Sheila Aceves
@sheilaaceves.bsky.social
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It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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“Please go to your local NO KINGS rally this Saturday.
Be happy and annoyingly peaceful.
They hate that.”👇
Be happy and annoyingly peaceful.
They hate that.”👇
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Please go to your local NO KINGS rally this Saturday.
Be happy and annoyingly peaceful.
They hate that.”👇
Be happy and annoyingly peaceful.
They hate that.”👇
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“You can’t shoot ‘em in the head (with pepper balls),” the judge said. “You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters | CNN
A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago.
www.cnn.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“You can’t shoot ‘em in the head (with pepper balls),” the judge said. “You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
October 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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When a lower court judge rules that a Trump admin policy is illegal & blocks it, Trump’s DOJ rushes an emergency appeal to the SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” to get it overturned. They usually win. Emergency requests have their uses, but the Trump admin is abusing the system. And SCOTUS is letting him.
How the Supreme Court’s 'shadow docket' keeps the public – and other judges – in the dark
President Trump has submitted a record number of emergency cases to the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,” persuading it to overturn lower court rulings that go against his administration’s policies. Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern warns the high court is giving Trump “unprecedented control over the federal government” with little or no explanation and even less transparency. Jeff Rosen says its use of the shadow docket “invites chaos.”
www.msnbc.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When a lower court judge rules that a Trump admin policy is illegal & blocks it, Trump’s DOJ rushes an emergency appeal to the SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” to get it overturned. They usually win. Emergency requests have their uses, but the Trump admin is abusing the system. And SCOTUS is letting him.
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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No one is safe from gun violence in America.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
September 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
No one is safe from gun violence in America.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
We do not have to keep living like this.
Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.
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Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11.
24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues.
A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues.
A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
They Helped Rebuild After 9/11. Now They Live in Fear of Deportation.
Nearly 25 years after clearing rubble at ground zero, undocumented workers could gain a pathway to citizenship with a bill from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being reintroduced today.
documentedny.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11.
24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues.
A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues.
A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
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If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
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Trump's goals for the Fed are 'very dangerous,' warns Fmr. Fed Chair & Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen. The financial system is “like the plumbing in your house,” says Yellen. “You don’t think about it most of the time. It’s important that it works,” but you're very “aware of it when it’s broken” #Velshi
‘Politics can’t enter this’: Janet Yellen on Trump’s ‘very dangerous’ Fed moves
Former Federal Reserve Chair and former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tells Ali Velshi, “The Fed has been structured by Congress in order to allow it to make independent decisions that are not influenced by politics.” She says, “President Trump has made clear he wants the Fed to behave differently… His goals are not price stability and full employment.”
www.msnbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trump's goals for the Fed are 'very dangerous,' warns Fmr. Fed Chair & Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen. The financial system is “like the plumbing in your house,” says Yellen. “You don’t think about it most of the time. It’s important that it works,” but you're very “aware of it when it’s broken” #Velshi
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Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein could not have sold women and girls for sex without wealthy men buying women and girls for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
August 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein could not have sold women and girls for sex without wealthy men buying women and girls for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
August 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A legal permanent resident researching cures for Lyme disease has been detained by immigration officials for over a week.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
He has reportedly been denied access to an attorney and his family has not been given a reason for his detention.
We cannot become immune to this cruelty.
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SEVEN CAR LOADS OF MASKED ICE AGENTS. SEVEN. to grab a dad with a baby in the car. A dad who has a green card and in the process of becoming a citizen. COME ON.
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
It is hard to rank upsetting ICE videos but goddammit this is up there www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6hXsURW/
Newly released video shows ICE officials detaining an Iranian-born father as he is driving his child to daycare in Beaverton, Oregon. ICE says Mahdi Khanbabazadeh overstayed his visa – but his family ...
TikTok video by cbsnews
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July 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
SEVEN CAR LOADS OF MASKED ICE AGENTS. SEVEN. to grab a dad with a baby in the car. A dad who has a green card and in the process of becoming a citizen. COME ON.
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
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Thou shalt not pardon a convicted child molester. This one should be easy to follow.
July 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thou shalt not pardon a convicted child molester. This one should be easy to follow.
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Trump isn’t just losing parts of his base over the Epstein scandal, says @anamariecox.bsky.social.
It's reminding all Americans of the "moral stakes."
And when Powell calmly fact-checked Trump in real time, he “showed every damn American how you deal with a bully,” adds @walshfreedom.bsky.social.
It's reminding all Americans of the "moral stakes."
And when Powell calmly fact-checked Trump in real time, he “showed every damn American how you deal with a bully,” adds @walshfreedom.bsky.social.
Not even snake lady can help Trump shake Epstein scandal
Amid the fallout from the Epstein scandal, Trump is reaching deep for anything that might distract away from his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—including threatening a football team, touring the Fed, releasing MLK files, even tweeting a bizarre clip of a woman catching a snake. But this time, none of it seems to be working and his base is still demanding one thing, and one thing only: the release of the Epstein files. More importantly, says Ana Marie Cox of The New Republic, Trump is losing more than just his base—the scandal is reminding all Americans of “the moral stakes.” Even his photo-op at the Federal Reserve building—another attempted distraction from the scandal engulfing his administration—backfired big time as Fed Chair Jerome Powell fact-checked Trump’s false claims in real time. As former Congressman Joe Walsh puts it, Powell showed “every damn American how you deal with a bully.”
www.msnbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump isn’t just losing parts of his base over the Epstein scandal, says @anamariecox.bsky.social.
It's reminding all Americans of the "moral stakes."
And when Powell calmly fact-checked Trump in real time, he “showed every damn American how you deal with a bully,” adds @walshfreedom.bsky.social.
It's reminding all Americans of the "moral stakes."
And when Powell calmly fact-checked Trump in real time, he “showed every damn American how you deal with a bully,” adds @walshfreedom.bsky.social.
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BREAKING: We just subpoenaed the Epstein files.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
July 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
BREAKING: We just subpoenaed the Epstein files.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I know the pain & trauma survivors carry. This subpoena is a massive victory for every survivor who has ever been silenced, dismissed, or harmed.
Bondi must release the files immediately. We demand accountability.
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ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...