Chele Lea
@chelelea.bsky.social
When the military and police are turned against the people, who is the enemy? Trafficking survivor. We won't always agree. It's okay I write, I paint. Lover of books, life is short, block the hate. No DMs. Always looking for Good Trouble.
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Chele Lea
@chelelea.bsky.social
· Jun 21
George Bush created ICE in 2003
www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s...
Venezuela herded ppl to our border in a deal with big oil & oligarchs. www.unrefugees.org/news/venezue...
GOP blamed DEMS
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
ICE is privatized in Texas folding in WNC &proud boys.
www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s...
Venezuela herded ppl to our border in a deal with big oil & oligarchs. www.unrefugees.org/news/venezue...
GOP blamed DEMS
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
ICE is privatized in Texas folding in WNC &proud boys.
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Not an overstatement, but the German Nazis ran into the same problem. There was no way to economically imprison the Jews, & not enough resources. So there's a whole history of the steps they went through to finally end up with the ovens and the cyanide showers. They even thought of using Madagascar.
Has anyone yet articulated what this despicable Admin has planned AFTER the mass incarceration of People of Color? Where will they eventually go?
I fear this will simply become a money pit for Trump contributors to get more wealthy from the abuse of the innocent.
Or will it be something much worse
I fear this will simply become a money pit for Trump contributors to get more wealthy from the abuse of the innocent.
Or will it be something much worse
Americans, is there no red line?
First, we have kids practicing shooter drills. Then survivors of mass school shootings.
Now we have them doing drills at school to escape from our own government ICE agents.
Hundreds of kids are detained in adult concentration camps, separated from their families.
First, we have kids practicing shooter drills. Then survivors of mass school shootings.
Now we have them doing drills at school to escape from our own government ICE agents.
Hundreds of kids are detained in adult concentration camps, separated from their families.
February 15, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Not an overstatement, but the German Nazis ran into the same problem. There was no way to economically imprison the Jews, & not enough resources. So there's a whole history of the steps they went through to finally end up with the ovens and the cyanide showers. They even thought of using Madagascar.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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A woman in Lakewood, Colorado, suffered a heart attack after witnessing her husband’s kidnapping by ICE. The incident occurred on 2/14/26, at 1:00 p.m. MST.
February 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A woman in Lakewood, Colorado, suffered a heart attack after witnessing her husband’s kidnapping by ICE. The incident occurred on 2/14/26, at 1:00 p.m. MST.
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After seeing Trump’s name 1,500,000 times in the Epstein Files, does anyone believe Epstein really killed himself?
February 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
After seeing Trump’s name 1,500,000 times in the Epstein Files, does anyone believe Epstein really killed himself?
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Who's up for a Community Meeting? Let's jump on Substack live at 8:30 pm ET.
And here’s hoping you can join us on 2/24 for the “State of the Swamp” event in DC (counter-programming to the Orange Autocrat's SOTU) being put on by the great @milestaylor.bsky.social
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
And here’s hoping you can join us on 2/24 for the “State of the Swamp” event in DC (counter-programming to the Orange Autocrat's SOTU) being put on by the great @milestaylor.bsky.social
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: State of the Union? Nope. Join us for a pro-democracy "State of the Swamp" event!
Starting Feb 14 at 8:30 PM EST
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Who's up for a Community Meeting? Let's jump on Substack live at 8:30 pm ET.
And here’s hoping you can join us on 2/24 for the “State of the Swamp” event in DC (counter-programming to the Orange Autocrat's SOTU) being put on by the great @milestaylor.bsky.social
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
And here’s hoping you can join us on 2/24 for the “State of the Swamp” event in DC (counter-programming to the Orange Autocrat's SOTU) being put on by the great @milestaylor.bsky.social
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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"I just walked out of DOJ after seeing the unredacted Epstein files." This DOJ acts like it has something to hide. When redactions are "extremely unnecessary" and Pam Bondi tracks which members search which files, that's not transparency. That's protection for the powerful. Full disclosure. #sheshed
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"I just walked out of DOJ after seeing the unredacted Epstein files." This DOJ acts like it has something to hide. When redactions are "extremely unnecessary" and Pam Bondi tracks which members search which files, that's not transparency. That's protection for the powerful. Full disclosure. #sheshed
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Enraging that this took a court order:
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Judge Orders ICE to Let Clergy Give Communion to Detained Migrants on Ash Wednesday
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Enraging that this took a court order:
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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This is significant.
Canada is the only non-European country to sign on to a program that allows access for low-interest loans for the joint procurement of military gear and weapons. It gives Canadian companies access to bid on European projects.
#byebyemoncowboy
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada is the only non-European country to sign on to a program that allows access for low-interest loans for the joint procurement of military gear and weapons. It gives Canadian companies access to bid on European projects.
#byebyemoncowboy
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada has officially joined the EU's loans-for-weapons program | CBC News
Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilit...
www.cbc.ca
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This is significant.
Canada is the only non-European country to sign on to a program that allows access for low-interest loans for the joint procurement of military gear and weapons. It gives Canadian companies access to bid on European projects.
#byebyemoncowboy
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada is the only non-European country to sign on to a program that allows access for low-interest loans for the joint procurement of military gear and weapons. It gives Canadian companies access to bid on European projects.
#byebyemoncowboy
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
He better get used to it. Americans are angry & this regime must be dealt with, legally and swiftly. Looking at you SCOTUS.
