BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University Bloomington is suspending or eliminating more than 100 academic programs across a wide range of disciplines ahead of the 2026-27 academic year. The programs are on a list from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education released on a PDF from the June 30, 2025 meeting. Universities across Indiana are eliminatingContinue reading “Indiana University Bloomington to Eliminate or Suspend Over 100 Academic Programs in Sweeping Restructuring – The Bloomingtonian”
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ICE Didn’t Show Up For Work At Seattle Field Office After Barricade Showdown
After Saturday’s barricade of ICE’s Seattle Field Office went up in green smoke, ICE agents called off what was supposed to be day two of their unusual call for check-ins with Seattle-area immigrants. — Read on http://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-didn-t-show-up-for-work-at-seattle-field-office-after-barricade-showdown
OPINION | Why I Skipped Seattle’s ‘No Kings’ Rally
An estimated 70,000 people in Seattle attended the nationwide “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration on Saturday. At the same time, a few miles south of Seattle, federal officials demanded that dozens of immigrants line up at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Tukwila. Why? — Read on southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/06/16/opinion-why-i-skipped-seattles-no-kings-rally
Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation • Ill Will
While others may have forgotten the lessons of the George Floyd uprising, Trump and his coterie surely have not. The 2020 rebellion stands as the primal scene of humiliation and impotency, one which led to the demise of his reelection efforts. Although the National Guard ultimately restored order in twenty-three states, the Trump hardliners neverContinue reading “Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation • Ill Will”
Waymo Suspends Service In Parts of SF and LA After Its Cars Were Vandalized In ICE Protests
Waymo Suspends Service In Parts of SF and LA After Its Cars Were Vandalized In ICE Protests — Read on sfist.com/2025/06/09/waymo-suspends-service-in-parts-of-sf-and-la-after-its-cars-were-vandalized-in-ice-protests/
ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say Los Angeles County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone. Over the past three days, thousands of people in Los Angeles heeded calls from organizers to join protests against ICE and help their undocumented neighbors. — Read on lapublicpress.org/2025/06/ice-raids-separate-families-but-bring-los-angeles-together/
The National Guard in Los Angeles | Lawfare
The president hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited. — Read on http://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-national-guard-in-los-angeles
Victory! Austin Organizers Cancel City’s Flock ALPR Contract | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Austin organizers turned out to rebuke the city’s misguided contract with Flock Safety— and won. This successful pushback from the community means at the end of the month Austin police will no longer be able to use the surveillance network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the city…. — Read on http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/victory-austin-organizers-cancel-citys-flock-alpr-contract
Machine Learning MAGA: Rise of the Christian Cyborg – Truthdig
There are signs that the transhumanism of Elon Musk is merging with the traditionalism of Steve Bannon. — Read on http://www.truthdig.com/articles/machine-learning-maga-rise-of-the-christian-cyborg/
Recent FBI activity in the Seattle Area – Puget Sound Prisoner Support
If you are a participant in the radical left in any capacity, it is important that the people you live with understand that the police and the FBI should not be allowed into the home. You do not need to talk to federal agents, and they cannot gain entrance to your home without a warrant. Continue reading “Recent FBI activity in the Seattle Area – Puget Sound Prisoner Support”
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