An Actual Immigrant. We Matter.
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Undocumented for 20 years. Cis, she/her. 145 weeks sober. Unite Ireland. Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. Immigrants deserve rights. Republican, not in the American way. If you have to ask, Google it. My President is better than yours.
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This photo will be shown in history books as an example of deep and unabiding cruelty. You can't reform this.
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Been forced to use a tarp instead of a snow-proof roof since October.
Habitat for Humanity, insurance, everyone, outright efuse to help.
Now the tarp has begun leaking, w/ months of winter left.
Any help is so very appreciated!
ko-fi.com/vedraven
paypal.me/stormravens
patreon.com/join/Stormra...
Habitat for Humanity, insurance, everyone, outright efuse to help.
Now the tarp has begun leaking, w/ months of winter left.
Any help is so very appreciated!
ko-fi.com/vedraven
paypal.me/stormravens
patreon.com/join/Stormra...
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Been forced to use a tarp instead of a snow-proof roof since October.
Habitat for Humanity, insurance, everyone, outright efuse to help.
Now the tarp has begun leaking, w/ months of winter left.
Any help is so very appreciated!
ko-fi.com/vedraven
paypal.me/stormravens
patreon.com/join/Stormra...
Habitat for Humanity, insurance, everyone, outright efuse to help.
Now the tarp has begun leaking, w/ months of winter left.
Any help is so very appreciated!
ko-fi.com/vedraven
paypal.me/stormravens
patreon.com/join/Stormra...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My colon before leaving for the airport: 🫡
My colon on the way to the airport: 😶
My colon as soon as I stand in line to check my bag:
My colon on the way to the airport: 😶
My colon as soon as I stand in line to check my bag:
two men standing in front of a house with the words full of crap on the bottom
Alt: two men standing in front of a house with the words full of crap on the bottom
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February 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
My colon before leaving for the airport: 🫡
My colon on the way to the airport: 😶
My colon as soon as I stand in line to check my bag:
My colon on the way to the airport: 😶
My colon as soon as I stand in line to check my bag:
You can't reform these people. They don't need different training. Body cams won't fix this. Taking their masks off won't fix this.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
You can't reform these people. They don't need different training. Body cams won't fix this. Taking their masks off won't fix this.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
Get rid of them all.
This hasn't just been happening since January 2025, and it didn't just start in 2016 either.
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NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
On the way to my parents-in-law's house.
I really really don't want to do this because it's going to be full of really sad memories, but it's really necessary. We're just going to stop in, air it out, take a look around, take note of some things, and then leave.
We'll be back in a few months.
I really really don't want to do this because it's going to be full of really sad memories, but it's really necessary. We're just going to stop in, air it out, take a look around, take note of some things, and then leave.
We'll be back in a few months.
February 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
On the way to my parents-in-law's house.
I really really don't want to do this because it's going to be full of really sad memories, but it's really necessary. We're just going to stop in, air it out, take a look around, take note of some things, and then leave.
We'll be back in a few months.
I really really don't want to do this because it's going to be full of really sad memories, but it's really necessary. We're just going to stop in, air it out, take a look around, take note of some things, and then leave.
We'll be back in a few months.
Going from being undocumented to waking up in a nice hotel and noshing on pineapple and salami for breakfast after taking a flight in less than a year is fucking weird.
I feel very off kilter. Like I don't belong here but also like I earned it.
I feel very off kilter. Like I don't belong here but also like I earned it.
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Going from being undocumented to waking up in a nice hotel and noshing on pineapple and salami for breakfast after taking a flight in less than a year is fucking weird.
I feel very off kilter. Like I don't belong here but also like I earned it.
I feel very off kilter. Like I don't belong here but also like I earned it.
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once the death camps are uncovered, if any liberal says some bullshit like "who could have foreseen this? How could we have known?" I'm going to rip their spine out through their mouth with my bare hands.
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
once the death camps are uncovered, if any liberal says some bullshit like "who could have foreseen this? How could we have known?" I'm going to rip their spine out through their mouth with my bare hands.
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A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.
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I wish people would stop calling Immigrants "illegal" and yes, this even applies to my own using that term to describe themselves! No human being is illegal.
To undocumented Immigrants, for whom this applies to, your lives are too precious for me to accept that ♡
To undocumented Immigrants, for whom this applies to, your lives are too precious for me to accept that ♡
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I wish people would stop calling Immigrants "illegal" and yes, this even applies to my own using that term to describe themselves! No human being is illegal.
To undocumented Immigrants, for whom this applies to, your lives are too precious for me to accept that ♡
To undocumented Immigrants, for whom this applies to, your lives are too precious for me to accept that ♡
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I lost count of when I share immigrants were protesting Obama and called him deporter in chief- only to have some americanized prick state it's a lie/that was different/etc, take your pick. It's why I do not trust white people in general, they are absolutely by far the worst about the subject.
