BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days. Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work. Details on thehandbasket.co later today!

Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay

Congratulations to these winners. #UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black. Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee. www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

Join me in encouraging Congress to stop the administration’s attacks on FOIA and our right to access government documents: freedom.press/the-classifi...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

Let's be clear: Trump's attacks on "antifa" are an attack on America. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

"Who was Awdah Hathaleen, Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler?" “His love for Real Madrid ran in his veins,” Alaa added. “Maybe if they knew how much he loved them, Real Madrid would speak about Masafer Yatta.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...

I think they recognize it precisely BECAUSE 60 Minutes was not slop. Dan Rather and Edward R. Murrow did not make slop. So, go ahead, Ellison. Go offer these people Temu News, gaslight them about it, and see if they stay. PSA: support your local PBS Station for MOAR FRONTLINE! We need it!

"The humans who made these things and gave them meaning don't actually matter at all," says man who is about to lose money making said things shitty and worthless, all because he is too arrogant to appreciate the priceless value of humanity.

Today in North Carolina: A new law from Republicans now lets teachers and volunteers in private schools carry concealed guns on campus. What could go wrong?! Co-bylined by my former student Kyle Ingram: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

SCOOP: A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador | "Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. www.404media.co/flight-manif...

“This is a shameful decision by Paramount,” Reporters Without Borders USA said. “Shari Redstone & Paramount’s board should have stood by CBS journalists & the integrity of press freedom. Instead, they chose to reward Trump for his petty legal assault.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"In what could be the 1st case in which activists have successfully intervened to stop immigrants in the custody of ICE from being flown out of Vermont, 3 women escorted by agency officials turned around, left the airport & were returned to jail..." vtdigger.org/2025/07/16/a...

Removal of agency sites: Documents obtained by the Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 agency websites, including the CDC's vaccine page and FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program pages. federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...

Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself. www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...

And we wouldn’t have known, except for the work of hackers and journalists.

US aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, Lancet study finds The Trump cuts to USAID, which provides 40% of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 mil deaths by 2030, potentially "halting – and even reversing – 2 decades of progress" www.france24.com/en/americas/...

"[Canadian] Mr. Noviello is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year and the fourth person to die in custody in Florida, according to the agency’s website." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

Module from the EFF: Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border Published June 23, 2025 freedom.press/digisec/blog...

Chabria: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her

US economy faces reckoning as some immigrants avoid workplaces www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...

"After a nine-week trial in Manhattan, Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, became the only U.S. senator ever to be convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government..." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...

Toxic plume from Tijuana River can be seen from outer space, NASA report shows An image from NASA shows the plume flowing off south of Imperial Beach and spreading into the Pacific Ocean. www.cbs8.com/article/news...

"In a Mexico Border Town Famed for Crossings, ‘There Are No Migrants’ Tijuana long served as a gateway for legal and illegal crossings between Mexico and Southern California. But its shelters have now thinned out and migrants have left its streets." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...

I often think of Mayor Lucano, ever since reading about him. Mayor of a dying southern Italian town of 500 people, who rescued it by giving migrants a home in the many empty homes and abandoned buildings, which the right wing Italian government treated as a crime. time.com/6104836/dome...

Tune in TODAY 5/22 at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT to hear labor leaders and elected allies from around the country unveil HELU’s policy agenda for the future of higher education in Washington, D.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...

Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house! We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP. Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts. Check out our website too! local6741.org

"The Justice Dept drastically scaled back support for anti-crime initiatives across the country, leaving law enforcement scrambling to try to replace money. The cuts were announced in April... totaling about $500 million." www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say Under Trump, the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was cut. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Rest easy, Sebastião Salgado.

"Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda promoted the reform of Article 7, which now recognizes animals as sentient beings in the state’s Constitution—an unprecedented move that solidifies the state’s commitment to animal well-being." www.sandiegored.com/en/news/anim...

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most places burying the lead but BACK ON PBS running day and date!!!

"Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows." www.wired.com/story/violen...

"ICE adopts new tactic: Deport before court, removing people facing criminal charges Suspects and witnesses are being deported without justice being served, prosecutors and legal experts say." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... from @usatoday.com

Border’s ‘lucha libre’ history on display at Comic-Con Museum The exhibit is "Sangre, Sudor y Mito," highlights “the art and tradition of Mexican lucha libre,” Thursday, May 22 @ the Comic Con Museum in Balboa Park. www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/b...

Investigative journalism is essential to a free society. That’s why we’re proud to host the IRE Conference every year, bringing together the world’s best journalists to teach watchdog skills and inspire the next generation. Explore the #IRE25 schedule and join us! schedules.ire.org/ire-2025/

Cartel family members entered U.S. in deal with Trump admin, Mexican security chief confirms Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

"This year’s students felt different: more scared, more open, potentially more radical? They know they need new skills to confront the very real possibility of a post-democratic America. In other words, they need to find their sense of punk. And I was here to help." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...

Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila says she still doesn’t know why the U.S. government revoked her visa “It doesn’t mean I did anything wrong,” she said. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/12/u...

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos publica el Informe sobre la responsabilidad internacional de Estados Unidos por violaciones a los derechos a la vida, la integridad personal y el acceso a la justicia de Hernández Rojas. www.oas.org/es/CIDH/jsFo...

Columbia should be protecting its students, not calling the country's largest police force on them. Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.

NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:

"After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. " donate.wck.org/give/525879#...

The most recent retweet from the new pope is 👀.

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost U.S. $1 billion | "Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

POGO: "Mass Deportations Will Rely on Authoritarian Surveillance Surveillance will be supercharged under the auspices of immigration enforcement.' www.pogo.org/analysis/mas...