← Summaries

Aaron's activity on September 25 touched on several distinct political and social topics.

He amplified reporting on ICE enforcement actions in Kansas — particularly in the Kansas City area and on dairy farms in Barton County — sharing firsthand accounts of a neighbor being detained in front of a YMCA while schoolchildren watched, and noting reports of federal agents booking out entire hotel blocks in the region. One post used the word "pogrom" to describe the scale and character of the raids. Aaron also reposted poll numbers out of Texas showing Democratic challenger Talarico leading Ken Paxton 49–44 in the Senate race, with other statewide races similarly competitive, and shared news that California Attorney General Rob Bonta vowed legal consequences for a Riverside County sheriff who illegally seized hundreds of thousands of ballots.

On housing, Aaron reposted a thread noting how dramatically rising mortgage rates — with 30-year fixed rates jumping to 7.45% — compound the existing housing crisis, illustrated by a comparison showing that a rate shift from 3.6% to 7.5% adds over $1,000 per month to a typical mortgage payment. He also reposted an observation about the merger of "true crime" culture with social justice advocacy on social media, and a sardonic note about a university athletics department using the presence of a live tiger mascot as an argument against its women's basketball players' right to unionize.