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The city’s use of temporary shelters harms affordable housing efforts and merely delays displacement of unhoused people.
San Jose Is Displacing Its Unhoused Residents to Prepare for Super Bowl Tourism
The city’s use of temporary shelters harms affordable housing efforts and merely delays displacement of unhoused people.
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The city’s use of temporary shelters harms affordable housing efforts and merely delays displacement of unhoused people.
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The DA of Santa Clara County, California, is the only prosecutor in the country to try a felony case against pro-Palestine student protesters since campus demonstrations began. The trial began last month and a verdict is expected soon.
In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns
Local prosecutors are seeking felony-level charges against pro-Palestine demonstrators. Even if they don’t stick, critics say the response is harsh and could chill protests.
boltsmag.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The DA of Santa Clara County, California, is the only prosecutor in the country to try a felony case against pro-Palestine student protesters since campus demonstrations began. The trial began last month and a verdict is expected soon.
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We’re drifting toward an unambiguous military aggression against Iran, with the intention of overthrowing its regime, and the treatment of it in US politics is somewhere between normalization and avoidance.
I Guess We're All Just Supposed To Be OK With Bombing Iran Again
Watching the buildup for regime change in Iran happily echo the buildup for regime change in Iraq. PLUS: The ghost of NSEERS returns to DHS
www.forever-wars.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
We’re drifting toward an unambiguous military aggression against Iran, with the intention of overthrowing its regime, and the treatment of it in US politics is somewhere between normalization and avoidance.
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I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
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Let's reset the terms of the debate. theracket.news/p/when-will-...
When will he resign?
The only question worth asking
theracket.news
January 25, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Let's reset the terms of the debate. theracket.news/p/when-will-...
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"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye," @erikhane.bsky.social writes from Minneapolis.
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye," @erikhane.bsky.social writes from Minneapolis.
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"like all idiot bullies, Trump only respects strength and aggression, and at bottom he’s also a coward." prospect.org/2026/01/21/t...
How the Free World Can Fight Mad King Trump - The American Prospect
The worst president in American history wants to conquer Greenland.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"like all idiot bullies, Trump only respects strength and aggression, and at bottom he’s also a coward." prospect.org/2026/01/21/t...
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You can picture how it must have felt in there. Four fucking Nazis with their shit-eating grins squeezing their fat asses into a booth at a family-owned Mexican place poisoning the entire room with their smug impunity. Desecrating a place of community www.welcometohellworld.com/we-must-love...
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
You can picture how it must have felt in there. Four fucking Nazis with their shit-eating grins squeezing their fat asses into a booth at a family-owned Mexican place poisoning the entire room with their smug impunity. Desecrating a place of community www.welcometohellworld.com/we-must-love...
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Sunday night gifted us the grandest, rarest form of hockey fight: the goalie fight. defector.com/2026-is-for-...
2026 Is For Fighting | Defector
The new year is not yet three weeks old, but it is already rife with signs. Signs and portents. I have examined the flights of birds. I have consulted with the Pythia at Delphi (she says hello). I…
defector.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Sunday night gifted us the grandest, rarest form of hockey fight: the goalie fight. defector.com/2026-is-for-...
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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My new longform piece @wpr.bsky.social on Saudi labor abuses, including white-collar workers, told through the story of an Indian expat who spent 40 years in Riyadh. His ordeal is just one example of labor exploitation in a kingdom built on it. Gift link: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/saudi-arabia...
The ‘New’ Saudi Arabia Still Runs on ‘Modern-Day Slavery’
The notorious kafala system gives Saudi employers near-complete control over their workers’ legal status, resulting in widespread abuses.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
My new longform piece @wpr.bsky.social on Saudi labor abuses, including white-collar workers, told through the story of an Indian expat who spent 40 years in Riyadh. His ordeal is just one example of labor exploitation in a kingdom built on it. Gift link: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/saudi-arabia...
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"What ICE is learning—at least to the extent that any of these bestial freaks are capable of reason—is that violently suppressing dissent is a tricky business." prospect.org/2026/01/15/t...
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis - The American Prospect
There are reportedly about 3,000 federal immigration officers running riot in Minneapolis. They have been captured on video beating, gassing, and pepper-spraying bystanders and kidnapping people off t...
prospect.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"What ICE is learning—at least to the extent that any of these bestial freaks are capable of reason—is that violently suppressing dissent is a tricky business." prospect.org/2026/01/15/t...
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I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on X.com. “Why did yo...
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
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We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end
www.forever-wars.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
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Amid outrage over the killing of Renee Good, Democratic leaders are declining to use their leverage to fight the agency.
Schumer and Jeffries Refuse to Back Growing Democratic Calls to Defund ICE
Amid outrage over the killing of Renee Good, Democratic leaders are declining to use their leverage to fight the agency.
buff.ly
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Amid outrage over the killing of Renee Good, Democratic leaders are declining to use their leverage to fight the agency.
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I wrote about the longstanding dynamics that produced our terrifying present for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social.
Enforcement Regime | Michael Macher
Trump's immigration crackdown marks a dramatic change in the domestic security apparatus, yet its origins lie in a longstanding bipartisan consensus.
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I wrote about the longstanding dynamics that produced our terrifying present for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social.
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Why does the mainstream Democratic response to authoritarian violence always have to be abstracted like this? defector.com/how-hard-is-...
How Hard Is It To Oppose Murder? | Defector
By now you’ve almost certainly seen the video for yourself, or read about it: an ICE agent shooting a Minneapolis woman, Renee Nicole Good, in the head from point-blank range, killing her as she…
defector.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Why does the mainstream Democratic response to authoritarian violence always have to be abstracted like this? defector.com/how-hard-is-...
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🚨NEW: Federal officers like ICE agents have been routinely prosecuted by states for violating state laws, up to and including murder, since the 1800s.
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
prospect.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
🚨NEW: Federal officers like ICE agents have been routinely prosecuted by states for violating state laws, up to and including murder, since the 1800s.
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
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We are the world's bad guys.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
We are the world's bad guys.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
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Wrote for @discourseblog.com about why it's important that we call what Trump has done in Venezuela by its proper name—a coup—and why (surprise surprise) our major media outlets have universally failed to do so www.discourseblog.com/p/the-word-f...
The Word For This Is 'Coup'
Call what Donald Trump just did in Venezuela by its proper name.
www.discourseblog.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Wrote for @discourseblog.com about why it's important that we call what Trump has done in Venezuela by its proper name—a coup—and why (surprise surprise) our major media outlets have universally failed to do so www.discourseblog.com/p/the-word-f...
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"When Congress neglected to do its duty – declining to begin impeachment proceedings after the first unconstitutional act of war – it was an implicit invitation to the Trump administration," @rikleen.bsky.social writes. "The Trump administration accepted the invitation."
The logical consequences
Congress gave Trump a free pass for bombing Iran – his attack on Venezuela is the logical consequence
by Alex Rikleen
As a teacher, part of my job was responding when a student answered a phone cal...
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
"When Congress neglected to do its duty – declining to begin impeachment proceedings after the first unconstitutional act of war – it was an implicit invitation to the Trump administration," @rikleen.bsky.social writes. "The Trump administration accepted the invitation."