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Tex Wayne
@texmisc.bsky.social
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Older guy trying to figure out how to resist most effectively as a Blue Dot in a very poor red sea. Retired librarian, music lover (Especially blues folk, and Texas outlaw country). On here I mostly post about immigration issues and threats to SS
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · Aug 2
A song to boost the spirits of resisters.
youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...
Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose"
YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 2h
Legal responses to immigration arrests, Texas National Guard being dispatched to Chicago, and other matters.
Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ hits the courts in Chicago • The TRiiBE
The legal impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts landed hard in Chicago’s federal courthouse this week, with more developments expected in the coming days.
thetriibe.com
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 2h
Further update on Ian Robert's. He appears to have a chechered past, and have been in the US after his latest visa had expired.
Key moments in case of Des Moines school superintendent arrested by ICE: Timeline
Ian Roberts has held leadership positions in school districts across the U.S. for two decades.
abcnews.go.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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xyzmayb @xyzmayb.bsky.social · 5d
"... You ain't no iron, you ain't no solid rock... "
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Mr. Hitler - Leadbelly
YouTube video by okochos
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 10d
In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'
The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
chicago.suntimes.com
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d
Again and again we see federal judges standing up for the rule of law, and again and again these positive moments are undermined by the suspicion that SCOTUS will undercut them.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al.

He has ordered discovery on the question.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
DHS Releases New Information on Extensive Criminal History of Illegal Alien Ian Roberts who was Working as Iowa School Superintendent | Homeland Security
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released new information on criminal illegal alien Ian Andre Roberts, who was serving as Des Moines, Iowa’s school superintendent at the time of his Se...
www.dhs.gov
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
This is information from the currently frozen website of DHS. Treat the accuracy of what they say based on their statements in the past. I am posting it here in the spirit of full transparency.
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
Some updated information on this case:
Former DMPS Superintendent Ian Roberts was subject of 2023 restraining order
Soon after the Des Moines Public Schools board hired Ian Roberts, the Polk County Sheriff's Office served him with a restraining order from Missouri
www.desmoinesregister.com
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
Well trained forces know not to do this. What are the requirements for joining ICE? Where is their Academy for training? What is their procedure for responding to complaints?
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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 5d
this is criminal

#FuckIce #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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POW 👈 POW @powpow-powpow.bsky.social · 5d
👇

is
THIS
one
of
THE
SIEGE
they're
referring to
in the
WHITE HOUSE
?

@govpritzker.illinois.gov
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d
Illinois State Police, acting on behalf of ICE, engaged in violent behavior against faith leaders, community members, and peaceful protestors at the Broadview, IL ICE facility this morning.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d
A Border Patrol Goon who deported thousands of undocumented immigrants was discovered to be undocumented himself.
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
Such high standards they have!
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
Much like Trump himself, ICE doesn't seem to understand basic copyright - you can't just use other people's works without getting permission - whether it's a Neil Young song or a Pokemon character
ICE & DHS In Hot Water Over Pokémon, Theo Von License Usage
In a recent mash-up of celebrities and copyrighted cartoon content, the Department of Homeland Security used video of ICE arrests to highlight their cruelty. The video made reference to the cruelty an...
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 5d
From the Declaration of Independence: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us"
From LA to Portland: Tracking Trump’s expansive use of the National Guard
Portland, Oregon, is the latest city where President Donald Trump is activating National Guard troops for novel use in a fight against crime and illegal immigration. Here’s a big-picture look at how t...
www.csmonitor.com
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d
The Pope delivers a searing criticism of Trump's war on immigrants, suggesting the issue is at least as important in Catholic doctrinal terms as abortion, and perhaps more. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
America’s inhuman treatment of migrants is not pro-life, says Pope
Leo XIV questions ‘pro-lifers’ who also support the death penalty and crackdowns on immigrants
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 7d
It would be better for Canadians (and others) not to travel to the United States at all.
Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S. | CBC News
The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S.
www.cbc.ca
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 10d
A silent, inter-faith march near the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon.

The marchers held flowers. 💐
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 9d
No more genocide in my name.

"Both Trump and Netanyahu made clear that they were not offering Hamas a choice in the matter. If the group refused, Trump told reporters, “Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas."
No More Genocide
YouTube video by Holly Near - Topic
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 9d
A tragedy or an horror? A Black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi.
A Black Man’s Death in Mississippi Strikes the Nation’s Raw Nerves
www.nytimes.com
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 11d
What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 9d
Careless, inept, and incompetent. Basically, if you are a person of color, you are a target.
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
www.nytimes.com
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Tex Wayne @texmisc.bsky.social · 11d
The cruelty is 5he point
‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help
Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies
www.theguardian.com
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12d
🧊 Holding an Autistic child hostage to coerce parents out might be the most disgusting thing yet.
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