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Sally Smithies
@sallyslifeofwander.bsky.social
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Lover of life, the Southwest, the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, and photography!

Proud Democrat!💙💙💙
Proud wife of an amazing pro photographer!
Proud Nana too!

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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 2:55 PM
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cnice59.bsky.social
Say that again! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾
April 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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meidastouch.com
BREAKING: MeidasTouch has won the Webby Award for 2025 Podcast of the Year! Thank you for this incredible honor. None of this would be possible without this incredible pro-democracy community. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty!
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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atrupar.com
Pete Hegseth has one sideburn. did the other one get shaved off as a prank or what?
April 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
This is known as a “Holy Ghost”
conflicts.bsky.social Conflicts @conflicts.bsky.social · Apr 19
Pope Ghosts JD Vance at Vatican, Sends Top Cardinal to Lecture VP on Compassion

https://www.europesays.com/2009702/

Pope Ghosts JD Vance at Vatican, Sends Top Cardinal to Lecture VP on Compassion Pope Ghosts JD Vance…
Pope Ghosts JD Vance at Vatican, Sends Top Cardinal to Lecture VP on Compassion - EUROPE SAYS
Pope Ghosts JD Vance at Vatican, Sends Top Cardinal to Lecture VP on Compassion
www.europesays.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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jerasikehorn.bsky.social
25th Amendment time?! 👇

Whatcha thinkin’?! 🤔
April 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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rickylongthread.bsky.social
Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
April 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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catwomanresists.bsky.social
😂😂😂
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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April 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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wutangforchildren.bsky.social
London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
April 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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hilaryagro.com
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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muellershewrote.com
Paying taxes with tears in my eyes knowing what they're paying for - disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp in El Salvador. What have we become?
April 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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bluewavesurfer.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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keithedwards.bsky.social
BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.

Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
April 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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cwebbonline.com
We have a winner…🏆
April 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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drjackbrown.bsky.social
As of March 2025,
the 119th United States Congress
includes a total of 21 physicians:
17 serving in the House of Representatives
and 4 in the Senate.
Why in TF are we allowing
the complete destruction of our
USAID, CDC, NIH, and HHS?
March 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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tlduryea.bsky.social
This might be the best thing I’ve ever seen at a town hall @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
People were mean to him on Twitter, so he bought Twitter.

People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government.

And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!
March 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
This means I now have negative 4 security clearances
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 28
Adam Kinzinger’s security clearance is revoked every weekend. Deeply bizarre stuff.
Tulsi tweet announcing the revocation of a bunch of security clearances
March 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.

And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.

The time to organize is now.

OcasioCortez.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
Military mom here: fire every one of the assholes who endangered the lives of American troops with a Signal chat.
March 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM