"There are so many threats coming in. But they’re not running me out of my own block.”
Meet the programmer behind StopICE.net, a crowdsourced nationwide alert system to let users know when federal immigration officers are nearby.
I first connected with Sherman Austin about StopICE last year while working on a separate story. As soon as he told me his own wild origin story, I figured it deserved a story all its own. So...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Fascinating article on the making of Spirit of Eden and how Mark Harris first transformed and then kept silent about Talk Talk (gift link)
Real estate company RidgeRunner bought hundreds of acres in Tennessee with plans to develop “town and country charter communities” that it hopes to fill with hundreds of new conservative Christian residents.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
One of the first residents, a podcaster who has said he’d “like to dissolve Congress and the judiciary and vest all power into… Donald J. Trump,” has a history of inflammatory remarks about women, immigrants, Jewish people, and the LGBTQ+ community.
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“They’re antisemitic, anti-Black, anti-Native American. They don’t want anything except what they think. It’s about moving here and finding power. They’ve got big bucks behind them,” says one neighbor who lives near the community.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
2. "Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine" @djpeisner.bsky.social
"As masked agents have terrorized immigrant communities, sweeping people off the streets in broad daylight, locals have organized, protested, fought back."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Thanks to @djpeisner.bsky.social for going behind the scenes with us & our friends at The ReMIX, LUCE, Unión del Barrio
Small grassroots organizations, staffed almost entirely by volunteers, are standing inbetween immigrants and ICE — like this member of the Union del Barrio handing out a “How to Identify ICE vehicles” flyer to a driver in Los Angeles.
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Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine
Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Sherman Austin's text alerts are powering community defense.
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine
Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
One of the first residents, a podcaster who has said he’d “like to dissolve Congress and the judiciary and vest all power into… Donald J. Trump,” has a history of inflammatory remarks about women, immigrants, Jewish people, and the LGBTQ+ community.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A Company Is Building Communities for Right-Wing Christians. Some Neighbors Aren’t Happy
“Are you fed up with crime, corruption, and wokeness in your big, blue city?” says RidgeRunner CEO Josh Abbotoy. “Then move here.”
Rolling Stone Reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A Company Is Building Communities for Right-Wing Christians. Some Neighbors Aren’t Happy
“Are you fed up with crime, corruption, and wokeness in your big, blue city?” says RidgeRunner CEO Josh Abbotoy. “Then move here.”
Rolling Stone Reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine
Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE
A Company Is Building Communities for Right-Wing Christians. Some Neighbors Aren’t Happy
“Are you fed up with crime, corruption, and wokeness in your big, blue city?” says RidgeRunner CEO Josh Abbotoy. “Then move here.”
Rolling Stone Reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
