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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here’s a gift link to my New York Times piece on what Dems can learn from bad bunny
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
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Wanna know whose shutdown this is?
Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.
Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.
October 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Wanna know whose shutdown this is?
Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.
Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
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Elle s’appelait Melissa Hortman, élue démocrate, tuée en juin avec son mari pour ses opinions politiques.
Pas de drapeaux en berne... Rien...
Pas de drapeaux en berne... Rien...
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Elle s’appelait Melissa Hortman, élue démocrate, tuée en juin avec son mari pour ses opinions politiques.
Pas de drapeaux en berne... Rien...
Pas de drapeaux en berne... Rien...
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
August 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
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The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
ICE claims to be going into only tough spots, but the “tough” spots are court hearings and car washes. And now, ICE has a budget larger than the IDF. Despite all that, we are cutting food assistance, SNAP, and health care. It’s outrageous.
July 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
ICE claims to be going into only tough spots, but the “tough” spots are court hearings and car washes. And now, ICE has a budget larger than the IDF. Despite all that, we are cutting food assistance, SNAP, and health care. It’s outrageous.
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Jeffries: "All we need are 4 Republicans to join us in support of their constituents, to have John McCain-level courage, and stand up in defense of the healthcare of the American people. What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need?"
July 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Jeffries: "All we need are 4 Republicans to join us in support of their constituents, to have John McCain-level courage, and stand up in defense of the healthcare of the American people. What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need?"
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
You are personally ordering the deportation of people because of things they’ve said and op-eds they’ve written. You don’t give a fuck about free speech.
May 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You are personally ordering the deportation of people because of things they’ve said and op-eds they’ve written. You don’t give a fuck about free speech.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
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Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
May 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
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Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it.
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it.
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
“Rümeysa Öztürk is my constituent, an accomplished scholar, and a valued member of our Massachusetts community. Like Rümeysa, Mahmoud Kahlil has committed no crime and is being punished by Donald Trump simply for exercising his right to free speech,” Pressley said in a statement to CNN.
Congressional delegation visits Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana detention centers | CNN
A delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana Tuesday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk and inspect conditions at the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement det...
www.cnn.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“Rümeysa Öztürk is my constituent, an accomplished scholar, and a valued member of our Massachusetts community. Like Rümeysa, Mahmoud Kahlil has committed no crime and is being punished by Donald Trump simply for exercising his right to free speech,” Pressley said in a statement to CNN.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
We must stop this brain drain and defend higher education and our democracy against these authoritarian tyrants.
Now is the time.
Now is the time.
“Nearly 300 academics have applied to a French university’s offer to take in US-based researchers rattled by the US government’s crackdown on academia, as a former French president called for the creation of a “scientific refugee” status for academics in peril.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We must stop this brain drain and defend higher education and our democracy against these authoritarian tyrants.
Now is the time.
Now is the time.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
let’s look back at what has happened so far
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
i have no doubt that senator van hollen was genuinely concerned for the safety and welfare of abrego garcia BUT ALSO this is what i'm talking about when i say POLITICAL AMBITION. van hollen may well make himself a household name and nationally recognized political figure with this move
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
let’s look back at what has happened so far
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
Howard University students launched a solidarity encampment, DC and campus police threaten arrests.
It's a direct attack on peaceful protest and student power.
Howard students demand justice— they’re calling on community to mobilize and defend the encampment.
Show up. Speak out. Stand with them.
It's a direct attack on peaceful protest and student power.
Howard students demand justice— they’re calling on community to mobilize and defend the encampment.
Show up. Speak out. Stand with them.
April 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Howard University students launched a solidarity encampment, DC and campus police threaten arrests.
It's a direct attack on peaceful protest and student power.
Howard students demand justice— they’re calling on community to mobilize and defend the encampment.
Show up. Speak out. Stand with them.
It's a direct attack on peaceful protest and student power.
Howard students demand justice— they’re calling on community to mobilize and defend the encampment.
Show up. Speak out. Stand with them.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
Murray Osorio PLLC, counsel for Kilmar Abrego Garcia:
"If the government believes there is a legitimate case to be made, it should present that case in a court of law … not on social media. But that cannot happen until Mr. Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States and given full due process."
"If the government believes there is a legitimate case to be made, it should present that case in a court of law … not on social media. But that cannot happen until Mr. Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States and given full due process."
April 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Murray Osorio PLLC, counsel for Kilmar Abrego Garcia:
"If the government believes there is a legitimate case to be made, it should present that case in a court of law … not on social media. But that cannot happen until Mr. Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States and given full due process."
"If the government believes there is a legitimate case to be made, it should present that case in a court of law … not on social media. But that cannot happen until Mr. Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States and given full due process."
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
The US is losing some of the best thinkers and researchers in the world as our administration revokes the student status of a reported 7000 international students. No matter your theory of the state, this is not good.
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The US is losing some of the best thinkers and researchers in the world as our administration revokes the student status of a reported 7000 international students. No matter your theory of the state, this is not good.
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PROFESSORS ARE INSISTING THEIR CAMPUSES STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.
bit.ly/CampusLettersTally
Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.
bit.ly/CampusLettersTally
April 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
PROFESSORS ARE INSISTING THEIR CAMPUSES STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.
bit.ly/CampusLettersTally
Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.
bit.ly/CampusLettersTally
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
As Trump defies the Supreme Court, continuing the torture of a US resident sent to a concentration camp, Schumer is, yet again, silent. One should not contribute to any Senator who does not call for "Do Absolutely Nothing" Schumer to step down.
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
April 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As Trump defies the Supreme Court, continuing the torture of a US resident sent to a concentration camp, Schumer is, yet again, silent. One should not contribute to any Senator who does not call for "Do Absolutely Nothing" Schumer to step down.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
The president of the United States and the president of El Salvador have conspired to kidnap a man and hold him hostage in an El Salvador prison. This criminality ignores the rule of law and thumbs its nose at a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate his return.
April 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The president of the United States and the president of El Salvador have conspired to kidnap a man and hold him hostage in an El Salvador prison. This criminality ignores the rule of law and thumbs its nose at a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate his return.
Reposted by Lisa Karakaya
January 30, 1933: Hitler appointed Chancellor
March 22, 1933: First prisoners arrive at Dachau
March 22, 1933: First prisoners arrive at Dachau
JUST IN: The Trump administration says it has "no updates" for Judge Xinis about efforts to facilitate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Reiterates that a judge in 2019 viewed him as a member of MS-13.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
January 30, 1933: Hitler appointed Chancellor
March 22, 1933: First prisoners arrive at Dachau
March 22, 1933: First prisoners arrive at Dachau