The U.S. government is trying to deport Ohio children’s hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, alleging tenuous connections to terrorism. If DHS succeeds, experts say it could hand the Trump admin. a “sledgehammer” to use on mass deportations. ➡️ Read the full story: www.propublica.org/article/ayma...

A social media user—wrongly accused of posting negatively about Charlie Kirk—was suspended from his job alongside a tidal wave of threatening messages and phone calls, sending his mother and sister fleeing from their home. trib.al/pOclcrP

“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman to lead the celebration of the 215th anniversary of Mexican Independence.” www.nbclosangeles.com/news/nationa...

There is an entire dissertation's worth of contortionist rationale contained in this email. The decline of wapo is so sad. www.instagram.com/p/DOoA1x6DlO...

Bad Bunny, one of the biggest musical artists in the world, said he avoided the US in his tour because he thought ICE would set up ouside his shows.

Sotomayor on the impact: "The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents’ satisfaction."

“My mom lives paycheck to paycheck and if the AC breaks down in the summer and you can’t afford to fix it, you will die here. My dad proves that.” how energy poverty is leading to more climate-related deaths: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social

Funny, there wasn't any place to explain that other meant, "you've completely lost your moral compass and role in upholding a functional democracy"

“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

“We can’t be political with our content, but they have politicized everything. We need to prove we’re not partisan by following this very partisan directive. What are we supposed to do? It’s like up is down.” — Longtime Smithsonian worker

I don't care.

Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio are some of the most dangerous cities in the country for road rage shootings, a 2024 Trace analysis found. Texas led the country on highway gun violence. Now, a new state law will increase penalties for shooting at an occupied vehicle. Read more: thetr.ac/0mPXs

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Reminder that this is illegal. The IRS has statutory rules that forbid them-except under very specific conditions-from sharing data. The reason is very practical-if people don't trust the IRS they will avoid 'voluntarily' paying taxes. The tax system falls apart otherwise.

Ominous and depressing.

Texas congressional districts: Whites 40% population but majority in 60% districts Hispanics 39% of pop but majority in 18% districts Blacks 12% of pop but majority in 0% districts Now Texas re-gerrymandering for 2026 bc Trump says they’re not skewed enough 🤔 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hola #nahj25! Don't miss this powerful conversation on authentic leadership. Join us TODAY in Williford C at 4:30p as we work to break through leadership ranks while honoring our Latine identity and values bit.ly/nahj25authen...

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

I'm tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists, White Supremacists, and extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month. There are now 90 anti-LGBTIQ incidents mapped — including 29 incidents of vandalism and 6 incidents of anti-LGBTIQ violence or threats.

The mayor of Huntington Park had formally directed the police department to enforce laws against ICE concerning unmarked vehicles, visible license plates and required agency identification.

.@CBS8 in San Diego reports that due to Bishop Michael Pham’s presence in the courtroom, in effect, cases of migrants today were postponed.

Seeing lots of posts about Pope Leo mobilizing priests to stand with US immigrants making courthouse appointments. He is not. Three US bishops - including one appointed by Leo - ARE organizing solidarity action at courthouses today, international refugee day.

A USC professor started a hotline to help folks with immigration-related hearings complete and submit motions to have online/remote hearings instead of in-person hearings. The number is 888-462-5211. @annenbergmedia.bsky.social has the full story here ⤵️ www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/06/18/u...

🧵 The last few weeks (years?!) news is breaking my brain and my heart. The barrage of headlines and videos about people being harassed, surveilled, detained and/or disappeared is horrifying. But a couple of thoughts for your consideration...

I am absolutely honored to be leading two important conversations at #NAHJ25 in Chicago next month. If you are going, I hope you'll join us. First up: How are newsrooms centering immigrant audiences at this moment?

writing a story when— Why’s the hyperlink to a .gov page I wanna cite taking me to an “Access Denied” wall?? So weird. It’s literally just historical info on female bootleggers during Prohibition. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. Nothin. Oh. There it is—In the url: “Diversity/women.” Now I’m annoyed

We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.

Looking forward to this panel in great company. ➡️ @erkabettycarlos.bsky.social ➡️ @amzam.bsky.social ➡️ @ric02sp.bsky.social @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social

“‘I’m a member of the media, officer,’ Guevara tells a police officer right before he’s arrested. The video shows Guevara wearing a bright red shirt under a protective vest with ‘PRESS’ printed across his chest.” apnews.com/article/jour...

“In sadness, I dissent.”

This is so good.

The June 17 edition of @thelatinonewsletter.org is by @vaquero2xl.bsky.social from our San Juan bureau. Migrants Speak About Fear and Detention in Puerto Rico Escalating immigration enforcement affects even those seeking legal paths to citizenship

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Trump turns to the construction workers gathered around him an says thaty if any of them are undocumented "they'll find out," and "your whole life will be destroyed."

Boston showed up for No Kings Day!

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS

Roll Tide! Alabama would not be left out.

NEW: The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker

"Many" = tens of thousands

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

Am seeing more of these across my feed - citizens pushing ICE agents back in protest, defending their neighbors. San Diego yesterday: bsky.app/profile/wear... Bloomington, MN, today:

My ratio of saves to reads was prob 10:1, but I still want to know: Where are you putting all the stuff you saved to Pocket?! (RIP 🥹)

One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.

UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off. We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos

For people in their mid-40's this might turn out to be the 5th 25% stock market drawdown of their careers. That's the same number as there were in the second half of the 20th century:

Two Guatemalans detained in early morning ICE raid in New Bedford

You can’t *give* carte blanche that has already been unilaterally taken.