In a new interview, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social recalls standing outside a notorious Manhattan immigration court while his father, who is Indian-Ugandan, did his citizenship interview. "I spent four hours waiting not knowing what was going to happen." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

NEW: For the latest story in my series on ICE and mass deportation in NYC, I spoke to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who talked to me about his family's experience at 26 Federal Plaza and his meeting with Trump. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

Zohran Mamdani talked to TPM about his family's time inside a notorious immigration court, his White House meeting with Trump, and his plans for ICE in NYC. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

@repdangoldman.bsky.social worked with advocates + attorneys to secure the release of 9 ICE detainees “We don’t control the immigration system. We don’t control the courtrooms. But we have some power and we are going to aggressively use it in every way we can" talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

The latest story in our @talkingpointsmemo.com series on mass deportation in NYC looks at the congressman who turned his office into an emergency rapid response center for ICE detainees. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

In an internal memo, seen by CNN, Sharyn Alfonsi predicted that "the public will correctly identify this" as corporate censorship. WaPo has more from Alfonsi here >>>

Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants

After ICE barred her from a detention hotspot in Manhattan immigration court, @velazquez.house.gov told me, "I stayed there listening to some bullshit." A judge later ruled ICE was out of bounds for preventing members of Congress from visiting these facilities talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

This spring, @repdangoldman.bsky.social went to work and “saw a dozen masked ICE agents in the lobby” of his office building.  He has since turned that office into the headquarters for a legal operation that has secured the release of nine ICE detainees. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/how-...

If you are looking for a weekend read, I hope you will consider my @talkingpointsmemo.com series on the realities of mass deportation and the emerging Undocumented Underground that is fighting back. talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...

NEW, with @dircetoca.huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

In NYC immigration court, the names of fired judges have been taped over with replacements. Now, asylum is denied at near 90 percent rates, medical documents are rejected, and requests for remote hearings are denied forcing people to face ICE in the halls. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

When ICE agents snatched Andrés Jr., 20, the "habeas machine" kicked into action. Volunteers found a Spanish speaking advocate, coordinated with the man's family + @repdangoldman.bsky.social + submitted required documents. Thanks to their efforts, he was freed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I stood in the hallways of 26 Federal Plaza as the masked ICE agents spent twenty minutes talking about meat. Then, they grabbed a young man. I was with his family for what came next. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...

EXCLUSIVE New research shows for first time the impact influencers have on politics. Key findings: • Creators are more impactful than traditional media • Apolitical influencers have more impact than political ones • Regular social media use pushes users to the right www.wired.com/story/the-mo...

NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says “That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert. theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...

When ICE took someone off the streets outside a Brooklyn youth soccer practice, councilwoman Alexa Avilés joined rapid responders on the scene “We’re not down with this detention and deportation machine, and family separation, and we don’t want any part of it" talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...

Rapid response networks have disrupted ICE activities in NYC In October, protesters confronted agents during a raid on Canal Street street vendors In November, protesters apparently stopped a planned raid by blocking a garage filled with government vehicles talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...

Two prisoners formerly at the Florida immigrant detention camp dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” told NOTUS they witnessed detainees being put in “the box,” a small cage exposed to the harsh elements of the swamp that guards used to confine and punish detainees. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Most of the people helping migrants at legal clinics are not lawyers or experts. They are self taught. They're using Youtube and Google Translate. They are regular people who just want to help and make a difference. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

One of the shocking things I found is that the Trump administration has begun charging a fee for a program for undcocumented, abandoned youth to obtain visas. They are literally demanding money from children - many of whom are orphans - who they know can't work. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

Inside these spaces I have seen incredible things including the immigrants helping each other. One church has a program where men cut each other's hair. Neighbors are also stepping up. I have met high schoolers who now tutor the migrant community. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...

For the past few months, I have been looking at what President Trump's mass deportation agenda really looks like on the ground in NYC for a TPM series. We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...

proud of this piece and the whole series

In Springfield, Ohio — a city transformed by Haitian immigrants — Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separations crisis. 19thnews.org/2025/12/spri...

Jared Taylor, a prominent white nationalist whose annual American Renaissance conference serves as a "who's who" for the international white supremacist movement, was among those who attended the New York Young Republican Club gathering this weekend. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

In churches and meeting rooms around New York City, networks of volunteers are engaged in the painstaking, mundane work of untangling the individual cases of immigrants caught up in Trump’s mass deportation machine. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

Most volunteers offering legal assistance to immigrants have no formal training. They got involved because of the hardships faced by their immigrant neighbors. Lou, an “ex-finance guy," now helps people obtain work permits + Special Immigrant Juvenile status. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

"A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

"What is different is the violence … the violence that is permeating his administration. ... They're willing to break the law to actually facilitate their agenda." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

Following the Canal Street raid earlier this year, @hunterw.bsky.social spent weeks embedded with an underground network of New Yorkers helping immigrants to stay safe amid Trump’s constantly shifting deportation regime. We’ll be publishing several stories highlighting what he saw.

At 26 Federal Plaza, where immigrants have been snatched from the halls, a growing network of volunteers accompanies immigrants to court hearings, watches cases unfold, or simply offers a hand to New Yorkers facing down a gauntlet of armed, masked agents. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

New York City churches, some of which were used by 19th century abolitionist activists, are opening their doors to migrants. A secret network of volunteers and faith leaders offer legal assistance, food, clothing, haircuts and physical safety from ICE. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...

Over 2 months in NYC courts, churches & safe houses, @hunterw.bsky.social spoke to 50 migrants, activists, ICE agents & lawmakers His Undocumented Underground series dives into the Trump admin's extralegal excesses—and the lengths people are going to fight back talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...

A volunteer describes seeing "10 football player-sized men with masks literally lift up a person." “You can just feel the tension in the hallway, people screaming, and it’s all over in a matter of like three or four minutes. I hear those things in my dreams.” talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

At 26 Federal Plaza, getting out of the building means freedom. And many immigrants do not get out. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

There is a network of court watchers who support immigrants at the ICE courts in Manhattan. They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents. One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

Breaking news: The Justice Department once again failed to persuade a grand jury to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, another setback for the Trump administration, which pursued mortgage fraud charges that experts have long viewed as weak.

This thread has led to the hiring of both a longform and shortform video editor and I couldn't be more excited! If you like @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, now is the best time to subscribe to the show's Patreon! patreon.com/cancelmedaddy

I wrote about the private, intimate, often ridiculous agonies of working for a man who think you’re a monster nymag.com/intelligence...

This really was one of the most heartbreaking articles I’ve read in a while. I don’t think people comprehend the scale of destruction wrought by this administration already, not even close nymag.com/intelligence...

Calling the Trump administration's position "shocking," Judge Breyer wrote that its interpretation of the law would "permit a president to create a perpetual police force comprised of state troops, so long as they were first federalized lawfully.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-p...

Phillips has called himself a “vocal opponent of FEMA” and now leads arguably its most important division. He once wrote on LinkedIn that FEMA has “failed to deliver a comprehensive and detailed plan for working with the faith community,” and touted responders “with a Christ centered approach.”

SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery. My story:

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But 26 have cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, depriving them of billions of dollars in revenue. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wave-of...

1 welcome center in NYC began in 2023, when Abbott + DeSantis started sending busloads of undocumented migrants to blue cities Under Trump's ICE crackdown, it's serving mostly young West African immigrant men, most of whom are orphaned or fleeing abuse at home talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...