As the Islamophobic voices rise up again, thought I would point out that its thankfully not easy to denaturalize Americans. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Trump's latest attempt to thwart state AI rules will probably also fail, as federal agencies like the DOJ and FTC cannot encroach on lawful state regulations without a clear delegation from Congress, Olivier Sylvain argues on @techpolicypress.bsky.social:

Imp thread on new AI regs

Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment. /my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Highly recommend!

Powerful piece on collective punishment after NG shooting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

Looking forward to discussing Immigration in NYC: Policy, Belonging, and the Future of Sanctuary. This evening @ Columbia. Register here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

From me and @brennancenter.org colleagues

There is far more to the NYPD surveillance system than DAS & the disbanded demographics unit. POST act disclosures of surveillance tech have been minimal & NYPD IG which could help shed light weakened. These need fixing for starters. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/n...

1/2 The Liberty & NatSec team @brennancenter.org is hiring for two positions: senior counsel and tech strategist. Pls spread the word. brennancenter.applytojob.com/apply/86gRwx...

Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R

Unfortunate branding

Former ambassadors and senior State Department officials — including Steady State members — warn that the U.S. is targeting foreign students and scholars for their lawful speech, undermining free-expression principles and harming America’s global standing. drive.google.com/file/d/1GIq2...

The numbers are in: new foreign student enrollment dropped by 17 percent this year. 60+ former sr State Dept officials and ambassadors (both D& R) explain why this is bad for America & Americans: drive.google.com/file/d/1GIq2...

After 9/11, the U.S. built a huge surveillance infrastructure for counterterrorism. It was abused to target Muslim Americans, but the broad authorities were also used to go after protestors. Immigration enforcement is the new counterterrorism: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters and anyone who allegedly funds them. bit.ly/3Kq348R

Who would have guessed this would happen? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

This is a huge win that you might have missed last week: we successfully pressured airlines to shut down their data broker, which was selling passenger data to the government without a court order. I'm going to keep at it until other industries to follow suit.

1/6 Thread on story from @us.theguardian.com on FBI & NYPD spying on court watch Signal group chat. Bottom line: this stuff has been happening for ages and until we dismantle the post 9/11 domestic spying apparatus it will keep happening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Across the country, police departments have adopted AI-driven platforms to assist with data collection and analysis. But without robust safeguards, these data fusion tools risk generating inaccurate results, perpetuating bias, and undermining individual rights. bit.ly/44nxPlx

This is the right outcome. We generally need to re-think the explosive growth in info sharing of the last 2 decades. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

1/6 Thread on story from @us.theguardian.com on FBI & NYPD spying on court watch Signal group chat. Bottom line: this stuff has been happening for ages and until we dismantle the post 9/11 domestic spying apparatus it will keep happening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our experts detail what we know about recent crime trends in New York City, including sharp drops in murders and shootings, as well as persistent challenges to tackle. bit.ly/4o734Zo

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...

This is a really imp read. Victims get prosecuted and no accountability for abusive ICE agents.

1/5 Thread on TX gov Abbott's purported "designation" or Muslim Brotherhood & CAIR as foreign terrorist orgs. Bottom line: it is a PR move that aims to discredit the largest Muslim American civil rights group in the US but its legal impact is likely ltd.

"The United States is giving up its position as a magnet for the best and brightest" -- letter from 58 former ambassadors and high-ranking State Department officials decrying the Trump admin's targeting of foreign students and scholars. drive.google.com/file/d/1GIq2...

This is a good discussion of the lone "antifa" indictment brought by the administration. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

1. Yesterday, the State Department designated four Antifa-affiliated entities as global terrorist organizations. It’s part of the Trump regime’s effort to inflate the threat posed by “Antifa.” None of these supposed groups is even alleged to have attacked Americans. www.state.gov/releases/202...

Super interesting. How many ‘bragawatts’ have the hyperscalers announced so far? on.ft.com/4qCvVap

Is facial recognition the new voter ID?

Hard to avoid the war on terror roots of today. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

Super interesting

Spot on! www.cato.org/blog/lawmake...

1/2 Not the first time this threat has been made v. Mamdani. Read on to see how a long line of Supreme Court cases developed to prevent this type of ideological targeting.

Despite the Trump administration’s threats, it’s not easy to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship. Here’s why: bit.ly/4oV8eIP

Tuesday, October 28, is Vote Early Day. Make sure to check your voter registration status — or register if you’re eligible and haven’t yet. The right to vote is a cornerstone of democracy.

So worth reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

This is true. Even more, sanctuary laws still permit local police to pass intelligence to non-immigration feds, who then share it with ICE. Or, as we are seeing so often right now, to run counterprotest operations that serve the federal interest first. Our post-9/11 world is full of workarounds.

This is … alarming www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...

1/5 ICE is on a shopping spree for surveillance tech to pursue purported domestic terrorists like anti-ICE protestors & antifascist/left wing groups that the admin is targeting via NSPM7. Here's some info on HSI, the little-known part of ICE that will lead. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New York’s Richest Ask ‘How Dare He?’ as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall

Imp new 1st Amm lawsuit from @eff.org @muslimadvocates.bsky.social @uaw.org and others contesting fed govt's ever expanding social media surveillance. www.eff.org/document/uaw...

Some highlights from @aclu.org explainer on what NSPM-7 does and doesn't do. www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

Kavanaugh stops in action. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

This memo says that "DVE attacks against ICE continue to be perpetrated primarily by individuals or small groups of actors." This is in stark contrast to the NSPM-7 claim that there is a top-down conspiracy of antifascist violence, as I explain here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Deep dive from me into natsec memo that encourages DOJ, FBI & others to investigate antifascism.

Existing laws give the president great latitude in combating threats to national security — but Trump’s orders purporting to designate antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” are an obvious abuse of this authority. bit.ly/4330Su2