@migdali.bsky.social
Librarian, LibraryReads Board Member, Library Journal reviewer, cat-obsessed, year-round bike commuter & proud daughter of immigrants.
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CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year
www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year
www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
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Stolen from a wholesome trek fb page
September 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Stolen from a wholesome trek fb page
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Many people picture a democracy becoming authoritarian as a single dramatic event, like the Bolsheviks capturing the Winter Palace in 1917.
But often, especially in the 21st century, there never is one. It's more gradual, a process in fits and starts.
Good explanation of that here:
But often, especially in the 21st century, there never is one. It's more gradual, a process in fits and starts.
Good explanation of that here:
Ominous: Trump and Stephen Miller are very clearly working to acclimate Americans to the spectacle of US troops in US cities, to the idea of the military carrying out domestic enforcement on US citizens.
Harrowing stuff from @vermontgmg.bsky.social in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1995...
Harrowing stuff from @vermontgmg.bsky.social in this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1995...
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Many people picture a democracy becoming authoritarian as a single dramatic event, like the Bolsheviks capturing the Winter Palace in 1917.
But often, especially in the 21st century, there never is one. It's more gradual, a process in fits and starts.
Good explanation of that here:
But often, especially in the 21st century, there never is one. It's more gradual, a process in fits and starts.
Good explanation of that here:
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Exactly
Paula Poundstone
@paulapoundstone
Kristi Noem says it’s lazy of SOUTH PARK to make fun of women, specifically her for how they look. Maybe. But she seems to think it’s fine to arrest and assault people for how they look.
@paulapoundstone
Kristi Noem says it’s lazy of SOUTH PARK to make fun of women, specifically her for how they look. Maybe. But she seems to think it’s fine to arrest and assault people for how they look.
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Exactly
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I agree with Ben but have a small editing suggestion
July 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I agree with Ben but have a small editing suggestion
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This proves five things:
1. The protests in LA were peaceful
2. The National Guard and Marines were unnecessary
3. ICE officers lie
4. DHS stats on ICE agent assaults are overblown
5. You can not, in fact, indict a ham sandwich if you have no case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
1. The protests in LA were peaceful
2. The National Guard and Marines were unnecessary
3. ICE officers lie
4. DHS stats on ICE agent assaults are overblown
5. You can not, in fact, indict a ham sandwich if you have no case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents
Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This proves five things:
1. The protests in LA were peaceful
2. The National Guard and Marines were unnecessary
3. ICE officers lie
4. DHS stats on ICE agent assaults are overblown
5. You can not, in fact, indict a ham sandwich if you have no case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
1. The protests in LA were peaceful
2. The National Guard and Marines were unnecessary
3. ICE officers lie
4. DHS stats on ICE agent assaults are overblown
5. You can not, in fact, indict a ham sandwich if you have no case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity.
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This was the order of events:
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This was the order of events:
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
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Dear readers, please give it up for the LibraryReads Top Pick for August: AUTOMATIC NOODLE by @annaleen.bsky.social! @torbooks.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Dear readers, please give it up for the LibraryReads Top Pick for August: AUTOMATIC NOODLE by @annaleen.bsky.social! @torbooks.bsky.social
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I have never once, in my entire life, regretted a decision to act kindly.
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I have never once, in my entire life, regretted a decision to act kindly.
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
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ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
July 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
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Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, rolls out cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program.
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Trump’s Medicaid, SNAP cuts leave Chicago food pantries, community hospitals bracing for hardship
Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, rolls out cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program.
chicago.suntimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, rolls out cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program.
buff.ly/yAJFGrX
buff.ly/yAJFGrX
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Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
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Imagine this is you.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
July 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Imagine this is you.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Unbearable and important:
"No one can say, years from now, that nobody knew about the camp, or that no one pushed back." - @melissagiragrant.com
The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
The Republicans are proudly calling it “Alligator Alcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.
newrepublic.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Unbearable and important:
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the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
July 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
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It makes sense - I think it's starting to dawn on normies that ICE is going to become Trump's political police, and that mission creep from immigration enforcement to general policing is a feature and not a bug.
July 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It makes sense - I think it's starting to dawn on normies that ICE is going to become Trump's political police, and that mission creep from immigration enforcement to general policing is a feature and not a bug.
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#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.
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