SG Sarmiento
@chavinsky.bsky.social
Bluesky aficionado, lawyer, author, musician, NDLON campaign director
… And now a dad ! ❤️❤️❤️
… And now a dad ! ❤️❤️❤️
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New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
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And read coverage in La Opinión in Spanish here laopinion.com/2026/01/13/b... 6/
laopinion.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
And read coverage in La Opinión in Spanish here laopinion.com/2026/01/13/b... 6/
Hay mucho que podemos hacer para enfrentar los ataques de la migra.
Los políticos deben cortar lazos con ICE inmediatamente- por ejemplo Nueva York!
Pero también pueden hacer más para retar las contrataciones de la migra. La ley 1537 en California es un buen ejemplo!
#IceOutForGood
Los políticos deben cortar lazos con ICE inmediatamente- por ejemplo Nueva York!
Pero también pueden hacer más para retar las contrataciones de la migra. La ley 1537 en California es un buen ejemplo!
#IceOutForGood
And read coverage in La Opinión in Spanish here laopinion.com/2026/01/13/b... 6/
laopinion.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Hay mucho que podemos hacer para enfrentar los ataques de la migra.
Los políticos deben cortar lazos con ICE inmediatamente- por ejemplo Nueva York!
Pero también pueden hacer más para retar las contrataciones de la migra. La ley 1537 en California es un buen ejemplo!
#IceOutForGood
Los políticos deben cortar lazos con ICE inmediatamente- por ejemplo Nueva York!
Pero también pueden hacer más para retar las contrataciones de la migra. La ley 1537 en California es un buen ejemplo!
#IceOutForGood
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We’re grateful to Asm @isaacgbryan.bsky.social for introducing this important bill and raising this issue on interviews from local TV to CNN. Watch his video announcing the bill here www.instagram.com/p/DTJV6NKkVfN/ 5/
Isaac G. Bryan on Instagram: "If you take an oath to protect and serve communities in California, you should not be allowed to take a second job with ICE rooted in terrorizing those same communities. ...
2,339 likes, 87 comments - ib2_real on January 5, 2026: "If you take an oath to protect and serve communities in California, you should not be allowed to take a second job with ICE rooted in terrorizi...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
We’re grateful to Asm @isaacgbryan.bsky.social for introducing this important bill and raising this issue on interviews from local TV to CNN. Watch his video announcing the bill here www.instagram.com/p/DTJV6NKkVfN/ 5/
Let’s go!
We’re grateful to Asm @isaacgbryan.bsky.social for introducing this important bill and raising this issue on interviews from local TV to CNN. Watch his video announcing the bill here www.instagram.com/p/DTJV6NKkVfN/ 5/
Isaac G. Bryan on Instagram: "If you take an oath to protect and serve communities in California, you should not be allowed to take a second job with ICE rooted in terrorizing those same communities. ...
2,339 likes, 87 comments - ib2_real on January 5, 2026: "If you take an oath to protect and serve communities in California, you should not be allowed to take a second job with ICE rooted in terrorizi...
www.instagram.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Let’s go!
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AB 1537 will set a common-sense standard across our state.
This bill would prohibit local officers from taking “side jobs” with ICE, CBP, DHS, or any other entity engaged in “civil immigration enforcement” - AKA abducting our neighbors.
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa... 3/
This bill would prohibit local officers from taking “side jobs” with ICE, CBP, DHS, or any other entity engaged in “civil immigration enforcement” - AKA abducting our neighbors.
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa... 3/
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 AM
AB 1537 will set a common-sense standard across our state.
This bill would prohibit local officers from taking “side jobs” with ICE, CBP, DHS, or any other entity engaged in “civil immigration enforcement” - AKA abducting our neighbors.
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa... 3/
This bill would prohibit local officers from taking “side jobs” with ICE, CBP, DHS, or any other entity engaged in “civil immigration enforcement” - AKA abducting our neighbors.
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa... 3/
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ICE’s violence, cruelty and abuses of power are escalating by the day.
And ICE is desperately trying to recruit more agents so they can terrorize more communities.
They’ve even launched ad campaigns like this one to recruit local police and sheriffs 2/
www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...
And ICE is desperately trying to recruit more agents so they can terrorize more communities.
They’ve even launched ad campaigns like this one to recruit local police and sheriffs 2/
www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...
ICE ads airing in Sacramento aim to recruit local law enforcement, promise big incentives
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment ads are airing in Sacramento and across the country, promising big incentives for law enforcement officers to leave their jobs and transfe...
www.cbsnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM
ICE’s violence, cruelty and abuses of power are escalating by the day.
And ICE is desperately trying to recruit more agents so they can terrorize more communities.
They’ve even launched ad campaigns like this one to recruit local police and sheriffs 2/
www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...
And ICE is desperately trying to recruit more agents so they can terrorize more communities.
They’ve even launched ad campaigns like this one to recruit local police and sheriffs 2/
www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n...
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🚨ICE has spent millions trying to recruit local police and sheriffs.
And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.
AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.
We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵
And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.
AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.
We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
🚨ICE has spent millions trying to recruit local police and sheriffs.
And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.
AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.
We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵
And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.
AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.
We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵
#IceOutForGood !
There is MUCH that city/state elected leaders can do to challenge ICE + fight Trump’s attacks on our cities.
Officials can and should cut ties immediately (looking at you NYS!).
They can also do more to discourage Ice hiring — California’s AB 1537 is a good example.
There is MUCH that city/state elected leaders can do to challenge ICE + fight Trump’s attacks on our cities.
Officials can and should cut ties immediately (looking at you NYS!).
They can also do more to discourage Ice hiring — California’s AB 1537 is a good example.
🚨ICE has spent millions trying to recruit local police and sheriffs.
And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.
AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.
We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵
And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.
AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.
We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
#IceOutForGood !
There is MUCH that city/state elected leaders can do to challenge ICE + fight Trump’s attacks on our cities.
Officials can and should cut ties immediately (looking at you NYS!).
They can also do more to discourage Ice hiring — California’s AB 1537 is a good example.
There is MUCH that city/state elected leaders can do to challenge ICE + fight Trump’s attacks on our cities.
Officials can and should cut ties immediately (looking at you NYS!).
They can also do more to discourage Ice hiring — California’s AB 1537 is a good example.
Lots of lessons not yet learned from the Obama years that Dems- and anyone disgusted by maga politics - might take to heart.
On immigration, it starts with this refusal- for years- that the White House could do anything about ICE, except ramp up deportations.
#Minnesota
HT @davidsirota.com
On immigration, it starts with this refusal- for years- that the White House could do anything about ICE, except ramp up deportations.
#Minnesota
HT @davidsirota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Lots of lessons not yet learned from the Obama years that Dems- and anyone disgusted by maga politics - might take to heart.
On immigration, it starts with this refusal- for years- that the White House could do anything about ICE, except ramp up deportations.
#Minnesota
HT @davidsirota.com
On immigration, it starts with this refusal- for years- that the White House could do anything about ICE, except ramp up deportations.
#Minnesota
HT @davidsirota.com
Appreciate @anacabrera.bsky.social directly asking Sen Gallego if he still supports his vote to expand ICE.
@gallego.senate.gov updated his message about ICE, but we’re going to have to address *repeated* votes that keep sending BILLIONS to a rogue police force.
#IceOutForGood #Minnesota
@gallego.senate.gov updated his message about ICE, but we’re going to have to address *repeated* votes that keep sending BILLIONS to a rogue police force.
#IceOutForGood #Minnesota
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Appreciate @anacabrera.bsky.social directly asking Sen Gallego if he still supports his vote to expand ICE.
@gallego.senate.gov updated his message about ICE, but we’re going to have to address *repeated* votes that keep sending BILLIONS to a rogue police force.
#IceOutForGood #Minnesota
@gallego.senate.gov updated his message about ICE, but we’re going to have to address *repeated* votes that keep sending BILLIONS to a rogue police force.
#IceOutForGood #Minnesota
Every level of government has a role to play. Get Ice out of MN. End 287g in NYS. Call out Ice and their maga/GOP apologists. No funds to DHS.
And start the investigations. Hold individuals to account. Document everything. Freeze the crime scene. Lots to do.
#Minneapolis #IceOutforGood
And start the investigations. Hold individuals to account. Document everything. Freeze the crime scene. Lots to do.
#Minneapolis #IceOutforGood
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Every level of government has a role to play. Get Ice out of MN. End 287g in NYS. Call out Ice and their maga/GOP apologists. No funds to DHS.
And start the investigations. Hold individuals to account. Document everything. Freeze the crime scene. Lots to do.
#Minneapolis #IceOutforGood
And start the investigations. Hold individuals to account. Document everything. Freeze the crime scene. Lots to do.
#Minneapolis #IceOutforGood
The ICE presence in Minneapolis was illegal. The confrontation with civilians.
The brandishing of weapons, the abusive commands, the arbitrary detentions, racial profiling…
The cold-blooded shooting of a witness. The denial of medical aid.
The brandishing of weapons, the abusive commands, the arbitrary detentions, racial profiling…
The cold-blooded shooting of a witness. The denial of medical aid.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The ICE presence in Minneapolis was illegal. The confrontation with civilians.
The brandishing of weapons, the abusive commands, the arbitrary detentions, racial profiling…
The cold-blooded shooting of a witness. The denial of medical aid.
The brandishing of weapons, the abusive commands, the arbitrary detentions, racial profiling…
The cold-blooded shooting of a witness. The denial of medical aid.
And we’re back. What did I miss?
J/k, what the heck people, it’s 2026, we got to do better.
J/k, what the heck people, it’s 2026, we got to do better.
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
And we’re back. What did I miss?
J/k, what the heck people, it’s 2026, we got to do better.
J/k, what the heck people, it’s 2026, we got to do better.
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The ‘far right’s poison’ is dangerously invading work forces including in hospitals, schools and prisons, warns the new TUC President.
Far right hate and 'poison is infecting British schools, hospitals and prisons'
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January 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The ‘far right’s poison’ is dangerously invading work forces including in hospitals, schools and prisons, warns the new TUC President.
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Trump atribuye a la aspirina moretones en sus manos y niega dormirse en público elcomercio.pe/mundo/e…
Trump atribuye a la aspirina moretones en sus manos y niega dormirse en público
El presidente estadounidense, en entrevista con The Wall Street Journal, dijo que su salud es “perfecta” y se quejó de que se le pregunte sobre eso.
elcomercio.pe
January 1, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Trump atribuye a la aspirina moretones en sus manos y niega dormirse en público elcomercio.pe/mundo/e…
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
THIS is necessary reading to start your week.
On Stephen Miller’s agenda, #HomeDepot’s silence in the face of human rights abuses, and what the company can and must do today.
#IceOutofHomeDepot
On Stephen Miller’s agenda, #HomeDepot’s silence in the face of human rights abuses, and what the company can and must do today.
#IceOutofHomeDepot
I particularly hope every executive at The Home Depot reads this excellent @gregsargent.bsky.social piece about Stephen Miller's terrifying project to transform the United States. Why Home Depot...? (cont) newrepublic.com/article/2041... /1
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
THIS is necessary reading to start your week.
On Stephen Miller’s agenda, #HomeDepot’s silence in the face of human rights abuses, and what the company can and must do today.
#IceOutofHomeDepot
On Stephen Miller’s agenda, #HomeDepot’s silence in the face of human rights abuses, and what the company can and must do today.
#IceOutofHomeDepot
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Miller is a deranged racist commanding a federal police force J Edgar Hoover could scarcely have imagined in his worst fever dream. Home Depot has become both a site of domestic human rights violations and a town square where thousands of people are defending democracy. It must choose a side. /10
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Miller is a deranged racist commanding a federal police force J Edgar Hoover could scarcely have imagined in his worst fever dream. Home Depot has become both a site of domestic human rights violations and a town square where thousands of people are defending democracy. It must choose a side. /10
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Home Depot keeps dodging reporters’ questions about raids at its stores, insisting there’s nothing it can do. That is false. It has choices—and responsibilities. The first step is simple and unavoidable: say where it stands. ###
#ICEoutofHomeDepot.
#ICEoutofHomeDepot.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Home Depot keeps dodging reporters’ questions about raids at its stores, insisting there’s nothing it can do. That is false. It has choices—and responsibilities. The first step is simple and unavoidable: say where it stands. ###
#ICEoutofHomeDepot.
#ICEoutofHomeDepot.
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As Home Depot becomes the new Tesla—a focal point for viral public protest against authoritarianism (see #ICEoutofHomeDepot on IG)—its leadership would be wise to take seriously what’s coming if it fails to intervene. This is why I hope someone forwards @gregsargent.bsky.social’s piece to Atlanta /9
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As Home Depot becomes the new Tesla—a focal point for viral public protest against authoritarianism (see #ICEoutofHomeDepot on IG)—its leadership would be wise to take seriously what’s coming if it fails to intervene. This is why I hope someone forwards @gregsargent.bsky.social’s piece to Atlanta /9
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Trump’s second-term immigration policy marked a sharp escalation in brutality over his first. What changed? *Stephen Miller.* Not his beliefs—but his power. With Congress broken, and w/ pundits misreading 2024 election as a "mandate," Miller was fully in charge, shaping policy unchecked... /8
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump’s second-term immigration policy marked a sharp escalation in brutality over his first. What changed? *Stephen Miller.* Not his beliefs—but his power. With Congress broken, and w/ pundits misreading 2024 election as a "mandate," Miller was fully in charge, shaping policy unchecked... /8
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Wrong again. Not only did the raids in LA grow in scale and violence, they spread to other Home Depots across the country. HD remained silent, basically repeating the same line for 5 months. In short: "There's nothing we can do." [This is not true, and I'll come back to it at end of thread] /7
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wrong again. Not only did the raids in LA grow in scale and violence, they spread to other Home Depots across the country. HD remained silent, basically repeating the same line for 5 months. In short: "There's nothing we can do." [This is not true, and I'll come back to it at end of thread] /7
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Even then I doubted they would sustain street raids, particularly at Home Depot. I was certain HD would deploy an executive to Mar Lago to ask them to stop terrorizing customers in its most important market. (Remember when this happened w/ Trump's hotel buddies?) www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... /6
Trump administration pauses immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants
After a weekend of national protests over his immigration policy, President Trump says he wants a greater crackdown in some of the nation’s biggest cities. At the same time, the president is pulling b...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Even then I doubted they would sustain street raids, particularly at Home Depot. I was certain HD would deploy an executive to Mar Lago to ask them to stop terrorizing customers in its most important market. (Remember when this happened w/ Trump's hotel buddies?) www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... /6
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Well, was I wrong. Less than a month later, the administration began its full scale *invasion of Los Angeles, with daily paramilitary operations at Home Depot parking lots throughout Southern California. Is this hyperbole? You be the judge. This photo was shot at the Home Depot by house: /5
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Well, was I wrong. Less than a month later, the administration began its full scale *invasion of Los Angeles, with daily paramilitary operations at Home Depot parking lots throughout Southern California. Is this hyperbole? You be the judge. This photo was shot at the Home Depot by house: /5