The National Memorial For Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, is the nation's first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, and presumed guilty and dangerous.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement "I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do." Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street. youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...

ICE arrested this man, Luis, in my community on Thanksgiving morning. As his partner walked away they laughed and called "Happy Thanksgiving" after her. open.substack.com/pub/thesesto...

As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & human rights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation. #USDemocracy

it finally happened -- a good student of mine vanished from class about six weeks ago. this student reappeared today and explained that they had been in ICE detention in another state during that time. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

"There is no statute of limitations on murder."

ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety. My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.

"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.

This headline is going around and the thing that is really bothering me is that buying a single item and then using it and NOT collecting more items is literally the opposite of hoarding.

NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity. In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE. In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

Stupendous journalism by a consortium of independent newsrooms (incl @blockclubchi.bsky.social @southsideweekly.bsky.social @thetriibe.com) chronicling nearly 50 times federal agents wantonly gassed people—mostly protestors—across Chicagoland, & the harm it causes southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...

potential bad news for people who value...water (I'm using 'potential' bc it is still a *proposed rule for now, and you have time submit comments and/or speak at upcoming public meetings and make your opposition known www.epa.gov/wotus/public...) ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

ICE vs the clergy

Just read a long article that started with "I'm not anti-semitic or racist" and ended with a bunch of racist and anti-semitic "observations."

This is the trailer for the latest show my sister @susanconnolly.bsky.social has worked on. The first episode of The Iris Affair will premiere on Sky / Now TV on Thurs 16Oct. youtu.be/Ck1P_Lcuxv0 (Ahhhhhh!)

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

Here @mikalatos.com does a great job of putting in perspective exactly how dangerous ICE jobs are historically. Which is to say, less than most professions. open.substack.com/pub/mattmika...

Sometimes America is so beautiful it just makes you want to cry. From beauty.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict: “I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything…. “That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants… Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”

lol

US citizen Dayanne Figueroa was grabbed by ICE after they merged into her car while they drove recklessly in an unmarked car. open.substack.com/pub/thesesto...

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

You can't make this up.

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children." REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old." FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

will kim is still in ICE detention

This is (yet another) great example of how public policy can literally kill people.

The Register is reporting that OpenAI lost $11 billion in the last quarter. This company is a shambling monstrosity, financial insanity as a direct result with the markets’ obsession with growth. www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...

I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.

This is a great example of how one can promote racist opinions and still be married to a woman of color from another cultural background.

Them: “no one had pronouns in my day” A TV Character from their day:

Here's a live report on the meeting with Judge Sara Ellis and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Oh, nothing major, just thinking about how Mike Johnson, who has been keeping the House of Representatives closed for three weeks now, collects a six figure salary, while the NOAA researchers currently flying through a strengthening category four hurricane aren't getting paid right now.

The world’s resources are being destroyed and our grandchildren are going to die in a fiery ball of flame so some guy can turn you down in a *checks notes* more ‘flirty-friendly’ text.

carpenter: measure twice, cut once novelist: measure once, cut once, see the cut is so terrible you cant even look at it. Measure twice, cut again, read someone else's 2x4 and rethink everything you've ever known. Measure a third time, cut, and realize you're using the wrong type of wood.

Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews

I’ve known Erez since 2007. We have disagreed and agreed on thousands of things over the years. But he has always been honest and full of integrity. I’m incredibly proud of how he has acted in the last few months. Listen to his story.

"A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries."

Idk what I was expecting but this is dope.