Everybody vs. ICE​

• J. Doe v. DHS - ACLU of Pennsylvania
• Judges Have Rebuked Trump’s Mass Detention of Immigrants Thousands of Times
• Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts
• Tom Homan: Minnesota Should Say “Thank You” for DHS Operation
• With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

Tech Industry​

• The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Pennsylvania Local​

• What some Philadelphia students will learn in the new MOVE bombing curriculum, and what’s not included
• Souderton School Board considers expansion of middle school world language offerings
• The Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly’s President’s House, federal judge rules
• Shapiro wants Pa. to be a ‘national leader’ on home construction

Health Crisis​

• CMS posts Proposed NBPP 2027. Be afraid; be very afraid (Part 1)
• Pennsylvania workers spend larger cut of income on employer-sponsored health benefits, new report shows

Election 2026​

• What if everyone had to prove their citizenship to register to vote?
• Election officials warn Trump-backed voting bill may be impossible to implement by 2026

First Amendment​

• Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… - YouTube
• Growing the open social web

Organization​

• Pile technology

Everybody vs. ICE​

• As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
• Montco Activists Aim To Protect Residents From ICE: 'When In Doubt, Record' | Norristown, PA Patch
• Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, whose skull was broken during St. Paul, Minnesota ICE arrest, says beating was unprovoked - ABC7 Los Angeles
• DHS issues update following ICE incident in Lindenwold, NJ - 6abc Philadelphia
• ICE Wanted This Kansas City Warehouse. The People Resisted and Won.
• The people of Minneapolis show us the way.
• Neighbors of planned ICE detention center in Berks County say opposition crosses political lines
• Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for Pa. detention centers, warns facilities may not get permits
• Leakers Helped Destroy Deportation Case Against Tufts Student

Election 2026​

• How Many Voters Could Be Affected By Earlier Mail Ballot Deadlines? We Ran The Numbers
• What’s next for Liberty Vote, the company formerly known as Dominion?
• Rumors Grow Over Possible Krasner Primary Bid Against Mayor Cherelle Parker
• What Is The SAVE Act and What Does It Mean For You?
• State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

Rotten Cabinet​

• Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT - POLITICO
• Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service
• The US Government Will Not Stop Sharing Nazi Propaganda
• Kristi Noem’s hastily-arranged Arizona visit stokes rumors in wake of feds’ unprecedented actions

Data Centers and AI​

• Pennsylvania man turns down $15 million to turn farm into data center | ABC27
• As Electricity Costs Rise, Everyone Wants Data Centers to Pick up Their Tab. But How?

Pennsylvania Local​

• Two crashes with entrapments, multiple patients shut down Sumneytown Pike in Towamencin Monday afternoon - North Penn Now
• Shapiro pitches $1B housing program to build new stock, reduce barriers to ownership in Pennsylvania
• Sen. Haywood publishes opinion piece regarding Trump administration’s removal of slavery exhibit in Philly
• As ICE expands its footprint, DHS is leasing a high-end office space on the Main Line
• Congressional Republicans hound Trump admin over ICE facilities planned for Pa., other states

Network Security​

• 2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died – GreyNoise Labs

What the DOGE Did​

• All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

Health Crisis​

• Pennie has updated its website to include full county breakdowns for health insurance : r/Pennsylvania

Unions are Good Actually​

• Penn State research VP shares 'serious concerns' about faculty unionization effort | WPSU

Transgender Rights​

• Trans Bathroom Ban Bills Now Expanding To Private Businesses
• European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Statement from BCA Superintendent Drew Evans on Alex Pretti shooting investigation | Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.

Tariffs​

• US House Votes to Rescind Trump Tariffs on Canada

Epstein Files​

• Attorney for Epstein Survivors Warns That Justice Is Impossible With Bondi as AG

Cruelty is the Point​

• Moral Injury in Trump’s America
• ICE reveals $38B plan for immigrant mega-jails

Resistance​

• Taking the Wins
• Homeland Security asks social media companies to identify users that criticize ICE.

AI Ruins Everything​

• Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals; Brace Yourself For Price Surges Ahead!
• 'The Most Dejected I’ve Ever Felt:' Harassers Made Nude AI Images of Her, Then Started an OnlyFans

Second Amendment​

• Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE

Everybody vs. ICE​

• As ICE Expands, an AP Review of Crimes Committed by Agents Shows How Their Powers Can Be Abused
• DHS Shot Her and Called Her a “Terrorist.” New Videos Show Something Different.
• Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
• New Jersey residents can upload videos of ICE activity to a new state portal
• Shapiro Blasts ICE Detention Plans in Schuylkill, Berks Counties
• DHS Claims to be Winding Down in the Twin Cities. Local Leaders Are Still Pissed.
• ‘Traumatized’ Montgomery County family demands probe after ICE raid in Lower Providence
• How agencies under Gov. Josh Shapiro's control do — and don't — cooperate with ICE
• 3 local towns asked about immigration enforcement

First Amendment​

• A note about personal security
• Worker-friendly newsrooms are not all the same
• Building The New York Times Product Team: The Right Team for the Job
• From the Editors: Separation of powers keeps us free

Network Security​

• Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P

Pennsylvania Local​

• State Senator Steve Santarsiero: How a Bell-to-Bell K-12 Cellphone Ban Bill Took Shape
• Montgomery County Democrats urge Republicans to condemn Trump racist post
• Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Voted to Grant Trump Dictatorial Authority Over Tariffs. This Time His Vote Wasn’t Enough
• Shapiro pitches more support for child care workers and student teachers. Home aides feel left out.

Resistance​

• “The Tide Is Turning”: Democratic Military Vets Respond to Trump’s Failure to Indict Them
• Grand jury declines to indict Dems who urged military members to resist illegal orders in video
• Pam Bondi Admits DOJ Has a Secret Domestic Terrorist List
• FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door

Election 2026​

• [Eugene Volokh] Voting Machine Company Smartmatic's Defamation Suit Against Ex-Trump-Lawyer Sidney Powell Can Go Forward
• The GOP’s “Show Us Your Papers” Bill Is the Latest Effort to Help Trump Take Over Elections
• How many voters could be affected by earlier mail ballot deadlines? We ran the numbers.
• Pennsylvania plans to test out internet-connected pollbooks in 2026 primary

Fourth Amendment​

• How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?
• A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
• Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant

Health Crisis​

• In which major Insurer earnings reports confirm everything I've been warning about (with important update/correction)
• I Regret to Inform You that the FDA is FDAing Again
• Why VA Psychologists Are Quitting in Record Numbers

Epstein Files​

• Pam Bondi Refuses to Apologize to Epstein Survivors
• Pam Bondi’s Gutter: Five Ways the Attorney General Confirmed She Is Engaged in an Epstein Cover Up
• Attorney General Bondi shames the Department of Justice—forever.
• Trump Has A Pam Bondi Problem

Transgender Rights​

• Pro bono name change clinic open for Montgomery County residents

Software Design​

• The Many Flavors of Ignore Files
• Uber’s Rate Limiting System

Election 2026​

• Breakfast Briefing: Inside the 2026 PA House Race - Candidate & Campaign Briefing - YouTube
• Fetterman backs SAVE Act, says voter ID ‘not Jim Crow’ | ABC27
• The FBI’s Fulton County Raid Was Based on Debunked Claims By Election Deniers

First Amendment​

• DOJ fails to indict Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video
• Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video

Cruelty is the Point​

• Children Describe Life Inside Dilley ICE Detention Center — ProPublica
• Habeas Petitions Filed in Second Trump Term Hit Historic High — ProPublica
• Trump’s Immigration Officials Don’t Want to Talk About the Cruelty

Health Crisis​

• New money for rural health care isn't easing closure worries • Spotlight PA
• Why a $193M injection for rural health care in Pa. isn’t easing closure worries

