Bob Libal
@blibal.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Organizer. Immigration & criminal justice advocate.
If I were @ginafortexas.bsky.social, I would hold events in front of every school slated to close — including ours — as part of her campaign.
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If I were @ginafortexas.bsky.social, I would hold events in front of every school slated to close — including ours — as part of her campaign.
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
Governor Abbott’s starvation of public education to fund cruel pet projects like the Texas military occupation of Chicago needs more visibility
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
Honored to have worked with some great folks on this project for @sentencingproject.bsky.social that came out today!
Check out this new brief w/ @sentencingproject.bsky.social on how to get people w/ convictions who can vote out to the polls! W/ @blibal.bsky.social @nicoledporter.bsky.social #RobStewart
Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!
Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Honored to have worked with some great folks on this project for @sentencingproject.bsky.social that came out today!
Our dystopian present: Masked government agents using AI to scan random people’s faces for their status….
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our dystopian present: Masked government agents using AI to scan random people’s faces for their status….
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Am I reading this correctly: the firms that opposed Trump's intimidation tactics have suffered no consequences, whereas the firms that struck deals gave away $900 million while jeopardizing any work with clients who have interests at odds with the government?
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Am I reading this correctly: the firms that opposed Trump's intimidation tactics have suffered no consequences, whereas the firms that struck deals gave away $900 million while jeopardizing any work with clients who have interests at odds with the government?
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Democratic text machinery has really jumped the shark…
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Democratic text machinery has really jumped the shark…
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
(Spoiler: no mention of corruption case or being the private prison industry’s favorite congressional D in the introduction….)
Try imagining the reaction if Obama did this....
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Try imagining the reaction if Obama did this....
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🏎️ The crowd at Austin’s Formula 1 Grand Prix made their feelings loud and clear.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🏎️ The crowd at Austin’s Formula 1 Grand Prix made their feelings loud and clear.
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Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
A truly impressive number of No Kings protests happening in Texas this weekend!
October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A truly impressive number of No Kings protests happening in Texas this weekend!
Good piece for understanding Abbott and our political moment
There’s something missing in Greg Abbott. Over the last decade, he seems to have learned to fill it by moving troops around, a hobby which is having a stranger and stranger effect on his country as time goes by: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
What the Texas National Guard Deployment Tells Us About Greg Abbott
Our governor can be a maddeningly inscrutable figure. His latest exercise in ordering troops around can help us understand him.
www.texasmonthly.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Good piece for understanding Abbott and our political moment
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This is a very strong reason to vote FOR Prop. Q
Man, Mackowiak and Save Austin Now making a big Nextdoor push against Prop Q.
October 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very strong reason to vote FOR Prop. Q
My kid’s beloved school is shutting down. Abbott’s sending millions to send unwanted troops to Chicago.
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My kid’s beloved school is shutting down. Abbott’s sending millions to send unwanted troops to Chicago.
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
Maybe keep the schools open instead?
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Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.
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Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"
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Out today: Some friends had rented the Airbnb for 3 days to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven…
www.texasobserver.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Out today: Some friends had rented the Airbnb for 3 days to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.
As a someone currently on parental leave, I really like appreciate @colinallredtx.bsky.social talking about this
I was the first member of Congress to take paternity leave.
There’s no substitute for time spent.
colinallred.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As a someone currently on parental leave, I really like appreciate @colinallredtx.bsky.social talking about this
Extremely good news for Austin
According to the university, the gift is focused toward students and will help Huston-Tillotson “deliver on their strategic plan, bring to life their master plan, and transform the university, while impacting current and future generations of students as well as the city of Austin.”
Huston-Tillotson University receives $150M grant, largest single gift ever given to an HBCU
Huston-Tillotson received what it called a “transformative” $150 million grant from the Moody Foundation — the largest single donation ever made to a Historically Black College or…
www.kxan.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Extremely good news for Austin
A good lesson here:
DHS agents regularly lie to community members, employers, and in court.
In this case, the jury didn’t believe Gregory Bovino, the BP chief who has become a figurehead of the admin’s abuses in LA.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DHS agents regularly lie to community members, employers, and in court.
