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Mike Dole
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Maker of song, butler of cat.
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there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 23
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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atrupar.com
On CNBC today, Elizabeth Warren had to explain to anchor Sara Eisen that Congress can in fact take away Trump's tariffs authority, and also that America is not ruled by a king who can make laws by decree.
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.

When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Our fascist government put a third-grader in handcuffs.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 5
A mother and her three children were snatched by ICE from a dairy farm in Sackets Harbor, a rural town in northern New York.

But the location is no coincidence—Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, LIVES THERE. He allowed his own neighbors, including a third grader, to be jailed. Deplorable.
Mom, 3 kids detained in ‘horrifying’ ICE probe in Northern NY
The family has been transferred out of New York state.
www.syracuse.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
75%
60minutes.bsky.social 60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · Apr 7
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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aridrennen.bsky.social
Trump wiped 2.5 trillion dollars out from the stock market today. Let's check in on America's most watched cable news network!
A Fox News broadcast shows a male anchor in a dark pinstripe suit and pink tie reporting live. The headline at the bottom of the screen reads, "FEMALE FENCER TAKES KNEE AGAINST TRANS OPPONENT." The U.S. Capitol building is visible through the window behind him. A red ticker on the bottom right displays the Dow Watch, showing a drop of 1,425.88 points or 3.38%, bringing the total to 40,799.44. The time reads 11:24 PT.
April 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
very important and I've been hearing the same
petermorley.bsky.social Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · Mar 30
I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
March 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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antifaoperative.bsky.social
There were 13 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes this week.
March 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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antifaoperative.bsky.social
Delaware police corporal detective & Air Force reserves staff sergeant, Michael Kealty, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually exploiting children & possessing images of prepubescent children being sexually abused.
www.delawareonline.com/story/news/c...
March 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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antifaoperative.bsky.social
Virginia baptist pastor, David Schneider, has pled guilty to raping multiple children.
www.wric.com/news/local-n...
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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therickwilson.bsky.social
What the actual fuck:
March 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Even if you accept the premise and decision, which I absolutely do not, it is the simplest thing to phone the visa holder, tell them their visa is revoked and say they have a month to leave the country. Accosting someone on the street like a kidnapping is just a spectacle of terror.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 27
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Fired? Chelsea Manning was sentenced to THIRTY FIVE YEARS in prison
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 25
Warner, with Gabbard and Ratcliffe sitting in front of him: "If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired."
March 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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jlazarus.bsky.social
This you @usatoday.com?
Clip of a USA Today editorial headline from 2016: "Clinton email controversy is no joke: Our view."
March 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
“Each of the outlets made a willful decision to forgo referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of Mexico. While it may have been performed in a subtle manner, make no mistake: It was still an act of submission.”
March 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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crampell.bsky.social
Arkansas’s school voucher application asked if parents were seeking ‘a different racial mix of students’ arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Arkansas’s school voucher application asked if parents were seeking ‘a different racial mix of students’ - Arkansas Times
In the roughly six hours the original response options were available, 110 applicants representing 129 students clicked to indicate that accessing “a different racial mix of students for my child” was...
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March 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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louiseplease.bsky.social
🚫Coors🚫
March 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Meet Brendan Carr, America’s Federal Censorship Chair
Democrats Team Up w MAGA to Censor The Internet
+ Bryan Johnson drama, Spotify podcast porn, West Elm Caleb 2.0, a Cosmo for conservatives, paper straw fans fight back, Bluey supremacy, and a new free speech movement
www.usermag.co
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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noahshachtman.bsky.social
NEW: The FBI's biggest, most important field office has been reprioritized to a single task: redacting the Jeffrey Epstein files.

By me in @vanityfair.com...

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
“Ludicrous” Situation: Epstein Case Review Takes Over FBI’s New York Office
The bureau’s New York field office normally chases drug dealers and spies. Right now, according to multiple sources, priority one is redacting the sex trafficker’s case files.
www.vanityfair.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
Paul Weiss, pathetic. Stop doing business with this law firm, folks. Reward people and organizations that stand strong and don't bend the knee.

www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
Powerhouse law firm makes overture to Trump
Paul Weiss’ chairman visited Washington to discuss a deal after White House revoked its lawyers’ security clearance.
www.semafor.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”

Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Lisa McClain's net worth is $4.5M.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 14
SANCHEZ: What do you tell your constituents when you hear auto makers say that the cost of certainly vehicle is gonna skyrocket? It's gonna jump upwards of $12,000 because of these tariffs?

REP. LISA McCLAIN: I tell them to relax ... it might be a little uncomfortable
March 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM