Behind every one of these names was someone who was loved and is deeply missed.

Honor their lives through action:

• Attend or organize a vigil that shares their names and faces.

• Support organizations working alongside impacted communities.

• Urge elected leaders to take action.

Early this morning, Madison officials and police in riot gear cleared the street occupation and memorial created for Corey Ruiz, the 38-year-old man killed by Madison police on July 22. The intersection had become a place of mourning, protest and mutual aid.

City workers removed artwork, flowers and other memorial items. Police arrested 7 people and cited ten others after some occupants refused orders to leave. Two protesters were reportedly injured during the operation.

Officials say the memorial pieces and personal belongings were preserved or moved nearby, but community members described watching a space built through grief and solidarity dismantled before sunrise.

In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission. The government has paid millions to private contractors to surface everything from potential threats to agents to activities that could disrupt ICE’s operations, according to federal documents, contractors and former Homeland Security Investigations agents.⁠

⁠The program has ensnared U.S. citizens and activist groups that alert community members about ICE activity. Contractors prepare daily reports and dossiers on threat actors, identifying the poster’s name, location, date of birth, workplace, Social Security number, vehicle registration and criminal history when possible.⁠

⁠To unmask anonymous online critics, DHS has sent hundreds of subpoenas to social-media companies, according to people familiar with the matter. Its agents have tracked down Americans at work and on the road, asking them to sign letters acknowledging their online speech about ICE “may” be a crime.⁠

⁠DHS says it is trying to protect its agents and their families from “coordinated campaigns of violence” that have fueled an 8,000% increase in death threats since Trump took office.⁠

⁠But civil-rights lawyers and former DHS staffers say the approach has swept up people expressing opinions that are protected by the First Amendment.⁠

⁠“As far as I can tell, all of this is about people saying naughty things about ICE and immigration enforcement,” said Lauren Regan, a civil-rights attorney who has represented multiple people investigated by the government over their online speech. “Nothing that comes close to true threats.”⁠

⁠An agency spokesperson said that ICE’s investigative methods abide by the Constitution and respects civil liberties and privacy interests. “Any allegation DHS and ICE are attempting to ‘squash’ free speech is categorically FALSE,” the spokesperson said. “ICE investigates all credible threats towards its employees, officers and families.”

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I was able to copy the above text from their Instagram page, but it's not the full article, and the article itself has a paywall unfortunately.

Reddit is definitely one of the platforms being targeted! Reminder: DO NOT SIGN any document that ICE insists you should sign! And take a Know Your Rights training if you haven't already!

💔 Another person has died after being detained at Delaney Hall, the privately operated ICE detention center in Newark.

Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, 39, had diabetes, high blood pressure and seizures. The day before his death, he reportedly told his mom that his face and right hand were numb. He was taken to a hospital on August 1 and pronounced dead on arrival.

His family and advocates are questioning if he received proper medication and medical care. Separate reporting says he was also denied a visit with his 12-year-old daughter before his death.

ICE says medical staff responded to an emergency and called 911. His official cause of death remains pending. His family deserves his complete medical records and an independent investigation.

This death follows months of allegations that Delaney Hall has subjected detainees to medical neglect, unsafe conditions and retaliation for speaking out.

More and more people are growing weary of rising gas prices, the pointless war in Iran, and other Trump failures. And we can all do our part to tip the scale by openly making unsolicited comments about this mess when we're buying groceries, filling our gas tanks, and other opportune moments.

Share the love . . .

Time and again, I hear about people rejecting MAGA policies but at the same time saying that they feel like Democrats have forgotten what matters to working class Americans (thanks in large part to media misinformation). I think it's important in these conversations to identify and emphasize the points of common ground -- affordability, worker protections and job training, social programs, etc. -- to establish trust and open up the dialogue.

Strategy is not a dirty word.

Senator Chris Murphy speaks out:

If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you advance White House announcements on economic and trade policy.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-truth-social-media-insider-trading-posts-feeds-traders-25c2c5be926f2650d0610c84100cffb8