I can tell the people who say that Obama's deportations were not bad have never experienced real life.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I lost count of when I share immigrants were protesting Obama and called him deporter in chief- only to have some americanized prick state it's a lie/that was different/etc, take your pick. It's why I do not trust white people in general, they are absolutely by far the worst about the subject.
Devastated to find out that one of the immature extremely white guys who came from wealth and made his living getting bricks to the testicles end snorting fire ants on MTV is a racist xenophobe!
Who could have seen that coming.
Who could have seen that coming.
February 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Devastated to find out that one of the immature extremely white guys who came from wealth and made his living getting bricks to the testicles end snorting fire ants on MTV is a racist xenophobe!
Who could have seen that coming.
Who could have seen that coming.
My friends: how have you not been formally diagnosed with some sort of neurodivergence?
Me: I don't think there are any obvious signs?
Also me: AN ASSASSIN'S CREED GAME WHERE YOU PARKOUR AROUND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPORTS AND RIDE THE LUGGAGE CAROUSELS WHEEEEEEE
Me: I don't think there are any obvious signs?
Also me: AN ASSASSIN'S CREED GAME WHERE YOU PARKOUR AROUND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPORTS AND RIDE THE LUGGAGE CAROUSELS WHEEEEEEE
a girl is wearing a baseball cap that says undiagnosed but i 'm pretty sure
Alt: a girl is wearing a baseball cap that says undiagnosed but i 'm pretty sure
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February 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
My friends: how have you not been formally diagnosed with some sort of neurodivergence?
Me: I don't think there are any obvious signs?
Also me: AN ASSASSIN'S CREED GAME WHERE YOU PARKOUR AROUND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPORTS AND RIDE THE LUGGAGE CAROUSELS WHEEEEEEE
Me: I don't think there are any obvious signs?
Also me: AN ASSASSIN'S CREED GAME WHERE YOU PARKOUR AROUND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPORTS AND RIDE THE LUGGAGE CAROUSELS WHEEEEEEE
This genuinely made me burst out laughing in the middle of the airport.
who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
This genuinely made me burst out laughing in the middle of the airport.
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who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
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It's been hell, I've downplayed the whole situation because I totally get not wanting to see this on your timelines and I'm genuinely so sorry.
February 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
It's been hell, I've downplayed the whole situation because I totally get not wanting to see this on your timelines and I'm genuinely so sorry.
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I try my best not to beg but we haven't been able to buy a bunch of groceries to last us a long time for a good while now- two plus weeks and it's been overwhelming. Please consider helping me and my mom out. ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I try my best not to beg but we haven't been able to buy a bunch of groceries to last us a long time for a good while now- two plus weeks and it's been overwhelming. Please consider helping me and my mom out. ❤️
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Please help me be able to afford my phone bill a bit later this month so I can stay connected online. Thank you so much, always. ❤️ that's all.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Please help me be able to afford my phone bill a bit later this month so I can stay connected online. Thank you so much, always. ❤️ that's all.
www.paypal.me/XP1991
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cash.app/$laPazdeKate
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venmo.com/code?user_id...
www.paypal.me/XP1991
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TLDR: Spaniel Day Lewis is getting his spleen removed on Monday because there’s a mass on it and it’s probably not cancer but it might be but it’s probably not so everything is FINE. We won’t know until the mass is removed and sent to pathology. IT’S FINE. I’M FINE. *flails* #barkfestclub
Spaniel Day Lewis: Pupdate! | Imani Gandy (AngryBlackLady)
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February 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
TLDR: Spaniel Day Lewis is getting his spleen removed on Monday because there’s a mass on it and it’s probably not cancer but it might be but it’s probably not so everything is FINE. We won’t know until the mass is removed and sent to pathology. IT’S FINE. I’M FINE. *flails* #barkfestclub
For the first time in my life, I needed a wheelchair to make it from the arrival gate to the car rental place. This lack of cartilage is bullshit.
February 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
For the first time in my life, I needed a wheelchair to make it from the arrival gate to the car rental place. This lack of cartilage is bullshit.
Having internet access on the plane is a revelation to me.
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Having internet access on the plane is a revelation to me.
Me, posting on the Albany Reddit about security at the airport being extra shitty this morning hoping it will help people with travel anxiety: 🙂↕️
Weird hostile people: weird hostile smug shit
Weird hostile people: weird hostile smug shit
a brown teddy bear and a white rabbit are standing next to each other on a pink background .
Alt: a brown teddy bear and a white rabbit are standing next to each other on a pink background .
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February 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Me, posting on the Albany Reddit about security at the airport being extra shitty this morning hoping it will help people with travel anxiety: 🙂↕️
Weird hostile people: weird hostile smug shit
Weird hostile people: weird hostile smug shit
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.