Judge seeks settlement in 'Alligator Alcatraz' civil rights lawsuit

Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment

A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and for Florida to meet next month to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit...

Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified

apnews.com, Biztoc.com

Laura Loomer Completely Melts Down Over Mamdani-Trump Meeting

Rachel Kahn, The New Republic

Self-described “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer could barely conceal her rage about President Donald Trump’s meeting with NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Friday, which, by all appearances, went shockingly well.“Not condemning Trump,” Loomer disclaimed, before …

Judge blocks Trump administration from imposing fine on University of California over discrimination claims

Express Web Desk, The Indian Express

The administration had earlier demanded that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funds after accusing the campus of allowing antisemitism.

Where Wokeness Went Wrong

Susan Neiman, The New York Review of Books

Symbolic struggles cannot be a force of resistance to the Trump administration.

Lawsuit challenges US ban on transgender TSA officers conducting pat-downs

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

A Virginia transportation worker has alleged the new policy under Trump discriminates on the basis of gender identity.

Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings

Kristin Wright, NPR

The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.

DC Cops Sued After Arresting A Man For Playing Darth Vader’s Theme Music Near Federal Troops

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

To say the irony was lost on them would be to assume they ever thought some irony might exist. DC resident Sam O’Hara came across a bunch of out-of-state National Guard troops and put his own spin on their Trump-enabled interloping. As he followed the troops …

What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America

Rozina Ali, The New Yorker

Rozina Ali writes about the Islamophobic attacks on the candidate, which carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.

Yes, There Are Some National Guard Willing To Do The Right Thing

Timothy Geigner, Techdirt

As of this moment, the National Guard is indefinitely prevented from deploying within the Chicagoland area. The court order was issued pending the Supreme Court’s decision to rule on the matter. And because this administration is a walking, talking clown show…

Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.

Natasha Lennard, The Intercept

If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility is a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk. The post Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History. appeared first …

When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights

Eyal Press, The New Yorker

The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

D.C. Man Sues Over Arrest for Playing ‘Imperial March’ Behind National Guard Members

Danielle Han, Jezebel

"The law might have tolerated government conduct of this sort a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but in the here and now, the First Amendment bars government officials from shutting down peaceful protests," reads the lawsuit.

The GOP’s antisemitism crisis

Zack Beauchamp, Vox

On October 8, two of the biggest voices in right-wing media sat down for a nearly four-hour chat. The host was Dave Smith, a libertarian Jewish comedian who has made a name for himself as a vocal critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. His guest was Nick Fuentes, a l…

Pregnant ICE Detainees Have Been Shackled, Forced Into Solitary Confinement

Danielle Han, Jezebel

The ACLU and other organizations sent a letter to ICE, demanding the release of pregnant detainees.

Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases

Elizabeth Blair, NPR

The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when officials removed the books to comply with President Trump's e…

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

George Packer, The Atlantic

How we got to “I love Hitler.”

Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Trump’s “Catch and Revoke” Deportation Scheme

Matt Sledge, The Intercept

From pro-Palestine students to Charlie Kirk commenters, the immigration system is being weaponized against people whose views Trump doesn’t like. The post Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Trump’s “Catch and Revoke” Deportation Scheme appeared first…

The Right Wing Desperately Wants to Make Charlie Kirk Its MLK

Alain Stephens, The Intercept

On Kirk’s “National Day of Remembrance,” white supremacists want to replace a tradition of justice with their own manufactured myth. The post The Right Wing Desperately Wants to Make Charlie Kirk Its MLK appeared first on The Intercept.

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

MARK SHERMAN, Yahoo Entertainment

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more...

Supreme Court’s ‘Go Ahead And Round Up All The Brown People’ Decision Is Being Challenged In Court

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

In July, a California federal court handed down what should have been considered an obvious decision: of course it violates constitutional rights to consider skin color, spoken language, “accent,” or place of employment sufficient to support a stop, much less…

The Supreme Court Is Ruling on Conversion Therapy. What Could Go Wrong!

Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone

The nation's highest court is hearing Chiles v. Salazar, and could overturn a ban on the discredited practice of conversion therapy.

Why is ADL, the Jewish advocacy group, receiving blowback from MAGA?

Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera English

The US nonprofit faces backlash after its online database on extremism included slain right-wing figure Charlie Kirk.

The United Police State of America Has Arrived

Ian F. Blair, The Intercept

The lines between local, state, and federal law enforcement and the military have blurred. The post The United Police State of America Has Arrived appeared first on The Intercept.