Persisting
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She/her from the old invite code days. Would prefer to keep democracy. Deeds matter more than words. Let’s not destroy the planet, ok?
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Notice that Democrats respond 3 ways:
1. Fake hero "We'll never stop fighting!" while never starting
2. West Wingnut "We need answers" to "uncover" what's happening in front of the entire world
3. Bad bystander "Look at the terrible danger over there!" While doing nothing to stop it
1. Fake hero "We'll never stop fighting!" while never starting
2. West Wingnut "We need answers" to "uncover" what's happening in front of the entire world
3. Bad bystander "Look at the terrible danger over there!" While doing nothing to stop it
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love to see it
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
love to see it
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I'm still thinking of the fact that Zohran Mamdani went on The View, said "abolish ICE" and then got a round of applause
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I'm still thinking of the fact that Zohran Mamdani went on The View, said "abolish ICE" and then got a round of applause
Seeing weird "blue" accounts that go after anyone who posts about abolishing ice. Blocking and moving on. Inaction only helps the fascists. Trying to abolish a death squad and death camps is actually a good thing.
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Seeing weird "blue" accounts that go after anyone who posts about abolishing ice. Blocking and moving on. Inaction only helps the fascists. Trying to abolish a death squad and death camps is actually a good thing.
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These are all fantastic, feasible things the Massachusetts Legislature can do that will have an impact. I'm particularly glad to see the focus on courthouses as that is where ICE is most active and where it is hardest to both observe and disrupt their actions.
Latest newsletter from @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social is a refreshingly honest, comprehensive, yet achievable set of things we should be doing in MA to fight ICE. Worth a read.
www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...
www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...
9 things the legislature should do in response to the ICE crackdown
In the text that follows, I will outline 9 things the Massachusetts state legislature should do right now to respond to the ICE crackdown. And then, I'll talk about one or two things that you can do, ...
www.repmikeconnolly.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
These are all fantastic, feasible things the Massachusetts Legislature can do that will have an impact. I'm particularly glad to see the focus on courthouses as that is where ICE is most active and where it is hardest to both observe and disrupt their actions.
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Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
ICE is coming to Portland and Lewiston imminently, their mayors confirmed today. Both cities have large Somali populations.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
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This is Minneapolis:
Some BIPOC U.S. citizens are asking their white friends to accompany them on grocery trips, visits to the doctor, etc.
Others are limiting trips, staying home, ordering delivery.
Delivery apps are slower bc fewer people are doing delivery - bc it doesn't feel safe for them.
Some BIPOC U.S. citizens are asking their white friends to accompany them on grocery trips, visits to the doctor, etc.
Others are limiting trips, staying home, ordering delivery.
Delivery apps are slower bc fewer people are doing delivery - bc it doesn't feel safe for them.
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Some BIPOC U.S. citizens are asking their white friends to accompany them on grocery trips, visits to the doctor, etc.
Others are limiting trips, staying home, ordering delivery.
Delivery apps are slower bc fewer people are doing delivery - bc it doesn't feel safe for them.
Some BIPOC U.S. citizens are asking their white friends to accompany them on grocery trips, visits to the doctor, etc.
Others are limiting trips, staying home, ordering delivery.
Delivery apps are slower bc fewer people are doing delivery - bc it doesn't feel safe for them.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.
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I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
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Seeing all the Democrats post "WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS STANDING UP?" while personally doing nothing makes me sick.
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Seeing all the Democrats post "WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS STANDING UP?" while personally doing nothing makes me sick.
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One of my fave political stories ever: when Maine’s GOP then-Gov LePage thought that not signing bills by deadline meant they’d die.
So he ignored all these Dem bills, thinking it’d kill them.
But in Maine, if Gov just does nothing (rather than veto), a bill becomes law.
So they all became law.
So he ignored all these Dem bills, thinking it’d kill them.
But in Maine, if Gov just does nothing (rather than veto), a bill becomes law.
So they all became law.
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 AM
One of my fave political stories ever: when Maine’s GOP then-Gov LePage thought that not signing bills by deadline meant they’d die.
