy6qn72suqlzpil32lejkccf5cqhbubt5wvq@jpeg)
May 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
An incredibly devastating decision which simply ignores the human costs and blesses the Trump admin's stripping of status of hundreds of thousands of people who entered the country legally — which the explicit stated goal of rapidly deporting those people without a court hearing.
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Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to reinstate Sec. Kristi Noem's order ending Temporary Protected Status for many Venezuelans, but notes the decision does not address challenges to actions "purport[ing] to invalidate" related legal status, work authorization documents, etc., previously granted under TPS.
May 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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Stephen Miller is lying through his teeth. The Supreme Court has emphasized for generations that EVERY person gets due process.
Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."
Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."
May 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Stephen Miller is lying through his teeth. The Supreme Court has emphasized for generations that EVERY person gets due process.
Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."
Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."
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New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Budgets as Propaganda
Trump's budget proposal formalizes the paranoid style as government policy
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
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It’s a horrible story. I can’t stop thinking about it either. But it just keeps making me mad as hell and want to fight back.
We genuinely don’t know what’s happened to him. NO ONE sent there on March 15 has been heard from. They’re being held incommunicado.
Bring them back!
We genuinely don’t know what’s happened to him. NO ONE sent there on March 15 has been heard from. They’re being held incommunicado.
Bring them back!
if i was asked to name a single *you can barely stand not looking away but shouldn’t* story for me in recent months:
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s a horrible story. I can’t stop thinking about it either. But it just keeps making me mad as hell and want to fight back.
We genuinely don’t know what’s happened to him. NO ONE sent there on March 15 has been heard from. They’re being held incommunicado.
Bring them back!
We genuinely don’t know what’s happened to him. NO ONE sent there on March 15 has been heard from. They’re being held incommunicado.
Bring them back!
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It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.
I want to note again how completely insane you have to be for your goal to be a “bilateral trade balance of zero” with every country. Just nutso.
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.
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NEW: ACLU's filing on Friday also shows the impact of these bad gang tattoo claims. Specifically, remember Andry, the gay make-up artist we sent to rot in a prison in El Salvador?
Here are the tattoos that an ICE officer declared were "Consistent with those of a Tren de Aragua member."
Here are the tattoos that an ICE officer declared were "Consistent with those of a Tren de Aragua member."
March 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
NEW: ACLU's filing on Friday also shows the impact of these bad gang tattoo claims. Specifically, remember Andry, the gay make-up artist we sent to rot in a prison in El Salvador?
Here are the tattoos that an ICE officer declared were "Consistent with those of a Tren de Aragua member."
Here are the tattoos that an ICE officer declared were "Consistent with those of a Tren de Aragua member."
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THIS is why many local police departments choose not to share some information with ICE. This woman's decision to report her assault to the cops led to her being arrested by ICE and likely deported.
The message this sends to people is they shouldn't report crimes. That's bad for our communities.
The message this sends to people is they shouldn't report crimes. That's bad for our communities.
March 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
THIS is why many local police departments choose not to share some information with ICE. This woman's decision to report her assault to the cops led to her being arrested by ICE and likely deported.
The message this sends to people is they shouldn't report crimes. That's bad for our communities.
The message this sends to people is they shouldn't report crimes. That's bad for our communities.