Nancy Francis
@nanfrancis.bsky.social
Professional cellist, retired from corporate world, hoping for a return to informed voting. And lots more good music and art. Addicted to string quartet playing.
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A class-action suit filed on Thursday accuses the Trump administration of weaponizing civil penalties to force undocumented migrants to self-deport. Some migrants have been assessed a $1,000 daily fine for being illegally present in the U.S.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines
A class-action suit accuses the Trump administration of weaponizing civil penalties to force undocumented migrants to self-deport through enormous penalties.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A class-action suit filed on Thursday accuses the Trump administration of weaponizing civil penalties to force undocumented migrants to self-deport. Some migrants have been assessed a $1,000 daily fine for being illegally present in the U.S.
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Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Film makers should be forced to watch 1940s musicals so that they can replicate the lighting and colors.... I'm tired of not being able to see shit.
September 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Film makers should be forced to watch 1940s musicals so that they can replicate the lighting and colors.... I'm tired of not being able to see shit.
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Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
August 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
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🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
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Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
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And that's the truth
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And that's the truth
You know that scene in an action movie when the bad guy runs through the kitchen of a restaurant and pulls down all the pots and pans behind him to slow down his pursuers? We're in that part of the Trump presidency.
July 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Why are people talking about my sex trafficking wingman who died violently in my custody?”
July 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Read this superb (A+ quality) explanation of how the 6-member reactionary majority of the Trump Court (formerly known as the Roberts Court) is lawlessly pushing its ideological agenda onto the U.S.
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
The Supreme Court Unbound
The Court’s Casual Rewriting of the Constitution to Its Own Liking
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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🚨🚨 Under Trump, 30,000 VA staff will be gone by September—and it’s just the start.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
July 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🚨🚨 Under Trump, 30,000 VA staff will be gone by September—and it’s just the start.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
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How the United States will collapse explained in 90 seconds.
July 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How the United States will collapse explained in 90 seconds.
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If today you are an American celebrating "independence day", I strongly recommend you read aloud or listen to the original declaration of independence. Meditate on the words or discuss them with family and friends. dissect the meaning in the document learn more about the occasion than sky boom boom.
July 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If today you are an American celebrating "independence day", I strongly recommend you read aloud or listen to the original declaration of independence. Meditate on the words or discuss them with family and friends. dissect the meaning in the document learn more about the occasion than sky boom boom.
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We need to Declare our Independence from Donald Trump . . .
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
www.motherjones.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We need to Declare our Independence from Donald Trump . . .
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Please call your senators and tell them you do not want our public lands, our pristine wilderness and precious ecosystem, only home to our wildlife, sold off to the highest bidder in their greedy bill! @5calls.org has an app that makes it super easy. Please Defend our public lands from greedy hands!
June 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Please call your senators and tell them you do not want our public lands, our pristine wilderness and precious ecosystem, only home to our wildlife, sold off to the highest bidder in their greedy bill! @5calls.org has an app that makes it super easy. Please Defend our public lands from greedy hands!
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There are approximately 100,000 pay phones left in the US. Some will remain around in case Clark Kent needs a place to change or a dog gets lost and has to call for help. #DogsofBluesky
June 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There are approximately 100,000 pay phones left in the US. Some will remain around in case Clark Kent needs a place to change or a dog gets lost and has to call for help. #DogsofBluesky
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He could have just had his party at a Chuck E Cheese
June 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM