VermontBubbe
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Vote straight blue down the ballot. Pragmatic optimist. Knitter, gardener, living in Vermont
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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in their walkout speech, Nathalie told their classmates,
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
in their walkout speech, Nathalie told their classmates,
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
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Tatiani Elliot was brave today.
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
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She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Tatiani Elliot was brave today.
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
This is so massive and sanctioned by so many powerful people. Every last one needs to be hunted down and locked away forever.
Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach
There are emails from men and women who were helping Epstein procure girls in Australia, London, Paris, Russia, Sweden ...
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is so massive and sanctioned by so many powerful people. Every last one needs to be hunted down and locked away forever.
Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
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Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
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As forces of both sides kill, loot, rape and pillage, it is Sudan’s civilians who pay the price. More than 14.5 million people, almost a third of Sudan’s population, have been displaced, according to the UN, and 8 million face famine.
(£) www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
(£) www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
It feels like humanity has died in Sudan
Millions of people have fled slaughter and rape. In camps dominated by women and girls in Chad, their nightmare continues
www.thetimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM
As forces of both sides kill, loot, rape and pillage, it is Sudan’s civilians who pay the price. More than 14.5 million people, almost a third of Sudan’s population, have been displaced, according to the UN, and 8 million face famine.
(£) www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
(£) www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
February 7, 2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 7, 2026
Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be a...
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
February 7, 2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
Two active cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 have been identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to the local Democratic member of Congress.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
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Almost a year ago @joshtpm.bsky.social posted: “The situation at NIH and for biomedical research in the US is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.”
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Almost a year ago @joshtpm.bsky.social posted: “The situation at NIH and for biomedical research in the US is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.”
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
I can confirm that this remains true. It is today MUCH MUCH WORSE than the way everyone is acting in public.
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The US is traumatizing thousands of kids in detention camps. But we are also traumatizing *millions* of kids who are in hiding or fear their parents being snatched.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The US is traumatizing thousands of kids in detention camps. But we are also traumatizing *millions* of kids who are in hiding or fear their parents being snatched.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
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ICE's concentration camp is even too toxic in a place like Mississppi for far right Republican wingnut Senators like Roger Wicker.
Where is the pushback from Pennsylvania's Republican Senators (and so called centrist house members) including @fetterman.senate.gov?
Where is the pushback from Pennsylvania's Republican Senators (and so called centrist house members) including @fetterman.senate.gov?
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont, Pa., that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in a $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
ICE's concentration camp is even too toxic in a place like Mississppi for far right Republican wingnut Senators like Roger Wicker.
Where is the pushback from Pennsylvania's Republican Senators (and so called centrist house members) including @fetterman.senate.gov?
Where is the pushback from Pennsylvania's Republican Senators (and so called centrist house members) including @fetterman.senate.gov?
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
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An ICE-hole in Memphis, TN, is seen kicking a puppy in the face for just no damn reason. I can’t wrap my head around what I just saw. They’re all truly evil.
#FuckICE #ProudBlue
#FuckICE #ProudBlue
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
An ICE-hole in Memphis, TN, is seen kicking a puppy in the face for just no damn reason. I can’t wrap my head around what I just saw. They’re all truly evil.
#FuckICE #ProudBlue
#FuckICE #ProudBlue