Micaela
@micapulina.bsky.social
PRican living in GA. Bilingüe. I love books, and cats + dogs especially. And cheese! Life after #breastcancer & #mastectomy
Latinx/Latine * No Human is Illegal *
Latinx/Latine * No Human is Illegal *
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they are not drawing down, they are just trying to get better at getting away with it
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
they are not drawing down, they are just trying to get better at getting away with it
Would this finally lose him the conservative Catholics?
If history plays out as it has before, Trump is going to ransack some monasteries and purge the Knights of Columbus.
I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local government thugs stop, harass priests, cardinal intervenes”
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Would this finally lose him the conservative Catholics?
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Police lie so often that lawyers have a term for it:
Testilying.
Keep that in mind when moderate Democrats say that ICE and CBP agents should be held to the same standards as police.
Testilying.
Keep that in mind when moderate Democrats say that ICE and CBP agents should be held to the same standards as police.
February 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Police lie so often that lawyers have a term for it:
Testilying.
Keep that in mind when moderate Democrats say that ICE and CBP agents should be held to the same standards as police.
Testilying.
Keep that in mind when moderate Democrats say that ICE and CBP agents should be held to the same standards as police.
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Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement.
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praised agent after shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago, evidence shows
A trove of evidence was released Tuesday in the controversial shooting of Marimar Martinez by a Border Patrol agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last October, including a body-worn camer…
www.chicagotribune.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement.
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
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If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
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Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
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This is the problem w/ discussing Puerto Rico in US media, there’s a severe lack of understanding of Puerto Rican realities, history, politics, & culture. The omission of these elements leads to folks like this to regurgitate colonial talking points & erase our Puerto Rican national identity.
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
This is the problem w/ discussing Puerto Rico in US media, there’s a severe lack of understanding of Puerto Rican realities, history, politics, & culture. The omission of these elements leads to folks like this to regurgitate colonial talking points & erase our Puerto Rican national identity.
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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Elecciones ¿Para qué?
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Elecciones ¿Para qué?
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Better yet, volunteer to be a poll worker if you can. Please.
Fr, nearly every Registrar of Voters in the country was already hurting for volunteers, and then MAGA started harassing officials, Elon fired a bunch of government employees that used to fill in the gaps, and now there’s this ICE threat.
Fr, nearly every Registrar of Voters in the country was already hurting for volunteers, and then MAGA started harassing officials, Elon fired a bunch of government employees that used to fill in the gaps, and now there’s this ICE threat.
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Better yet, volunteer to be a poll worker if you can. Please.
Fr, nearly every Registrar of Voters in the country was already hurting for volunteers, and then MAGA started harassing officials, Elon fired a bunch of government employees that used to fill in the gaps, and now there’s this ICE threat.
Fr, nearly every Registrar of Voters in the country was already hurting for volunteers, and then MAGA started harassing officials, Elon fired a bunch of government employees that used to fill in the gaps, and now there’s this ICE threat.
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Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
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5. Subject the US to the International Criminal Court (and and the absurd US sanctions of the ICC & its staff).
6. Impose some control of the president's making billions of dollars on his job.
The US is now the most corrupt country still claiming to be democratic. /3
6. Impose some control of the president's making billions of dollars on his job.
The US is now the most corrupt country still claiming to be democratic. /3
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
5. Subject the US to the International Criminal Court (and and the absurd US sanctions of the ICC & its staff).
6. Impose some control of the president's making billions of dollars on his job.
The US is now the most corrupt country still claiming to be democratic. /3
6. Impose some control of the president's making billions of dollars on his job.
The US is now the most corrupt country still claiming to be democratic. /3
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Imagine stealing a little kids things and... throwing them away.
Imagine locking up a little kid.
Imagine denying a little kid health care.
Imagine letting fucking MEASLES spread throughout your concentration camp for little kids.
bsky.app/profile/jama...
Imagine locking up a little kid.
Imagine denying a little kid health care.
Imagine letting fucking MEASLES spread throughout your concentration camp for little kids.
bsky.app/profile/jama...
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Imagine stealing a little kids things and... throwing them away.
Imagine locking up a little kid.
Imagine denying a little kid health care.
Imagine letting fucking MEASLES spread throughout your concentration camp for little kids.
bsky.app/profile/jama...
Imagine locking up a little kid.
Imagine denying a little kid health care.
Imagine letting fucking MEASLES spread throughout your concentration camp for little kids.
bsky.app/profile/jama...
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I would love to see a chart of the volume of crowd control gas released by federal employees on American soil by year. I suspect this data likely doesn’t exist, but if it does, I think it would be very revealing.
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I would love to see a chart of the volume of crowd control gas released by federal employees on American soil by year. I suspect this data likely doesn’t exist, but if it does, I think it would be very revealing.
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One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
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Full rights and citizenship actually means they’re not a “foreign labor class.” And that’s what he’s angry about. He’s mad citizenship is universal rather than restricted to white people like before the civil war bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Full rights and citizenship actually means they’re not a “foreign labor class.” And that’s what he’s angry about. He’s mad citizenship is universal rather than restricted to white people like before the civil war bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
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They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
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here is the video version of this post, with a few other thoughts as well. youtu.be/wBS13rx-M7s
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 AM
here is the video version of this post, with a few other thoughts as well. youtu.be/wBS13rx-M7s
Watching Gary Abernathy on PBS NewsHour being a full-on bootlicker for the Trump administration's false narratives while @jonathancapehart.bsky.social tries to remain calm, coherent, and respectful is sure something.
January 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Watching Gary Abernathy on PBS NewsHour being a full-on bootlicker for the Trump administration's false narratives while @jonathancapehart.bsky.social tries to remain calm, coherent, and respectful is sure something.
TIL, and am now furious all over again...
Police in Saskatoon used to do this to indigenous residents. They called them “Starlight Tours”. A number of men froze to death.
Saskatoon freezing killings - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 AM
TIL, and am now furious all over again...
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The office of Senator Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the US immigration detention system over the course of 2025, including medical neglect, physical/sexual abuse, denial of food/water, and the mistreatment of children/pregnant women
More than 1,000 alleged rights abuses in immigration detention, Ossoff finds
The Georgia Democrat’s office has produced a report that describes “an undeniable pattern of human rights abuses in immigration detention.”
www.ajc.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The office of Senator Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the US immigration detention system over the course of 2025, including medical neglect, physical/sexual abuse, denial of food/water, and the mistreatment of children/pregnant women
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This bill passed both chambers in Kansas today —>
1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms
The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This bill passed both chambers in Kansas today —>
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January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 21, 2026
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project