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newseye.bsky.social
🚨New day, new horror.

ICE deports two families, including 3 children that are US CITIZENS aged 2, 4 & 7.

The families were snatched & blocked from communicating with attorneys/family.

One mother is pregnant. One child has cancer & was deported without medication or any doctor support.

INHUMANE.
Statement from ACLU. It reads: ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2025 CONTACT: media@aclu.org New Orleans, LA - Today, in the early hours of the morning, the New Orleans Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children - three of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant. The families, who had lived in the United States for years and had deep ties to their communities, were deported from the U.S. under deeply troubling circumstances that raise serious due process concerns. ICE detained the first family on Tuesday, April 22, and the second family on Thursday, April 24. In both cases, ICE held the families incommunicado, refusing or failing to respond to multiple attempts by attorneys and family members to contact them. In one instance, a mother was granted less than one minute on the phone before the call was abruptly terminated when her spouse tried to provide legal counsel's phone number. As a result, the families were completely isolated during critical moments when decisions were being made about the welfare of their minor children. This included decisions with serious implications for the health, safety, and legal rights of the children involved - without any opportunity to coordinate with caretakers or consult with legal representatives. These actions stand in direct violation of ICE's own written and informal directives, which mandate coordination for the care of minor children with willing caretakers - regardless of immigration status - when deportations are being carried out. Both families have possible immigration relief, but because ICE denied them access to their attorneys, legal counsel was unable to assis…
April 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social
This isn’t just about Pete Hegseth.

🔴 Trump nominated him.
🔴 Republicans backed him.
🔴 JD Vance broke the tie to confirm him.

He’s not an outlier—he’s exactly what you get with this corruption-coddling, chaos-driven administration.
April 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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jpmendelson.bsky.social
They won't let Chris Van Hollen in there, but they will admit Republican members of Congress to pose for propaganda pictures using inmates as a backdrop.
macfarlanenews.bsky.social Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · Apr 16
Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him

Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
April 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Van Hollen says he was NOT able to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia during his visit to El Salvador

He also was not permitted to speak with Abrego Garcia by phone
April 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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benwikler.bsky.social
This crisis is like the COVID pandemic except it's caused by a guy who ran for president on a platform of "I have engineered a virus that will shut down the global economy, and if you elect me, I will release it"
April 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
baedos.bsky.social
So much appreciation for you getting out there and doing something Democratic leadership won’t do!
booker.senate.gov Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Mar 31
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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joekatz45.bsky.social
I'm seeing a lot of cynical reactions to this move from Cory Booker. And I get it!! But performative opposition is a necessary part of effective opposition from the minority. Not sufficient, but necessary. And our electeds need to know we notice when they do well and not just when they do poorly.
April 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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sunsphx.bsky.social
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March 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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angelsofalloy.bsky.social
@govevers.wisconsin.gov - With the highest respect, sir, please read below. The State of Wisconsin needs you now, more than ever. Please act, for the sake of free, and I mean, FREE, and fair elections.
altnoaa.bsky.social altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · Mar 23
The DOJ isn't going to enforce Federal Law.

The Governor of Wisconsin MUST issue an Executive Order making it illegal in the state to pay anyone to sign any petition! The State AG can enforce that without needing DOJ!
mollyjongfast.bsky.social Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Mar 22
How is this okay?
March 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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aoc.bsky.social
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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fetterman.senate.gov U.S. Senator John Fetterman @fetterman.senate.gov · Mar 14
My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.

My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.

I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
 
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
baedos.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@schatz.bsky.social

Hell y’all doing collaborating with an authoritarian regime. You put a lot of people in harms way of a party that admires neo-Nazis and dictators
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 14
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
baedos.bsky.social
The only person who can effectively communicate in the Democratic Party. Insane that @democrats.org and @schumer.senate.gov are giving up the only piece of leverage Democrats have to fight. Spineless
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 14
AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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endcitizensunited.bsky.social
Brad Schimel is a hardline Trump loyalist and MAGA extremist—which is exactly why the richest man in the world is pouring millions into this race.

We need to overturn Citizens United to get billionaire-funded super PACs out of our elections.
benwikler.bsky.social Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · Mar 13
Take a minute to read this whole deep-dive on Brad Schimel's no-holds-barred loyalty to Donald Trump. This link is paywall-free. And then share it with anyone you know in Wisconsin—or who could donate or volunteer to help Susan Crawford in the April 1 Wi Sup Ct race.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Brad Schimel, a Trump Loyalist, Aims to Flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court (Gift Article)
Brad Schimel, a judge who is so supportive of the president that he dressed up as him for Halloween, is hoping to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court for conservatives.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM