Reposted by VeryJenEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21hWatch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation. 11721301021
Reposted by VeryJenRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."theguardian.comTesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuseExclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse 11830207
Reposted by VeryJenYonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The US rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from RAF Fairford in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, two U.S. officials said on Sunday www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats (Gift Article)The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 76420
Reposted by VeryJenJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled for the first time that a Flock search was unconstitutional and violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights. Oklahoma cop pulled over a woman and searched her in Flock "because he saw her license plate was from California" www.404media.co/federal-judg...404media.coFederal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and UnconstitutionalFlock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote. 141523487
Reposted by VeryJenMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.” 261202268
Reposted by VeryJenChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 25/09/2026The three-page letter written by Sheri Mecklenburg, obtained Friday by the Tribune, accused Boutros’ office of placing her on leave and keeping her in the dark about its responses to the growing controversy, including an announcement that it was investigating all of her previous actions.chicagotribune.com‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor pens fiery resignation letter saying US attorney pushed for felony charges 11810
Reposted by VeryJenJohn Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is quite an achievement. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 04611
Reposted by VeryJenDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 6226691083
Reposted by VeryJenProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412114536111
Reposted by VeryJenMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026UPDATE: I spoke with a witness to this incident who tells me the man involved was walking to a pharmacy and says he was in the hospital the day before He tells me the man had an abrasion on his right temple, his right eye appeared swollen and he had blood on his shirt as ICE left the scene More 👇evanstonnow.comVictim in ICE stop was walking to pharmacy, witness says - Evanston NowAgents drove off, leaving the man bloodied on the pavement. 510064
Reposted by VeryJenMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove offevanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 39466423498
Reposted by VeryJenMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Full statement now out by EPD "Officers are conducting a video canvass, preserving available body-worn-camera and in-car video, and collecting photographs and video from witnesses and community members." content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ILE... 19855169
Reposted by VeryJenMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Evanston police chief Schenita Stewart tells me that EPD contacted the agents involved, including one who had blood on their hands The agent "told the officer that agents had attempted to identify an individual who resembled a person they were seeking." 18953184
Reposted by VeryJensmellytoe @smellytoe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End (Gift Article)The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream. 051
Reposted by VeryJenamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.motherjones.comThe Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.” 121508704
Reposted by VeryJenGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"He is a minor; it's traumatic enough for an adult — for something like this to happen to him is really tough," said the mom of one of the teens. "It was eight hours without hearing from him; they wouldn't give me any information — they behaved very badly."krgv.com‘Justice must be served': Family outraged after viral video shows ICE detaining 17-year-old in AlamoA mother demands answers after a viral video captured ICE agents detaining her 17-year-old son in Alamo, sparking conflicting accounts between the family and DHS. 15024
Reposted by VeryJenBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A must read. A carefully researched report on how the Heritage Foundations promotes networks of truly extremist Christian nationalist schools and seeks public funding for them. civildefenseinstitute.org/features/her...civildefenseinstitute.orgHow the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil DefenseTracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way. 17270139
Reposted by VeryJenBoycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 17/09/2026WA residents, if you don't want a company that contracts with DHS to track immigrants down providing interpretation services for crime victims & injured workers, please reach out to @lniwa.bsky.social to ask them not to renew their contract with SOS International (SOSi).projectsaltbox.comICE triples its orders to the private firms hunting immigrantsThree of the firms also hold ICE contracts to check on migrant children. Another holds a third contract to collect fines from people already deported. 2169
Reposted by VeryJenThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 11/09/2026This is a different guy than the one who had to quit for assaulting a 15 year old. tiffinohio.net/posts/husted...tiffinohio.netJon Husted campaign chair quits after guilty plea in case involving 15-year-oldHavas served 90 days in jail after his 2009 case was reduced from sexual misconduct with a minor to misdemeanor assault, records show. 45528
Reposted by VeryJenWestern Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 11/09/2026We're fighting a plan for exactly this in NV for the Townsite Data Center. BLM took a permit for a solar farm & said they could build a data center instead. Townsite would use 21x more water, use 167 MW of electricity instead of generating it, & pave 80% of the land in threatened tortoise habitat. 🌎 12112
Reposted by VeryJenAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova…. 425128373458
Reposted by VeryJenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026JD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer" 12302270551
Reposted by VeryJenAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Great idea for FOIAs! 221260306
Reposted by VeryJenProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 10/09/2026Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt. 451357352
Reposted by VeryJenWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How is ICE making record arrests? I found the answer in Pa. coal country, where cops lured by a promise of federal $$$ have embraced ICE's 287(g) and are throwing up checkpoints, raiding job sites, arresting 100s, and terrorizing their communities My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...inquirer.comIn Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will BunchPa.'s Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump's mass deportation, as local cops lured by federal cash bust scores of migrants. 6517951047
Reposted by VeryJenChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026UPDATE: The 2022 congressional map will be used in the general election for Missouri's congressional elections. The Republican-back HB1 map will not be used. www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-blo... 619239
