@felicityrose
Criminal justice research & policy wonk at FWD.us, trying to get people free, solo mom, reader, #GoDucks football and #DubNation fan, will ply you with baked goods if we meet IRL. Living the dream with my library ladder.
At least 10 people have died in Los Angeles County Jails this year (2 months). An unpleasant reminder that in-custody deaths are common AND very few people do anything about it.
abc7.com/post/los-ang...
It is terrible and they only ever talk about it with regards to Democrats. The Republican will be like "let's murder children" and they'll be like "A BOLD STANCE" and then a Democrat takes a mainstream concept like "abolish ICE" and they're like "sorry, you can't be electable with that!"
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'
Quite the headline from People.com
people.com/trump-says-i...
My latest, a collaboration between @propublica.org + @nytimes.com, is on the cover of today's New York Times Magazine.
The gift link leads you to the excellent audio version of the story by Julia Whalen:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/m...
what
the
fuck
Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
IT’S OUR TIME. EVERYBODY CELEBRATE THE WEDDING THIS MOMENT CREATED www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...
Wow. The government just apparently crippled the tool that people are using to track contracts like these DHS ones.
I'm told this is the tool Schiff's office is using to track the ICE contracts for military-style weaponry I reported on in the piece/thread below.
www.404media.co/the-governme...
A screenshot of a mobile Google search results page in dark mode for the query "Kansas trans". Under the heading "News about Kansas," there is a list of four news articles: An article from the Kansas City Star, published 13 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday". The thumbnail shows a sample Kansas driver's license. An article from The Independent, published 7 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas sends letters to trans drivers demanding the immediate surrender of their licenses over birthright law". The thumbnail shows small pride flags on desks inside a legislative chamber. An article from The Topeka Capital-Journal, published 7 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas invalidates IDs and birth certificates of transgender people". The thumbnail features a close-up of colorful pride flag stickers. An article from Erin In The Morning, published 16 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses". The thumbnail is a nighttime photo of a state capitol building illuminated in pink and red lights.
A day later and no major national news org has covered what they're doing in Kansas.
This is the flip side of the hyper focus on trans issues by the right. The national media ignores what's actually being done to trans people.
This erasure is what contributes to the persecution.
More in the (not) fun-with-prison-mail: Bought $2 worth of electronic "stamps." The transaction fees were $2 plus taxes of 52 cents.
A majority of the 16 U.S. states under total Democratic control now ban 287(g) partnerships with ICE. Maryland and New Mexico just joined that list, following Maine in January.
I wrote about this landscape and these new reforms in @boltsmag.org:
boltsmag.org/maryland-new...
287g agreements with highway patrols are, I think, particularly egregious because of their ability to make a lot of traffic stops for no real reason (does highway patrol do anything other than traffic stops?)
www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Like with using children as bait and eating at a restaurant then kidnapping the people who prepared it, ICE is routinely breaking taboos that have been part of human civilization since before recorded history.
“ICE could inject more than $3 billion into local police agencies.” See coverage of our new brief on 287(g) agreements and how they are pouring money into local law enforcement
Read more here ➡️ www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Just a Minute on 287(g) Task Force Model Agreements - this is a helpful summary. myemail.constantcontact.com/-Force-Multi...
Thank you for lifting!
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Reminder that DHS does not need more funding
This V-Day, I’m sending love to immigrants across the country. As our communities face violence, increased criminalization, detention, and dehumanization, we choose love and solidarity by taking action. Immigrants deserve safety, dignity, and freedom. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants
Omg, this is beyond psychotic. The level of dehumanizing hatred you must feel towards someone to do this to children is jaw-dropping.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
I’ve taken on this challenge! DM me if you’d like to contribute.
Visit fwd.us/parole to read our latest policy brief and learn more about what’s needed to improve parole systems.
For too many people, parole does not offer a real chance for release.
Watch Carol and her son, Bill, speak about their experience navigating Mississippi’s parole system. Their story represents so many families waiting to be reunited.
Oregon is called UO FWIW
"immigrants’ rights advocates have celebrated Spanberger’s withdrawal but they also caution that many sheriff and police departments in Virginia will remain entangled with ICE; Spanberger’s actions don’t ban these local relationships."
Pregnant Women in Minneapolis Hiding From ICE Face Impossible Choice www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
