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Listen to this segment. They *entrapped* Mayor Baraka and someone explicitly told ICE to arrest him, an American citizen standing on public ground, in front of sitting members of Congress who tried to stop it. This was already very bad and is now holy shit bad.
Please watch THIS particular interview, shared by @prisonculture.bsky.social to get the play by play on what happened. Getting arrested for protesting is a king move, but that's not what happened here. This was a goddamned grab and sack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Listen to this segment. They *entrapped* Mayor Baraka and someone explicitly told ICE to arrest him, an American citizen standing on public ground, in front of sitting members of Congress who tried to stop it. This was already very bad and is now holy shit bad.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
May 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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We can take the quotation marks off now, to be honest. This is the most accurate and honest way to describe the situation
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We can take the quotation marks off now, to be honest. This is the most accurate and honest way to describe the situation
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.
May 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.
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Important update that Rep. Coleman says she had already been allowed into the facility (again, it would be have been illegal for ICE to have denied her and other Members access) and then *after that* the incident occurred.
May 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Important update that Rep. Coleman says she had already been allowed into the facility (again, it would be have been illegal for ICE to have denied her and other Members access) and then *after that* the incident occurred.
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Members of Congress were also there, but were not arrested. One reason why? It's literally illegal for DHS to bar any member of Congress from entering an immigration detention facility for the purposes of conducting oversight.
May 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Members of Congress were also there, but were not arrested. One reason why? It's literally illegal for DHS to bar any member of Congress from entering an immigration detention facility for the purposes of conducting oversight.
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Not only is he going out of his way to strengthen the European far right, that claim about the Berlin Wall is beyond absurd.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
May 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Not only is he going out of his way to strengthen the European far right, that claim about the Berlin Wall is beyond absurd.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
This is a broad strategic alignment away from the liberal democracies toward the global right.
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Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
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The “you might be able to come back legally” stuff is so deceptive. For most people it’s a 10 year bar minimum.
Holy fuck found the Dept of Homeland Security tv commercial straight out of Robocop / Starship Troopers @rpg-volley.bsky.social saw on Hulu and it’s so fascist evil I had to cut 50 seconds out of it before I felt ok posting it here
May 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The “you might be able to come back legally” stuff is so deceptive. For most people it’s a 10 year bar minimum.
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New: President Trump is using a bizarre legal loophole to allow the military to perform domestic law enforcement activity on U.S. soil.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Is Quietly Using The U.S. Military In A Whole New Way
Since last month, Trump has authorized soldiers to detain “trespassers” on U.S. soil.
www.huffpost.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
New: President Trump is using a bizarre legal loophole to allow the military to perform domestic law enforcement activity on U.S. soil.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
May 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
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Trump administration says Texas National Defense Area to run east from the Texas-New Mexico border in El Paso.
Second US military zone along border with Mexico set up to deter migrants
Trump administration says Texas National Defense Area to run east from the Texas-New Mexico border in El Paso.
bit.ly
May 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Trump administration says Texas National Defense Area to run east from the Texas-New Mexico border in El Paso.
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WSJ - Tesla's board has opened a search for a CEO to succeed Elon Musk. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk
With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.
www.wsj.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
WSJ - Tesla's board has opened a search for a CEO to succeed Elon Musk. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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Andry Hernández Romero: disappeared
"four Democratic members of Congress went to El Salvador... they sought proof of life for Hernández Romero. They didn’t get it.
“No one has actually heard about Andry at all since the abduction, including his lawyers and family” "
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
"four Democratic members of Congress went to El Salvador... they sought proof of life for Hernández Romero. They didn’t get it.
“No one has actually heard about Andry at all since the abduction, including his lawyers and family” "
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
Opinion | We Need Proof of Life for the Makeup Artist Trump Sent to El Salvador (Gift Article)
It’s a moral imperative to try to rescue people like Andry Hernández Romero.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Andry Hernández Romero: disappeared
"four Democratic members of Congress went to El Salvador... they sought proof of life for Hernández Romero. They didn’t get it.
“No one has actually heard about Andry at all since the abduction, including his lawyers and family” "
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
"four Democratic members of Congress went to El Salvador... they sought proof of life for Hernández Romero. They didn’t get it.
“No one has actually heard about Andry at all since the abduction, including his lawyers and family” "
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
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JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act.
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act.
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The next step for Trump is to send a US citizen convicted of something like child murder and rape to CECOT in El Salvador. It'll set the precedent to send citizens there while neutralizing outrage over it because of the heinous nature of their crimes. Then it'll any felony and then protestors.
April 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The next step for Trump is to send a US citizen convicted of something like child murder and rape to CECOT in El Salvador. It'll set the precedent to send citizens there while neutralizing outrage over it because of the heinous nature of their crimes. Then it'll any felony and then protestors.
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"They deported a union man. Abrego Garcia is an apprentice with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, who have issued a statement in defense of “Brother Kilmar.” /1
April 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"They deported a union man. Abrego Garcia is an apprentice with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, who have issued a statement in defense of “Brother Kilmar.” /1
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Starting Monday, a new policy from the Department of Treasury will require social security number and other official identification documents when sending money abroad.
(via @keranews.org)
(via @keranews.org)
Feds to collect personal info of people exchanging, sending money from U.S.-Mexico border
The federal government will begin collecting detailed information about who’s making cash transactions of $200 to $10,000 at money exchange businesses in several South Texas counties. The effort is pa...
www.keranews.org
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Starting Monday, a new policy from the Department of Treasury will require social security number and other official identification documents when sending money abroad.
(via @keranews.org)
(via @keranews.org)
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Sure. Tell Grandma to just head on over to X to sign up for her benefits.
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sure. Tell Grandma to just head on over to X to sign up for her benefits.
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I’m not kidding; this is DOGE at work; multiple US citizens getting notices that they just leave the country because USCIS is revoking their humanitarian parole.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I’m not kidding; this is DOGE at work; multiple US citizens getting notices that they just leave the country because USCIS is revoking their humanitarian parole.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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The Trump admin has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new EO on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Trump admin has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new EO on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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12/ Read on to learn why criminal justice scholars believe the algorithm is not only biased, but unconstitutional.
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
www.propublica.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
12/ Read on to learn why criminal justice scholars believe the algorithm is not only biased, but unconstitutional.
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/