America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.

I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.

“Bank evidence for future prosecutions…” During the worst years of Colombia’s conflict, human rights groups kept databases and archives of abuses. That’s where we are now. Later, when a Truth Commission and special tribunal could hold abusers accountable, those archives were essential evidence.

🇷🇺 El pasado diciembre, varias librerías de Rusia sufrieron redadas policiales por vender "La mano izquierda de la oscuridad", de Ursula K. Leguin. Las redadas se basaron en informes del servicio secreto ruso (FSB) que concluyeron que este clásico de la ciencia ficción es "propaganda LGBT" ilegal.

General reminder that the Immigration Act of 1924 that set immigration quotas and established the Border Patrol was the crowning political achievement of the Klan

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

At CECOT, all information related to the WWTP is now confidential, as effluent is poisoning the creek and water supplies of communities downstream of the nearby creek. This suggests that there are more people being held there than the WWTP was designed for or the system isn’t being maintained.

The replies are just endless Californians saying he sucks based on what he actually does and out-of-staters saying they like his tweets.

That fact that 1 out of 25 people in the USA are there without legal right is kind of crazy when you think about it. The estimate I have seen for the EU is less than 1 out of 100, which has a very high deportation rate. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web....

Jokes aside the country they should be taking lessons from is the Philippines where a populist thug who built his personal armed guard with a licence to kill was still ousted and is currently at Hague. What did the opposition do in between? What were the opponents campaigning on? Etc.

I am immensely proud of every person who puts their life and safety on the line to track, observe, and protest Trump's fascist goons. But for those actions to mean something, they must be sustained, prepared, and ready to escalate when the fascists do.

I will always talk to anyone who wants to but—and this is my advocacy for my colleagues too—we are doing our level best to handle your situations, and yet I have no idea. They don't want me to. They don't want you to. They probably don't know themselves. They just want panic. Stop giving it to them.

The goons that prevented medical care for Good are just as culpable for her murder as the fucker who shot her.

The ICE Air flight (EAL8280) has just landed in Caracas, Venezuela. The flight departed from Phoenix, AZ, and marks the first deportation to Venezuela since Dec. 10.

So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away. Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.

As you talk about Greenland, please make sure you are talking about the >56,000 Inuit who have called the Island their home for thousands of years. Here are 2 stories that include their voices, concerns, and hopes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...

Even if DOGE did not cut spending, it did eliminate a lot of federal jobs and grants. How is this possible? Federal personnel spending represents only about 5-6% of fed spending, so you can cut a lot of people - and capacity - without saving much. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...

Witnesses in Iran comparing (in private coms to diaspora analysts) the violence now against past protest suppression. Said in past used batons, even armed units fired cautiously. This time sustained and constant fire at full volume against crowds, including with machine guns.

Important: ICE ≠ police. In Washington, they can’t enter homes without a judge’s warrant and can’t work with local law enforcement. You may record and stay silent. Verify activity through the Deportation Defense Hotline: 1-844-724-3737. www.theolympian.com/news/state/w...

Calling it "minimum lot area per unit" makes it very clear what it is: an entrance fee. A stove tax. A per-housing-unit minimum extraction of wealth to keep out the poors. Glad we cleared that up.

Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.

“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.” Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?

Mexican Consulate of Atlanta Reports New Death in ICE Custody, Fifth in First 15 Days of 2026. At the current rate of one death every three days, 2026 could see 122 deaths in custody. austinkocher.substack.com/p/mexican-co...

PSA: You technically don't need proof of US citizenship if you are a US citizen, and in practice it may not always help even if you have it, but if you're a US citizen and want to carry such evidence, get a $30 passport card. Most driving licenses don't count. Mine doesn't say I'm not a citizen.🧵

SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

I'm honestly surprised it's taken so long... but I just heard about my first friend who was hurt due to federal agents driving recklessly on Minneapolis streets. She's injured, but ok. She was on a bike and 3 agents ran a red light, causing her to crash as she tried to get across the intersection.

