Alex Nicole 🍂
@alexnicole.bsky.social
Cincinatian | Dane mom | Posts about sociopolitical issues, housing, public health | Opinions my own
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There’s also been dozens of construction raids in Alabama where there isn’t the community support to document them.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
This is at least the third incident I'm aware of where immigration agents attacked workers on a private residential construction site. Here is one I covered in October, in Chicago. bsky.app/profile/cram...
In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There’s also been dozens of construction raids in Alabama where there isn’t the community support to document them.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
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Now we’re explaining that deflation is bad huh
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Now we’re explaining that deflation is bad huh
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Families too frightened to shop for groceries. In America.
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
In the shadow of ICE, a St. Paul neighborhood store steps in to feed its community
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
www.startribune.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Families too frightened to shop for groceries. In America.
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
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A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
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I don't want to be a "I'm not surprised" guy but covid made it clear that a substantial part of the population wants the freedom to do whatever they want even if it kills them and/or others
strangers are fighting to the death in my menchies over this pretty innocuous take and slinging devastating counterarguments like “what if I had to run away from a murderer” and “I like speeding”
one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I don't want to be a "I'm not surprised" guy but covid made it clear that a substantial part of the population wants the freedom to do whatever they want even if it kills them and/or others
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Do not do this.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Do not do this.
It is incredibly hard to be in this position, but the last year has been difficult. I started this fundraiser, Help Us Cover Monthly Bills and Medical Needs, on GoFundMe and it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to it. gofund.me/115e1dedd
Donate to Help Us Cover Monthly Bills and Medical Needs, organized by Alex Duncan
It is incredibly hard to be in this position, but the last year has been dif… Alex Duncan needs your support for Help Us Cover Monthly Bills and Medical Needs
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December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It is incredibly hard to be in this position, but the last year has been difficult. I started this fundraiser, Help Us Cover Monthly Bills and Medical Needs, on GoFundMe and it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to it. gofund.me/115e1dedd
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Protesters are showing up in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Hands Off! protest!
April 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Protesters are showing up in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Hands Off! protest!
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What a moment.
April 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What a moment.
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The Justice Department’s latest filings make it abundantly clear that it is creating a black site for migrants in El Salvador that’s worse than Gitmo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Justice Department’s latest filings make it abundantly clear that it is creating a black site for migrants in El Salvador that’s worse than Gitmo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Statement from Lambda Legal Senior Attorney & HIV Project Director Jose Abrigo (@gojoseabrigo.bsky.social) on today’s massive cuts to our federal HIV infrastructure ⬇️
April 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Statement from Lambda Legal Senior Attorney & HIV Project Director Jose Abrigo (@gojoseabrigo.bsky.social) on today’s massive cuts to our federal HIV infrastructure ⬇️
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A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
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Booker did all he or any Dem can do which is make a lot of noise. And now they need to sit on their hands and not vote with Republicans on anything.
April 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Booker did all he or any Dem can do which is make a lot of noise. And now they need to sit on their hands and not vote with Republicans on anything.
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Soon every state will be as prosperous as Alabama.
March 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Soon every state will be as prosperous as Alabama.
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Thank you to @booker.senate.gov for giving voice to our stories! USAID community members met with Senator Booker’s staff last week and shared personal impact stories, which he read in full during his marathon speech! He stressed USAID’s critical role in national security.
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you to @booker.senate.gov for giving voice to our stories! USAID community members met with Senator Booker’s staff last week and shared personal impact stories, which he read in full during his marathon speech! He stressed USAID’s critical role in national security.
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The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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None of this is good but maybe now America will get to have cool wikipedia sections like "year of the four emperors"
March 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
None of this is good but maybe now America will get to have cool wikipedia sections like "year of the four emperors"
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Is "unusual" really the best the New York Times can do?
March 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Is "unusual" really the best the New York Times can do?
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system
Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.
www.11alive.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
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We’re doing Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo again, except both at once, and to random dads and barbers abducted off the streets of America for the crime of being Latino
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We’re doing Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo again, except both at once, and to random dads and barbers abducted off the streets of America for the crime of being Latino