Pennsylvania Local​

• Many PA property assessments out of date by years if not decades
• Federal Defense Dollars Set to Turn Philly Into a Defense Hub
• Tremont Council President: “As Far as ICE Goes, We Try to Stay Out of It.”
• Data centers explained: What they are, why the Philly area is seeing more of them and how they affect us

Epstein Files​

• Epstein Files: FBI’s Reasons For Redacting the Documents - Bloomberg

Resistance​

• Opinion | The Glorious Spectacle of a Republican Gone Rogue - The New York Times
• US Gold Medal Olympian Amber Glenn: "They Hate To See Two Woke Bitches Win"
• Don Lemon Hires Minnesota’s Top Public Integrity Prosecutor to Defend Against Harmeet Dhillon’s Lies

Transgender Rights​

• European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"

Greenland Still Somehow​

• Trump’s Lust for Greenland’s Rare Earth Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities

USA vs. Canada​

• Trump’s threat to block Gordie Howe bridge is pure oligarchy - Detroit Metro Times

Housing in Ireland​

• 'We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'

Everybody vs. ICE​

• Report and BWC from Firearm Discharge in Hotel • MuckRock
• ACLU’s Lawsuit Over ICE Raid at an Idaho Racetrack Could Be a Game Changer
• ‘Brutal’ and ‘cruel’ ICE raid in Lower Providence sparks outrage from Montco elected officials

Except Big Tech​

• Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch

Epstein Files​

• Americans Want Accountability With the Epstein Files. Elites Couldn’t Care Less.

Health Crisis​

• Trump’s nutrition website directs users to Elon Musk’s Grok
• RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum

Election 2026​

• GOP US Rep. Fitzpatrick of Pa. heads into midterms with huge fundraising advantage
• Election 2026: What Are Nomination Petitions? And Why Do They Matter?

Pennsylvania Local​

• Sheetz is opening first Montgomery County location this week
• Bucks County Joins Fight Demanding Trump Administration Returns Philadelphia’s Slavery Exhibit

Pennsylvania Local​

• Neighbors sue Gov. Shapiro over property dispute; Shapiro team calls it 'political stunt'
• Luzerne County Republican Party blasts NEPA Republicans leader for 'hateful' anti-Hispanic video
• Investigation of Incident Involving Norristown Police Officer Concludes; Officer Charged •
• Lehighton Area School Distric Book Audit Responsive Documents • MuckRock
• Norristown police officer charged after hitting naked man with patrol vehicle

Rotten Trump Cabinet​

• Carney speaks to Trump after president erupts over Gordie Howe Bridge | CBC News
• Trump administration’s changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says
• Trump loyalist Sen. McCormick defends controversial White House aide Stephen Miller

Everybody vs. ICE​

• ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
• Exonerated PA man’s immigration case to be reopened
• Subu Vedam: Deportation order vacated for State College man | Centre Daily Times
• Judge blocks California’s ban on federal agents wearing masks but requires badges be clearly seen
• Pennsbury High School Students Plan Walkout Friday to Protest ICE
• Congresswoman Houlahan talks AI data centers, ICE and federal shutdown in annual address
• Montgomery County elected officials condemn ICE raid in Trooper

Immigrants Build ULINE​

• ‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how Maga billionaires relied on Mexican labor | US immigration | The Guardian

Election 2026​

• Garrity says she’d work with Trump administration on Pa.'s elections | WITF
• Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit over Michigan’s voter rolls

Transgender Rights​

• 'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports | Live Science

Immigrants Built America​

• Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994 | Cato at Liberty Blog

Health Crisis​

• Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo | WIRED
• Schedule Policy/Career will ruin our civil service

Everybody vs. ICE​

• Moderate Senate Democrat ‘Absolutely’ Expects a Partial Shutdown - NOTUS — News of the United States
• Fetterman Shares Concerns Over Proposed ICE Detention Centers in Schuylkill, Berks Counties

Except These Judges​

• Fifth Circuit panel authorizes mass incarcerations

Election 2026​

• What did Trump mean by ‘nationalize the voting’? No one is sure.
• What did Trump mean by ‘nationalize the voting’? No one is sure.

