MForbes.bsky.social
LightNews LightNews
maggiebc.bsky.social
MForbes.bsky.social
@maggiebc.bsky.social
31 followers 180 following 0 posts
Ceramic artist, social policy geek, housing advocate. Contemplating reciprocity in a capitalist world with so much abundance and so much greed
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
thejeder.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
krassenstein.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
adamisacson.com
This will be in tomorrow's Border Update but deserves its own separate post:

Profiles of 15 young Venezuelan men shipped off to El Salvador's prisons last Saturday. None of them seem to be gang members—not at all.

Post is here, with links to sources: adamisacson.com/who-did-the-...
Who Did the Trump Administration Just Send to El Salvador’s Dungeons? The list below is an excerpt from tomorrow’s Border Update, which I’m still drafting. But it deserves to be shared separately. On March 20 CBS News obtained and published a full list of all 238 Venezuelan men whom the Trump administration sent to El Salvador on March 15, despite a judge’s orders. It appears that 137 had no due process at all—they were sent under the fourth-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The other 101 apparently had orders of removal. But even though none committed any crimes in El Salvador, the government of Nayib Bukele sent them directly to the “Center for Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT),” a mega-jail built about two years ago to hold gang members, from which no prisoner is known to have been released. For many of their loved ones, the CBS list was the first confirmation of their whereabouts. “Family members of the men say they’ve had no way to communicate with their loved ones,” noted Jonathan Lemire and Nick Miroff at the Atlantic, “So they study the [Salvadoran government’s] propaganda videos for glimpses of sons and spouses among the deportees.” Here are profiles that I’ve seen of 15 of them, with links to sources. They really do not seem to be gang members at all. Gustavo Adolfo Aguilera Agüero, 27, had been living in Dallas with his wife since December 2023, when they entered the United States with a CBP One appointment. In early February 2025, Aguilera was arrested while taking out the trash outside their home, his wife told the Miami Herald. He has a nine-month-old U.S. citizen son. His tattoos include his older, Venezuelan-born son’s name, his name and his mother’s name, and a reggaeton lyric. His mother says he has no criminal record. son’s name, his name and his mother’s name, and a reggaeton lyric. His mother says he has no criminal record. ”JABV,” a 24-year-old who was abducted and beaten for carrying out campaign work on behalf of opposition leader María Corina Machado in 2024. His attorney stated that he has no criminal record in either the United States or Venezuela, no removal order, and “his tattoos are a Rose, a Clock and a Crown with his son’s name on it.” Franco Caraballo, a 26-year-old barber detained in Dallas on February 3 when he reported to a regular check-in with ICE. His wife, Johanny Sánchez, insists he has no gang ties. “She struggles even to find logic in the accusation,” the Associated Press reported. Caraballo has several tattoos, including an image of a clock commemorating his daughter’s birthday. He had called Ms. Sánchez on the evening of March 14, Reuters reported, to tell her that he was probably being deported to Venezuela even though he had a pending asylum claim. ”L.G.,” who has no removal order and a pending asylum claim. His attorney stated, “L.G. has three tattoos: one is a rosary, the other is his partner’s name, and the third is a rose and a clock.” Edwuar Hernández, a 23-year-old man from Maracaibo, was arrested along with three friends at the Dallas townhouse they shared on March 13. Relatives tell the Washington Post that he had no gang ties and no criminal record in Venezuela. (See the narrative for Mervyn Yamarte below.) Francisco Javier García Casique, a 24-year-old barber from Maracay, Venezuela, had a clean criminal record. He tried to make a living in Peru for four years before migrating to the United States. “He doesn’t belong to any criminal gang, either in the US or in Venezuela… he’s not a criminal,” his mother told the BBC. “My brother doesn’t belong to any criminal group, has no criminal history or record in any country and they have unjustly sent him to El Salvador simply because of his tattoos,” the Guardian reported that his brother wrote on I… because of several tattoos.” Andy Javier Perozo, a 30-year-old father of five from Maracaibo who was doing food delivery gig work, was arrested along with three friends at the Dallas townhouse they shared on March 13. Relatives tell the Washington Post that he had no gang ties and no criminal record in Venezuela. (See the narrative for Mervyn Yamarte below.) Jerce Reyes Barrios, a 