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The Struggle for Fairness: Forging the Immigration Act of 1965 is out today from DeGruyter Brill. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Desperate? Yes. Effective? We’ll soon know.

Over the past year, I've teamed up with Phyllis Coven to make a film about the impact of IIRIRA and the need for legislative reform. Our first screening is this Wednesday at UMD law school in Baltimore. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/harsh-lega...

As someone who has lost many loved ones to cancer, this intelligent reporting hits right in the heart.

Worth reading the entire thread for the sources behind the reporting

CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

Elon Musk has dumped almost $450 million into the midterm elections. Tesla paid 0% in federal income tax last year. We should tax the billionaires.

"There is no evidence the French protests have anything to do with immigration. There has been Islamist violence over the years...That’s not what’s happening and no desperate eagerness by Republicans to hijack protests for their flailing campaigns can change that." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-l...

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

striking how WaPo can write a headline with such moral clarity when they want

"[Donald Trump] has got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory." --Barack Obama

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

The Cleveland Public Auditorium was packed to capacity. Acton’s and Brown’s speeches were policy-rich and personally inspiring. Then Obama met the moment and lifted us to new heights.

US executives quit as Trump turns control over massive Alaska energy project to Putin underlings. The former chief executive of a $25bn US gas export venture says Russian energy giant Novatek was given control of the project by Trump, triggering a mass resignation of company leadership

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

🚨Ex-GOP political strategist Steve Schmidt has called for the “immediate removal” of Donald Trump’s son-in-law from “every diplomatic assignment” following an explosive report alleging that Jared Kushner secretly had access to roughly $1.75 billion in Gulf money while serving in the White House.

"In recent weeks, Russia has ramped up those efforts. Most of the Russian content so far, spread by bot networks around the world, has targeted Democratic candidates, especially in closely contested Senate races that could determine control of Congress." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...

Fascinating

Has the clock run out on prosecution?

Trump's admiration for Putin is nothing new. What's changed is that his words are now being matched by actions. The United States is increasingly siding with autocratic Russia over democratic Ukraine. michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-cap...

Yep

"One of the first orders of business of the next Congress will be the impeachment of Hegseth and his removal from office. I don’t suppose breaking Ike’s globe will make it into one of the articles of impeachment. But being handed an apt metaphor never hurts." www.thebulwark.com/p/everything...

Clearly in full pedophile protector mode. Makes me really really want the unredacted Epstein files released.

Today is a good day to stand in solidarity with Dr. Amy Acton.

That Vivek Ramaswamy ad drives home the point that Republican politicians think rape – even the rape of children – is no big deal. That disgusting ad is fully consistent with Republicans covering up the Epstein files.

Forbes has been tracking Trump's wealth since the early 80s. They described Trump's first year back in office as "the most lucrative year of [Trump's] life." And it's not even close. Trump is earning hundreds of millions more than he ever has.

Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"

If Husted appears with Ramaswamy after the latter doubles down on the most reprehensible ad in memory attacking Acton for her childhood abuse it should end his career as well. You cannot be fit for office and go along with this. www.axios.com/2026/10/21/r...

Faking polls and betting on Kalshi on the basis of the fakes

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It’s come to what Jesse Watters calls “fear porn.” Reminds me of “basket of deplorables,” though that was not likely his intention.

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Trump regime wants to focus on phony noncitizen voter raids instead of fascist ICE violence. Keep the focus on the lawlessness which comes from the Trump thugs: www.latimes.com/california/s...

holy moly... dead to rights @democrats-judiciary.house.gov

“Donald Trump’s treachery was predictable and predicted. Even so, watching him throwing a financial lifeline to Putin as the monstrous mob boss murders Ukrainians is sick-making stuff. The president’s “October Suprise” was a stab in the back.” charliesykes.substack.com/p/russia-rus...

Poor Tommy has his moment of fame.

Don't know if Trump or associates asked Zuckerberg to disrupt No Kings; or if Zuckerberg saw it as a chance to curry favor with Trump; or if Zuckerberg so believes in Trumpist authoritarianism that he decided to help out. But it's urgent to stop this from happening again--e.g., on election day.

“Under Biden, America was at least going to get a piece of the high-tech industries of the future. Trump is just handing them all to China on a silver platter, destroying the next generation of jobs for MAGA regions, while also taking their health insurance and hospitals.”

Worth watching

This is a lie. Abdul El-Sayed clearly disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood before delivering a masterclass on the First Amendment and religious freedom - a constitutional rebuke of Tommy’s Christian nationalism. Sen. Ted Cruz is lying.