My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Republicans control every branch in Washington. Now, Trump is openly giddy about using the shutdown to slash and burn federal resources that working Americans count on. His shutdown, and firings, will hurt people in every part of this country.

Why can't one of these guys just say something like: "Yes, I'm a Republican. But more importantly, I'm an American and a human being. And what the President has (posted/said/done) is simply wrong." I mean, what is the worst that could happen? They regain some dignity??

Jane Goodall has died at 91. Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO

Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.

Given the speeches given to the 800 generals and admirals this morning, it is worth noting that the earliest Christians actually took serious the “love your enemies” and “peace” bits taught by Jesus. Check out instructions for catechumens in the late 2nd/early 3rd century.

If we still had anything resembling a functioning Constitution, he would be impeached by lunchtime & convicted & removed from office by the close of business today.

Well… the whole world can now see that the emperor is naked. How embarrassing.

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

BTW, I am not an NFL defender or praiser, but in a world of capitulation to conservatives and a desire by companies to avoid being criticized by Trump, I have to say I am surprised they picked him. There were much safer choices.

Pritzker: “In any other country…If federal agents marched down busy streets harassing civilians and demanding their papers, what would we say? I don’t think we’d have any trouble calling it what it is: Authoritarianism.”

I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

This is what you get when institutions stay loyal to the rule of law. Some countries still have it: South Korea, Brazil.

hundreds of engineers, teachers, or outreach workers sounds good. I'd like a "full force" helping of that, please

MAHER TO REPUBLICANS: “You must know we’re on the edge of a dictatorship here — do you really want to make this a fundamentally different country than the one you claim to love? What good is making America great again if you end up losing the ‘America’ part?” 🇺🇸 (h/t @bluegeorgia.bsky.social )

Thread cleanser. Good news!

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

A lot of truth here.

ICE agents are accused of snatching a 5-year-old autistic girl to bait her father into surrendering. The video shows state power weaponizing a child’s vulnerability, exposing the cruelty at the core of America’s immigration machine.

Ishaan is a Washington post global affairs columnist 👇🏽

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Insightful and educational piece.

Another authoritarian red flag 🚩 Pentagon reporters can no longer gather or share information unless the government signs off first. And if they get away with it here, nothing is off limits next.

Angus: Trump, says lumber from Canadian mills represents a national security threat. You’d use that language about buddy going down to the Home Depot in Arkansas to buy some 2x4s?

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

He’s morphed from merely corrupt and cruel into a stone cold murderer.

I’d never seen this one.

Tech companies are scrambling to contact their visa-holding employees who happen to be overseas today amid Trump’s sudden policy change. That may mean getting them to the closest US soil, like Guam or Hawaii, or to a place like Abu Dhabi that has an immigration facility. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Ex-Trump White House Attorney Ty Cobb: “Trump is waging war on people who offend him… I think it will take at least a generation for 🇺🇸 to regain the freedoms we enjoyed 9 months ago.”

📌WARNING: As a former managing editor of Stars and Stripes, what Hegseth's Pentagon is pulling with the press is dangerous as hell, anti-American, and will HURT THE TROOPS. 📌Any news organization that advocates for THEM and reports on their quality-of-life issues will potentially be squashed. 🧵

But the good news is, RFK Jr is in charge of public health.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

This really moved me. She is right of course.

"If Disney doesn’t want to fight over the independence of its news division, or the content of its animated movies, or the hiring policies at its theme parks, then it ought to line the fuck up behind Jimmy Kimmel, right now." www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

SWALWELL: Did you ever tell the AG that Trump's name is in the Epstein files PATEL: The AG and I have had numerous discussions about the entirety of the Epstein files S: Did you tell AG that Trump's name is in the files? P: *crashes out* S: We'll take your evasiveness as consciousness of guilt

1/ South Korea's government has announced that it is launching an investigation into human rights abuses said to have been carried out by the United States' ICE agency against South Korean workers deported from Georgia, following further damaging testimony from the deportees. ⬇️

We are on! The 12th International Meeting on Neuroacanthocytosis, Cohen syndrome and other VPS13-related disorders is live in Lausanne since yesterday! #vps13adisease #xkdisease #neuroacanthocytosis #ResearchCollaboration

Day two @ 12th International Meeting on Neuroacanthocytosis, Cohen syndrome and other VPS13-related disorders. It's not only the scientists who are working hard these three days. Our patients, family and carers are just as busy! #neuroacanthocytosis #vps13adisease #xkdisease #patientadvocacy

Yet another massive Russian drone and missile attack on #Ukraine last night. Several Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Poland was shooting them down. Four Polish airports were closed. An urgent government meeting will take place in Poland this morning.

Poland says it has shot down "drone-type objects" that violated its airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine

The moon in Kyiv (@sstenemes on x)

‘It felt like a war zone:’ Georgia raid sends shockwaves through Korean-American community On September 4, ICE detained 475 workers at the Hyundai-LG battery plant construction site in Georgia, including over 300 South Korean nationals, sparking an immigration, political, and diplomatic crisis,…