Sorry! I had gotten something wrong in the tweet, I’ve reposted

California is a sanctuary state. Its public pensions invest in companies working with ICE Amid a ramp up in federal immigration sweeps in California in the last year, two of the state's biggest public pensions have invested in contractors who work with those law enforcement agencies.

California’s two biggest pension funds, CalPERS and CalSTRS, have invested $2.7 billion+ in surveillance tech companies, weapons manufacturers & telecoms firms contracting with ICE and DHS. That includes hundreds of millions invested in Palantir www.latimes.com/california/s...

If SoCal hotels, stadiums host ICE agents, employees can miss work, union says as World Cup nears Unite Here Local 11 said in a letter that the presence of federal agents inside or in the immediate vicinity of properties constitutes conditions that trigger employees’ right to refuse to work.

new: some 32,000 workers at 200+ hotels, stadiums and airport vendors across Southern California & Arizona have the right to skip work for safety reasons if ICE agents are present, L.A. hospitality union @unitehere11.bsky.social said Monday to employers. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Jacob Elordi’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Casting Controversy, Explained ‘Wuthering Heights,’ starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie, ignited fierce debate over the role of Heathcliff—here’s the casting controversy, explained.

this is the discourse i live for www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...

Family of Queens man shot by cops: We wanted EMS, not NYPD But the NYPD says the family wanted an involuntary removal, which involves police.

22 year old Bangladeshi man from Queens, Jabez Chakraborty, has had multiple surgeries after shot 4+ times by NYPD this week. Family said they called for medical help, not cops. after, NYPD confiscated phones & questioned their immigration status gothamist.com/news/family-...

Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender

This article captures the scale at which academic freedom is being repressed at TX A&M, but also the chaotic way the new rules are being implemented.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

From: Casey Wasserman < To: ''Maxwell, Ghislane' Subject: Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:06:04 +0000 Where are you, I miss you. I will be in nyc for 4 days starting april 22... can we book that massage now? *** Because email may be altered electronically, the authenticity of this message Casey Wasserman voice fax

To: From: Sent: Subject: Casey Wasserman Thur 4/3/2003 2:14:44 PM Re: RE: Title: Re: RE: Never... take me! Will you be in nyc when I am there? -Original Message-. From: gmax Sent: Wed Apr 02 23:19:49 2003 To: Subject: Re: RE: Umm - all that rubbing - are you sure you can take it? The thought frankly is leaving me a little breathless. There are a few spots that apparently drive a man wild - I suppose I could practise them on you and you could let me know if they work or not? + just for the record the cigar concept currently has pride of place in my bedroom! + Just in case you are curious, I am now in Brazil - have you been here? Gix Original message attached.

To: *gmaxign From: Casey Wasserman Sent: Mon 4/7/2003 11:30:08 PM Subject: RE: Title: Message or something like that. *--Original Message-- From: gmax [mailto:gmax1@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4:34 PM To: Casey Wasserman Subject: RE: What foggy enough so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless they are close up? At 04:23 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: june gloom is the common phrase...very foggy in the AM, usually burns off in the afternoon...but still in the high 70's, low 80's... I like Carbon Beach the best, and of course, that is where my house is...and it is the best and nicest beach and closest to the city which is nice. ---Original Message--- From: gmax [mailto Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4?28 PM To: Casey Wasserman Subject: RE: Max will be relieved - Stephen Shapiro just called and is going to find out what is available in June to rent in the 3 different areas along the beach. I said I would look at all 3 and would make a decision based more on the house than the area probably. Do you have a view? I don't know anything about Malibu or LA for that matter. Anyway, regardless of that, Stephen told me that the weather is normally lousy in June -Is that right? What does lousy mean? Is it just hazy? Plse explain to the foreigner Gx PS - I can't sleep - where are you when I need you? - At 04:06 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: that can be the exception...but only one. ----Original Message----- From: gmax [mailto: Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:12 PM To: Casey Wasserman Subject: RE: What about Max? - At 02:39 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:

To: From: Casey Wasserman Sent: Mon 4/7/2003 5:04:09 PM Subject: RE: Re: RE: Title: Message Among all my desires, that combination is pretty low on the list.. ХОХО *-Original Message From: gmax [mailto 1 Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 2:51 PM To: Casey Wasserman Subject: RE: Re: RE: Thank you - I'll call Stephen tom and see what he has available and then make a plan to come out and check out the local real estate. I'll let you know what he says, and then you can guide me as I really know nothing about the area - if there is a better bit etc. Now I have just made you my LA tour guide! I am going to go to London from here and then back to NY - can I bring you anything from London? I know you probably do not have the same Kitkat, cheddar cheese or baked bean problem I do - but you never know. My friends who come to visit me always bring a red cross (that is what they call it) food package for me Kisses Gx Stephen Shapiro is the best agent for the beach, his phone is picking a week to be in LA is a really good idea.. i think you The only thing that i want from paris is you. ---OriginalMessage From: gmax Sent: Sunday, Apnil 06, 2005 6:56 AM To: Casey Wasserman Subject: RE: Re: RE: I am looking forward to seeing you to - JE has just asked me to find a house to rent for 2 weeks (I am sure I will have to take it for longer) in Malibu in June. Who is the best real estate person to talk to - let me know. JE says I should pick a weck to go to LA and look? Thought you might like to know I am now in Paris - can I bring you back anything from here?

Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop

More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In. See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas

New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.

some signs

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers launch open-ended strike Up to 31,000 healthcare professionals in California and Hawaii are involved in the strike, which is the second to roil the medical provider in recent months.

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii launched an open-ended strike this morning; www.latimes.com/california/s...

some protest signs in downtown L.A. over the course of afternoon and evening today. www.latimes.com/california/s...

countries affected by visa processing halt

…because the U.S. kidnapped him. This makes it sound like Maduro is saying something deceitful and self-serving when he is describing what unfolded before our eyes.

ICE is tracking pregnant women all the way to the delivery room: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’ Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labour and delivery

New: Pregnant immigrant women are showing up to deliver their babies w/ surveillance smart watches on their wrists as part of an ICE monitoring program. They’re too afraid of being detained to have the watch cut off even when it’s medically necessary. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Nicole Foy ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year

My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
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After National Guard shooting, administration cracks down on legal immigration Although President Trump mostly railed against illegal immigration during his campaign last year, his administration has put into motion a broad and unprecedented set of policy changes aimed at substa...

spoke to afghan families & leaders who say the community has been targeted w/ calls to check in at ICE field offices, agents arresting folks at work, barging into homes in early morning etc, for this story w/ @andreacastillo.bsky.social @racheluranga.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

in honor of Spotify wrapped szn, wondering if folks have decided to leave the platform, and if so, for what reason? ai slop? treatment of artists? funding for AI defense company? thinking (MAYBE) of writing on this so if you have thoughts email suhauna.hussain@latimes.com

This rural hospital closed, putting lives at risk. Is it the start of a 'tidal wave'? Glenn Medical Center in Willows closed Oct. 21 after losing 'critical access' status. Many other California hospitals face the threat of a similar fate.

Trumponomics at work: A cascade of rural hospitals closing across California

Jessica Garrison

www.latimes.com/california/s...

In light of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's big victory yesterday, reupping this piece about how my union, the @uaw.org, was the first to endorse his campaign last fall & has remained among his strongest supporters in labor ever since.

take a shot every time a news anchor says “zohran mamdani” and “9/11” in the same sentence …. For some reason

it’s pretty …… telling re: where voters heads are at that folks in power both Dem and Republican laid the Islamophobia on sooo unbelievably thick and New York still elected Zohran Mamdani .

Over the weekend a federal court blocked ICE from transferring Sami Hamdi out of California while his case proceeds, after advocacy group CAIR raised concerns about First Amendment violations

sorry, *Berkeley-based

An ad in today’s LA Times paid for by San Francisco-based pro-Israel organization “Facts and Logic About the Middle East” calls accusations of Israel committing genocide in Gaza “blood libel” and says “genocide liars deserve the label of ‘antisemite’”

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers launch five-day strike The Kaiser strike is set to last five days. It involves nurses, pharmacists, anesthetists, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists and others.

i wrote about Kaiser healthcare workers five day strike last month: www.latimes.com/california/s...

wow Kaiser bought a full page ad in the LA Times to pressure its unionized workers to take its wage offer

ICE detains British Muslim political commentator at San Francisco airport Sami Hamdi, an outspoken critic of Israel, was on a speaking tour in the U.S. A government official said his visa revocation and detention were related to his political speech.

British political commentator Sami Hamdi is being held at the Golden State Annex ICE detention center in McFarland after he was taken by federal agents yesterday from SF airport. @CAIRCalifornia says his arrest is retaliation for his pro-Palestine speech www.latimes.com/california/s...

Tweet pointing out Zohran Mamdani has spoken at some 50 Sunni mosques, quote tweeting comments by Cuomo that he divides the Sunni Muslim community

Tweet from an NYC reporter about a new TV ad from a big business funded super PAC placing “Jihad on NYC” over Mamdani’s face

the tidal wave of racist anti-Muslim sentiment directed at Zohran Mamdani and not to mention the weird & poisonous sectarian posturing by Cuomo’s campaign is truly stunning and worth serious news coverage.

A Palestinian American activist was killed in Santa Ana 40 years ago. The case remains unsolved Alex Odeh’s murder remains unsolved 40 years later. To many Palestinians and other Arabs in Southern California, his death serves as a grim reminder of the discrimination the community has faced.

the 40th anniversary of the killing of Alex Odeh, a prominent Palestinian American activist, fell over the weekend. he was killed in a bombing of the Santa Ana office where he worked. the case remains unsolved. i wrote about it w/ @gsanroman2.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

"We Have a Common Enemy--And It's Not Your Immigrant Neighbor" The SEIU's Dave Foley and Dr. A. Naomi Paik on how worker solidarity can overcome Trump's war on immigrants.

"When our member was kidnapped off the streets by ICE, we knew about it before anybody did." This is how unions can play a crucial role in standing up to Trump's war against immigrants.