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In this account, participants in the rapid response networks in the Twin Cities describe their experiences,
explore the threat represented by the development of Immigration and Customs Enforcement into a political police,
and propose a strategy for how the rapid response networks could rise to the challenge and contribute to revolutionary social change.
To learn more about the rapid response chat structure, start here.

Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
The rapid response networks people organize to defend their communities have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with ever-shifting ICE tactics.

https://ground.news/article/mexico-to-require-federal-projects-to-use-local-steel-in-response-to-us-tariffs_b9d55b

Mexico to require federal projects to use local steel in response to US tariffs
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday announced a rule that all federal work projects use steel from Mexican companies, after attempts to reach a deal to lift U.S. steel tariffs failed.

Amazon launches "Join the chat", an AI-powered feature that allows users to ask questions about products and receive conversational audio responses in real time (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/amaz

Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages | TechCrunch
Amazon's new "Join the chat" feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.

Warsh Denies Any Connections to Epstein in Response to Warren (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/warsh-denies-any-connections-to-epstein-in-response-to-warren
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p82#a260429p82

In response to the growing global kerosene shortage, German government now plans to lower the taxes on air tickets 🤦🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️
Fortunately, the taxes are ridiculously low, so this won't do much direct harm. But it's of course totally the wrong signal to give.
https://www.tag…

Bundesregierung will Luftverkehrssteuer wegen teurer Flüge senken
Für Flüge aus Deutschland soll von Juli an eine niedrigere Ticketsteuer gelten. CDU, CSU und SPD lösen damit ein Versprechen aus ihrem Koalitionsvertrag ein. Die Preise dürften allerdings kaum fallen.

Uta Frith published an awful piece on #autism in the TES last month.
Sue Fletcher-Watson @… wrote an excellent response.

Buckingham Palace said the King was “greatly touched by the warmth and generosity” of U.S. Congress’s response to his speech. Former Prince Andrew commented, “did someone say touched?”
#comedy #writer #ComedyWriter

WATCH LIVE:
Gov. Spanberger delivers Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-gov-spanberger-delivers-democratic-response-to-trumps-state-of-the-union

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Spanberger delivers Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union
Democrats are betting that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s affordability-focused message, which helped her flip a Republican-held office last November, will resonate with the country when she delivers their party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Letters to Sen. Ed Markey: six autonomous vehicle companies say remote assistants don't directly control vehicles; Tesla says its operators are allowed to do so (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-says-its-robotaxis-are-sometimes…

Tesla Says Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans
The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senator's questions—occasioned a call for more transparency.

In response to the news that Republicans agreed to pass the bill to fund DHS,
Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, said:
“House Republicans caved.”
“For days, Republican divisions derailed a bipartisan agreement, making American families pay the price for their dysfunction.
Throughout this fight, Senate Democrats never wavered,”
Schumer wrote in a statement on social media.
“We were clear from the start:
fund critical security,
protect …