Amanda Becker
@amandabecker.bsky.social
Journalist @19thnews.org.
Author YOU MUST STAND UP https://a.co/d/9HS7ife on abortion rights after Dobbs.
Nieman Nation. Ohioan. WV Mtn (cat) Mama. D&E College Instructor. Pro-democracy in life & work.
OH-IN-NY-CA-DC-MA-DC-WV/OH
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Author YOU MUST STAND UP https://a.co/d/9HS7ife on abortion rights after Dobbs.
Nieman Nation. Ohioan. WV Mtn (cat) Mama. D&E College Instructor. Pro-democracy in life & work.
OH-IN-NY-CA-DC-MA-DC-WV/OH
Signal: AmandaBecker.41
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Fear, faith and preparation as ICE closes in on an Ohio community
In Springfield, faith-based coalitions are creating emergency hubs to care for children — and churches are preparing for their sanctuaries to be breached.
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“The fear is turned up as high as it can go.”
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are ramping up efforts to try to protect their community from the type of chaotic, violent assault by federal immigration agents that claimed two lives in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
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Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are ramping up efforts to try to protect their community from the type of chaotic, violent assault by federal immigration agents that claimed two lives in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
Really hate the headline once you click thru but love that this is being covered (beyond me).
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Really hate the headline once you click thru but love that this is being covered (beyond me).
My sweet no-longer-babies Babies. Simone (rear) was the runt but the always has her paw around Georgie (front) — can't tell if it's to protect him or keep him in line or (most likely) both.
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
My sweet no-longer-babies Babies. Simone (rear) was the runt but the always has her paw around Georgie (front) — can't tell if it's to protect him or keep him in line or (most likely) both.
Reposted by Amanda Becker
With the next No Kings announced, here's a snapshot of organizing in LA. I talked with a Desert Storm vet nurse, a caregiving activist disappeared by the Marcos regime, and a union organizer about the Filipino-American legacy of resistance. 19thnews.org/2026/02/fili...
The Filipino-American legacy of fighting for freedom is taking on Trump
Caregivers are applying lessons from resisting authoritarianism under Philippine dictator Marcos Sr. in the 1980s.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
With the next No Kings announced, here's a snapshot of organizing in LA. I talked with a Desert Storm vet nurse, a caregiving activist disappeared by the Marcos regime, and a union organizer about the Filipino-American legacy of resistance. 19thnews.org/2026/02/fili...
The GCs I've spoken to — I'd like to build a house in a rural area — say their workforces, at least those who still show up, are terrified of getting picked up by immigration agents and/or their estimates to build residential have gone up signficantly due to tariffs and related supply chain issues.
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The GCs I've spoken to — I'd like to build a house in a rural area — say their workforces, at least those who still show up, are terrified of getting picked up by immigration agents and/or their estimates to build residential have gone up signficantly due to tariffs and related supply chain issues.
I’m watching Page One with my journalism class this week and damn do I love journalism to a tragic, self-sabotaging degree.
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I’m watching Page One with my journalism class this week and damn do I love journalism to a tragic, self-sabotaging degree.
My mid 70s Ohio dad (who doesn't speak Spanish) told me last night he hadn't watched a Super Bowl halftime show in many years, maybe since the 90s/early 2000s — but made a point to put Bad Bunny on. Thought he was catchy. Appreciated Ricky Martin. Wondered why Lady Gaga didn't sing in Spanish.
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
My mid 70s Ohio dad (who doesn't speak Spanish) told me last night he hadn't watched a Super Bowl halftime show in many years, maybe since the 90s/early 2000s — but made a point to put Bad Bunny on. Thought he was catchy. Appreciated Ricky Martin. Wondered why Lady Gaga didn't sing in Spanish.
Tonite I learned that the absolute latest one can procure Emergency Ice Cream in my Small Town, WV, is 10:59:00 b/c even tho we are the region's Big City w/ a 24-hr McD's the ice cream machine shuts off automatically at 11 to clean itself and doesn't reboot until 6 am (Allowing full min to dispense)
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Tonite I learned that the absolute latest one can procure Emergency Ice Cream in my Small Town, WV, is 10:59:00 b/c even tho we are the region's Big City w/ a 24-hr McD's the ice cream machine shuts off automatically at 11 to clean itself and doesn't reboot until 6 am (Allowing full min to dispense)
I learned a new word today! (and I love when that happens)
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I learned a new word today! (and I love when that happens)
I think we may have the same fans.
