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Lea @lea3193.bsky.social · 13d
Hudson Valley residents:

ICE goons are looking to use a warehouse in Chester to abuse our neighbors. Please come to the Chester meeting on Monday, Jan 12th at 7pm. Link to the website in the comments. Please share!
Ryan blasts proposed ICE facility in Chester - Mid Hudson News
CHESTER – Congressman Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) plans on fighting a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) warehouse, which would house immigrants at the Chester Industrial Park. The Washing...
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chanda.blacksky.app
Press needs to start referring to her as Reverend Nekima Levy Armstrong, I am learning, not from any media organizations unfortunately
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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colinreports.bsky.social
In its freshly released “People’s Budget” framework for 2026, the NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus once again comes out in “strong support” of moving ahead with the state’s cap and invest program, which remains on ice as Hochul continues to fight it in court.
2026 PEOPLE’S BUDGET CLIMATE ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND ENERGY Climate Action Initiatives: Cap & Invest Support and Enhancements The Caucus strongly supports the implementation of a Cap-and-Invest program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fund climate initiatives. Enhancements include: 1. Penalty Provisions: Program must include penalties for businesses that exceed emissions or co- pollutant limits. The Caucus recommends establishing enforcement mechanisms to hold violators accountable. 2. Affordability Measures: One-third (33%) of revenues should directly support low- and moderate- income households through rebates, transit passes, and retrofit vouchers, ensuring climate action does not disproportionately burden vulnerable communities. 3. Labor Protections: Strong labor and community benefits standards must ensure transparency, union job creation, and protections for workers transitioning from fossil fuel industries. 4. Enhanced Community Protections: Facility-specific caps and stricter timelines for emission reductions in disadvantaged and environmental justice communities are essential to mitigating inequities. This includes improved oversight mechanisms, given the documented shortcomings highlighted in the State Comptroller’s Air Quality audit. Spending Criteria for Climate Action Fund All projects and programs funded through the Climate Action Fund should meet specific spending criteria. The money should be on-budget and spent on projects that do all of the following: (1) reduce climate emissions, (2) reduce co-pollutants and thus increase public health benefits, and (3) meet the job standards
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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robinkelly.house.gov
As a mother, I’m horrified that this little boy was used as bait and is now detained by ICE.
As a Member of Congress, I’m using my power to impeach Secretary Noem. Her reckless violation of public trust must end now.

America is better than this.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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gregpak.net
#ICEoutComics p. 3

@jumaane.bsky.social @advocate.nyc.gov @mmitaynes.bsky.social

@governor.ny.gov @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social

Find your reps at reps.fyi
PAGE THREE Panel 1: Photograph of Public Advocate Jumaane Williams holding up a sign reading "518-474-8390" while NYS Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes speaks into a microphone. CAPTION: Neighbors are calling their reps. CAPTION (with arrow pointing to Williams' sign): (That's Gov. Hochul's number. Put it in your contacts!) CAPTION: A call you can make to Hochul's office - 518-474-8390 "I'm calling to ask Governor Hochul to pass NY4ALL, which would prevent state and local agencies from collaborating with ICE. This is important." A call you can make to your U.S. Senators and Rep - find them at reps.fyi "I'm calling to ask you to vote against any funding for ICE. The minimum demands are ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES and NO FUNDING FOR ICE - not 'training' or body cams. Nothing. Defund and abolish ICE!"
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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atrupar.com
Moskowitz reads quotes of Republicans denouncing January 6 before they taught themselves to love it
January 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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atrupar.com
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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atrupar.com
Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:

@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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ahmedbaba.bsky.social
Advice to Democrats: use your time to let Jack Smith speak about the details of the case please
January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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arthuragain.bsky.social
Great to lean in to what's best about the US, but if you ignore, minimize, gloss over or belittle what's worst, you alienate the victims of cruelty and take the side of the perpetrators. It's not much harder to write "This isn't what America should be" - and it has the advantage of accuracy.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h
This is basically how I view the subject. Like, no duh, the United States has done some incredibly awful stuff over the centuries. But we also have a very powerful strand of humanitarianism, especially in the post World War II era, and I will damn well lean into that part of our national identity.
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
January 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO US BACKLASH -- BLOOMBERG NEWS

* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS

@reuters.com #$MRNA
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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thewatchdogco.bsky.social
There are now at least 100 House members signed on to our effort to impeach Kristi Noem.

