Corene Kendrick
@corene.bsky.social
Opinions of pro-choice feminist futbolista, cat herder, dog lover, civil rights litigator, & Oxford comma nut in SF. No kings, abolish ICE.
Day job @aclu.org National Prison Project Deputy Director
Overseen by @palmercatsf.bsky.social
Day job @aclu.org National Prison Project Deputy Director
Overseen by @palmercatsf.bsky.social
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“agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon was “laying down in handcuffs when he attempted to flee, and then, for unknown reasons, purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.’”
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
sahanjournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
“agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon was “laying down in handcuffs when he attempted to flee, and then, for unknown reasons, purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.’”
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
I feel ya Europe, it’s not even 5 am on the West Coast
The Guardian had a rundown of Trump's late night Truth Social binge, which included "an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland."
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I feel ya Europe, it’s not even 5 am on the West Coast
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Actually, the more insane thing is billing an event in Riverside as happening in L.A.
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Actually, the more insane thing is billing an event in Riverside as happening in L.A.
“Concentration camps involve the mass detention of civilians without due process on the basis of political, racial, ethnic, or religious identity. And that is where we’re at right now.”
Sobering words on the current horror, from @andreapitzer.bsky.social
Sobering words on the current horror, from @andreapitzer.bsky.social
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 AM
“Concentration camps involve the mass detention of civilians without due process on the basis of political, racial, ethnic, or religious identity. And that is where we’re at right now.”
Sobering words on the current horror, from @andreapitzer.bsky.social
Sobering words on the current horror, from @andreapitzer.bsky.social
I ❤️ SF and this poem by a 17 year old girl:
“In a city that shelters the uncommon, that gathers what the world lets go; Claude became its living emblem, proof that care can let things grow.”
#SanFranciscoValues
“In a city that shelters the uncommon, that gathers what the world lets go; Claude became its living emblem, proof that care can let things grow.”
#SanFranciscoValues
See You Later, Claude: San Francisco Mourns Its Beloved Alligator
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I ❤️ SF and this poem by a 17 year old girl:
“In a city that shelters the uncommon, that gathers what the world lets go; Claude became its living emblem, proof that care can let things grow.”
#SanFranciscoValues
“In a city that shelters the uncommon, that gathers what the world lets go; Claude became its living emblem, proof that care can let things grow.”
#SanFranciscoValues
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Meanwhile, back in Gilead, cardiologists refuse to treat a woman’s heart condition because she’s pregnant, and she dies awaiting an abortion. New from @propublica.org
What a horribly sad story: A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Meanwhile, back in Gilead, cardiologists refuse to treat a woman’s heart condition because she’s pregnant, and she dies awaiting an abortion. New from @propublica.org
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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
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I spotted this in New Orleans last week
I spotted this in New Orleans last week
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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I spotted this in New Orleans last week
I spotted this in New Orleans last week
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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BLOCK them.
ICE is here on Bluesky to investigate YOU and ME
January 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
BLOCK them.
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No one “deserves” to be shot in the face.
No one “deserves” to be maimed or killed for protesting.
No one “deserves” to be killed for their political views, immigration status or failure to comply.
No one “deserves” this. Period.
Stop shooting people in the face.
No one “deserves” to be maimed or killed for protesting.
No one “deserves” to be killed for their political views, immigration status or failure to comply.
No one “deserves” this. Period.
Stop shooting people in the face.
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 AM
No one “deserves” to be shot in the face.
No one “deserves” to be maimed or killed for protesting.
No one “deserves” to be killed for their political views, immigration status or failure to comply.
No one “deserves” this. Period.
Stop shooting people in the face.
No one “deserves” to be maimed or killed for protesting.
No one “deserves” to be killed for their political views, immigration status or failure to comply.
No one “deserves” this. Period.
Stop shooting people in the face.
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It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
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I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit aimed at forcing California to turn over sensitive personal data of the state's voters.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit aimed at forcing California to turn over sensitive personal data of the state's voters.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
This is good news. Voters should never have to choose between our privacy and our right to participate in our democracy.
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
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JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Are they just assuming that Justice Roberts and SCOTUS will overturn Ex parte Milligan (1866), which flatly says this is unconstitutional?
(Case link for non-lawyers or anyone who hasn’t taken 1L Constitutional Law: supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...)
(Case link for non-lawyers or anyone who hasn’t taken 1L Constitutional Law: supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...)
January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Are they just assuming that Justice Roberts and SCOTUS will overturn Ex parte Milligan (1866), which flatly says this is unconstitutional?
(Case link for non-lawyers or anyone who hasn’t taken 1L Constitutional Law: supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...)
(Case link for non-lawyers or anyone who hasn’t taken 1L Constitutional Law: supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...)
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He really is doing all of it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
He really is doing all of it.
It’s not an exaggeration to call this a hostage situation between ICE and the Lakota tribe.
Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The detained tribal members are experiencing homelessness and living under a bridge in Minneapolis.
www.twincities.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
It’s not an exaggeration to call this a hostage situation between ICE and the Lakota tribe.
Meanwhile, back in Gilead, cardiologists refuse to treat a woman’s heart condition because she’s pregnant, and she dies awaiting an abortion. New from @propublica.org
What a horribly sad story: A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Meanwhile, back in Gilead, cardiologists refuse to treat a woman’s heart condition because she’s pregnant, and she dies awaiting an abortion. New from @propublica.org
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
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What people endure in ICE detention is largely hidden from public view – until those who live it speak up. Read more about the experience of people who were recently deported and harsh conditions they experienced.
www.acluaz.org/news/inside-...
www.acluaz.org/news/inside-...
Inside the System: Migrants Detail Harsh Realities of U.S. Custody - ACLU of Arizona
What immigrants endure in ICE detention is largely hidden from public view – until those who lived it speak up.
www.acluaz.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
What people endure in ICE detention is largely hidden from public view – until those who live it speak up. Read more about the experience of people who were recently deported and harsh conditions they experienced.
www.acluaz.org/news/inside-...
www.acluaz.org/news/inside-...