So he ignored all these Dem bills, thinking it’d kill them.
But in Maine, if Gov just does nothing (rather than veto), a bill becomes law.
So they all became law.
So he ignored all these Dem bills, thinking it’d kill them.
But in Maine, if Gov just does nothing (rather than veto), a bill becomes law.
So they all became law.
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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"“Whatever you think it is, it’s worse,” Brandi Reilly, a neighbor who witnessed Thao’s detainment, told me by phone on Monday about what it’s been like in the Twin Cities of late. " www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-pau...
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
"“Whatever you think it is, it’s worse,” Brandi Reilly, a neighbor who witnessed Thao’s detainment, told me by phone on Monday about what it’s been like in the Twin Cities of late. " www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-st-pau...
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We fucking cannot "rein" this in. We must abolish ICE and prosecute every depraved POS.
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"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
We fucking cannot "rein" this in. We must abolish ICE and prosecute every depraved POS.
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It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
Courage personified.
The New Yorker looks at DOJ's prosecution of Rep LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and finds it to be predicated on claims that are demonstrably untrue and motivated entirely as political persecution. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Courage personified.
If you're a candidate who still hasn't said ICE should be abolished, end your campaign. At some point soon all politicians will be committed to Abolishing ICE and pretending they were for it all along. We see who the cowards are. We see who's in it for personal gain and who puts the people first.
January 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
If you're a candidate who still hasn't said ICE should be abolished, end your campaign. At some point soon all politicians will be committed to Abolishing ICE and pretending they were for it all along. We see who the cowards are. We see who's in it for personal gain and who puts the people first.
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Protecting people is my job. No one—not this administration, not ICE—will keep me from doing it.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Protecting people is my job. No one—not this administration, not ICE—will keep me from doing it.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
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One month ago today, the Jeffrey Epstein files were legally required to be released to the public in full.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One month ago today, the Jeffrey Epstein files were legally required to be released to the public in full.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
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Shoutout to my state senator, @senatorhaywood.com, not just for organizing today's demonstration, but for holding a weekly vigil in front of the ICE field office.
Hundreds march through Philly in protest of ICE raids nationwide
Hundreds of people marched from Philadelphia's Immigration Court to the ICE Philadelphia Field Office in protest of ICE raids across the country.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Shoutout to my state senator, @senatorhaywood.com, not just for organizing today's demonstration, but for holding a weekly vigil in front of the ICE field office.
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Inspiration and spiritual fortitude for a political fight we need to have.
Martin Luther King Jr. Warned About The Anti-Abolish-ICE Democrat
The heritage that valued order over justice during the civil rights movement animates the Democrat elected and consultant who wants to "retrain" a nativist death squad
www.forever-wars.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Inspiration and spiritual fortitude for a political fight we need to have.
@indivisible.org are you listening to this guy or the majority of Dem-leaning voters? Abolish ICE and prosecute every single one is the demand. Death squads don't belong in a democracy.
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
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Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
@indivisible.org are you listening to this guy or the majority of Dem-leaning voters? Abolish ICE and prosecute every single one is the demand. Death squads don't belong in a democracy.
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The guy who wants us to stop saying "Abolish ICE" is a lobbyist for defense & surveillance industries? No kidding. It's always the ones you most suspect.
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The guy who wants us to stop saying "Abolish ICE" is a lobbyist for defense & surveillance industries? No kidding. It's always the ones you most suspect.
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Mrs. Coretta Scott King addressed the Havard graduating class of 1968 two months after her husband's assassination.
She spoke on the then recent assassinations plaguing the country and the unjust war in Vietnam. #MLKDay
She spoke on the then recent assassinations plaguing the country and the unjust war in Vietnam. #MLKDay
Coretta Scott King speaks at Harvard’s Class Day in 1968
YouTube video by Harvard University
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January 19, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Mrs. Coretta Scott King addressed the Havard graduating class of 1968 two months after her husband's assassination.
She spoke on the then recent assassinations plaguing the country and the unjust war in Vietnam. #MLKDay
She spoke on the then recent assassinations plaguing the country and the unjust war in Vietnam. #MLKDay