36-year-old former professional soccer player who was imprisoned and tortured after marching in two early-2024 demonstrations against the Maduro regime. Reyes has a tattoo of the Real Madrid soccer team’s logo and had a picture of himself in his social media feed making a rock-and-roll hand gesture that DHS officials decided was a gang sign. He had already submitted a document showing he had no criminal record and a declaration from the tattoo artist, to no avail. He has two daughters, aged two and six. Ringo Rincón, a 39-year-old man from Maracaibo, was arrested along with three friends at the Dallas townhouse they shared on March 13. Relatives tell the Washington Post that he had no gang ties and no criminal record in Venezuela. (See the narrative for Mervyn Yamarte below.) Anyelo Jose Sarabia, age 19, is an asylum seeker detained during a scheduled January 31, 2025 check-in with ICE in Dallas. His brother’s statement reads, “The tattoo on his left hand is of a rose with money as petals. A picture of the tattoo is below. He had that tattoo done in August 2024 in Arlington, Texas, because he thought it looked cool.” (His sister said something similar to Reuters.) Another tattoo is the words “strength and courage,” and another is a bible verse; both were applied by Anyelo’s brother, who has no criminal record in the United States or Venezuela. ”E.V.,” who fled Venezuela after being imprisoned and tortured for participating in a 2022 protest. His attorney said he “has only one arrest in the U.S., which resolved with a non-criminal disposition under New York state law and for which he receiv… Henry Javier Vargas Lugo, a 32-year-old, had been living and working odd jobs in Aurora, Colorado after trying to make a living as a mechanic in Colombia for seven years. He entered the United States with his mother and daughter. “He has several tattoos, including crowns with his niece and mother’s name, a clock on his arm and a rosary,” the Miami Herald reported. Mervyn Yamarte, a 29-year-old who entered the United States in 2023 after passing through the Darién Gap and lived in Dallas, is “‘a good, hardworking boy’ who had never been involved in crime,” his mother told the Guardian and the BBC. His wife said the same to the Washington Post, which reported that armed ICE officers showed up on March 13 at the townhouse where he and three friends from Maracaibo had been living, and hauled them away. Yamarte’s younger brother witnessed the arrest; he said that the agents asked whether he had tattoos. One of Mervyn Yamarte’s tattoos is his daughter’s name. Another reads, “strong like Mom.” Yamarte appears—shaved, wincing, but recognizable—in the video shared by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on March 16. An unnamed client of Lindsay Toczylowski, an attorney at the Los Angeles-based Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), is an LGBTQ+ artist and asylum seeker whose tattoos included a verse from the Book of Isaiah. “They’re fairly benign. Clearly not gang tattoos,” Toczylowski told Mother Jones. “In my 15 years of representing people in removal proceedings in the United States, this is the most shocking thing that I’ve ever seen happen to one of our clients,” she told the Guardian.
March 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
covie93.bsky.social
Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
markigra.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy
DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
The Seattle Times "There's nothing you need to do - we've deducted the funds from LEONARD A. JOHNSON's account." Uh oh. It itemized how $5,201 had been stricken from their bank account, on the grounds that Ned wasn't justified to get those benefits - because he was dead. That was for payments he'd received in December and January. Ned found that his February Social Security check hadn't been paid, and he's yet to receive his March check, either. His Medicare insurance had been canceled. He also learned that when you die, your credit score gets marked as "deceased, do not issue credit," which makes it tough to get a loan.
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
They're here legally. They have SSNs, a driver's license, jobs cleaning hotels. They gave immigration officials their address. On Monday, federal agents took them from their home in handcuffs as their children screamed @teoarmus.bsky.social @mariasacchetti.bsky.social Steve Thompson
wapo.st/4hcBWof
Border patrol grabs Venezuelan parents in D.C., despite protected status
The arrest in D.C. of a Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status has sparked concerns that the Trump administration is again willing to separate parents from their children.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
docsirianni.bsky.social
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
mjsdc.bsky.social
Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.

