Pam Fessler
@pamfessler.bsky.social
Former NPR correspondent. Voting/poverty beat. Communications advisor, The Elections Group. Author of “Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma and the Fight for Justice.”
https://www.pamfessler.com
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This administration literally pardoned over a thousand people for doing exactly this.
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This administration literally pardoned over a thousand people for doing exactly this.
Wow. So now, verifying facts makes someone ineligible for a H-1B visa.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wow. So now, verifying facts makes someone ineligible for a H-1B visa.
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NEWS: Utah Gov's budget includes funding for a massive, forced, government-run homeless detention camp.
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
Cox proposes $30.7B budget with funding for homeless campus, child tax credits
Utah's governor unveiled his proposed $30.7 billion state budget Wednesday, which include funds for a homeless campus and expanded child tax credits for families with young kids.
www.ksl.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEWS: Utah Gov's budget includes funding for a massive, forced, government-run homeless detention camp.
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
This is a five-alarm fire. Stay tuned for ways to fight this atrocity.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
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Of the 1,895 people detained by ICE, 1,271 lacked any criminal record.
Only 28 arrestees —1.5% — had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime.
Only 28 arrestees —1.5% — had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime.
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
trib.al
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Of the 1,895 people detained by ICE, 1,271 lacked any criminal record.
Only 28 arrestees —1.5% — had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime.
Only 28 arrestees —1.5% — had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime.
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The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The State Department has warned employees not to use government funds to mark Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.” nyti.ms/3KhPDrA
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Trump: “We had a meeting today that actually surprised me. He wants to see no crime. He wants to see housing being built. He wants to see rents coming down…I expect to be helping him, not hurting him…I think this mayor can do some things that are going to be really great.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump: “We had a meeting today that actually surprised me. He wants to see no crime. He wants to see housing being built. He wants to see rents coming down…I expect to be helping him, not hurting him…I think this mayor can do some things that are going to be really great.”
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Oopsie.
Trump tariffs to reduce US deficits by $1 trillion less than previous estimate, CBO says reut.rs/3LT5Ofm
Trump tariffs to reduce US deficits by $1 trillion less than previous estimate, CBO says
President Donald Trump's tariff increases on imports from foreign countries will reduce U.S. deficits by $3 trillion if they are maintained through 2035, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimated on Thursday, instead of the $4 trillion the agency projected in August.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Oopsie.
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Fascistic. Only way to describe it.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fascistic. Only way to describe it.
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A bill being considered by a small group of senators in South Carolina could allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison.
Group of South Carolina lawmakers look at the most restrictive abortion bill in the US
A bill being considered by a small group of senators in South Carolina could allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A bill being considered by a small group of senators in South Carolina could allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison.
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Johnson says the Trumped DOJ has reviewed the Epstein files and declared them "non-credible." But Trumped Attorney General also declared that the files will be used as the basis for a new investigation, solely of Democrats.
I am no TrumpLaw scholar, but I see something of a contradiction there.
I am no TrumpLaw scholar, but I see something of a contradiction there.
Mike Johnson expresses concern that requiring the Epstein files to come out "could ruin the reputations of completely innocent people, such as those who may just have known Epstein but knew nothing of his crimes or whose names he exploited and used to try to get close to his intended victims."
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Johnson says the Trumped DOJ has reviewed the Epstein files and declared them "non-credible." But Trumped Attorney General also declared that the files will be used as the basis for a new investigation, solely of Democrats.
I am no TrumpLaw scholar, but I see something of a contradiction there.
I am no TrumpLaw scholar, but I see something of a contradiction there.
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".. at all costs."
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
".. at all costs."
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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As long as a detainee had no criminal history or prior removal order, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said he would allow their release on a $1,500 bond, pending the outcome of immigration proceedings.
Federal judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond
A federal judge in Chicago said he plans to grant bond to hundreds of immigrants whose arrests under “Operation Midway Blitz” allegedly violated a consent decree against “warrantl…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
As long as a detainee had no criminal history or prior removal order, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said he would allow their release on a $1,500 bond, pending the outcome of immigration proceedings.
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
Murderous attacks on Christians and Muslims alike are a real problem in Nigeria. Cutting humanitarian assistance there is even more lethal.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
For heaven’s sake. Show some spine, American Battle Monuments Commission. Those soldiers risked their lives and did their patriotic duty despite widespread discrimination from fellow Americans and their own government.They deserve special mention.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
For heaven’s sake. Show some spine, American Battle Monuments Commission. Those soldiers risked their lives and did their patriotic duty despite widespread discrimination from fellow Americans and their own government.They deserve special mention.
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"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture."
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture."
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
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Harvested lungs. Factory parts. How flight cutbacks could slow delivery of vital goods to LAX and other airports
Harvested lungs. Factory parts. How flight cutbacks could slow delivery of vital goods to LAX and other airports
The FAA's decision to trim U.S. flights because of the government shutdown could have a big impact on deliveries of critical air cargo, such as organs and factory parts.
www.latimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Harvested lungs. Factory parts. How flight cutbacks could slow delivery of vital goods to LAX and other airports
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
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Funniest part of this is that he’s saying the shutdown is a disaster for Republicans, which seems a touch off message but okay who am I to argue
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Funniest part of this is that he’s saying the shutdown is a disaster for Republicans, which seems a touch off message but okay who am I to argue
So good to see a nice person win an election.
Spanberger: I would like to thank my opponent for a hard fought race, the. The lieutenant governor story, her military service and her years of service here in Virginia deserve our respect and our gratitude. And I ask that you join me in wishing her and her family well.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So good to see a nice person win an election.
I know SO many NY Jews who really value Donald Trump's advice on what to do. And calling them "stupid" is extra helpful.
Ever notice for a guy who claims to be a friend to Jews, Trump sure calls Jewish people "stupid," "disloyal," and "ungrateful" a lot?🤔
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I know SO many NY Jews who really value Donald Trump's advice on what to do. And calling them "stupid" is extra helpful.
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NJ voters: your election officials, law enforcement, and community members are working hard to ensure your elections are free, fair, safe and secure. You can vote with confidence!!
Statement of Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Regarding Today’s Election.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
NJ voters: your election officials, law enforcement, and community members are working hard to ensure your elections are free, fair, safe and secure. You can vote with confidence!!
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Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased flight data from ARC.
@josephcox.bsky.social has a step-by-step guide on how to opt-out of it.
@josephcox.bsky.social has a step-by-step guide on how to opt-out of it.
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out o...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased flight data from ARC.
@josephcox.bsky.social has a step-by-step guide on how to opt-out of it.
@josephcox.bsky.social has a step-by-step guide on how to opt-out of it.