Carmen Figueroa
@msfiggy2u.bsky.social
Humanist who admires meta thinkers.
#BardMAT #Blue4Ever #Educator
#BardMAT #Blue4Ever #Educator
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It’s wild how many people think Medicaid cuts won’t affect them because their state calls it something like “Healthy Louisiana”. I don’t even care about right or left right now, this level of civic illiteracy is why it’s so easy to pass bills that hurt everyone.
July 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s wild how many people think Medicaid cuts won’t affect them because their state calls it something like “Healthy Louisiana”. I don’t even care about right or left right now, this level of civic illiteracy is why it’s so easy to pass bills that hurt everyone.
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Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
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July 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...
Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.
www.muellershewrote.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's account of torture at CECOT prison in El Salvador is a rough read.
His lawyers will fight on Monday for Abrego to be able to await trial in Maryland, at a hearing I plan to attend.
Read and subscribe to follow my reporting. www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-inva...
His lawyers will fight on Monday for Abrego to be able to await trial in Maryland, at a hearing I plan to attend.
Read and subscribe to follow my reporting. www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-inva...
July 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's account of torture at CECOT prison in El Salvador is a rough read.
His lawyers will fight on Monday for Abrego to be able to await trial in Maryland, at a hearing I plan to attend.
Read and subscribe to follow my reporting. www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-inva...
His lawyers will fight on Monday for Abrego to be able to await trial in Maryland, at a hearing I plan to attend.
Read and subscribe to follow my reporting. www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-inva...
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Packed house tonight in Miami with decent Americans who care about democracy and want to learn from Col. @avindman.bsky.social and @katiephang.bsky.social at Coral Gables Congregational Church thanks to Books & Books.
July 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Packed house tonight in Miami with decent Americans who care about democracy and want to learn from Col. @avindman.bsky.social and @katiephang.bsky.social at Coral Gables Congregational Church thanks to Books & Books.
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ICYMI: Ohio’s GOP just handed $600 million of your money to billionaire Browns owners—while gutting schools, libraries, and Medicaid. This isn’t a budget, it’s a robbery.
📞 Call Gov. DeWine NOW and demand a veto: (614) 466-3555
@kentksmith.bsky.social
#Ohio
📞 Call Gov. DeWine NOW and demand a veto: (614) 466-3555
@kentksmith.bsky.social
#Ohio
June 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
ICYMI: Ohio’s GOP just handed $600 million of your money to billionaire Browns owners—while gutting schools, libraries, and Medicaid. This isn’t a budget, it’s a robbery.
📞 Call Gov. DeWine NOW and demand a veto: (614) 466-3555
@kentksmith.bsky.social
#Ohio
📞 Call Gov. DeWine NOW and demand a veto: (614) 466-3555
@kentksmith.bsky.social
#Ohio
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I haven't seen any other members of Congress taking about ICE (and whoever else is helping ICE) wearing masks and removing badges to hide their identity.
Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities!
🚨(202) 224-3121
Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities!
🚨(202) 224-3121
June 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I haven't seen any other members of Congress taking about ICE (and whoever else is helping ICE) wearing masks and removing badges to hide their identity.
Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities!
🚨(202) 224-3121
Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities!
🚨(202) 224-3121
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Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of.
They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
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Please don’t share this
June 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Please don’t share this
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"If what you're doing is legitimate and lawful, why do you need to cover your face?”
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"If what you're doing is legitimate and lawful, why do you need to cover your face?”
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What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
June 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
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A foreign crypto billionaire feared arrest for helping criminals move billions— then dropped $23M into Trump’s meme coin to score a private dinner with him.
The SEC dropped its case against him after he invested $75M in Trump’s crypto company.
These are bribes
Trump is for sale
The SEC dropped its case against him after he invested $75M in Trump’s crypto company.
These are bribes
Trump is for sale
May 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A foreign crypto billionaire feared arrest for helping criminals move billions— then dropped $23M into Trump’s meme coin to score a private dinner with him.
The SEC dropped its case against him after he invested $75M in Trump’s crypto company.
These are bribes
Trump is for sale
The SEC dropped its case against him after he invested $75M in Trump’s crypto company.
These are bribes
Trump is for sale
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May 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
May 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
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Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order?
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
Please watch THIS particular interview, shared by @prisonculture.bsky.social to get the play by play on what happened. Getting arrested for protesting is a king move, but that's not what happened here. This was a goddamned grab and sack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order?
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
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This right here......
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This right here......
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A 25-year-old DOGE bro at the CFPB held $715,000 in stocks that ethics lawyers told him he wasn’t allowed to own while working there — then DOGE fired those ethics lawyers.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A 25-year-old DOGE bro at the CFPB held $715,000 in stocks that ethics lawyers told him he wasn’t allowed to own while working there — then DOGE fired those ethics lawyers.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.