@samcmichael.bsky.social
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Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Trump: « So, I don’t want to hear about the affordability. »
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump: « So, I don’t want to hear about the affordability. »
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results.
So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.
So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results.
So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.
So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.
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Democrats want a government funding bill that won't raise your health care costs by 75%.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Democrats want a government funding bill that won't raise your health care costs by 75%.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
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1st Amendment alert:
DoD “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
So: no more off-the-record remarks or anon sources. Possibly no more soliciting info from DoD staff
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
DoD “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
So: no more off-the-record remarks or anon sources. Possibly no more soliciting info from DoD staff
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
Pentagon Expands Its Restrictions on Reporter Access
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
1st Amendment alert:
DoD “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
So: no more off-the-record remarks or anon sources. Possibly no more soliciting info from DoD staff
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
DoD “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
So: no more off-the-record remarks or anon sources. Possibly no more soliciting info from DoD staff
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
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The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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Read the speech for yourself:
commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
ht: @brianstelter.bsky.social
commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
ht: @brianstelter.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Read the speech for yourself:
commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
ht: @brianstelter.bsky.social
commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
ht: @brianstelter.bsky.social
I hold the line!
I don’t like to share memes, but my friend who has no social media shared this with me. They discussed at their church club. One of the the people from her group shared it. I live in Michigan. I hold the line!
May 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I hold the line!
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TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
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I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
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A fifth law firm capitulated today and agreed to become a Trump collaborator. Shameful.
April 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A fifth law firm capitulated today and agreed to become a Trump collaborator. Shameful.
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What kind of America do you want?
An America that expels people bcuz of their beliefs?
An America that detains people bcuz of what they say?
An America that grabs people, throws them on a plane, and puts them in an El Salvador jail without any due process?
No longer hypothetical scenarios.
An America that expels people bcuz of their beliefs?
An America that detains people bcuz of what they say?
An America that grabs people, throws them on a plane, and puts them in an El Salvador jail without any due process?
No longer hypothetical scenarios.
April 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
What kind of America do you want?
An America that expels people bcuz of their beliefs?
An America that detains people bcuz of what they say?
An America that grabs people, throws them on a plane, and puts them in an El Salvador jail without any due process?
No longer hypothetical scenarios.
An America that expels people bcuz of their beliefs?
An America that detains people bcuz of what they say?
An America that grabs people, throws them on a plane, and puts them in an El Salvador jail without any due process?
No longer hypothetical scenarios.
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The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.
April 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.
Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.
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@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
In America, EVERYONE has a RIGHT to due process - regardless of immigration status. It’s fundamental to our Constitution.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
White House official says 137 immigrants deported under Alien Enemies Act
Trump officials said the deportations don’t violate a judge’s order barring use of the Alien Enemies Act for removals — but also questioned the order’s validity.
wapo.st
March 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
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Here’s WHY we think the matrix protocol chat app, a federated global news system, is the future of news #HoldTheLine #ReclaimOurRights www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
March 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Here’s WHY we think the matrix protocol chat app, a federated global news system, is the future of news #HoldTheLine #ReclaimOurRights www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
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I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading
March 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
‘I feel utter anger’: From Canada to Europe, a movement to boycott US goods is spreading
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when you push back against authoritarians, they will try to cow you. they will try to suppress your voice, & use persistent dominance to have you submit to their unreasonable demands & actions
do not be cowed on their first pushback. or their second or their third. if you stand, don't sit back down
do not be cowed on their first pushback. or their second or their third. if you stand, don't sit back down
March 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
when you push back against authoritarians, they will try to cow you. they will try to suppress your voice, & use persistent dominance to have you submit to their unreasonable demands & actions
do not be cowed on their first pushback. or their second or their third. if you stand, don't sit back down
do not be cowed on their first pushback. or their second or their third. if you stand, don't sit back down
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens