Rosemary
@rosemaryd52.bsky.social
1952-73 UK, 1973-2007 US, 2007-19 UK, 2019 on US. Photo: encounter with cows while walking in Northumberland. Short videos of my UK walks at https://www.youtube.com/@RosemaryUK-US. Twin Cities now. I appreciate the Religious Left. Dual UK/US, she/her, ally
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"This is the way a fascist talks: vilifying an ethnic minority, blaming them collectively for crimes, rallying crowds against them, and wielding state power against them.
And this is the way a fascist audience responds: applauding his slurs."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
And this is the way a fascist audience responds: applauding his slurs."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"This is the way a fascist talks: vilifying an ethnic minority, blaming them collectively for crimes, rallying crowds against them, and wielding state power against them.
And this is the way a fascist audience responds: applauding his slurs."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
And this is the way a fascist audience responds: applauding his slurs."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
I think David Smith does a good job fact-checking in this article. (I do like The Guardian's US political coverage.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and immigrants in rally-style speech
President sought to rehab image after criticism of being out of touch, but speech aimed at midterms took different turn
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I think David Smith does a good job fact-checking in this article. (I do like The Guardian's US political coverage.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
"Papers please."
Wikipedia: "Papers please" is a cultural metaphor for life in a police state.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Wikipedia: "Papers please" is a cultural metaphor for life in a police state.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used pepper spray to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis
www.the-independent.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Papers please."
Wikipedia: "Papers please" is a cultural metaphor for life in a police state.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Wikipedia: "Papers please" is a cultural metaphor for life in a police state.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
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Starting with the rest of our congressional delegation please.
@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @angiecraigmn.bsky.social @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social @mccollum.house.gov
(Emmer, Stauber, Fischbach, and Finstad are too busy applauding to do anything else)
@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @angiecraigmn.bsky.social @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social @mccollum.house.gov
(Emmer, Stauber, Fischbach, and Finstad are too busy applauding to do anything else)
I would really like to see more Ds speaking up to defend her. this is ridiculous and horrific.
Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird. He needs serious help.
Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.
He continues to be a national embarrassment.
Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.
He continues to be a national embarrassment.
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Starting with the rest of our congressional delegation please.
@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @angiecraigmn.bsky.social @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social @mccollum.house.gov
(Emmer, Stauber, Fischbach, and Finstad are too busy applauding to do anything else)
@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @angiecraigmn.bsky.social @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social @mccollum.house.gov
(Emmer, Stauber, Fischbach, and Finstad are too busy applauding to do anything else)
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the Laken Reilly Act has officially become a liability in a high-profile Dem primary
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the Laken Reilly Act has officially become a liability in a high-profile Dem primary
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A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-he...
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-he...
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-he...
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-he...
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College teachers and staff everywhere, take note
ICE raided Augsburg University in Minnesota and allegedly pointed guns at students.
They didn’t have a warrant to be on private property, and students are shaken and left feeling unsafe.
At least one was detained.
They’re not going after criminals.
They’re grabbing anyone they can.
They didn’t have a warrant to be on private property, and students are shaken and left feeling unsafe.
At least one was detained.
They’re not going after criminals.
They’re grabbing anyone they can.
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
College teachers and staff everywhere, take note
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In recent weeks, Trump has become increasingly agitated whenever reporters press him on statements he made that he now insists he can’t remember
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In recent weeks, Trump has become increasingly agitated whenever reporters press him on statements he made that he now insists he can’t remember
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“This is absolutely a racist weaponization of ICE against an entire community.”
U.S. Citizens With Somali Roots Are Carrying Their Passports Amid Minnesota ICE Crackdown
ICE’s crackdown on Minnesota’s Somali community is seen not as an immigration raid, but as a racist intimidation campaign.
interc.pt
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“This is absolutely a racist weaponization of ICE against an entire community.”
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Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
Here’s the birth of Christ being defiled by masked federal thugs who think terrorizing marginalized people is funny.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
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After a difficult year, seeking joy this holiday season may feel difficult or insensitive, but experts say it is essential.
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
After a brutal year, is it selfish to feel joyful this holiday season?
Though 2025 has been an especially punishing year, faith leaders in L.A. say that choosing joy can be an act of liberation. Here are some ways to do it.
www.latimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
After a difficult year, seeking joy this holiday season may feel difficult or insensitive, but experts say it is essential.
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
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In other words, Americans should be ashamed that a migration flow so pathetically small compared to a population of over 300 million is being used to trick them into collaborating with the destruction of their own democratic norms and institutions
The story (www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...) also lets people believe a million immigrants is a lot. It's not. In 2023 there were 32 million immigrants here who arrived in the last 26 years -- well over a million a year. A healthy level of immigration is probably higher than that.
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In other words, Americans should be ashamed that a migration flow so pathetically small compared to a population of over 300 million is being used to trick them into collaborating with the destruction of their own democratic norms and institutions
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Hundreds of people on Sunday gathered in New York City to protest the U.S. government’s forced separation of a 6-year-old migrant boy from his father after the two were arrested by ICE last month amid President Trump’s deportation crackdown.
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hundreds of people on Sunday gathered in New York City to protest the U.S. government’s forced separation of a 6-year-old migrant boy from his father after the two were arrested by ICE last month amid President Trump’s deportation crackdown.
Not sure if this gift for Will Bunch's article has a time limit but it's all very inspiring and well worth a read.
"You can feel the sheltering impulses of the antebellum Underground Railroad, combined with the righteous fervor of 1964’s Mississippi Freedom Summer."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
"You can feel the sheltering impulses of the antebellum Underground Railroad, combined with the righteous fervor of 1964’s Mississippi Freedom Summer."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not sure if this gift for Will Bunch's article has a time limit but it's all very inspiring and well worth a read.
"You can feel the sheltering impulses of the antebellum Underground Railroad, combined with the righteous fervor of 1964’s Mississippi Freedom Summer."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
"You can feel the sheltering impulses of the antebellum Underground Railroad, combined with the righteous fervor of 1964’s Mississippi Freedom Summer."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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Obviously plastic surgeons need more practice on surgery on men.
These guys look horrible.
These guys look horrible.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Obviously plastic surgeons need more practice on surgery on men.
These guys look horrible.
These guys look horrible.
This is fantastic. Full of useful information, clarity, and speaking out for the America I believe in. Other Dems really need to learn from him. #Mamdani
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is fantastic. Full of useful information, clarity, and speaking out for the America I believe in. Other Dems really need to learn from him. #Mamdani
Same article I just shared but this one is a gift.
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Same article I just shared but this one is a gift.
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There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
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"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leaving US amid parent deportations
“The only losers are the children.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Last Saturday, 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth organization of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police beat the blockaders.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Last Saturday, 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth organization of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police beat the blockaders.