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Ta-Nehisi Coates: “What of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know.”

The emergency has ended, yet the collaboration continues. Bowser’s appeasement of Trump has done nothing but hurt the District. MPD & ICE are individually deeply harmful, together they compound that harm. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Police “can be in many places more than ICE can. They know how to do traffic checkpoints. They can block streets. What you’re giving them is a demographic and cultural map of the city.”

Today 31 Democrats chose to side with Donald Trump over DC. We did not ask for this. It will not make us safer. And fueling this fascist president's agenda is dangerous for our entire country. (🧵)

It was an honor to accept this award on behalf of colleagues at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social and our grassroots partners who partner with us on litigation, policy and research. I admire them so much. And thanks to @eff.org for a hella fun night.

We're feeling pretty honored that we made this list.

Know before you go—EFF Awards: WHERE? SF Design Center Galleria 🌁 WHEN? September 10 @ 6 PM 📆 FOOD AND DRINK? Yes! 🍺🍷🍕🌮 eff.org/effawards

We can all learn something from these bystanders.

I didn't anticipate that my DC summer might involve living under a paramilitary occupation. They are disappearing people, assaulting people who are filming them, pulling people off mopeds - all with a sidearm. DC is stop #2 in the Trump war against states.

D.C. residents rallied near the White House this morning to protest President Trump’s federal takeover of city law enforcement. Free DC led a rally near LaFayette Square this morning, where speakers called on D.C. area residents to fight back President Trump’s ‘fascist’ federal takeover.

He wants to throw out decades of home rule in DC, which would endanger hundreds of thousands of residents who live here.

A CBP agent wore Meta smart glasses to an immigration raid: www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-...

URGENT: DC to clear many homeless encampments tonight (Thur, Aug 7th). Please spread widely and share with media. My hunch is that this is @MayorBowser working with @realDonaldTrump , but I cannot confirm that yet.

“Time and time again, ICE has shown us that it intends to build a mass surveillance system that nets all Americans. It is not about combatting crime, this is about the federal government having surveillance power and control over all Americans” - Julie Mao Follow link to read @404media.co

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.

If this AI regulation moratorium passes, state lawmakers will have no power to regulate and protect the privacy of their constituents. This is exactly what the AI industry wants.

Come join us for this talk organized by Pal Legal and the Nation. Register at bit.ly/weRise

Once our data is in the hands of law enforcement, we have less control of what they will do with it. Police and ICE collaborate, and they are willing to bend the rules to spy and criminalize people. The only way to keep our data safe is by NOT giving surveillance tech to police & federal agencies.

I have learned there also are multiple caravans going to Rafa to challenge the humanitarian aid blockade. Respect to them.

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...

This is such a disgusting and authoritarian statement. The ICE response injured the SEIU president, ICE agents ran around with masks, terrified thousands, and THIS protest is an insurrection? How far is Steven Miller willing to go? Anywhere authoritarian leaders go. x.com/stephenm/sta...

The House approved $59 Billion for immigration detention. These are the power hungry folks (ratas de dos patas) that aid in making this possible. They all chose to play an active role on expanding the deportation machine and surveillance dragnet. 🐀🐀🐀 You can read our top takeaways linked below

Elon Musk might be "leaving" the federal government but he's paved the way for other authoritarian minded-billionaires to walk through the door of the US government and build mass surveillance systems layered with racism, xenophobia + political persecution. static1.squarespace.com/static/62c31...

🚨Hidden within the budget presented to the DC Council this week was a provision that would roll back essential protections for our vibrant immigrant community – neighbors who are a vital thread within the District’s fabric.

The federal government is amping up surveillance at airports and the border and ICE is doubling down on data brokers and ramping up big biometric databases.🧵 (4/4)

Muriel Bowser to DC’s immigrant community in two parts:

“They see these removals as a way to scare people, to deter them from coming, but also to move them toward self-removal or self-deportation. It’s not a coincidence that they are pairing it with this campaign of ‘Leave now or we’ll come after you.’”

Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.

Disappearing an elected official.

📲👀No dejes que hackers y empresas tecnológicas se aprovechen de tus mensajes! Mandas mensajes por el "Whatsapp"? Estos son los pasos para proteger tu huella digital y no dar #NiDatoMas a las empresas tecnológicas. ⬇️

DOGE is doing everything it can to help speed up Trump’s mass deportations. Now there might be a “master database” in the works. It's not too late to fight against the expansion of surveillance, but we must act now.

NEW RESOURCE: With the widespread ICE activity at DC restaurants this week, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about I-9 audits or inspections. So, MSMA and @nilc.org created a I-9 audit or inspection frequently asked questions resource. 🧵

Please share this statement from DC community organizations responding to the ICE actions & intimidation at restaurants, schools & neighborhoods www.instagram.com/dcmigrantmut...

New resource: with the ICE operations taking place in DC, please share this FAQ on I-9 audits and inspections from @dcmigrantmutualaid.org @nilc.org

I've always learned so much from Meredith. I found this hypothesis for new privacy frameworks pretty nourishing in a world where privacy law and policy feel bankrupt.

NEW: The intelligence community has released its assessment of Tren de Aragua, confirming its conclusion that Venezuela is likely NOT directing the gang. This completely undermines Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, which was premised on the idea.

Did I cry a little when I heard the singing? Yes, I did.

No process, no clarity, no humanity" --->"“Please note that deportation can take place at a time that does not allow the person being deported to secure possessions or conclude affairs in the United States. Persons being deported may be sent to countries other than their countries of origin.”"

No one should be surprised that big tech company Palantir has a long history of working with ICE to help effectuate deportations. Reading past their deflections in the Slack chats, you can learn more about what they do and how they are paid millions to do it. www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

How facial recognition technologies are used in the hands of those seeking to stamp out protected First Amendment activity and report foreign students to DHS. It's chilling. apnews.com/article/trum...

“The phrases on this contract addition are a clear signal that Palantir stands ready to carry out the racist and lawless immigration policies of the current administration,” Laura Rivera, attorney at JFL

Check out this Mother Jones article about Clearview AI's connections and contributions to far right nationalist spaces. Clearview AI has been taking facial scans & other personal data without consent and sells it for profit to DHS and police departments. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is political targeting at McCarthy-ism level. I hope you speak up on behalf of the professors and teachers who are fighting back. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/n...

A list of all the data DOGE + Trump & co. are gathering about you. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

"The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American cities delivering packages." michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/i...

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Great research into this article about AI used by TX DPS in Operation Lone Star, one of the most nightmarish law enforcement operations in the US, Operation Lone Star.