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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 10h

Many migrants who agreed to self-deport for a flight and bonus promised by DHS never received tickets or payment, ProPublica found. One Venezuelan mother, whose partner was detained, waited months after giving up her home and pulling her kids from school—only to sink deeper into poverty.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h

At a time when so many people feel “really powerless, Michelle’s work is a reminder that it’s still possible to be powerful, and she’s done it through art.”

One woman’s quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.

www.motherjones.com

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Matt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 9h

And it is even more important when it comes to paying soldiers. If the executive can just decide to pay the troops, irrespective of Congress, the executive both controls deployment of the military and the power to fund it. That makes the military wholly accountable to one person.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 9h

that lawyer was me.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 8h

gotta burn this motherfucker down folks

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 8h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 10h

He was in the domestic terminal.

They knew who he was.

They did nothing other than, without a warrant; nor any reasonable suspicion, seize his phone.

It was targeted.
www.universalhub.com/2025/regime-...

Regime grabs immigration lawyer's phone at Logan

A federal judge today ordered Customs and Homeland Security to keep their mitts off a phone their agents grabbed last week from an immigration lawyer returning to Logan Airport from a trip to Aruba, a...

www.universalhub.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 11h

Corporate media has completely ignored that since January, the number of 287g agreements between ICE & local police has gone up nearly 4X. We need to repeal these.

I'm a human rights lawyer. I wrote this piece on how to protect ourselves from ICE fascists.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-to-pro...

How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids

Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

www.qasimrashid.com

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 14h

We're at the neighbors hiding neighbors stage.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 17h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The MSM does not interview community organizers. It's part of why they miss so much of what happens at the local level.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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OutNmbrdByBoys @outnmbrdbyboys.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto

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OutNmbrdByBoys @outnmbrdbyboys.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you could. You didn’t just wake up like that.

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OutNmbrdByBoys @outnmbrdbyboys.bsky.social · 1d

Come get your friend, @combatcavscout.bsky.social, he’s posting thirst traps on my feed

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OutNmbrdByBoys @outnmbrdbyboys.bsky.social · 1d

My 2nd born recently had a send off for a friend from school for the same reason. High schoolers were not as easily tricked into a joyful tone. I don’t think they’ll ever forget that we (the collective we) allowed this cruelty

Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that Donald Trump is politicizing and misusing our military to go into American cities is deeply disrespectful, dangerous, and un-American.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Destiny is tired of all the S#!t 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @destinysraven.bsky.social · 4d

To our creator(s) who may or may not be in another plane of existence, please hear our prayers
May Dolly Parton, patron Saint of children literacy, female power ballads and your gift to all who behold her, stay safe, and stay with us for as long as she may wish until she finds peace in the hereafter

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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OutNmbrdByBoys @outnmbrdbyboys.bsky.social · 4d

Walking into the conference space, my boss’ boss turns to me and says “you look like a front of the room sitter, are we sitting up front?” #calledout #nerdlife

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 5d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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