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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 8h

lol that makes my day ✨

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 8h

At least it’s still dalhia season

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 9h

Say it louder Nashville

An 8x12 sign on a telephone pole reading: “Whatever you allow your government to do to others they will eventually do to you.”

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10h

It’s easy to make fun of, but watching the president of the United States ask Andy Ngo and Jack Posibiec who the bad guys are so that they can be prosecuted for domestic terrorism is truly fucking terrifying. We have fallen a long way already.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10h

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 4d

Well my day started with some random dude accosting me & yelling in my face that only “Americans” should be allowed to live in the U.S. as I was walking to the lake in my bathing suit to go for a swim, in case anyone is wondering how things are things are going in Chicago…

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 6d

Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported. He spent three-plus months in ICE custody after livestreaming a protest, before being flown out of the U.S. on Oct. 3.

In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”

Spanish-language reporter arrested at Atlanta-area protest; faces deportation

Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter who covers immigration issues, was arrested at an anti-Trump protest in Chamblee, Georgia, near Atlanta, …

pressfreedomtracker.us

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 7d

"When I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021, it was my dad who centered me, who drove me to my medical appointments and who lifted me up. Now I will have to manage my health care on my own...My family has been torn apart for no good reason, and I can only hope that we can one day be reunited.”

Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay | American Civil Liberties Union

The government detained him for over 100 days in retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement

www.aclu.org

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 7d

“I am in utter shock and disbelief the government has punished my father for simply doing his life’s work of journalism,” said Oscar Guevara...“My father should have never had to face over 100 days in detention. He is the center of our family. He is the reason our home feels like home.”

Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay | American Civil Liberties Union

The government detained him for over 100 days in retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement

www.aclu.org

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Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 7d

A U.S. citizen detained by federal agents during anti-immigrant raids of construction sites has filed a class action suit against the Trump administration. “I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,” said Leo Garcia Venegas. truthout.org/articles/us-...

US Citizen Detained At Work Files Class Action Suit to Stop Raids

“I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,” said U.S. citizen Leo Garcia Venegas.

truthout.org

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 7d

There is no bottom with this guy

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7d

“Just as the left used [George] Floyd’s death to justify and hasten all manner of political ends, the right is invoking [Charlie] Kirk’s name to advance illiberal aims and silence opponents,” @chatterton.bsky.social argues:

MAGA Finds Its George Floyd

Charlie Kirk isn’t the first martyr to be used as a cudgel.

bit.ly

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 7d

For over a decade I was lucky enough to work side by side with my journalistic role model-turned partner in crime, the truly badass @jordansmith.bsky.social. There's no reporter in the country like her & I miss her terribly. But I'm also so proud & excited for what's to come. #WrongfulConvictionDay

Jordan Smith @jordansmith.bsky.social · 7d

Since today is Wrongful Conviction Day, it seems like an appropriate time for a brief thread re a bit of news: As of the end of August, I am no longer with The Intercept.

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Jordan Smith @jordansmith.bsky.social · 7d

Since today is Wrongful Conviction Day, it seems like an appropriate time for a brief thread re a bit of news: As of the end of August, I am no longer with The Intercept.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 7d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

I've been writing about the war on drugs for more than 20 years. There are some cases that have stuck with me -- names that have never left my head. For the last couple years, I've been working with The Intercept on a podcast to tell their stories. It launches in a week.

Introducing Collateral Damage | Collateral Damage from The Intercept

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

shows.acast.com

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 8d

This has been in the works for a long time & it’s thrilling to see it out in the world. Radley’s reporting has a lot to teach us about how we got to our present moment in the US. (Shoutout to my stellar colleague, producer Laura Flynn, who has taught our household everything we know about podcasts.)

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 8d

Our new podcast series reported and hosted by @radleybalko.bsky.social looks at the war on drugs and the devastating consequences of building a massive war machine aimed at the public itself.

Introducing Collateral Damage

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series about the consequences of the war on drugs, reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

interc.pt

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 8d

ICE is terrorizing immigrants—and being used as a tool to discipline labor. A witness in a wage theft case was detained. Immigrant warehouse workers face discrimination. Day laborers and street vendors are being targeted, and so are rapid response networks. My latest.

How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor

While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.

prospect.org

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 9d

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: I interviewed Leonard Peltier at his new home in North Dakota.

Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...

‘We’re In Danger’: Leonard Peltier Has A Warning About Trump

In a sit-down interview, the Indigenous rights activist reflects on his nearly 50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to free him, and how tribes are “in danger” under Trump.

www.huffpost.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9d

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Jessica Washington @jesswash.bsky.social · 10d

The Trump administration is trying to hold a DACA recipient and activist in immigration detention indefinitely, even after a judge dismissed her case.

Read my latest for @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/29/t...

The Trump Administration Is Arguing It Can Hold Dreamers Indefinitely

Immigration experts warn the Trump administration is trying to keep a DACA recipient in detention so her protected status expires.

theintercept.com

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 13d

"At one point you can hear the man on the ground yell 'I live in America! I love you America!' ... When one witness asks why the man was arrested, the officer shouts 'Because he’s a criminal, how bout that?' He justifies his actions by telling witnesses 'I have to protect my people.'”

ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland

“What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yelled. “Go ahead. Shoot me.”

www.thehandbasket.co

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13d

This activist's guitar was destroyed by ICE today. ICE fired multiple rounds of rubber bullets at us, and the guitar was struck. I am trying to raise $800 to help replace their instrument, which they rely on for gigs. I bet someone out here can straight up cover the cost. DM me.

A person in a gas mask plays guitar at a chaotic protest scene.

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