Rita Moore
@ritamoore.bsky.social
PhD Political Science (Comparative). Aunt Tifa. Because I've seen authoritarianism. And polio. Covid serious😷 Fmr Portland (OR) School Board. Lifelong Red Sox fan looking forward to next season. Again.
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According to Newsweek Reporters Dan Gooding & Billal Rahman, ICE Homeland Security Investigations officers shot & killed 23-year-old Ruben Martinez in South Padre Island, Texas on March 15, 2025. ICE/HSI refused to publicly admit their involvement in his death.
February 20, 2026 at 2:38 AM
According to Newsweek Reporters Dan Gooding & Billal Rahman, ICE Homeland Security Investigations officers shot & killed 23-year-old Ruben Martinez in South Padre Island, Texas on March 15, 2025. ICE/HSI refused to publicly admit their involvement in his death.
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I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
February 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
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Collins always has an excuse to vote against free and fair elections. It is the one issue on which she reliably proves she is in lockstep with the rest of her party. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections
When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come.
www.democracydocket.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Collins always has an excuse to vote against free and fair elections. It is the one issue on which she reliably proves she is in lockstep with the rest of her party. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
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This is catching on. There’s nothing Trump hates more than being ignored.
February 20, 2026 at 1:10 AM
This is catching on. There’s nothing Trump hates more than being ignored.
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The ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas has an alarming record of horrific abuses and abject neglect within its walls.
Call your Senators and Representatives and urge them to work towards the release of all children in abusive detention camps!
Call your Senators and Representatives and urge them to work towards the release of all children in abusive detention camps!
February 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas has an alarming record of horrific abuses and abject neglect within its walls.
Call your Senators and Representatives and urge them to work towards the release of all children in abusive detention camps!
Call your Senators and Representatives and urge them to work towards the release of all children in abusive detention camps!
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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Great piece showing how a series of small steps add up to the inescapable conclusion -- which is that the midterms are already stolen, I've seen this playbook in Hungary and recognize it here. The answer is not despair but doing what we can to fight back. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump Won't Cancel Elections. There's a Far More Dangerous Plan in Motion.
This is a long article.
substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Great piece showing how a series of small steps add up to the inescapable conclusion -- which is that the midterms are already stolen, I've seen this playbook in Hungary and recognize it here. The answer is not despair but doing what we can to fight back. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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CBS is Trump TV. Less than two months after CBS News suddenly pulled a report on the regime’s prison camps, CBS lawyers told Stephen Colbert that he couldn’t air an interview with a Texas Democratic candidate.
This is what complicity looks like.
This is what complicity looks like.
Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air interview out of fear of FCC
Colbert kicked off Monday's episode of "The Late Show" by saying that the network's lawyers told him he could not have Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM
CBS is Trump TV. Less than two months after CBS News suddenly pulled a report on the regime’s prison camps, CBS lawyers told Stephen Colbert that he couldn’t air an interview with a Texas Democratic candidate.
This is what complicity looks like.
This is what complicity looks like.
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What links Epstein and Dilley (among their network of concentration camps)? Child trafficking and the unrelenting abuse, assault and abduction of children -- to feed the sick appetites and pad the profits of billionaires.
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
What links Epstein and Dilley (among their network of concentration camps)? Child trafficking and the unrelenting abuse, assault and abduction of children -- to feed the sick appetites and pad the profits of billionaires.
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Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far
The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s surface fleet at a cost of more than $20 million a day.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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DHS funding ran out over the weekend. Democrats made it clear they would not support any appropriations bill without restrictions on ICE — and when the vote came, they did not fold.
Now we must encourage our Members of Congress to keep holding the line to stop ICE’s terror tactics for good.
Now we must encourage our Members of Congress to keep holding the line to stop ICE’s terror tactics for good.
Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
DHS funding ran out over the weekend. Democrats made it clear they would not support any appropriations bill without restrictions on ICE — and when the vote came, they did not fold.
Now we must encourage our Members of Congress to keep holding the line to stop ICE’s terror tactics for good.
Now we must encourage our Members of Congress to keep holding the line to stop ICE’s terror tactics for good.
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NO KINGS March 28!! ❌👑 This will be the largest non-violent protest in American history. Spread the word online and IRL, it’s up to all of us.
FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328
***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***
FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328
***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***
February 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
NO KINGS March 28!! ❌👑 This will be the largest non-violent protest in American history. Spread the word online and IRL, it’s up to all of us.
FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328
***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***
FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328
***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***
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Per @meidastouch.com “CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.” You know the assignment -go!
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.” You know the assignment -go!
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Per @meidastouch.com “CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.” You know the assignment -go!
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.” You know the assignment -go!
CBS/Paramount just begging for a boycott.
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
CBS/Paramount just begging for a boycott.
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Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
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At a bare minimum, DC statehood & a full overhaul/adding seats to SCOTUS. But really, Democrats (& democrats) need to aim much higher to fix our broken antidemocratic institutions & finally make us a real democracy & fascism-proof our polity:
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
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Again, the needs to be & all the committees & commissions that want to Do A Popularism & focus on Kitchen Table Issues are engaged in a category mistake about What Democrats Must Do the next time they ever have power.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, the
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February 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
At a bare minimum, DC statehood & a full overhaul/adding seats to SCOTUS. But really, Democrats (& democrats) need to aim much higher to fix our broken antidemocratic institutions & finally make us a real democracy & fascism-proof our polity:
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My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Cannot be said enough: we win by making the argument, not by ignoring or reinforcing the lies of our opposition. This means more than being against enforcement, it requires making full throated case immigrants embody the bravery & tenacity we claim to admire.
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Cannot be said enough: we win by making the argument, not by ignoring or reinforcing the lies of our opposition. This means more than being against enforcement, it requires making full throated case immigrants embody the bravery & tenacity we claim to admire.
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It is Brave of US to stand up to this regime in every way, using all of our talents:
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www.instagram.com/reels/DU1-Dr...
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February 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It is Brave of US to stand up to this regime in every way, using all of our talents:
www.instagram.com/reels/DU1-Dr...
www.instagram.com/reels/DU1-Dr...
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Never try anything new because you just can't imagine a better world. /s
Another opportunity to remind everyone to #DeclineToSign. It *permanently* hijacks 2% of the existing budget revenue (including PCEF). How much is 2%? Almost double the the entire Portland Street Response Budget.
February 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Never try anything new because you just can't imagine a better world. /s
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just going to "reiterate" that "carpetbagger" was literally a white supremacist slur developed after the civil war to justify violence against people who came south to help develop multi racial democracy. 1
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
just going to "reiterate" that "carpetbagger" was literally a white supremacist slur developed after the civil war to justify violence against people who came south to help develop multi racial democracy. 1
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No Money for Murder. No Funding for Fascism. No Payouts for Pedophiles.
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:32 AM
No Money for Murder. No Funding for Fascism. No Payouts for Pedophiles.
No one should apologize for getting emotional about children being terrorized by fascist thugs. It's a sign of humanity and morality. It's what gives us courage to act in defense of our neighbors. It's everything that the elites abandoned. It's why we will defeat fascism and make a better America.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
No one should apologize for getting emotional about children being terrorized by fascist thugs. It's a sign of humanity and morality. It's what gives us courage to act in defense of our neighbors. It's everything that the elites abandoned. It's why we will defeat fascism and make a better America.
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So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.