A temporary name.

Dear Secretary Noem, On behalf of our communities, we urge you to immediately release Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia graduate student and lawful permanent U.S. resident, and return him to his home and family in New York City. On the night of Saturday, March 8, Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and taken from his Columbia University apartment by DHS agents to an undisclosed location. In a statement on X, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the administration would be detaining Khalil, a green card holder, in connection to his alleged participation in pro-Palestinian protests. Khalil has been denied his Constitutional right to due process, and is being held without legal justification or evidence that he has violated any laws.

The treatment of Mahmoud Khalil by the Department of Homeland Security is not only inhumane, it is a blatant violation of his legal rights. He has been separated illegally from his pregnant wife, who is a United States citizen, and detained without due process thousands of miles from home. We see these actions by the Trump administration for what they are—a flagrantly unconstitutional attempt to suppress free speech and incite fear. The administration's pattern of targeting the rights of students and immigrants to speak against injustice undermines democracy and makes everyone less safe. We're writing to urge his immediate release back to his family in New York City. We also call on the administration to remove ICE and DHS from our campuses. Finally, we urge Columbia University to cease any and all cooperation with immigration officials who violate our sanctuary city protections and put their students at risk.

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The Trump Administration’s treatment of Mahmoud Khalil is inhumane and unconstitutional.

Today, I was proud to join NYS Assemblymember Valdez, NYC Council Member Avilés, and 27 city, state, and federal officials to call for his immediate release.

Arrest of Palestinian protester shows escalation in Trump deportation efforts The move is an escalation in Trump's effort to increase deportations from the U.S. and strip protections from those who violate the new administration's priorities.

Political dissent is not a crime and should not be grounds for canceling a green card.

Study finds butterfly population declined 22% between 2000 and 2020 Butterflies are declining rapidly across the contiguous United States, including in Massachusetts. Research published in the journal Science found reductions in both species diversity and overall numb...

Who cares if a butterfly dies? I do.

So. much. Winning.

Trump calls for an end to the Chips Act, redirecting funds to national debt In his first address to the joint session of Congress since he returned as President, Trump blasted the Chips Act.

Vindictive, criminal and demented.

Sconfitta significativa per l’amministrazione Trump. A votare con i liberali sono stati il conservatore John Roberts e Amy Coney Barrett.

'Hell-bent on breaking it': Critics say recent actions at Social Security point to one thing A leaked email from acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek on Tuesday sparked a fresh wave of warnings about U.S. President Donald Trump and government-gutting billionaire Elo...

After destroying everything else, they’re breaking SSA.

Dow drops 1300 points in two days amid Trump trade war The tariffs between the U.S., China, Canada and Mexico prolonged global market turbulence as Trump threatened retaliatory tariffs on Canada.

www.newsweek.com/dow-drops-13...

Protests in Savannah, GA

Luckily tweets aren’t law, and even less so constitutional amendments.

Wild times when I find myself agreeing with the WSJ

“My body my choice”, my a$$. Forgive my Latin, but this even beyond the impact that lack of herd immunity has on the most vulnerable. It could make it impossible or very difficult to access vaccines even for those of us who believe in science. It’s not irresponsible, it’s murderous.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s coming.

Texas Republican focuses on rebrand of ‘New York strip’ steak to ‘Texas strip’ amid outbreak As state grapples with worst measles outbreak in decades, Patrick homes in on resolution to ‘better market Texas beef’

Priorities, y’all.

Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

Another horrid draft full of fascistic nonsense.

These sites might be useful:

1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

Great time to leave the WHO and to cancel meetings for the next round of flu vaccines….

Grifters gonna grift.

Could flu shot supply fall short this year? FDA's canceled meeting sparks worries Flu vaccine makers may face a last-minute scramble to produce enough doses after an FDA advisory committee meeting was abruptly canceled.

So let me guess, no flu shots next year? I hope these fears are overblown. I can’t imagine what this could mean for vulnerable populations—like our over 65, or pregnant women, or immunocompromised.

Mainstream media need to start covering these stories. Not all of America is complicit. #theydontspeakforus

No sacrifice is too big to ensure a handful of grifters hoard their wealth. Who cares about the planet, amirite?

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

When I started studying dystopias in my late
20s, I wasn’t quite planning to live in one….

Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.

But they’re the party that claims to “protect the children”.

Robert Reich about the infamy that went down at the WH

Why the dismantling of NOAA is poised to have terrible consequences…

Elon Musk tells Joe Rogan he's 'not a Nazi' and the online hate he gets is 'pretty stressful' During an interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk addressed accusations that he made a Nazi gesture, and said that online attacks have stressed him out.

Wanna know what is stressful? Waiting for your job to be axed, or losing medical care for yourself and your kids, simply because an unelected trillionaire grifter as high as a kite wants to destroy the country while filling his own pockets. Cry me a river, will you.

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.

www.science.org/content/arti...

More thievery.