Again, this cruelty is paid for with our tax dollars.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 17h ago

President Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.

Totally agree with JD Vance who writes in a WaPo op-ed today that “trust is impossible to sustain when a government turns a blind eye to fraud.” No need to read the whole thing.

"Navarro Bocanegra was one of three 'Dreamers' — immigrants brought to the U.S. without authorization as children — who spoke to media Tuesday about being targeted by ICE, and about the long-running failure of U.S. legislators to create a pathway to permanency for Dreamers." #DACA #Dreamers #ICE

Arizona Daily Star@tucson.com · yesterday

When he was 18 months old, Roberto Navarro Bocanegra moved to Tucson from northern Mexico with his parents. Since then, the University of Arizona senior has weathered lots of up

Note to all elected officials but especially Senators Cornyn and Tillis: stop pretending to care about things/principles you don’t actually care about. You are fooling no one and you just look pathetic.

Another death in ICE custody, this time at Delaney Hall in New Jersey. This makes 54 deaths since Trump took office; 1 every 8 days in 2026. Read Free/NY Times Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...

Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)

The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.

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Columbia Journalism School names Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley as journalists in residence, which will see them mentoring students and contributing to the Columbia Journalism Review. journalism.columbia.edu/news/sharyn-...

Columbia Journalism School Appoints Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley as Journalists in Residence | Columbia Journalism School

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From @sulliview.bsky.social "It’s hard for me to be sanguine about the damage done to the Washington Post." Fare thee well, Adam O'Neal open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Fare thee well, Adam O'Neal

At the command of Jeff Bezos, he wrecked the Washington Post opinion section but at least he's out

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This blistering expose of #PaulWeiss is a lesson in what has poisoned our society — the valuing of greed and power over democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...

How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

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Fauci was the best of govt. It is essential to their propaganda to claim that government didn't and can't help & protect people. Otherwise the fascist project to discredit government fails.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

From @briankaylor.bsky.social "During Wednesday’s service, Potteiger used his sermon to push a Christian Nationalist view of the founding of the United States. Saying it’s 'remarkable to live during the 250th anniversary of this nation’s founding,'...

Brian Kaylor@briankaylor.bsky.social · 6d ago

As with most months, I was only reporter to watch & write on Pentagon's worship service yesterday (& being only one is how we broke news of Hegseth's Pulp Fiction prayer). Here's latest report, but you should subscribe since no one else is covering this: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseths-p...

Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...

Arizona man languishes in African hotel after third-country deportation

A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Soliman, is confined in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea after being deported there by ICE without warning. He faces the threat of return to Egypt, where he may fac...

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Registration now open! Whether you are feeling inspired, uncertain, or conflicted about political engagement, this gathering offers an opportunity for reflection, dialogue, and practice as we explore how to meet this moment with wisdom, courage, and compassion. imcw.org/event/?event...

this is the kind of obstreperousness, don't tell me what to do-ness, i got rightsness that is the sheet anchor of American liberties.

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 6d ago

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

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No Illegal Partisan Attacks on Essential Programs

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is illegally trying to give the Trump administration power to choose who gets federal money based on the president's political agenda. Tell Congress to put a ...

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To: @cbsnews.com From: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social stack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/cbs-news-should-hire-me-to-interview?r=co6sz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

CBS News Should Hire Me to Interview Ghislaine Maxwell

Here's my application letter

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ICE agents threatened to beat up a Seattle small business owner, married to a citizen, with NO criminal record unless he signed a "voluntary" departure. I'm told there were cameras in the room. I'm demanding any video and that Eduardo be brought home immediately.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last wk.

On Thursday, ICE needlessly detained Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, a local Seattle small business owner with no criminal history. This is a man who is married to an American citizen and with deep ties to our local community who was working hard to pursue a legal pathway to lawful permanent residence.

Trump attacks the Smithsonian for not portraying history the way he sees it anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-orde...

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Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · last wk.

Mamadou Fadel Cherif told his son, Abdoulaye, he had been arrested by ICE as he left the family home in West Oak Lane. He said he needed his son to break the news to his mother, because she would be devastated to hear it over the phone. (1/4)

Tell your lawmakers to sign the discharge petition for the Dream and Promise Act, keep families together, and protect our communities. action.aclu.org/send-message...

Pathway to Citizenship Now

ICE has shot and killed people in our streets. Dozens have died in ICE custody. These aren’t isolated events. We need solutions today and the Dream and Promise Act is a critical piece of that. Take ac...

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"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last wk.

Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (Gift Article)

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

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Scoop: Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are having potential new "60 Minutes" correspondents take screen tests in which they interview a person playing Ghislaine Maxwell—all while Bilton and Bari also look for new senior staff for the show. All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

The Race to Rebuild ‘60 Minutes’

With the fall season fast approaching, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are racing to rebuild the newsmagazine, holding screen tests featuring mock Ghislaine Maxwell interviews and hunting for new senior le...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway.

In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.

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And more cruelty paid for with our tax dollars.

ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency.

More cruelty paid for with our tax dollars. #ICE

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.

TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...

From @sulliview.bsky.social "The given reason comes down to this: Well, it’s because he’s the president! Because he’s the president, so the rationale goes, we must treat him the way we’ve treated other presidents.... open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

The predictable disgrace of the White House Correspondents Dinner

And why I reject every specious argument that encourages the media to keep normalizing Trump

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At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.

A Bloomberg News analysis of Skype messages, flight records and other documents released by DOJ show that from the time of his release from jail in 2009, through to his arrest in July 2019, Epstein ran a trafficking network that spanned the globe. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The Flight Network Behind Jeffrey Epstein’s Trafficking Operation

Thousands of flights booked by the pedophile financier’s staff connected associates and victims to a global network of properties

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From @status.news "The result was a public humiliation for the White House Correspondents’ Association. After months of insisting the dinner was worth reviving in the name of the First Amendment and civil discourse, the Weijia Jiang-led organization instead handed Trump a nationally televised...

Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · 2w ago

After insisting the correspondents' dinner was worth reviving, the WHCA handed Trump a nationally televised platform to smear the very journalists it exists to represent, effectively turn the stage into a Trump rally. It was a disgrace. My latest @status.news www.status.news/p/the-white-...

The NYT decision back in 2007 to stop attending the WHCA seems more correct every day