Mary Herbenick
@maryherbenick.bsky.social
Community builder * Change agent * Writer * Human (Not necessarily in that order)
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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If you come for my people, you come through me.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you come for my people, you come through me.
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“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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Weak, broken, insecure men who get power and use it to cosplay.
That's what we have.
That's what we have.
September 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weak, broken, insecure men who get power and use it to cosplay.
That's what we have.
That's what we have.
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Quick breakdown of how government services work:
Govt creates service
Service costs money to run
Taxpayers shoulder costs of service collectively
Economy of scale and lack of profit motive allows service to meet more needs, cost less than market options.
Citizens and businesses benefit.
Govt creates service
Service costs money to run
Taxpayers shoulder costs of service collectively
Economy of scale and lack of profit motive allows service to meet more needs, cost less than market options.
Citizens and businesses benefit.
September 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Quick breakdown of how government services work:
Govt creates service
Service costs money to run
Taxpayers shoulder costs of service collectively
Economy of scale and lack of profit motive allows service to meet more needs, cost less than market options.
Citizens and businesses benefit.
Govt creates service
Service costs money to run
Taxpayers shoulder costs of service collectively
Economy of scale and lack of profit motive allows service to meet more needs, cost less than market options.
Citizens and businesses benefit.
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Take this Jimmy Kimmel energy.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
September 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Take this Jimmy Kimmel energy.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.
Our duty is to stand up to brutality.
Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Don’t look away
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Don’t look away
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I am heartbroken by the news of the terrible shooting in Minneapolis. Anna and I send our condolences to the students, teachers, and families at Annunciation Catholic School. Too many of our young people are being killed by gun violence. It does not have to be this way.
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I am heartbroken by the news of the terrible shooting in Minneapolis. Anna and I send our condolences to the students, teachers, and families at Annunciation Catholic School. Too many of our young people are being killed by gun violence. It does not have to be this way.
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🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”
August 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”
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You can't support fascism and claim to follow Christ's teachings. It's one or the other. They are entirely incompatible.
July 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You can't support fascism and claim to follow Christ's teachings. It's one or the other. They are entirely incompatible.
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The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
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When the Japanese American National Museum is saying this take it seriously.
We know too well the devastating consequences of such action—families torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and multigenerational trauma inflicted on a community for decades.
#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
July 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When the Japanese American National Museum is saying this take it seriously.
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REP. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social: “THIS IS AN EVIL BILL. It’s going to rip away health care from 15 million Americans, and food assistance from millions — to give tax breaks to the richest, and mega corporations.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
June 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REP. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social: “THIS IS AN EVIL BILL. It’s going to rip away health care from 15 million Americans, and food assistance from millions — to give tax breaks to the richest, and mega corporations.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Non-citizens, including permanent residents, can't vote in U.S. elections. They don’t even try, because doing so could jeopardize their path to citizenship. Do you really think they’d risk their status for one vote? Trump and his minions like Stephen Miller spread lies to demonize them. Disgusting.
June 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Non-citizens, including permanent residents, can't vote in U.S. elections. They don’t even try, because doing so could jeopardize their path to citizenship. Do you really think they’d risk their status for one vote? Trump and his minions like Stephen Miller spread lies to demonize them. Disgusting.
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ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not at our borders. It is in the White House.
June 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not at our borders. It is in the White House.
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Law enforcement across the nation must pick a side. They are either for protecting their communities or they are for ICE who terrorizes their communities. There is no gray area on this.
June 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Law enforcement across the nation must pick a side. They are either for protecting their communities or they are for ICE who terrorizes their communities. There is no gray area on this.