Pennsylvania Local​

• ‘Children will be what they see’: A longtime Philly book fair puts Black stories — and young readers — at its center
• Why Gov. Shapiro wants to scrutinize electric utility profits
• New Jersey’s homeless population is growing. So too are concerns about federal assistance program budgets being slashed
• Fitzpatrick among Republicans who want nothing to do with conservative efforts to ban same-sex marriage
• Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue

Black History​

• Why James Forman Still Matters

The Big Game​

• The Right Is Terrified of Bad Bunny
• Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad

Software Development​

• Is the craft dead?

War in Ukraine​

• Russian Parents Pull Children From Schools Amid Rising War Propaganda

Racist Donald Trump​

• Trump posts a racist video and then lies about it.
• Drive Racists Out of Public Life Forever, and Other Lessons From Black History
• Montco officials issue joint statement in response to video shared by the Trump administration on Thursday
• "Later tonight on Air Force One, Trump said that he had posted it himself."

Rotting Cabinets​

• Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech
• NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump | US national security | The Guardian

Concentration Camps in PA​

• Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages
• OPINION: Too much ICE ahead
• U.S. Senator John Fetterman seeks DHS answers on new ICE facilities' impact in Schuylkill and Berks Counties | wnep.com

Election 2026​

• Mail ballot application error adds to Chester County’s woes
• INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary?
• Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House
• Trump Is Pushing to Federalize Elections in Pennsylvania and How Delco Can Push Back
• Norristown community’s lack of trust in police on full display in response to police vehicle hitting naked man

Resistance​

• How Minneapolis Taught America to Fight Back

Health Crisis​

• Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID’s long-term harm

First Amendment​

• The Bloodbath at Washington Post Is All Jeff Bezos’s Fault
• Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

Epstein Files​

• DOJ Deleted an Epstein Prosecution Memo About Possible Co-Conspirators. We Saved It.

Datacenters and AI​

• New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers

Baltimore County​

• Health department closed the Perring Plaza Dollar Tree due to a rodent infestation : r/BaltimoreCounty

Racist Donald Trump​

• Trump says "I didn't make a mistake" after racist video of Obamas removed
• Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
• ‘There’s No Bottom’: Trump Shares a Racist Video That Depicts the Obamas as Primates in a Jungle
• Trump Posts Video That Depicts Obamas as Apes
• Shapiro Condemns Trump’s Post of ‘Racist’ Video
• Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station
• OPINION: Republican Silence on Trump’s Racist Attack on the Obamas Is Complicity

Asset Tulsi Gabbard​

• Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities' | TechCrunch
• Republicans reject complaint about Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it

Election 2026​

• Pennsylvania criminal case highlights problems with third-party voter registration drives
• INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary?
• Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House

Epstein Files​

• “If you want this fight . . . let’s have it . . . in public.”
• When Jeffrey Epstein Was the World’s Leading Expert on Getting Away With It

Everybody vs. ICE​

• How to Resist Like Minneapolis
• Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
• North Penn High School students walk out in anti-ICE protest
• North Penn students share thoughts behind walk out against ICE
• Testing Kristi Noem’s Transparency Claim
• Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages

Pennsylvania Local​

• Residents demand 'accountability' after naked man struck by Norristown police vehicle
• Who owns Pa.’s digitized history? We’re a step closer to an answer.
• Governor Shapiro’s Call for Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Earns High Praise from Pennsylvania Cannabis Advocates
• Can the infrastructure in Schuylkill county deal with the ICE Facility? : r/Pennsylvania

Health Crisis​

• Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak
• The Trump admin keeps citing unreviewed vaccine trial proposals in its call for ‘better science’

First Amendment​

• DOJ Over-Seized Hannah Natanson’s Garmin Device and Other Reporting Materials

Transgender Rights​

• Boy Scouts Threatened By Pentagon Over "Gender-Fluid Ideological Stances"
• “Magic: The Gathering” Gathers for Trans Lives, Raises $450,000 in Less Than Two Days

Trump Administration​

• Trump shares video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes in late-night Truth Social posting spree | The Independent
• The tide is turning as Trump hides from the public.

