SimplySonia
@simplysonia.bsky.social
I'm torn up plenty, but I'll fly true. It may be bumpy but it always is.
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SimplySonia
@simplysonia.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Want some simple ways to resist fascism?
Wear a mask.
Donate to mutual aid.
Go to a local library.
Support community fridges and food banks.
Plant a garden.
Deliver groceries.
Provide a ride to and from doctors appts.
Participate in neighbourhood ICE watch.
Show up for others.
Wear a mask.
Donate to mutual aid.
Go to a local library.
Support community fridges and food banks.
Plant a garden.
Deliver groceries.
Provide a ride to and from doctors appts.
Participate in neighbourhood ICE watch.
Show up for others.
WEAR A MASK PLEASE 🙏🏼
It is literally community care at this point because the Pandemic never ended, one third of the population has Long Covid, they are criminalizing school absence and homelessness and taking away COVID days at jobs. Know what else? Prison = free labor basically.
It is literally community care at this point because the Pandemic never ended, one third of the population has Long Covid, they are criminalizing school absence and homelessness and taking away COVID days at jobs. Know what else? Prison = free labor basically.
I know how stupid this sounds before I say it but with everything going on in the world, Bandido losing tomorrow is just not something I wanna witness. Le sigh.
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I know how stupid this sounds before I say it but with everything going on in the world, Bandido losing tomorrow is just not something I wanna witness. Le sigh.
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Lot of white women are about to find out how many slurs that conservatives have for race traitors.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Lot of white women are about to find out how many slurs that conservatives have for race traitors.
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Free Luigi
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Free Luigi
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The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday.
Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday.
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This is another thing making me lose my mind.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
Ross was a FIREARMS TRAINER.
The shooter who is making them want to freeze funding is the one who does the training.
The shooter who is making them want to freeze funding is the one who does the training.
If the Dems vote to increase ICE funding for "better training" (overseen by whom? accountable to what?) I will never give a single Dem a single penny ever again
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is another thing making me lose my mind.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.
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take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
take a second to really wrap your head around this.
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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 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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.
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“Rees said her nephew told her that the agents pressed his face against the pool of blood and did not immediately call paramedics.
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,’” she said, recalling what her nephew told her.”
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,’” she said, recalling what her nephew told her.”
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“Rees said her nephew told her that the agents pressed his face against the pool of blood and did not immediately call paramedics.
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,’” she said, recalling what her nephew told her.”
“The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye,’” she said, recalling what her nephew told her.”
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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If you select “Chicago IL PD” and search “DNC,” you can find 8 different instances where “DNC” was given as a reason for a search.
All of these searches are from August 2024, around the time of the Democratic National Convention.
All of these searches are from August 2024, around the time of the Democratic National Convention.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
If you select “Chicago IL PD” and search “DNC,” you can find 8 different instances where “DNC” was given as a reason for a search.
All of these searches are from August 2024, around the time of the Democratic National Convention.
All of these searches are from August 2024, around the time of the Democratic National Convention.
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Obviously the racism of this terror campaign is paramount but with this last week reaching a crescendo of fatal violence laced with misogyny is important. These agencies have long been harbors for hating women with minimal (if any) punishment when caught like the Facebook group incident.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Obviously the racism of this terror campaign is paramount but with this last week reaching a crescendo of fatal violence laced with misogyny is important. These agencies have long been harbors for hating women with minimal (if any) punishment when caught like the Facebook group incident.
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Experts Warn of 4 Viruses With Pandemic Potential in 2026, From Brain-Swelling ‘Flu’ to Deadly Victorian-Era Pathogen
These include:
• Mpox
• Rubella
• H5N1 Bird Flu
• Oropouche Virus
Experts Warn of 4 Viruses With Pandemic Potential in 2026, From Brain-Swelling ‘Flu’ to Deadly Victorian-Era Pathogen
These include:
• Mpox
• Rubella
• H5N1 Bird Flu
• Oropouche Virus
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Experts Warn of 4 Viruses With Pandemic Potential in 2026, From Brain-Swelling ‘Flu’ to Deadly Victorian-Era Pathogen
These include:
• Mpox
• Rubella
• H5N1 Bird Flu
• Oropouche Virus
Experts Warn of 4 Viruses With Pandemic Potential in 2026, From Brain-Swelling ‘Flu’ to Deadly Victorian-Era Pathogen
These include:
• Mpox
• Rubella
• H5N1 Bird Flu
• Oropouche Virus
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We were the only outlet to report on this after it happened. CPD initiated a chase in afternoon rush hour traffic that killed a recently arrived Venezuelan migrant. His name was Angel Eduardo Alvarez Montesinos:
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
We were the only outlet to report on this after it happened. CPD initiated a chase in afternoon rush hour traffic that killed a recently arrived Venezuelan migrant. His name was Angel Eduardo Alvarez Montesinos:
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ice’s mission hasn’t changed, though its tactics have become more visible and violent over the past year.
