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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Sam Eifling @sameifling.bsky.social · 1d

A man shot his way into a Phoenix family home. Kids and called 911. The dad subdued the attacker. Everyone told police. Then a cop responding to the scene shot the father.

Read @zhbuchanan.bsky.social on the footage + audio from a deadly police shooting.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...

Phoenix cops were told danger had passed before mistakenly killing dad

Christian Diaz Rendon had wrestled a crazed home intruder to the ground before a Phoenix cop killed him on Jan. 26.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

See A Germ @seeagerm.bsky.social · 1d

It's been almost a year now, but the Trump administration lifting the Domino's sugar ban early in their administration made clear exactly how they feel about forced labor (hint: they *love* it). It flew under the radar at the time with so much else going on. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/b...

Trump Administration Quietly Lifted Ban on Dominican Sugar Company Over Forced Labor

www.nytimes.com

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 3d

Vance’s plane full of American food to Italy offers weak reparations for the tons of cheese, pasta & wine Americans haul back from Italy each day

HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 4d

Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently one can take large bottles of water through security, if one works at the airport. I get that TSA is mostly theater, but what are we even doing? If only we had some data on disgruntled employees in the US taking violent action in the workplace or likelihood of bribing a low wage worker

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 4d

US sports media celebrating Lindsey Vonn skiing with a torn ACL reveals so much about what is wrong with American sports culture. Competing with an injury does not make one a hero - it's dangerous & unnecessary. Surely the US has other talented, healthy skiers eager to compete at an Olympics

HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 4d

Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.

J.D. Vance and his family are attending the Winter Olympics in Milan with an exceptionally large security and logistics operation. Their entourage includes a fleet of 14 aircraft and a motorcade of 100 vehicles navigating tightly secured streets. Eleven of the planes are carrying his delegation, staff, former athletes, and security personnel, while one aircraft is dedicated solely to food supplies. Two additional planes transported armored vehicles across the Atlantic.

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 4d

I used to think AI had no business in academic peer-review journals. But now that I'm regularly seeing manuscript reviews focused primarily on copy edits & editorial decisions based on tallying reviewer votes rather than thoughtful assessment, I'm starting to see an obvious role for AI

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 4d

Bummer for Erin - who’s not only a lovely person but an active member of the roller derby community which is notable for its inclusiveness.

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 4d

This video offers real insights into the messaging ICE officers receive within their ranks
1) they are more transparent & acting the same as previous administrations
2)undocumented people in the US are voting & ICE is removing fraudulent voters
3) "blue-state" media is anti-ICE

Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 5d

NEW VIDEO: Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’
Two observers talk with this agent who mentions “blue state media” and “voting rights.” Recorded at 4 p.m. on February 4.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

NEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.

But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump

Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...

www.propublica.org

Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 5d

NEW VIDEO: Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’
Two observers talk with this agent who mentions “blue state media” and “voting rights.” Recorded at 4 p.m. on February 4.

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 6d

Geesh, we're now at the stage where AZ policy makers are being harder on ICE than democratic leadership in Congress. Jeffries and Schumer are complete stooges...

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 7d

This is spot on! Mayors & Councils around Arizona work tirelessly to prevent homeless shelters, social services providers, abortion clinics etc from prime locations, but somehow missed the $70M DHS purchase of a building for the purpose of storing & abusing humans

Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 7d

Residents are chiding the council and mayor for saying they had no idea this facility was being bought by DHS. “It was your job to know,” said a speaker who called the council “failures.” Another said they wouldn’t be making these “we can’t do anything” excuses if it was a proposed homeless shelter.

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 7d

Sale of a $70M storage facility (next to a high school) to DHS to be used as an internment facility is trying major push back from the town. Earlier this wk the mayor said he knew nothing about it.

Surprise is NOT a liberal place in Arizona. This level of protest in normie AZ is incredible!

Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 7d

It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.

Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 7d

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 7d

Residents are chiding the council and mayor for saying they had no idea this facility was being bought by DHS. “It was your job to know,” said a speaker who called the council “failures.” Another said they wouldn’t be making these “we can’t do anything” excuses if it was a proposed homeless shelter.

Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 7d

It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 7d

argh, no edit option... "42% of the women leaving the workforce"

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 7d

Can they add a control variable for degrees of separation from a male colleague in the Epstein files?

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 7d

42% of women leave US workforce b/c no childcare...meanwhile in Denmark policies relieve most women of motherhood penalties. If their vaccine policies are good enough for us, maybe Danish parental leave & healthcare policies should also guide the US

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 7d

ASU School of Public Affairs is hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor. apply.interfolio.com/181017

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 8d

Key point of the Danish vaccine regime is universal healthcare & childcare + fully digitized government + high trust society. If a Dane gets measles, potential spread is mitigated immediately by an entire system designed to keep EVERYONE healthy & safe. DENMARK IS NOT A MODEL FOR THE US!!!

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 8d

Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0

Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms

Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.

theconversation.com

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 8d

DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.

Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 8d

After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.

But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:

DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’

Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims

www.theguardian.com

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 8d

89 million Americans, around 36% of the voting-eligible population, did not vote in the 2024 general election.

An election strategy based on importing immigrants to illegally vote is asinine - one only needs to activate a few lazy, apathetic Americans to shift election outcomes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 9d

ha! I first read this as "a lot of Ethan Frome"

a person sledding down a snowy hill with a watermark that says ' aerial view '

Alt: a person sledding down a snowy hill with a watermark that says ' aerial view '

media.tenor.com

Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10d

I’m so confused by this headline. Residents are protesting the presence of and abuse from Feds (ICE/CPB). Why would local democrats ask Trump to send more Feds to stop the Feds?

NPR @npr.org · 10d

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help.

Trump says feds won't intervene during protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked to do so

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help.

n.pr

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