his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
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New from me: a Russian man documented election tampering, got caught, and came to the US to claim political asylum. Except that when he got here, he was told that the asylum system in America no longer exists.

Reminder that as with so much of what we’re witnessing, Congress could put a stop to it.

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

A radio feast from the buddies at brand-new audio magazine @signalhillfm.bsky.social. Listen to it, send it to someone you like, give them some money so they can keep making more new work: www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...

"ICE press releases that have reached the first page of Google search results, making it seem like enforcement actions just happened, when in actuality they occurred months or years ago. Some go back as far as 2008." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In a brutal time, what a gift to see intrepid people start something new:

Despite our willingness to compromise, management has rejected our sensible proposals again and again. Enough is enough.

97% of our members have signed onto a pledge to do whatever it takes to get a deal, including a potential work stoppage.

Since last March, @nymagunion.bsky.social has been negotiating a new contract. But Vox Media has refused to meet us halfway on basic issues including giving us meaningful wage increases, controlling health care costs, and offering reasonable protections around AI in our workplace.

PEPFAR, started by George W. Bush, has saved more than 25 million lives worldwide. 600,000 people would die over the next decade in South Africa alone, which relies on PEPFAR for only 20% of its H.I.V. budget. Some countries are almost entirely dependent on the program.

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In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green is preparing for the end of the world. For @hazlitt.bsky.social, @mmcavanagh.bsky.social
spent a week with him to find out what exactly it looks like to try to escape climate collapse: hazlitt.net/longreads/hi...