Thom Tillis is increasingly "sick of stupid" from the Trump administration: Just don't call him anti-Trump. My exit profile of a Republican power broker who got labeled as a RINO, and how he wants to take out Stephen Miller. #NCSen #NCPol www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
We have heard from migrants subjected to ICE flights that guards/federal agents lay out the WRAP on the tarmac as a threat: Do what we say on the flight or you're gonna get put in a straitjacket.
Yesterday I observed 15 shackled detainees being loaded on the ICE Air flight at MSP. In this clip, as the last one hobbles on, staff put away a full-body WRAP restraint, which had been laid out next to the airstairs.
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If folks haven’t yet watched the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Alabama Solution,” it delves quite a bit into this, as well. It’s a deeply harrowing, moving film that I can’t recommend highly enough.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."
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There’s obviously a lot going on, but the fact that federal prosecutors tried to build a criminal case against Joe Biden — based on no evidence, because Trump barked unjust orders — is quite insane.
The collapse of the case doesn’t negate the underlying abuse.
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Screengrab from Tucson.com showing one headline, the opening image for a video, and a second headline or caption over the video. First headline reads: "Florence ICE detaine dead after untreated tooth infection, official says." Image from video shows an apparent press conference by lawmakers. The speaker at the mic is a woman wearing a cowboy hat. Behind her are two men, one of them in a cowboy hat. The second headline or caption, placed over the video, reads "Republican-controlled Arizona Senate votes to outlaw Sharia law."
Reckon the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate will next work on health care in ICE custody?
This data center bill cleared the Kentucky House with literally no questions from lawmakers, took less than 5 minutes. Passed 90-8. #kyga26
Older folks are constantly complaining to me about how young people don't use maps.
Of course, I tell them. What would a kid need a map for? We don't let them go anywhere.
If you love maps, exploring and childhoods that are full of adventure, independence and curiosity, we must protect mobility.
Nicole Amor, 39, was an avid gardener who enjoyed making salsa from the peppers and tomatoes in her garden with her son, a senior in high school. She also enjoyed rollerblading and bicycling with her fourth-grade daughter.
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Angola’s national dish, Muamba chicken stew, becomes a lifeline for new Mainers
I'll take it.
The Leavenworth Kansas city commission voted in favor of the permit, 4-1, on Tuesday. Good chance it goes through on second consideration, March 10. Also a good chance citizens will show up and voice their concerns.
ICE stopped for now in Leavenworth, KS:
>>A Kansas appeals court has ruled in favor of the city of Leavenworth in the ongoing battle over an ICE detention center at the old Leavenworth Penitentiary owned by CoreCivic.
City leaders to vote on permit as soon as 3-10.
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Great data here on the changing texture of historic neighborhoods like Greenwich Village in NYC.
Where I live, in Brooklyn, I would say 80 percent of the permits posted on brownstones show an upward extension, a rear extension and a reduction in apartments -- typically three to one or four to one.
Sometimes, I wonder whether people know what number the front page is, anymore.
From left, Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear, and Brent Toderian take a selfie in downtown Vancouver last fall. Doug is wearing a Seattle Kraken hat, Sarah is hatless, and Brent is wearing a Montreal Expos hat.
New episode up! We talked with planner @brenttoderian.bsky.social about how to build livable downtowns, what Vancouver does right, why developers should welcome regulation, and his brand-new venture to combat misinformation about cities, @urbantruth.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Screengrab from the Boston Globe, showing a statement from DHS. The text reads: “Detainees are being provided catered meals, continuous access to drinking water, and appropriate restroom facilities for the duration of the delay,” the DHS spokesperson said. “All required prescription medications are being supplied at no cost, and medical personnel are available to provide proper medical care. ICE personnel are conducting regular welfare checks to ensure everyone’s well-being, comfort, and dignity while awaiting departure.”
DHS says everyone on the ICE flight stuck on the tarmac yesterday in the blizzard had meals, meds, bathrooms, etc., and dignity. What do you suppose they mean by dignity?
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Sweet host on WNYC wrapped a report on driving conditions just with a charming report on walking: “Right now in New York, it is hard to see more than a block or two.”
Not that you’d want to walk that far right now, necessarily, but you certainly could see well enough to do it.
“They erased his family by calling him an unaccompanied minor, and they did this even while they were being watched"
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In New Hampshire, Gov. Ayotte is really taking heat on a proposed ICE warehouse in Merrimack.
Local editorial: "opponents of the facility should keep the pressure on to have her intervene to kill the project."
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Minnesota, you are just plain amazing, in the best possible way.
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Eerily similar to stories Japanese-American kids packing for WWII camps.
>>The fifth-grader needed to pack a suitcase and go with her dad to U.S. Border Patrol’s Spokane HQ....She put into a suitcase clothes, watercolors, drawing paper and two stuffed animals.
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Screengrab from a Star-Tribune article. Text reads: According to court records, Soto Jimenez is a Mexican citizen who has lived in Big Lake, Minn., since 2018 with his spouse, who is a legal resident. Federal agents arrested him on Jan. 14 at his job. Provinzino had granted Soto Jimenez’s petition challenging his detention and ordered his release by Feb. 13. Four days later, Erin Lins, Soto Jimenez’s lawyer, wrote to the judge that ICE had instead released him from a facility in El Paso, Texas, with no way to return to Minnesota. Lins said the Texas ICE facility did not return his driver’s license and Mexican Consular ID card.
Then there's Minnesota, where a federal judge yesterday held a U.S. prosecutor in contempt.
The prosecutor expressed deep regret, blamed the workload for their treatment of someone they arrested, and promised to fix it.
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