"This escalating violence is an outgrowth of ICE’s appalling treatment of immigrants... Americans understand that no one is safe as long as ICE still exists, operates with impunity, and terrorizes communities. How many more deaths will it take for Congress to hold this agency accountable?"

No more harm and separation of our families, no more militarism in our streets. Fund what actually keeps us safe, like our healthcare, instead.

NEW: If climate change isn’t reason enough to break the political power of the fossil fuel industry, its role in incentivizing war is another. IPS scholar @basavsen.bsky.social:

NEW: In the wake of the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good, new polling shows that 46% of Americans of all parties support abolishing ICE, outweighing the 43% who oppose abolishing it. Abolishing ICE is “now quite literally the moderate position.”

While oil is one factor in the decision to carry out military operations against Venezuela, the Trump administration’s real agenda is even more troubling — an attempt to exercise complete political control over Latin America. @ocampomar.bsky.social on Foreign Policy in Focus:

Commentary: Ohio is home to over 200 data centers and recent reporting has tied that growth to rising utility prices in the state. The relentless push for data centers is raising our power bills and polluting our communities. It doesn’t have to be this way. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/13/t...

"Trump hasn’t explained why the same tax dollars that paid for this invasion can’t be used to make health care, food, or housing more affordable for people here." - @lindsaykosh.bsky.social available for republication via otherwords.org! otherwords.org/congress-mus...

at least 17 pardoned jan. 6 defendants have been implicated in new crimes -- from home invasions to making death threats to public officials and sexually exploiting kids, according to two criminologists. available for re-publication via otherwords.org!

Excellent analysis by my colleague @lindsaykosh.bsky.social at @ips-dc.org on the travesty of Trump and Congress to invade Venezuela using taxpayer dollars at a time when Americans are struggling to make ends meet.

"To be sure, *someone* will benefit from this invasion — just not ordinary Americans. The president has offered oil companies taxpayer dollars to take Venezuela’s oil. They hardly need the help, though they did contribute handsomely to his campaign."

NEW: Not only is there "certainly no fentanyl involved" between Venezuela and the U.S., but the region's most prolific drug traffickers have often in fact been U.S. allies. In a new BBC interview, IPS drug policy scholar @sanho.bsky.social dismantles Trump admin claims. Watch:

NEW: While the Trump administration adds even more barriers to SNAP, Colorado's new universal free school lunch program is showing the benefits of addressing hunger with no eligibility requirements at all. @ruwithsonali.bsky.social:

Immigrants account for nearly a third of long-term care workers in this country. Under Trump's mass deportation campaign, half of all U.S. nursing homes have stopped taking new residents.

"A young man I knew died that November night — Thanksgiving — after the cops had taken everything he had to keep him warm. This isn’t how life in the United States should be."

As Trump makes wild accusations about Venezuelan president Maduro trafficking drugs, he just pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years last year for creating “a cocaine superhighway to the U.S.”

To fund universal free school lunches, Colorado slightly raised taxes on residents making more than $300k a year — people whose own children will also benefit. It’s a simple calculus, one that we’re seeing more of in the absence of federal action.

NEW: Research shows that SNAP work requirements have little effect on employment. The GOP's big, brutal bill includes them anyway — and will cause 2.4 million people to lose food benefits in an average month. IPS scholar @reyannaj.bsky.social:

NEW: Dozens of federal judges, nominated by both Democratic and Republican presidents, have condemned the Supreme Court's "shadow docket" rulings as confusing for them and harmful to the judiciary. Paul Gordon of @peoplefor.bsky.social:

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to SNAP will be devastating for many of the 42 million Americans that rely on food assistance, writes @ruwithsonali.bsky.social. It’s time to let lawmakers know — basic necessities take priority over tax breaks for billionaires.

NEW: As criminalization of unhoused people increases nationwide, its cruelty can't be overstated. "They took my tools, my bike, and my family heirlooms," writes Carrieann Smith, an unhoused advocate with @vocal-tx.bsky.social. "Even my mom’s and husband’s ashes."

For a president who once promised “no new wars,” Donald Trump’s extrajudicial attacks on Venezuelan boats bear disturbing similarities with the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War — especially considering the majority of Americans are against it.

NEW: The 2025 Rural Policy Action Report outlines progressive policies that are popular with everyday Americans and immediately actionable by Congress. Yes, there is another way. IPS is proud to be one of 40 groups convened by the Rural Democracy Initiative to develop and illustrate it:

As millions of Americans worry where their next meal will come from without SNAP, the Trump administration is ending annual USDA reports on hunger levels, calling them “redundant, costly, and politicized.”

Check out my new op-ed on Trump’s terror attacks.

Check out my briefing to Congressional staffers if you want more background on Trump’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean.

