All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:

Now more than ever, this is no one coming to save us. PUÑO needs your help to organize against ICE's terrorism in our neighborhood and city. Donate and/or get involved: pilsenunidos.org

A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s attempts to force states to comply with unlawful immigration conditions in order to obtain federal disaster relief funding, ruling such efforts are “unconstitutional." https://to.wttw.com/46Bh1YD

$300M in payouts for police misconduct by 272 officers is insane. Defunding this madness is good fiscal policy on top of everything else. news.wttw.com/2025/09/23/r...

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Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared

More than a dozen immigrants to the U.S. who were first deported to Ghana have since been sent back to their home countries despite their high risk of torture or persecution. Legal experts say the process is part of the Trump administration's attempt "to evade court orders."

Robby Starbuck is a far-right activist. Meta putting him in the position of being a "bias advisor" for its chat bot is insane.

The Trump White House is weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s killing to police dissent, while Democratic leaders stay silent. @ahjohnson.bsky.social breaks down the doxxing, legal assaults and a looming crackdown on nonprofits and free speech.

~4am today: video shared to social media by a neighbor shows an early morning raid with flash grenades on a house in Cicero. Border Patrol agents are on the scene, including one who looks a lot like Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino, seen alongside a person filming.

I surveyed 100 residents at my Arizona Prison to find out who supplies the best meals.

#tdih 1961, Herbert Lee, a farmer who worked w/Bob Moses of SNCC @sncclegacy.bsky.social to help register Black voters, was killed in broad daylight by a state legislator (Hurst) in Liberty, Miss. 💔 Hurst was acquitted by coroner’s jury on same day. #terrorism🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/he...

New Jersey PBS, the state’s only public television station, will shutter next year after suffering “very significant” budget cuts implemented by the Trump administration, the company announced

Your midweek moment of WONDER!

Fuck this guy.

We should never shy away from having our voices heard. Thank you to Yasmin Williams for standing boldly in the face of efforts to silence and frighten.

this is the patch i wear on my vest

Listen to our second episode of our new podcast series: JVP RADIO. Episode 2 is the second in a pair of teaser episodes, offering a glimpse into the conversations from JVP’s National Member Meeting held in Baltimore in May 2025.

Once again begging outlets to stop calling what they did a "cost-cutting" effort

They tried to hide the photo of “Whipped Peter” and his history but they will never be able to succeed because his story was horrifyingly not unique.

It is long past time to end the practice of solitary confinement in IL prisons! Please take a moment to read the words of my friend and comrade, Stanley Howard, who survived 39 years unjustly imprisoned and continues to fight against the inhumane prison system. bit.ly/48v66lM

See you tomorrow Omaha! Look forward to meeting some of you soon and talking about freedom and abolition! Talk & Book Signing Thurs. Sept 25, 2025 @ 6:30PM Green Line Cafe, 1540 N. Saddle Creek Rd., Omaha

This is a good letter -- and a cowardly, cruel move for a tenured professor to write it anonymously and put all the pressure of saving an institution on a bunch of teenagers and 20-somethings. It sets a terrible example and puts unfair pressure on the weakest party.

When we say that this administration is trying to erase history we must also remember that they are doing this also through the erasure of the arts — especially those created by black and brown communities.

The Heritage Foundation is urging the FBI to see speech in favor of trans rights as an incitement to violence. Perfectly normal day in our great country. Plus, schools are finding out how cruel anti-trans laws impact their students, and an inspiring effort to help poor trans people afford hormones.

Goon squads roaming around harassing people just trying to do their fucking jobs

A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19 What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us? www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Delightful!

Stop trying to argue with the logic of the right. The right purposefully employs inconsistent logic to specifically in order to make people show it is above consistency. It is purely about dominance. And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.

Extreme heat is killing tens of thousands of elderly people prematurely each year ...

These are the real ones out in the tear gas making sure protesters aren't disappeared. Please support today:

“It should not be overlooked that since Trump’s first term, all significant efforts to collectively prosecute social justice movements have failed.”

Looking forward to reading this!

Everyone who hasn’t already read “Let This Radicalize You” should get a copy. If you already have it, lend it to or buy one for someone you love.

i was on the ground today with our team and @mulchy.bsky.social and @djbyrnes1.bsky.social. being in a situation where feds are unafraid to shoot pepper balls and tear gas at protestors AND elected officials AND the media… we are in truly scary times. and it’s only the beginning.

Some more shameful shit from the Democratic Party

There is a lot happening today — from free speech censorship to racist violence to deportations. To defeat fascism, we will need all hands on deck. Google "general strike 2028" and start reading. Share it with your friends. Share it with your coworkers.

Photo by Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune. Curtis Evans, former Marine, carries U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the #ICE facility.

Deaths in NYPD custody have surged to levels not seen in at least a decade, with 43 people dying in 2023 and 2024 combined — roughly double the toll of any two-year period since at least 2016, according to police data and officials.

Join us in Omaha, this Thursday 9/25 for an author event and signing for my latest book When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer. Then back in Chicago on Saturday 9/27 for a timely discussion on GI resistance to militarism and fascism at Pilsen Community Books.

“Pawar told the Sun-Times Thursday. ‘[But] if there is a change and an attack on free speech, it’s not going to just impact one set of folks, it will hit everybody. … That’s a trillion dollars of impact.’”

Join us at the MASS MoCA R&D Store Thursday 9/25. Josh MacPhee will be in conversation with MCLA Professor of Art, Melanie Mowinski. Tickets are $5, reserve your seat! buff.ly/XaATkz1

Every time I feel like I know a lot about the rise of fascism in Germany, I learn something new.

Give this episode a listen and then join us next weekend @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social when Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes join us for conversation on GI resistance.

Last week I wrote about how the absurd RICO case against Cop City protesters in Georgia threatened journalists, in addition to activists. Now the federal government wants to do the same -- weaponize conspiracy and racketeering laws to turn dissent into a felony. Things are moving fast...

Be there NYC!

Emboldened by the Jan. 6 pardons and the administration’s laser focus on mass deportations, which is redirecting authorities’ attention, far-right extremists have rejoiced at the idea of having more space to organize. (Published Feb. 2025)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the killing of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week in west suburban Franklin Park.

“'I cried a lot, and sometimes, from the depression, I urinated in my clothes,' she said in Spanish in a phone call from Oaxaca, Mexico, where she lives now. 'I don’t know why they didn’t give me the care I needed.'"

What happened to New Orleans schools and school policies post Katrina? Increased funding went to the charter sector, closing long-standing public schools Black communities depended on. @underthetreepod.bsky.social