Thank you to all for the kind notes. This week has been shattering. Somehow I’m still here. I’ll do my best for as long as I can. Here’s how to help the ones we lost: Hire them. They’re brilliant. Donate: US www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... International www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Mega-detention center planned for Hutchins in Dallas County would be part of an expansion of 20,000 beds in Tx. Already, 70,000 immigrants are in detention in U.S., a historic high. 1/2 www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

Breaking News: President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said the immigration crackdown in Minnesota could ease if federal agents gained broader access to state jails.

apnews.com/article/minn... AP: Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/ @mckenziefunk.com

You know you're in the bad place when a news story about a missing teenager includes this near the end: "Salazar confirmed that Mendoza Olmos was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite her being a U.S. citizen."

Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season! Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas! #WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving

Pew: 71% said Trump is doing too much when it comes to deportations, up 15 points since March. — More than half worry that they, a close friend or family member will be deported.

🚨In the latest CNN poll, 55% say the president has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, up 10 points since February. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...

“It’s sort of a Catch-22,” said Nikolai Mischler, an organizer for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, a NYC-based nonprofit that watches court proceedings. “It’s completely understandable for people to be scared to go to court,” he said, though it puts them at even greater risk.

Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. www.stripes.com/branches/coa...

BREAKING: FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.

It’s not just Harvard they’re after www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

As immigration agents make random arrests in Santa Ana, a mom tells 7-y/o: “No, honey. We can’t go outside.” “Why?” “The police are taking people away. They are taking away people who were not born here.” | W @ajcorchado.bsky.social @cindycarcamo.bsky.social english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...

A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw

Shameful. The military is being politicized and taking sides. This is unprecedented in American history.

"It was the most amount of less-lethals I’ve seen used in a single day protest," said @calmatters.org reporter @sergioolmos.bsky.social, struck in the chest with what he believes to be a 40mm sponge grenade. He's covered hundreds of days of protests in his career.

Page One in Los Angeles @latimes.com

1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump and Xi speak amid stalled negotiations over tariffs that have roiled global trade, Chinese state media says.

such challenging times for the onion www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

The zip-tied immigrant children in San Antonio were ages 9 to 12. www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

She was preparing for her husband to be deported to Vietnam. The deportation itself was not a surprise. What was a surprise was the final destination - South Sudan. My latest on the admin’s use of third countries: www.npr.org/2025/06/01/g...

Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

The zip-tied immigrant children in San Antonio were ages 9 to 12. www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

Cutting off research funding for Harvard University might hurt the school, its president Alan Garber told NPR, but it also potentially sets back important work that benefits the public.

BREAKING: NPR & public radio stations sue Trump over funding halts, argue such moves are an unconstitutional attempt to retaliate against the network because he doesn't like its content. Lead counsel: stymied GWBush DC Cir nominee Miguel Estrada. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

A Mexican rights group says questionable candidates in an upcoming judicial election reveal grave flaws in the government vetting system reut.rs/43aVvJS

As Rivas Zara exited the courtroom with a packet containing instructions on how to appeal by June 23, a plainclothes federal agent stood up and followed him out. Several others, none of whom had visible law enforcement badges, moved in and detained the man in the hallway.

In Phoenix, US prosecutors drop charges against migrants as ICE agents wait outside immigration court to arrest them. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Dallas immigration attorney Cristina Salazar said she was stunned by the detentions. “I really think it’s in violation of the Constitution,” she said. “We don’t know where they’re putting them.” #dueprocess

Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.

Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country’s most admired young writers.

One thing that stands out pretty clearly in the Supreme Court's order on Alien Enemies Act removals -- which held that the administration's limited notice to detainees " surely does not pass muster" -- is that the Court doesn't seem to be extending it any benefit of the doubt.

Breaking news: A hotline connecting air traffic controllers at Washington National Airport and their counterparts at the Pentagon had been “inoperable” since March 2022, a Federal Aviation Administration official confirmed Wednesday.

Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out mass layoff plans or shutting down federal programs.

NEW on the Trade War: “The perfect storm” is brewing at the U.S.-Mexico border — and it could have major consequences for U.S. consumers and the beef industry. The full story with Sandra Sadek for @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com is now live. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Migrants may be sent in Libya by Trump adm., as soon as Wednesday, per NYT report. Human rights groups call detention centers there “deplorable.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children of Gaza, officials say.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Farmworkers union says ICE targeted union organizers in upstate New York. #UFW www.wgrz.com/video/news/l...

Pew poll has Trump at 27% approval among Hispanics CNN poll has Trump at 28% approval among Hispanics This is a complete collapse among what was the fastest growing group of GOP supporters. Trump is now where he was before the 2018 wipeout.

FBI agents on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of obstructing justice by directing an undocumented immigrant out of her courtroom through a side door while federal immigration agents waited in a hallway to arrest him. Here’s what we know so far.

The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy" I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below

A federal judge gave the Trump administration another week to answer detailed questions about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whose illegal deportation has raised concerns about due process.

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Pope Francis' papacy.

Former Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, now a Cardinal and the Vatican camerlengo, announced the passing of Pope Francis. The Dublin-born cardinal praised Pope Francis for living the values of the Gospel, “especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized.”

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito criticized the court majority for ‘hastily and prematurely’ blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants with an emergency ruling reut.rs/3Y4WBE3