Despite little support among mainstream politicians or the media, the immigrant rights movement is making a huge impact in this dangerous time: Nearly 80% of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high. IPS scholar Alliyah Lusuegro of @nationalpriorities.bsky.social:

NEW: We don't need to wait for lawmakers or pine for a bygone era. We can build a more resilient democracy with simple steps like supporting local economies and interacting face to face with our communities, argues @rsclove.bsky.social:

The chaos of government shutdowns hurts our federal workers and the crucial services they provide for us all. But that chaos helps billionaires dodge taxes and regulations. @igorvolsky.bsky.social of @taxgreed.bsky.social:

NEW: 73% of respondents in a recent Harvard survey reported that technology is making their in-person relationships suffer. Tech corporations selling us AI "friends" are trying to profit off of worsening the problem. @ruwithsonali.bsky.social:

NEW: If the U.S. immigration enforcement apparatus were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world. This bloated force is raining violence on Chicago. @sarahlazare.bsky.social and @lindsaykosh.bsky.social of @nationalpriorities.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com:

NEW: Private equity firms drove Toys "R" Us, Joann Fabrics, and Sears into bankruptcy. Now, Trump could help them come after your retirement fund in yet another pro-billionaire, anti-worker gambit. Chloe Rogers of @ourfinancialsecurity.org:

"Sweden offers 16 months of paid parental leave. Canada is initiating $10 a day child care. Portugal has free child care for all. This affirmed what I already knew in my gut: Moms in the U.S. are struggling due to systemic issues and policy failures."

NEW: In his latest book, BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES, IPS senior scholar @chuck77.bsky.social lays out his life's research on the detailed harms and solutions of wealth concentration in an "electrifying call to action." Get 30% off if you pre-order before October 1:

NEW: The Trump administration — which includes private equity executives — is pressuring the Dept. of Labor and the SEC into letting private equity prey on Americans' retirement savings. Chloe Rogers of @ourfinancialsecurity.org in @inequality.org:

So here is our challenge to Governors Lujan Grisham, Shapiro, and Newsom: If you truly oppose Trump’s fossil fuel agenda, prove it. www.commondreams.org/opinion/blue...

NEW: Behind the pledges, even governors of blue states are greenlighting Trump's fossil fuel agenda. This Climate Week in NYC, frontline communities from New Mexico, California, and Pennsylvania are demanding real climate leadership. IPS New Mexico Fellow Feleecia Guillen in @commondreams.org:

NEW: An estimated 1,796 hospitals remain in rural America. Hundreds are already struggling — and the Trump-GOP Medicaid cuts could see them collapse altogether. @rokoszmost.bsky.social:

NEW: Today, 1 in 5 workers in the U.S. is trapped in their job by a noncompete clause. In January 2023, the FTC proposed a wildly popular rule banning these clauses. Now, it's in the hands of Trump's FTC. @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social of @rooseveltinstitute.org in @inequality.org:

Governors like Wes Moore in Maryland, Tim Walz in Minnesota, and Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico are part of a new cadre of state leaders willing to make the wealthy pay their fair share. To soften the blow of Trump's cuts, more states must follow.

From the courts to the military to economic governance, Trump and the GOP are systematically attempting to delegitimize Black leadership. Loudly resisting this intimidation is key to defeating it. Dedrick Asante-Muhammad of @jointcenter.bsky.social:

NEW: As the Trump-GOP budget's colossal cuts to health and food assistance loom, state lawmakers have two options: Let constituents pay the price, or take action and tax the rich. Amber Wallin of State Revenue Alliance in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social:

Commentary: President Trump mobilized the D.C. National Guard under the guise of restoring security — despite D.C.’s crime rate being at a 30-year low. But at a cost of $1 million each day, it would be less expensive to just house people without homes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/03/t...

NEW: Trump promised an anti-war presidency. Instead, he’s expanding the “forever wars” in the Middle East, East Africa, the Caribbean, and here at home. Resisting Trump must include resisting his militarism. Azadeh Shahshahani of Project South and IPS scholar Khury Petersen-Smith in @newsweek.com:

NEW: Food prices are soaring, Trump's big, ugly bill is deeply unpopular, and the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein looms. Trump's baseless deployment of troops in D.C. is a dangerous gambit to pull your attention from all of that. IPS scholar @petercerto.bsky.social:

NEW: What began as a deployment of 800 D.C. National Guard troops has grown to encompass 2,091, as Republican governors send hundreds more. This power grab is costing taxpayers over $1 million/day. IPS @nationalpriorities.bsky.social researcher @hannahomestead.bsky.social:

Excellent research by my colleague @hannahomestead.bsky.social!

For every National Guard member dispatched to the streets, thousands of families will go to bed without the food or healthcare they need to stay alive, says @petercerto.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

NEW: With Trump's budget set to slash essential spending, the funding dropoff will leave our communities sicker, less educated, and less safe. One way states can help cover the losses: By taxing the rich. @amyhanauer.bsky.social of @itep.org:

NEW: The short term answer to the corporate hijacking of our housing supply is rent control. The long term answer is social housing. IPS Wallace Fellow Garrett Brand:

NEW: In an era of staggering inequality — and tax avoidance — privately held fortunes are larger than anyone can fathom. Charitable donations simply aren't keeping up with what could be raised from a fairer tax code. IPS scholars @chuck77.bsky.social and @bdevaan.bsky.social in @newsweek.com: