Bob Libal
@blibal.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Organizer. Immigration & criminal justice advocate.
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Not "why was the tear gas in the toddler's neighborhood" but "why was the toddler in the tear gas's neighborhood"
NEWSMAX host Carl Higbie: “This 6 month old who unfortunately got tear gassed by ICE… That sucks 🤷🏼 , but why was a 6 month old near tear gas in the first place?”
The live there Carl, you soulless puppet
The live there Carl, you soulless puppet
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Not "why was the tear gas in the toddler's neighborhood" but "why was the toddler in the tear gas's neighborhood"
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Detention Watch is hosting a series of webinars about immigration enforcement and detention. I think this is a great idea for people who are wondering what they can do -- get educated and meet people.
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Immigrant Detention 101 Webinar, Part 1 | Seminario de web Introducción a la Detención: Parte 1
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January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Detention Watch is hosting a series of webinars about immigration enforcement and detention. I think this is a great idea for people who are wondering what they can do -- get educated and meet people.
detentionwatchnetwork.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/d...
detentionwatchnetwork.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/d...
Sure feels like we need to shut down ICE until our country's representatives can figure out what is going o
January 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Sure feels like we need to shut down ICE until our country's representatives can figure out what is going o
A man who praises Hitler, says all migrants are criminals, & that "all Black people are foreign" continues to be an ICE prosecutor.
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A man who praises Hitler, says all migrants are criminals, & that "all Black people are foreign" continues to be an ICE prosecutor.
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
The unbearable cruelty of ICE...
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The unbearable cruelty of ICE...
This thread is chilling....
But I love very calm Minnesota man imploring the ICE agents threatening him to "go to church."
It's the Minnesota nice bless your heart.
But I love very calm Minnesota man imploring the ICE agents threatening him to "go to church."
It's the Minnesota nice bless your heart.
Over the weekend, ICE agents repeatedly used the killing of Renee Good to threaten Minnesotans recording their activities. "Did you not learn from what just happened?" They thought it was a "lesson" and now they'd be left alone. Didn't work.
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This thread is chilling....
But I love very calm Minnesota man imploring the ICE agents threatening him to "go to church."
It's the Minnesota nice bless your heart.
But I love very calm Minnesota man imploring the ICE agents threatening him to "go to church."
It's the Minnesota nice bless your heart.
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Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
A vigil for victims of ICE drew hundreds in Brookings, South Dakota.
Folks braved sub-freezing temperatures to "be the light against the darkness.” Three bobcat claps for my hometown!
Folks braved sub-freezing temperatures to "be the light against the darkness.” Three bobcat claps for my hometown!
Vigil in downtown Brookings attracts hundreds - Brookings Register
BROOKINGS — Hundreds of residents, stretching across age and demographics, stood with candles in hand while on the steps of the Post Office in downtown Brookings on Friday evening in support of …
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January 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
A vigil for victims of ICE drew hundreds in Brookings, South Dakota.
Folks braved sub-freezing temperatures to "be the light against the darkness.” Three bobcat claps for my hometown!
Folks braved sub-freezing temperatures to "be the light against the darkness.” Three bobcat claps for my hometown!
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A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here. nyti.ms/4sEdp2r
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here. nyti.ms/4sEdp2r
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As you navigate today's news, remember that all of this is very, very fucking heavy. We're navigating uncharted territory in this country and it takes a fucking toll on us, y'all. Just important to take a breath and tread lightly.
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
As you navigate today's news, remember that all of this is very, very fucking heavy. We're navigating uncharted territory in this country and it takes a fucking toll on us, y'all. Just important to take a breath and tread lightly.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
Those of us protesting the Iraq War were considered naive kids.
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Those of us protesting the Iraq War were considered naive kids.
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
Turns out the people in power were war-mongering liars who plunged the region into a generational disaster…
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Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
January 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him.
My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.
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Just a few weeks ago, these guys said jurisdiction was so powerful that the US could not recall its own detainees from CECOT in El Salvador…
#theyllsayanything
#theyllsayanything
Actually, that exactly how JURISDICTION works unless you have an extradition treaty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Just a few weeks ago, these guys said jurisdiction was so powerful that the US could not recall its own detainees from CECOT in El Salvador…
#theyllsayanything
#theyllsayanything
Look, I’m no international law expert…
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Look, I’m no international law expert…
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
But if the standard for invading a country and deposing their leaders is now that they conspired to obtain machine guns, wouldn’t it apply to every country with a military?
If the forbidders have no comment on forbidden courses they must remain thusly forbidden….
New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If the forbidders have no comment on forbidden courses they must remain thusly forbidden….
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December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m extremely proud to join the board of the non-profit that supports the amazing and venerable @texasobserver.org!
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New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
If I were @ginafortexas.bsky.social, I would hold events in front of every school slated to close — including ours — as part of her campaign.
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If I were @ginafortexas.bsky.social, I would hold events in front of every school slated to close — including ours — as part of her campaign.
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
Honored to have worked with some great folks on this project for @sentencingproject.bsky.social that came out today!
Check out this new brief w/ @sentencingproject.bsky.social on how to get people w/ convictions who can vote out to the polls! W/ @blibal.bsky.social @nicoledporter.bsky.social #RobStewart
Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!
Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Honored to have worked with some great folks on this project for @sentencingproject.bsky.social that came out today!
Our dystopian present: Masked government agents using AI to scan random people’s faces for their status….
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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
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October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our dystopian present: Masked government agents using AI to scan random people’s faces for their status….
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Am I reading this correctly: the firms that opposed Trump's intimidation tactics have suffered no consequences, whereas the firms that struck deals gave away $900 million while jeopardizing any work with clients who have interests at odds with the government?
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Am I reading this correctly: the firms that opposed Trump's intimidation tactics have suffered no consequences, whereas the firms that struck deals gave away $900 million while jeopardizing any work with clients who have interests at odds with the government?
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.