ice has always existed to round up and expel “undesirable” people. and there have always been calls to abolish it. that hasn’t happened bc lawmakers of all stripes support what it stands for.
ice has always existed to round up and expel “undesirable” people. and there have always been calls to abolish it. that hasn’t happened bc lawmakers of all stripes support what it stands for.
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
ice’s mission hasn’t changed, though its tactics have become more visible and violent over the past year.
ice has always existed to round up and expel “undesirable” people. and there have always been calls to abolish it. that hasn’t happened bc lawmakers of all stripes support what it stands for.
ice has always existed to round up and expel “undesirable” people. and there have always been calls to abolish it. that hasn’t happened bc lawmakers of all stripes support what it stands for.
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Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
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NEW: In addition to *gestures widely*, dozens of ICE vehicles in Minnesota lack the lights and sirens necessary to be in compliance for law enforcement vehicles. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Dozens of ICE Vehicles in Minnesota Lack ‘Necessary’ Lights and Sirens
A contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday says that 31 ICE vehicles operating in the Twin Cities area “lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” to be “compliant.”
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
NEW: In addition to *gestures widely*, dozens of ICE vehicles in Minnesota lack the lights and sirens necessary to be in compliance for law enforcement vehicles. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/dozens...
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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some interesting agencies in these records ... university of chicago pd, university of illinois police, the attorney general's medicare fraud division (?), the illinois department of natural resources
https://haveibeenflocked.com/
https://haveibeenflocked.com/
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
some interesting agencies in these records ... university of chicago pd, university of illinois police, the attorney general's medicare fraud division (?), the illinois department of natural resources
https://haveibeenflocked.com/
https://haveibeenflocked.com/
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“A specially-trained analyst used the receipt, Boyd said, to conduct warrantless surveillance on the suspected driver—and on other smart phone users—by utilizing a Tangles add-on feature called Webloc, which tracks mobile devices’ movements in a client-selected virtual area.”
NEW: Police—sheriffs, Texas state cops, and even ICE—can follow the location of your smart phone without a warrant.
Yet, we know little about how this software has been used.
via @texasobserver.org + @pulitzercenter.org
www.texasobserver.org/texas-police...
Yet, we know little about how this software has been used.
via @texasobserver.org + @pulitzercenter.org
www.texasobserver.org/texas-police...
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.
www.texasobserver.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
“A specially-trained analyst used the receipt, Boyd said, to conduct warrantless surveillance on the suspected driver—and on other smart phone users—by utilizing a Tangles add-on feature called Webloc, which tracks mobile devices’ movements in a client-selected virtual area.”
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ICE and Border Patrol agents continue to roam across Southern California—Izzy Ramirez shares more on confirmed sighting over the weekend.
If you want to help, become a member.
If you want to help, become a member.
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 AM
ICE and Border Patrol agents continue to roam across Southern California—Izzy Ramirez shares more on confirmed sighting over the weekend.
If you want to help, become a member.
If you want to help, become a member.
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The guys who are there are all the guys who *really* wanted to be there.
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
The guys who are there are all the guys who *really* wanted to be there.
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Like they did in Chicago, feds are abducting unhoused people in Minneapolis: in this instance, four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Also as in Chicago, “homeless people… told the Minnesota Star Tribune that ICE apparently detained the four men without looking for credentials.”
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is still trying to locate four members kidnapped by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week, and many Native people in the Twin Cities have felt scared to leave the house to go to work or get groceries.
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Like they did in Chicago, feds are abducting unhoused people in Minneapolis: in this instance, four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Also as in Chicago, “homeless people… told the Minnesota Star Tribune that ICE apparently detained the four men without looking for credentials.”
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This is it. This is the message.
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This is it. This is the message.
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."