Marquita
@marquitaj2106.bsky.social
…just surviving 💕
There are numbers in my username BUT I am not a bot. Quit adding me to your lists 🤨🙃
There are numbers in my username BUT I am not a bot. Quit adding me to your lists 🤨🙃
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Seats on North Carolina’s two top courts will be on the ballot in 2026: one on the Supreme Court and three on the Court of Appeals. #ncpol
nsjonline.com/article/2025...
nsjonline.com/article/2025...
4 judicial seats on ’26 statewide ballot
RALEIGH — Seats on North Carolina’s two top courts will be on the ballot in 2026: one on the Supreme Court and three on the Court of Appeals. All four seats are currently held by Democrats. For both…
nsjonline.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Seats on North Carolina’s two top courts will be on the ballot in 2026: one on the Supreme Court and three on the Court of Appeals. #ncpol
nsjonline.com/article/2025...
nsjonline.com/article/2025...
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Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
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I think it’s important to remember that as into social media as we are, huge numbers of Brits & Americans don’t spend time online & get their info from newspapers, tv & what colleague say at the pub/work.
As William Gibson wisely said, “The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed”
As William Gibson wisely said, “The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed”
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I think it’s important to remember that as into social media as we are, huge numbers of Brits & Americans don’t spend time online & get their info from newspapers, tv & what colleague say at the pub/work.
As William Gibson wisely said, “The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed”
As William Gibson wisely said, “The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed”
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Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
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After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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Facts that are available for anyone to view.
Trump 1.0 left Biden the 9% inflation rate, and Biden had to work to get it down to 2.9% and handed it off to Trump 2.0, so he could and IS screw up our economy AGAIN.
It will get worse and will only be corrected with the removal of Trump in 2028.
Trump 1.0 left Biden the 9% inflation rate, and Biden had to work to get it down to 2.9% and handed it off to Trump 2.0, so he could and IS screw up our economy AGAIN.
It will get worse and will only be corrected with the removal of Trump in 2028.
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Facts that are available for anyone to view.
Trump 1.0 left Biden the 9% inflation rate, and Biden had to work to get it down to 2.9% and handed it off to Trump 2.0, so he could and IS screw up our economy AGAIN.
It will get worse and will only be corrected with the removal of Trump in 2028.
Trump 1.0 left Biden the 9% inflation rate, and Biden had to work to get it down to 2.9% and handed it off to Trump 2.0, so he could and IS screw up our economy AGAIN.
It will get worse and will only be corrected with the removal of Trump in 2028.
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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ICE detain mother days after emerhency C-section—leave her baby abandoned in NICU relying on ventilator to breathe.
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ICE detain mother days after emerhency C-section—leave her baby abandoned in NICU relying on ventilator to breathe.
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
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A Somali immigrant who campaigned for Trump responds to Trump calling Somalis “Garbage.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A Somali immigrant who campaigned for Trump responds to Trump calling Somalis “Garbage.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
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congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, who was federally indicted after an anti-ICE protest, is taking a unique approach to fundraising for both her campaign and legal battle: twitch streaming. so far, it's working
![Buerk said that Abughazaleh’s donors were the kinds of people who’d kick in hundreds of dollars, not thousands, and as a result, call time was not exactly pulling in money hand over fist.
“In the best of times, we would get $600 an hour [from call time],” she said. “The stream has obviously crushed that. Today we raised $12,000."
The FNAF stream lasted two hours and, thanks to a simple offer of a sticker featuring Abughazaleh’s cat for anyone who donated $10 or more, performed as well as 20 hours of call time. Even during lower-yield streams – the floor, so far, has proven to be $2,000 during a single broadcast – that’s still far preferable a fraction of the money for double, triple, or quadruple the work.
"Kat is busy at events,” said Buerk. “Kat is dealing with a lot of really insane, horrible things. She doesn't have time to be calling people and trying to convince them to donate for 40 hours a week."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreiev5vfq6o36yivaj74yzc63ehlec7zee7jznl2x6sim463fxfg46y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, who was federally indicted after an anti-ICE protest, is taking a unique approach to fundraising for both her campaign and legal battle: twitch streaming. so far, it's working
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NC election officials urge DMV to hand over Social Security numbers. Board of Elections says having full SSNs would help them check rolls for noncitizens & deceased voters. DMV is reviewing the legality the request. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol
NC election officials urge DMV to hand over Social Security numbers
The renewed request comes as the elections board prepares to enter a partnership with Homeland Security to find noncitizens on the voter rolls.
www.newsobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
NC election officials urge DMV to hand over Social Security numbers. Board of Elections says having full SSNs would help them check rolls for noncitizens & deceased voters. DMV is reviewing the legality the request. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol
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Your grocery bills and expenses are lying to you, folks. Hassett will send you an email.
FOX: The numbers that we looked at show that inflation is still higher than wage growth
HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email
FOX: Inflation is at 2.9%
HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you
HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email
FOX: Inflation is at 2.9%
HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Your grocery bills and expenses are lying to you, folks. Hassett will send you an email.
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HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
Solar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’
A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.
heatmap.news
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
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TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
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GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
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15 years ago, Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act. We fought to ensure every American could access affordable, high-quality health care.
And we’re still fighting.
Republicans want to rip health care away from millions. We won’t let them.
And we’re still fighting.
Republicans want to rip health care away from millions. We won’t let them.
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
15 years ago, Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act. We fought to ensure every American could access affordable, high-quality health care.
And we’re still fighting.
Republicans want to rip health care away from millions. We won’t let them.
And we’re still fighting.
Republicans want to rip health care away from millions. We won’t let them.
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Sean Duffy articulates with clarity what America's golden age will look like: you will drive a Ford station wagon that guzzles gasoline, pollutes the environment, and will kill you dead if you get into an accident... and you will love it.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sean Duffy articulates with clarity what America's golden age will look like: you will drive a Ford station wagon that guzzles gasoline, pollutes the environment, and will kill you dead if you get into an accident... and you will love it.
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Quite something that Trump is the very one who pushed the TX GOP to pass a new gerrymander. They complied, and now he’s gone and undermined them directly … purely because he believes political corruption should not be prosecuted.
Quite the passage from NOTUS about Trump's pardon of Henry Cuellar. "Wow." mailchi.mp/notus/secret...
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Quite something that Trump is the very one who pushed the TX GOP to pass a new gerrymander. They complied, and now he’s gone and undermined them directly … purely because he believes political corruption should not be prosecuted.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Spare us the “narco terrorist” talk from an admin that pardons & releases actual charged & convicted drug kingpins.
Hegseth bears responsibility for these unlawful strikes and must be held accountable.
If the admin doesn’t cooperate with a congressional investigation, then Hegseth must be removed.
Hegseth bears responsibility for these unlawful strikes and must be held accountable.
If the admin doesn’t cooperate with a congressional investigation, then Hegseth must be removed.
White House says admiral approved second strike on boat from Venezuela, defends attack as lawful reut.rs/4rx2TsY
White House says admiral approved second strike on boat from Venezuela, defends attack as lawful
The White House said on Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized an admiral to conduct multiple strikes on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics in September.
reut.rs
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Spare us the “narco terrorist” talk from an admin that pardons & releases actual charged & convicted drug kingpins.
Hegseth bears responsibility for these unlawful strikes and must be held accountable.
If the admin doesn’t cooperate with a congressional investigation, then Hegseth must be removed.
Hegseth bears responsibility for these unlawful strikes and must be held accountable.
If the admin doesn’t cooperate with a congressional investigation, then Hegseth must be removed.
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.