jaboa
@jaboa.bsky.social
liberation researcher. i’d rather be outside.
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"[W]hile the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not."
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden
More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"[W]hile the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not."
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.”
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
Indie bookstores merge activism and literature for collective care
Charis Books, Red Emma's, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism
prismreports.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.”
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
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ICE has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program.
ICE Is Collecting More Data, Aims to Outsource Judgment to Private Contractors
ICE wants to build a public-private surveillance loop that transforms everyday online activity into potential evidence.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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Press freedom threats surge with ICE raids
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Press freedom attacks surge with ICE raids
Local journalists are facing the most intense threat since the Black Lives Matter protests.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Press freedom threats surge with ICE raids
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
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Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
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Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Building a Global Network to Fight Imprisonment
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
truthout.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
buff.ly/PVtpTbY
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Learn more about the geography of mass incarceration in more than a dozen states here
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
Where People in Prison Come From: The geography of mass incarceration
We gathered the data to empower researchers, advocates, policymakers, and journalists to better study how mass incarceration harms all communities.
www.prisonpolicy.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Learn more about the geography of mass incarceration in more than a dozen states here
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
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'Unlearn the language of “good,” “innocent,” or “wrongfully.” This is not just a rhetorical shift, but a shift in values. Let go of any preconceived notions you had about “criminals.”' -- @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/whe...
truthout.org/articles/whe...
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
'Unlearn the language of “good,” “innocent,” or “wrongfully.” This is not just a rhetorical shift, but a shift in values. Let go of any preconceived notions you had about “criminals.”' -- @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/whe...
truthout.org/articles/whe...
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Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside
A celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.
Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
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With SNAP expiring, at least one Calif community is responding not by helping people get food, but by threatening hungry people with arrest
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
Over 5.5 million Californians, including 2 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits this Saturday.
www.foxla.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
With SNAP expiring, at least one Calif community is responding not by helping people get food, but by threatening hungry people with arrest
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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A federal judge told the top Border Protection official to start wearing his body camera this week.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
When immigration agents hide, body camera footage is vital
Plus: The case for making public records-based reporting free
freedom.press
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A federal judge told the top Border Protection official to start wearing his body camera this week.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
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"The fugitives’ underground is hardly treated as a space of learning, ideas, & imagination… Vigilance cmtes opened up spaces where fugitives & other abolitionists could exchange ideas that the most absolute dreams of the abolitionist mvmt could be made thinkable." hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
hammerandhope.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"The fugitives’ underground is hardly treated as a space of learning, ideas, & imagination… Vigilance cmtes opened up spaces where fugitives & other abolitionists could exchange ideas that the most absolute dreams of the abolitionist mvmt could be made thinkable." hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
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The United States, in which people are happy to spend $ millions on police overtime just to make sure that (checks notes) hungry children don’t get to eat.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The United States, in which people are happy to spend $ millions on police overtime just to make sure that (checks notes) hungry children don’t get to eat.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing; can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors; and consider those survivors to be “unprivileged belligerents." theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
theintercept.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing; can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors; and consider those survivors to be “unprivileged belligerents." theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
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This is what we mean when we say that abolition is a survivor led movement - survivors of sexual violence deserve more and better than this: prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...
Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice
Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua
prismreports.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is what we mean when we say that abolition is a survivor led movement - survivors of sexual violence deserve more and better than this: prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...
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This looks like a concentration camp.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This looks like a concentration camp.
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Amnesty International USA condemned the strikes as a “murder spree.” “The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder.”
UN Expert Says US Boat Strikes Are “Crime Against Humanity,” With 61 Killed
Amnesty International USA said the strikes are nothing more than a “murder spree.”…
truthout.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Amnesty International USA condemned the strikes as a “murder spree.” “The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder.”
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These ‘neighbors from the hood’ saw ICE terrorizing their community—and banded together to fight back.
A Blueprint on How To Fight Against Ice Includes Community
These ‘neighbors from the hood’ saw ICE terrorizing their community—and banded together to fight back.
inthesetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
These ‘neighbors from the hood’ saw ICE terrorizing their community—and banded together to fight back.
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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
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 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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"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
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Every one deserves to eat. It’s that simple.
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Every one deserves to eat. It’s that simple.
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The fine is one of several new financial penalties for immigrants created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed in July.
DHS Is Billing Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids $5,000
The Trump administration is slapping teenagers in federal custody with fees for crossing the border under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
interc.pt
October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The fine is one of several new financial penalties for immigrants created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed in July.
And, these numbers don’t include the millions of Palestinians still confined to open air prisons.
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...
www.democracynow.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
And, these numbers don’t include the millions of Palestinians still confined to open air prisons.