Lysi Mache
@lsanger-blinn.bsky.social
Adoptee post-reunion, social worker, ancestral investigator (genealogy/context/storytelling).
Equity, justice, and empathy for all.
Equity, justice, and empathy for all.
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I'm a human rights lawyer. I have represented immigrants & asylum seekers my entire career.
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids
Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors
qasimrashid.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm a human rights lawyer. I have represented immigrants & asylum seekers my entire career.
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
As you see ICE increase its attacks on immigrants, here are steps you as a US citizen can take to be an ally & protect immigrants from ICE and CBP absue. (No paywall)
qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
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“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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Chicago is standing alongside 30 communities nationwide in reaffirming that everyone belongs. We are proud that @chicago-city.bsky.social is part of this national movement! #ImmigrantHeritageMonth #YouBelong
June 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Chicago is standing alongside 30 communities nationwide in reaffirming that everyone belongs. We are proud that @chicago-city.bsky.social is part of this national movement! #ImmigrantHeritageMonth #YouBelong
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I was thinking about this tonight. They aren’t deporting violent criminals. They’re kidnapping people off the streets, most of whom are here legally. It is wrong and we need to speak out against it. It is home-grown terrorism.
June 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I was thinking about this tonight. They aren’t deporting violent criminals. They’re kidnapping people off the streets, most of whom are here legally. It is wrong and we need to speak out against it. It is home-grown terrorism.
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President Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power.
The Trump administration is putting people in LA in danger and undermines the democratic principle that the military should not police civilians.
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
The Trump administration is putting people in LA in danger and undermines the democratic principle that the military should not police civilians.
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
White House aide calls Los Angeles anti-ICE protests an 'insurrection'
Senior White House aide Stephen Miller on Saturday condemned protests in downtown Los Angeles against federal immigration raids as an "insurrection" against the United States.
www.reuters.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
President Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power.
The Trump administration is putting people in LA in danger and undermines the democratic principle that the military should not police civilians.
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
The Trump administration is putting people in LA in danger and undermines the democratic principle that the military should not police civilians.
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
CATO Institute Director of Immigration Studies
June 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX.
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX.
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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This was never about “protecting” college seats for US citizens. It has always been about fear—about sending a chilling message to undocumented youth that they are not welcome, no matter how long they’ve lived here, or how much they’ve already given back.
I Was an Undocumented Texas College Student. I’m Not Going Anywhere—and Neither Is Our Movement.
Lawmakers lacked the political courage for a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward’s path.
www.texasobserver.org
June 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This was never about “protecting” college seats for US citizens. It has always been about fear—about sending a chilling message to undocumented youth that they are not welcome, no matter how long they’ve lived here, or how much they’ve already given back.
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Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.
June 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.
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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Who are the Bambergers of our time? We need them!
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Who are the Bambergers of our time? We need them!
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I would once again like to point out, if you are really truly afraid of fascist infiltration then you have to plan your exit in a way that guarantees fascism won’t be allowed to take hold. The pope stacked his conclave with the people he wanted to move power after his death. Joe Biden did not.
Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has been critical of the president and his actions.
MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope's Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media
Donald Trump's supporters are not liking the social media of Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, which includes several posts critical of the president.
www.rollingstone.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I would once again like to point out, if you are really truly afraid of fascist infiltration then you have to plan your exit in a way that guarantees fascism won’t be allowed to take hold. The pope stacked his conclave with the people he wanted to move power after his death. Joe Biden did not.
More white babies.
Let's call this what it is.
🤬🤮🤬🤮🤬
Let's call this what it is.
🤬🤮🤬🤮🤬
Trump administration has shown signs of enthusiasm for a pronatalist agenda. DOGE head Elon Musk, a father of 14, posts regularly on social media about the need for Americans to have more babies; he has also promoted NatalCon on X.
Trump may soon offer a motherhood medal, an idea popularized in Nazi Germany
He wants to be known as the 'fertilization president.'
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
More white babies.
Let's call this what it is.
🤬🤮🤬🤮🤬
Let's call this what it is.
🤬🤮🤬🤮🤬
Thank you ProPublica!
People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
www.propublica.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Thank you ProPublica!
Couldn't have explained the root of my sadness at the death of Pope Francis any better. Thank you for this.
