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Lubna

@lubna2016.myatproto.social

I’m exhausted and heartbroken admitting this I can’t afford my child Naser’s treatment.I wake up every day carrying fear watching his condition worsen while I do everything I can
This isn’t about pride anymore it’s about survival
If you can help or share please don’t scroll past
tinyurl.com/yr6wm9tr

January 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM

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molly conger

@socialistdogmom.bsky.social

ICE abducted a man in minneapolis on january 6. by january 14, he was dead in a concentration camp in texas.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.

Man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under federal agency's custody in Texas

A 36-year-old man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died while under the custody of federal law enforcement in Texas on Wednesday, according to the agency.

www.cbsnews.com

January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM

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Terrill Tailfeathers

@terrilltf.bsky.social

Hey Bluesky. This one is urgent. This weekend I’m helping a Native person with disabilities on limited income in Calgary raise funds for their late rent after the holidays. Two grandchildren in the household. They’re short $450 please help through my PayPal/Etransfer tgtf1972@gmail.com

January 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM

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Daniel Suitor

@danielsuitor.com

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss

Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son

www.gofundme.com

January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM

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Luke O'Neil

@lukeoneil47.bsky.social

This is what many of us have been saying for years now, that the Israeli genocide is the same thing as cops in the US is the same thing as cops anywhere. Israel and the US in a closed feedback loop testing the boundaries and giving each other permission back and forth, liberal and conservative alike

Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · Oct 5

This is my blood

January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM

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Alexander Lucard

@alexanderlucard.bsky.social

Cat owner kidnapped by ICE. Cats need a place to land. Can anyone step up? Cats are in the Baltimore area.

June 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM

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Eoin Higgins

@eoinhiggins.bsky.social

Must be nice to be able to go to a hospital and get treatment without fearing that it will be bombed to ground or that the doctors will be summarily executed

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 18

Former President Biden was diagnosed Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

Former President Biden is looking ahead, wearing a suit. A headline reads: "Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer." Photo by Erin Schaff/The New York Times.

May 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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Eli Valley

@elivalley.bsky.social

Shabbat Shalom! Also here's hoping everybody who advocates the kidnapping, imprisonment, torture, and disappearance of people for writing op-eds are gone from among the living במהרה בימינו

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · May 9

Rümeysa Öztürk officially freed from ICE detention.

(Photo from Rümeysa’s legal team)

May 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM

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Prem Thakker ツ

@premthakker.bsky.social

BREAKING: A freedom
flotilla that was on its way to bring aid to Gaza was just reportedly attacked by drones in international waters and is on fire, with a breach in the hull.

Ship is reportedly near Malta.

May 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb

@nkalamb.bsky.social

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.

An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."

The other said, "Take him anyway."

So they did.

Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'”

That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.

April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM

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“james adomian”

@jadomian.bsky.social

“ELON vs. RFK Jr.”

@jadomian.bsky.social @therealtony.bsky.social

#elonmusk #jamesadomian #rfkjr #anthonyatamanuik #sxsw

April 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM

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𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍™

@devononearth.bsky.social

Exactly one year ago, 25 year old US Airman Aaron Bushnell took his own life by self-immolation in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. Rest in Power, brother. I didnt know you in life, but I will never stop thinking about the strength, resolve, and compassion you showed in death

February 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM

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Jeremy Scahill

@jeremyscahill.com

⚡️Five Israel military reservists have been indicted for the torture of a Palestinian held at Sde Teiman prison. Read the description of their actions from the Israeli indictment and remember the riots staged by Israelis supporting the soldiers who raped the Palestinian man. 🔽

As the soldiers searched the detainee, the other reservists stood around him to create a barrier between them and the other detainees in the facility. The indictment said that at that moment, two of the accused held the detainee up against the wall by his shackled hands, then dropped him to the ground.

“For 15 minutes, the accused kicked the detainee, stomped on him, stood on his body, hit him and pushed him all over his body, including with clubs, dragged his body along the ground, and used a taser gun on him, including on his head,” the indictment alleged.

During the assault, the blindfold came off the detainee, and moments later one of the soldiers “stabbed the detainee in his buttock with a sharp object” close to his anus, which caused an internal tear in his rectal wall.

The indictment said the detainee cried in pain during the assault.

The reservists then took the detainee back to his mattress, hiding his bleeding using his shirt. Only an hour later after the detainee complained about difficulty breathing and a headache, detention facility officials noticed that he was bleeding heavily, and he was taken to a hospital.

The detainee suffered multiple traumatic wounds as a result of the beating, including seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, a tear in his rectum, and injuries all over his body, the indictment said.

February 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

@ebonyteach.blacksky.app

Her story has shaken up metro Detroit. It's very cold up here and she didn't get the help she needed even after calling the city and multiple agencies.

She, her mom, and her kids slept in a van. Ran out of gas.

Her 9 year old & 2 year old died from hypothermia.

I can't stop thinking about her. 💔

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · Feb 12

“I regret having to sleep out there so bad. I tell them, ‘I’m sorry, but I tried.’”

These kids deserved our protection. This mother deserves our protection. We are collectively failing one another.