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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 8h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 6h

Well, I hope he gets to find out soon to cut down on the suspense.

Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 6h

All people I really admired.

Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 10h

I’m sure there is more to this than just giving him a “free” plane. We know Trump doesn’t do things like this without receiving a personal bribe or big illegal payoff. Money wired to shell corporations? Free passage to Qatar for his criminal gang to escape prosecution? INVESTIGATE THIS!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 10h

A Republican member of the House passionately called on his Speaker to change course in a CNN interview on Sunday.

GOP congressman 'breaks with the speaker' on shutdown strategy: 'No justification'

A Republican member of the House passionately called on his Speaker to change course in a CNN interview on Sunday.Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) gave an interview with CNN's Manu Raju, who asked the lawmaker, "What do you say to Speaker Johnson, who says there is no reason for the House to come back into s...

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 11h

These are vile disgusting amoral acts by people who don’t care one bit about the American people or even their voters. They think it is fun to hurt people and destroy agencies that do necessary work. Yeah these professionals will go back to work now with a huge grudge, just waiting for payback.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 13h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

WIC, which helps feed babies and new moms, is facing critical funding issues.

But ICE’s mass deportation operation—which has attacked faith leaders in Chicago—is raging on uninterrupted during the GOP shutdown. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us,” said Rev. Black.

Priorities.

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 4d

"While new moms worry about formula for their infants and furloughed federal workers stress about next month’s rent or mortgage, the administration’s mass deportation obsession will continue uninterrupted," writes @tusk81.bsky.social

This says everything about this administration’s priorities.

ICE Rages On During Shutdown As Federal Workers Go Without Paychecks and American Kids Face Potential Hunger

Priorities.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

What an evil little sadist. Hey Russ - fuck you. Did your employer Putin give your work a good review?

Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

The toddler thinks he deserves cake for dinner, but fortunately adults make the decisions.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

She can shut the fuck up with her endless lying bullshit.

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Fac Americae Abire @lacompa.bsky.social · 1d

If there is no mortality report, there is no mortality! What you don’t know won’t hurt you.

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

Is everyone fed up with these fuckups destroying important federal agencies? Yes, I know the CDC gave actual COVID facts that contradicted the sociopath in chief 5 years ago so it had to go.

Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

Why do these people think they can threaten, attack and criticize everyone to get what they want? The Swedes must think - correctly- that the US is the biggest group of idiots in the world.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

The question of why the CDC & public health is being abandoned and destroyed is not one Trump & henchmen seem to care to answer. Saying “DEI”, “vaccines” and “not Trump’s priorities” is nonsense and not an answer. “We are sociopaths who want to cause maximum suffering & death” is closer.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Manly men brutalize, terrorize a teen girl

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Boris Zee @boriszee.bsky.social · 1d

What can you say when people decide to put their lives in the hands of sociopath nutcase Musk? You get what you get when you trust your life to that guy.

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Today headline @todayheadline.bsky.social · 1d

New China tariffs announced during government shutdown and AI valuation debate are a ‘perfect storm coming together,’ top economist says todayheadline

President Donald Trump’s additional 100% tariff on China erased $2 trillion from the stock market on Friday and possibly couldn’t have come at a…

New China tariffs announced during government shutdown and AI valuation debate are a ‘perfect storm coming together,’ top economist says todayheadline

President Donald Trump’s additional 100% tariff on China erased $2 trillion from the stock market on Friday and possibly couldn’t have come at a worse time. A potentially renewed trade war risks a resurgence of uncertainty in the market, Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok said Saturday on Fox Business, all while fears of an AI bubble raise doubts about stock valuations and the federal government shutdown looks like it may last throughout October.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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