In light of the plot to assassin's Nermeen Kiswani, this piece by Esmat El Halabi about the 1985 assassination of Alex Odeh is very much worth reading: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2020/10/...

NEW: Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor. Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body — from her hospital bed. Here’s how her case unfolded.

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group. “Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You can watch writer & filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara's documentary on this, THE BOMBING OF OSAGE AVENUE! www.pbs.org/video/whyy-s...

That + 6 accounts on polymarket made around $1 million in profit by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28. Accounts were all freshly created in Feb and had only ever placed bets on this bloom.bg/3ORPnBo

The largest rent strike in a century? The Minnesota unions behind the massive Jan. 23 day of action are now backing a potential rent strike to demand an eviction moratorium. At least 10K could withhold rent starting March 1. Here's what to know (1/6) inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Overview of the board of “peace” on Gaza by @danaelkurd.bsky.social Essentially (my interpretation here): we’re seeing an attempt to return to a pre-UN world mixed in with Dubaization. It’s perfectly suited for the likes of Netanyahu, MBZ, Orban, Putin and ofc Trump pca.st/episode/b5a6...

Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll: 46% support abolishing ICE 43% oppose abolishing ICE This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support

Last year when I wrote about prison staff jumping ship for ICE, I reported that BOP had lost a net of at least 1400 employees by late fall. I just got new data showing they lost a net of ~1700 by mid-December -- though w/EOY retirements the final 2025 figures will likely be higher.

If you are able, please consider joining me in supporting @prisonculture.bsky.social's Black Zine Fair in 2026. As someone who encourages students to read & make zines in my gender studies classes, I can attest to the power of the form. gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...

Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows. Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness" wapo.st/3Ngmo9C

Update: As of January 7, The Trace has identified 28 incidents, including 14 shootings, in which federal agents shot someone or held them at gunpoint during an immigration enforcement action under Trump’s crackdown. At least four people have been killed and five others have been injured.

“The year-plan for 2024 noted ‘facial rec software combined with scraping is efficiently producing named POIs,’ or persons of interest. For 2025, Canary Mission’s goals included distinguishing their brand from competitors and sharing data with donors.”

Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.” Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show. (Published December 2025)

Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...

Vassar SJP reports that university administration demanded it cancel a recent teach-in on the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, citing material support laws (which apparently covers educational programming now):

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

“The state and the different settler factions may quarrel over timing, optics, and methodology, but they agree on the destination.”

Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union. They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration. More updates TK.

Seems like they had a source in the chat & not that they’re able to hack into signal or get the records via warrant. Important distinction for organizers & guardian article should’ve made it more clear. They are spying ON ORGANIZERS, not just the signal chat. Understand how they will come after you

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.

Join us tomorrow for a very timely conversation on municipal power in NYC! The event starts at 6:30pm at CUNY Law.

Kind of a big deal that @hellgatenyc.com can confirm that NYC First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro used his position to cancel Kehlani's SummerStage concert in order to punish the artist for their political speech on Palestine: hellgatenyc.com/randy-mastro...

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

“Support of Palestine is inherently subversive in the West because Israel is essential to Europe and America’s idea of themselves. Even if we assiduously focus on Palestine in isolation from other issues, its liberation is necessarily a world-building project.” stevesalaita.com/palestine-an...

In 1975, after decades of illegally surveilling & sabotaging left-wing movements in the US (and assassinating people abroad) the Senate painstaking wrote out the government's playbook for destroying movements. In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.

Every weekday on Broadway, undocumented immigrants line up to enter 26 Federal Plaza. They enter harshly lit hallways where ICE agents mill around — waiting to take people away. For our cover story, Stephanie Keith captures the anguished scenes of arrest in downtown Manhattan. buff.ly/N6JNPUP.

may we all aspire to this level of courage and principled commitment

Heteropessimism is having a pop culture moment. I wrote about it in my new paper out today in @culsoc.bsky.social ! Please give it a read: doi.org/10.1177/1749... Huge thanks to my advisor @ralmeling.bsky.social for reading dozens of drafts & supporting me in getting this from early stage to pub!

ICE raids aren’t abstract headlines. In Pasadena, CA, masked federal agents abducted neighbors and left families terrified. Residents refused to stay silent. Listen to the latest Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social & @palumboliu.bsky.social

Israel kills 5 journalists of Al Jazeera and the New York Times decides to publish a piece explaining why Israel doesn’t like Al Jazeera and how AJ is controversial.

Cop City RICO trials: Ayla King day 1 live thread

Alright y'all, another stop & start for the RICO trial. Trial will not start for Ayla today. Kind of technical legal things, but the trial court declared a mistrial w/o prejudice (meaning a new trial would start, pursuant to appellate court order), and the defense is appealing that decision.

A US firm (Boston Consulting Group) was paid $4M+ to model ethnically-cleansing 500,000 people from Gaza. This is the same firm that helped establish the 'aid' operation currently murdering Palestinians every single day. (They have now disavowed that depraved project.) www.ft.com/content/c0e6...

New for @lapublicpress.bsky.social - A pattern of members of immigration activists being arrested or targeted for raids by the FBI continues. One located in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles has seen an arrest and phone seizure just in the past few weeks. lapublicpress.org/2025/07/la-i...

Fair odds that these data centers are refashioned as fusion centers, reimagined

The Trump administration is quietly drafting a bold new policy for combating terrorism that targets a wide range of perceived foes, from Tesla vandals to protesters, intelligence sources tell me. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-team...

“On February 24, Steven Donovan, 47, arrived at an apartment complex in Orlando carrying a gun while demanding entry. The man claimed he was conducting an immigration investigation and wanted to ensure there were “no Mexicans staying illegally” at the property, according to authorities.”

Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...

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solidarity with Helyeh always ❤️

NEW INVESTIGATION from me: There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor www.propublica.org/article/eric...

We are raising urgent funds to support Mahmoud Khalil and his family, a dedicated advocate for Palestinian rights and a recent graduate of Columbia University’s MPA in Development Practice program. chuffed.org/project/just... If you prefer Venmo: venmo.com/u/FreeMahmou... 🇵🇸 #JusticeForMahmoud

Come join LPE NYC at our very first winter happy hour next Thursday, March 6 from 6-8pm in Brooklyn! ❄️☃️

📚 Excited to host Umut Özsu (@umutozsu.bsky.social) on Feb 20th at 12:10 ET to discuss his new book, Completing Humanity: The International Law of Decolonization, 1960–82. Don’t miss this conversation with Samuel Moyn! 📍 In-person & online 🔗 Register now: lpeproject.org/events/compl...