There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Another household kept alive by American aid was that of Jennifer Inyaa, a 35-year-old single mom, and her 5-year-old son, Evan Anzoo, both of them H.I.V.-positive. Last month, after the aid shutdown, Inyaa became sick and died, and a week later Evan died as well, according to David Iraa Simon, a community health worker who assisted them. Decisions by billionaires in Washington quickly cost the lives of a mother and her son. "Many more children will die in the coming weeks," said Margret Amjuma, a health worker who confirmed the deaths of Peter and Achol.
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife, Noor, files an upsetting but powerful statement with the court: "The past week has been the worst of my life, and I find myself without my single greatest source of support, in my time of greatest need." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
19. I cannot overstate how distressing this entire experience has been. The past week has been the worst of my life, and I find myself without my single greatest source of support, in my time of greatest need. 20. I am currently in my thirty-third week of pregnancy, and I am due to give birth to Mahmoud and I's first child on April 28th, 2025. We are expecting a son. The thought that Mahmoud may miss the birth of our son is devastating. 21. I am not exaggerating when I say that I would not have been able to get through my pregnancy without Mahmoud. At this stage of my pregnancy, I have biweekly appointments with my doctor scheduled. In just three weeks, those appointments will increase in frequency, becoming weekly appointments. Prior to his detention, Mahmoud attended almost every doctor's appointment with me. He cooks every meal for us, he cleans the house, he does our laundry and takes care of every need that we have as a household. 22. Mahmoud has been invaluable to me in helping me cope with the physical and mental impact of my pregnancy. Early on in my pregnancy, my doctor found indication that I might require a regimen to preempt preeclampsia, a very serious condition that can cause major complications for a pregnant person and their baby. I was prescribed two baby aspirin per day, and I am still supposed to be taking that medication. I forget to take medication, and Mahmoud reminded me to take the medication every night, getting it for me before bed. Since the agents took him away, I haven't been able to sleep well or focus and am afraid that I have forgotten to take that medication. 23. Just last month, on February 2, 2025, I had to be admitted to the hospital because I had not felt our baby in my stomach for a full day. I spent approximately four hours at the hospital, and Mahmoud supported me through the distress of being unable to feel our baby's movement in (page ends here)
March 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's motion to force ICE to return him to New York: "His very arrest and detention were in retaliation for Mr. Khalil’s constitutionally protected advocacy on behalf of Palestinian human rights." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Cover page: MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER'S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONDENTS TO RETURN PETITIONER TO THIS DISTRICT
March 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
muellershewrote.com
Free Mahmoud Khalil!

Pass it on.
jjindc.bsky.social JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · Mar 10
Free Mahmoud Khalil!

Pass it on.
jentaub.bsky.social Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · Mar 10
Free Mahmoud Khalil!
March 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
nothoodlum.bsky.social
A brilliant Banksy.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
jamellebouie.net
more and more i think the trump's actual revenge tour is against the american people www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/b...
‘How Are We Going to Afford This?’ U.S. Companies Face Tariff Reality. (Gift Article)
Business owners told The Times that President Trump’s tariffs could lead to higher costs and expressed frustration at the sudden uncertainty about policy.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
nortygirl.bsky.social
🚨 Breaking News!!!!!
March 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
thetnholler.bsky.social
Imagine that. 💰
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
aladdintings.bsky.social
Please consider amplifying:

Disgusted with Trump & Vance’s contemptible behaviour?

Want to stand up for Zelenskyy, Ukraine, and democracy?

Please consider donating to great orgs like:

• www.libertyukraine.org
• u24.gov.ua
• savelife.in.ua/en/

Every dollar helps.
Every donation matters.
Home | Liberty Ukraine
Home - Liberty Ukraine 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in Austin, TX, fundraising for Ukrainian residents, servicemen and women, and victims of the war in Ukraine.
www.libertyukraine.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social
Happy Presidents Day ✨💥✨
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
briantylercohen.bsky.social
The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
tomflood.bsky.social
Auto Freedom.
brick wall with the words Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise and a silhouette of a person with a spray paint can. b/w image of kid on bike on the wall.
March 23, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
ryangeddie.bsky.social
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
realclaudetaylor.bsky.social
Billboard up now. Chip in maddogpac.com/products/qui...
February 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
galaxyrabbit.bsky.social
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Damning. Embarrassing. Helpful.
isaacbogoch.bsky.social Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · Feb 1
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by MForbes.bsky.social
keepitonthedl.bsky.social
We need the media to say what DEI is: DEI means Nword and Nword in this usage means anyone that isn’t a white hetero male. They keep using acronyms to soften their racism. Make them say what DEI means with their chest. Just ask them to explain DEI. It’s easy: what does DEI mean in this instance?
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM