Peter Schurmann
@whatthefog.bsky.social
Editor/Reporter, EMS, part-time kimchi hawker for Volcano Kimchi, puppy papa, SFer at heart,
It seems Donald Trump does not like the #StatueofLiberty, or at least not the representation of her on display at the #Smithsonian Museum of American History.
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President Trump is Wrong About the Smithsonian
The White House has singled out the Immokalee Statue of Liberty, honoring farmworkers’ aspirations of equity, as being “too woke.”
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September 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It seems Donald Trump does not like the #StatueofLiberty, or at least not the representation of her on display at the #Smithsonian Museum of American History.
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Immigrant rights, labor, and community groups are condemning #ICE's raid on a #Hyundai plant in #Georgia as a "ruthless crackdown that resembled a military operation."
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Community Advocates Say ICE Violated Workers' Human Rights in GA Raid
Immigrant rights, labor, and community groups are condemning the operation as a "ruthless crackdown that resembled a military operation"
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September 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Immigrant rights, labor, and community groups are condemning #ICE's raid on a #Hyundai plant in #Georgia as a "ruthless crackdown that resembled a military operation."
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California may be a tenant friendly state, but it might not seem that way to many immigrants here who say incidents of harassment and threats of eviction or calling ICE are on the rise.
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Immigrant Tenants in CA Face Harassment, Threats of Eviction Despite Protections
As President Trump’s deportation agenda fuels fear in immigrant communities, advocates say cases of tenant discrimination and harassment are on the rise.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
California may be a tenant friendly state, but it might not seem that way to many immigrants here who say incidents of harassment and threats of eviction or calling ICE are on the rise.
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ICE's Detained Population Now at Record 61,226 People
ICE's latest data show record detention numbers, growing GPS ankle monitor usage, and dip in arrests since June. PLUS: This newsletter just crossed 10,000 subscribers—thank you! 🎉
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ICE's latest data show record detention numbers, growing GPS ankle monitor usage, and dip in arrests since June. PLUS: This newsletter just crossed 10,000 subscribers—thank you! 🎉
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ICE's Detained Population Now at Record 61,226 People
ICE's latest data show record detention numbers, growing GPS ankle monitor usage, and dip in arrests since June. PLUS: This newsletter just crossed 10,000 subscribers—thank you! 🎉
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August 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE's Detained Population Now at Record 61,226 People
ICE's latest data show record detention numbers, growing GPS ankle monitor usage, and dip in arrests since June. PLUS: This newsletter just crossed 10,000 subscribers—thank you! 🎉
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ICE's latest data show record detention numbers, growing GPS ankle monitor usage, and dip in arrests since June. PLUS: This newsletter just crossed 10,000 subscribers—thank you! 🎉
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I was at a conference in DC before the '24 election. The topic was immigration & how much/little Dems need to regulate the #border. Some argued no amount of regulation would be enough bc it's not about the border. It's about race. I believe they were right.
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Opinion | The Border Is Invading America
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August 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I was at a conference in DC before the '24 election. The topic was immigration & how much/little Dems need to regulate the #border. Some argued no amount of regulation would be enough bc it's not about the border. It's about race. I believe they were right.
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“This back-to-school season, children are facing the terror of wondering if their parents will be there to pick them up,” said @americasvoice.bsky.social ED Vanessa Cardenas. “The usual first day jitters have been replaced by fear.”
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'Education Chaos and Psychological Scarring' -- The Hidden Cost of Trump's Deportation Agenda
“This back-to-school season, children face the terror of wondering if their parents will be there to pick them up,” said America’s Voice ED Vanessa Cardenas.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“This back-to-school season, children are facing the terror of wondering if their parents will be there to pick them up,” said @americasvoice.bsky.social ED Vanessa Cardenas. “The usual first day jitters have been replaced by fear.”
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Good piece by folks @missionlocal.org on Sup. Engardio's tenure. He's likely toast come Sept, given all the recall signs in the neighborhood. Voting against 75% of your constituents is never a good look. Still, I liked the night market and sad it isn't coming back.
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Besides closing the Great Highway, what has Joel Engardio done?
The Sunset supervisor's legislative record didn’t spur his recall drive. But it certainly won’t save him from it.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Good piece by folks @missionlocal.org on Sup. Engardio's tenure. He's likely toast come Sept, given all the recall signs in the neighborhood. Voting against 75% of your constituents is never a good look. Still, I liked the night market and sad it isn't coming back.
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#Resistance can take many forms. “A lot of people will come to a Debajito show just to dance and have fun... And that joy is in itself a form of resistance." Great story from our friends at Chico Sol.
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Debajito: A Call to Dance, a Call to Action
Members of the Chico band Debajito want their music to break through the anti-immigrant ruckus and repression that continues to darken life in this country.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#Resistance can take many forms. “A lot of people will come to a Debajito show just to dance and have fun... And that joy is in itself a form of resistance." Great story from our friends at Chico Sol.
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Talk to farm workers in Oxnard, Calif. and most will tell you they continue to live in fear a month after ICE raids hit area farms. "We’re not everything the president says we are... we just want to work." From our friends @laopinionla.bsky.social
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Fear of More ICE Raids Haunts Farm Workers Along California's Central Coast
One month after the largest ICE raid in California history, farm workers in Oxnard say they live in constant fear of being detained.
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August 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Talk to farm workers in Oxnard, Calif. and most will tell you they continue to live in fear a month after ICE raids hit area farms. "We’re not everything the president says we are... we just want to work." From our friends @laopinionla.bsky.social
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“What they’re trying to do is rewrite the rules in the middle of the game... Everything that’s happening is so incredibly unpopular, not just what Trump is doing, but also what Republicans are doing in Congress.” — #Texas state Representative Gene Wu.
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Texas Is Aiming for ‘Super Turbocharged Racial Gerrymandering’ Says Democratic Leader Gene Wu
”They’re trying to do is rewrite the rules in the middle of the game because they know they know they’re going to lose.” — Texas state Representative Gene Wu.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“What they’re trying to do is rewrite the rules in the middle of the game... Everything that’s happening is so incredibly unpopular, not just what Trump is doing, but also what Republicans are doing in Congress.” — #Texas state Representative Gene Wu.
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When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, Guatemala’s conservative political elite celebrated. For years, they had cultivated ties, hoping a Trump presidency would lift the economic sanctions imposed by the Biden administration.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, Guatemala’s conservative political elite celebrated. For years, they had cultivated ties, hoping a Trump presidency would lift the economic sanctions imposed by the Biden administration.
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“What makes L.A. great, what makes California great, and what makes the United States of America great—is that…we don't tolerate our diversity, we celebrate our diversity, and it's a point of pride, because we're all in this together,” Governor Newsom said.
August 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“What makes L.A. great, what makes California great, and what makes the United States of America great—is that…we don't tolerate our diversity, we celebrate our diversity, and it's a point of pride, because we're all in this together,” Governor Newsom said.
This is the part that hit me. Alex de Waal, Executive Director, @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social on the #famine in #Gaza. “The moment when you really see famine is when, instead of a family being able to break bread together, they fight for bread."
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Famine in Gaza: The Humiliation and Dehumanization of Starvation
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August 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is the part that hit me. Alex de Waal, Executive Director, @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social on the #famine in #Gaza. “The moment when you really see famine is when, instead of a family being able to break bread together, they fight for bread."
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Kudos to the team at Shasta Scout for their reporting! That local officials seemed unaware or unwilling to acknowledge that #ICE maintains a sub-field office in the city of Redding speaks volumes about the lack of transparency and insidious nature of ICE's creeping presence on our streets.
ICE officials, both national and regional, as well as local, did not respond to repeated requests for comment by phone and email.
There’s an ICE office in Redding. Here’s what we know. – Shasta Scout
After receiving an anonymous tip, Shasta Scout conducted an investigation into a ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations sub-field office that Redding officials say they know little about. Records requ...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kudos to the team at Shasta Scout for their reporting! That local officials seemed unaware or unwilling to acknowledge that #ICE maintains a sub-field office in the city of Redding speaks volumes about the lack of transparency and insidious nature of ICE's creeping presence on our streets.
Finding #democracy on an impromptu 2,500-mile #roadtrip with my wife and Lucky, our leggy chihuahua, across the American West.
