_karenita
@fancychola.bsky.social
Hecho en🇲🇽 | OC/LA | Abolitionist, Peleonera, Community Organizer #TeamOrca #ChingaLaMigra #213
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The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
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This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
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This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
Come learn about the shady shit going on at the Supreme Court!
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On Monday, ICE agents violently restrained a woman in Minneapolis, dragging her in the snow and pinning her face down as onlookers shouted the woman was pregnant.
In response, one agent fired a taser into the crowd. “Who wants more?” he taunted, according to a WCCO reporter. trib.al/vdWc3qj
In response, one agent fired a taser into the crowd. “Who wants more?” he taunted, according to a WCCO reporter. trib.al/vdWc3qj
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On Monday, ICE agents violently restrained a woman in Minneapolis, dragging her in the snow and pinning her face down as onlookers shouted the woman was pregnant.
In response, one agent fired a taser into the crowd. “Who wants more?” he taunted, according to a WCCO reporter. trib.al/vdWc3qj
In response, one agent fired a taser into the crowd. “Who wants more?” he taunted, according to a WCCO reporter. trib.al/vdWc3qj
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“It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it.” www.commondreams.org/news/travel-...
'A White Nationalist List': Trump Expands Travel Ban to 39 Nations, Palestinian Authority | Common Dreams
Critics call out President Donald Trump for expanding his travel ban, which mostly targets African and Muslim-majority countries, including Palestinians fleeing genocide.
www.commondreams.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it.” www.commondreams.org/news/travel-...
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Tonight: Olvera Street's annual tradition of Las Posadas begins at 6:30pm. www.olveraevents.com/olvera-stree...
#LasPosadas as illustrated by Los Angeles artist Leo Politi (1908-1996):
#LasPosadas as illustrated by Los Angeles artist Leo Politi (1908-1996):
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Tonight: Olvera Street's annual tradition of Las Posadas begins at 6:30pm. www.olveraevents.com/olvera-stree...
#LasPosadas as illustrated by Los Angeles artist Leo Politi (1908-1996):
#LasPosadas as illustrated by Los Angeles artist Leo Politi (1908-1996):
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
Come learn about the shady shit going on at the Supreme Court!
Join us for a free CLE webinar:
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/CHRCL-Dec18
This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/CHRCL-Dec18
This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
December 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Come learn about the shady shit going on at the Supreme Court!
If you need a good laugh, go look at the comments on Gwen Stefani’s recent social media. It’s troves of people who supported her girl power “aesthetic” now slamming the door in her ignorant & hypocritical face over her pay-to-pray app. She is rightfully earning the “Hallowbackbitch” title.
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you need a good laugh, go look at the comments on Gwen Stefani’s recent social media. It’s troves of people who supported her girl power “aesthetic” now slamming the door in her ignorant & hypocritical face over her pay-to-pray app. She is rightfully earning the “Hallowbackbitch” title.
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
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The Gestapo gig economy is coming - bring social shame back and make it clear to your friends, loved ones, & randos:
You don’t get to make money destroying our communities & families without a price.
You don’t get to make money destroying our communities & families without a price.
New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Gestapo gig economy is coming - bring social shame back and make it clear to your friends, loved ones, & randos:
You don’t get to make money destroying our communities & families without a price.
You don’t get to make money destroying our communities & families without a price.
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1. An abrupt decision by the Trump administration on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing — according to previously unreported ICE documents obtained by Popular Information.
Follow this thread for details.
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Follow this thread for details.
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EXCLUSIVE: How the Trump administration sparked a health crisis for ICE detainees
An abrupt decision on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing.
popular.info
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
1. An abrupt decision by the Trump administration on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing — according to previously unreported ICE documents obtained by Popular Information.
Follow this thread for details.
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Follow this thread for details.
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Not suspicious at all.
The government claims two weeks of surveillance footage from Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and won’t be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Not suspicious at all.
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“There are just no guarantees, especially with how law enforcement is intertwined in enforcing immigration law.”
ICE Crackdown Heightens Barriers for Immigrant Domestic Violence Victims - KFF Health News
Immigrant victims of domestic violence have long encountered hurdles when seeking help from police and courts. The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has made victims without legal status ev...
kffhealthnews.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“There are just no guarantees, especially with how law enforcement is intertwined in enforcing immigration law.”
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anthology. 💜
P.S. Remember what June Jordan said about Reagan. (It’s not his country, it’s ours.)
www.salon.com/2025/10/30/i...
P.S. Remember what June Jordan said about Reagan. (It’s not his country, it’s ours.)
www.salon.com/2025/10/30/i...
In Trump's America, we can find courage and refuge in poetry
A new book honors the writing, activism and witness of the Black visionary June Jordan
www.salon.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 AM
anthology. 💜
P.S. Remember what June Jordan said about Reagan. (It’s not his country, it’s ours.)
www.salon.com/2025/10/30/i...
