# immigration policies (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover immigration policies. Page: Feed: --- ## [Round-up: Bond market weirdness and Federal Reserve weirdness.](https://amerex.substack.com/p/round-up-bond-market-weirdness-and) _2026-08-23 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the week’s events ## [Crip Time and Chronic Illness](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/crip-time-and-chronic-illness) _2026-08-22 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Waiting rooms, time management, and the past/present/future ## [Clean Air is Essential for Disability Justice](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/clean-air-is-essential-for-disability) _2026-08-21 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ It’s unacceptable that schools, hospitals, and progressives/leftists all ignore the need for clean air. ## [Trump’s immigration policy is unpopular](https://amerex.substack.com/p/trumps-immigration-policy-is-unpopular) _2026-08-19 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ And immigration policy in general is really hard ## [The Gap Between Knowing and Doing](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/the-gap-between-knowing-and-doing) _2026-08-17 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ A reflection on secondhand smoke, a child's health, and the distance between what I knew was right and what I did. ## [Trump's gift to Kim Jong Un](https://amerex.substack.com/p/trumps-gift-to-kim-jong-un) _2026-08-17 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Another pointless concession ## [The Corporate-ICE Surveillance Merger: Unpacking CORCA S.1404/H.R. 2853](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/the-corporate-ice-surveillance-merger) _2026-08-14 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ It's not widely known in history that as Nazi Germany rose to power, a symbiotic relationship formed between corporations and the state. ## [Disability Justice & Palestine](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/disability-justice-and-palestine) _2026-08-14 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Genocide, the destruction of hospitals, and disability under rubble ## [Stop over-interpreting close victories](https://amerex.substack.com/p/stop-over-interpreting-close-victories) _2026-08-14 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ The narrative shifts way too often and quickly ## [The data center backlash and the economic politics of AI](https://amerex.substack.com/p/the-data-center-backlash-and-the) _2026-08-13 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ The beginning of a new age? ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/e0gPm2hSdVcE) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Magic Words](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/magic-words) _2026-08-10 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ Words like "racist" and "fascist" end arguments before they start. Learn why these terms work like spells, and how to stay calm when they're cast at you. ## [Arsenal of Freedom: How a Shell Game of Defense Subsidiaries Turned an Iranian Schoolyard Into a $245 Billion Payday](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/arsenal-of-freedom-how-a-shell-game) _2026-08-09 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ How foreign military sales, presidential drawdowns, and 260+ hidden subsidiaries keep the missiles flowing and profit margins growing. ## [Disability & Abandonment](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/abandonment-and-disability) _2026-08-08 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ It shouldn't be so common for chronically ill and disabled people to lose their friends. ## [The Intersection Between Race and Disability](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/the-intersection-between-race-and) _2026-08-07 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Race should not be ignored when discussing disability ## [Is the occasional massacre of gay people worth it to have more Muslims in your society?](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/is-the-occasional-massacre-of-gay) _2026-08-06 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ "Why do we name neo-Nazi ideology after an attack, but not Islamist ideology? A case study in institutional double standards and Sadiq Khan's own contradictions." ## [The meaning of El-Sayed's win](https://amerex.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-el-sayeds-win) _2026-08-06 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ "Progressives" vs. "moderates" is sometimes an over-simplification ## [Should we embrace interesting times?](https://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/should-we-embrace-interesting-times) _2026-08-05 · Steve Inskeep · Differ We Must_ On Pete Buttigieg and Adam Goodheart's "1861." ## [The reflecting pool and the abyss](https://amerex.substack.com/p/the-reflecting-pool-and-the-abyss) _2026-08-05 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Stare into them and they stare right back ## [The weird, unstable American economy](https://amerex.substack.com/p/the-weird-unstable-american-economy) _2026-08-04 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Trump has been lucky, but big risks remains ## [The Barista Fallacy](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/the-barista-fallacy) _2026-08-03 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ Why you can’t create immigration policy based on your friendly Muslim neighbor ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gey4Ol60z1pb) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Iran War update #52: Trump is getting played by the mediators](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-52-trump-is-getting) _2026-08-02 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [The emerging geopolitics of missile interceptors](https://amerex.substack.com/p/the-emerging-geopolitics-of-missile) _2026-08-01 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Trump's Ukraine reversal shows how important they have become ## [We Need Cross-Disability Solidarity, Not Lateral Ableism](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/we-need-cross-disability-solidarity) _2026-07-31 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ On why we should learn about the experiences of disabled people that are different from our own ## [Iran War update #51: Iran goes for broke](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-51-iran-goes-for) _2026-07-29 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [Treating Political Statements as Tribal Grunts](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/treating-political-statements-as) _2026-07-27 