Important heads up: The feds have -publicly- subpoenaed Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta for information (names, phone numbers, email addresses) associated with accounts that are either critical of ICE or that are tracking ICE activities. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... 1/?

That is precisely what the GOP game plan is.

Write your letter.

Helpful for understanding both generally TPS status review procedures and specifically why the current govt is throwing things at walks to see what sticks (and getting called out for it again and again).

Abolish ICE. To be such a weak person that you need to participate in tear gassing children to make yourself feel tough- it’s the most uncomfortable part of the American legacy to swallow. There’s so much work to do, but bravery in the face of evil is contagious too.

Wow, this ruling and this writing. Worth reading. Apparently the date doesn’t matter on the doc, so it’s still legit.

Whew. Judge Biery (Clinton appointee) is not messing around, dropping on the feds the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Fourth Amendment, Ben Franklin, and the Bible. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

greater boston interfaith org is launching a campaign to challenge citizens bank’s role in financing private prisons & ICE detention centers. w/ many GBIO congregations holding accounts at citizens, we have leverage to demand change & stand in solidarity. boycottcitizens.org

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse at the VA until ICE murdered him today.

“This should be just another nail in what should be atrazine’s coffin,” said Lori Ann Burd, our environmental health program director. “Despite all the mounting evidence, it seems nothing is happening to rein in this terrible chemical that’s banned in so many other places.” #Atrazine #Pesticides

Nope.

Does this seem like a good idea?

Having a blast at the mural unveiling and pop up art event at Arts Collaborative Medford. artscollabmedford.org New mural alert!

I don’t even live in NYC, but this is really exciting.

Zohran Mamdani wins! He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win. Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.

What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks. FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP. Where’s the outrage about that?!

FYI: The J.P. Morgan Chase Fireworks, hosted by Pyrotecnico Fireworks, have been lighting up the Boston Inner Harbor off Long Wharf for the past two nights.

We are taking legal action to ensure Adelita Grijalva is sworn in. I will not allow Arizonans to be silenced or treated as second-class citizens in their own democracy. Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

Oooooo, interesting. Somebody on the Ninth Circuit was quite unhappy with the baloney order justifying the National Guard in Oregon. (They also likely believe there's a good shot at reversal before the whole Circuit en banc, or they wouldn't have done this.)

The marines wanted to fire live artillary over I-5; Newsom didn't want them to, but they said too bad; that it was safe. Then, oh, look: a shell detonated prematurely. Good thing Newsom had shut down 17 miles of freeway (used by 80,000 Californians daily). 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

On building social rapport and the importance of the folks who showed up to protest. It’s part of the whole.

A travel recounting (with content warning) that is both personal (to the author) and widely relatable (to my eastern european jewish history and events of today). See also: VT young republicans callous texts

This is devastating for trans kids in MA.

Last Friday, all but two senior staff members in the federal Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs received reduction-in-force notices. These layoffs are a major blow to the agency that's in charge of the money needed for the roughly 7.5 million disabled students.

The grift is so obvious.

Only bots would argue with this point. One could complain about Democrats, but that’s not who is cutting the budget and then trying to blackmail the minority party to vote for more cuts (because even R’s don’t have the votes to do the damage they want).

Republicans have latched onto the fact that 1.4 million of the 10 million people who lost health care from OBBBA are immigrants — but all of them are here legally. Republicans are lying and saying they’re here illegally, and then lying to pretend actually the entire 10 million were here illegally.

Who elected Stephen Miller?

Medical professionals want women to have successful healthy pregnancies. The regime wants to be in charge of your bod and make you suffer. Who you gonna listen to?

It’s Wednesday and that means it is time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week! This week we tackle RFK Jr.’s false claims about fluoride.

Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.

"The State Department claimed...that its focus was on eliminating “abortifacients”—drugs or devices that induce abortion. However, none of the contraceptives stored in the Belgian warehouse fit that definition...Beyond the outrageous fiscal and material waste, the harms are equally massive."

YES to the expanded service and YES to this framing for it: "We're doing this to ensure that the people that need to use the system can use the system. We're a public transit agency. We do it to provide a public service." www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...

Cancelling mRNA vaccine research and development sounds like a good way to create public un-health. Easy to call and let them hear what’s on your mind.

Ah, amazing analysis on those spam fundraising texts and emails. 1.6% of every dollar might go to candidates, but that’s a stupid return on investment. Grifting for dems is still grifting.

War is peace.

Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts. He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan. Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.

They are disappearing people. This article by 404 media may be the only way families know their loved ones are no longer in the country. IF YOU ARE IN MA: call LUCE if you see icy activity: (617) 370-5023

Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.

Yup

applying for jobs again

Devin Speak served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Jeff Dean did two tours in Iraq. When they left the military, they were both interested in finding that same sense of mission and meaning. So they looked to journalism. It was a struggle... until @npr.org came around.

Ah yes, the way to find room for folks in HUD who are in dilapidated buildings is to displace NSF- to go where? oh and build a personal gym and executive dining room for the sec of HUD.

Alert and update

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

It’s pretty clear that the Secret Service/FBI reaction to Padilla in the moment was tainted by their bias about Hispanic men, and that this is legitimately concerning as Fed enforcers engage with Hispanics whom they are viewing as enemies of the state. …

Investigations are now underway into officers and ICE agents who fired crowd-control munitions at dangerously close range. In case after case, the situation only escalated when force was used against peaceful protesters.