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NOW— Mass ICE arrests happened/are happening at the Manhattan immigration court at 290 Broadway on the 20th floor. I was just outside the building and an observer came out crying, confirmed they witnessed people getting detained outside courtrooms while families watched and wept.

submitted 14 days ago • 110 comments

Another dispatch this one from 290 Broadway immigration court, where I watched government prosecutors dismiss deportation cases, only for ICE to detain people in the lobby below. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/29/i...

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

1/ We got government data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in the U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

I spent over a decade writing about such "common sense" reforms. They engender so much push-back, so much hateful backlash against those trying to support such reforms, and so many lies. And then, they do not work. This is how I got to abolition.

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Never forget that Bernie Kerik was one of the few people both evil enough to get a jail named after him and corrupt enough to require that jail be renamed during his lifetime.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Donating to fundraisers for Palestinians so they can eat or escape genocide: not a crime And if you're helping to facilitate a fundraiser, just make sure you consult a qualified lawyer in your jurisdiction to make sure you're complying with applicable laws. 🤷

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

People send me this article all the time so let’s actually read it- first off it’s some dude’s blog 1) he’s mainly talking about buy me a coffee- never seen a Gazan on here raise on that 2) then he’s talking about fake organizations- I agree I’m wary of those 3) then he says there are real GFMs

submitted 19 days ago • 9 comments

Ah more absence of evidence and feels. Someone is posting at 4am, two accounts. Who, never you mind. TWO ACCOUNTS THEY SEE IT IS ALL A FRAUD. Anyway.... Banning Gazan accounts creates more fraud and spam, let me explain how.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

submitted 23 days ago • 154 comments

NEW: reports today from @l-toczylowski.bsky.social and others that ICE has begun efforts to dismiss cases pending in immigration court for less than two years — so that they can then immediately arrest the same people and put them through “expedited removal,” skipping the court process entirely.

submitted 24 days ago • 136 comments

If you have a tiny amount to give or want to leave Sharif a comment in the replies here I know he would be very grateful and I’ll make sure he sees them

submitted 25 days ago • 17 comments

Speaking of ridiculous account closures @sharifsamir.bsky.social had his account closed. Sharif has been authentically interacting with dozens of people and was cautious about spam rules. If you could email [email protected] I would be grateful.

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

Okay the areas where most of the people on Bluesky are (particularly Khan Younis) are being displaced- so I am going to start a master thread here of people who need help with evacuation. I’ll keep adding to it so check the bottom part too:

submitted 25 days ago • 44 comments

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Soad. Soad worked in a maternity ward at a hospital and her husband taught English before the war. They have a 3 year old son, Omar, who was diagnosed with thyroid issues. He has since contracted Hepatitis C because of the conditions in Gaza

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

it would make me so grateful if people would come out to help my dear sisters @fidaagaza1.bsky.social @ bit.ly/fidaa-family-fund and @noorhassan.bsky.social @ bit.ly/support-noor. noor used her last donations to buy asthma meds for her mother. her birthday is in 10 days; she deserves some joy ⤵️

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Genuinely shocking. Truly appalling behavior here by Alito. I’d argue a misquote like this, if done knowingly, would be grounds for impeachment (were such a thing structurally possible here). And if done sloppily, any lawyer would face being fired (tho Alito is spared that). Truly terrible.

submitted 28 days ago • 9 comments

Andrew Cuomo is an amazing candidate if you want NYC's next mayor to be a white guy who says the n-word "slowly and with a hard r."

submitted 28 days ago • 98 comments

There is nothing shameful about needing a community to support you, but it is shameful to turn away from the suffering of people in Gaza who just want to live a peaceful, normal life. Help Mona if you can: bsky.app/profile/mona...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments