News I want to share. 11-13-2026

ICE Hides Detainee Locations From Lawyers and Family Under New Policy http://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u…

— Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-11-11T01:56:17.688Z

USF professor detained by ICE, sparks outrage and calls for releaseLawani, 39, a native of Nigeria who has lived and worked in the United States for 21 years on a valid work permit, was taken from her Lodi home in shackles by ICE

— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2026-11-11T12:01:55.532Z

🚨 ICE Officer Involved in Maine Shooting Expressed Anti-Immigrant HatredThe agent talked of foreign bloodlines, denounced noncitizens and more, according to emails obtained by The Times. His fatal shooting of a Colombian-born motorist in July remains under investigation.

— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2026-11-11T12:15:45.335Z

“He is dangerous and should not have weapons,” Mr. Brouillette’s mother, Susan Bedard, said of her son in a text message to The Times. “Believe his victims, not him.”www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/u…

— Jonathan Cohn (@jonathancohn.bsky.social) 2026-11-11T12:28:54.171Z

Only a couple hundred votes separated the candidates in North Carolina’s state Senate race, which will determine whether Democrats gain full control of state government.Sen. Danny Britt (R) led by 0.4 percentage points, within the margin for a recount.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-11-12T01:30:03.612225Z

Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis wants to end a rule allowing judges to decline to officiate weddings based on religious beliefs.

— The Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews.com) 2026-11-10T23:00:24.888Z

Maggie Ellis, the incoming Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and first queer statewide officeholder, wants to eliminate an accommodation that allows judges to refuse to perform gay weddings.

— Robert Downen (@robertdownen.bsky.social) 2026-11-07T16:17:38.710Z

A federal judge says former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis gave materially false answers about her assets while a judgment of more than $565,000 against her remains unpaid. https://www.wkyt.com/2026/11/10/federal-judge-nominee-receives-3-misconduct-charges-kentucky-judicial-commission/ 

— WKYT (@wkyt.com) 2026-11-10T22:00:13.854Z

Trinidad and Tobago's highest court strikes down colonial-era ban on gay sex

— Le Monde in English (@english.lemonde.fr) 2026-11-11T04:40:46.516529+00:00

A final court of appeals in England has struck down a centuries-old gay sex ban in Trinidad and Tobago in a ruling that activists are celebrating.

— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) 2026-11-11T00:00:33Z

A British colonial-era gay sex ban is overturned in Trinidad and Tobago. The ruling could usher in similar challenges from other former colonies. https://cnn.it/4k3sSan

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2026-11-10T17:12:23.830718275Z

CFLC celebrates West Hollywood’s new polyamory and non-nuclear families ordinance! It’s now possible to register as domestic partners with several people, in or out of a romantic relationship.We’re proud to be part of the team that drafted this landmark legislation!www.latimes.com/california/s…

— Chosen Family Law Center (@chosenfamilylaw.bsky.social) 2026-11-06T20:33:43.705Z

AP has called it.Scott Colom is the next Senator of Mississippiapnews.com/article/scot…

— Trump Must Be Impeached (@lizdylan.bsky.social) 2026-11-11T23:05:25.794Z

Looks like Karma to me 🤔"Mississippi Free Press news editor Ashton Pittman noted Wednesday that Colom would “likely be a federal judge right now—not [Hyde-Smith’s] opponent—if not for the fact that she blocked [President Joe] Biden’s nomination of him over his support for trans rights.”

— Jennifer Shin – WTAF (@jennifershin.bsky.social) 2026-11-07T15:59:14.427Z

NEW: A Republican member of the election board in Forsyth County, Georgia, challenged dozens of midterm ballots, claiming four were cast by dead people.ProPublica found all four are alive.

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2026-11-11T17:33:11.349Z