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National organization that works alongside state-based Make the Roads to build power of immigrant & working-class communities of color. maketheroadstates.org

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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What a week! More than 1,000 people came together in a range of actions and protests to demand their elected officials #DumpBigTech and stand with the people!
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Immigrant young people fought to win the right to pursue higher education and to end discrimination against students based on where they're born. Now, the Trump administration wants to take away their ability to attend college by coming after state tuition & financial aid laws. We won't back down.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
While communities suffer and taxpayers foot the bill, tech corporations are raking in billions and donating hundreds of millions to try to buy our elections. This congressional recess, join us in demanding that Congress stand with the People, not Big Tech corporations. Urge them to #DumpBigTech!
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Tell Your Elected Official to #DumpBigTech!
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
BIG: We just sued the Trump administration over their attempts to share TANF recipients' data with ICE and Big Tech. Our members shouldn't have to fear deportation when they apply for public benefits. @democracyforward.org, @eff.org @commoncause.org www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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States, groups sue over Trump policy of sharing benefits data with immigration authorities
Several Democratic-led U.S. states and advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Monday to ‌block a new policy allowing federal immigration authorities to receive information about low-income f...
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The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) @nclej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We’re suing the Trump administration to stop an unlawful, proposed policy change that would allow the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies to access the private data of TANF recipients. nclej.org/news/coaliti...
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Coalition Challenges Dramatic Data Privacy Changes to Federal Assistance Program
Trump-Vance Administration Seeks to Allow Family Support Program to be Weaponized by Immigration Officials  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2026  CONTACT: press@democracyforward.org  Washington, D.C....
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EPIC @epic.org · 03/08/2026
NEW LAWSUIT 🚨 Today, EPIC joined @mtrstates.bsky.social and @commoncause.org in challenging the Trump-Vance administration's unlawful attempt to share sensitive TANF recipient data with DHS. Families seeking assistance shouldn't have to fear their data will be weaponized.
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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Challenges Dramatic Data Privacy Changes to Federal Assistance Program
Washington, D.C. – A new legal challenge has been filed to the Trump-Vance administration’s effort to unlawfully and arbitrarily
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📢 #ShutDownDilley Children do not belong in detention. They belong with their families, in their communities, and free.
Kids don't belong in prison

