@starmanjr.bsky.social
Reader. Runner. Advocate for immigrant rights. Border and PIC abolitionist.
Currently reading: Unbuild Walls by Silky Shah
Currently reading: Unbuild Walls by Silky Shah
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My immigration firm sent a newsletter today in response to inquiries from clients over the last two months. They "strongly recommend against international travel", warned against even walking past political rallies, noted government reps may ask to see emails, texts + social media, and these points:
Important things to consider for *any* non citizen now. I would also recommend using extra caution with domestic air travel and have a plan in place in case you are detained.
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Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
Finding out that this is part of the discourse (from this post) and LOL. I wish you all a life that’s fulfilling enough not to be bothered by fictional characters and their bathing habits (or the joy of others, broadly) 😘
I'm choosing violence
Some of you talking about how Ilya showers so much so it must be OCD need to take a step back and consider that the baseline of which you are judging against as "so much" - i.e. your baseline - is that you are dirty.
Some of you talking about how Ilya showers so much so it must be OCD need to take a step back and consider that the baseline of which you are judging against as "so much" - i.e. your baseline - is that you are dirty.
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Finding out that this is part of the discourse (from this post) and LOL. I wish you all a life that’s fulfilling enough not to be bothered by fictional characters and their bathing habits (or the joy of others, broadly) 😘
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breaking a window in my house so she can get halfway through to reach them
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
breaking a window in my house so she can get halfway through to reach them
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This was just a few months after January 6, which is when I knew law enforcement organizations had every interest in defending January 6 because that was how they would amass power. Police do not work for "the people." (Then, of course, Biden funded them anyways.)
![When I asked Lamb whether the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was an example of people violating the very rule of law he professes to cherish, he replied, “Just because somebody was there doesn’t necessarily mean they’re guilty,” then added, “I guarantee you [the rioters] are very loving, Christian people. They just happen to support President Trump a lot.” When I asked about the roughly 140 law enforcement officers who had been injured or killed while on duty at the Capitol — doing a job Lamb also professes to cherish — he demurred, saying he hadn’t been there and couldn’t say what was or wasn’t true.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:moejpt72sm743idbk3xc46mx/bafkreibvec5tridieut4xszudd2nlj5kcnmewybanhbv6r6tajk3o6ct4m@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This was just a few months after January 6, which is when I knew law enforcement organizations had every interest in defending January 6 because that was how they would amass power. Police do not work for "the people." (Then, of course, Biden funded them anyways.)
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New: Unannounced inspections of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center last year revealed a persistent rodent infestation, malfunctioning air conditioning, and a paraplegic child housed in the infirmary who was left sitting in his own waste.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Youth detention center plagued by mice, unsanitary conditions, improper medical care: report
Unannounced inspections of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center last year revealed a persistent rodent infestation, malfunctioning air conditioning, and a paraplegic child housed in the infirmar...
www.thebanner.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
New: Unannounced inspections of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center last year revealed a persistent rodent infestation, malfunctioning air conditioning, and a paraplegic child housed in the infirmary who was left sitting in his own waste.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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🚨 A newly created Polymarket account turned $30K into $400K+ betting on Maduro’s ouster just hours before the U.S. raid — sparking fresh insider-trading suspicions. This underscores exactly why we flagged prediction markets as a regulatory risk in our earlier coverage.
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
🚨 A newly created Polymarket account turned $30K into $400K+ betting on Maduro’s ouster just hours before the U.S. raid — sparking fresh insider-trading suspicions. This underscores exactly why we flagged prediction markets as a regulatory risk in our earlier coverage.
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webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k... if you’re interested in this morning’s emergency security council meeting on Venezuela, it’ll start here at 10am. It was called by Colombia, and can help us get a sense of the public lines coming from a diverse group of countries
Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 10085th meeting
The situation in Venezuela.
webtv.un.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k... if you’re interested in this morning’s emergency security council meeting on Venezuela, it’ll start here at 10am. It was called by Colombia, and can help us get a sense of the public lines coming from a diverse group of countries
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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I saw someone making the point that ICE and Border Patrol are likely to step up the hunting of Venezuelans here on temporary statuses etc... saying that their cases for seeking asylum are now moot.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I saw someone making the point that ICE and Border Patrol are likely to step up the hunting of Venezuelans here on temporary statuses etc... saying that their cases for seeking asylum are now moot.
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And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
“If undocumented immigrants are driving on our bridges, we just won’t have bridges any more” is cement the public pools level Jim Crow racism.
We can’t get our most basic needs met because ’what if a minority benefits?’
We can’t get our most basic needs met because ’what if a minority benefits?’
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“If undocumented immigrants are driving on our bridges, we just won’t have bridges any more” is cement the public pools level Jim Crow racism.
We can’t get our most basic needs met because ’what if a minority benefits?’
We can’t get our most basic needs met because ’what if a minority benefits?’
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Reading isn’t about finishing as many books as possible. It’s about allowing a few of them to leave marks on how you see the world.
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reading isn’t about finishing as many books as possible. It’s about allowing a few of them to leave marks on how you see the world.
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His wife says they were refusing to properly treat his diabetes. The facility where he died is a private prison.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
abc7chicago.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
His wife says they were refusing to properly treat his diabetes. The facility where he died is a private prison.
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New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns."
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
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A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
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‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns."
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
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🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
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STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
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So it turns out that money Trump is sending to the military as bonuses was going to be spent on the military anyway. Only now, less efficiently, leaving some needy military families up the creek.
No surprise there.
No surprise there.
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So it turns out that money Trump is sending to the military as bonuses was going to be spent on the military anyway. Only now, less efficiently, leaving some needy military families up the creek.
No surprise there.
No surprise there.
Jfc.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Jfc.
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Where have immigrants arrested during the so-called "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago ended up? New data reveals the privately-run detention facilities and local jails where ICE is holding people. @geoffhing.bsky.social @jillcastellano.bsky.social
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/18/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/18/i...
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Where have immigrants arrested during the so-called "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago ended up? New data reveals the privately-run detention facilities and local jails where ICE is holding people. @geoffhing.bsky.social @jillcastellano.bsky.social
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/18/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/18/i...
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Widow receives husband's immigration approval letter 2 months after he was killed in ICE office shooting: people.com/widow-receiv...
Widow Receives Husband's Immigration Approval Letter 2 Months After He Was Killed in ICE Office Shooting
A North Texas widow has said she received her late husband's immigration approval letter over two months after he was killed in an ICE office shooting.
people.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Widow receives husband's immigration approval letter 2 months after he was killed in ICE office shooting: people.com/widow-receiv...
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
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“The Trump administration’s policies on illegal and legal immigration would reduce the projected number of workers in the United States by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035 and lower the annual rate of economic growth by almost one-third.”
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Immigrant Labor Declines As Trump Imposes New Immigration Restrictions
Government data show a decline of 1.1 million foreign-born workers since January. New immigration restrictions will lead to a larger drop.
www.forbes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“The Trump administration’s policies on illegal and legal immigration would reduce the projected number of workers in the United States by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035 and lower the annual rate of economic growth by almost one-third.”
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...