rachel
@rachelgarrity.bsky.social
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maine > boston 🦋
maine > boston 🦋
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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I've been saying to friends for a few months that the more I study authoritarianism in other countries, the more concerned I become that the CBS story is the sleeping giant here. The process has been a simmer (people inside the network have spoken out in real-time) but don't mistake slow for safe.
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I've been saying to friends for a few months that the more I study authoritarianism in other countries, the more concerned I become that the CBS story is the sleeping giant here. The process has been a simmer (people inside the network have spoken out in real-time) but don't mistake slow for safe.
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New York has a higher per-capita income, a lower crime rate and a functional insurance system.
Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New York has a higher per-capita income, a lower crime rate and a functional insurance system.
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New York is a sanctuary city and Mayor Adams is breaking the law by allowing this to happen on his watch.
Photos: NYPD Arrests Protesters Blocking ICE Vans Transporting Detained Immigrants
Photos: NYPD Arrests Protesters Blocking ICE Vans Transporting Detained Immigrants
The NYPD cleared the path for ICE's vans, despite pledges from the mayor and the police commissioner that the City doesn't assist in civil immigration enforcement.
hellgatenyc.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New York is a sanctuary city and Mayor Adams is breaking the law by allowing this to happen on his watch.
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Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!
May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!
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When they start arresting judges we’re all in a lot of trouble
April 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When they start arresting judges we’re all in a lot of trouble
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The ICE officers covering their faces feels like a pretty big tell
April 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The ICE officers covering their faces feels like a pretty big tell
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Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
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I am enjoying seeing all these #handsoff protests springing up around the country in towns both big and small. It's a hopeful thing to witness in such dark, scary times.
And I love these DC protest signs.
And I love these DC protest signs.
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am enjoying seeing all these #handsoff protests springing up around the country in towns both big and small. It's a hopeful thing to witness in such dark, scary times.
And I love these DC protest signs.
And I love these DC protest signs.
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@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer
March 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer
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These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
This APPALLING!! I have a German sister-in-law who has lived in the United States for over a decade. If anything like this happened to her, I would be raising hell
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
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 9:38 PM
This APPALLING!! I have a German sister-in-law who has lived in the United States for over a decade. If anything like this happened to her, I would be raising hell
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The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
March 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
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The GOP and Trump continuing resolution can be summed up like this:
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and Trump and Musk get a free pass to continue their damage.
I’m a NO. We must fight their attacks on working families.
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and Trump and Musk get a free pass to continue their damage.
I’m a NO. We must fight their attacks on working families.
March 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The GOP and Trump continuing resolution can be summed up like this:
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and Trump and Musk get a free pass to continue their damage.
I’m a NO. We must fight their attacks on working families.
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and Trump and Musk get a free pass to continue their damage.
I’m a NO. We must fight their attacks on working families.
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I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
SCOOP: House Democratic leadership is "very unhappy" with those who went beyond traditional protest tactics, such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap during Trump's speech to Congress.
Scoop: House Democratic leaders privately confront Trump speech disruptors
Roughly a dozen Democrats were called into what one source described as a "come to Jesus" meeting.
www.axios.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
SCOOP: I am very unhappy with @democrats.org that did NOTHING as @algreen.house.gov was removed. It’s absolutely shameful to sit in your little pink outfits holding up “this is not normal” while doing jackshit about this hell we’re living in
SCOOP: House Democratic leadership is "very unhappy" with those who went beyond traditional protest tactics, such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap during Trump's speech to Congress.
Scoop: House Democratic leaders privately confront Trump speech disruptors
Roughly a dozen Democrats were called into what one source described as a "come to Jesus" meeting.
www.axios.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
SCOOP: I am very unhappy with @democrats.org that did NOTHING as @algreen.house.gov was removed. It’s absolutely shameful to sit in your little pink outfits holding up “this is not normal” while doing jackshit about this hell we’re living in
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One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
March 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
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framers couldn't account for the speaker of the house being a pathetic toady
"I do think there has to be accountability. Congress has the power of the purse, of course. And we have oversight responsibility. And we’ve been vigorously using both of those powers." - Mike Johnson, May 2024.
February 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
framers couldn't account for the speaker of the house being a pathetic toady
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and is it good or bad that very few people seem to be aware of it and/or care
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
and is it good or bad that very few people seem to be aware of it and/or care
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grind the government to a halt
stop voting for any nominees, object to every unanimous consent, do a rotating talking filibuster on the senate floor going over the transformation of the United States into Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s personal fiefdom
act like what’s happening is happening
stop voting for any nominees, object to every unanimous consent, do a rotating talking filibuster on the senate floor going over the transformation of the United States into Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s personal fiefdom
act like what’s happening is happening
Tonight Donald Trump fired dozens of prosecutors at the DC U.S. Attorney's office and agents at the FBI.
Another Friday Night Massacre, as the President removes those loyal to the constitution.
And installs those loyal to him.
Another Friday Night Massacre, as the President removes those loyal to the constitution.
And installs those loyal to him.
February 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
grind the government to a halt
stop voting for any nominees, object to every unanimous consent, do a rotating talking filibuster on the senate floor going over the transformation of the United States into Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s personal fiefdom
act like what’s happening is happening
stop voting for any nominees, object to every unanimous consent, do a rotating talking filibuster on the senate floor going over the transformation of the United States into Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s personal fiefdom
act like what’s happening is happening
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Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
January 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
RFK Jr. always sounds like he’s gargling the blood of baby animals he’s killed, but I can’t even listen to clips from today bc it sounds like the brain worms finally gave up and moved on to his vocal cords
January 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
RFK Jr. always sounds like he’s gargling the blood of baby animals he’s killed, but I can’t even listen to clips from today bc it sounds like the brain worms finally gave up and moved on to his vocal cords