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Discovering Democracy on a Summer Road Trip Across the American West
Driving the American West reveals an immense diversity, both geographic and cultural, that is a deeply enmeshed part of the nation's democratic spirit.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Finding #democracy on an impromptu 2,500-mile #roadtrip with my wife and Lucky, our leggy chihuahua, across the American West.
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When you flee state violence in your home country, seek #asylum in the US, and then have to hide from #ICE agents while waiting for your court date, where you might also be arrested and #deported. @peninsula360.bsky.social americancommunitymedia.org/immigration/...
She Fled State Violence in El Salvador. Now She Lives in Fear of ICE
For one Bay Area mother, fleeing El Salvador meant leaving behind criminal extortion and arbitrary arrest by police. Now she fears she may have to return.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
When you flee state violence in your home country, seek #asylum in the US, and then have to hide from #ICE agents while waiting for your court date, where you might also be arrested and #deported. @peninsula360.bsky.social americancommunitymedia.org/immigration/...
A right-wing #milita in Shasta County, Ca. says the term militia has been "tarnished" by the media & that at core they are about self-reliance & patriotism. History tells a more complicated story. Great reporting by the team @shastascout.bsky.social
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Far Northern California Group Says No One Should Fear the Word Militia
Militia members in Shasta County describe a mindset that is more defensive than offensive. History tells a more complicated story.
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August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A right-wing #milita in Shasta County, Ca. says the term militia has been "tarnished" by the media & that at core they are about self-reliance & patriotism. History tells a more complicated story. Great reporting by the team @shastascout.bsky.social
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I loved having this market. My wife and I had a booth... so great to see so many people. Why kill a good thing?
June 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I loved having this market. My wife and I had a booth... so great to see so many people. Why kill a good thing?
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Tucked into the 1,000+ pages of Congress’ #BigBeautifulBill spending package is a 3.5% tax on #remittances, essentially a double taxation that would cripple many of the poorest people in the world.
Trump’s Remittance Tax: A Penalty on the American Dream
Critics of Trump’s proposed 3.5% tax on remittances say it essentially amounts to double taxation, crippling the poorest people in the world.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tucked into the 1,000+ pages of Congress’ #BigBeautifulBill spending package is a 3.5% tax on #remittances, essentially a double taxation that would cripple many of the poorest people in the world.
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Farmworker advocates have joined with industry growers across California’s Central Coast to stand up for #immigrants in the fields and on the streets.
Central Coast Farmworkers Unite Against Ramped Up ICE Arrests
Farmworker advocates have joined with industry growers across California’s Central Coast to stand up for immigrants in the fields and on the streets.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Farmworker advocates have joined with industry growers across California’s Central Coast to stand up for #immigrants in the fields and on the streets.
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Shortly after the Atlanta #nokings event kicked off at 10, organizers said Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol had already reached maximum capacity of 5,000.
June 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shortly after the Atlanta #nokings event kicked off at 10, organizers said Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol had already reached maximum capacity of 5,000.
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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
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Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
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Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles, a move that would grant him "unlimited discretion to use the military as a domestic police force."
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’ -- Trump and the Insurrection Act
Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell immigration protests in LA, giving him "unlimited discretion to use the military as a domestic police force."
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June 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles, a move that would grant him "unlimited discretion to use the military as a domestic police force."
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ACoM News Briefing | Can #PresidentTrump Legally End #BirthrightCitizenship? | See More: buff.ly/F3tWxU3 | Experts examine the constitutional showdown over the executive order targeting the #14thAmendment and weigh in on the stakes for U.S.-born children of #immigrants. #SCOTUS #ImmigrationRights
Can President Trump Legally End Birthright Citizenship?
Birthright citizenship, established by the 14th Amendment in 1868, grants U.S. citizenship to anyone born on in the US. Trump’s executive order challenges this, seeking to redefine who qualifies as…
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May 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
ACoM News Briefing | Can #PresidentTrump Legally End #BirthrightCitizenship? | See More: buff.ly/F3tWxU3 | Experts examine the constitutional showdown over the executive order targeting the #14thAmendment and weigh in on the stakes for U.S.-born children of #immigrants. #SCOTUS #ImmigrationRights