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I think we may have the same fans.
The sides of my houseplants in window sills facing out have shriveled up and died. Guess that's a pretty good indicator of my windows' energy efficiency.
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The sides of my houseplants in window sills facing out have shriveled up and died. Guess that's a pretty good indicator of my windows' energy efficiency.
Found him, it's who I was thinking of. I don't think he ever actually went to Springfield, just reposting the other two's videos from there and appearing as a commentator.
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Found him, it's who I was thinking of. I don't think he ever actually went to Springfield, just reposting the other two's videos from there and appearing as a commentator.
is endemic3.0 the white dude with deliberately disheveled hair?
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
is endemic3.0 the white dude with deliberately disheveled hair?
José hasn’t left his house for 29 days – not to shovel the snow at his driveway, not to fix up the car.
When the car needed an oil change, he video-called his wife, Sara, from inside so he could walk her through it. He’s afraid to even get near the front door.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When the car needed an oil change, he video-called his wife, Sara, from inside so he could walk her through it. He’s afraid to even get near the front door.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’
The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the street
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
José hasn’t left his house for 29 days – not to shovel the snow at his driveway, not to fix up the car.
When the car needed an oil change, he video-called his wife, Sara, from inside so he could walk her through it. He’s afraid to even get near the front door.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When the car needed an oil change, he video-called his wife, Sara, from inside so he could walk her through it. He’s afraid to even get near the front door.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They did not doxx him per se, one (simpleblacktheory) shared an image of him/Ruby as part of his conspiracy theory about children and questioned whether they wanted to help Haitians. But yeah. Very little (by that I mean zero) evidence either spoke to anyone who is Haitian or working with Haitians.
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
They did not doxx him per se, one (simpleblacktheory) shared an image of him/Ruby as part of his conspiracy theory about children and questioned whether they wanted to help Haitians. But yeah. Very little (by that I mean zero) evidence either spoke to anyone who is Haitian or working with Haitians.
It's all very traumatizing for the community and the people who care about it — I'm sorry 💔
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
It's all very traumatizing for the community and the people who care about it — I'm sorry 💔
Reposted by Amanda Becker
Literally under siege www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’
The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the street
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Literally under siege www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Reposted by Amanda Becker
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations. www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations. www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
they indeed name-checked HSC and used a photo of Viles to suggest nefarious actions.
February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
they indeed name-checked HSC and used a photo of Viles to suggest nefarious actions.
Reposted by Amanda Becker
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Luckily for Springfield, I think they have already fled. Doesn't make it right, though.
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Luckily for Springfield, I think they have already fled. Doesn't make it right, though.
Stay tuned. Next story out Wednesday morning.
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Stay tuned. Next story out Wednesday morning.
Planned Parenthood is a major health care provider for transgender people, but many Medicaid patients are now cut off. The story of one 36-year-old, transfeminine Ohioan fighting to get gender-affirming care: 19thnews.org/2026/02/medi...
After years of waiting, she wanted to start gender-affirming care. Politics interfered.
Medicaid patients can’t use their insurance at Planned Parenthood, unless their state covers it. This is a major setback for trans health care.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Planned Parenthood is a major health care provider for transgender people, but many Medicaid patients are now cut off. The story of one 36-year-old, transfeminine Ohioan fighting to get gender-affirming care: 19thnews.org/2026/02/medi...
San Francisco teachers are on strike, highlighting a pay crisis in a city of tech bros 19thnews.org/2026/02/san-... via @19thnews.org
San Francisco teachers are on strike, highlighting a pay crisis in a city of tech bros
In a region made wealthy by innovation, the woman-dominated teacher workforce says its wages can’t keep pace, shutting down schools for 50,000 students.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
San Francisco teachers are on strike, highlighting a pay crisis in a city of tech bros 19thnews.org/2026/02/san-... via @19thnews.org