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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · 28d

My statement on ICE activity in front of Eastern Middle School on Wednesday.

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · Jun 22

Handed out a couple hundred constituent contact cards and Know Your Rights flyers in Spanish, Amharic & Dari at the East County Expo!

Thank you Kingdom Fellowship,
Manna, Black Physicians Healthcare Network, & more for connecting residents to resources alongside MoCo Rec, Public Libraries, & MCDOT!

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · Jun 18

Honored to be @seiu.org Local 500’s first endorsement of this campaign season!

SEIU Local 500’s members do critical work for our students and community, and it’s been great organizing with them to achieve significant wins together over these last few years!

Purple and yellow graphic by SEIU Local 500 with photo of Kristin in black blazer and white t-shirt, with the words “Endorsement Alert: Kristin Mink, For Re-Election, Montgomery County Council District 5”

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our community showed up and showed out to scare ICE out of our communities TWICE this morning. Nuestra comunidad se presentó y se manifestó para asustar a ICE y sacarlo de nuestras comunidades DOS VECES esta mañana. 💪

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 17

There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you don’t know. That’s the message. No need to elaborate.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 17

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · Jun 13

Proud that our students will not sit by or stay silent as their Blair classmate was taken by ICE. We cannot stay quiet and hope for the best when the worst is already happening. It’s time to flex. To organize. To work harder and smarter. It’s all hands on deck.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · Jun 11

Met an active duty member of the military yesterday who filed conscientious objector paperwork in response to deployment of military on U.S. soil.

Was told multiple Army have filed, unknown quantities in other branches.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 11

We feed you.
They hunt us.

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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · Jun 10

NEW: The White House is quietly ordering agencies to freeze billions of dollars in additional funding for the EPA, Interior, Ag, National Science Foundation and more as part of a strategy to make cuts to education, climate, etc permanent and weaken role of Congress. www.eenews.net/articles/whi...

White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power

The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.

www.eenews.net

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Jun 10

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 8

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Jun 2

One more for the "WTF" quota...

This lady has been legally in the U.S. for 50 years. She was detained by ICE in *February* when coming home from a trip to the Philippines and only just released last week.

"It was horrific; it was awful, it is crowded—super crowded."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

ICE releases health worker arrested at airport despite living in the U.S. legally for 50 years

Lewelyn Dixon had been arrested at the Seattle airport after a trip to her native Philippines in late February. She was released from ICE custody after three months.

www.nbcnews.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jun 1

Bolts covered last month that Maryland Dems stood down on a proposal to ban this program, 287g, in their state, sinking the ban in the final hours of their legislative session.

icymi, important reporting: boltsmag.org/maryland-287...

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 1

Is this why we’ve been seeing so many masked, unidentified ICE agents?

As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE.

DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers.

☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121

Headline from the Washington Examiner: 40 states now have law enforcement agencies partnering with ICE through the 287(g) program.

Link to article in thread

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · May 31

I think @petergleick.bsky.social's comparisons are right on target here. I also don't think most Americans know that this is what is happening and what this means for this country. The dangers cannot be overstated at this point.

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · May 26

Great to spend today Know Your Rights canvassing with the MoCo Immigrant Rights Collective!
💪🦋

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · May 24

Mark your calendars, we’re kicking off Round 2! Join friends and allies from across the County on June 16th for a reelection Launch Party at El Aguila Tex Mex in Colesville. Time to celebrate our wins, and build our movement for work still to be done!

🌮 Event is free, just RSVP at bit.ly/MinkLaunch

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · May 24

Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.

There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · May 23

Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.

Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.

This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.

Take it here:

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

trevorredcap.trvr.org

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · May 23

Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 22

Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

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Meg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social · May 20

WASHINGTON (AP) — US immigration officials appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan, attorneys say.

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · May 21

🚨هشدار مهاجرت🚨
پاسگاه های جدید در ملکیت های فدرال:

🚨هشدار مهاجرت🚨
رانندگان اوبر/لیفت/تحویل و کارمندان قراردادی، اگر شما وارد ملکیت فدرال شوید (مثلاً NIH، ارلینگتن ناتل، فورت مید، وغیره) ممکن است به یک ایست بازرسی برسید. گزارش های متعدد رانندگان، سوارکاران، حتی کارمندان قراردادی که برای کار در ملکیت فدرال توسط ICE گزارش میدهند. حتی دارندگان TPS.

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Kristin Mink @kristinmink.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 د کډوالۍ خبرتیا🚨
په فدرالي ملکیتونو کې نوي پوستې:

🚨د کډوالۍ خبرتیا🚨
اوبر/لیفت/د تحویلي موټر چلوونکي او قراردادي کارګران، که تاسو فدرالي ملکیت ته ننوځئ (د مثال په توګه NIH، ارلینګټن نټل، فورټ میډ، او نور) تاسو ممکن د پوستې سره مخ شئ. د موټر چلوونکي، سپرلۍ، حتی د قراردادي کارګرانو ډیری راپورونه چې په فدرالي ملکیت کې د کار لپاره راپور ورکوي د ICE لخوا توقیف شوي دي. حتی د TPS لرونکي.

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