Ana Maria Young
@amyoung77.bsky.social
Mother, wife, daughter, sister, reader, learner, person who will try again tomorrow.
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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
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Some people need to hear this from a white man.
Five months. Locked in the same room for 4 1/2.
Over 70,000 humans in immigrant detention right now, thousands of them kids.
youtu.be/qE78V6DptBY?...
Five months. Locked in the same room for 4 1/2.
Over 70,000 humans in immigrant detention right now, thousands of them kids.
youtu.be/qE78V6DptBY?...
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Some people need to hear this from a white man.
Five months. Locked in the same room for 4 1/2.
Over 70,000 humans in immigrant detention right now, thousands of them kids.
youtu.be/qE78V6DptBY?...
Five months. Locked in the same room for 4 1/2.
Over 70,000 humans in immigrant detention right now, thousands of them kids.
youtu.be/qE78V6DptBY?...
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Of course, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee is Jim Jordan, so you can get why Pam Bondi would assume he wouldn't care about getting justice for the victims of sexual assault.
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Of course, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee is Jim Jordan, so you can get why Pam Bondi would assume he wouldn't care about getting justice for the victims of sexual assault.
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feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
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I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC
A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
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There is never an excuse for murdering a child. Coverage of these heinous acts should focus on the victims whose lives were ended by their parents & not pity for the parents—nor on feeding the lie that disabled people are better off dead. By @ejwillingham.bsky.social:
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Black history is also neurodivergent history
Highlighting Instagram accounts that enlighten and inform about the Black neurodivergent and disabled experience.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:20 AM
There is never an excuse for murdering a child. Coverage of these heinous acts should focus on the victims whose lives were ended by their parents & not pity for the parents—nor on feeding the lie that disabled people are better off dead. By @ejwillingham.bsky.social:
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buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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And here's a fine PBS report on the Dilley concentration camp.
Doing the work so no one can say, "We didn't know."
Doing the work so no one can say, "We didn't know."
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
And here's a fine PBS report on the Dilley concentration camp.
Doing the work so no one can say, "We didn't know."
Doing the work so no one can say, "We didn't know."
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We need people to see/hear this truth. If you find any good video on this, please pass it on.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
We need people to see/hear this truth. If you find any good video on this, please pass it on.
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There you have it, folks. Democrats, use this. GO on offense.
We must defund ICE.
We must defund ICE.
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
There you have it, folks. Democrats, use this. GO on offense.
We must defund ICE.
We must defund ICE.
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If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
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Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
Roughly half a million women in the US exited the workforce in 2025, and 42% of those who voluntarily left cited their caregiving responsibilities as the main reason, according to a recent survey from Catalyst.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
42% of women are leaving the workforce over lack of caregiver support
In a tight employment market, employers that offer less flexibility risk losing working caregivers, according to a Catalyst report.
www.hr-brew.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
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They want to make us stop caring about the kids they're harming. Because they know that if we stop caring about what they do to kids, they'll be able to get away with doing whatever they want to adults.
They want to make protecting children dangerous, treat those who try to do it as criminals.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
January 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
They want to make us stop caring about the kids they're harming. Because they know that if we stop caring about what they do to kids, they'll be able to get away with doing whatever they want to adults.
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SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN THEN!!!!
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN THEN!!!!
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Kids taken yesterday
Journalists already arrested today
ICE patrolling around Falwell Hall and Dinkytown this week
Nothing has changed.
Journalists already arrested today
ICE patrolling around Falwell Hall and Dinkytown this week
Nothing has changed.
I would beseech the national media to stop writing sentences like one I just read that said basically "ICE's time in Minnesota is almost up." That is NOT an established fact. Please do not turn away. Please check the readily available information from people on the ground and local journalists.
From everything I’m hearing and reading, nothing in the ground in the Twin Cities has meaningfully changed.
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Kids taken yesterday
Journalists already arrested today
ICE patrolling around Falwell Hall and Dinkytown this week
Nothing has changed.
Journalists already arrested today
ICE patrolling around Falwell Hall and Dinkytown this week
Nothing has changed.
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This is the escalation cycle I've been talking about for months, one Homan can't pretend DHS is not part of.
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is the escalation cycle I've been talking about for months, one Homan can't pretend DHS is not part of.
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
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The Battle of Minneapolis is far from over. But Trump... flinched. The People are doing what the law and the Democrats cannot: defending thier rights and the rights of others.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE
The brave protesters in Minneapolis are doing everything that Democrats and even the law have failed to do.
www.thenation.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The Battle of Minneapolis is far from over. But Trump... flinched. The People are doing what the law and the Democrats cannot: defending thier rights and the rights of others.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Begging you not to let Wael’s Tarabishi’s story get lost amidst all the horrors.
He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver.
ICE took his dad away.
Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”.
He died last week. ICE killed Wael.
He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver.
ICE took his dad away.
Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”.
He died last week. ICE killed Wael.
Family of Arlington man detained by ICE calls for release to attend son's funeral
Maher Tarabishi, a Jordanian national, was detained by ICE in October. His 30-year-old-son, Wael, died over the weekend from complications related to a rare genetic disorder. Family of Arlington man d...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Begging you not to let Wael’s Tarabishi’s story get lost amidst all the horrors.
He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver.
ICE took his dad away.
Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”.
He died last week. ICE killed Wael.
He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver.
ICE took his dad away.
Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”.
He died last week. ICE killed Wael.
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
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Really good @thinkingautism.com explainer on why the term “profound autism” doesn’t really solve much
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"Profound autism" label is profoundly useless
Clustering autistic people under an arbitrary, demeaning label erases their individual humanity and needs.
buttondown.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Really good @thinkingautism.com explainer on why the term “profound autism” doesn’t really solve much
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...