Scoop from @jewishcurrents.bsky.social: The ADL is dropping its anti-bias training, and also "deleted lesson plans on topics such as transgender identity, white privilege, school integration, and the impact of boarding schools on Native Americans." Very clear the org is going hard right.

Hours before he was killed by Israel, Hossam Shabat filed his last report for @dropsitenews.com, “Report from the Frontline of Israel’s War of Annihilation.” We are publishing Hossam’s story along with a deeply moving tribute to Hossam by Sharif Abdel Kouddous: www.dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...

Interesting. Statement from 7 Blue State AGs urging blocking the CR www.doj.state.wi.us/news-release...

My deeply held belief in being a bully has made me a pariah, no matter how much I bully with a smile. I am now a martyr, which is the highest honor for a bully to achieve. I will now use my martyr grievance as the most powerful of my bully weapons, in this society I built & dominate.

“i disagree with everything Khalil was saying, and how he was saying it. im glad the nypd bashed all those kids’ heads in last year and he should maybe be expelled. but the important thing is…wait what was i saying?” we’re truly watching the rhetorical masters at work with these kinds of statements

Yep, as I've been noting, INA 237(a)(4)(C) requires no allegations of lawbreaking, only that the Secretary of State declare that he/she has "reasonable ground to believe" that the person's presence in the United States "would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences."

Thought it might be a good idea to boost the Democratic House members who are here on BlueSky. Bring them more over to the Good Place. They still get way more attention over at the Bad Place. #DarkStorm) I've put them all on a List here: bsky.app/profile/did:... AND in the following Thread BY State

they came for trans people first and establishment libs responded by saying "maybe you have a point" and "it's an 80/20 issue"

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

There is some great Jewish geography in this story.

SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him. He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving. He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."

Undocumented people are *also* protected by the Constitution. Drawing a distinction for whether someone is worthy of basic human rights based on immigration status is a big part of the reason we’re here; assuming the Constitution doesn’t apply to literally every living person in the U.S. is another.

Don't forget transcripts for video and audio. These will help blind users and low-vision users, deaf and hard-of-hearing users, people with ADHD, and people with audio-processing disorders. Transcripts also benefit search engines, people in quiet spaces, and people in a hurry.

So I'm about to launch my kickstarter for THIS IS HOW IT ENDS my first solo documentary which will be about how we got to this point in fascism and what we can do to fight it... other than digital downloads, names in the credits and DVD's... what other rewards would you want? Stickers? Tshirts?

It’s been 1 week since I was fired. The only official notice I have received still is the email. Feels like news changes by the hour. Today there will be more info to digest. I want to help clarify what is known. Reply below, will respond. We are stronger together.

Ten Democrats who voted w/ GOP to censure their colleague Al Green today. Ami Bera (CA), Ed Case (HI), Jim Costa (CA), Laura Gillen (NY), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Jim Himes (CT), Chrissy Houlahan (PA), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Jared Moskowitz (FL) & Tom Suozzi (NY). thehill.com/homenews/hou...

I've only seen snippets from the Sanctuary City hearing today but from what I've seen--if Democratic party had consistently shown up like that for immigration hearings and debates for the past few years we might be in an entirely different and better place as a country.

This a remarkable story. Amazing there are still so many pets alive after nearly 14 years. "One former Fukushima plant worker has taken it upon himself to look after the numerous pets left behind in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster."

This dissent is unhinged in its sheer refusal to engage with any of the facts.

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

Info dense thread on the various nazis connected to Ian Michael Elliott's Patriot Front / Active Club jiu-jitsu network. Featuring MMA fighter Thomas Grady aka Dagda Tuatha, head of Smoky Mtn Active Club. And others, like Stephen Trimboli, Paul Gancarz, Seth Waggener (Wolves of Vinland) & more. 1/

EXCLUSIVE: A Hitler-quoting ‘Aryan’ has the attention of JD Vance and Elon Musk—who is @captivedreamer7? My latest with @kylebazgo.bsky.social for @dailydot.com identifies the likely operator of the anonymous racist account as Geoffrey Martin, a Canadian. www.dailydot.com/debug/captiv...