P.S. Remember what June Jordan said about Reagan. (It’s not his country, it’s ours.)
www.salon.com/2025/10/30/i...
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"Courage is collective, and requires us to come together as often as possible in community." —our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social in our latest "This Month in Criminalization" newsletter
Read for more, as well as recent policy info/updates re: criminalization, resources, and ways to take action:
Read for more, as well as recent policy info/updates re: criminalization, resources, and ways to take action:
This Month in Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization
The October edition of Interrupting Criminalization’s This Month in Criminalization newsletter shares a message from IC co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie amid the torrent of horrible, alarming news and dev...
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Courage is collective, and requires us to come together as often as possible in community." —our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social in our latest "This Month in Criminalization" newsletter
Read for more, as well as recent policy info/updates re: criminalization, resources, and ways to take action:
Read for more, as well as recent policy info/updates re: criminalization, resources, and ways to take action:
My favorite undocu rapper. I bet a lot of people don’t know he was deported in 2010.
GOOD MORNING BLACKSKY!! IT'S DOOMSDAY!!! On this day 5 years ago, the Supervillain MF DOOM passed. As tribute to the rap god, here's my remix of Rapp Snitch Knishes.
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My favorite undocu rapper. I bet a lot of people don’t know he was deported in 2010.
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Private prison companies play a major role in US immigrant detention, holding 85% of all detainees as of earlier this year
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
U.S. Immigrant Detention Grows to Record Heights under Trump Administration
The number of people in U.S. immigrant detention has grown sharply under President Donald Trump and will likely continue to rise in coming months. The rapid ramp-up has relied on an array of nontraditional facilities as well as private prisons, and h...
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Private prison companies play a major role in US immigrant detention, holding 85% of all detainees as of earlier this year
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
These companies profit on multiple fronts & stand to gain more as detention expands
Our article breaks down what you need to know: https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc
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Until Monday to respond???
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
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DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Until Monday to respond???
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I don't want to overdo my personal hobby horse, but this is an example of "sheriff policing mentality" over progressive urban police (both bad but in different ways).
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don't want to overdo my personal hobby horse, but this is an example of "sheriff policing mentality" over progressive urban police (both bad but in different ways).
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NBC has a story on this as well already, and they've got an indicative quote as to how things will go:
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown
The White House has approved a list of ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol officials in coming days amid disappointment with arrest numbers.
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
NBC has a story on this as well already, and they've got an indicative quote as to how things will go:
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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The cats are doing spells. I'm sure it's fine.
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The cats are doing spells. I'm sure it's fine.
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“The people of Los Angeles have continued to resist the ICE raids and the Trump administration with these seemingly ordinary moments. This is because for the poor, for the oppressed, for the marginalized, every moment of life is an act of resistance.” www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
As ICE terrorizes my community, living with joy is an act of resistance
The people of Los Angeles have continued to resist the ICE raids and the Trump administration with seemingly ordinary moments. This is because for the oppressed, every moment of life is an act of resi...
www.americamagazine.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“The people of Los Angeles have continued to resist the ICE raids and the Trump administration with these seemingly ordinary moments. This is because for the poor, for the oppressed, for the marginalized, every moment of life is an act of resistance.” www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Plaintiff Jackie Merlos “raised her four U.S. citizen children and built a family business. After being held at gunpoint and reporting her assailant, she applied for a U Visa and was granted permission to remain in the U.S. In violation of the law, ICE has now jailed her for months.”
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Plaintiff Jackie Merlos “raised her four U.S. citizen children and built a family business. After being held at gunpoint and reporting her assailant, she applied for a U Visa and was granted permission to remain in the U.S. In violation of the law, ICE has now jailed her for months.”
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The immigrant survivors @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel are fighting for in this case are people who belong in America - they have children who were born in the U.S., they educated and cared for our children & labored to improve their communities, & they risked their lives to come here.
Four months ago, Yessenia Ruano put her home in Wisconsin up for rent, packed a few bags and left for her native El Salvador. Now, she is among immigrant women who say ICE is wrongfully detaining and deporting domestic violence or human trafficking victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The immigrant survivors @chrclla.bsky.social & co-counsel are fighting for in this case are people who belong in America - they have children who were born in the U.S., they educated and cared for our children & labored to improve their communities, & they risked their lives to come here.
Forever in awe of my team 🥹
🛑 Immigrant Survivors Deserve Real Protection — Not Broken Promises
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
Congress created laws to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, & human trafficking, & to make us all safer.
But today, those protections are being ignored & dismantled by the Trump Administration.
Legal Challenge Seeks to End Harmful ICE Policy Targeting Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and Other Serious Crimes
Filed October 14, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the lawsuit challenges a dehumanizing, unjust, and illegal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) p...
www.centerforhumanrights.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Forever in awe of my team 🥹