Hi! Welcome the May 16th, 2025 New Newsletter!
This newsletter is free, but if you’d like, buy Jalon coffee. She lives off of it.
Main Story: Immigration in Black, Brown, and White
While we are separating mothers from their kids on Mother’s Day weekend, we also invited others to come and find their American Dream. And according to their website, they don’t have to prove persecution to be admitted to this nation.
Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees
America Is the Land of Opportunity — For White South Africans
White Afrikaners Trash Trump’s Reason for Offering “Refugee” Status
In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation
Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents
Episcopal Church Draws Red Line on Trump’s White Afrikaner “Refugees”
Trump’s ICE Used A Woman’s Kids and Grandchild As ‘Bait’ To Arrest Her
“Harrowing” Doesn’t Begin to Describe This Teenage Immigrant’s Memoir
Police admit they mistakenly pulled over a college student. But she still faces deportation
White House welcomes Afrikaners to the U.S., but drops protection for Afghan allies
Trapped and Hungry in Mexico, Migrants Struggle to Return Home
Here’s How Much Trump Spent to Deport 32 Immigrants to Guantánamo
20 States Sue Trump Over Immigration Demands and Threats to Cut Funding
ICE Sparks Chaotic Fight After Trying to Arrest Mom Holding Her Baby
Trump Is Now Holding States’ Disaster Relief Hostage
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished
This Week’s Links
Trump Signs Massive Arms Deal With Psychopath Saudi Leader
The Astonishing Threat to Suspend Habeas Corpus
‘That’s not America first’: MAGA turns on Trump over gift $400m jet from Qatar
Trump Makes Stunning Deal With Mexican Cartel Leader
Tourists are cancelling trips to the US – and it’s not just Trump to blame
Ethics experts worry about the implications of Trump accepting Qatar's luxury plane
Old Man Trump Falls Asleep in Middle of Saudi Briefing on Arms Deal
Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’
ICE admits nine people have died in custody this year as it requests more funding
Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it
Gérard Depardieu Convicted of Sexual Assault
Cassie testifies against Sean Combs, and more updates from the trial
Olympic gold medalist who served on Trump’s council for fitness arrested in prostitution sting
The Trump Administration’s Reckless Policies Will Kill Children
There’s a lot going on…including this still
MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance
Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
Blindspot Story
Working long hours may alter brain structure, research suggests
Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?
Substacks We Read
This Is Texas News
Dallas Is Sinking, Buildings at Risk of Collapse, Study Says
Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas
How Tariffs on Mexico Could Hurt Your Summer Electric Bill, Texas’ Power Grid
There’s a Reason ‘The Last of Us’ Is Stacked With Texans
Texas farmers struggle as Mexico and U.S. wrestle with water from the Rio Grande treaty
What We’re Watching
The transformation of a traumatized dog.
Here is intro to Tiki and his Fosters and then here is Tiki at the beginning and then Tiki a couple weeks later. 😭❤️
Democratic Wake Up Call
More of THIS, please.
That’s it for this Friday! Like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t yet. We are quite literally all in this together.
xo, GPL