Congratulations to #RutgersLaw Prof. @saharazizlaw.bsky.social#RutgersLawwho joins the editorial board of Arab Americana, a biannual journal that adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding Arab American life. What a great start to Arab American Heritage Month!

"The Justice Department is increasingly telling judges it can’t defend ICE’s actions..." www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Israeli settlers rampage across West Bank torching homes and cars - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settlers-rampage-across-west-bank-torching-homes-and-cars

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, you proudly take money from AIPAC. Do you support this statement they retweeted?

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal. But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.

3/ Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.

4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories. But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production? They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

“Be careful to separate your views on the politics of the Iranian regime from the legality and motives of the U.S. and Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran. The U.S. and Israeli governments do not care if Iranians have a democracy." — @saharazizlaw.bsky.social

Israeli settlers shoot dead two Palestinian brothers in Nablus attack - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settlers-shoot-dead-two-palestinian-brothers-nablus-attack

The normalization of Islamophobia in the US is so pervasive among right wing influencers that it warrants understanding to Germany in the 1930s when explicit antisemitism was spreading like a disease. The consequences are violent for the targeted group.

To preempt the rewriting of history that will predictably happen in mainstream US media in the coming weeks, here are some key facts: 1. Israel and the United States unilaterally attacked Iran, a sovereign nation, without provocation or other lawful basis under international law. (1/11)

"Just like the Forever Wars, this fiasco is also birthing its own captive constituencies... from contractors supplying it to MAGA-adjacent young (and not so young) men signing up for ICE, which Ganz describes as 'an employment program for the Trumpenproletarian mob." newrepublic.com/article/2069...

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran? Me neither. Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

Israel is pressuring Americans to pay in blood and treasure for its obsessive desire to go to war with Iran. Let the Israelis fight their own wars with their own army with their own money.

I look forward to being in conversation with Professor Michael Fischbach about “Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color” on March 3! Register at go.rutgers.edu/freespeech

Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."

What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured? Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.

Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."

On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

NEW: House Democrats blasted both the MEGA and SAVE Acts — suppressive measures seeking to impose strict voter ID requirements to register to vote and cast a ballot — calling the proposals “the Trump election takeover bills.” House Republicans are rushing to deliver the measures this week.

At this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?

Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

So far in Minnesota They Shot a 37-year-old mother Renee Good four times, killing her, right after she dropped off her son at school. Then Ice kidnapped a five year old. Then ice kidnapped a two year old Then border patrol murdered Va nurse. Then Sec Noam went on tv and lied about it

Klobuchar: "When they're killing 2 constituents in my state, and they're taking 2 year olds our of the arms of their mom, and they're taking an elder Hmong man out of his house & putting him out there in his underwear & then figuring out the have the wrong man -- no, I'm not voting for this funding"

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

The term “domestic terrorist” has become a political rhetorical tool, not a term based in the facts and a legal definition.

In this video, it appears Alex Pretti is trying to protect another protester from being assaulted by federal agents when he is sprayed in the face with some kind of substance and then shot to death: www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

Evidence of Cold blooded murder by government hired thugs. Reminds me of what we saw in the Arab Spring when Middle East dictators repressed nonviolent protests. Trump is our dictator.

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

Kash Patel is about to learn more about the power of the @thenrao.bsky.social

It is far beyond time to start charging ICE goon with assault and tossing them in jail for their attacks on peaceful Americans. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...