Sammie
@shinaabikwe.bsky.social
Anishinaabikwe introvert, late diagnosed neurodivergent, and reluctant matriarch.
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“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.”
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.”
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NEW: Federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were confronted in north Minneapolis and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Tuesday after locals learned operations were taking place.
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ICE Arrests Observer, Maces Press & Detains People as Agents are Confronted Across Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT
ICE agents arrested an observer during an early morning raid in Minneapolis and maced press in afternoon actions on Dec. 9.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
NEW: Federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were confronted in north Minneapolis and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Tuesday after locals learned operations were taking place.
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"A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger." www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-he...
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger." www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/ice-was-he...
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With AltText, so everyone can understand what’s possible if you think about women as people and not just caregiving machines
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
With AltText, so everyone can understand what’s possible if you think about women as people and not just caregiving machines
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“Real” America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
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“Real” America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
In Appalachia and the Southeast, everyday Americans are standing up to ICE arresting their immigrant neighbors.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Real” America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
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Quinta Brunson and Sabrina Carpenter make me proud to be a Short American ✨
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Quinta Brunson and Sabrina Carpenter make me proud to be a Short American ✨
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Voting for the Laken Riley Act directly led to what’s happening now with ICE in Minneapolis.
You had a chance to stand up for our neighbors then. Posting is not going to help them now. What’s the plan to actually do something?
You had a chance to stand up for our neighbors then. Posting is not going to help them now. What’s the plan to actually do something?
I’ve got news for you, Mr. President: in Minnesota, we stick up for our neighbors. And our Somali community isn’t going anywhere.
Your dangerous attacks on immigrants in my state and across the country are putting lives and families at risk.
Your dangerous attacks on immigrants in my state and across the country are putting lives and families at risk.
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Voting for the Laken Riley Act directly led to what’s happening now with ICE in Minneapolis.
You had a chance to stand up for our neighbors then. Posting is not going to help them now. What’s the plan to actually do something?
You had a chance to stand up for our neighbors then. Posting is not going to help them now. What’s the plan to actually do something?
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Claude better be in all your year-end tributes.
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Claude better be in all your year-end tributes.
Bummed out about this celebrity death
Here's a (slightly out of focus) action shot I managed to grab of Claude in February 2024. What a legend.
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Bummed out about this celebrity death
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
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The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art's exhibition 'NDN Giver' celebrates the Potlatch. For many First Nations, the Potlatch is a central system of governance, ceremony, and social life.
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
‘NDN Giver’ exhibition showcases the art — and responsibility — of potlatching
From mugs to prints, masks and blankets, a new Bill Reid Gallery display celebrates the ancient Northwest Coast gift-giving tradition
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November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art's exhibition 'NDN Giver' celebrates the Potlatch. For many First Nations, the Potlatch is a central system of governance, ceremony, and social life.
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
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Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
This is a dope game concept.
The game is set in an African Futurism-inspired 21st century, in the wake of a treaty that promised to repatriate African artifacts from Western museums. But a last-minute twist soured the deal store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/r...
Relooted is the African relic repatriation heist game you didn’t realize you needed
Half-heist, half-action, all heart
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November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is a dope game concept.
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NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
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Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
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NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
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Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
migrantinsider.com/p/medicaid-d...
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Grandma understood the assignment.💪
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Grandma understood the assignment.💪
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Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark • Minnesota Reformer
Thorpe and Rufo’s vulture journalism provides an opening to those who seek to dismiss the problem of fraud in Minnesota as right-wing demagoguery.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
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48% of all people in ICE custody (incl. CBP and ICE arrests) have no criminal history. Another 26% only have a criminal charge (no conviction ), and 26% have a criminal conviction (although many of these are low level).
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November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
48% of all people in ICE custody (incl. CBP and ICE arrests) have no criminal history. Another 26% only have a criminal charge (no conviction ), and 26% have a criminal conviction (although many of these are low level).
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“The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters & families in need.”
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters & families in need.”
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ICE arrest were (probably) the highest ever during the first month of the new fiscal year in October when the agency made over 41,641 arrests. Many of these arrests were in Chicago, where a judge found many of the arrests to violate consent decree.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
ICE arrest were (probably) the highest ever during the first month of the new fiscal year in October when the agency made over 41,641 arrests. Many of these arrests were in Chicago, where a judge found many of the arrests to violate consent decree.
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Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
Finally wrangling with the complexity of female bodies benefits us all
Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
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November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
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How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.
How’s Minnesota’s economy? It depends on your income bracket - MinnPost
On paper, Minnesota’s economy looks solid, but on the ground the story feels different for many. Economists say both impressions are true.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.
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Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: ‘Chicago clearly is front and center’
As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Even if you can’t donate, you should read the story of one of the people kidnapped from their workplace in St Paul on Tuesday.
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
Donate to Help Reunite Carlos with His Family, organized by Karla Alarcon
My name is Karla Alarcon Hernandez, and today I am asking for support with the heavi… Karla Alarcon needs your support for Help Reunite Carlos with His Family
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Even if you can’t donate, you should read the story of one of the people kidnapped from their workplace in St Paul on Tuesday.
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...