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Homegrown science journalist/author, The Next Great Migration (2020), Pandemic (2016) + more. 2024 Guggenheim fellow. Bylines NYT Mag, New Yorker, The Nation, etc. Writing a new book on human exceptionalism! www.soniashah.com
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Happy NO KINGS day from sailing vessel Clove ❤️✊🏽

Put this on a billboard.

"Liberate the city" What does that mean? The Trump Administration should be asked by every reporter.

A Senator being treated like a criminal for asking questions about Trump’s disgraceful ICE raids is an attack on every American’s freedom. The FBI are not the president’s secret police. Those responsible must be fired & @padilla.senate.gov questions must be answered.

WTAF?? www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

RIGHT FUCKING NOW! #ImpeachNoem

So ICE is now more powerful than a sitting US senator? I hope every democrat congressperson stands up for their colleague and demands accountability for what happened to Alex Padilla. They won’t but I wish they would.

Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics. Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.

You don't have to like her but when she cooks she's Anthony Bourdain

And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.

Our friends at @freestatecoalition.bsky.social are asking folks to SHARE this post on Saturday June 7 Please save and re-post on Saturday June 7!

Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up. "Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons" Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division

“Weather and Climate Livestream” is happening now! 🌍 This non-partisan event spans five days and features climate scientists and meteorologists who will talk about their work, the impact of research cuts, and also take audience questions. Tune in to support science! wclivestream.com

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Cannot wait for this new generation of Obies to be unleashed on this world! They are just what we need! Ty @oberlincollege.bsky.social for the honor of addressing the class of 2025! 🙏🏽❤️

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

Congrats, everyone.

hey brenda! we had another great Free Kilmar! Dance Party Protest last night join us friday may 30 at 5:30 pm at Baltimore Penn tinyurl.com/freekilmardancepartyprotest

A HAPPY UPDATE! Mahmoud Khalil was allowed a "contact" visit—without plexiglass divider—with his wife and newborn son this morning before his immigration hearing, ACLU tells me, so I think we can safely assume that he was finally able to hold his child for the first time.

The House budget is a health care cataclysm for America. 15 million Americans will lose their health care. That's the total combined population of: West Virginia Hawaii New Hampshire Wyoming Vermont DC Alaska North Dakota South Dakota Delaware Rhode Island Montana Maine

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

this is with no exaggeration a david duke line

ACTION ALERT: Deadline tomorrow to comment on the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposal 2025-004, which will be used to legitimatize another cascade of mass firings. They are coming for our workers, **STAND OR BE COMPLICIT.** www.regulations.gov/document/OPM... Resources in 🧵

So looking forward to this conversation with @anandian.bsky.social--this book is so relevant to our political moment! Please come! WHEN: Tuesday May 27 at 7 pm WHERE: Red Emma's Bookstore & Cafe, 3128 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore

NEW: The Trump administration abruptly deported as many as 12 migrants to South Sudan on a flight that departed Tuesday, lawyers say, accusing the administration of violating a court order. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

I'm sure Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson will be reporting on this clear case of presidential cognitive decline, right? Right?

🚨🚨🚨 HEADS UP - Democratic Senators Gillibrand, Gallego, Warner, and Alsobrooks are scheming to hand Trump a major gift by advancing a shady crypto bill - the GENIUS Act today. They aren’t even pretending that this bill will rein in any corruption issues. ☎️ Senate 202-224-3121 to say no to crypto.

If all of these BaltCo council members are supportive of our award-winning, corruption-fighting inspector general, then please ask them when they will be introducing legislation to ACTUALLY PROTECT her position by making it independent! @cbsnewsbaltimore.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com

In case you needed another reason to eat ice cream.

BALTIMORE COUNTY RESIDENTS!: Sign the open letter to Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier, objecting to her unlawful refusal to reappoint our award-winning inspector general! tinyurl.com/reappointinspectorgeneral

a "gift to the nation"--so we all get to fly on it?

The word is that @gallego.senate.gov + @markwarner.bsky.social are trying again to gather Dem votes to advance the shady GENIUS Act that will end up helping the Trump family to get richer off crypto this Thursday. Call you Sens today 202-224-3121 ask them to vote against the dumb GENIUS bill.

Pedro Pascal reshares video which says the U.S. has become a police state A state where there is no higher authority

Absolutely, radioactively politically toxic

HAPPENING NOW: Faith ministers of all denominations are currently blocking the entrance to the Delaney Hall ICE detention center where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested (Video: @scootercaster.com)

DEFY THEM WITH JOY! Join the Free Kilmar! Dance Party Protests at Baltimore Penn Station & neutralize the fear & isolation fascists use to control and suppress us. We dance for democracy, due process & the disappeared. Friday 5/16, 5/23 & 5/30 at 5:30 pm tinyurl.com/freekilmardancepartyprotest

Textbook art of the deal

When you’re the first Muslim elected official to run for mayor, people say some pretty wild things.

LOL paragraph 5, below, directly contradicts the NYT's boot-licking headline: "However, India’s foreign ministry contradicted Mr. Rubio, saying the cease-fire was worked out directly between India and Pakistan, and that there had been no decision to hold talks on any other issue at any location.

Massachusetts neighbors tried to stop ICE from ripping away a mother who was with two children, including a newborn baby. The agents had no warrant. Those who want “illegals” to uphold the law should start by upholding it themselves. This is vile, cruel, and unforgivable. Period. #OnYourSide

Trigger warning

Why is ICE wearing masks? What are they hiding? The Mayor of Newark was arrested at an ICE facility—when elected officials showed up, masked agents roughed them up, including an 80-year-old congresswoman. Why?!

Rümeysa Öztürk has finally been ordered released. She has been unlawfully detained for more than six weeks in an ICE facility in Louisiana, more than 1,500 miles away from Somerville. This is a victory for Rümeysa, for justice, and for our democracy.

Jailed for writing an op-ed, and now FREE <3