Heather Dalmage
@heatherdal.bsky.social
Sociologist. #WaterIsLife. Laughter, beauty, critical dialogue and connection. Hope is a discipline. We must not comply. Do something.
My god
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
My god
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What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
Really? The most? I would replace embarrassing with shameful and go out on a limb— colonization followed by slavery, many wars, burning of women at the stake and so many more — outdo this petty tyrant.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Really? The most? I would replace embarrassing with shameful and go out on a limb— colonization followed by slavery, many wars, burning of women at the stake and so many more — outdo this petty tyrant.
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Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
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Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.
October 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.
Fascists' disdain for humans and humanity leads to so much suffering.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fascists' disdain for humans and humanity leads to so much suffering.
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Following the Charlie Kirk killing, Stephen Miller said, he and the Administration "would do what it takes" to punish the radical left for Kirk's killing. (they were not responsible) He said they could use RICO or conspiracy charges. It’s clear that Miller just wanted a pretext to go after them.
September 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Following the Charlie Kirk killing, Stephen Miller said, he and the Administration "would do what it takes" to punish the radical left for Kirk's killing. (they were not responsible) He said they could use RICO or conspiracy charges. It’s clear that Miller just wanted a pretext to go after them.
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WE ARE NOT THE SAME!
Stephen Miller said that Kirk's last message to him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the US and he will make this happen in Kirk's name. Right extremists were responsible for 75% of all extremist murders in the US from 2013 till now. 🤨
Stephen Miller said that Kirk's last message to him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the US and he will make this happen in Kirk's name. Right extremists were responsible for 75% of all extremist murders in the US from 2013 till now. 🤨
September 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
WE ARE NOT THE SAME!
Stephen Miller said that Kirk's last message to him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the US and he will make this happen in Kirk's name. Right extremists were responsible for 75% of all extremist murders in the US from 2013 till now. 🤨
Stephen Miller said that Kirk's last message to him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the US and he will make this happen in Kirk's name. Right extremists were responsible for 75% of all extremist murders in the US from 2013 till now. 🤨
I don’t appreciate the conflation of liberal and left - it lacks acknowledgment of foundational differences. Do liberals care when they are called left? How do conservatives feel about the media use of “conservative” when referring to right wing nationalists? Is there a foundational difference?
September 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I don’t appreciate the conflation of liberal and left - it lacks acknowledgment of foundational differences. Do liberals care when they are called left? How do conservatives feel about the media use of “conservative” when referring to right wing nationalists? Is there a foundational difference?
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The Justice Department is compiling the largest set of national voter roll data it has ever collected. They claim their goal is to prove that “troves of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally.” That’s not the real objective.
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Justice Department is compiling the largest set of national voter roll data it has ever collected. They claim their goal is to prove that “troves of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally.” That’s not the real objective.
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"Evidently China is farther along in its project than I realized, because Xi has reached the point where he no longer humors Trump. Which means that the Chinese believe America’s decline is terminal."
The Saddest Little Dictator
Trump is so weak that Xi Jinping doesn’t even feel the need to manipulate him anymore. Meanwhile the rest of the world is moving on from America too.
www.thebulwark.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Evidently China is farther along in its project than I realized, because Xi has reached the point where he no longer humors Trump. Which means that the Chinese believe America’s decline is terminal."
Reposted by Heather Dalmage
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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March, has been released from criminal custody and is on his way to join his family in Maryland, his lawyers said in a statement on Friday. nyti.ms/4fRCh0r
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March, has been released from criminal custody and is on his way to join his family in Maryland, his lawyers said in a statement on Friday. nyti.ms/4fRCh0r
The lack of empathy leads to the so much global misery.
I wish they could go to an uninhabited planet, we can call it: EgoInterestial. They can prey on each other. Leave the rest of us alone to heal humanity and the planet.
I wish they could go to an uninhabited planet, we can call it: EgoInterestial. They can prey on each other. Leave the rest of us alone to heal humanity and the planet.
Welcome to the Overlord Effect: private spaceflight helps those stuck on Earth realize how small & insignificant we are compared to those really in charge.
Corrupt Trump crony buys a ride.
Makes you feel included in the grand adventure of space exploration?
🧪🔭
www.geekwire.com/2025/crypto-...
Corrupt Trump crony buys a ride.
Makes you feel included in the grand adventure of space exploration?
🧪🔭
www.geekwire.com/2025/crypto-...
Controversial crypto billionaire is finally cleared to take his $28M trip on Blue Origin’s rocket ship
Four years after he put in a $28 million bid for a space trip, crypto billionaire Justin Sun is due to fly on Blue Origin's next mission.
www.geekwire.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The lack of empathy leads to the so much global misery.
I wish they could go to an uninhabited planet, we can call it: EgoInterestial. They can prey on each other. Leave the rest of us alone to heal humanity and the planet.
I wish they could go to an uninhabited planet, we can call it: EgoInterestial. They can prey on each other. Leave the rest of us alone to heal humanity and the planet.
The story here is that HE spoke up about the erasure of a woman -- a woman that did more and before. Thanks for that, Dr. Poisner.
From @theathletic.com: Dr. Alan Poisner is 90 years old and a competitive racewalker who has won multiple gold medals and set records in his age group. "If you’re doing something you’re passionate about, that’s great for you; you can do it for a lifetime." https://trib.al/OOpyafF
July 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The story here is that HE spoke up about the erasure of a woman -- a woman that did more and before. Thanks for that, Dr. Poisner.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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Pretty sure America just went to war because nobody liked Donald Trump's military parade.
June 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Pretty sure America just went to war because nobody liked Donald Trump's military parade.
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I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.
June 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.
Some beauty — I need a pause on the ongoing horrors. I need to fill my eyes with gorgeous clouds. #CloudSky #BreakFromUpsideWorld
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Some beauty — I need a pause on the ongoing horrors. I need to fill my eyes with gorgeous clouds. #CloudSky #BreakFromUpsideWorld