@avabenach.bsky.social
I fight deportations and coach baseball to kids. I am always looking for good music and food.
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Are they going to start withholding communion to the politicians who are vocal supporters of ICE?
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Are they going to start withholding communion to the politicians who are vocal supporters of ICE?
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
Virginia. You know what to do.
Deal has been reached, I’m told by multiple sources, and Kaine has announced his support
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Virginia. You know what to do.
It did for Stalin!
The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It did for Stalin!
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
Maryland, keep your eyes open.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Maryland, keep your eyes open.
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Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Adding my voice to those calling for the immediate halt of the planned execution of Mohammad Javad Vafaei, an Iranian boxing champion and coach who faces death for his political beliefs.
The death penalty has no place in the civilized world.
The death penalty has no place in the civilized world.
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Adding my voice to those calling for the immediate halt of the planned execution of Mohammad Javad Vafaei, an Iranian boxing champion and coach who faces death for his political beliefs.
The death penalty has no place in the civilized world.
The death penalty has no place in the civilized world.
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Apprehending someone with a kid there is not an unprecedented law-enforcement situation. Professionals understand this as posing a question of what to do with the kid: wait until a relative can pick them up? Take them somewhere? Etc?
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
So immigration agents drove off in a citizen’s car with a toddler in the back.
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Apprehending someone with a kid there is not an unprecedented law-enforcement situation. Professionals understand this as posing a question of what to do with the kid: wait until a relative can pick them up? Take them somewhere? Etc?
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
To _not think about this_ is a CHOICE.
Don’t even need to burn the Reichstag.
And there it is…..
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Don’t even need to burn the Reichstag.
I know! You have FBI, DEA, and ATF cosplaying as ICE agents! Pity the Feds.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I know! You have FBI, DEA, and ATF cosplaying as ICE agents! Pity the Feds.
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ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
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your occasional reminder that if a police officer wants you to stop by the station and help them complete some paperwork, call an attorney and do. not. go.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
your occasional reminder that if a police officer wants you to stop by the station and help them complete some paperwork, call an attorney and do. not. go.
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
Birthright citizenship is not merely a legal doctrine—it is a defining element of American identity and democracy, and to change it in any way would fundamentally alter our understanding of what it is to become—and be—American." #ThinkImmigration bit.ly/4nMZIun
Think Immigration: Birthright Citizenship – America’s Legacy
AILA Member Gunda Brost describes America’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, writing that it “embodies American ideals of equality and opportunity, ensuring that all born here share in the nation’...
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Birthright citizenship is not merely a legal doctrine—it is a defining element of American identity and democracy, and to change it in any way would fundamentally alter our understanding of what it is to become—and be—American." #ThinkImmigration bit.ly/4nMZIun
Just like his daddy Putin.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Just like his daddy Putin.
You know, we don’t even need a burning of the Reichstag.
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
You know, we don’t even need a burning of the Reichstag.
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“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
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Please sign and share:
#DodgersoutoftheWhiteHouse
#DodgersoutoftheWhiteHouse
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Please sign and share:
#DodgersoutoftheWhiteHouse
#DodgersoutoftheWhiteHouse
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Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
Remember when everyone thought Glenn Youngkin had the secret sauce?
Looks like wipe out for Virginia House of Delegates Republicans
Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more
GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then
Now will be below 40 in second Trump era
Will have full break down tomorrow
Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more
GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then
Now will be below 40 in second Trump era
Will have full break down tomorrow
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Remember when everyone thought Glenn Youngkin had the secret sauce?
Well, 13% increase in health insurance premiums for next year. Glad we got inflation under control by electing a madman.
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Well, 13% increase in health insurance premiums for next year. Glad we got inflation under control by electing a madman.
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
Police riot.
LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Police riot.