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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 2h

When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13h

Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters aje.news/pmstub

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Incarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/10/2026

ICE builds more prisons because the goal is explicitly to warehouse surplus labor, criminalize poverty, and assert total control over all of society. When Stephen Miller claims there are 25, 30, or even 50 million "illegal immigrants" in the US, he's betting on how many of us he'll need to imprison

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Prism @prismreports.org · 02/10/2026

“The whole community had pulled up & we were all yelling & screaming, protesting almost immediately because, you know, this is our place. These are our people.” After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests & resources as Texas leads in aggressive immigration raids, Neha Madhira reports.

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After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests, neighborhood resources

Immigrant rights advocates describe increased ICE presence and surveillance of communities of color in Austin

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good end-of-FY coverage by the Times. The amount of unspent funds has wiggled but it was pretty clear for some time now that NSF was simply not going to spend a substantial portion of its congressional appropriation this year.

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: Partially unsealed court filings show that ICE has been putting photos of people observing their activities into a Palantir-built database as well as tracking and intimidating them. @regret.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social have the details:

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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ate a tea tree @ateatree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

not what we meant by "defund the police"...

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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring ICE to report and investigate deaths that occurred within 30 days of someone being released.

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The deaths ICE doesn’t count

Prisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention.

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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ICE Totally Telling The Truth This Time About Another Guy They Shot In The Back, You Guys www.wonkette.com/p/ice-totall... By Brooke Binkowski @brooklynmarie.bsky.social

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ICE Totally Telling The Truth This Time About Another Guy They Shot In The Back, You Guys

Loathsome bully cowards.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026

This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...

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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect

In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 02/10/2026

just wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's thread starts with joy as the community came together in Oswego, New York to protect a couple of roofers from #ICELawlessness & prevailed. Let's rally like this across the country to protect our immigrant neighbors by helping elect Democrats in every race who will fight for accountability.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Secretary Mullin keeps making promises while his agents keep shooting people.”

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’ve resisted calling ICE arrests/detention “disappearances.” But now ICE’s apparent policy is that in some cases, you might not even know if your loved one is still in the US. IDK what else to call that. documentedny.com/2026/10/02/i...

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The Throughline: Is ICE “Disappearing” Detainees?

ICE is deliberately withholding the locations of some detainees from lawyers and loved ones. At what point does that amount to “disappearing” them?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026

"What is becoming increasingly clear is that the administration does not see itself as a litigant before the court and does not see its attorneys as bound by court orders. It sees DOJ attorneys as somehow coequal with SCOTUS, the only attorneys in the federal system not bound by ethical rules."

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The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges

Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 02/10/2026

COMMENTARY: Pete Hegseth’s ‘Warfighter’ Crusade Isn’t About Killing The Defense Secretary wants to rid the military of “woke” — and make sure no one questions the president’s orders ever again.

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Pete Hegseth's 'Warfighter' Crusade Isn't About Killing

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has prioritized eradicating "woke" from the military, and making sure no one questions Trump's orders.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026

Jalal Shehadeh, a Miami-based attorney and Palestinian rights advocate, was held for several hours for a secondary inspection and had his phone seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after he refused to allow federal agents to search it.

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Border Agents Are Randomly Seizing Phones of US Citizens Who Support Palestine

Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 01/10/2026

"How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene, Oregon." Read more from FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social in @theintercept.com.

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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop

Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“The State Department’s Office of Remigration, a small unit carved out of its refugee bureau, has pledged at least $410 million in taxpayer money to secure deals with 31 countries, mostly in Africa and Latin America, that agree to accept third-country deportees.” [Linda Chavez, @theunpopulist.net]

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The Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their Crimes

Letting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I believe this is a little more than the city has already approved/spent on police misconduct settlements just this year, so this would double the total. Meanwhile… “the city is facing an $882.5 million budget gap in 2027”

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Given the authoritarian threat posed by Trump still present, including in the lead-up to the midterms, there is much to learn from the successful mass mobilization in Minnesota.

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Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine

The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026

Breaking news: The family of Renée Good has sued the U.S. and officials for her death. “Renee’s death was not an accident,” lawyers for Good’s family said, adding its aim was to “silence anyone who dared to raise their voice in protest.”

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Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’

The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.

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Mika Fae Queen of Night 🏳️‍⚧️ @msmaxwellmusic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I'm gonna say something that might get me canceled. Trans people have an 18% unemployment rate, 4x the national average. We get paid 60% of what cis people get. The Federal government/MOST state governments strip our rights/hunt us. The only cis people that can commiserate with us are immigrants.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026

Recent recruitment strategies have included the use of neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires, and seeking out extremists at events like gun shows, Ultimate Fight Club venues, and other places where far right individuals are typically present.

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Trump Administration Plans to Add 5,000 New ICE Employees by End of Year

Recent recruitment strategies have included using neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires.

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.

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Hachi @hachi19.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They've been creating a generation of ICE orphans, and they've apparently "lost" hundreds (possibly thousands) due to ICE not keeping records of where them or their families were sent. I mean, did we ever find out where everyone in Alligator Alcatraz was sent after it was closed down?

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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No one cares about humanity until it directly affects them! Shame on this rogue SCOTUS! #Pinks ⚖️

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A new Democratic Congress needs to investigate this hateful man.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026

third way figured out dems should stop attacking trans people? third way?!

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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/ You should check out my sobering and compelling conversation with @radleybalko.bsky.social about ICE and why it must be abolished before its abusive tactics spread to the rest of American law enforcement at @theunpopulist.net . 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...

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Abolish ICE Before Its Abusive Tactics Spread to Other Law Enforcement: A Conversation With Radley Balko

The agency has gone rogue and cannot be reformed

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026

NEW: Kurt Olsen, a prominent election denier with no prosecutorial experience, has resigned from the DOJ after failing to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. The conspiracy theorist was hired last year to aid in Trump's efforts to relitigate the results of the 2020 contest.

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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election

A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 29/09/2026

That federal prosecution was in 2018—while Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land. Now, the FBI could try to charge people for using the mail to violate state abortion bans. One vehicle is the the Comstock Act of 1873. Yes, you read that year correctly. @autonomynews.co

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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026

When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.

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Atlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errors

A close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026

Donald Trump’s rush to deport as many immigrants as possible is creating a new family-separation crisis, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social writes. She reports on the babies left behind in America:

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The Babies Left Behind in America

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026

The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

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Emily PhD 🎓 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MORE THAN FIFTY MEN

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ICE is torturing this man. This is an emergency.

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GibbertyFlibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I grew up in a world where a 3 year BA mean you'd be continuously employed between 20 and 60. (born in late 50s) That world is gone and it's not coming back. Rich people make more money when young people suffer. And their suffering has consequences

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Death Rates For Young American Adults Jumped 71% In Just Over A Decade

US life expectancy now trails 37 countries, with some states ranking below North Korea. Overdoses, disease, and policy all play a role.

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