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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
Gobbled. Wobbled.
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Gobbled. Wobbled.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
County appointments, a surprise retirement, fresh candidate announcements, and a little speculation. Full breakdown on the blog.
Local Politics Update for Onondaga County: Key Votes, Open Seats, and Election Speculation — Elect Maurice Brown
Stay updated on Syracuse and Onondaga County politics, including board
appointments, district vacancies, new campaign launches, and early chatter
about the 2026 election cycle.
www.electmauricebrown.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
County appointments, a surprise retirement, fresh candidate announcements, and a little speculation. Full breakdown on the blog.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.
July 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
I don't care if Clinton is in the Epstein files.
I don't care if Obama or Biden are in the Epstein files.
I don't care if any other Democrats are in the Epstein files.
Because I'm not in a cult. I want accountability. It's that simple.
Release the Epstein files.
I don't care if Obama or Biden are in the Epstein files.
I don't care if any other Democrats are in the Epstein files.
Because I'm not in a cult. I want accountability. It's that simple.
Release the Epstein files.
July 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I don't care if Clinton is in the Epstein files.
I don't care if Obama or Biden are in the Epstein files.
I don't care if any other Democrats are in the Epstein files.
Because I'm not in a cult. I want accountability. It's that simple.
Release the Epstein files.
I don't care if Obama or Biden are in the Epstein files.
I don't care if any other Democrats are in the Epstein files.
Because I'm not in a cult. I want accountability. It's that simple.
Release the Epstein files.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
Mosquitos aside, camping outdoors is one of great things about summer in CNY. 🏕️
But what if you don’t have a patch of grass nearby to pitch a tent? Or what if you’ve never even tried to pitch a tent?
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov has your back.
But what if you don’t have a patch of grass nearby to pitch a tent? Or what if you’ve never even tried to pitch a tent?
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov has your back.
Never slept in a tent? Sign up for free camping weekend at select NY State parks
Progam in its seventh year
www.thisiscny.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Mosquitos aside, camping outdoors is one of great things about summer in CNY. 🏕️
But what if you don’t have a patch of grass nearby to pitch a tent? Or what if you’ve never even tried to pitch a tent?
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov has your back.
But what if you don’t have a patch of grass nearby to pitch a tent? Or what if you’ve never even tried to pitch a tent?
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov has your back.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
Trump promised not to cut Medicaid and his signature legislation cuts Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion.
June 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trump promised not to cut Medicaid and his signature legislation cuts Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
“Democracy will only continue to thrive as long as patriotic Americans — including state and local officials of all parties — defend it,” Debbie Cox Bultan and @davidpepperoh.bsky.social write.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/as-r...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/as-r...
As Republicans Attack Elections, State & Local Officials Must Defend Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Democracy will only continue to thrive as long as patriotic Americans — including state and local officials of all parties — defend it,” Debbie Cox Bultan and @davidpepperoh.bsky.social write.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/as-r...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/as-r...
I'm attending New York State AFL-CIO's event, “Federal Fight Back Phone Bank!” - sign up now to join me! #DPWL www.mobilize.us/nysaflcio/ev...
Federal Fight Back Phone Bank! · New York State AFL-CIO
Join us for a scale to win zoom bank to call union members in New York and let them know what is at stake in the proposed republican reconciliation bill. The good news is that you can help stop this! ...
www.mobilize.us
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I'm attending New York State AFL-CIO's event, “Federal Fight Back Phone Bank!” - sign up now to join me! #DPWL www.mobilize.us/nysaflcio/ev...
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
Completely despicable actions by DHS, having Sen Alex Padilla being forcibly taken down. Why is @SecNoem afraid of answering questions?
Even more Americans will now righteously exercise the right to protest.
More will righteously monitor ICE.
WE. WILL. NOT. BE. INTIMIDATED.
Even more Americans will now righteously exercise the right to protest.
More will righteously monitor ICE.
WE. WILL. NOT. BE. INTIMIDATED.
June 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Completely despicable actions by DHS, having Sen Alex Padilla being forcibly taken down. Why is @SecNoem afraid of answering questions?
Even more Americans will now righteously exercise the right to protest.
More will righteously monitor ICE.
WE. WILL. NOT. BE. INTIMIDATED.
Even more Americans will now righteously exercise the right to protest.
More will righteously monitor ICE.
WE. WILL. NOT. BE. INTIMIDATED.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
Norm refers to Padilla as “this man” and claims he didn’t identify himself
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Norm refers to Padilla as “this man” and claims he didn’t identify himself
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
This is not hard. Every Republican member of Congress should join Democrats in condemning this administration’s vicious arrest of Sen Padilla. “A Republic if you can keep it” is now.
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is not hard. Every Republican member of Congress should join Democrats in condemning this administration’s vicious arrest of Sen Padilla. “A Republic if you can keep it” is now.
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Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
NEW: Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows:
• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;
• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;
• 6 of those were violent crimes.
• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;
• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;
• 6 of those were violent crimes.
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NEW: Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows:
• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;
• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;
• 6 of those were violent crimes.
• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;
• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;
• 6 of those were violent crimes.
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
I'm also sick of calling congress but please do it this time:
🔥🚨🔥 The House could put the Big Bullshit Bill on the floor as soon as *tomorrow* (Weds) after tonight's final 1am committee meeting.
It's crunch time. Flood the phones.
⚡️📞⚡️ Info, numbers, and call scripts @ 5calls.org
It's crunch time. Flood the phones.
⚡️📞⚡️ Info, numbers, and call scripts @ 5calls.org
May 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm also sick of calling congress but please do it this time:
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation
May 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation
Reposted by Heather Allison Waters
NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
April 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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From a guy who used to work there: Rachel is a remarkable person and the best TV news talent there is. If she says something is fucked up, it is. Getting rid of Joy, who dared to see through this fascism bullshit years ago and had the gall of occasionally being funny about it, is dumb.
Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.
February 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From a guy who used to work there: Rachel is a remarkable person and the best TV news talent there is. If she says something is fucked up, it is. Getting rid of Joy, who dared to see through this fascism bullshit years ago and had the gall of occasionally being funny about it, is dumb.
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“The budget proposal introduced by House Republicans — which will slash funding for Medicaid, food assistance and other vital services to fund tax breaks for the wealthy — is a cruel reminder of where our country is under this new Administration.” April Verrett, SEIU President
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February 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“The budget proposal introduced by House Republicans — which will slash funding for Medicaid, food assistance and other vital services to fund tax breaks for the wealthy — is a cruel reminder of where our country is under this new Administration.” April Verrett, SEIU President
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This is beyond pseudohistory, it’s dangerous. Pure fascism.
It is a FACT that Stonewall, riots that changed LGBTQ rights globally, would not have happened without the lead of trans & non-binary people. To erase them, in this way, is despicable, cowardly & to appease Nazism.
It is a FACT that Stonewall, riots that changed LGBTQ rights globally, would not have happened without the lead of trans & non-binary people. To erase them, in this way, is despicable, cowardly & to appease Nazism.
I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
February 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is beyond pseudohistory, it’s dangerous. Pure fascism.
It is a FACT that Stonewall, riots that changed LGBTQ rights globally, would not have happened without the lead of trans & non-binary people. To erase them, in this way, is despicable, cowardly & to appease Nazism.
It is a FACT that Stonewall, riots that changed LGBTQ rights globally, would not have happened without the lead of trans & non-binary people. To erase them, in this way, is despicable, cowardly & to appease Nazism.