I do mourn Pope Francis. Though I’m no longer a practicing Catholic, my remaining tether was to the kind of faith he modeled, especially in his care for migrants, for refugees, for social justice, and against war and genocide.
Hope @zeets.bsky.social doesn’t mind my sharing this.
Hope @zeets.bsky.social doesn’t mind my sharing this.
April 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Couldn't have explained the root of my sadness at the death of Pope Francis any better. Thank you for this.
Proud as always to be a Bardian.
Asking yourself why an arguably small, often considered niche, liberal arts college has made such an immense impact? Because critical thinking matters. Because values matter. Because free societies matter.
#bardcollege #bardproud #bardian #aplacetothink
Asking yourself why an arguably small, often considered niche, liberal arts college has made such an immense impact? Because critical thinking matters. Because values matter. Because free societies matter.
#bardcollege #bardproud #bardian #aplacetothink
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare (Gift Article)
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Proud as always to be a Bardian.
Asking yourself why an arguably small, often considered niche, liberal arts college has made such an immense impact? Because critical thinking matters. Because values matter. Because free societies matter.
#bardcollege #bardproud #bardian #aplacetothink
Asking yourself why an arguably small, often considered niche, liberal arts college has made such an immense impact? Because critical thinking matters. Because values matter. Because free societies matter.
#bardcollege #bardproud #bardian #aplacetothink
Thanks so much for this.
If you want to know how the dismantlement of the US government is going, there’s a website for that.
www.project2025.observer
www.project2025.observer
April 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Thanks so much for this.
If you haven't tuned in yet, what are you waiting for?? Thank you again #SenatorBooker
Right now, Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor like a combination of Jimmy Stewart in "Mister Smith Goes to Washington" and Jerry Lewis in the last hours of his telethon. Compelling viewing! (On C-Span and Youtube)
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you haven't tuned in yet, what are you waiting for?? Thank you again #SenatorBooker
Thank you, Senator Booker. Use every mechanism left to center & uplift working class Americans. We're with you!
What am I watching? The Cory Booker show.
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Thank you, Senator Booker. Use every mechanism left to center & uplift working class Americans. We're with you!
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Listen to John Lithgow read Snyder’s ‘20 lessons on Tyranny’.
Do it.
Do it now.
Do it, so that you can prevent what is happening in the USA from happening in country.
What is happening in the USA is only the start of tyranny.
Without resistance, it’ll spread.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Do it.
Do it now.
Do it, so that you can prevent what is happening in the USA from happening in
What is happening in the USA is only the start of tyranny.
Without resistance, it’ll spread.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Listen to John Lithgow read Snyder’s ‘20 lessons on Tyranny’.
Do it.
Do it now.
Do it, so that you can prevent what is happening in the USA from happening in country.
What is happening in the USA is only the start of tyranny.
Without resistance, it’ll spread.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Do it.
Do it now.
Do it, so that you can prevent what is happening in the USA from happening in
What is happening in the USA is only the start of tyranny.
Without resistance, it’ll spread.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
So much excellent information about April 5th actions in this thread!
1/ On April 5, there are nationwide protests happening literally everywhere in the US. Find more details here: handsoff2025.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:57 AM
So much excellent information about April 5th actions in this thread!
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I think we need to be prepared to fight in the streets. If we see this happening, yell like there's a baby trapped in a burning building.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I think we need to be prepared to fight in the streets. If we see this happening, yell like there's a baby trapped in a burning building.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
They're operating like the SS, so we have to get loud. We're socialized not to make a scene, not to argue.
We need to recall how to scream.
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This is completely terrifying, a huge violation of the first amendment, and part of the coopting of a distorted version of anti-semitism to justify persecution of people speaking out against Israel's genocide. And the broader pursuit of a police state.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is completely terrifying, a huge violation of the first amendment, and part of the coopting of a distorted version of anti-semitism to justify persecution of people speaking out against Israel's genocide. And the broader pursuit of a police state.
"All of us have a stake in stopping the regime’s fearmongering and intimidation. All of us can help targeted individuals, institutions, and organizations take a stand."
I want to share with you three rules for fighting tyrannical fear and intimidation, gleaned from discussions I’ve had with a number of people who have lived in repressive regimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-fear-and-intimidation
March 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"All of us have a stake in stopping the regime’s fearmongering and intimidation. All of us can help targeted individuals, institutions, and organizations take a stand."
