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There is some irony in the GOP responding to (incorrect) fears about professors teaching that they are a party of totalitarian monsters by turning classrooms into totalitarian surveillance chambers where an errant phrase can lead to systematic harassment.
UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.
www.theassemblync.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
There is some irony in the GOP responding to (incorrect) fears about professors teaching that they are a party of totalitarian monsters by turning classrooms into totalitarian surveillance chambers where an errant phrase can lead to systematic harassment.
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The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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The beautiful game
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The beautiful game
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February 8, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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It’s important to keep in mind the existence of a lot of antipathy toward D.C. specifically, and its limited capacity to protect itself because of its relationship to the federal government.
With the closing of the Kennedy Center and the cuts at the Post, the Washington, DC metro area has lost its biggest arts institution and of its largest local journalism outlet.
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It’s important to keep in mind the existence of a lot of antipathy toward D.C. specifically, and its limited capacity to protect itself because of its relationship to the federal government.
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We are committed to holding the government accountable for violating people's rights and breaking the law. If you believe ICE violated your rights, please let us know. Learn more and file a report: ACLUMaine.org/ReportRightsViolations
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
We are committed to holding the government accountable for violating people's rights and breaking the law. If you believe ICE violated your rights, please let us know. Learn more and file a report: ACLUMaine.org/ReportRightsViolations
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BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This NHL Stadium Series game tonight between the Bruins and Lightning is fantastic. @nhlbruins.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 AM
This NHL Stadium Series game tonight between the Bruins and Lightning is fantastic. @nhlbruins.bsky.social
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The Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis, a refuge for asylum seekers from around the world who were tortured by their regimes, has to now make this plea in the United States… We must fight this
growing evil.
@smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov
@startribune.com
@cvt.org
growing evil.
@smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov
@startribune.com
@cvt.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis, a refuge for asylum seekers from around the world who were tortured by their regimes, has to now make this plea in the United States… We must fight this
growing evil.
@smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov
@startribune.com
@cvt.org
growing evil.
@smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov
@startribune.com
@cvt.org
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The apparent end to ICE’s large-scale operation in Maine does not amount to a change in immigration policy, which shapes the experience of asylum seekers caught in the president's dragnet. | By Emma Davis mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/30/a...
After fleeing danger, asylum seekers are getting caught in Trump’s dragnet • Maine Morning Star
She vividly remembers the terror of waking up in the middle of the night in her home country to police banging on her door, threatening to kill her if she didn’t tell them where her husband was. For…
mainemorningstar.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The apparent end to ICE’s large-scale operation in Maine does not amount to a change in immigration policy, which shapes the experience of asylum seekers caught in the president's dragnet. | By Emma Davis mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/30/a...
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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BREAKING: A federal judge just granted a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from arresting refugees in Minnesota and ordering the release of those currently detained. This is a huge win for ICE accountability.
Read more:
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
Read more:
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
Court Orders ICE To Stop Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Refugees | International Refugee Assistance Project
refugeerights.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge just granted a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from arresting refugees in Minnesota and ordering the release of those currently detained. This is a huge win for ICE accountability.
Read more:
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
Read more:
refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
This is insane.
English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 AM
This is insane.
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One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Non-masked MN National Guard are out handing out hot chocolate, coffee and donuts to protesters. One simple act has de-escalated the situation and helped gain the trust of people. See the difference between professional soldiers and the pretend tough guys in CBP and ICE?
January 25, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Non-masked MN National Guard are out handing out hot chocolate, coffee and donuts to protesters. One simple act has de-escalated the situation and helped gain the trust of people. See the difference between professional soldiers and the pretend tough guys in CBP and ICE?
What a game, what a moment.
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 PM
What a game, what a moment.
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A video of ICE agents apparently killing a man, shooting him several times while he's on the ground. They run away from his corpse.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A video of ICE agents apparently killing a man, shooting him several times while he's on the ground. They run away from his corpse.
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Minnesota is the frontline of democracy and human rights in the United States right now. Please support organisations like @cvt.org who are resisting ICE’s cruelty: www.cvt.org 🇺🇸
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Minnesota is the frontline of democracy and human rights in the United States right now. Please support organisations like @cvt.org who are resisting ICE’s cruelty: www.cvt.org 🇺🇸
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The United States government used armed thugs to kidnap a 5-year-old child off an American street, separate him from his dad, traffic him to another state, and sling him into a scary & unsafe concentration camp.
"This is not who we are!!!"
Yes, unfortunately, it now is.
"This is not who we are!!!"
Yes, unfortunately, it now is.
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The United States government used armed thugs to kidnap a 5-year-old child off an American street, separate him from his dad, traffic him to another state, and sling him into a scary & unsafe concentration camp.
"This is not who we are!!!"
Yes, unfortunately, it now is.
"This is not who we are!!!"
Yes, unfortunately, it now is.
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
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This is what happens when cruelty becomes government policy. Torture survivors are people who have fled dictatorship, persecution and state violence. Shame on ICE, President Trump and anyone who supports this disgusting slide into authoritarianism.
NEW: 4 CVT clients in asylum processes were detained by ICE and flown to Texas. All were in the U.S. legally. One was detained while going into her workplace; the ICE agents tackled her in the snow in front of her co-workers. Read more: www.cvt.org/statements/f...
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is what happens when cruelty becomes government policy. Torture survivors are people who have fled dictatorship, persecution and state violence. Shame on ICE, President Trump and anyone who supports this disgusting slide into authoritarianism.
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Paul's back and he nails it here
January 20, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Paul's back and he nails it here
This tracks with approximately 99% of people I work with and/or know personally.
The inevitability of AI is now under threat from no one wanting to use it.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
January 20, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This tracks with approximately 99% of people I work with and/or know personally.