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Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The village portrayed in "No Other Land" is finally completely destroyed by Israeli bulldozers.

Israeli bulldozers demolish most of a West Bank hamlet, displacing dozens of Palestinians

Israeli military bulldozers have demolished most of a Palestinian Bedouin village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, taking out the hamlet’s infrastructure and leaving residents wandering amid the rub...

apnews.com

May 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM

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Steely Connie

@zuhleika.bsky.social

He was arrested for praying. Actually I think he was arrested because he shamed all those so-called Christians in the GOP.

INCOMMODING

The Arrest of Rev. Dr. William Barber II

open.substack.com

April 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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Marco Rogers

@polotek.bsky.social

The men produced no identification. Yet the headline still says they were ICE agents.

They were taken out of *courthouse*. And there was not even an attempt to prevent this?

Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · Apr 23

Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.

dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...

ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid

Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.

dailyprogress.com

April 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

Tricia McLaughlin &
@TriciaOhio
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The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.
He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.
This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

"You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had
it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document.
Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained
"at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error.
Hermosillo said he was detained with about
15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because
"they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.

björk 182 @readsettle.rs · Apr 23

one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them

April 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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RiseUp

@riseup.wiki

Moments before the Palestinian bus driver was beaten to death by the group of Israeli teens in Southern Israel, they harassed the man, hurled slurs and sprayed tear gas which forced him off the bus before they beat him.

#FreePalestine

April 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚

@tomesandtextiles.bsky.social

If you love your library, listen up…

April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

No taxes on groceries or clothes in Minnesota, but we’re working to lower sales taxes across the board to help Minnesotans afford Trump’s economy.

www.startribune.com/grocery-clot...

Groceries likely will cost more next week, clothing more by summer

Price hikes could be steep if President Donald Trump’s tariff plan stays the same.

www.startribune.com

April 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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steph

@starrysteph.bsky.social

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky

please join me in the fight to save our libraries.

EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.