Starlisa
@starlisab.bsky.social
I am here, not there! One day, one step at a time. Wondering if I took a wrong turn and ended up in the wrong universe where there is so much anger and hate it is sticky! Replacing the negatives with kindness when I can.
These stories really need to be shared, especially with people who believe all immigrants are murderers and rapist and ice is only picking up illegal immigrants. All of these people were citizens. All have clean records. They were clearly targeted for being Hispanic.
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Chilling ICE Arrest Stories Rock Congress As Victims Recount Ordeal At Shadow Hearing | US News
YouTube video by Hook Global
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February 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
These stories really need to be shared, especially with people who believe all immigrants are murderers and rapist and ice is only picking up illegal immigrants. All of these people were citizens. All have clean records. They were clearly targeted for being Hispanic.
youtube.com/watch?v=sJGc...
youtube.com/watch?v=sJGc...
Reading through this article, especially the part at the end about how Rudy Giuliani couldn’t even be quiet during a proceeding so the judge had to mute his mic, made me think he and Trump were really quite the pair, well suited to each other.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-advanc...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-advanc...
Judge advances $10 million sexual harassment case against Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani forced an employee to have sex with him and went on “alcohol-drenched rants” that led to an unbearable work environment, according to a lawsuit.
www.courthousenews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Reading through this article, especially the part at the end about how Rudy Giuliani couldn’t even be quiet during a proceeding so the judge had to mute his mic, made me think he and Trump were really quite the pair, well suited to each other.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-advanc...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-advanc...
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Rep. Ro Khanna is a fiery torch in this bleak moral darkness.
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Rep. Ro Khanna is a fiery torch in this bleak moral darkness.
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This is beautiful… finding home inside…
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Let Your Breath Guide You Back — Br Phap Huu
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February 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This is beautiful… finding home inside…
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Some of my reflections on the beautiful Walk For Peace currently happening, and how this is a beautiful counterpoint, or Resilience Signal, counterbalancing the chaos and suffering causing harm to our Democratic Republic currently.
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Timeline Reflection: Peace and Compassion as a Resilience Signal in the Midst of Political Upheaval
By Darlisa Black (Starlisa)
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February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Some of my reflections on the beautiful Walk For Peace currently happening, and how this is a beautiful counterpoint, or Resilience Signal, counterbalancing the chaos and suffering causing harm to our Democratic Republic currently.
open.substack.com/pub/starlisa...
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Jenny Carter painstakingly transcribed the video of Aliya Rahman’s testimony in front of Congress. The video is extremely powerful. I was shaking listening to her.
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THIS IS ALIYA RAHMAN’s ENTIRE TESTIMONY WORD FOR WORD
& IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULD GO VIRAL:
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February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Jenny Carter painstakingly transcribed the video of Aliya Rahman’s testimony in front of Congress. The video is extremely powerful. I was shaking listening to her.
open.substack.com/pub/starlisa...
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I decided a beautiful photo was in order after reading way too much chaotic political stuff today May you be well, happy, and peaceful.
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I decided a beautiful photo was in order after reading way too much chaotic political stuff today May you be well, happy, and peaceful.
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From 1982-2018, the Republican National Committee was barred from "ballot security measures" because of their record of using state actors to intimidate minority voters.
(H/t @rickhasen.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2018/01/09/5...
(H/t @rickhasen.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2018/01/09/5...
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
From 1982-2018, the Republican National Committee was barred from "ballot security measures" because of their record of using state actors to intimidate minority voters.
(H/t @rickhasen.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2018/01/09/5...
(H/t @rickhasen.bsky.social)
www.npr.org/2018/01/09/5...
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The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the federal government this week by independently joining the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). It is the second state to do so, after California joined the network last month. trib.al/0ecIsxF
Individual States Join World Health Organization After Trump Drops It
Illinois is the latest state to take this step.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the federal government this week by independently joining the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). It is the second state to do so, after California joined the network last month. trib.al/0ecIsxF
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Kwazy Hoomins! No u can’t has my hidey hole!
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Kwazy Hoomins! No u can’t has my hidey hole!
“3 legal observers were taken in just the last hour. Federal forces are targeting those who are getting the word out about what they are doing in the city, and it is very clearly a conscious effort in the same way that Israel was shooting reporters for trying to report about the genocide in Gaza”
The amount of observers that have been detained today in the city already that I’ve seen videos of is really spooky.It’s very clear that ice is now just straight up targeting observers in an effort to quash people watching them. It’s also clear that they are absolutely keeping databases of observers
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“3 legal observers were taken in just the last hour. Federal forces are targeting those who are getting the word out about what they are doing in the city, and it is very clearly a conscious effort in the same way that Israel was shooting reporters for trying to report about the genocide in Gaza”
This is beautiful… finding home inside…
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Let Your Breath Guide You Back — Br Phap Huu
open.spotify.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This is beautiful… finding home inside…
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
Learning to understand self and pain and breathing in acceptance of self.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Yts...
