The MA priest who is calling out the evils of ICE in his church’s nativity scene is no stranger to making such statements. Years ago, his nativity scene was about gun violence. One year it was about family separation. We need more Father Josomas in the world. www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/1...

“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.” “‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.” www.wwltv.com/article/news...

are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson

“It’s hard to call it affordable housing, because it’s not meant for people to live in” 🤔 Working 2 minimum wages jobs in California to pay $750/mo for a storage shed without running water or electricity Estrada's home is smaller than a parking space furnished with a foldout bed and 2 blankets

A U.S. citizen who in October was dragged from her SUV by masked federal immigration agents in West Town testified before a congressional public forum in Washington Tuesday that she has experienced panic attacks and daily nightmares after being held in federal custody.

You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal

If you can, contribute to local toy drives like this - especially while our government continuously attacks immigrant & refugee families throughout Southern California & the country. As a child, there were years when the only fits my sisters & I got were from drives. They made all the difference.

1.59 American employee quit their job for each employee fired by their boss in Oct, lowest level since Jan 2018 outside pandemic This #LaborLeverageRatio proxies for employee bargaining power in jobs cuz workers ⬆️ quits when their outside options improve & bosses ⬆️ firings when theirs do

NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Our work to defend & enforce crucial Flores protections for imprisoned immigrant children across the country continues despite worsening conditions, including spoiled food, non-existent medical care, & other cruel treatment. Proud of @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel for continuing the fight.

There’s this idea that I’ve been pondering for a bit that’s probably yet another Everyone Will Yell At Me thing, but… I don’t think that pointing out that AI is full of inaccuracies is an effective tactic at getting people not to use it. It’s based on cultural context that not everyone shares…

Crazy that one single talk show host can cobble together a string of disastrous moments like: 1. The infamous Trump hair tussle; 2. The hawking of NFTs; and, 3. Bots as parents. Is it performance art?

"They are sweeping attacks on the entire legal immigration system that will impact millions of innocent citizens and entire immigrant communities. The ripple effects of these policies will be felt in every corner of our economy" @ailaexecdir.bsky.social Ben Johnson https://bit.ly/4iM6a3S

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected] www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

Max Huntsman, the inspector general tasked with holding the LA Sheriff’s Department to account, is retiring… and going out with a bang in this letter 🔥

It’s honestly worth returning to Twitter to see the Somali memes in response to all the bigotry they’ve received. Genuinely a hilarious response to such ugly hate.

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

What a difference 10 years makes!! @metrolosangeles.bsky.social 🗺️🚈🚇🚌🌴 Let's go Los Angeles!!! 👏🏽

"The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff" While ICE is the face of Trump's lawlessness masquerading as law, ICE isn't the key to how got here. Sheriffs are. Sheriffs empowered by myths. 3 Experts help unravel their deep roots & bitter fruits. 1/ barnraisingmedia.com/the-myth-of-...

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

NEWS — MLB's Take the Field initiative, which is meant to help "develop and grow women looking to enter various aspects of baseball operations" is no longer an initiative just for women and is now "a co-ed event," and has been since at least October. www.mlb.com/inclusion/ta...

I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her. "My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me. www.thecut.com/article/any-...

If anything good can come out of this (and I am not optimistic) perhaps people will be forced to see all the ways in which our immigration system has always been fundamentally inhumane and cruel and false.

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.

MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours° Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"

Incarcerated Californians are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis — and the state’s water restrictions. buff.ly/p3MNKmQ

The proliferation of voice memos & ChatGPT are starting to gut the last toehold of writing in the lives of folks who don’t get paid to write. We are probably not too far off from think pieces on the death of texting.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.

Just want to make sure everyone knows about this microsite! If you have suggestions for what would be valuable added resources to collect and share on the site, please email us. www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org

I highly recommend this piece on the real role of money in politics, and how to combat it. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

This year I've clocked 72,477 minutes in the music mines so you don't have to. Here are my favorite jams of the year: SAME KIND OF LONELY - Benjamin Booker You got time and I've got money - Smerz Automatic - Dijon Cow Song -The New Eves Links for each one below - enjoy!

“In the last two days, ICE agents were observed conducting arrests or surveillance activities in Greensboro, Apex, Catawba County, Durham, and Charlotte,” Siembra said in the news release.”

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

"Cora" harvests pomegranates in Selma CA area. It's supposed to rain and she's worried. She only earns minimum wage and rain causes days she doesn't work. When this happens she doesn't have enough to pay her bills. She's a single mother and depends on the salary. #WeFeedYou

Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.

FYI: I’m listening to Judge Charles Breyer’s arguments over continued National Guard deployment in Los Angeles.

RIP to a true talent & through and through Angeleno.

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

The administration is relentless in its escalation of chilling tactics to limit free expression & equity. Now, it's doubling down on reviewing social media accounts to determine if immigrants are loyal enough or have engaged in "censorship". www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

📍 𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒, 𝐂𝐀: A 39-year-old man was detained by ICE during a green-card interview in downtown L.A.— even though he said he came to the U.S. as an infant and has no criminal record. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

The 75th U.S. deportation flight (EAL8280) to Venezuela this year is currently en route to Maiquetia airport from Phoenix, AZ. These flights have continued twice a week (Wed & Fri) despite ongoing tensions and Trump’s announcement to close the airspace.

If they can do this to them, they’ll eventually do it to us.

Habeas petitions are an invaluable tool in our fight against Trump’s arrest & deportation machine. Pass on this upcoming training by my team @chrclla.bsky.social & @acaciajustice.org to attorneys that may benefit. We need to push for freedom in every way we can.

The truth is, immigration enforcement policy has never been about "reducing crime", "protecting our national security", or "boosting the economy." 🧵

Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting. Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.