Prof. Felicity Jones

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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I’m a penal abolitionist because our criminal system targets and warehouses the marginalized by design. But don’t get it twisted: if we have a system that we claim is equal and sex offenses are too heinous to ignore, then we better see the most privileged experience the treatment the rest of us get

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

CBP defines 'border' as 100 miles from a coast. Two-thirds of the US population live in the 'border zone.' And we literally have viral footage of them executing people.

So keeping CBP 'at the border' and bodycams would mean much of the country can still be terrorized by CBP and executed on film

I Have a Dream That White Liberals Will Remember the Rest of What Martin Said He wrote us a letter. Here is part of it.

open.substack.com/pub/behindth...

This is how #history is spun. #MLK

MLK is widely considered America’s pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence & one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history.
On the day that we honor his legacy, our own govt wages war on US.
A general strike is today's strongest means of peaceful resistance. #MLK
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Reflections on 2025 in the form of a Downloadable 'Coloring Book' Postcard Are you dissatisfied and disturbed with the direction of the United States?

Reflections on 2025 in the form of a Downloadable 'Coloring Book' Postcard #Merit #2025 #2026 open.substack.com/pub/thefelic...

#merit

Live updates as Mamdani Is Elected Next Mayor of New York City Mamdani, Cuomo, and Sliwa face off in race that could reshape city politics. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

LATEST: Zohran Mamdani has defeated former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to be elected the next Mayor of New York City.

#merit

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

@politico.com keep up the great reporting. Glad to see #Ingrassia, nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel and investigate whistleblower complaints, avoiding accountability by blaming anonymously submitted complaints. #Fahrenheit451 #firemen anyone?

@mayorofchicago.bsky.social 🎉And if @chenoweth.bsky.social is right and if @huffpost.com reporting is accurate (7million protested) then we only need 4 million more to hit the 3.5% necessary for non violent protest victory. It’s important to know our specific asks. #economic bill of rights anyone?

I wonder what it's going to take for a history textbook to ever state plain the fact that a Black liberal being elected President of the United States broke this country's psyche so hard that it spent the next (at least) 8 years simultaneously schisming itself & pretending it wasn't.

Because, like…

"Decolonize Everything"
“When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught… then you will realize money cannot be eaten.”

Anti-colonial graffiti seen in Pensacola, Florida

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents ‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyMZ...

#WarRavagedPortland

🎉This is what I'm talking about! #Privilege is real. Use it! 🎉

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

This is genuinely some bullshit on bsky's part. A reaction meme of charlie kirk gets a Black person a permanent suspension, but people who actively doxx and spread hate against marginalized people not only get to stay, but het followed by mods?

We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response. This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Dear news outlets: Link to the actual things you're writing about. A lawsuit? Link to it. A previous court ruling? Link to it. A bill? Yup, link.

So often we instead get a link to that outlet's past coverage, only to learn the original story also didn't link to the source.

This is bad. Stop it.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!