Cynthia A Ambrogne-O'Toole
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Cynthia A Ambrogne-O'Toole
@caaot.bsky.social
Retired Educator and Psychotherapist.
Lifelong Progressive.Global citizen.
Mother and Nana. New England native, living in coastal southeast NC.
❌👑 IN AMERICA! ❤️🇺🇸
❌WAR☮️
❌Illegal ICE Detentions
❌⚖️⚖️🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏🏽🙏🏿❌☮️☮️
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"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
THESE are the Fascist Insurrectionists! Stand, Support, Protect our communities against these THUGS!
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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📺 OMG—who made this?! Noah Wyle has a message for all you—vaccine skeptics…

Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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So many reasons to love this guy and that show.
📺 OMG—who made this?! Noah Wyle has a message for all you—vaccine skeptics…

Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
January 15, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Join me at January 20th. Walk out. Tune in. Stand up: The Rallyroom Podcast Livestream (Women's March Foundation) action.womensmarch.com/events/janua...
January 20th. Walk out. Tune in. Stand up: The Rallyroom Podcast Livestream (Women's March...
On January 20, we’re calling on our communities to walk out on fascism—and come together in solidarity. As part of the Free America Walkout, Women's March Foundation is hosting a live tapping of its R...
action.womensmarch.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.

“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.

The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use

A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.

A 16-year-old citizen

DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"

w/ @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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"JD Vance is disgusting. He lies with such ease, with such little compunction. He is unburdened by decency, morality, shame." –Dan Pfeiffer on JD Vance's press conference about ICE's shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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“You can’t indiscriminately take people off our streets—American citizens off our streets. You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You’re not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them... That is against our United States Constitution.” —Minneapolis Mayor Frey
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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In Trump's America, anything can happen, like the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights can get on social media and start calling people "hoes."
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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North Carolina’s elections are being run by partisan Republicans who are making it clear they don’t want certain people to vote. As election officials prepare for the 2026 elections, it’s critical for voters to keep a close eye on local boards, @billycorriher.bsky.social writes.
New Republican election officials make voting harder in North Carolina
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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NEW: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is set to publicly testify before a House committee next Thursday on his investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. This comes after Smith defended his probe in a closed-door hearing last month.
Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly on Trump probes
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked?

We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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We’re mobilizing across the country this weekend to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Wilmington NC” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
ICE Out For Good Wilmington NC · Indivisible
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Now is the time to send a message to ICE - YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE! J...
www.mobilize.us
January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Trump's Gestapo
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:34 AM
May Ms. Renee N. Good rest in Peace and Power. May we stand with her loved ones in sorrow and solidarity. May justice be served. May all the evils wrought by this vile administration come to an end soon and may ALL these horrendous people be held to account.
January 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us to Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local an...
www.mobilize.us
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Demand your Member of Congress do everything in their power to stop Trump’s escalating attacks against Venezuela. act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Take Action: Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela
Demand your Member of Congress do everything in their power to stop Trump’s escalating attacks against Venezuela.
act.indivisible.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM