#ICE Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown www.wired.com/story/border...

#Environment The water usage by data centers is one of the most critical problems facing the world, and almost no one is talking about it. www.wired.com/story/senato...

This week, @maddow.bsky.social highlighted how Delta Airlines is aiding #ICE in kidnapping children and families: youtu.be/36uvETie3zQ?...

Can we stop pretending that conservatives care about waste? They keep talking about immigrants taking up resources and then support this. The below doesn’t even include the costs of deporetiom flights. We’ve always known it was about racism. #ICE www.npr.org/2026/03/24/n...

Which #ICE concentration camps are in your area? Which companies are they contracting with? All this info plus more now available on austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...

Article about the Cassandras, the people (mostly women) who predicted how destructive Trump would be, but were dismissed by centrist / liberal pundits as "hysterical." newrepublic.com/article/2042...

And Epstein was an explicit eugenicist! Even in the (unlikely) scenario that the academics writing him chummy emails didn't know about the pedophilia charges, they were seeking funding because they thought their work aligned with his interests, which were monstrous.

#Education: Reporters like this idiot at Politico are always SHOCKED when self-described "anti-woke free speech" proponents harbor right-wing views and seek to stifle left-leaning speech. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

92% of #ICE Detention Growth Comes from People with No Criminal Convictions open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

#Project2025 was just a set of political opinions. It was an action plan with specific policy goals and actionable routes to achieve them. Now the Heritage Foundation has unveiled a new plan to control women and families: mockingbirdlearning.substack.com

#books: Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America www.democracynow.org/2026/1/23/ho...

Follow the money: when they ban physical #books, they can charge for tablets and e-book rentals. They even charge for public domain books. #Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals. bookriot.com/arkansas-pri...

The Great #Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

You should be skeptical when you hear panicked claims about social media's effects on #teens: open.substack.com/pub/taylorlo...

How the Trump administration is targeting the press. open.substack.com/pub/chills/p...

Women continue to die after being denied an #abortion link.propublica.net/view/5f0a090...

Two of my #cats died from FIP (feline coronavirus). They could have been saved with this drug, but it’s not available in the US: revealnews.org/podcast/cat-...

The no-angeling is already in full swing.

#Books: How people in the US read in 2025: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-ameri...

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

#ReproductiveFreedom Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Due to Homicide, Suicide, and Drug Overdose jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...

While #food prices soar and #SNAP benefits are cut, there is ever more food wasted by companies. City Harvest NYC rescues this food and gets it to needy families: sentientmedia.org/new-york-cit...

Human Rights Watch's ICE Flight Monitor documented 10,672 total flights during the Trump admin. October alone saw a record 1,014 domestic shuffle flights—the highest on record—plus 199 deportation flights, which is above historic levels. austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-admi...

#NY An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again. The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct. nysfocus.com/2025/11/17/n...

Stories of women who died because they weren't able to access #abortion: www.propublica.org/article/texa...

#history There's something about this nation, and about the way Ken Burns sees it, that makes me want to weep. He makes me fall in love with it all over again. This weekend, I recommend The American Revolution #documentary on PBS: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...

New #podcast alert. Check out animal activist @flatbushcats podcast Underfoot, about the systemic issues affecting strays #cats #pets podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

While our government remains #shutdown - and republicans claim they want to eliminate waste - Trump's buddies in #Argentina may get $20 to $40 million from US taxpayers popular.info/p/update-tax...

influencers who are not disclosing that they are right-wing hacks are dissuading women from using hormonal #birthcontrol. www.khou.com/video/news/h...

#NewYork ’s Biggest #ICE Detention Center Bans #Books Deliveries nysfocus.com/2025/10/08/b...

More information on the cops who used 83k cameras to track an #abortion patient on her abuser's tip, and how the cops tried to cover their tracks. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-abor...

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your #HealthInsurance to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. www.propublica.org/article/heal...

#Environment The political killings you don’t hear about: Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable. heated.world/p/the-politi...

Remember when Trump & MAGAs supposedly cared about government waste? “A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for #Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary” popular.info/p/trumps-arg...

What does the data tell us about #terrorism? csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...

Police raid at a party results in dozens of arrests of Tren de Aragua members, except police has failed to prove a single case against the people arrested. www.texasobserver.org/officials-tr...

"Anyone who has experienced a period inside or outside of prison has a shared experience: the overflow. The state issues incarcerated women 15 pads and just 10 tampons per month ... if you can afford them." prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/09/24/w...

Here’s the most annoying part of this story. We KNEW the government would ask for these records. The issue here is that Meta’s default response is to comply… when they are under no obligation to do so.

Canceling a streaming service? How about watching FREE silent films instead? I have the links!

Trump's Unjust and Illegal Killing of 11 Venezuelans reason.com/volokh/2025/...

#ICE Detains Woman With Green Card Who Passed US Citizenship Exam www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-...

Every time I remember that Cary Grant didn’t get an Oscar for this, I get upset. #film #cinema

Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

How to start an #ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community: www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

How conservatives are trying to move the repeal of the #19thAmendment from the far right into the mainstream open.substack.com/pub/feminist...

Pictures of the men sent by #Ice to #ElSalvador. This was a human rights violation and the people responsible should be prosecuted for human rights violations, truly. www.propublica.org/article/ceco...

It's nice to know that I am officially better at podcasting than Sam Harris but worse than Andrew Huberman www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li...