"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
He better get used to it. Americans are angry & this regime must be dealt with, legally and swiftly. Looking at you SCOTUS.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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TIM DILLON: “That’s right— so what if we snatched your kids and took them to an island? The DOW is up! So what we worship Baal? The Dow is up!”
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
TIM DILLON: “That’s right— so what if we snatched your kids and took them to an island? The DOW is up! So what we worship Baal? The Dow is up!”
This is a good American.
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is a good American.
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A 17 year-old girl in Austin, Texas says that she was threatened by an officer with a taser at an anti-ICE protest.
"Time and and time of police and ICE taking innocent protestors and arresting them for no reason.
They
"Time and and time of police and ICE taking innocent protestors and arresting them for no reason.
They
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
A 17 year-old girl in Austin, Texas says that she was threatened by an officer with a taser at an anti-ICE protest.
"Time and and time of police and ICE taking innocent protestors and arresting them for no reason.
They
"Time and and time of police and ICE taking innocent protestors and arresting them for no reason.
They
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www.nbcnews.com
Source: @sifill.bsky.social
WTF! Trump, Miller, 6 justices, the GOP, Evangelical Christian Nationalists, and MAGA are maiming and murdering people.
Source: @sifill.bsky.social
WTF! Trump, Miller, 6 justices, the GOP, Evangelical Christian Nationalists, and MAGA are maiming and murdering people.
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 AM
www.nbcnews.com
Source: @sifill.bsky.social
WTF! Trump, Miller, 6 justices, the GOP, Evangelical Christian Nationalists, and MAGA are maiming and murdering people.
Source: @sifill.bsky.social
WTF! Trump, Miller, 6 justices, the GOP, Evangelical Christian Nationalists, and MAGA are maiming and murdering people.
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This bitch
she was a fake piggy's first term, she's still a fake now - pretends to be concerned but always voting with the regime period - VOTE HER OUT, she is not for the people
No surprise here…👇
She. Needs. To. Go. Period. 😎✨
She. Needs. To. Go. Period. 😎✨
February 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This bitch
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Court rules that large Confederate flag be taken down along interstate highway #usnews
Court rules that large Confederate flag be taken down along interstate highway
A large Confederate flag that has flown over an interstate in Spartanburg County is coming down.
www.live5news.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Court rules that large Confederate flag be taken down along interstate highway #usnews
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“I was taken out of that place unconscious."
Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis
We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has beco...
www.democracynow.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
“I was taken out of that place unconscious."
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Nearly all of the jobs added to the U.S. economy in recent months have come from one industry: health care.
Without health care and related jobs, the U.S. would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
Without health care and related jobs, the U.S. would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
If not for this one industry, the U.S. labor market would look a lot worse
Without health care, the United States would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to Labor Department figures through January.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Nearly all of the jobs added to the U.S. economy in recent months have come from one industry: health care.
Without health care and related jobs, the U.S. would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
Without health care and related jobs, the U.S. would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
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The lawsuit is centered on a controversial development near Moab but could impact development in other parts of the state.
Utah law shifts power from elected officials to developers, according to lawsuit over controversial project near Moab
The lawsuit is centered on a controversial development near Moab but could impact development in other parts of the state.
www.sltrib.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The lawsuit is centered on a controversial development near Moab but could impact development in other parts of the state.
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‘I thought they were just going to execute me’: American held in Venezuela during Maduro’s last days describes his experience: https://cnn.it/3O9bwuV
‘I thought they were just going to execute me’: American held in Venezuela during Maduro’s last days tells all | CNN Politics
James Luckey-Lange has been spending a lot of time looking at the names he carved on a bar of soap he smuggled out of a Venezuelan prison in his underwear.
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
‘I thought they were just going to execute me’: American held in Venezuela during Maduro’s last days describes his experience: https://cnn.it/3O9bwuV
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⚡️Azerbaijan's president accuses Russia of 'deliberate attack' on country's embassy in Ukraine.
Russia's strikes on Azerbaijan's energy infrastructure and embassy in Ukraine represent "a deliberate attack on the diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan," President Ilham Aliyev said on Feb. 14.
Russia's strikes on Azerbaijan's energy infrastructure and embassy in Ukraine represent "a deliberate attack on the diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan," President Ilham Aliyev said on Feb. 14.
Azerbaijan's president accuses Russia of 'deliberate attack' on country's embassy in Ukraine
"There were three attacks on the energy infrastructure of Azerbaijan in Ukraine, and there were also three attacks on the Azerbaijani embassy in Ukraine," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told the i...
kyivindependent.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
⚡️Azerbaijan's president accuses Russia of 'deliberate attack' on country's embassy in Ukraine.
Russia's strikes on Azerbaijan's energy infrastructure and embassy in Ukraine represent "a deliberate attack on the diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan," President Ilham Aliyev said on Feb. 14.
Russia's strikes on Azerbaijan's energy infrastructure and embassy in Ukraine represent "a deliberate attack on the diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan," President Ilham Aliyev said on Feb. 14.
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Peter Mandelson has been summoned to give evidence to the US Congress about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, it has emerged.
Peter Mandelson asked to give evidence to Congress on Jeffrey Epstein friendship
www.mirror.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Peter Mandelson has been summoned to give evidence to the US Congress about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, it has emerged.
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Well their priorities are grifting and stealing as much as possible and protecting pedophiles.
They show us that. It’s up to all of us to believe it.
They show us that. It’s up to all of us to believe it.
February 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Well their priorities are grifting and stealing as much as possible and protecting pedophiles.
They show us that. It’s up to all of us to believe it.
They show us that. It’s up to all of us to believe it.