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Ways to Support Minnesota’s Immigrant Communities as ICE Activity Escalates
Every delay has consequences.

Here is a partial list from the many resources mentioned in the article linked:
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee has continued its food card fundraiser to help get groceries and necessities to families forced into hiding, parents kept away from work and kids from school. You can donate here.
Community Aid Network is an excellent evergreen mutual aid organization—you can donate directly.
The Women's Foundation of Minnesota runs an Immigrant Rapid Response Fund that, in the organization's words, "ensures that resources move quickly, responsibly, and with community accountability to trusted organizations responding to immigration-related emergencies across Minnesota." It's a good general fund to donate to.
The Immigrant Law Center is offering legal support to countless people detained by ICE in Minnesota—you can donate here.

As someone with family in America, liberals’ enthusiastic adoption of guns in response to ICE freaks me out…
This affects the entire country.

I apologise for the rushed nature of this post, it started as a comment on a video about Liberals buying AR 15s to protect against a tyrannical government but I doubted I’d have any serious replies there and I’m sorry but I have to vent about this and I hope this is an appropriate space for this conversation.
I’m a French-American who lived in the US for close to a decade, and despite all its flaws, I have a lot of love for the US: there’s just one thing I have never been able to accept or understand. I was in High School in America when Sandy Hook happened and I learned the harsh lesson that no one gave a crap about my life or those of my classmates, because when President Obama cried at the thought of 6 year olds being gunned down, do you remember how the 2nd Amendment America answered?
“What a weak leader, crying on national TV.”
I DESPISE American gun culture. It’s the most disgusting instinct to think “the only way I can protect my life is by taking someone else’s” and I felt so so unbelievably unsafe when I lived there, I lived in California and New Mexico and there were a LOT of mass shootings happening while I was there. In fact my time in the US was marked by so many yearly massacres that I can’t remember most of the ones that happened between Sandy Hook (the first shooting I was old enough to be aware of) and Las Vegas (the one that convinced me I didn’t ever want to live in America again). Amongst other reasons, guns are really why I left the US, and I do not regret it: I know Europe isn’t perfect but when I hear a loud bang here my first thoughts are “construction site” “car crash” “fireworks”, and barely ever “was someone just shot?” and I feel so much safer. I also recognise that - as a duel citizen - I am very privileged to be able to do that, it’s easy for me to sit here in Europe and throw stones at an American problem: but I did the gun drills throughout middle and high school, and I have a niece in the US now who is doing Gun Drills in Primary School so I hope you understand I do care about this personally and this is not just some judgy European “ooh I don’t like the way you Yankees do stuff”, I genuinely care about American students feeling safe
Now don’t get me wrong: I get it, I’ve fired guns. A 2nd amendment buddy of mine took me to the range, and they’re fun as hell. And if I was facing down a fascist regime I’m sure I’d be singing a different tune but I mean what the fuck… You have overly-aggressive racists violently enforcing their “laws” down the barrel of a gun and the solution is for all the nervous, scared, and justifiably paranoid protesters and private citizens to go around toting fucking guns?! Oh I’m sure things will go great when the first panicked citizen (and again-no judgment on that, I’d panic too) tries to stop ICE by drawing on them. I’m sure anyone unlucky enough to be around ICE and an armed vigilante will be fine, bullets famously stop at their intended targets and definitely never hit bystanders… and then the response, Jesus, if you think things are bad now imagine what a perfectly wrapped gift it would be to the tyrant for one of his thugs to have been gunned down. He would go fucking ballistic …

Serious question: Has Pam Bondi accomplished anything??
This affects the entire country.

I was listening to news and all I ever hear about Pam Bondi is that her office is looking into it. Thus, besides looking into events worth investigating; has Pam Bondi done anything?

When explaining economic disparities, should culture be treated as an independent cause, or as something shaped by long-term structural conditions?
Every delay has consequences.

I often see “culture” used to explain economic disparities, but it’s not always clear what causal role people mean. On one hand, culture is sometimes described as an independent set of values or behaviors that produces outcomes regardless of environment. On the other hand, culture can also be understood as something that develops in response to long-term structural conditions such as housing access, labor markets, education systems, and exposure to state power.
I’m interested in how people distinguish between these two explanations in practice. If culture is treated as a root cause, what evidence shows that it forms independently of historical and structural constraints? If culture is treated as a response, how should it factor into explanations of present-day economic outcomes?
I’m not trying to rank groups or assign blame, but to understand how causality is being framed and what assumptions are being made when “culture” is mentioned.

Is there any evidence whether anti-US extremist groups/actions/sentiments are growing or shrinking at the moment?
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.

Given the recent, significant changes to US foreign policy, is there any hard evidence to show a change in extremist activity towards the US (e.g. increased or decreased terrorist group membership)?
Being a citizen and resident of a Western middle-power, most rhetoric I am seeing is that US action is upsetting former close allies and governments, and non-US aligned nations are being disrupted at varying levels by economic actions and deportations. However little is said on changes to non-governmental, extremist group attitudes with anti-US sentiment.

Trump v. Cook (Independent Agencies) - [Oral Argument Live Thread]
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.

Audio Stream [10AM Eastern]
Trump v. Cook (Independent Agencies)
Question presented to the Court:
Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court ruling preventing the president from firing a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Opinion Below: D.C. Cir.
Orders and Proceedings:
Application (25A312) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice
Opposition to Request for Immediate Administrative Stay
Response to application from respondent Lisa D. Cook, et al.
Reply of applicant Donald J. Trump
Supplemental brief of applicant Donald J. Trump
Supplemental brief of respondents Lisa D. Cook, et al.
Coverage:
The Supreme Court and whether the Fed is special - Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog
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Live commentary threads will be available for each oral argument day. See the SCOTUSblog case calendar for upcoming oral arguments.

Discussion Thread: Debate Between US Rep. Crockett and TX State Rep. Talarico in US Senate Race
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

The debate is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Central Time (3 p.m. Eastern).
News and Analysis
AP: Crockett and Talarico ready for Senate debate as Democrats hope for breakthrough in GOP-heavy Texas

Texas Tribune: Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico to face off in first debate of Senate Democratic primary

Where to Watch : Live stream

A Year in Review: How the Trump Administration’s Economic Policies Made Life Less Affordable for Americans
How is this acceptable?

The first year of the Trump administration has left Americans struggling with increased costs of living due to its unprecedented tariffs, fewer job opportunities, and more expensive health care and utilities.

Looking at recent history, Europe often appears more reactive than proactive during major geopolitical moments. I’m trying to think of clear cases where Europe didn’t just tolerate, condemn, or wait things out — but actually took the lead. What moments come to mind for you, if any?
Who's accountable for the results?

Europe talks a lot about values, rules, and red lines, but in practice it often seems stuck in a cycle of condemnation without follow-through. Am I missing recent examples, or has this really become the norm?

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