"It’s not just that more people disapprove than approve of Trump, but that the disapprovers feel their emotions much, much more intensely…between 46 and 50% of U.S. adults tell pollsters they 'strongly disapprove' of the job Trump is doing…That is double the percent that strongly approve (24%)"

"Prior to these notices, many advocates have expressed hope that the new White House would give Biden-era grantees an opportunity to…fit the new administration's priorities, instead of simply cancelling them outright. Many thought trails…were better positioned to withstand federal clawbacks…"

Writes the American Bar Association: "Even as federal judges have ruled over and over that the Law Firm Orders are plainly unconstitutional, law firms that once proudly contributed thousands of hours of pro bono work…have withdrawn from such work because it is disfavored by the Administration."

"Compared to the first year of the first Trump administration, arrests of noncriminals have increased 500 percent." www.justsecurity.org/121122/us-de...

Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

The fact that they’re so angry might be a good sign? “A homeland security official called the legislation ‘despicable’ in a statement this week, adding that the ban would only put officers in danger.”

"county health and human services departments have made significant reductions to basic health programs in response to cuts and freezes from Trump initiatives such as DOGE and the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill…Orange County closed its clinics for children, emergency dental and family planning"

"Cruz's unsubstantiated claim is part of a yearslong effort by the fossil-fuel industry and its allies to fight lawsuits that state and local governments have filed against oil and gas companies"

"Misinformation about the Rohingya often originates in Myanmar and Bangladesh, then migrates into India via shared language networks and diaspora media channels. Images and videos drawn from Bangladeshi refugee camps and Myanmar conflict zones are repurposed in anti-immigrant and state propaganda…"

Last night's declaration of a $100k fee on H-1B visas has been hugely disruptive to many Asian American families. Even with the update that it doesn't apply to current H-1B visa holders, it remains an attack on many already living in the US and had been counting on getting one to remain. 1/

"But while the DEI crackdown is likely to be reversed by subsequent administrations given the sheer number of people it affects, a federal designation of trans people — who account for a far smaller number — as violent extremists portends a longer term campaign."

"arguments they'd worked together to resolve years ago came suddenly…roaring back. What he eventually realized was that his wife had started using OpenAI's chatbot to analyze him and their marriage, holding 'long, drawn-out conversations' over text and the chatbot's phone-like Voice Mode feature."

"It comes up often in professional forums in the field, someone will share the AI generated costume 'designs' and they will be literally impossible to construct for an actual human with materials available in the actual world—gravity-defying materials on pornographically cartoon bodies, etc."

"Located…at the base of Mt. Whitney…Southern Inyo Healthcare District is the only hospital within a nearly 60-mile radius. It’s the closest stop for injured hikers and dehydrated tourists visiting Whitney or nearby Death Valley…a 136-mile stretch between the next closest hospitals"

I was at an event for Harjit Kaur yesterday, and someone specifically brought up this excellent Sikh Coalition blog post that starts with her story — but expands the circle of compassion out way outside her. We need to get this translated and shared with everyone in the community, he insisted.

If allowed to go forward, this will make itself felt in Indian American communities in a million ways: from asphyxiating the tech sector, to fewer people feeling brave enough to report domestic violence. It hits non-tech H1Bs particularly hard — physicians, architects, professors, etc.

South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America is hosting an emergency webinar at 2:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM CST / 5:00 PM EST discussing the effects of the new proclamation regarding H-1Bs. Join this link to get your questions answered. buff.ly/yIlaBrV

"It was a night of absolute mayhem for the H-1B visa community in the United States…immigration attorneys…spent Friday burning the midnight oil, drafting lawsuits…as early as Monday morning…corporate legal teams were scrambling…making sure no one was traveling…sudden $100,000 fee…for their re-entry"

If you’re an H1B holder impacted by the new Trump executive order there are several lawsuits brewing. This is one, and there are others working in this as well. DM me if you need a connect to pro bono lawyers. redeaglelaw.com/lawsuit-inte...

"'You’re going to see fear of law enforcement that is going to last generations,' Johnson said. 'And that has the biggest impact on women, because women often are more likely to be victimized, and then more afraid to call for help than men.'" www.latimes.com/california/s...

“Though private insurers will no longer be required to cover the joint MMRV vaccine free of charge, they are already pledging to continue with business as usual…continue to cover shots under the pre-ACIP vaccine schedule until the end of 2026.”

WTF? So glad I’m getting my 2025 COVID vaccine on Monday www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/h...

Just this week, a friend and I were sharing tips on where to find clean restrooms in downtown Berkeley. The public restroom shortage is pretty terrible, and particularly impacts folks who are older, pregnant, etc. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/19/b...

