Beyond the Thistle (She/Her) 🥄🪬☮️🐦Ally: 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇦🇫
@kimmschmim.bsky.social
Calms riots. Bluebird landlord. Spiritual badass. Peace, love, & supporting community through action. She/Her
"Every child deserves a childhood filled with potential."
Indivisible Westside Monroe County is ACTive!
We stand in solidarity with children and agencies supporting them. Making wishes come true together with The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester.
We stand in solidarity with children and agencies supporting them. Making wishes come true together with The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester.
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Every child deserves a childhood filled with potential."
July 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
July 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Plant sharing is love. Received this pretty violet from one of our local plant share groups. The variegation of the leaves is as beautiful as the blooms. It's a little joy magnet.
#Africanviolet
#Bloomscrolling
#Plants
#Africanviolet
#Bloomscrolling
#Plants
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Plant sharing is love. Received this pretty violet from one of our local plant share groups. The variegation of the leaves is as beautiful as the blooms. It's a little joy magnet.
#Africanviolet
#Bloomscrolling
#Plants
#Africanviolet
#Bloomscrolling
#Plants
Finding beauty in the morning. Loving this pretty little Pink Paradise Tradescantia.
#tradescantia #Bloomscrolling
#Plants
#tradescantia #Bloomscrolling
#Plants
July 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Finding beauty in the morning. Loving this pretty little Pink Paradise Tradescantia.
#tradescantia #Bloomscrolling
#Plants
#tradescantia #Bloomscrolling
#Plants
"In his 128-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss wrote that "The President cannot adopt an alternative immigration system, which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted."
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
Federal judge strikes down Trump's order suspending asylum access at the southern border
The ruling was a win for immigrant advocacy groups that sued over the president's order, which they say put thousands of lives at risk.
www.npr.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"In his 128-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss wrote that "The President cannot adopt an alternative immigration system, which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted."
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
This is what hope looks like! Well done!
Mamdani: Tonight, we made history. In the words of Nelson Mandela, it almost seems impossible until it is done. My friends, we have done it. I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is what hope looks like! Well done!
No.
"No" is a complete sentence.
Lawmakers are allowed
to enter DHS facilities to inspect as part of their oversight duties.
...the Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting...
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
"No" is a complete sentence.
Lawmakers are allowed
to enter DHS facilities to inspect as part of their oversight duties.
...the Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting...
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
DHS issues new guidance for lawmakers visiting ICE facilities after tense confrontations | CNN Politics
The agency’s new memo seeks to differentiate ICE field offices from detention facilities, noting that “ICE Field Offices are not detention facilities” and therefore do not fall under the appropriation...
amp.cnn.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
No.
"No" is a complete sentence.
Lawmakers are allowed
to enter DHS facilities to inspect as part of their oversight duties.
...the Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting...
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
"No" is a complete sentence.
Lawmakers are allowed
to enter DHS facilities to inspect as part of their oversight duties.
...the Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting...
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
Courthouses.
How about courthouses where people-farm workers, cooks, servers, etc., go to do the right thing in the immigration process???
Stop. ICE. Raids. At. Courthouses.
Even better, stop ICE raids.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
How about courthouses where people-farm workers, cooks, servers, etc., go to do the right thing in the immigration process???
Stop. ICE. Raids. At. Courthouses.
Even better, stop ICE raids.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US immigration officials told to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, NYT reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has told immigration officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, the New York Times reported on Friday.
www.reuters.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Courthouses.
How about courthouses where people-farm workers, cooks, servers, etc., go to do the right thing in the immigration process???
Stop. ICE. Raids. At. Courthouses.
Even better, stop ICE raids.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
How about courthouses where people-farm workers, cooks, servers, etc., go to do the right thing in the immigration process???
Stop. ICE. Raids. At. Courthouses.
Even better, stop ICE raids.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Due process for everyone. No human is illegal.
June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Due process for everyone. No human is illegal.
Due Process Now.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump admin tells immigration judges to dismiss cases in tactic to speed up arrests
The judges, who work for the executive branch, have been instructed to grant dismissals quickly; ICE has been arresting people after their cases are dismissed.
www.nbcnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Due Process Now.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
You are the major power in your community.
Show up.
Show up.
Keep resisting ICE. Woul of the d love to run it to them in Maryland. Willing to get arrested to stop these gestapo agents of the dictator
ICE turned back in Somerville
So many Somerville community members came out that ICE simply retreated. Nonviolent resistance works when communities come together to protect kids and families.
So many Somerville community members came out that ICE simply retreated. Nonviolent resistance works when communities come together to protect kids and families.
May 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You are the major power in your community.
Show up.
Show up.
Where are the State Medical Boards when medical decisions are being made by someone with no license to practice 🤔
Vaccines? Reproductive Health? Women's Health?
www.fsmb.org/u.s.-medical....
Vaccines? Reproductive Health? Women's Health?
www.fsmb.org/u.s.-medical....
May 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Where are the State Medical Boards when medical decisions are being made by someone with no license to practice 🤔
Vaccines? Reproductive Health? Women's Health?
www.fsmb.org/u.s.-medical....
Vaccines? Reproductive Health? Women's Health?
www.fsmb.org/u.s.-medical....
Immigration Attorneys: Remote hearings only‼️
Every immigration attorney should be moving for remote hearings!
It’s EASY to do!
I have moved to attend a hearing remotely many times.
Protect your clients and MOVE to remote attendance!
It’s EASY to do!
I have moved to attend a hearing remotely many times.
Protect your clients and MOVE to remote attendance!
May 31, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Immigration Attorneys: Remote hearings only‼️
Hello, cutie!
Gray catbird.
Gray catbird.
May 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hello, cutie!
Gray catbird.
Gray catbird.
"The processing of refugees in the US often takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC it wasn't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"The processing of refugees in the US often takes months, even years, but this group has been fast tracked. UNHCR - the United Nations refugee agency - confirmed to the BBC it wasn't involved in the vetting, as is usually the case."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
...and frontline clinicians rely heavily on valued support staff to provide care in the VA & community. Hands Off VHA staff!
"Collins replied to a question... "We've always said that we're going to keep frontline health care."
www.npr.org/2025/05/10/n...
"Collins replied to a question... "We've always said that we're going to keep frontline health care."
www.npr.org/2025/05/10/n...
VA says its job cuts will limit doctor, nurse resignations
As the Department of Veterans Affairs tries to meet President Trump's goal of cutting 15% of staff, vets are concerned there won't be enough doctors and nurses.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
...and frontline clinicians rely heavily on valued support staff to provide care in the VA & community. Hands Off VHA staff!
"Collins replied to a question... "We've always said that we're going to keep frontline health care."
www.npr.org/2025/05/10/n...
"Collins replied to a question... "We've always said that we're going to keep frontline health care."
www.npr.org/2025/05/10/n...
Lady who lunches
April 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Lady who lunches
Female cowbird and mourning dove with a cardinal waiting in the catalpa tree
April 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Female cowbird and mourning dove with a cardinal waiting in the catalpa tree
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“First they came for… and I did not speak up because…”
Guys, two US citizens who are immigration lawyers were just told to self-deport.
The time is now. Get loud.
Guys, two US citizens who are immigration lawyers were just told to self-deport.
The time is now. Get loud.
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“First they came for… and I did not speak up because…”
Guys, two US citizens who are immigration lawyers were just told to self-deport.
The time is now. Get loud.
Guys, two US citizens who are immigration lawyers were just told to self-deport.
The time is now. Get loud.