Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13hThe ICE Air Operations official handbook allows minors as young as 13 to be shackled on ICE flights. We don’t know this girl/young woman’s age, but if she is over 18, it probably isn’t by much. I don’t know how those flight “guards” sleep at night. 13300143
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026samanthalmitchell2234.substack.com/p/shark-eyes...samanthalmitchell2234.substack.comShark eyespart 1 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I just arrived in the Middle East. I’m the first Democrat to be in the region since the war began. I’m here to view war damage, talk to our partners about the impact of the war, and meet with those who are working to end the conflict. 701137230
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026samanthalmitchell2234.substack.com/p/locked-out...samanthalmitchell2234.substack.comLocked Out“Can you see them?”, Jamie asked while pacing behind me. 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026We need all hands on deck over the next 32 days to defeat the fascists and reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Anyone can help get out the vote in the states and districts that will decide the midterms: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b... 52835416
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasDemocracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 02/10/2026If an administration can bend rules, intimidate opponents, or meddle with elections, the answer cannot be to sit out. Voter registration deadlines are approaching in states across the country. Check your registration. Register if you need to. Be ready to make your voice heard. #LetsGetVoteReadyvote.orgEverything You Need to Vote - Vote.orgRegister to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan. 611684
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasBill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Stay in line. VOTE. 21306149
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026John Leguizamo calls Skydance’s threat to move Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV out of Los Angeles “despicable” and “heartless.” “But that’s still not enough! You’ve got an expiration date. So people have to plan for the next five years, and then what? No, that’s not cool.” 621857466
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he is considering retirement, leaving open the possibility that he could leave after next year’s term and hand another nomination to President Donald Trump.” www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comJustice Alito confirms he is considering retirementThe conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year. 168489218
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasStephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Exactly one month out from an election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate -- the chamber every judicial nominee needs to clear -- Justice Alito confirms in a television interview that he is considering retirement from the high court. 1/politico.comJustice Alito confirms he is considering retirementThe conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year. 60633212
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasStephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And for a discussion of the constitutional arguments, you can see more here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgSupreme Court Term Limits Are ConstitutionalThis legal analysis of leading proposals for term limits demonstrates that they can be implemented by statute. 16911
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasStephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Learn more about how Supreme Court term limits would work here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...brennancenter.orgSupreme Court Term LimitsStaggered 18-year terms would bring regular turnover to the bench. The result would be a Court that better reflects prevailing public values. 18818
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 02/10/2026oh so it's defund the police now? 19532179
Reposted by Maven Chen-Diaslizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of the family's attorneys: "... armed men went in disguise on Portland Avenue. They went as part of campaign to terrorize people — the anti-Ku Klux Klan law, “reaches the agent who fired those shots and every public official who put him on the street that day.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...mprnews.orgRenee Good family lawyers invoke anti-KKK law in suing U.S., federal agents“The day of accountability has arrived for our own U.S. government and its governmental agencies,” attorney Antonio Romanucci told reporters Thursday after filing the lawsuits. “Our government is kill... 001
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasFOX 9 @fox9mn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The family of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer during Operation Metro Surge in January, are suing the United States government, ICE agents and other officials in connection with her death.bit.lyRenee Good shooting: Family files 2 civil lawsuits in deadly shooting by ICE agentThe family of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer during Operation Metro Surge in January, are suing the United States government, ICE agents and other officials in connection with her death. 001
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📌NEWS: Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon is eliminating 1 in 5 generals and admirals. 📌NOTE: Authoritarian regimes eliminate military leaders who they believe aren't loyal to the regime. 📌UPSHOT: This is a very concerning development in the GOP's ongoing attack on America and her Democracy. 651071422
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026open.substack.com/pub/truthshe...open.substack.comWe Are Tired and Angry and We're Not Going to Take This Anymore!A recording from Natasha K. and Walter Rhein's live video 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026quintinmecke.substack.com/p/yes-all-ho...quintinmecke.substack.comYes, All Housing Should Be Affordable HousingThe Wall Street Journal calls it a mess. We call it the goal. What Portland teaches San Francisco about Props C and I. 001
