I read every @nysfocus.bsky.social story. This one turned my stomach, and I will think about it for a long time. from @sammysussman.bsky.social in partnership with @nytimes.com:

Remember when they cried wolf about shoplifting revenue losses

My eyes burn

ICE whistles have made their way to New York. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...

is there a good alternative to the now defunct Pocket extension

NEW: A teen said she was being sexually abused by her adoptive father. An officer didn't believe the teen and didn't take steps to investigate. The teen was returned to the home, where she continued to face sexual abuse. The officer was given just a reprimand. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

NEW w/@nytimes.com: In 2023, a teenager said her adoptive father was abusing her. The officer on the case didn’t believe her. The girl was sent home, and the abuse continued. nysfocus.com/2025/11/17/n...

This is what happens when you don't introduce a new rule until the last year of a president's term www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...

On God?

Today I wanted more day.

I don’t mind that the day is over bc it was very nice and I had a perfect amount

I am prepared to vote for anybody who will stop this

With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people: www.economist.com/interactive/...

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

actually, everyone should keep posting their faces, their homes, their partners, etc. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Ignoring reporters and responding with an instagram reel titled “Why I talked to Jeffrey Epstein” is insanely childish, and this decor is hideous

Why don't people trust the media? www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

My mom was telling me she doesn’t watch Univision anymore because she always hears Kristi Noem ads on the local Univision radio station. She told me the ads promote self-deporting for $1000 and are in English. She said “these are Spanish language stations.” She feels it’s a betrayal to their base.

maybe I am too cynical about this, but I think what we have learned is many people believe and know the truth but just don't really give a fuck

What life under competitive authoritarianism looks like

Zohran showed that a socialist can take City Hall—but the ruling class still forced him to keep Jessica Tisch at the NYPD. For Zohran to fight the police unions and win, the Left has to build power beyond the ballot box. New from me for The Nation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle. Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger. Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.

Two days after the 2016 election, Epstein returns to New York City from Paris. "trump gives many new things to do"

Zohran Mamdani now faces tremendous pressure to deliver on his agenda. To do it, he’ll need Governor Kathy Hochul and the leaders of the Democratic majorities in the legislature to get on board.

"Prison isn’t supposed to be about love, but that’s what Fluffy brought to our concrete world. She became our shared daughter, passed from cell to cell in that mesh bag whenever the heat got too heavy or her various caretakers had legal visits or medical appointments."

pope in criterion closet when

I came up with a new word

Woman Trying To Find Nonpolitical Way To Say Her Cleaner Was Deported https://theonion.com/woman-trying-to-find-nonpolitical-way-to-say-her-cleaner-was-deported/

My screen time is down 67%. So this is how it feels

It’s funny to think about normal people learning about SOMOS

Children & babies in Chicago and its suburbs are feeling the impacts of immigration enforcement. Children had to see a teacher dragged out by federal agents at Rayito de Sol daycare earlier this week. A baby was pepper sprayed today in Cicero, IL. School attendance is dropping in immigrant nhoods.

He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.

Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz." the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness. via @katieprout.bsky.social

thread:

woah www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I posted a photo of myself in a gray sweatshirt and my cousin DMd me to say it’s hers. girl whatever there’s a hole in it 😒😒😒

Here’s a deeply tragic story: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation after being held without her meds now missing in Mexico. By Meredith Colias and Kate Perez www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/t...

NEW: Mamdani convinced New York City voters to back his agenda. Now he needs to convince Albany politicians. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...

In his victory speech, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani gave a shoutout to the taxi cab drivers he fought alongside for in a historic debt relief deal in a hunger strike. nysfocus.com/2024/09/03/t...

At Brooklyn Paramount, the moment AP called the race for mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social:

according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race

when someone I loved told me to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad it gave me the same feeling the first time someone close to me told me they voted for Trump

sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively

The crashouts are admittedly funny.

Yay :)

It's a busy day, I know. But this thread from a reporter covering the trial of the man who threw a sandwich at an immigration agent is absolutely worth your time

Should New York retroactively legalize a winter sports facility built on a protected state preserve, and in exchange acquire new land to add to the preserve? Here's what's at stake with New York’s one statewide ballot initiative. nysfocus.com/2025/11/03/b...