"They back off when we stand up!!!!" - @flyingwithsara.bsky.social giving such an inspiring presentation at the "Defensa del Pueblo" gathering in Oxnard. This is what solidarity and showing up looks like. #ICEoutofVentura #ICEoutofAirports.
Chris Newman
@cnewman.bsky.social
General Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies Department Follower of @marjoriegarcia.bsky.social Vituperative tweeter w/ a gentle heart
This country was built on the opposition to tyranny...so ICE must be abolished.
"The press shouldn’t be Trump Media’s unpaid sales force." www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/the-... "Every story that opens 'the president wrote on Truth Social...' delivers an unpaid brand impression for a Nasdaq-listed company whose controlling shareholder is the subject of the story."
The press shouldn’t be Trump Media’s unpaid sales force - Editor and Publisher
Is the press unintentionally providing free promotion every time it names President Trump’s social media platform? In his latest “Democracy Desk” op-ed column, Stuart N. Brotman argues that the launch...
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Today, the rightwing "consulting" or "policy" firm that masquerades as and shills for the undefined group known as "centrists" showed their true colors on immigration. They approvingly quoted Stephen Miller, aka Temu Goebbels.
Over on Nazi site, Third Way's Director of Social Policy affirmatively invokes words of Stephen Miller and would "love" if Dems said it. Cause, you know, he was hinting at ethnic cleansing (Btw, this isn't the same Third Way fellow who got kicked off Haley Stevens campaign over ties to Palantir)
House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.
That awkward moment when THIRD WAY (the same *group* responsible for weaponizing Hassan Piker against Democrats in this election cycle) is now quite literally praising Stephen Miller.
Not nearly enough attention is being paid across the board to these killings by the US government, which I agree are likely murders that should be punishable offenses under US and international law.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d agoI don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
In an ideal world, a student reporter at the UCSD GUARDIAN would land an exclusive interview with Usha’s mom to get her opinions on the JD/AES dispute.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d agoThe plain truth is JD has made vile accommodations with gutter racists and white nationalists of all stripes. Given his life experiences, you'd expect him to ruminate on how he/his movement are treating AES/his family. But JD largely agrees w/the white nationalists! newrepublic.com/article/2149...
JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals
Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.
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Imagine how these remarks from Vance land with atheist civilians in Iran right now: "While I wouldn't be shocked if we're living in the end times, what I'm trying to focus on is doing as much of God's work as possible. And if that leads to the end times, okay." www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-tru...
JD Vance suspects Antichrist 'among us' as he defends Trump depicting 'himself as God'
Vice President JD Vance said he would not be shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us, then defended President Donald Trump's meme depicting himself as God.Vance made the remarks in an interview...
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(the currently maligned activists pushing to "defund police" and "abolish ice" during primary elections will be vindicated by history)
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is why you can't have healthcare. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-buy-robot-dogs-immigration-enforcement-rcna594897
omg i wish i was at the minnesota state fair!!! this THREAD is is beautiful figuratively and literally.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 7d agoAnd now I will do a thread of anti-ICE art and displays at the MN State Fair. First: the textiles
Without meaning to, of course, the Republicans on the court are giving Dems an assist by keeping the ballroom front and center as we head to the midterms Reminds voters that Trump cares way more about this than them - and he'll keep talking about it nonstop too
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 7d ago#BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote (with Chief Justice Roberts joining the three Democratic appointees in dissent), #SCOTUS grants a stay pending appeal in the ballroom case, clearing the way for Trump to continue building the ballroom indefinitely while the litigation proceeds.
Time to rescind ALL GEO Group contracts and bring their executives into oversight hearings now, as well as their former lobbyists Homan and Bondi. youtu.be/N24kRaNHGgc
Are Children Being Detained by ICE? Immigration Expert Haddy Gassama Explains Immigration Detention
YouTube video by ACLU
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Come on good people of South Carolina! You can do this! Find somebody you know, get them to register to vote for the first time, and drive them to the polls in November.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last wk.Oh, this needs to happen. No hiding or excuses. Just Darlene Graham and Annie Andrews on that debate stage. 🔥 “The television stations are ready. I’m ready. The only person we haven’t heard from is the woman who believes she deserves to be handed a six-year Senate term.” - Annie Andrews
Completely agree. The chance to renew this call will be if/when Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives.
Justin@sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 7d agoIt was a big mistake that politicians and civic leaders haven’t been uniformly insistent about prosecuting ICE and others involved in this ethic cleansing campaign. They know what they’re doing is illegal (why else wear masks and scrub tail numbers off planes?) and they’re afraid of consequences.
I suppose I kind of enjoyed watching the movie in the end, but I enjoyed reading the review by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social so much more! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
The representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of The Odyssey’s imagined world. We are not...
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I wish there was as much online condemnation of his cruelty toward Haitians as there is about his renaming of Lake Ontario….
American Jews need to step tf up immediately. It's easy to avoid taking the bait. One doesn't need to defend Piker. But one does need to denounce those who are weaponizing him in their shameful support of Israel.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · last wk.he's an outlier in the party but Josh Gottheimer quite obviously wants Abdul El-Sayed to lose. you don't go on Fox News and campaign for Mike Rogers on accident www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4TF...
Excellent essay by @blbalthaser.bsky.social reflecting & building upon @mollycrabapple.bsky.social magnificent new book. Alienated, confused, & depressed, American Jews must urgently do better. We can start by learning from- and imagining- the past in order to imagine- and build- a different future.
Chris Newman@cnewman.bsky.social · last wk.""If 'identity' was to be new terrain of struggle, then [we] would meet the moment in history on those terms. 'We wanted [and want] to be Jews on the left and the left among Jews." www.derspekter.org/re-inventing...
""If 'identity' was to be new terrain of struggle, then [we] would meet the moment in history on those terms. 'We wanted [and want] to be Jews on the left and the left among Jews." www.derspekter.org/re-inventing...
Re-Inventing the Jewish Workers' Bund: Yiddishkayt Socialism and the Politics of U.S. Post-Memory
In a time in which politicized nostalgia is everywhere, Molly Crabapple's "Here Where We Live Is Our Country" disrupts a narrative of a past that works only to secure a dystopian present.
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These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
Dolly Parton made savvy moves with songwriting rights and royalties starting 60 years ago that made her oceans of philanthropy possible. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dolly...
Dolly Parton, Rights Holder, Dead at 80
When some stars or legends die, they spur outpourings and commemorations that...
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