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/erininth...open.substack.comKY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights. 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026jackohman.substack.com/p/my-column-...jackohman.substack.comMy column for the San Francisco Chronicle on Becerra and avoiding the news media...Come out, come out, wherever you are! 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026📌The first Democrat who runs this ad wins: "I hate these endless political ads as much as you. They are a cancer. That is why I am running to overturn Republicans' anti-American Citizens United ruling that allows dark money to clog our airways and ruin your valuable time and entertainment." 9378103
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026williamspivey.substack.com/p/how-americ...williamspivey.substack.comHow America Normalized the Rape of Sally HemingsIf It Most Were Anyone Else, We Wouldn’t Be Debating It 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/09/2026Nolan Wells was murdered. No doubt in my mind. 24484772287
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026substack.com/@theconsciou...substack.comDeleted Texts, Missing Keys, Bruised Skull, "Consistent With Drowning": What the Grand Jury SkippedWhy Black Families Have to Prosecute Their Own Grief Before the State Calls Them Victims 010
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ruralgirlintheworld.substack.com/p/old-testam...ruralgirlintheworld.substack.comOld Testament Borders, New Testament Questions, and a High School Folder Marked “PLO”Gaza 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026danmorain.substack.com/p/what-chath...danmorain.substack.comWhat Chatham Asset Management discardedPhotos on the walls of The Sacramento Bee’s editorial boardroom told a tale 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasThe Giant Aquatic Centipede @deaddropholiday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My antipathy toward Landman has nothing to do with the creatives involved. I'm down on Landman because it's an Exxon/Chevron production to the core. And it's not even subtle. I accept that I'm going to be exposed to some degree of PR on TV. But you don't have to shove it down my damned throat! 🤬 021
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/the-ai-boo...ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.comThe AI Boom Comes for America’s Public LandsInterior Department orders BLM officials to identify public lands for AI data centers, while USGS publishes its own analysis of AI energy infrastructure on public lands. 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/citybuil...open.substack.comPlease Do Not Put This in My NeighborhoodVERBATIM | A proposal to preserve affordable housing in Cary exposed ugly assumptions about who belongs in the community. 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026gohlkeapparatus.substack.com/p/a-nation-t...gohlkeapparatus.substack.comA nation trapped in a burning jalopyTrump’s America can’t muster an intelligent response to the AI crisis. 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/esglaude...open.substack.comAn Epidemic of SelfishnessThere is a moment in James Baldwin’s interview with Dr. 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Earlier this week, Judd reported on a new Elon Musk scam. Musk is spending millions of dollars pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which advertises itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine. Judd joins us tonight to explain: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...joycevance.substack.comFive Questions with Judd LegumAmerican journalist, lawyer, and political writer 5320541114
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026wendy664.substack.com/p/republican...wendy664.substack.comRepublicans Are Dragging the United States Back Toward Debtors’ PrisonYour Bank Balance Is Becoming a Measure of Your Freedom 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.poynter.org/business-wor...poynter.orgMcClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years - PoynterAt least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.levernews.com/newsom-kille...levernews.comNewsom Killed The AI Kill SwitchBefore Big Tech researchers warned of a superintelligence doomsday, 2028 hopeful Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) vetoed a bill that would have made AI “kill switches” mandatory. 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026wildingout.substack.com/p/10-ways-to...wildingout.substack.com10 Ways To Be An Arsehole While DrivingLike considering turn signals more of a vibe than a rule, and Lane Agnosticism 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Epstein, Trump, and Michael Cohen: The Biggest Political Cover Up In History Continues thelefthook.substack.com/p/epstein-tr... 64431129
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasGil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/09/2026New cover just dropped! “The Nerd Reich” remained on the New York Times bestseller list for a second week—and is #4 in Business books. (Ha) 1529860
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026woketabletalk.substack.com/p/he-beat-th...woketabletalk.substack.comHe Beat the Chinese Government at Fifteen. He’s Been Paying for It Ever SinceWinston Brown | Babylon Decoded 000
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/iprofess...open.substack.comMy Curious Life with Robert Danna & Walter RheinA recording from Margaret Williams, MS, ACC's live video 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 29/08/2026New ICE facility for kids in Louisiana will be "run by LaSalle Family Foundation - a group with direct ties to LaSalle Corrections, a private prison company notorious for abuse, retaliation, and neglect in its ICE facilities, including conducting invasive, nonconsensual gynecological procedures." 41917
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasBay Area News @bayarea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"Made in California" label to help consumers identify products made in the Golden Statektvu.com"Made in California" label to help consumers identify products made in the Golden State 88930
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 29/08/2026Salsa. Surfboards. Beer. Biotech. We're launching a brand new “MADE IN CALIFORNIA” label for California products and manufacturers. With more small businesses and manufacturing than anywhere else in America, look for our proud label in stores near you — and buy Californian. 49811177
Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · 28/08/2026open.substack.com/live-stream/...open.substack.comLIVE NOW: SPECIAL COVERAGE: MARCH ON WASHINGTON | The Joy Reid ShowJoy-Ann Reid on Substack 000
Reposted by Maven Chen-DiasD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026About right ... 45865237