In this case, the jury didn’t believe Gregory Bovino, the BP chief who has become a figurehead of the admin’s abuses in LA.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jury finds LA protester not guilty of assaulting border patrol agent
Brayan Ramos-Brito acquitted after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incident
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A good lesson here:
DHS agents regularly lie to community members, employers, and in court.
In this case, the jury didn’t believe Gregory Bovino, the BP chief who has become a figurehead of the admin’s abuses in LA.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DHS agents regularly lie to community members, employers, and in court.
In this case, the jury didn’t believe Gregory Bovino, the BP chief who has become a figurehead of the admin’s abuses in LA.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Sentencing Project Condemns House Passage of Bills Threatening D.C.’s Autonomy and Youth.
Yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives passed a set of bills that rolls back progress and poses a serious threat to the District of Columbia, endangering our communities and targeting youth.
Yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives passed a set of bills that rolls back progress and poses a serious threat to the District of Columbia, endangering our communities and targeting youth.
The Sentencing Project Condemns House Passage of Bills Threatening D.C.’s Autonomy and Youth – The Sentencing Project
www.sentencingproject.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Sentencing Project Condemns House Passage of Bills Threatening D.C.’s Autonomy and Youth.
Yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives passed a set of bills that rolls back progress and poses a serious threat to the District of Columbia, endangering our communities and targeting youth.
Yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives passed a set of bills that rolls back progress and poses a serious threat to the District of Columbia, endangering our communities and targeting youth.
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A significant thing here: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, tells @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE. religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...
Catholic bishops call immigration crackdown a 'category 4 storm'
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before the Georgetown roundtable, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.
religionnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A significant thing here: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, tells @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE. religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...
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TAKE ACTION: Congress is about to vote on dangerous legislation that would roll back hard-won reforms, harm youth, deepen racial disparities, and undermine democracy in the District.
Urge your lawmakers to protect kids: secure.sentencingproject.org/a/take-action-protect-dc-kids
Urge your lawmakers to protect kids: secure.sentencingproject.org/a/take-action-protect-dc-kids
September 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
TAKE ACTION: Congress is about to vote on dangerous legislation that would roll back hard-won reforms, harm youth, deepen racial disparities, and undermine democracy in the District.
Urge your lawmakers to protect kids: secure.sentencingproject.org/a/take-action-protect-dc-kids
Urge your lawmakers to protect kids: secure.sentencingproject.org/a/take-action-protect-dc-kids
The occupation of DC isn’t about tackling serious crime. It’s a dragnet targeting immigrants and people of color, the data shows
Over 40% of arrests in Trump's DC law enforcement surge relate to immigration, AP analysis finds
President Donald Trump has portrayed his federal law enforcement surge in Washington as a crime-fighting effort.
apnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The occupation of DC isn’t about tackling serious crime. It’s a dragnet targeting immigrants and people of color, the data shows
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3 different phenomena:
1) Deployment of National Guard* to city.
2) Takeover of city's local police to force cooperation.
3) Surging federal law enforcement to city for immigration arrests.
LA got 1 and 3. DC got all 3. Chicago may avoid 1 but it ALREADY HAS 3. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
1) Deployment of National Guard* to city.
2) Takeover of city's local police to force cooperation.
3) Surging federal law enforcement to city for immigration arrests.
LA got 1 and 3. DC got all 3. Chicago may avoid 1 but it ALREADY HAS 3. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
On Chicago's first full day of 'Operation Midway Blitz,' fear, tension and a 'reality show'
On an anxiety-filled day for the city, there were sporadic reports of arrests in Chicago’s Latino community as hundreds of federal agents move in — and many residents hunker down.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
3 different phenomena:
1) Deployment of National Guard* to city.
2) Takeover of city's local police to force cooperation.
3) Surging federal law enforcement to city for immigration arrests.
LA got 1 and 3. DC got all 3. Chicago may avoid 1 but it ALREADY HAS 3. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
1) Deployment of National Guard* to city.
2) Takeover of city's local police to force cooperation.
3) Surging federal law enforcement to city for immigration arrests.
LA got 1 and 3. DC got all 3. Chicago may avoid 1 but it ALREADY HAS 3. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
About that meritocracy….
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
About that meritocracy….