November cannot come fast enough

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Meenu Batra has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002. She’s a court interpreter, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu.

But, on March 17, Batra was detained by ICE agents at the Harlingen Airport: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. County residents sick, broke and ignored Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, doctors are still treating long COVID patients with complex symptoms and unknown futures.

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“If it’s not on people’s radar, it’s never going to be addressed. And people will bounce in and out of the ER, and they will potentially have a degree of disability [to] the point where they just lose their job, and no one really is addressing it.”

“There has been a societal move to go past COVID as if it’s not around anymore — but it definitely is,” McAuley said.

“What causes long COVID is an abnormal immune system response [plus] dysregulation of the nervous system,” said Dr. Caitlin McAuley, director of the Keck Medicine of USC’s COVID Recovery Clinic, one of two dedicated clinics in the county (the other is at UCLA).

'Who benefits?': Maddow NAILS TRUMP on motivations to attack Iran YouTube video by MS NOW

Always follow the money

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DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.

In Portland, Ore., Brittany Trahan started buying DVDs rather than paying for Netflix and Apple TV, while Lisa Shannon has been relying on public transit instead of taking an Uber. And in McDonough, Ga., Brian Seymour II has been embracing the cold to shop locally instead of buying through Amazon.

US judge temporarily blocks lifting of deportation protections for Haiti migrants The judge said the Department of Homeland Security Secretary did not have facts or law on her side.

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A day before the TPS was set to lapse, US judge Ana Reyes said the DHS boss doesn't have the facts or law on her side.

"Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely," Reyes wrote.

Opinion | Trump Can Be Bad All on His Own

Alex Pretti and Renee Good aren’t dead because of some "bad advice" given to Trump. They’re dead because of bad men acting out the script that a bad president wrote for them. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com newsletter, www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

Billie Eilish won Song of the Year for “Wildflower” at the Grammys.

“As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that: No one is illegal on stolen land," Eilish said, to big applause from the audience.
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How to Film ICE Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

granular, practical, well organized info here:

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We are serious about getting this on TV, but that also costs money.

If you want to see this on TV (maybe Fox News??), chip in any small dollar amount here: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...

"Alice n’est pas un cas isolé : en France, cette invalidité touche déjà des centaines de milliers de personnes, et continue pourtant d’être traitée comme un angle mort des politiques de santé."

"J’ai eu l’impression d’être morte-vivante" : pourquoi la France abandonne ses malades du Covid long Des dizaines de milliers de Français voient leur vie basculer après une infection virale en apparence banale. Fatigue écrasante, impossibilité de travailler ou d’élever ses enfants… L’encéphalomyélite...

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"Chaque journée se découpe en arbitrages minuscules : se laver les cheveux ou préparer un repas ? Parler trop longtemps l’épuise ; écrire, dit-elle, « demande énormément d’efforts ». Elle ne conduit plus, ne fait plus ses courses, sort à peine. « Tout la fatigue »

First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that.

I am deeply concerned about Liam and every child at the Dilley Detention Center.

No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention.

What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser

"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president"

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“I cannot support the national Republicans’ stated retribution on the citizens of our state,” Madel said in a video message he posted on social media, “nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”

Chris Madel, a Republican running for Minnesota governor, ends his bid and criticizes ICE | CNN Politics Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said Monday that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second pro...

Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said Monday that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second protester was killed by federal authorities.

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"We will KILL you to KEEP you SAFE!"
I cannot remember the name of MS NOW's guest who cleverly said this yesterday about DHS' position after yet another killing.
But this is basically what the administration is saying.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom:

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

And by doing so, putting all civilian aircraft at risk…