FYI: No matter what happens to mifepristone, you can still get abortion pills in the mail.

The Trump administration is officially closing the watchdog office responsible for investigating abuse in the immigration detention system, according to an internal DHS email. Even one-pagers explaining the office's duties appeared to be offline on Monday. www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

New: With the Maine primary over, the next big Dem Senate clash will be in Iowa. Turek is getting a big boost from VoteVets, Wahls is running an explicitly anti-Schumer campaign in response. Winner could determine whether Ds can make Iowa a battleground. www.huffpost.com/entry/iowas-...

A bunch of Dems in the House just introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25. It's a sign of how many progressives have moved well beyond the $15 rallying cry after high inflation. The fed min wage is still just $7.25/hr. www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

Backers of the California billionaire's tax say they've gathered more than 1.5 million signatures, which would be more than enough to get the proposal on the ballot this fall. They plan to file them with the state today.

Just now: A federal judge in Baltimore is issuing a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the Trump admin from converting a logistics warehouse in Western MD into a massive ICE detention facility. He'll allow DHS to put up a fence but not to proceed with detention plans as lawsuit plays out.

NEW: A key Senate vote today could send a big signal about the US-Israel relationship & Trump's wars—and the future of the Democratic Party Details on who to watch as the chamber considers $450 million in bombs+bulldozers + how this fits into other anti-war efforts: www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

I spoke to an ICE observer who was detained last week after following DHS agents to record them. She was not arrested. Five days later, her Global Entry was revoked. A day after I asked DHS about her case, her Global Entry was restored. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...

Amazon spent more than $26 million on anti-union consultants last year. That's by far the largest single-year report I've seen disclosed to the Labor Department. Hundreds of payments averaging $56,000, more than the average warehouse worker's salary. www.huffpost.com/entry/amazon...

If you're furloughed from DHS or still working without pay, I would like to speak with you. Anonymous is fine. Find me at [email protected] or Signal: davejamieson.99

TSA told officers to expect backpay starting on Monday, "at the direction of the president." One agent told me, "I'll believe it when I see it."

For Playboy, I spoke to adult content creators about the hours of labor their subscribers *don’t* see. “The amount of times I have people in my comments being like, ‘Get a real job!’ and like, I probably pay way more to the IRS than you do!” - @siridahl.bsky.social www.playboy.com/read/sex-rel...

NEW: As Trump sends 1000s more troops toward Iran, some service members report disillusionment & panic - Troops arguing "We do not want to die for Israel" - Uptick in conscientious objector + dissent talk - Evacuees from the region describe huge danger/vulnerability www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Exclusive: Next week REI workers will vote on calling a boycott of the retailer's big anniversary sale in May, a major escalation of their contract fight. Workers are confident shoppers would honor it: "Our members will absolutely understand why we’re doing this." www.huffpost.com/entry/rei-an...

If the rise in gas prices is impacting your job or commute, I'd like to talk with you for a story. Hit me up at [email protected] or on Signal at davejamieson.99

AI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense.: "It’s not that AI doesn’t create efficiency. It’s that the capacity it frees up immediately gets repurposed into doing other work, and that’s where the creep is likely to happen." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-i...

BREAKING: AL Gov. Kay Ivey (R) commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-yo-old wheelchair user who, by the state's own admission, never killed anyone www.huffpost.com/entry/alabam...

I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...

NEW– Trump's war on Iran boosts the global view of the US as a rogue actor, fueling instability, acting illogically+illegally & risking innocent lives Combined with his broader agenda + US record from Gaza to Iraq, international wariness of America is at new heights www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

The Miscarriage+Abortion hotline is a vital resource in a post-Roe world where more and more people are getting abortion pills in the mail. Here's who picks up the phone when you need help managing an abortion or miscarriage at home.

ICE raids have forced many immigrant workers in LA to make a horrific decision: go to work and risk arrest or stay home and risk eviction — which can force people to leave the U.S. LA officials say they oppose ICE but they've refused to pass eviction protections www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...

In 1987, Jesse Jackson visited striking workers at Maine's Androscoggin paper mill. He gave a rousing speech on solidarity and "scabbism" that changed the way many white workers there viewed their politics and their struggle. From Julius Getman's excellent labor book 'The Betrayal of Local 14':

Jesse Jackson's campaigns for president in 1984 and 1988 helped create the image of what the modern Democratic Party seeks to be but rarely seems to achieve: a multiracial coalition of voters dedicated to economic fairness. www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...

