There has been a pronounced increase in GOP pessimism about the direction of the country over the last month. This is like Democrats under Biden in 2023 levels of dissatisfaction under a co-partisan president. Independents are more sour on direction than any pt in 2024 apnorc.org/projects/pes...

WOW. Judge Kelly takes the Trump admin to task for their outrageous effort to deport children in the dead of the night. Not only does he say their justification "crumbled like a house of cards," he also says the admin was not engaging in "conduct ... that reflect[s] good faith."

trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...

“Agents who should be investigating financial fraud and public corruption aren’t doing that work." Seems like this would be a positive to Trump and friends. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation from @bellingcat.com and @evidentmedia.org shows how much that's changed. 51st.news/dc-police-wo...

The Trump-appointed federal judge “told Justice Department attorney Sarah Welch that he was ‘struck’ by the Justice Department’s briefing, which had conceded its representation that the removals were at family members’ request was false.”

I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves. I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct. I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Jerry Nadler has had immigrants’ backs his whole career. His office in Congress has been working hard on positive immigration legislation for decades. I’m sad to see him go but I can’t help but feel glad he is able to leave in good health and with time to enjoy retirement.

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

I am not a sports fan - though I am the former head of policy at ICE - but I don't see how watching a match could be worth: - being abducted on the street by a masked man or armed solider - detained indefinitely without access to counsel - deported to Uganda or South Sudan Do you? #FIFAworldcup

I understand the U.S. is about to host the #FIFAWorldCup and shortly thereafter, the Summer Olympics. If you are a non-U.S. citizen, you would be INSANE to come here to watch sports. America is not safe for tourists.

The political juggernaut that elected Ds and institutions alike cower in front of

“There is no humane way to detain families.” — Neha Desai, NCYL Children in family detention face trauma, malnourishment & medical problems — some held for months. Neha spoke with @washingtonpost.com on the urgent need to end the govt’s detention of families. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

This is Lou Bega erasure

an interesting statistical deep dive: jedkolko.substack.com/p/no-native-...

Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End Standards of Care for Detained Migrant Children www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...

Yesterday a judge ordered ICE to improve conditions in holding cells at ICE's field office in NYC. It's a good decision, yet many of the responses here are along the lines of "none of this matters" or "they'll just ignore this." Those responses are wrong. Here's a quick thread on why.

Judge Lewis Kaplan has GRANTED a motion for a TRO sought by lawyers for detainees at 26 Federal Plaza. It requires DHS to provide migrants a clean and safe place to sleep, prescription medication, nutritious meals, access to counsel, & other necessities storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Do you remember the horrific abduction in Worcester, MA where protestors clashed with ICE as they ripped a woman away from her family? The horror continues. The woman’s 13 and 17 year old daughters were placed in foster care. They are now both missing. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/m...

Important new lawsuit! Today 12 members of Congress filed a lawsuit seeking to force ICE to follow the law and allow them to enter detention centers for the purposes of conducting oversight.

At a time when ICE is detaining more people than ever before in history – and reports of mistreatment, overcrowding & unsanitary conditions are growing – real-time oversight has never been more important. This admin cannot hide from Congress or the American people. We will make sure of it in court.

They tried and failed to do this in Trump 1.0, and it’s still the same judge in charge of making the decision.

Time for a quick round of "Why Do These Polls Look Different" Latest Fox has Rs and Ds essentially tied on inflation/economy; WSJ gives Rs a big lead. Think there's a fairly simple explanation that itself highlights a major dynamic. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

I haven’t seen this mentioned elsewhere, so now’s as good a time as any: Masking immigration agents *now* prevents accountability *in the future.* When the Trump Admin says it “wants to prevent doxxing,” you should read “wants to thwart future accountability for individuals for their crimes”

"He's a citizen by birth. Why did ICE mark him for deportation--again?" www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

When you strip away humanity

Gallup reports that Trump is at a net -22%(!) approval rating on immigration (38% approve, 60% disapprove). That is the second lowest rating they've ever recorded for him, just behind -23% in August 2018 (38% approve, 61% disapprove).

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.

ICE would say this doesn't qualify as a detention facility since it is a "hold room" for the immigration court located on the 12th floor. If that's the case, a person should not be held there more than 12 hours. www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...

“The United Church of Christ passed a resolution at its General Synod this week denouncing what it called ‘domestic terrorism’ by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …” “The measure was approved July 14 by a vote of 627-8, with one abstention, at the UCC's 35th biennial General Synod …”

per a new CBS News poll, public opinion on immigration has flipped. people now mostly think that trump’s deportation agenda is going too far

“The Republican president fails to earn majority approval on any of the issues included in the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, [even] on immigration,…[with] fewer believ[ing] he understands the problems facing people like them [than at the start of his term].”

Trump’s immigration agenda is now pretty deep underwater, including by 30 points among independents

They can be impeached. And, should Bove be confirmed — which he should not be — he should immediately be the subject of an impeachment inquiry should Dems retake Congress. He should not be a federal judge due to his actions at DOJ. That does not change if he is confirmed.

Maybe coincidental to Epstein stuff, maybe not — YouGov has Trump hitting a new low in net approval this week

This is not the act of a legitimate government.

autocorrect really jumped the shark when it started replacing perfectly good words with more common words that it assumes you meant to use

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

YES: Nearly three-quarters of Californians believe local police officers should arrest federal immigration agents who “act maliciously or knowingly exceed their authority under federal law.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Border Patrol itself is reporting that it is engaging in racial profiling and then attempting to arrest people who ignore its attempts at racial profiling and try to leave. Yet apparently nothing can be done to stop them? This is a crime. We need state prosecutors to step up.

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC. No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space. gothamist.com/news/theyre-...

Weirdly, the people who looked at polls and said (wrongly) the LA protests were “playing right into Trump’s hands” by increasing immigration salience aren’t saying the GOP is playing right into Democrats’ hands by passing the OBBBA, when the data actually supports that statement

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.

Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk www.reuters.com/business/imm...

Several right-leaning pollsters are releasing enough polls with highly skewed results that they can meaningfully change Trump's approval average. And if your aggregation model isn't designed well, that'll happen. Big piece on house effects and methodology in Trump approval averages: 🧵

I can’t express how truly horrific the SCOTUS decision today in DHS v DVD is

I'm writing this post in high dudgeon because what the Court endorsed today is unamerican and contemptuous not just of the role of the judiciary but also of the responsibility we have as a nation to those in our custody and those we subject to punishment. I'm mad as hell. You should be too.