Heather Ure
@heatherure.bsky.social
neurodivergent femme-writer-mom-still hopeful, yes.
TW: torture
"Individuals are put in the ‘box’, their hands are shackled and their feet are attached to restraints on the ground. They are unable to sit down or move positions, and are forced to remain there for hours in the heat with hardly any water or protection from the sun, heat and insects."
USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie...
www.amnesty.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
TW: torture
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🚨BREAKING: Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted 6–3 to advance a controversial mid-decade redistricting bill that would all but guarantee the GOP wins all nine of the state’s congressional seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Indiana Senate Committee Advances Trump-Demanded Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
🚨BREAKING: Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted 6–3 to advance a controversial mid-decade redistricting bill that would all but guarantee the GOP wins all nine of the state’s congressional seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Did MAGA forget their "reason for the season?"
Massachusetts Catholic Church Angers Conservatives With Its Brutal ICE-Themed Nativity Scene
www.comicsands.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Did MAGA forget their "reason for the season?"
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Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
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WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
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Sure, sure — right before we all get crammed into our Economy Minus seats on the plane with no AC, let’s have all the midlife crisis dudes work up a good sweat.
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Sure, sure — right before we all get crammed into our Economy Minus seats on the plane with no AC, let’s have all the midlife crisis dudes work up a good sweat.
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ICE in Burnsville, MN followed a family home, broke down their door, and abducted 4 of them at gunpoint including the parents of a 7 year old and the husband of a pregnant woman. All of this occurred without a warrant for a home owned by a US citizen. (12/6/25)
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
ICE in Burnsville, MN followed a family home, broke down their door, and abducted 4 of them at gunpoint including the parents of a 7 year old and the husband of a pregnant woman. All of this occurred without a warrant for a home owned by a US citizen. (12/6/25)
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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This is the Tufts PhD student who seized by masked agents on the street and jailed for two months because she wrote an op-ed calling for the school to divest from Israel.
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the Tufts PhD student who seized by masked agents on the street and jailed for two months because she wrote an op-ed calling for the school to divest from Israel.
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More than a third of the 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories, according to new data. #SpeakUP www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
More than a third of the 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories, according to new data. #SpeakUP www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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John Fetterman insults Jasmine Crockett on day one of her campaign.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
John Fetterman insults Jasmine Crockett on day one of her campaign.
lol
Trump email: “…the steady compass of Faith has guided my hands through it all.”
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
lol
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In Minneapolis, Minnesota, ICE goons were observed pulling over individuals, abducting them, and stealing their cars and personal belongings on 12/6/25
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, ICE goons were observed pulling over individuals, abducting them, and stealing their cars and personal belongings on 12/6/25
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To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
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To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 22 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing at least 87 people. https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
All the U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats
The U.S. military has killed dozens of people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
www.pbs.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 22 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing at least 87 people. https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
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Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
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I have such contempt for the lickspittles in the WH press corps who sit by passively while he does this to their colleagues.
And for what? The privilege of allowing him to lie to you every day?
And for what? The privilege of allowing him to lie to you every day?
I've reached out to ABC News and parent company Disney for comment about Trump abusing reporter Rachel Scott, a Black woman journalist, calling her "obnoxious" and "a terrible reporter."
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I have such contempt for the lickspittles in the WH press corps who sit by passively while he does this to their colleagues.
And for what? The privilege of allowing him to lie to you every day?
And for what? The privilege of allowing him to lie to you every day?
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“The President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is personally involved as his PE firm, Affinity Partners, is part of Paramount's bid. As a reminder, Paramount is currently owned by friend to and supporter of Donald Trump, Larry Ellison.”
www.linkedin.com/posts/bryson...
www.linkedin.com/posts/bryson...
The law firms behind the biggest media deal of the year:
Netflix just announced its $72 billion accepted bid for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Studios (including HBO), and of course, behind the… | B...
The law firms behind the biggest media deal of the year:
Netflix just announced its $72 billion accepted bid for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Studios (including HBO), and of course, behind the scen...
www.linkedin.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“The President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is personally involved as his PE firm, Affinity Partners, is part of Paramount's bid. As a reminder, Paramount is currently owned by friend to and supporter of Donald Trump, Larry Ellison.”
www.linkedin.com/posts/bryson...
www.linkedin.com/posts/bryson...
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Grifting is his singular talent.
“Confirm Check Here”— Trump Sent Another Shady Tariff Rebate Email
Trump’s fundraising message redirects those who click to a donation page
meidasnews.com/news/confirm...
Trump’s fundraising message redirects those who click to a donation page
meidasnews.com/news/confirm...
“Confirm Check Here”— Trump Sent Another Shady Tariff Rebate Email
Trump’s fundraising message redirects those who click to a donation page
meidasnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Grifting is his singular talent.
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
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Around 400 horses were in attendance, the Archdiocese of Chicago estimated. That’s hundreds fewer than in previous years.
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Faithful honor Mexican patroness in Guadalupe horse pilgrimage, but numbers lower after ICE raids
Mexican Catholics on horseback gathered in Northbrook to ride to the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in Des Plaines for her feast day.
trib.al
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Around 400 horses were in attendance, the Archdiocese of Chicago estimated. That’s hundreds fewer than in previous years.
trib.al/3qDBSOP
trib.al/3qDBSOP
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Trump: "I say that our soybeans -- I told this to President Xi -- our soybeans are more nutritious than competitors. Somebody said, 'Is that a Trump statement, or is that real?' You know who asked me that question? President Xi. But that's what I hear."
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump: "I say that our soybeans -- I told this to President Xi -- our soybeans are more nutritious than competitors. Somebody said, 'Is that a Trump statement, or is that real?' You know who asked me that question? President Xi. But that's what I hear."