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ People want to belong more than they want to be right ## [The Terrifying Truth About Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/the-terrifying-truth-about-experian) _2026-07-26 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ Palantir and Flock Aren't the Only Ones Watching ## [Thoughts on Chronic Illness & "Health Anxiety"](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-chronic-illness-and-health) _2026-07-25 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ It's not irrational to have anxiety about illness, and patients shouldn't be condescended to for looking up our symptoms ## [Round-up: More tariffs! Plus: The Chinese AI scare.](https://amerex.substack.com/p/round-up-more-tariffs-plus-the-chinese) _2026-07-24 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the week's events ## [Iran War update #50: America's Mid East bases are in dumb places](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-50-americas-mid-east) _2026-07-24 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [Eugenics & American Immigration Policy: Past & Present](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/eugenics-and-american-immigration-fe6) _2026-07-24 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ On immigration policy, disability, eugenics, & ICE ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/itvEqSuLodqE) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Trump's bizarre Saudi nuclear giveaway](https://amerex.substack.com/p/trumps-bizarre-saudi-nuclear-giveaway) _2026-07-23 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ He always destroys his own leverage ## [Iran War update #49: The desalination disaster](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-49-the-desalination) _2026-07-22 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [AI, writing, and me](https://amerex.substack.com/p/ai-writing-and-me) _2026-07-22 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ A personal reflection ## [Why Is Capitol Hill Holding Hearings on "Woke" Doctors?](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/why-is-capitol-hill-holding-hearings) _2026-07-21 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ While working-class women are sent home to die of heart attacks, Congresspeople hold hearings to complain about "woke" medical school syllabuses. ## [Reflections on My First Pride Parade](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/reflections-on-my-first-pride-parade) _2026-07-20 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ How the word “queer” drifted from same-sex attraction to a broad left-wing political identity, and what that means for tolerance ## [Iran War update #48: New vulnerabilities for U.S. troops](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-48-new-vulnerabilities) _2026-07-19 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [Flock Camera Data Lives in Top-Secret Data Centers](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/flock-camera-data-lives-in-top-secret) _2026-07-19 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ The governments surveillance data is stored in top-secret data centers that require you to take a lie detector test and get SCI clearance before employment. ## [Hang Out With Peter Boghossian | July 2026](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/hang-out-with-peter-boghossian-july-a6f) _2026-07-18 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ I’m excited to announce the next Zoom hangout for our amazing Paid Substack Subscribers! ## [12 thoughts on Trump "stealing the midterms"](https://amerex.substack.com/p/12-thoughts-on-trump-stealing-the) _2026-07-17 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Was his big speech preparing the ground? ## [The Disability Arts Movement & Disability Art as Resistance](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/the-disability-art-movement-and-disability) _2026-07-17 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ The history and present of the creative expression of disability pride ## [Should Immigration Policy Select for Cognitive Ability?](https://boghossian.substack.com/p/should-immigration-policy-select) _2026-07-15 · Peter Boghossian · Peter Boghossian_ If average intelligence differs across populations, why treat racial groups as interchangeable when building a high-trust, high-prosperity society? ## [Iran War update #47: Why does Trump think this time will be different?](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-47-why-does-trump) _2026-07-15 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [Lindsey Graham and the passing of an era](https://amerex.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-and-the-passing-of) _2026-07-15 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ There are fewer and fewer like him ## [America Trusts Nurses. Hospitals Exploit Us.](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/america-trusts-nurses-hospitals-exploit) _2026-07-12 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ Follow the Money: What the Brigham Strike Reveals About American Healthcare ## [There Isn't Just One "Chronic Illness Experience"](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/there-isnt-just-one-chronic-illness) _2026-07-11 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ On why I don't mourn the person I used to be or could have been (because I was a child when I became sick) ## [On the Threat to "Bring Back" Asylums](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/on-the-threat-to-bring-back-asylums) _2026-07-10 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ The history of asylums, present day psychiatric abuse, Olmstead, & the Independent Living Movement ## [Why Your Vulnerability is the Only Thing That Will Save Us](https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/why-your-vulnerability-is-the-only) _2026-07-10 · Dissent in Bloom 🌻 · Dissent in Bloom_ The small but revolutionary things ordinary people can do to fix a fractured society. ## [Iran War update #45: Heading back to war?](https://amerex.substack.com/p/iran-war-update-45-heading-back-to) _2026-07-08 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ Analysis of the day's events ## [The myth of the heroic legislator](https://amerex.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-heroic-legislator) _2026-07-07 · Andrew Gawthorpe · America Explained_ The Graham Platner saga is a lesson about priorities ## [He says most women should be denied the vote](https://steveinskeep.substack.com/p/he-says-most-women-should-be-denied) _2026-07-07 · Steve Inskeep · Differ We Must_ On the value of Leila Fadel's conversation with an an influential pastor.