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NEWS: Jonathan Caravello, the philosophy professor accused of assaulting federal agents after removing a tear gas canister from a crowd — the same canister that a U.S. Border Patrol agent had thrown at protesters during an immigration raid — was found NOT GUILTY www.huffpost.com/entry/jonath...

Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza. My reporting:

In February, a farmer went a few seconds over his time at a city council meeting when speaking out against a datacenter. It's a $200 fine for trespassing, but he's vowed to fight it. We've also got the police report from the incident.

thank god we’ve got our eye on the ball

Injured and abandoned: hundreds of Gaza amputees left stranded in Egypt

“We're fighting for fair pay because people deserve to be able to afford to stay in the jobs that they love. We're fighting for protections around AI because this work is done by humans. We love this place. We believe in this work, and we are not backing down.” — Katie Campbell, video journalist

We're in solidarity with @propublicaguild.org workers in their fight!

Support the workers at @propublica.org! Don’t cross the digital picket line. (And make sure to follow @propublicaguild.org.)

Really sad it’s come to this. On my way to join my colleagues at the picket line. We deserve a fair contract!

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

I hate that contract negotiations are not going better, but this is where we are. Today my colleagues and I @propublica.org are walking out. We need management to come to the table with more serious contract proposals that address our real concerns about discipline, job protections and fair wages.

this goes hard as fuck

"His dream was to come to the U.S. and give his wife and children a better life ... But it led to a tragic death."

just about burst a blood vessel this morning when I was catching up on crypto headlines and came across several to the effect of "but what will a Trump genocide in Iran mean for the price of bitcoin"

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will … We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end”

Trump posted this today to Truth Social: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will."

Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s mandatory punishment of life without parole for felony murder, ruling that it violates the state’s constitutional prohibition against “cruel punishment.” theappeal.org/pennsylvania...

"Disability Rights Pennsylvania filed suit against the state's prison system, alleging that the agency provides dangerously inadequate medical care for people with Type 1 diabetes and punishes them for their disease." #Pennsylvania #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Courts

"I hear ... the laughter of children and the sounds of other families, reminding me of what I've lost. Sometimes I wish I could wake up and find myself with my family, even for just a moment, to feel that warmth and celebration with my loved ones again."

Aramark is the largest provider of prison food in the country. A lawsuit filed by prisoner in West Virginia alleges that the company intentionally serves inedible meals to drive up sales of expensive snacks. theappeal.org/aramark-west...

West Virginia prisoners allege that Aramark serves inedible food, such as “ultra-processed patties made from an indiscernible meat, to drive them to the company's food-for-purchase programs. In fiscal year 2025, Aramark brought in $18.5 billion dollars in revenue. theappeal.org/aramark-west...

Thank you to @katmabu.bsky.social and the thousands of campaign volunteers/workers for inspiring all of us. Abolish ICE. Free Palestine. Smash capitalism. (not necessarily in that order)

“My ‘crime’ is leaving my country, Honduras, to be able to give a better life to my children and my parents,” Mary wrote. Read more at my Substack: briandolinar.substack.com/p/the-limits...

As ICE seeks to turn commercial warehouses across the country into massive detention centers, communities are fighting back, @bdolinar.bsky.social reports: theappeal.org/ice-wants-to...

Five years ago, @elizabethweill.bsky.social and I did a deep dive for @nysfocus.bsky.social on the many irregularities in the case against Anthony Sims. Now, 28 years after his conviction, he's finally getting a new trial! hellgatenyc.com/after-28-yea...

"[G]uessing games." "One nurse told Cunningham he had heartburn. Another said he had a stomach virus." "He had appendicitis." "[Y]ou incarcerate us, and then you just say, 'Okay, he's a criminal, he doesn't matter, he can die.'" #Pennsylvania #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

Willie Cunningham nearly died after his appendix burst while he was incarcerated in Pennsylvania's York County Prison. Nurses working for the jail's for-profit healthcare provider told him he just had heartburn, @elizabethweill.bsky.social reports. theappeal.org/york-county-...

Willie Cunningham was detained at York County Prison when he began to experience excruciating abdominal pain. A nurse told him he had heartburn. It was appendicitis. “I believed in these people,” he told me. “I didn’t know I was dying.” theappeal.org/york-county-...

In Minnesota, despite showing documents proving active immigration cases, pending visas, or even US citizenship, residents were arrested and detained by ICE for days or weeks. But many who were later set free are now encountering a new challenge: ICE isn’t giving back their immigration documents.

I'm incredibly honored that Rep. Rashida Tlaib highlighted my reporting on CoreCivic and GEO Group in today's congressional hearing on ICE. theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...

I’ve been working on a children’s book about kids who stage a spontaneous sit-in in the principal’s office after they’re told they can’t touch the snow at recess. I’m looking for a publisher/agent/illustrator/guidance for how to bring this story to life. Also, abolish ICE + free Palestine. 💕

I am so disgusted that my son’s public school district in Highland Park, NJ suspended students who participated in an anti-ICE walkout where the mayor and school superintendent were in attendance. If any reporters want to cover this, please reply below or DM me.

On CoreCivic's quarterly earnings call, one caller asked: “Would you be willing to opine on the recent headlines related to the Minnesota pullback that Homan announced, and possibly investors misinterpreting that as a national mandate change?” theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...

In earnings calls earlier today, investors in GEO Group and CoreCivic criticized ICE. Their chief complaint? ICE's detained population, despite hitting record highs, still isn't large enough. @elizabeth.weill.bsky.social has more: theappeal.org/ice-geo-grou...

so disgusting and reprehensible. i've been reporting on a CoreCivic prison in their home state of TN (just a regular old prison) and these people are such a special kind of awful

From today's CoreCivic earnings call: “One of the big questions, I think, concerns for investors has been the pace of detention by ICE, that it's been below what investors thought it was going to be,” one caller said. “I think people thought we'd be at that 100,000 level.”

A beloved workers' rights organizer in Minnesota, known for *successfully* fighting against wage theft and labor trafficking, has been detained by federal immigration agents and is now locked up in New Mexico. His family is calling for his urgent release. inthesetimes.com/article/work...

Have your representatives taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts? #AbolishICE

That’s a good question.

ICE pursued school buses, intruded on campuses, and abducted students in MN and beyond. “Our classrooms are sacred spaces… This government is defiling them.” Read this new story by Lily Seltz on Trump’s ICE abducting kids. #AbolishICE #children

We're planning to expand the database to include more ICE profiteers' donations to congress. We'd love to hear your suggestions about what companies we should include! Feel free to comment below or DM me. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Habeas cases filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have taken off to levels we have never seen before. Just look at that chart. www.propublica.org/article/habe...

For those who need some inspiration today, @lexmcmenamin.com's story on the brave teens fighting back against ICE is a must-read.

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI. one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."