I just noticed something. The White House using the phrase “ Lawful immigration enforcement“ [LIE] when talking about ICE Operations.
So when they are talking about ICE, they are talking LIE… hey, we can work with this! ICE IS LITERALLY A LIE
So when they are talking about ICE, they are talking LIE… hey, we can work with this! ICE IS LITERALLY A LIE
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I just noticed something. The White House using the phrase “ Lawful immigration enforcement“ [LIE] when talking about ICE Operations.
So when they are talking about ICE, they are talking LIE… hey, we can work with this! ICE IS LITERALLY A LIE
So when they are talking about ICE, they are talking LIE… hey, we can work with this! ICE IS LITERALLY A LIE
Kwazy Hoomins! No u can’t has my hidey hole!
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Kwazy Hoomins! No u can’t has my hidey hole!
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Behaviores Report: 90% goode, 5% harass of Fizgig, 5% menase of Momb. We hav all made up naow, are frends agin.
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Behaviores Report: 90% goode, 5% harass of Fizgig, 5% menase of Momb. We hav all made up naow, are frends agin.
Aloka is such a wonderful dog! On Facebook, he has his own page, Aloka the Peace Dog. He was a stray in India, that started following a big line of monks and bonded with Venerable Bhikku Pannakara and others. I think he nearly died in an accident , but after healing, he came and found the monks.
Today brought a very touching moment for Aloka during the peace walk. The team at Dinwiddie County Animal Control presented him with a special pin, offered with kindness and appreciation. I love this dog.
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Aloka is such a wonderful dog! On Facebook, he has his own page, Aloka the Peace Dog. He was a stray in India, that started following a big line of monks and bonded with Venerable Bhikku Pannakara and others. I think he nearly died in an accident , but after healing, he came and found the monks.
Long before Nazi Germany, systems like slave patrols, forced removals of Native peoples, reservation camps, and racial pass systems existed in the U.S. Historians have shown that these models were studied abroad and helped normalize forms of state control later used by authoritarian regimes.
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Long before Nazi Germany, systems like slave patrols, forced removals of Native peoples, reservation camps, and racial pass systems existed in the U.S. Historians have shown that these models were studied abroad and helped normalize forms of state control later used by authoritarian regimes.
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Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
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Are you on the streets of MN? Would you like to share your thoughts about what you've experienced?
I'm working on a special episode of The Union Bug feat. voices from folks OTG, stitched together as a quilt of oral history. Wanna share a voice or text note? DM or Signal @ mel_buer.99 before Feb 1
I'm working on a special episode of The Union Bug feat. voices from folks OTG, stitched together as a quilt of oral history. Wanna share a voice or text note? DM or Signal @ mel_buer.99 before Feb 1
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Are you on the streets of MN? Would you like to share your thoughts about what you've experienced?
I'm working on a special episode of The Union Bug feat. voices from folks OTG, stitched together as a quilt of oral history. Wanna share a voice or text note? DM or Signal @ mel_buer.99 before Feb 1
I'm working on a special episode of The Union Bug feat. voices from folks OTG, stitched together as a quilt of oral history. Wanna share a voice or text note? DM or Signal @ mel_buer.99 before Feb 1
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Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
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The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
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Nurses plan nationwide week of action against ICE terror.
‘Pretti’s Death Will Not Be in Vain’: Nurses Plan Nationwide Week of Action Against ICE Terror | Common Dreams
"ICE messed with the wrong profession. We nurses will fight to abolish ICE and bring about a vision for a healthy society based on nurses’ values of caring, compassion, and community."
www.commondreams.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Nurses plan nationwide week of action against ICE terror.
I just noticed something ironic! The White House is using the phrase “ Lawful Immigration Enforcement“ [LIE] when talking about ICE Operations.
So when they are talking about ICE,
they are talking about a LIE…
hey, we can work with this!
substack.com/@sofiakinzin...
So when they are talking about ICE,
they are talking about a LIE…
hey, we can work with this!
substack.com/@sofiakinzin...
Sofia Kinzinger (@sofiakinzinger)
Let me point out how carefully the White House is choosing its language every time it talks about Minnesota. This is deliberate and strategic:
•“Agitators” when talking about protesters.
•“Left-wing...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I just noticed something ironic! The White House is using the phrase “ Lawful Immigration Enforcement“ [LIE] when talking about ICE Operations.
So when they are talking about ICE,
they are talking about a LIE…
hey, we can work with this!
substack.com/@sofiakinzin...
So when they are talking about ICE,
they are talking about a LIE…
hey, we can work with this!
substack.com/@sofiakinzin...
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...