First Amendment​

• News photographer suffered broken bone after federal officers fired into crowd of anti-ICE protestors downtown Los Angeles
• Emergency grants to assist journalists in crisis
• Pa. House panel approves bill to limit exceptions to Sunshine Act notice requirement
• [Eugene Volokh] Tennessee Appeals Court Rejects Argument That Covenant Shooter Manifesto Must Remain Concealed to Avoid Copycats
• OPINION: Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against LNP | LancasterOnline May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law

Pennsylvania Local​

• UPDATE: Mercersburg Borough says they "stand firmly" with MMP&W, will address issues with Water Authority - Tri-State Alert
• Current Water, Sewer Systems Can't Handle Proposed 7,500 Bed ICE Detention Center in Schuylkill County - Coal Region Canary
• ICE warehouse plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Opinion
• Commonwealth Court weighs who owns PA’s digitized history • Spotlight PA
• Governor Shapiro Reiterates Support for Bell to Bell K-12 Cellphone Ban Across Pennsylvania
• Shapiro pick for Board of Pardons wins Pa. Senate approval despite opposition from public defenders, clemency advocates
• John Fetterman and Dave McCormick discuss their bipartisan US Senate partnership
• Takeaways From PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s 2026 Budget Address
• Everything you need to know about ICE’s plan to open a detention center in Berks County
• Protesters arrested after disrupting construction of CHOP parking garage in Grays Ferry
• Federal officials confirm arrest in Phoenixville was carried out by ICE

Epstein Files​

• Epstein Files Review Was Chaotic - Bloomberg
• David A. Ross resigns from School of Visual Arts after ties to Jeffrey Epstein surface
• The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files
• Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein

Gay and Transgender Rights​

• Greater Than Campaign Seeks To Overturn Obergefell V. Hodges
• Republican Senator Attacks Netflix Over “Trans Ideology” In Hearing

Election 2026​

• Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats
• Arizona primary could move up 2 weeks under bipartisan legislation
• Wisconsin Elections Commission steps in to challenge Madison’s argument on absentee voting
• INTERVIEW: Rob Strickler Wants to Challenge the Status Quo in His Run for Congress in PA-01
• Trump’s FBI Raid Could Lead to a Takeover of Elections in Georgia’s Largest County
• PA-08: Shapiro Backs Cognetti in NEPA Congressional Race
• What causes long lines on Election Day — and how they can be avoided
• Why many Texans are still waiting for their voter registration cards

Everybody vs. ICE​

• 700 Immigration Officers Are Leaving Minneapolis. The Rest Will Depend on “Cooperation.”
• Exclusive: 300+ ex-DOJ lawyers demand transparent Minnesota shooting probes
• The Shadow Hearings On ICE Are A Compelling Must Watch
• Minneapolis Is the Violent Reckoning the Gun Rights Movement Has Long Wanted
• What Democrats Need to Know to Truly Reform ICE
• The detention of South Jersey kebab shop owners sparked change. Deportation still looms
• ICE Collapse: From the Top Down and the Inside Out
• Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem
• Senate Dems Who Pushed Meatier ICE Reform Shy Away From Criticizing Schumer’s Softer Package
• ACLU of Pa., Parady La’s family seek records after Upper Darby man dies in ICE custody: ‘We need accountability’

Data Centers and AI​

• With Electricity Bills Rising, Some States Consider New Data Center Laws

Freemasons​

• BREAKING: GL of Arkansas Recognizes Arkansas Prince Hall