IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

Not great to be caught in a tug of war between the 2: "Newsom on Thursday threatened to cut “billions” in state funding from any CA campus that signs a Trump administration compact and agrees to sweeping and largely conservative campus policies in exchange" for fed $ www.latimes.com/california/s...

BREAKING: At Trump DOJ request, Judge Michael Simon (Obama) recuses from Oregon's suit over activation of its National Guard for immigration enforcement/ICE security. New Judge Karin Immergut (Trump). DOJ argued comments by Simon's wife @RepBonamici about case merited recusal.

Is it our government’s position that if an American commits a drug crime with a cartel (or they allege that) it can just kill that person without trial even if not an immediate threat? I am genuinely trying to understand what if any lines they believe exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

The Justice Department eliminated 275 positions and shuttered its Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. The restructuring affects 140 federal employees through elimination or reassignment, marking the largest DOJ reorganization in two decades reut.rs/4nxYuUg

DePaul University has told faculty it will immediately reduce spending following a 30% decline in international enrollment this fall. The move is the latest by U.S. colleges to cope with the disruptive education and immigration policies of President Donald Trump.

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”… “Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’” It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

🚨 “President Trump has decided that the United States is engaged in a formal “armed conflict” with drug cartels his team has labeled terrorist organizations and that suspected smugglers for such groups are “unlawful combatants”” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

We’ve never had a shutdown under a competitive authoritarian regime before. This matters because the rules of the game have changed. If congressional leaders act as if the old rules apply, they will lose. The executive seeks to consolidate power and does not negotiate in good faith.

📢 New open access publication in a special issue on Law Enforcement Technologies: The Realm of Facial Recognition in European Review of Digital Administration & Law! www.erdalreview.eu/pubblicazion...

Ugh: "U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) will be conducting immigration enforcement at the Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, according to a government official." abc7news.com/post/ice-sup...

DHS appears to suggest that it will deny citizenship to "globalists"

👀 In Mexico City, “infertile couples — most of whom live far away and couldn’t afford IVF anyway — are getting automated IVF free in exchange for putting their bodies and their hopes for a family in the robotic hands of an experimental system called Aura.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

video swatting

Our office is again hiring one or more attorneys for a one-year fellowship to work directly with the Illinois Solicitor General and her team, beginning in August/September 2026. www.governmentjobs.com/careers/ilag...

JUST IN: One of a slew of expected motions today citing the shutdown and asking judges to halt civil cases involving the federal government. This one over terminated domestic violence and homelessness grants. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. https://mymedicare.gov Action taken by the Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) at or around 2025-10-01 06:12:03.

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. https://crimevictims.gov Action taken by the Department of Justice (Office of Justice Programs) at or around 2025-10-01 06:12:03.

🚨NEW🚨 Amazon has been developing drone surveillance tech for American cops, from gun detection to repurposing Twitch's streaming code. It's also pushing all manner of surveillance tools, including Flock car tracking and AI that constantly monitors all prison calls. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

(Reuters) - More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years .. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

After President Trump suggested Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there is something genuinely wrong with this man."

ummm. “Federal courts may be forced to quickly curtail operations -- potentially delaying trials and other hearings -- if congressional funding is not extended beyond Sept. 30, a spokesperson for the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts told ABC News.” abcnews.go.com/Politics/fed...

New from 404 Media: ICE to buy tool that tracks locations of hundreds of millions of phones every day. Billions of pieces of location data. ICE previously stopped using data remotely harvested from smartphones. Now it's buying it again. Usually used w/o warrant www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

The Shutdown Will Make Trump's Theory of Government--ICE but No Healthcare--Visible www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/01/a...

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

ummm. “Federal courts may be forced to quickly curtail operations -- potentially delaying trials and other hearings -- if congressional funding is not extended beyond Sept. 30, a spokesperson for the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts told ABC News.” abcnews.go.com/Politics/fed...

Another win for the people: Gavin Newsom signed AB288! The law states that if the NLRB fails to respond to petitions to vindicate the rights of workers, then the CA Public Employment Relations Board can take up the matter - this is particularly important for ULPs! legiscan.com/CA/text/AB28...

The federal government has shut down after a congressional standoff over measures aimed at protecting health insurance for millions of Americans

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*. Yes: free. If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

can’t wait for this to be used by teens

BREAKING: The full Fifth Circuit will be rehearing the challenge to Trump’s Alien Enemies Act out of the Northern District of Texas known as W.M.M. v. Trump en banc — putting off Supreme Court review. Previous discussion at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/bondi-doj-...

New IJ lawsuit filed today challenging ICE raids of construction sites, wherein ICE detains American citizens in AL, rejects their proof of citizenship, and holds them without PC. Worth a read, and more evidence of the wide gulf b/w what SCOTUS says is happening and what is actually happening.

I’m sorry what

Federal worker unions are suing over what they contend are the Trump administration’s unlawful threats of mass firings if the Republicans and Democrats in Congress can’t reach a budget deal by midnight, forcing the US government to a shut down www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SEIU Local 73 seeks a Staff Attorney to be based in Chicago, IL. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll @seiulocal73.bsky.social @seiu.org

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“The University of Miami School of Law’s new essay requires applicants to submit a detailed prompt for a generative AI large language model like ChatGPT to generate a ‘comprehensive analysis’ that will help them make an informed decision about which law school to attend.”

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ICYMI: new episode of the Constitition Breakdown is out! Roman and I talk about tariffs & smut—and a special guest: Rep. Sharice Davids! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...

The Opaque State

This is so so awful. He left four children (all Americans, not that it should matter) and a grieving wife (also an American, not that it should matter)

Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."

You just did what now

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!! reactormag.com/reading-rain...

“The Trump administration is deporting a planeload of around 100 Iranians back to Iran from the US..the plane, a U.S.-chartered flight, took off from Louisiana on Monday night and was scheduled to arrive in Iran by way of Qatar sometime on Tuesday.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a state law on Monday that would require ChatGPT developer OpenAI and other big players to disclose their approach to mitigating potential catastrophic risk from their cutting-edge AI models.

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.