Thank god. Christ.

But seriously folks. We cannot continue to live like this.

Millions of Mexican Americans were deported in the 1930s. Are we about to repeat this ‘ethnic cleansing’? Nearly 2 million Mexican Americans, more than half US citizens, were deported without due process during the Great Depression, reminiscent of what is unfolding today

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

I have a long night in front of me. But for those asking how to stay informed about Trump's latest attack on voting and the legal cases that will follow, my advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket. I started it for times just like this. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The chance of an incident involving nuclear weapons is more likely now than it was during the Cold War.

Best one today!

Grade Retention: The Debate Had Its Day, Now End It! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website The permanency of retention and the message it sends students may have long-term effects on self-esteem and school attachment that may override even short-term academic benefits (1995). ~Melissa Roder...

Matt Barnum reports on new study, Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings (Economist Jiee Zhong) which demonstrates children who are retained might show initial progress but will eventually face significant employability problems including lower earnings as adults nancyebailey.com/2026/03/21/g...

Nurul Amin Shah Alam crossed oceans to flee unimaginable violence, only to die here — where he should have been safe.

The cruelty is endless.

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

ICE is MASSIVELY overpaying for the concentration camp warehouses it is buying up.

Like…four times market value or even more than that.

Why do you think that is?

Who is getting rich off of this scheme?

a painting of a horse with flames coming out of it ALT: a painting of a horse with flames coming out of it

The year of the snake is gone
To #firehorse is here to help us move on

one of those things you need to watch if for no other reason than the trump administration doesn't want you to:

Precisely this.

President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ... Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...

🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326

URGENT: GOP Passes Bill to Rig the 2026 Elections YouTube video by Democracy Docket

NEW EPISODE: Republicans know they’re on track to lose the 2026 midterms—and they’re trying to rig the election to stop it. I break down the Save America Act, the most sweeping voter suppression bill in a generation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYsx...

ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

My Trump-supporting cousin-in-law just texted my husband to say he encountered this Mother Jones on social media, read it, realized I wrote it, and told him to tell me I’m doing good work and to keep going.

Things are changing, y’all.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.

He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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"From the first moment a soldier is issued a rifle, they are taught a principle so basic it becomes instinct: Know what’s beyond your target." The problem here is it wasn't soldiers who did this: lnk.thebulwark.com/4659MsH

The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.

House Judiciary Cmte Democrats

"Not only has Atty General Bondi failed to bring a single indictment against a single co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. But now Bondi and her team are spying on Members of Congress conducting oversight"

“I know it when I see it.”

Bernie Sanders Speaks Out Against Vouchers Blogger Meg White posted on her Wordpress blog (@reflectionsined) about Senator Bernie Sanders’ opposition to vouchers, which are overwhelmingly used by students who are already enrolled in p…

Public money for public schools only!!

dianeravitch.net/2026/02/11/b...

The SAVE Act Will End Voting Rights for Women in America The SAVE Act has passed the House—we cannot let it pass the Senate

The SAVE Act Will End Voting Rights for Women in America.
The SAVE Act has passed the House—we cannot let it pass the Senate www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-save-a...

Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show

I know, I know, stop being so naive, but this is utterly fucking outrageous.

@ablativmeatshld.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Every one of these stories needs to be told. Then told again. And again.

KL: He did it. But it was harmless.

White House: It was a mistake. It was an intern.

Random observers: He really didn’t see what he posted.

Trump: YOURE GOD DAMN RIGHT I ORDERED THE CODE RED