Today is the first anniversary of this post. I'm still looking for more work/a new job. If anyone here is looking for a culture journalist with deep experience in reporting, critical analysis, cover stories, etc, let's connect. Highlights of my work are below. Full portfolio and email are in my bio.

There's been a lot of concern about ICE disrupting the midterm elections. So far that hasn't happened in all the elections over the past year. But that doesn't mean an ICE occupation has no impact and Minnesota has some lessons: www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...

I spoke with SEIU’s David Huerta, who was arrested in an ICE raid last year and awaits trial. He says it’s time to go “on offense.” “Should we use a general strike as a tool? Absolutely. We should be prepared to use that tool because our democracy is worth it.” www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...

A federal worker at the CFPB found out in December that she had a brain tumor that needed to be removed. The next month, Russ Vought unilaterally ended her agency's short-term disability plan. www.huffpost.com/entry/russel...

NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees. But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

So sad to hear Dan McQuade of Defector passed away. Traded some DM’s with Dan over the years that always made me think: What a nice and original dude right here. I think of this piece of his every Halloween. RIP Dan defector.com/giving-out-b...

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

New: Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano was scared to go into work on Jan. 11. He went anyway, stopping for gas along the way. Millions of people saw what happened next: Immigration agents surrounded his car and brutally arrested him. He told me what happened next: www.huffpost.com/entry/orbin-...

Strong statement from the Pipefitters' union on the killing of Alex Pretti: 'This state-sponsored murder has no place in our society.'

Wild that DOJ is investigating Minnesota anti-ICE church protesters on FACE Act charges. FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) was created to protect abortion clinics back in the 90s. Republicans have been working to repeal it in full & Trump has loosened enforcement, pardoning 23 extremists.

NEW: @natabortionfed.bsky.social sent a security alert to clinics in the Washington, D.C. area, warning of possible unrest & violence connected to an extremist group’s plans to protest outside the HHS building tomorrow. “This is the beginning of a new chapter of violence."

One photographer who's worked to document ICE activity said officers in Minneapolis are harsher than those he’s seen elsewhere.

A man who'd been charged with pointing a laser beam at Marine One with Trump onboard was acquitted by a DC jury in *35 minutes* this week. Another big L for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to "make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain." www.huffpost.com/entry/man-ch...

New: In the days following the killing of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, ICE agents in one local office were called into a meeting. “We were briefed on avoiding standing in front of cars, wherever possible,” one agent present at the meeting told HuffPost. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-of...

Scoop: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requiring officers to undergo more crowd-control training to square off with demonstrators in cities like Minneapolis. This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

New: I went to Minneapolis and saw a brutal federal occupation. I also saw neighbors fighting back. www.huffpost.com/entry/minnea...

Trump's New World Order is just the ancient barbarism of might makes right www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

New: In September, federal agents swarmed a manufacturing facility in upstate New York, arresting 57 people on alleged immigration violations. ...all without a single arrest warrant. Behind the unusual administrative warrant ICE used to question everyone: www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ra...

A federal women's prison - recently shuttered over sexual abuse of immigrants - could reopen as an ICE detention center as part of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. "Imagine, if I get sent back to Dublin but now for immigration?" one immigrant survivor of sexual abuse at FCI Dublin told me.

New: Trump’s ICE Has A Troubling Target: At-Risk Teenagers In recent months, federal agents have arrested dozens of teenagers who at one point were in government custody as unaccompanied children. Some were arrested on their 18th birthdays– at government shelters. www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal. Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers. It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...

🚨A newly uncovered document flagged last week in a federal court filing threatens undocumented immigrant children in government custody with “prolonged” detention if they choose to exercise their legal rights rather than voluntarily depart the United States. www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...

NEW: In my report for @huffpost.com, I take a deep dive into the battle being waged for common sense and rule of law in our courts and what the hell the point any of it is. I hope you will read: www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

1: shoots gun at Capitol on J6 2: slueths tell fbi his name 3: he kills a man, claims self defense 4: he tells police he was the j6 gunman 5: he’s finally arrested 6: trump pardons him for j6 7: he allegedly kidnaps and sexually assaults someone www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.