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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 5h

The “shadow docket” strikes again. The conservative justices on the Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the Trump administration to restart its “third-country removal” scheme, less than two weeks after an appeals court ruled it was unlawful. buff.ly/fmAMTBF

Supreme Court Allows ICE to Restart Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect

Two federal courts have said it’s obviously unlawful to expel immigrants to a place they’ve never been. And yet.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 5h

A naïve business school student, presented with the behavior of the company Meta over the last ten years, would have an obvious question: Why on earth did the company waste tens of billions of dollars on this “metaverse” nonsense? buff.ly/Y5CRKwP

Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect

‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 6h

Data provided by the federal government itself shows ICE is failing to provide adequate medical care. buff.ly/HsN5a9u

Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect

The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 6h

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People demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in favor of asylum for immigrants.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 6h

Medicare for All is a far better brand for Democrats than building on the Affordable Care Act. There is an important ideological subtext: Public is not only more socially just than private, it’s also more efficient. buff.ly/rfMA6zY

The Road to Universal Medicare - The American Prospect

The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 7h

When it comes to both shrewdness and ruthlessness, Trump doesn’t hold a candle to Der Führer. German democracy was systematically murdered. Ours is likely to survive, if barely, largely because Donald Trump is the destroyer of his own grand designs. buff.ly/WPIHOvD

Trump’s No Good at Dictatoring - The American Prospect

Not for lack of trying. Trump would like to be a supreme dictator, but his demented narcissism keeps undercutting his own schemes.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 9h

We updated this story after seeing that the government took down the mortality reports. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has the files. Read the documents ICE doesn't want you to see in her story here: buff.ly/yYeaoFI

Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect

The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16h

The mortality reviews document immigrants’ rapidly deteriorating health as they endure symptoms of conditions that are otherwise treatable. prospect.org?p=145558

Demonstrators place flowers outside the Adelanto Ice Processing Center

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 16h

All told, at least five million people already lost health insurance in the first six months of 2026. prospect.org?p=145518

Demonstrators holding "Medicare for All" signs

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 17h

We are crying out for an overhaul of our entire financial system. There are few ways to make that easier than by taking the Silicon Valley oligarch class down a peg or three. prospect.org?p=145569

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell is shown projected onscreen in Times Square

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 29/09/2026

It may sound logical that the NCAA, like professional sports leagues, should be able to set its own rules. But the reason that the NFL and NBA can do so is that they collectively bargain with their players. buff.ly/Ja7ugt4

Union Busting Comes to Campus - The American Prospect

The Senate-passed Protect College Sports Act is really an anti-labor bill meant to restore the NCAA cartel at the expense of the athletes.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 29/09/2026

What Troy Jackson has is a gruff, sometimes endearing authenticity, which energizes volunteers. He is a pure Mainer. Taking that away from him, as Chuck Schumer’s out-of-state transplants seem to be doing, isn’t exactly smart. buff.ly/WKXoN3p

Chuck Schumer Neuters Troy Jackson - The American Prospect

Can the populist Maine Democratic Senate nominee take back his own campaign?

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 29/09/2026

The Protect College Sports Act grants the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption so it can avoid the parade of lawsuits that finally forced it to pay the athletes who generate all the value. prospect.org?p=145551

Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during a press conference

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 29/09/2026

OpenAI models are attacking websites and taking anything they can out of them because that is the business model of the company. prospect.org?p=145474

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 29/09/2026

Jackson, a flat-out populist, is not an ideal candidate. He is not a great speaker, and he does not have anything like Platner’s charisma. prospect.org?p=145461

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 28/09/2026

Trump’s summit with China’s Xi Jinping was a perfect metaphor for the entire Trump presidency: no strategic goals or coherent plans, and a clear win for America’s main global adversary. prospect.org?p=145456

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 28/09/2026

Katie Wilson must handle a multiyear budget deficit in the hundreds of millions and keep together an increasingly fractious coalition, while overseeing meaningful “sewer socialist” reforms to housing and public transit. prospect.org?p=145341

