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Nice shout-out for @irisct.org from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social who’s doing extraordinary work on behalf of all Americans! @magsmitchell.bsky.social

The United States Is In Multiple Trade Wars | Everything You Need To Know The United States is now in multiple trade wars and here is everything you need to know.

BREAKING: The United States is officially in multiple trade wars. I break down all the developments, discuss what products will be impacted, and preview what's to come. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Stating the obvious: tariffs are a regressive tax on the poorest Americans.

A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.

Duh

"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."

The premier of British Columbia, whose province is home to nearly 6 million people, huge ports of Vancouver and Victoria, and the highway connecting Washington State to Alaska.

WATCH 📺: "What Are The Costs of Trump's Immigration Crackdown?" @jeremyrobbins.bsky.social discusses the aftermath in-studio today with CBS News and Major Garrett: immcouncil.co/42w1okR

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 1/27/2025
#Quote by: @magsmitchell.bsky.social, executive director of IRIS,
speaking to Emma Wulfhorst for Fox 61's "The Real Story"
#ImmigrantsWelcome

Trump cut the refugee program before. Refugee groups prepare for Round 2. Refugee groups are preparing for funding cuts and a lowered refugee admissions cap during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

Many great orgs cited including mine, irisct.org

Also, IRC & Inspiritus www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/011... #refugees #immigrants

Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Coalition Starts to Fracture The nativist right and Silicon Valley are already at war.

The argument over H-1B visas exposes a fissure in the MAGA alliance that helped elect Trump. @hannarosin.bsky.social speaks with @alibreland.bsky.social and Rogé Karma about the growing rift between the nativist right and Silicon Valley:

President Biden is walking alongside former president Jimmy Carter's coffin, which is draped with an American flag. Photo by Erin Schaff/The New York Times.

Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered on Thursday as a humanitarian who put service to others above his own ambitions during a state funeral in Washington. His coffin is being flown to Georgia, where he will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn. nyti.ms/3DL1R8m

Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

On the tens of millions of American Christians who are embracing a charismatic movement which seeks to destroy the secular state

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Trump to Face Sentencing in N.Y. Hush Money Case: Live Updates The proceedings are set to begin at 9:30 a.m. in Manhattan. Though the president-elect is expected to avoid jail time, his sentencing on 34 counts will formalize his status as a felon and make him the...

After months of delay, President-elect Donald Trump is set to become the first U.S. president to be criminally sentenced.

Follow live updates.

Shui Ka-chun, Hong Kong Activist, Dies A social worker and teacher imprisoned for his activism, he later wrote about the toll of incarceration and worked to help others behind bars.

Shiu Ka-chun, a former social worker and pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong who devoted his last years to helping protesters imprisoned after a crackdown on dissent, died Friday in Hong Kong. He was 55.

Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Complexities of Immigration Podcast Episode · The Space In Between Podcast · 01/08/2025 · 51m

What an #immigration conversation!! Drama-, hysteria-free. #factsmatter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter, tells a story about his grandfather when he first got a cell phone.

So funny and so relatable!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

How Russia Could Maintain a Foothold in Syria Moscow can seek to preserve its most important assets in Syria through cooperation with an Alawite autonomous zone—if that community moves quickly to establish one.

What happens to the Alawite community now, Hussein Ibish writes, will say a great deal about whether post-Assad Syria will cohere into a stable, pluralistic nation—or descend into further sectarian chaos.

Many targeted for removal by Trump can’t be deported, ICE data shows Some would-be deportees’s home countries won’t take them or limit cooperation with ICE. Others have received reprieves or deferrals from immigration judges.

NEW Nearly half of the 1.4 million people in the U.S. immigration system with final deportation orders cannot be sent back to their home countries, according to internal ICE data. It’s one of several obstacles Trump’s mass removal plan will face www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

No, Trump Can’t Just ‘Dismiss’ the Senate The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism.

The House “cannot collude with the president to deprive the Senate of its constitutional power to advise and consent on appointments. That would make a mockery of the Constitution’s text,” Akhil Reed Amar, Josh Chafetz, and Thomas P. Schmidt write: theatln.tc/qmOHkWFK

Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits. A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”

A company controlled by Goldman Sachs has made millions of dollars from sewage sludge sold to use as fertilizer, which has been linked to “forever chemicals.” Now the company is part of a major lobbying effort to limit the ability of farmers to sue to clean up fields polluted by the fertilizer.

Syria rebels declare Damascus ‘free,’ claim Assad has fled the capital | CNN Syria’s rebel alliance is edging closer to the capital Damascus, after anti-regime forces swept across the country in a lightning offensive. Follow the latest live news updates here.

Wow that was fast

Here are the latest developments.

Freedom from Assad at last. Real peace & security to follow? One Syria, or many parts? Many questions. And yes, joy as Assad’s political prisoners are freed & families are reunited.

14 years of horror. Half a country of 24M people dead, disappeared, or displaced.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

HTS leader Ahmad Al-Sharaa (Jolani) gives a glimpse of what the opposition is planning for Syria in the aftermath of Assad's collapse. Has also ordered troops to protect all Syrians no matter their ethnicity, sect, or religion. Says regime troops that stay, surrender, or defect will be safe.

Our institutions don’t defend themselves, we do. Don't be distracted by Trump's chaotic appointee picks, focus because there's a long fight ahead.

Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

Rebels are within 6km from Assad's palace. Locals are tearing down Assad images & signs 15 minutes from the Palace. Russia is fleeing Tartus port and Iran is evacuating forces. An emergency meeting to be held between Turkey, Iran, Russia, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. #freeSyria

City Prepares For Trump II Deportations
Source: New Haven Independent — IRIS hosted.

“Frankly, as a community, we’re gonna have to make some difficult decisions,” Mayor Elicker said. ​“There will be an intentional push to divide our values. That will be something we have to go through together.”

“You may not be aware that …according to data from your country’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP), encounters at the Mexico-United States border have decreased by 75% between Dec 2023 and Nov 2024.” Mexico’s Pres Claudia Sheinbaum

Rightly 👉 our drug consumption fueling crossings & violence.

Small groups of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world The most effective resistance to the Trump administration won’t be en masse, but underground—and it will start in small communities

Through my activism, I’ve realized it’s organizing, not public protesting, that forces lawmakers to act. So I’m not alarmed that people aren’t in the streets (yet). The most effective resistance isn’t en masse, but underground—and it starts in communities.