Kristen
@kristen-s.bsky.social
Social worker. Dog mom. Friend. Philly. Political nerd. WBB fan. Pro- democracy, LGBTQIA+, women, education. Consultant. Mostly want to balance my outrage scrolling with cute dog pics. She/her
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
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This, from @rexhuppke.bsky.social, is brilliantly savage.
I'm a crypto bro who throws sex toys at WNBA games. Why am I so lonely? | Opinion
I'm a dude who loves cryptocurrency and throwing sex toys onto the court at WNBA games, and for the life of me I can't figure out why I'm so lonely.
www.usatoday.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This, from @rexhuppke.bsky.social, is brilliantly savage.
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Andry Hernandez Romero, a make-up artist from Venezuela who sought asylum in the U.S., was sent to a megaprison in El Salvador because of his tattoos, his lawyers say. NBC News' David Noriega spoke to Hernandez's family, who says they have not heard from him since.
July 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Andry Hernandez Romero, a make-up artist from Venezuela who sought asylum in the U.S., was sent to a megaprison in El Salvador because of his tattoos, his lawyers say. NBC News' David Noriega spoke to Hernandez's family, who says they have not heard from him since.
Where is he?
Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
July 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Where is he?
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A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care.
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner
ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.
nashvillebanner.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care.
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.
This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
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How do they get away with this? The bill they passed cuts Medicaid by $793 BILLION.
$793 BILLION.
It's in the bill. They wrote it. Their own budget office says 10 million people will lose Medicaid coverage.
Just wild.
$793 BILLION.
It's in the bill. They wrote it. Their own budget office says 10 million people will lose Medicaid coverage.
Just wild.
Mike Johnson brazenly lies: "We are not cutting Medicaid. The president has said that and I have said that. We're all said that. We're strengthening the program."
June 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How do they get away with this? The bill they passed cuts Medicaid by $793 BILLION.
$793 BILLION.
It's in the bill. They wrote it. Their own budget office says 10 million people will lose Medicaid coverage.
Just wild.
$793 BILLION.
It's in the bill. They wrote it. Their own budget office says 10 million people will lose Medicaid coverage.
Just wild.
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One side is an unlawfully masked, unbadged secret police rounding and arresting law-abiding essential workers to prop up a fascist regime
The other side is citizens resisting an unjust government, just as MLK taught us to do.
I am 100% on the side of the American people against ICE. Who's with me?
The other side is citizens resisting an unjust government, just as MLK taught us to do.
I am 100% on the side of the American people against ICE. Who's with me?
June 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
One side is an unlawfully masked, unbadged secret police rounding and arresting law-abiding essential workers to prop up a fascist regime
The other side is citizens resisting an unjust government, just as MLK taught us to do.
I am 100% on the side of the American people against ICE. Who's with me?
The other side is citizens resisting an unjust government, just as MLK taught us to do.
I am 100% on the side of the American people against ICE. Who's with me?
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Steve Madden comes with the receipts on why tariffs do not work.
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Steve Madden comes with the receipts on why tariffs do not work.
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Trades by government officials informed by nonpublic information learned through work could violate the law. But cases against government officials are legally challenging, and in recent years judges have largely narrowed what constitutes illegal insider trading.
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market…
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May 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Trades by government officials informed by nonpublic information learned through work could violate the law. But cases against government officials are legally challenging, and in recent years judges have largely narrowed what constitutes illegal insider trading.
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House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
Adriana Smith’s family deserves to grieve, and she deserves to rest in peace. Instead she’s a government-ordered incubator of a nonviable fetus and will be for the next 30 torturous weeks. This is cruel.
May 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Adriana Smith’s family deserves to grieve, and she deserves to rest in peace. Instead she’s a government-ordered incubator of a nonviable fetus and will be for the next 30 torturous weeks. This is cruel.
Complicit, including my senator, Dave McCormick @davemccormick.bsky.social
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
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May 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Complicit, including my senator, Dave McCormick @davemccormick.bsky.social
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In Reagan's 1980s, America had just 35 undocumented immigrants behind bars. Today, nearly 48,000 sit in squalid detention, many thrown there by a mask-wearing U.S. secret police that smashes homes, cars and violates human rights
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Human rights nightmares show ‘the crazies’ who wanted to abolish ICE were right | Will Bunch
The nightly parade of horror stories about an American secret police proves the current system is broken beyond repair.
www.inquirer.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In Reagan's 1980s, America had just 35 undocumented immigrants behind bars. Today, nearly 48,000 sit in squalid detention, many thrown there by a mask-wearing U.S. secret police that smashes homes, cars and violates human rights
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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At least 2 people—29 and 44 yo—have died while detained at Krome ICE prison near Miami.
The facility is so overcrowded people are sleeping in the bathrooms: “Their faces are literally under the toilet.”
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The facility is so overcrowded people are sleeping in the bathrooms: “Their faces are literally under the toilet.”
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
April 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
At least 2 people—29 and 44 yo—have died while detained at Krome ICE prison near Miami.
The facility is so overcrowded people are sleeping in the bathrooms: “Their faces are literally under the toilet.”
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
The facility is so overcrowded people are sleeping in the bathrooms: “Their faces are literally under the toilet.”
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
Thank you, Senator Booker!!!
@booker.senate.gov has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 20 HOURS and counting.
#RESPECT
#RESPECT
April 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thank you, Senator Booker!!!
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BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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Just do your best! Don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good ☀️
March 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Just do your best! Don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good ☀️
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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
March 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
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Zero due process.
This is the first 60 seconds of a propaganda video the president shared of accused “Venezuelan gang members” being taken to El Salvador.
Hard to watch, but we should all see what is being done in our name.
This is the first 60 seconds of a propaganda video the president shared of accused “Venezuelan gang members” being taken to El Salvador.
Hard to watch, but we should all see what is being done in our name.
March 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Zero due process.
This is the first 60 seconds of a propaganda video the president shared of accused “Venezuelan gang members” being taken to El Salvador.
Hard to watch, but we should all see what is being done in our name.
This is the first 60 seconds of a propaganda video the president shared of accused “Venezuelan gang members” being taken to El Salvador.
Hard to watch, but we should all see what is being done in our name.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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One of these things is not like the others
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of these things is not like the others
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
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Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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