Reposted by VeryJenCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi... 46679473376
Reposted by VeryJenAlex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...nytimes.comTrump Posts Map Suggesting New Mexico Be Renamed as ‘New America’The suggestion, posted on social media, appeared to be the latest in the president’s efforts to alter geographic names. 7594
Reposted by VeryJenOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/09/2026Another 26 US service members have then been added to the casualty count. Pentagon data puts the total since the war began at 838: 18 killed, 820 wounded. And tonight Iran is still firing ballistic missiles at US bases in Jordan. 63970503
Reposted by VeryJenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026 Wow -- Lutnick is pressed on his corruption KERNEN: The perception is you're sitting at Commerce & able to control what Cantor is getting in fees w/ your sons running it. It looks like a conflict LUTNICK: It's just not. I'm no longer involved in my own companies & this is just minor stuff anyway 112370592237
Reposted by VeryJeniTunes Brian 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇷🇸 🇺🇦 @itunesbrian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Although I’ve stopped most of my business dealings with America (as a Canadian), I will still support PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). I watch PBS news & I watch enormous amounts of PBS Programs. PBS viewers are the good Americans, (like family to me). Support PBS.🇨🇦 www.btpm.org/commitment-t...btpm.orgBuffalo Toronto Public Media's Commitment to CanadaAs a truly binational public media station, Buffalo Toronto Public Media (BTPM) has proudly served the people of Western New York and Southern Ontario for over half a century, providing a community-su... 26787251431
Reposted by VeryJenTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Same. I come from sharecroppers. At least once a month I say, aloud, “it ain’t picking cotton!” But that doesn’t mean it isn’t absolutely brutal. I wouldn’t change my current life for anything but few can appreciate the toll it took on me. And that was BEFORE the tech $$ added fuel to the fire. 328534
Reposted by VeryJenEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Angie Nixon’s victory didn’t come out of nowhere. It came because Black voters in the South are furious after the Supreme Court killed the Voting Rights Act. In almost every election since, Black voter turnout skyrocketed. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.uk‘People are p*****’: Black voters energized after Supreme Court guts Voting RightsThe Supreme Court loosened the rules allowing redistricting. Eric Garcia breaks down the numbers and they show that Black voters are protesting with their ballots — and their growing numbers could swi... 241774458
Reposted by VeryJenRoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 21/08/2026After his 35-year-old wife bled to death from a miscarriage in a Houston-area hospital, a Texas father is suing—and taking her story to Capitol Hill. msmagazine.com/2026/08/21/p...msmagazine.com‘It’s Killing the Women You Represent’: Texas Widower’s Plea to Lawmakers to End Abortion BanAfter his wife Porsha Ngumezi bled to death from a miscarriage in Houston, a Texas father is suing and taking Porsha's story to Capitol Hill. 291220526
Reposted by VeryJenAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Pretty strong WTF here. I noted the sudden retirement of the publisher in my newsletter yesterday -- now, to FIRE someone who is already leaving, PLUS the editor, is quite a thing 614436
Reposted by VeryJenGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/08/2026CORRECTION: After looking at the flight data a little closer, there were SIX third-country removals, with an additional stop in Equatorial Guinea -- where migrants already trapped there say officials are beating them and threatening them at gunpoint. 5536283
Reposted by VeryJenSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026How many insane things can Trump say in a day for the media to treat it as important as Biden forgetting a name. 17724109
Reposted by VeryJenThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Couldn’t make it up if we tried 48369081776
Reposted by VeryJenMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🚨BREAKING: In a letter sent Wednesday to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff said they have “grave concern” over Shasta Registrar of Voters plan to hire Peters to replace his current assistant in September. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCalifornia senators call for ‘maximum oversight’ over conspiracist Tina Peters’ new election jobIn a letter sent to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff said they have “grave concern” over Shasta Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis’ plan to hire Peters. 68284233335
Reposted by VeryJenGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19/08/2026Glad to see some reporting on this. When I first posted on July 17 about these incidents where an airline worker is asked or tricked into helping ICE, person who told me was too afraid of being identifiable for me to report it out. Bottom line: If you are not a citizen, do not use US air travel rn. 61290696
Reposted by VeryJenRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This thread in response to David Perry's post of the (horrific) NYer piece on a Nobel laureate/serial child molester brings me back to something I run into all the time: a lack of awareness of how much society has changed over the past several decades. 14940191
Reposted by VeryJenRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026One thing I remember and hardly anyone seems to is that there's a sort of sexual revolution interregnum when all sex was good (seen from the adult male perspective, which it mostly was) including sex with children, which was publicly defended. Feminism, mostly, is what changed that. 401764213
Reposted by VeryJenDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026 “I realized I’m in the middle of a pedophile operation that has been run out of the N.I.H. by a Nobel laureate for thirty years.” Aviv has made a lot of choices in how she frames this story, and I'm not criticizing it (I am thinking about it), but burying this in the middle is one. 141052247
Reposted by VeryJenBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026i've not read the article yet, just David's thread (and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's follow-up thread) about the article and their thoughts but i said 'what the fuck' aloud many times over because What The Fuck!!!!! 4618
Reposted by VeryJenMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Personal heuristic: If the lead story on the NY Times website is about the bond market, things are not going well with the economy. 933791857
Reposted by VeryJenPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026As you read this account of state terror & maltreatment of a woman snatched arbitrarily from her husband’s side, consider that hers is one of the better briefer such ICE atrocities daily documented & that her husband wished & enabled this hell on countless others. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...nytimes.comHe Was a MAGA Patriot. ICE Took His Wife Away.The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history. 33433112
Reposted by VeryJenDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026An article on a 3-time Trump voter who voted for the man bc he liked his anti-immigrant agenda, until Trump came for his own wife. He wanted Trump to go after other people's families, not his own family.nytimes.comHe Was a MAGA Patriot. ICE Took His Wife Away. (Gift Article)The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history. 3135