Requiring people to show their papers when the US doesn't issue citizenship documents is interesting.

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car" "His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."

Want to get involved locally to keep democracy going? See if your city/town Board of Registrars has any vacancies. I joined mine this year for a 3-year term. I oversee the elections to help make sure they're smooth, free, and fair. P.S. you get a cool stamp with your signature!!

The very real problem with local police is you can’t trust them to act in the public interest rather than their own. And they’re not always the most competent. But sometimes their interest and the public interest coincide. And sometimes standing around eating donuts is exactly what they ought to do.

#ICE detainees at #CampEastMontana #FortBlisss are being abused, tortured, traumatized, **killed** ~ Reuters. Archived link to bypass paywall: archive.is/Pvz86

Border Patrol have effectively been marcher lords along the southern border for decades. That is where DHS is getting its elite thugs. We need to break their power forever.

OK. Green smoke. Coloured smoke grenades have existed for decades. They are for signalling purposes. They are not meant for riot control purposes. As with any smoke, they are irritating, but they are not meant for that purpose, so use as "riot control" agents is an off-label usage.

Hi all - I’m seeking images and video of ICE and DHS using drones at raids and protests (preferably within the last two years). Also looking for aerial footage that ICE/DHS appear to have shot with drones. Link below or DM me - thanks.

Multiple examples here of French farmers assaulting journalists. And in one case, starting a fire in front of a local press office. Farmers as a political force are far right, and it's time for the French centre and left to start denouncing them.

Fun is forbidden in Moscow. After a heavy snowfall a large snow hill arose from snow dumped at Miusskaya street. It was nicknamed “the dune”, and lots of folks came to chill on it “celebrating winter”. When this became known, the police arrived and forced everybody out, authorities removing snow.

If your heritage is from north of the Pyrenees & Alps but you now live in Los Angeles, the sun your ancestors embraced is gone and you are facing an angry orb that your ancestors never knew and which looks upon your skin without mercy. It may as well be poison. Wear real sunscreen.

The best way to think of how Trump would "invade" Greenland is Putin's "little green men" annexation of Crimea. The US military would simply deploy more troops to its base there, and then one day they'd raise the US flag over the capital. 1/x

ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty. www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...

Security folklore of the morning is that no one should share URLs on Signal because it exposes IP addresses and people should use QR codes instead. Please don’t do this! QR codes are much less secure. If you’re concerned about link security, turn off link previews which you can do in Signal settings

The Trump admin has suspended basically all long-term immigration from Africa, even citizens' spouses, high-skilled immigrants, etc. Only reason they're exempting the Central African Republic, Kenya, etc is to maintain plausible deniability that this isn't race-based for SCOTUS

This is of course very bad. And I feel like not enough of you know that having a disability has been grounds for denying visa processing since the late 19th century due to supposed risk of needing public assistance.

This exact thing happened to my friend this morning. He was just taking a pre-dawn walk when ICE jumped him from multiple vehicles. Only because he had his ID on them did they let him go.

people yelling their names out while being kidnapped off the street. this is my name. don't let me disappear.

1/ Russian men are reportedly being drugged, trafficked to the army, and married without their knowledge to 'black widows' who get their 'coffin money' compensation payments when they are killed soon afterwards. A story from Samara illustrates what is said to be a growing nationwide racket. ⬇️

"When ICE uses courthouses as staging grounds for arrests, it turns justice into a trap and violates the fundamental promise of equal protection under the law." Important reporting from @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social on ICE operations in Boston courthouses.

If you cannot make “these people are leaving BABIES in CARS in WINTER and then returning them to their carekeepers with BRUISES” into popular sentiment as a politician, you’re either inept or you want this to keep happening.

Kyiv. Today in Shevchenko Park, a group of Kazakhs cooked free plov (a traditional rice dish) for Ukrainians 💪

Critical support to NATO in its struggle against NATO imperialism. No blood for a base we already have.