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 28/09/2026

There are two kinds of elections happening this November, one of them quite strange. prospect.org?p=145395

Democratic congressional candidate Angela Gonzales-Torres

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/09/2026

A great deal of both the stock market boom and the surprising continued GDP and job growth rests on the artificial and unsustainable stimulus of the AI bubble. prospect.org?p=145364

Protesters gather outside the New Mexico Environment Department

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/09/2026

The key here is that on everything that matters, Trump and Republicans in Congress are fully aligned. prospect.org?p=145293

Capitol dome overlaid White House

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/09/2026

The Trump administration’s election-rigging exercise isn’t quite panning out, but Missouri Republicans have tethered themselves to it just the same. prospect.org?p=145302

People opposing the congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/09/2026

Though marketed as relief for “mom-and-pop” lessors, private equity groups and other large institutional real estate investors have lined up hundreds of LLCs in the class action suit, demanding compensation over income they claim they lost during the eviction moratorium. prospect.org?p=145309

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

At the same time they are withholding potentially highly relevant information from Congress and the public about how much U.S. intelligence agencies are violating Americans’ constitutional rights.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is exerting pressure on congressional lawmakers to allow unwarranted spying to continue by presenting a false looming deadline. buff.ly/bz1Mgvn

Trump Administration Ignores Statutory Deadline to Declassify FISA Court Opinion - The American Prospect

The director of national intelligence appears to be withholding an explosive court opinion that could give lawmakers all the more reason to meaningfully reform surveillance law.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Source request! 📣 Are you volunteering to do midterm poll watching/election observation? I'd love to hear what training you're doing! 'm on Signal at wwimbish.07 & wwimbish @ prospect dot org.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

Hours after the decision came down, flight data shows an ICE charter jet landed in two known third-country removal “host” countries in Africa, while another appeared to be heading toward the continent, raising the possibility that other immigrants may have been or are about to be removed unlawfully.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

A Peruvian man threatened with removal to the Central African Republic is safe for now after an appeals court reiterated late Wednesday night that its decision last week overturning the Trump administration’s third-country removal policy was effective immediately. buff.ly/appn1yQ

Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect

An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

It has been almost two weeks since the statutory deadline to declassify a potentially damningForeign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinion. prospect.org?p=145233

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton testifies during his confirmation hearing

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

The idea is to use a deep canvass to learn what’s on the minds of working families, and then distill the results into an explicit plan of action that reflects actual worker views rather than top-down policy wonkery. prospect.org?p=145220

Troy Jackson seated with other attendees at a labor council breakfast

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/09/2026

We are witnessing the collapse of antitrust enforcement at the federal level under the second Trump administration. prospect.org?p=145231

Oracle chairman Larry Ellison speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 23/09/2026

Harris performed dismally in the 2020 primaries because she wasn’t clear about what she stood for. She suffered from the same deficits when she became the party’s accidental nominee in 2024. prospect.org?p=145214

Former Vice President Kamala Harris

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 23/09/2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are trying to expel at least one immigrant to a country he’s never been to, despite a federal appeals court smacking down the Trump administration’s “third-country removal program” last week, new court documents show. buff.ly/HOn9Ysd

ICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect

Immigration officials want to send a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic within hours, court filings show.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 23/09/2026

Republicans know they're in trouble, so they are spending hard. prospect.org?p=145157

Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido speaks to supporters

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 23/09/2026

Rideshare giants Uber and Lyft each offer recourse for drivers facing deactivation, but drivers and their advocates across the country said that their appeals processes favor companies over drivers. prospect.org?p=145147

Uber and Lyft stickers are seen on a rideshare vehicle

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has settled the challenge that he brought with 11 other state AGs to the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. The deal to settle the suit is both improbable and outrageous. buff.ly/2rmbnaQ

Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case - The American Prospect

Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

In addition to the damage to the technical assistance program, the Trump administration has been systematically dismantling the Office for Civil Rights’ Equity Assistance Centers, the successors to 1960s “Desegregation Assistance Centers.” buff.ly/2U4ThuZ

This Office Was the Best Defense Against Discrimination in Schools. Trump Destroyed It. - The American Prospect

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights once resolved issues before they became yearslong investigations.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

Virtually every state can curtail the corporate domination of politics—without amending the Constitution. buff.ly/hEqxiHZ

Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American Prospect

States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

You’d think that a country whose economy depends on oil would not attempt a war of conquest in the age of drone warfare. And you’d be wrong. buff.ly/UtAgNE0

War Has Never Been More Irrational - The American Prospect

Yet right-wing leaders like Trump and Putin keep starting them.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

Having exhausted the possibilities of “doing a good job” and “making Americans happy,” Republicans have resorted to swamping the opposition with cash in a bid to salvage what is shaping up to be a disastrous midterm election. buff.ly/xNspSlm

Money Can’t Buy Me Votes - The American Prospect

Republicans are going to try to solve their midterm problems with money. Good luck to them.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

By the time this year’s primary season was winding down, corporations had already shelled out more than half a billion dollars in support of congressional candidates. prospect.org?p=145115

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

With the cost of fighting is so high, and the world’s economy so entangled, war has never been more irrational. prospect.org?p=145094

Flame and smoke is seen rising from Moscow’s oil refinery

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

Decades after Jim Crow battles over legal school desegregation, students continue to encounter discrimination that interferes with their ability to learn. prospect.org?p=145105

Hands holding "Equality for all" sign

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

Data centers are now the biggest issue in the Wisconsin governor’s race, and the public has turned on them faster than on anything the state’s leading pollster has measured in 15 years. buff.ly/FeunWxx

Wisconsin GOP Candidate Is Exploiting the Data Center Backlash to Hit Solar, Wind - The American Prospect

Gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany flipped on data centers, outflanked his Democratic rival, and tied the issue to renewable projects he has opposed for years.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

Something strange happened: A tidal wave of public backlash turned Macklemore into the undisputed victor of the PR skirmish. buff.ly/HKyvZcm

Macklemore vs. Everybody - The American Prospect

The wokest rapper took on the NFL’s plutocratic ownership, the Israel lobby, and the Live Nation ‘flywheel’—and won.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

A federal appeals court roundly rejected the Trump administration’s third-country removal policy, largely upholding a lower court’s decision that the policy was unlawful. The panel ruled that immigrants must be given more time to raise fears about removal to a third country. buff.ly/MJzx3tO

Appeals Court Smacks Down Trump’s Third-Country Removal Policy - The American Prospect

Tens of thousands of people have been subjected to the cruel policy, but the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ could soon bring it back.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has settled the challenge that he brought with 11 other state AGs to the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. The deal to settle the suit is both improbable and outrageous. buff.ly/2rmbnaQ

Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case - The American Prospect

Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

Medicare for All is a winning policy supported by the vast majority of Democratic voters that can give the party a boost, including in battleground states, according to a new survey from Rep. Pramila Jayapal and her political action committee. buff.ly/bcq70gx

‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal - The American Prospect

Even more people want Medicare for All than did last December, a new poll shows.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

In Kansas, data centers and the fiscal pressures posed by the Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal raised voters’ collective blood pressure in the governor’s race between the two candidates, who are both state senators: Democrat Cindy Holscher and MAGA Republican Ty Masterson. buff.ly/3HW5gOe

The Brownback Brushback in Kansas - The American Prospect

Data centers and a stadium deal have set the table for a contentious governor’s race in Kansas, a state that has yet to recover fully from its disastrous mid-aughts tax-cutting “experiment.”

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/09/2026

The $81 billion merger with Warner Bros. will give the Ellison family control of two of America’s biggest media companies. prospect.org?p=145077