Where the hell are the rest of them? Let’s ask:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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willbunch.bsky.social
Geraldo Lunas Campos

American Dad

Murdered by ICE (4 days before Renee Nicole Good)
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
6. The group the unnamed DOGE staffer conspired with is also unnamed but the evidence points to True The Vote, the voter conspiracy group behind the debunked documentary 2000 Mules.
DOGE staffer signed deal to share Social Security data with election deniers
After months of denials, the Trump administration has admitted that staffers affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) misused Social Security Administration (SSA) data.
popular.info
January 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
LIVE: Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies about his Trump investigations
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LIVE: Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies about his Trump investigations
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January 22, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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cherijacobus.bsky.social
Repeat after me: We welcome MAGA to our side, but redemption & forgiveness do NOT mean, book deals, TV gigs, safe Dem cong seats, lucrative podcasts, fame & fortune. You were never "fooled" by Trump and then "saw the light". But if you were, you're not smart enough to be on the public stage.
January 21, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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pkryan.bsky.social
Our community has a clear message for ICE, Kristi Noem, & Stephen Miller:

Stay the hell out of the Hudson Valley.
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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bcmerchant.bsky.social
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social
Anti-ICE protesters march through Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.

It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
May 12, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y) Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S. Arrow) district court judge or magistrate judge in their place of residence.23 ICE immigration officers should consider all available enforcement mechanisms, including the use of a Form 1-205 to arrest an alien in their place of residence, to achieve the requirements of E.O. 14159 in accordance with applicable law and policies. This guidance informs the use of Forms 1-205 and provides to ICE law enforcement personnel a reminder of the general limitations and exceptions that may apply when effectuating arrests in an alien's residence. General Guidelines ICE law enforcement officers receive extensive training on the legal and procedural requirements for making administrative and criminal arrests. ICE personnel must remain cognizant of all existing laws and policies pertaining to arrests when carrying out civil immigration enforcement actions. Prior to entering a residence to conduct an administrative immigration arrest pursuant to Form I-205, officers and agents must ensure the Form 1-205 is properly completed and is supported by a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the BIA, a U.S. district court, or a magistrate judge. This is essential because that order establishes probable cause. Officers and agents must also have reason to believe that the subject alien resides at and is currently located in the address where the Form I-205 is to be served.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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dburbach.bsky.social
How on earth is the typical 12 year old supposed to
"prove their citizenship" while walking home on a random day? I sure could not have done so.
zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
January 21, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
It appears the jetway photos at Logan were part of CBP "biometric exit" program, which has been tested for years but was quietly approved for wider rollout in Sept. (Doesn't explain threats to passenger)

Some really creepy, damning details in NYT report from Sept: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/t...
Those officers were part of an expanding federal program called biometric exit, which involves taking photos of passengers leaving the country and applying facial recognition technology to ensure that travelers match their identification documents. This process is known as facial comparison. For foreign nationals, the photos can remain in a database for up to 75 years. For U.S. citizens, the photos are matched to their passports and deleted within 12 hours, according to the Department of Homeland Security. U.S. citizens can opt out and request to be verified manually by showing their passport to the C.B.P. officers or gate agents at the gate and undergoing a visual facial comparison. Mr. Rodriguez said that an agent told him that in order to opt out, he would have to wait until others had boarded, which made him fear missing his flight. Mr. Tanciar stressed that biometric exit is quick and that the goal is not to delay flights or passengers. The reliance on facial recognition concerns privacy experts like Jeramie Scott, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington-based nonprofit. Facial recognition is prone to false positives, he said, particularly for people of color and women. He said the program also risks “mission creep” — the idea that the photos could be used for more than biometric exit.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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volts.wtf
Or more broadly, telling your most committed constituents that they are an anchor, a liability, a problem for you -- that, by caring about anything more than what a non-college middle-PA swing voter cares about, they are fucking everything up for you.

That's the constant message.
samadams.bsky.social Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d
I am just a simple small-town lawyer but I really can’t think of a more toxic and self-defeating political strategy than telling your constituents the things they care about are “a distraction.”
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 PM