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Cheryl vT
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An angry granny who lives (unfortunately) in Florida. I’m married to a Dutch guy who reminds me daily of what our country could have if it put its mind to it — things like inexpensive health care and child care, parental leave, and great pancakes.
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frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
There are now 26 deaths in ICE custody since January. Join me for the whole discussion on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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gmf1369.bsky.social
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.

Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.

The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:

- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
Mubashir said he was in the car with officers for about 20 minutes, asking them repeatedly if he could show them his I.D. They refused, he said. Officers asked if they could take a picture of him to check if he was a U.S. citizen. Mubashir told reporters that he declined their request, because, “How would a picture prove I’m a U.S. citizen?” Officers took him to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, which houses immigration court and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. They took his fingerprints and then one of the officers allowed Mubashir to show his I.D., proving his U.S. citizenship, Mubashir said. He was then immediately allowed to leave.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
marco rubio and elon musk
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Nov 6
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. She was elected more than a month ago.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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cwebbonline.com
It looks even worse by video 😢
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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bbkogan.bsky.social
By an entire parsec, the Trump administration has undertaken the most illegal set of budget actions in history. This is why we desperately need guardrails to restrain and go after budget malfeasance from the White House.
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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cfoh.bsky.social
This administration is totally fine with more Americans getting cancer from water contaminants if it means corporations and their wealthy friends might keep a penny or two more. Insane.

The #EPA is now the Exploitation & Profiteering Agency.

www.newsweek.com/epa-drinking...
EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.
www.newsweek.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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dwhdaily.bsky.social
“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble.”

@theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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everycourthouse.bsky.social
“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”
October 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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lizzielizliz.bsky.social
Trump has given ICE access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps, including Signal.

The Trump administration’s contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons ever invented.

Spread the word!
September 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
cherylvt.bsky.social
What the heck? This stinks to high heaven.
August 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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ddiamond.bsky.social
Took a moment to summarize our scoop on CDC director Monarez being ousted + some of the many questions we’re digging into

among them:

- who’s making decisions at CDC now? and will RFK Jr get the vaccine changes he wants?
The CDC director was pushed out. Key agency leaders resigned. Now what?
Examining a major shake-up at the nation's premier public health agency.
dandiamond.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.
August 19, 2025 PA-2025-16 Policy Alert SUBJECT: Clarifying Discretionary Factors in Certain Immigration Benefit Requests Purpose U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers may consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations. Background For certain immigration benefit requests, such as adjustment of status, the alien bears the burden of proof to demonstrate that a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted.1 For these benefit requests, the discretionary analysis is a separate component of adjudicating the benefit request which occurs after an officer determines whether all threshold eligibility requirements have been met. The act of exercising discretion involves weighing positive and negative factors and considering the totality of the circumstances in each case. There are various factors officers may consider when conducting a discretionary analysis, including facts relating to an alien’s conduct, character, family ties, immigration history, and any humanitarian concerns. USCIS guidance provides that an alien’s compliance with immigration laws is a relevant factor when determining if a favorable exercise of discretion is warranted. USCIS is updating the Policy Manual to provide additional guidance for officers on the significant negative discretionary weight USCIS assigns in circumstances where an alien has endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused the views of a terrorist organization or group, including those who support or promote anti-American ideologies or activities, antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, and antisemitic ideologies, in any case involving an exercise of discretion.2 In cases where the alien has engaged in such activities, USCIS will enforce all relevant …
August 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Why is the Trump administration detaining green card holders without cause, blocking legal counsel, and refusing to tell families where they are?

Will Kim has lived here since he was five. He’s getting his PhD, researching a Lyme disease vaccine at Texas A&M—and ICE disappeared him at SFO.
August 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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joemenn.bsky.social
People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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npr.org
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
n.pr
July 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident.

On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Canadian man awaiting deportation dies at detention facility in downtown Miami
The cause of death for the 49-year-old man is still under official investigation.
www.miamiherald.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
There is no bottom.
June 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
the suffering caused by these cuts, relayed to us by people on the ground, is hard to fathom. makes the Musk chainsaw wielding on stage that much more unconscionable
Khamis told us about passing men and women who carried the sick on their shoulders like pallbearers. Children and adults were laid on makeshift gurneys; many vomited uncontrollably. These human caravans walked for hours in up to 104-degree heat in an attempt to reach medical treatment, because their local clinics had either closed completely or run out of ways to treat cholera. Previously, the U.S. government had provided tablets that purified the water in the region, which is home to a quarter-million people, many of whom are fleeing violent conflicts nearby. Not anymore, Khamis says; now many have resorted to drinking untreated river water. He told us that at least eight people—five of them children—had died on their journey that day. As he entered a health facility in Akobo, he was confronted by a woman. “She just said, ‘You abandoned us,’” Khamis told us.
June 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms.

It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
Two Marines in army combat outfits and guns are seen detaining a young black man in a black and white top, wearing sunglasses with air pods in his ears.
June 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.

Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
One attorney, Lizbeth Mateo, said ICE officials slated several of her clients for check-ins at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown L.A. but when they showed up on Tuesday, they were detained and immediately escorted to the basement. Mateo said a couple and their two children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, spent the night in a room with no beds and limited access to food and water. Mateo said the father had previously been issued a stay of removal, barring him from deportation but he and his family were detained anyway. His wife was released Wednesday evening along with their children since she needed medical attention due to a high-risk pregnancy. He was still being detained early Friday, Mateo said.
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM