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FAC Sues Imperial County for Secret Federal Immigration Agency Contracts and Emails The county refuses to hand over documents about its cooperation with ICE, DHS, and CBP.

FAC is representing @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social in a lawsuit against Imperial County for withholding public records about the county's cooperation with ICE and other federal immigration enforcement agencies. More⬇️ firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fa...

the rising urge to put "We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs" in all methodology notes, regardless of content

Why is it always like this

DHS Paying Local Police Millions in Quieter Approach to Immigration Enforcement Facing public backlash, the Trump administration is outsourcing more immigration enforcement to local agencies and politically connected contractors.

Markwayne Mullin appears to be scaling back the visibility of ICE agents in enforcement, saying he’d “love to see” ICE spend more time doing “transport” and less on the “front line.”

One way to do that is by paying local police to take on more of the investigations and arrests of immigrants.

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S.F. deputy sheriffs’ union spent nearly $30K to advertise debunked narrative of social worker’s stabbing The sheriffs’ union spent thousands to cast the deputy at Ward 86 as a hero, even after clinic staff said they'd stopped the attack.

The sheriffs’ union spent thousands to cast the deputy at Ward 86 as a hero after social worker Alberto Rangel was stabbed to death.

Paid posts flooded social media despite reports that clinic staff actually stopped the attack.

missionlocal.org/2026/03/sher...

Matzah with butter and salt is a treat, but matzah brie is truly what I look forward to

A Brief History Of The Maxwell House Haggadah How a coffee company and a marketing maven brewed up a Passover tradition

Also, www.wgbh.org/lifestyle/20...

I create a “parking lot” for ideas I want to come back to later that don’t quite fit into the current story. This helps me move on and save that rabbit hole for another day.

Prop 36 Promised Treatment. It's Delivering Incarceration California law enforcement leaders blame a lack of state investment for Proposition 36’s early failures. Meanwhile, they’re hoarding billions in untracked funds.

Interesting look at how California sheriffs receive $2 billion in state money every year, and somehow no one knows where it goes. Some are using it to lobby for law enforcement interetsts.
www.cjcj.org/reports-publ...

I’m pretty sad about this, it was such a great space.

Stray Cops 'Wandering officers,' forced out only to be rehired elsewhere have a high rate of further misconduct. Current NC policies don't track or prevent this.

Great new series on wandering cops in NC from @lucasthomae.bsky.social. As he reports, officials there are failing to track why officers are leaving their agencies, a crucial data point in preventing wandering cops.

The data that exists is available on the National Police Index, national.cpdp.co.

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

Just out: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

That’s an awesome find.

Vallejo to pay $8.5 million to family of man killed by police, attorney says A 22-year-old man was shot dead by a police officer in Vallejo in 2020. Now, the city will pay $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the San Francisco man’s family.

Officer Jarret Tonn shot and killed Sean Monterrosa on June 2, 2020. It was the 4th time in 5 years Tonn fired his gun at someone while on duty.

Tonn was fired after the Monterossa shooting, but reinstated when an arbitrator overturned the decision.

SFPD officers ‘slammed’ and ‘punched’ men during illegal arrest in Bayview home, public defender says Officers allegedly piled on a 23-year-old inside his Bayview bedroom and pepper-sprayed his sister during a racially-motivated 2025 arrest.

Several San Francisco police officers piled onto a 23-year-old inside his Bayview bedroom and “punched” him repeatedly during a racially-motivated 2025 arrest, according to the public defender’s office.

missionlocal.org/2026/03/sfpd...

California’s new ‘war on drugs’: thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows Exclusive: Drug users face felonies and prison under Prop 36, with analysis showing racial disparities and little help

NEW: California DAs have charged nearly 20,000 people with drug possession *felonies* under Prop 36, a new tough-on-crime law.

Despite promises for "mass treatment," only 57 of those people have successfully gone into treatment + had their cases dismissed in the first year. Others face prison time.

Great reporting from @readfrontier.bsky.social about the state law blocking access to basic police employment history data in Oklahoma.

It's one of just a handful of states where @invisible.institute hasn't been able to access data for the National Police Index.

A great manga/anime about a tofu delivery guy turned street racer.

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I feel like it depends. After watching my grandparents and now parents not get to do all the things they wanted in retirement bc of health and other issues I’m actively trying to not put joyous things off so much. On the other hand is money and budgets are real. But in these times I lean toward joy

I had a friend who did something like this, even registered for housewares. Threw a big party. It was a blast.

US officer having a ‘mild anxiety attack’ took ambulance meant for man shot by police Dyshan Best later died after having to wait 10 extra minutes for next ambulance, according to Connecticut investigation

"A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a newly released state investigation."

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

Excited to talk about using @invisible.institute’s National Police Index tool and accessing police misconduct and employment history data in the Pacific Northwest with my colleague Maheen Khan and @wilsonc.bsky.social of @investigatewest.bsky.social later today. Registrations are still open:

COYOTE First Aid Kit: What to Do if You Find Feral Kittens It’s baby cat season in the Bay Area! Here’s our guide on what to do if you encounter a litter of purrfect miniature panthers in your yard.

Baby cat season is starting in the Bay Area! While it may be tempting to swoop up a litter of wild mini panthers, snuggle them like crazy, and take them to a shelter, there are a few super important things to consider first 👀 We've got the low down, in our latest from @nuala.bsky.social 🐱🐈😻🐾🐈‍⬛

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I almost choked seeing that. Who IS this person?

The median wage for a journalist was $60,280 in 2024, according to BLS. www.bls.gov/ooh/media-an...

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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

How friction can be good keeps coming up at #NICAR26. Running into the weird cases gets you to understand the data better. It can force you to ask the right questions.