Free the children now
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
BIG NEWS. Senator Gallego joins the growing list of elected officials giving back donations received by ICE's tech backbone, Palantir. Palantir profits from surveillance, detention, and deportation of immigrants—our elected officials must stand with the people, not Big Tech billionaires.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The vast majority of Americans support a pathway to citizenship. Congress has a chance to prove they'll actually show up for working people. Take action with us today and urge your rep to sign the Dream & Promise Act discharge petition now. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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DACA recipients are losing their protected status due to lengthy administrative delays
Every two years, participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, must renew their status. Approvals from the federal government now take three months on average — up from ...
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 24/07/2026
The Trump administration's rush to detain immigrants on an unprecedented scale is creating dangerous, deadly conditions. Camp East Montana is ICE's largest detention center — and the conditions inside reveal significant human rights abuses. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/…
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Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center
On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
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FWD.us @fwd.us · 24/07/2026
We cannot accept this as a new baseline of enforcement. We must organize against this violence and to claw back these funds from ICE and DHS. Rather than more chaos, cruelty and cages, Congress must build pathways to citizenship that treat people with dignity and respect.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“I was just a body that they crammed into a room, almost as if to be forgotten.” Confined, overcrowded, inhumane conditions deprived people of their basic rights at 26 Federal Plaza. Rather than end this inhumane detention policy, ICE kept it.
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ICE officials warned of dangerous crowding. See how they kept packing people in.
Dozens were held for days in small rooms last year with no beds, showers or full-time medical staff, records analyzed by The Post show.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
BIG NEWS! DHS has confirmed that ICE will not open the planned ICE detention warehouses in PA! Just last week, Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva became the 50th individual to die while in immigration detention since Trump's 2nd term. Public pressure is working—together, we're saying #CommunitiesNotCages!
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
ICE cannot be trusted in our communities, in our streets, and obviously, our personal data. By sharing sensitive Medicaid data with its Big Tech backbone, Palantir, ICE has once again shown its carelessness. We demand answers.
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"It really breaks my heart for the families because I understand the nightmare they're going through," said Rachel Reyes. Her son, Ruben Ray Martinez, was killed by an ICE agent during a traffic stop in 2025.
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Her son was killed by ICE at a traffic stop. She says she's still waiting for justice
Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was fatally shot by an ICE agent two months into President Trump's second term. His mother says her family has yet to receive justice.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Palantir helps ICE track, detain, and deport people while raking in billions in govt contracts. Money that should be going to our communities is going to Big Tech billionaires who then donate millions to try to buy our elections. Elected officials must #DumpBigTech! www.ft.com/video/dcd7cd...
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Palantir: profits, procurement and power | FT Film
Palantir is one of the world's most controversial technology companies. Its extraordinary growth was steered by a revolving door of executives moving between Palantir and the corridors of power in Was...
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Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition @pifcoalition.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The immigration law’s “public charge” policy isn’t new, but the Trump administration just made some big changes to public charge regulations. Swipe for the basics and learn more at pifcoalition.org.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If our elected representatives want to fight for our immigrant neighbors, they must end all financial ties to corporations like Palantir that help ICE carry out its mass deportation agenda. Fuera Palantir. Fuera ICE. lasvegassun.com/news/2026/ju...
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Taking money from Palantir undercuts elected official's commitment to immigrants
It's concerning that Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., has accepted $5,000 in campaign contributions from Palantir.
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Center for Law and Social Policy @clasp.org · 16/07/2026
@wendydcervantes.bsky.social: When parents fear that seeking health care, nutrition assistance, or other supports could jeopardize their family’s future, many will simply go without. The result is that children don't get what they need to grow, learn, and thrive. www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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New DHS Public Charge Policy Will Increase Fear and Harm Children’s Health and Well-being | CLASP
By removing those protections, the final rule creates confusion and uncertainty that will most likely discourage many immigrant families from seeking health care, nutrition assistance, housing support...
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
JOIN US TONIGHT: Want to take action and stand up to AI billionaires? Join us TONIGHT at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT to learn how we can demand that our elected officials stand with people—not Big Tech billionaires. RSVP: secure.ngpvan.com/Ac9ikvWer0S_...
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Children living under the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda are no longer offered the protections that have kept them safe. Forcing young people to spend weeks or months in detention and putting their lives at risk by ordering their deportation is not good policy—it's just cruel.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In the latest episode of Silicon Valley vs. the Vatican: Peter Thiel says the Pope is a "Chinese communist agent." www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/u...
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Peter Thiel: The pope is ‘working for the Chinese Communists’ by criticizing AI | CNN
Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the billionaire tech investor said the Vatican’s concerns could discourage America in the AI arms race, warned of a democratic-socialist takeover and explained wh...
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Refugee Advocacy Lab @refugeeadvocacylab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As we celebrate the freedoms promised by the American founding, we seek to offer those same freedoms to refugees in search of safety, liberty & prosperity. Urge your state & local elected officials to sign onto the #FreedomToWelcome letter. tinyurl.com/FreedomToWel...
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Freedom, opportunity, and diversity—on this 250th anniversary of our country, we are reminded of what America is still striving to become.
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As our nation marks 250 years, our Executive Director @vcardenas.bsky.social reflects on her family's own immigration story, the harm of Trump's immigration agenda, and why immigrants still believe in the promise of this country. americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/reflecting...
Reflecting On The 250th Anniversary Of Our Democracy

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our democratic experiment, immigrants and their children are persisting day by day — even as our government kidnaps, racially profiles, and strips them of their right to live as Americans.

Who gets to be an American and who we want to be as a nation have become central to our national conversation.

