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Madisyn Parisi (they/them) ⚔️
@madisyn-writes.bsky.social
Trans journalist and writer in MD. I won’t shut up until trans kids get to grow up.

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Senator Wyden of Oregon and others allege that Maryland state systems currently allow Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) to access sensitive personal data without a warrant. Read the story here.
Maryland Allegedly Illegally Sharing Driver's License Data With ICE
A letter from an Oregon senator, a governor who might be sitting on a secret, and the system that tells ICE everything about you, no warrant required.
the-backbone.beehiiv.com
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December 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is horrifying. But it also feels like another strange installation of @thebaltimorebanner.com's irresponsible reporting on ICE.
ICE shooting in Glen Burnie leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say
Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after federal immigration officials opened fire on a vehicle in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
www.thebanner.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This story got me told I have Trump Derangement Syndrome for the first time.

But in the world of ICE’s mass surveillance dragnet, there’s nothing deranged about caring about your data.
Senator Wyden of Oregon and others allege that Maryland state systems currently allow Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) to access sensitive personal data without a warrant. Read the story here.
Maryland Allegedly Illegally Sharing Driver's License Data With ICE
A letter from an Oregon senator, a governor who might be sitting on a secret, and the system that tells ICE everything about you, no warrant required.
the-backbone.beehiiv.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Our ED, Emily Tucker, talked to @madisyn-writes.bsky.social about why many of the folks who helped advocate for the Maryland Driver Privacy Act are now worried that the state hasn’t actually been following the law since it went into effect.
Senator Wyden of Oregon and others allege that Maryland state systems currently allow Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) to access sensitive personal data without a warrant. Read the story here.
Maryland Allegedly Illegally Sharing Driver's License Data With ICE
A letter from an Oregon senator, a governor who might be sitting on a secret, and the system that tells ICE everything about you, no warrant required.
the-backbone.beehiiv.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Senator Wyden of Oregon and others allege that Maryland state systems currently allow Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) to access sensitive personal data without a warrant. Read the story here.
Maryland Allegedly Illegally Sharing Driver's License Data With ICE
A letter from an Oregon senator, a governor who might be sitting on a secret, and the system that tells ICE everything about you, no warrant required.
the-backbone.beehiiv.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
For the “Just come here legally crowd” — you can’t get more legal than born here. But it’s never been about that.
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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During an immigration crackdown in Maryland this fall, two out of every three people arrested by ICE agents had no criminal history, a @thebaltimorebanner.com analysis found. ICE pushed back, calling the data "simply wrong" but refusing to say what was inaccurate.
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Immigrant arrests in Maryland hit new high. Most have no criminal record.
But contrary to the messaging from the president and his team, most of those arrested this year had no criminal history, according to a Banner analysis of newly released federal data.
www.thebanner.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
guys being a “reporter” at the NY Post must be so fun, they just get to make shit up. trantifa??? that’s hilarious. what are you doing!!!
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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“Writing (kink) script is disgusting and makes people indulge in (immoral act)” is the same as “video games cause violence” btw
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Re: Atlas & that family's money
they wear many faces, all of them punchable
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wanted to boost this tool since we've been hearing more about ICE in #Baltimore and #Maryland at large - it's a map of crowdsourced ICE sightings. Each one goes through moderation (max of 15 min.), so there's less chance of a false positives, but it's also timely. Stay safe y'all.

iceout.org/en/
People Over Papers
iceout.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
BTW: For any of you following me for my indie journalism, you should also follow @baltimorebeat.bsky.social.

They’re a Black-led nonprofit newspaper. They’re artsy, community-driven, and their reporting challenges power. A rare gem when so much of our local news wants you to fear Baltimore.
This list includes important new books from local authors, suggestions on places to find products that will help you look and feel good, unique and interesting local clothing designers, and more. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-be...
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A little break from trans coverage to talk about the protest planned for the Army-Navy game today:
'Hands Off Our Neighbors': Baltimore Preps For Trump's Visit with Protest
President Trump will be at the Army-Navy game this afternoon. But the football match is the smallest conflict in the stadium.
the-backbone.beehiiv.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tag yourself, I’m a cant of Christmas.
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💬 1  🔁 25  ❤️ 51 · ~ The Book of This and That, by Robert Lynd, 1915
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December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I try, as a rule, not to sit around binging content about people I hate. I don’t want my future to be “old man yells at cloud.” It’s too easy to spend all your time consuming poison and forget why you love life.

My one exception to this rule? @oldmanweldon.bsky.social’s show “I Hate Bill Maher.”
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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why does newsom look like the pokemon that evolves into bill maher
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM