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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 2d

A federal judge ordered ICE to release Carlos Guerra Leon after three months in detention in Louisiana. He arrived home to Rockland County on Friday.

“I feel like it’s a dream,” his mother said.
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New York Teen Returns Home After Judge Rules His ICE Detention Illegal

After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said…

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 4d

“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.

The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

"The stakes are much higher than one mayoral election. It’s about whether or not the rich and powerful can still command politics in the beating heart of American capitalism." www.salon.com/2025/10/30/p...

Panic in the Hamptons: The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani

Behind closed doors, wealthy donors plotted to stop a movement reshaping New York politics — and exposed their deepest fears.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans

Trump Sets Annual Limit For Refugees To 7,500 — And They'll Mostly Be From This 1 Country

No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year’s ceiling set under the Biden administration of 125,000.

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Michael M. Santiago @msantiagophotos.bsky.social · 5d

My daughter saw some of my photos from immigration court and asked why a child was crying. I couldn’t find a way to safely describe that the child’s father was taken by ICE and what is currently happening. That turned into her being worried that I would get taken away.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d

This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.

Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He’s A Good Christian

Hundreds protested Tuesday at an ICE facility in southwest Colorado after agents detained two children on their way to school.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Prism @prismreports.org · 5d

Within days of Trump’s presidential win, ICE posted several notices seeking contractors to modernize the ability to track, monitor, & surveil noncitizens, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reported. We're now seeing federal agents using their arsenal of surveillance tools to erode everyone's privacy rights.

ICE is swiftly expanding its sprawling surveillance apparatus

After Trump’s win, ICE sought out contractors to grow the agency’s ability to track, monitor, and surveil noncitizens

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

It wasn’t so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it.

“We’re going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!” the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary.

Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation’s name “AH-ee-tee” — near-perfect Creole elocution.

“When I heard him say that, I smiled,” recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani’s former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani’s reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti’s status as the first republic founded by former slaves.

“That’s straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies,” said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani’s alma mater. “I will claim that,” he added with a laugh.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

Hurricane Melissa’s peak intensity surpassed Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as it closed in on Jamaica on Tuesday morning.

Hurricane Melissa, now stronger than Katrina, is closing in on Jamaica

Melissa’s 175 mph winds rival the most intense Atlantic storms on record. The Category 5 hurricane is threatening Jamaica with a storm surge of up to 13 feet.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop

Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

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Ash Ponders is judging the Smithsonian Photo Contest @ashponders.bsky.social · 7d

Photos in ProPublica.

A mail service that helps people regain their footing—hard to get a job, hard to deal with the gov, hard to pay your bills without a stable address.

Many of the folks we spoke to _used_ to be unhoused & attributed part of their current situation to the aid they got from K2C.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.

Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.

U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People

The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

The American Federation of Government Employees, the nation’s largest union of federal workers, said the shutdown is punishing the very people who keep the country running.

The union also urged lawmakers to pass a stopgap funding bill.

Largest federal workers union calls for ‘clean’ bill to end shutdown

The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a stopgap funding measure to bring employees back to work with back pay.

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 7d

Latest in PN:

Who looks at what’s happening and says to themselves, “I’d love to put on a mask and a bulletproof vest, then go around smashing car windows and tackling terrified housekeepers and landscapers on the sidewalk”?

By @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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ICE is out of control and beyond repair

This agency needs to be stripped down to the studs. Dems should start preparing now.

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 7d

Despite what JD Vance said, Muslims in America — and especially Muslim women — suffered real violence & harassment after 9/11.

There's even research showing that pregnant Muslims suffered higher rates of preterm birth & low birth weight after 9/11 because of the stress induced by Islamophobia.

Mamdani spoke of his aunt’s fear after 9/11. Backlash revealed how Islamophobia persists.

The response to his remarks revealed how Muslim women remain among the most visible — and vulnerable — targets.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

Drew Struzan, an artist whose talent for realistic portraiture and inventive composition captured the magic and adventure of films by directors like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Frank Darabont in some 200 posters, died this month. He was 78.

Drew Struzan, Masterly Painter of Movie Posters, Dies at 78

He created realistic imagery for the “Star Wars” franchise, the Indiana Jones films and the “Back to the Future” trilogy. He also put Alice Cooper in a tuxedo and tails for an album cover.

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Michael M. Santiago @msantiagophotos.bsky.social · 8d

I get tunnel vision when I photograph and often times I tune all sound out and just focus on facial expressions and for this moment @maragay.bsky.social face told me to hit my shutter button. But you can tell by everyone’s expression that the question that was a bit out of pocket!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9d

A DOJ whistleblower told 60 Minutes what the public has suspected for months: The Trump administration told him to lie to a judge about Ábrego García. trib.al/ZB8cnQ0

"What’s to stop them if they decide they don’t like you anymore? To say you’re a criminal, you’re a member of MS-13?"

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 10d

Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo turning their keys to the nuclear racism machine together, and more news to start your weekend:

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With Nothing Else Landing, Cuomo Tries Gutter Racism

Plus more news for your weekend.

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 10d

The NYPD stressed it had no role in Tuesday’s Canal Street raid of street vendors — while ICE said more will be coming.

ICE Vows More Raids Coming After Chinatown ‘Counterfeit’ Incursion Sparks Backlash

The NYPD stressed it had no role in Tuesday's Canal Street raid of street vendors — while ICE said more will be coming.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11d

Ballerina Misty Copeland has taken one last passionate spin on the ballet stage before saying goodbye.

Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes after performing for adoring crowd at retirement show

Ballerina Misty Copeland has taken one last passionate spin on the ballet stage before saying goodbye.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 11d

Volunteers are here at the Oakland Home Depot handing out resources and keeping an eye out for federal ICE agents amid the news of the arrival of agents to Alameda's Coast Guard Island @sfchronicle.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

This photo.

@sfstandard.com #SFO
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11d

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

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Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

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