Anne K
@anneofavonlea.bsky.social
disability, immigration, shiny objects
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Let's put these 2 headlines from this afternoon together.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Let's put these 2 headlines from this afternoon together.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
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I’d really love someone to explain to me how the admin’s Latin America policy is consistent regarding narcotrafficking.
(Please don’t reply to this saying it’s consistent because he supports right-wingers. That’s not what I’m asking!) open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
(Please don’t reply to this saying it’s consistent because he supports right-wingers. That’s not what I’m asking!) open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power
Trump endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits in U.S. federal prison for drug trafficking.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’d really love someone to explain to me how the admin’s Latin America policy is consistent regarding narcotrafficking.
(Please don’t reply to this saying it’s consistent because he supports right-wingers. That’s not what I’m asking!) open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
(Please don’t reply to this saying it’s consistent because he supports right-wingers. That’s not what I’m asking!) open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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What's sad is that it no longer feels odd at all....
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What's sad is that it no longer feels odd at all....
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Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o... Michelle Goldberg
Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o... Michelle Goldberg
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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Unprecedented in U.S. history.
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Unprecedented in U.S. history.
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Coast Guard isin the Department of Homeland Security
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Coast Guard isin the Department of Homeland Security
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
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The entire post is beyond stupid, divorced from facts, and a parody of "the immigrant stole your cookie"-ism," but I want to call out "groceries cost too much" as one particular stupidity.
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The entire post is beyond stupid, divorced from facts, and a parody of "the immigrant stole your cookie"-ism," but I want to call out "groceries cost too much" as one particular stupidity.
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
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Not backing down. Good. Media needs to treat this like the insane and dangerous threat it is
Statement from Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan:
"Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity"
Statement from Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan:
"Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity"
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not backing down. Good. Media needs to treat this like the insane and dangerous threat it is
Statement from Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan:
"Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity"
Statement from Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan:
"Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity"
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Extremely sobering new data from @immcouncil.org on what's going on in immigration court. The tl;dr is get a lawyer! Going unrepresented in immigration court increases the chances someone will be deported by leaps and bounds. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immig...
Where Can You Win in Immigration Court? - American Immigration Council
Using immigration court data this report examines the role of legal representation in shaping outcomes in immigration court proceedings.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Extremely sobering new data from @immcouncil.org on what's going on in immigration court. The tl;dr is get a lawyer! Going unrepresented in immigration court increases the chances someone will be deported by leaps and bounds. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immig...
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If you've ever taken an oath that included "against all enemies, foreign and domestic"? Donald Trump is going out of his way to make it clear that he is a domestic enemy of the U.S. Constitution and the American people.
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you've ever taken an oath that included "against all enemies, foreign and domestic"? Donald Trump is going out of his way to make it clear that he is a domestic enemy of the U.S. Constitution and the American people.
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As @people.com reported yesterday, more than 30,000 children in just one North Carolina district alone skipped class on Monday due to immigration raids: people.com/more-than-30...
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As @people.com reported yesterday, more than 30,000 children in just one North Carolina district alone skipped class on Monday due to immigration raids: people.com/more-than-30...
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New ORR rules are reshaping the family reunification process - & not for the better - by demanding increasingly invasive & burdensome documentation even when reunification is clearly in a child’s best interests. The result: prolonged custody for children who have loving family ready to receive them.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New ORR rules are reshaping the family reunification process - & not for the better - by demanding increasingly invasive & burdensome documentation even when reunification is clearly in a child’s best interests. The result: prolonged custody for children who have loving family ready to receive them.
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one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
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You can read my reporting on the NC raids today. People of course are terrified, with many undocumented & mixed-status families staying home or otherwise laying low. But all around them community organizers, educators, faith leaders, and local residents are mobilizing to help. It is deeply moving.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You can read my reporting on the NC raids today. People of course are terrified, with many undocumented & mixed-status families staying home or otherwise laying low. But all around them community organizers, educators, faith leaders, and local residents are mobilizing to help. It is deeply moving.
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Probably second only to nukes are the long-tail risks of playing with the Fed.
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Probably second only to nukes are the long-tail risks of playing with the Fed.
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A lot of ink will surely be spilled in the coming decades about why the US voting public took a look at the strongest Covid-recovery economy in the world and decided to drag it behind the shed, but it probably boils down to the stupidest possible answer, which is that no one understands anything
Probably second only to nukes are the long-tail risks of playing with the Fed.
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A lot of ink will surely be spilled in the coming decades about why the US voting public took a look at the strongest Covid-recovery economy in the world and decided to drag it behind the shed, but it probably boils down to the stupidest possible answer, which is that no one understands anything
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Eswatini says it received $5.1M from the U.S. to accept deportees under a quiet third-country deal. Only 15 men have been flown in, now held without charge as courts review the detentions. Even the finance minister says he wasn’t told.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees
Trump administration struck largely secretive deals with at least five African countries to accept migrants
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Eswatini says it received $5.1M from the U.S. to accept deportees under a quiet third-country deal. Only 15 men have been flown in, now held without charge as courts review the detentions. Even the finance minister says he wasn’t told.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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As the NY Times reported this weekend, ICE has drastically reduced its sex trafficking investigations, and I guess at least one ICE employee may have seen an opportunity. Note it was the locals who arrested him.
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As the NY Times reported this weekend, ICE has drastically reduced its sex trafficking investigations, and I guess at least one ICE employee may have seen an opportunity. Note it was the locals who arrested him.
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“North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein condemned the raids across the state on X on Monday night.”
“Stop targeting people simply going about their lives because of the color of their skin, as you are doing in Charlotte,” Gov. Stein wrote.
“Stop targeting people simply going about their lives because of the color of their skin, as you are doing in Charlotte,” Gov. Stein wrote.
“A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17.”
"WBTV noted that 31% of the student population in the area identifies as Hispanic, per data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
"WBTV noted that 31% of the student population in the area identifies as Hispanic, per data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
More Than 30,000 Students in One North Carolina School District Skipped Class on Monday amid ICE Raids
More than 30,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County reportedly did not attend school on Monday, Nov. 17. This comes as ICE conducted raids in Charlotte, N.C., over the weekend, arresting more th...
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein condemned the raids across the state on X on Monday night.”
“Stop targeting people simply going about their lives because of the color of their skin, as you are doing in Charlotte,” Gov. Stein wrote.
“Stop targeting people simply going about their lives because of the color of their skin, as you are doing in Charlotte,” Gov. Stein wrote.
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Faith leaders offering “moral clarity and sharp contrast” against mass deportation
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Faith leaders offering “moral clarity and sharp contrast” against mass deportation
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
americasvoice.org/press_releas...
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BREAKING: After a relentless two-week legal fight, our incredible legal team secured the release of Mr. Carlos Chalco, a blind Ecuadorean New Yorker who had been unjustly detained in isolation by ICE.
We celebrate this win and continue the fight to ensure the release of our clients.
¡Sí se puede!
We celebrate this win and continue the fight to ensure the release of our clients.
¡Sí se puede!
ICE Frees Blind Migrant Who Was Detained for Days in Isolation
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
BREAKING: After a relentless two-week legal fight, our incredible legal team secured the release of Mr. Carlos Chalco, a blind Ecuadorean New Yorker who had been unjustly detained in isolation by ICE.
We celebrate this win and continue the fight to ensure the release of our clients.
¡Sí se puede!
We celebrate this win and continue the fight to ensure the release of our clients.
¡Sí se puede!
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300 federal agents stormed a Chicago apartment complex, rappelling from helicopters, zip-tying people, and parading them in front of cameras.
They arrested 37 people. But no one was charged with a crime.
ICE doesn’t protect our communities — it tears them apart.
https://bit.ly/3JVVlPx
They arrested 37 people. But no one was charged with a crime.
ICE doesn’t protect our communities — it tears them apart.
https://bit.ly/3JVVlPx
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
300 federal agents stormed a Chicago apartment complex, rappelling from helicopters, zip-tying people, and parading them in front of cameras.
They arrested 37 people. But no one was charged with a crime.
ICE doesn’t protect our communities — it tears them apart.
https://bit.ly/3JVVlPx
They arrested 37 people. But no one was charged with a crime.
ICE doesn’t protect our communities — it tears them apart.
https://bit.ly/3JVVlPx
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E.B. White's granddaughter condemns the use of "Charlotte's Web" in association with immigration enforcement operations in NC.
“[My grandfather] certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces w/o IDs or summons... He didn’t condone fear-mongering.”
“[My grandfather] certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces w/o IDs or summons... He didn’t condone fear-mongering.”
'Charlotte’s Web' Author's Granddaughter Slams Trump Administration for Naming Latest Immigration Operation After the Kids Book
Martha White, the granddaughter of author E.B. White, is speaking out after the title of her grandfather's novel 'Charlotte's Web' was used in association with recent immigration enforcement operation...
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
E.B. White's granddaughter condemns the use of "Charlotte's Web" in association with immigration enforcement operations in NC.
“[My grandfather] certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces w/o IDs or summons... He didn’t condone fear-mongering.”
“[My grandfather] certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces w/o IDs or summons... He didn’t condone fear-mongering.”