Even the Bezos opinion page grasps the danger here:

The Khalil case is a threat to First Amendment rights

Donald Trump wants to deport a legal resident for his views. Who else will be punished for exercising free speech?

wapo.st/3FCOsA7

Administration that pardoned Capitol rioters threatens to defund universities over protests

There's a lot of confusion swirling so it may help to explain that the below is actually fairly normal following an ICE arrest. ICE often transfers people to the deep South where some of the largest detention centers are located, and the ICE Detainee Locator system can take up to 24 hours to update.

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.

This is a campaign of eradication.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

BREAKING ✍️ @theintercept.com: A New York federal court has ordered that Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil cannot be deported from the U.S. until a further court order.

Khalil remains jailed, without criminal charges, at the LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana.

theintercept.com/2025/03/10/m...

@sanders.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov

how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:

www.theverge.com/policy/62718...

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

“It’s my job to stand up and be the buffer between politicals and career employees, and I’m just trying to do my goddamn job,” DiMartini said. “They have no idea who they picked a f—king fight with.”

😆 Go Traci! newrepublic.com/post/192478/...

18f were a bunch of badasses who actually *did* make government more efficient in a way that actually worked. And they did it while also being good people who cared deeply for the work, for each other, and for the people that used it.

Many folks in this photo were part of 18F until the end. We are the faces of this movement.

Just like 18F, the people behind @altusds.bsky.social partnered with government agencies to deliver critical services for the American people: finding baby formula during a shortage, applying for financial aid, getting veterans’ benefits. They shared our story on their website, We the Builders.

Here's what we lose when teams like USDS and 18F are suddenly deleted.

New from me:
www.wired.com/story/doge-m...

🗣️ Government services only work when people understand them. Plain language experts help make complex policies, laws, and tech clear—especially in high-stress moments like applying for unemployment, SNAP, or disaster relief.

www.wethebuilders.org/posts/making...

#CivilServants #FederalWorkers

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org