YEAH!!!! If I may offer a suggestion, if your Senator voted to block the bullshit sports ban, call them up tomorrow and thank them. Reward good behavior.

dems are probably going to eat shit from fox & newsmax & the NYT for this for a news cycle. or until the recession hits. you’re going to hate that i’m asking this, but if you have a dem senator who voted to stop this, you should call & tell them “good job. we like when you fight. keep it up.”

folks, there’s good news for a change. that anti-trans executive order sports ban won’t be a law this week; they didn’t get closer to defining trans people out of legal existence or trans women as men under the law. this matters. no democrats broke ranks. thank you to everyone who called. 💜🏳️‍⚧️

if your senator’s GOP, try this script. it’s got a bail out. you’ll get an intern. be polite. they *all* plan to vote for this, but the GOP can manipulated if they think it could cost them (see ⬇️). *don't do a 'hick'voice.* the suburbs are trump country.🧵 find your reps: myreps.datamade.us

Working on a quick piece for my substack about the #TeslaTakeDown protests - reply with posts about your town's protest please! (I won't grab your photos, I just want to link them in the story.)

Again, Jews were less than 1% of the German population in 1933.

Seems pretty career-ending for a Democratic lawmaker to attend the SOTU and sit through it like it’s normal. And inviting some poor “victim of DOGE” to watch from up in the gallery doesn’t count as a “protest.”

Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

Since a lot of the questions are about DOGE, many responses are the standard “we’re doing everything to stop Elon and his billionaire friends,” but that’s questionable IMO when he’s going to hold a high-end fundraiser with Marc Andreessen, a billionaire friend of Elon who helped with DOGE hiring.

🧵 Summary of Ruben Gallego's tele-town hall, which lasted less than an hour since it started late. Lots of concerns from constituents about Elon Musk and DOGE cuts. Gallego also said he'll be holding IRL town halls throughout March.

The biggest problem with empathy is that its importance is easy to explain to someone who already knows why it matters, and very difficult to explain to someone locked up in an individualistic worldview. It’s hard to get someone to feel when their worldview is entirely based on avoiding feelings.

Following my reporting in @texasobserver.org linking an ICE prosecutor to a racist X account that posted apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, three Congressmen have demanded accountability, while the ICE prosecutor still appeared on an ICE court schedule this week. www.texasobserver.org/investigatio...

I talked to USA Today this week for an important story: "If the data was out there and transparent, it would undermine their story," said Austin Kocher, a research professor at Syracuse University who studies immigration." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

TODAY‼️ Saturday at 2PM Rally for Trans Visibility at the Stonewall Monument, Christopher Street at 7th Avenue. There is no STONEWALL without the T! #TransLivesMatter 🏳️‍⚧️

Rainbows of 2024.

The federal budget reconciliation bill could include an unprecedented $175 billion for immigration/border enforcement, 6X the annual budget of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) & Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) combined. Read more from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social: immcouncil.co/3XeDp6h

A lot of talk about 'language policing' again, which is of course a part of an intentional campaign to keep us in an unproductive dialectical vicious cycle, but more importantly, crux of the argument always boils down to, "You overplayed your hand by demanding to be treated with dignity."

I’m shocked that the fascist administration is stripping even more immigrants of their right to due process, says the man who co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act, which strips immigrants of their right to due process

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Some thoughts on the release of the hostages’ bodies today. There’s enough sorrow to share. Enough empathy to go around. Let us break open, rather than close up.

Without legal representation, these children, some as young as toddlers, will be forced to navigate a complex and hostile immigration system alone, increasing the likelihood that they will be deported. 3/5

Hey something you can do if you can’t go to a protest is offer to make signs for people who can. I have a billion supplies and a vinyl cutter so I just put a box outside with a few popular ones and put a note in our local fb group so people can swing by and take one.

The Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Kash Patel to be Director of the FBI by a vote of 51-47. Republican Senators voting no: Collins. Senators absent: Boozman and Fetterman.

NEW: HHS launches anti-transgender campaign featuring Riley Gaines. It seeks to ban gender affirming care and require the federal health agencies to eliminate recognition of trans people. womenshealth.gov/protecting-w...