- Vanessa Cárdenas  
Executive Director of America’s Voice
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
From Nevada to Connecticut, we celebrated the news of birthright citizenship being upheld! "No child should have to wonder whether they belong in the country where they were born." gothamist.com/news/words-a...
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'I am relieved': NY, NJ react to Supreme Court ruling backing birthright citizenship
The court ruling denied President Donald Trump a key tool for limiting immigration to the United States.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
No one should have to prove they belong in the country where they were born. We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the 14th Amendment and reject yet another attack on immigrant families and the Constitution!
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
From the Metropolitan Opera to @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, award-winning artists will join together this Sunday for a benefit concert to support working-class and immigrant families and @wearecasa.bsky.social. Buy tickets now! Use special promo code CASAFINAL www.symphonyspace.org/events/vp-co...
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Communities Rising: A We Are CASA Benefit Concert
Bruce Adolphe Presents
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Rather than help people with rising gas prices, high utility rates, and healthcare access, Congress is set to vote on giving ICE $70 billion to fuel violence against all communities this week. TAKE ACTION NOW: secure.ngpvan.com/hAp_fFN090qA...
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Just Futures Law @justfutureslaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Palantir has helped build the backbone of ICE's deportation machine. This is why JFL filed a lawsuit  seeking records related to ICE's use of Palantir's technology tools. Check out 404 media's coverage to learn how ICE uses Elite (linked to Palantir) to find which neighborhoods to raid.
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Immigrant Rights Lawyers File Lawsuit Over Palantir’s ELITE
Just Futures Law is seeking a wealth of documents related to the tech Palantir provides to ICE.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICE KIDNAPS. PALANTIR PROFITS. Today, we joined faith leaders, loved ones of immigrants disappeared by ICE, and advocates in front of Palantir’s office during its annual general meeting to make one thing clear: you can’t hide.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
JOIN US on Wednesday @ 8pm ET to learn how you can support the fight to #FreeThemAll from Delaney Hall. Our communities deserve dignity, not detention. RVSP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
When you see the videos of chaos at Delaney Hall, remember that in a few days Congressional Republicans will try to pass a budget bill that would give tens of $billions more to ICE with zero accountability/reforms. Let’s make our voices heard to stop this bill.
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Congresswoman Analilia Mejia @repanalilia.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The conditions at Delaney Hall are inhumane. No one should be subjected to what’s happening inside that facility. Delaney Hall must be shut down, and ICE must be reined in.
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Vanessa Cardenas @vcardenas.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
While the administration keeps using the talking point of the "worst of the worst" and emphasizing their focus on "criminals," the pressure to fulfill Miller’s quotas ensures that they are instead going after long-established community members with deeply rooted lives and families here.
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New ICE Budget Request Makes Official: Trump & Miller Set Mass Deportation Quota of One Million Per Year - America's Voice
Washington, DC — In the Washington Times article, “ICE sets 1 million deportation target for 2026, 2027,” Stephen Dinan reports: “It has long been rumored and denied, but ICE has now made it official:...
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
While Trump praises Palantir, it takes in millions of taxpayer dollars as ICE’s premier tech co-conspirator by helping ICE track and surveil immigrants and citizens alike. Big Tech corporations that profit from mass deportations and surveillance should not warrant praise—they must raise concerns.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"ICE uses Palantir’s tools to process and summarize tips sent to the department, as well as a Palantir system called ELITE that sources and collates information from government agencies to create neighborhood maps that lead them to probable deportation targets." www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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ICE's Use of AI Will Lead to Big Mistakes. Maybe That's the Point
Cybersecurity experts say that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seems to be indifferent to how their artificial intelligence tools work.
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Children Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
[1] As Congress’s deadline approaches to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), growing numbers of children and families continue to suffer in immigrant family detention. childrenthriveaction.org/2026/02/chil...
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Children’s Advocates to Congress: “There is No Appropriate Amount of Time for Children to be Detained” - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, DC, February 10, 2026—As ...
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Powerful quote from @maketheroadnj.bsky.social: "We want to make sure we are not forgetting the conversation about the data infrastructure, the backbone, that holds up ICE … The state should not be giving one dollar to Palantir.”
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National Day Laborer Organizing Network @ndlon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“State violence can dehumanize us all. But you aren’t powerless.” A powerful new LA Times op-ed by our Co-Executive Director, Pablo Alvarado, on how repeated cruelty breeds numbness — and why solidarity and compassion restore our shared humanity. lat.ms/49Nj9iP
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alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Palantir is spending its revenue from ICE contracts on our elected officials. The top 5 leaderboard: 1. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)- $286,801 2. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)- $148,500 3. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.)- $134,600 4. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)- $106,051 5. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)- $105,350
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is a full-on violation of our rights. The government cannot break into our homes without a judicial warrant. To meet its self-imposed, cruel deportation quotas, the Trump administration is flagrantly violating the Fourth Amendment and allowing ICE to terrorize our communities in the process.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE! Tell Congress to vote NO and stop funding ICE. We've seen agents terrorize and invade our communities, go after citizens and non-citizens alike, and detain and deport our neighbors. actionnetwork.org/letters/reje...
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Urge Senators and Members to Reject ICE Funding!
We need you to take action NOW! Coming into the New Year the House and Senate are proposing to expand immigration detention. Currently the proposal on the table includes funding to detain an additiona...
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Center for Law and Social Policy @clasp.org · 20/01/2026
As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025. www.clasp.org/publications...
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The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers | CLASP
CLASP’s new timeline, “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” provides a clear illustration of just some of the ways that President Trump and his administrat...
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The removal of immigrants without a criminal record has gone up more than SIX times. Trump's mass deportation agenda isn't public safety—it's chaos and trauma inflicted on everyone. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Many People Has Trump Deported So Far?
In the first year of the Trump administration, it was the nature of the deportations, rather than their number, that changed the most, an analysis of government data reveals.
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
While Big Tech CEO's like Alex Karp rake in billions, our communities are being tracked, spied, and detained on behalf of their technologies. Palantir is profiting from surveillance, militarization, and authoritarianism. Read how their technology powers ICE raids⬇️
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
"One of the citizens whom agents put in a chokehold was 16 years old." Yet another example of why ICE and Border Patrol agents do not belong in our communities. The harm and violence have gone unchecked for far too long—and the people now demand accountability.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government…
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023. www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
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Data Center Watch Report Q2 2025 UPDATE — Data Center Watch
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Make the Road States @mtrstates.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
From @maketheroadnj.bsky.social: “The tragic loss of Jean Wilson Brutus is a prime example of the deadly reality of immigrant detentions. This loss reverberates far beyond detention walls: it sends a message to immigrant families across the country that their lives are treated as expendable.”
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/12/2025
As data centers pop up in every corner of the country, their electricity demands are spiking rates for everyone. But why on Earth should you be covering the electricity bill of a billion-dollar tech giant? This week, @warren.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov, & I are asking big tech just that.
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Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs
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