"Adam Boyd, a 33-year-old attorney who resigned from ICE’s legal department last month, told me he left because the mission was no longer about protecting the homeland from threats. 'It became a contest of how many deportations could be reported to Stephen Miller by December,' Boyd said. ...

'I had to make a moral decision,' he told me."

~ Nick Miroff

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #violence #ConcentrationCamps
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-ice-morale-immigration/683477/

After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that promote diversity, freedom and science aren't present over there, they say. 👏🏻

#TwitterMigration #eXit #Xodus #ElonMusk #NoAfD #SocialMedia

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/hochschulen-und-forschungsinstitutionen-verlassen-plattform-x-gemeinsam-fuer-vielfalt-freiheit-und-wissenschaft

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#VoteBlue #VoteFromAbroad #ProtectOurRights #ExpatLife

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that access to #vicepresidenttrump is not the only reason that #presidentmusk is camped out at #magalardo. I suspect that #Elmo is taking advantage of Trump's umbrella of Secret Service protection. Wise move, after telling #MAGA to fuck itself in the face. 😆

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-mar-a-lago.html

I need someone to explain to me why it’s always “if you can’t pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and real estate”.

Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.