@jhldvm.bsky.social
News junkie and social justice advocate. Queer mom. Comparative pathologist. Bostonian. Minnesota born. Free Ukraine. Free Palestine. I punch back.
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A backgrounder is someone who conducts background checks.
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
A backgrounder is someone who conducts background checks.
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Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
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They went through the trouble of severing DHS. Just shut down DHS if republicans don’t agree to your terms. Why extend it? I get that ICE is funded no matter what and won’t close down, but what was the point of severing DHS for leverage if you’re just gonna keep extending the funding?
If Dem senators vote to extend the DHS CR again, they are instantly going to lose a tremendous amount of support from their base who have been in wait-and-see mode on this. I can only assume Dem senators considering this have completely lost touch with their voters. Don’t do it.
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
They went through the trouble of severing DHS. Just shut down DHS if republicans don’t agree to your terms. Why extend it? I get that ICE is funded no matter what and won’t close down, but what was the point of severing DHS for leverage if you’re just gonna keep extending the funding?
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
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30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
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February 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
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They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
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James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
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Judge rules members of Congress can inspect all ICE detention centers without appointment. "...DHS Sec. Kristi Noem re-implemented a notice requirement…..[which] required 7-days’ warning for visits to [ICE] facilities... funded exclusively by the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’..." thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Judge rules members of Congress can inspect all ICE detention centers without appointment. "...DHS Sec. Kristi Noem re-implemented a notice requirement…..[which] required 7-days’ warning for visits to [ICE] facilities... funded exclusively by the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’..." thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
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I want ICE abolished, not reformed, but it’s pretty absurd that not one of these “reform” posts ever says something like “release every single child imprisoned by ICE and end child imprisonment.”
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I want ICE abolished, not reformed, but it’s pretty absurd that not one of these “reform” posts ever says something like “release every single child imprisoned by ICE and end child imprisonment.”
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Documents obtained by the ACLU show the Department of Homeland Security planned purchase and transform a vacant warehouse in Merrimack, New Hampshire into a Boston ICE processing center.
Documents confirm ICE plans for N.H. warehouse; state officials knew for weeks
Documents obtained by the ACLU show the Department of Homeland Security planned purchase and transform a vacant warehouse in Merrimack, New Hampshire into a Boston ICE processing center. While the dep...
www.wbur.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Documents obtained by the ACLU show the Department of Homeland Security planned purchase and transform a vacant warehouse in Merrimack, New Hampshire into a Boston ICE processing center.
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Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
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Are you smarter than Mike Johnson? All signs point to yes.
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Are you smarter than Mike Johnson? All signs point to yes.
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Go Janet Mills!
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Go Janet Mills!
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Now that's something.
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Now that's something.
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there are now nine U.S. attorneys for all of Minnesota.
they're not going to have time to even indict a ham sandwich.
they're not going to have time to even indict a ham sandwich.
BREAKING: 8 more U.S. Attorneys in MN resign from Trump’s DOJ in protest as backlash grows.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 AM
there are now nine U.S. attorneys for all of Minnesota.
they're not going to have time to even indict a ham sandwich.
they're not going to have time to even indict a ham sandwich.
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Liam Ramos and this 2 year old Minnesota girl were two of the
*3,800*
children the Trump administration has arrested and detained since January of 2025
Some of those kids have been in detention for 6 months or longer
Corey Lewandowski can rot in hell right alongside his girlfriend Kristi Noem
*3,800*
children the Trump administration has arrested and detained since January of 2025
Some of those kids have been in detention for 6 months or longer
Corey Lewandowski can rot in hell right alongside his girlfriend Kristi Noem
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Liam Ramos and this 2 year old Minnesota girl were two of the
*3,800*
children the Trump administration has arrested and detained since January of 2025
Some of those kids have been in detention for 6 months or longer
Corey Lewandowski can rot in hell right alongside his girlfriend Kristi Noem
*3,800*
children the Trump administration has arrested and detained since January of 2025
Some of those kids have been in detention for 6 months or longer
Corey Lewandowski can rot in hell right alongside his girlfriend Kristi Noem
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This year marks 100 years of celebrating Black history.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This year marks 100 years of celebrating Black history.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
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Bad Bunny won Album of the year.
Bad Bunny is an American
Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican
Bad Bunny is doing the headline show at Super Bowl.
MAGA ALL UP IN THEIR FEELINGS THIS MORNING.
Bad Bunny is an American
Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican
Bad Bunny is doing the headline show at Super Bowl.
MAGA ALL UP IN THEIR FEELINGS THIS MORNING.
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Bad Bunny won Album of the year.
Bad Bunny is an American
Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican
Bad Bunny is doing the headline show at Super Bowl.
MAGA ALL UP IN THEIR FEELINGS THIS MORNING.
Bad Bunny is an American
Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican
Bad Bunny is doing the headline show at Super Bowl.
MAGA ALL UP IN THEIR FEELINGS THIS MORNING.
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Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
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Nothing surprising about this.... Klobuchar is a professional prosecutor, highly respected by her peers. And this is exactly what Minnesota needs as it weathers a state of siege.
February 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Nothing surprising about this.... Klobuchar is a professional prosecutor, highly respected by her peers. And this is exactly what Minnesota needs as it weathers a state of siege.
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Dems need to demand Miller's removal as a condition of funding for DHS past the 2-week CR. There are two weeks for them to plaster this judge's ruling into their public statements, constituent newsletters, TV hits, and more.
Remember, those daily quotas are the sick brainchild of one Stephen Miller. Just unfathomably awful that one person's hatefulness drives so much government policy.
Ben Franklin said that we have a "Republic, if you can keep it." This is no way to keep it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/p...
Ben Franklin said that we have a "Republic, if you can keep it." This is no way to keep it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/p...
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Dems need to demand Miller's removal as a condition of funding for DHS past the 2-week CR. There are two weeks for them to plaster this judge's ruling into their public statements, constituent newsletters, TV hits, and more.