My guess is at least 500 #doctors at my #hospital are on H1B visas including at least a few dozen #hospitalists, and if we lose even a handful to other countries our house of cards #healthcare system will fall apart, let alone all 500+

“Even as the MAGA world is now clamoring for efforts to help expose foreign influence campaigns, they’re still framing efforts that were going on before as…censorship.” www.techdirt.com/2025/09/19/h...

Unless I'm reading this badly wrong and the administration puts out contrary implementation, it would appear that starting tonight, anyone with an H-1B who doesn't write a $100,000 check to the US government is banned from reentering the country if they're currently outside the US.

this is a fantastic tour - if you’re in Berkeley you NEED to take it some day. and why not Sunday?

"Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said the provision would be vulnerable to abuse from the State Department. He warned that it might deny Americans the ability to visit family abroad." theintercept.com/2025/09/18/m...

"A union that represents university professors…published a guide [to]…navigate social media during the 'current climate.' The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted…ends with links to union provided trauma counseling and legal services."

"In those meetings, Kirk promised oil and gas companies he’d fight 'the myth that fossil fuels are dirty,' and target the 'leftist professors' on college campuses who 'perpetuated' the 'myth.' The meetings 'went great,' Kirk told Mayer." heated.world/p/charlie-ki...

"Over the next nine years, Kirk worked to chip away at young Americans’ rising concerns about climate change. He did this by claiming climate science is still debated—and then peddling the conspiracy theory that all climate policies are a Democratic bid for government control."

"The template is depressingly simple: take a polarizing figure’s death, generate fake statements from celebrities that will appeal to different political tribes, slap together some AI-generated images, and watch the shares…from people who want to believe their favorite celebrity shares their…views."

"What should have been a simple return turned into an ordeal when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers took him into custody. The reason dates back decades where a minor offense involving the unpaid use of a payphone, now threatening his future in America."

"the Trump administration has made several demands…to UCLA, including giving government access to faculty, student, and staff data, releasing admissions and hiring data, ending diversity scholarships, banning overnight demonstrations…and cooperating with immigration enforcement"

Hello Bay Area! We just opened up a few new spots for the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour on Sunday morning Tours always sell out, so please reserve your spots ASAP www.berkeleysouthasian.org

“‘Built something fast? Now it’s time to make it solid,’ Ulam Labs says on its site. ‘We know how it goes. You had to move quickly, get that MVP…out, and validate the idea. But now the tech debt is holding you back…every change feels like defusing a bomb. That’s where we come in.’”

“Even Republicans…raised the alarm about customer service failures at SSA, noting in a legislative markup that ‘there are significant service delivery challenges at SSA that are impacting critical services that millions of Americans count on.’”

“In the queer enclave of West Hollywood, some residents were furious at the sight of a Pride flag and a transgender flag lowered to half-staff to mourn Charlie Kirk’s assassination.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

“when President Donald Trump issued executive orders refuting the existence of gender and disavowing diversity, equity, and inclusion, CDC staff withdrew papers submitted to journals and removed and edited data on certain populations from select data sets” www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

“Paramjit Singh, an Indian who immigrated to the United States more than 30 years ago, has been detained by the ICE and kept in custody for over a month now. Paramjit is a green card holder…has a brain tumor and heart issues” timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/we-...

“the Palmetto State Abortion Fund…In June 2025 alone, we helped 200 clients. Currently, our intake line receives on average 50 requests for funding a day.” rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/09/17/s...

"Fighting against the perception of hypocrisy around cancel culture has already become a focal point of the right wing’s spin. 'There is a big difference between the left canceling people and the right canceling people,' conservative influencer Matt Walsh tweeted over the weekend."

"'They killed Charlie Kirk—the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine-to-zero map,' representative Jim Banks of Indiana told Politico at a Republican confab over the weekend, pushing for more partisan gerrymandering." www.wired.com/story/inside...

Hello Bay Area! We just opened up a few new spots for the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour on Sunday morning Tours always sell out, so please reserve your spots ASAP www.berkeleysouthasian.org

“With the Taliban barring women from attending college at home, she dedicated years to mastering English…But just as she was preparing to start this fall, her plans were once again upended but this time by the U.S. travel restrictions under President Trump.”

“states with abortion restrictions enacted after Dobbs saw a 7.2 percent increase in infant deaths…We observed no significant change in the number of infant deaths when state legislatures included health exceptions for the mother or the fetus” rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/09/16/i...

“What is happening here, of course, is that some sellers in other countries don't want to have to deal with Trump's tariffs and the complicated logistics they have created for both buyers and sellers. Many international shipping companies have entirely stopped shipping to the United States”

“Unlike search warrants, administrative subpoenas like these do not require a judge’s signature or probable cause of a crime, which means they are ripe for abuse.” theintercept.com/2025/09/16/g...