persimmoner
@persimmoner.bsky.social
Owner of Winnie B. Bun
Passionate about proper pet rabbit care
I harvest persimmons among other things
Donate to help families survive in Gaza: https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch
Passionate about proper pet rabbit care
I harvest persimmons among other things
Donate to help families survive in Gaza: https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch
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it's almost like everyone who was saying that anything called Homeland Security would be innately fascist was correct at the time when W created it.
strange how that keeps happening
strange how that keeps happening
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
it's almost like everyone who was saying that anything called Homeland Security would be innately fascist was correct at the time when W created it.
strange how that keeps happening
strange how that keeps happening
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This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
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jesus christ man, we can’t ever get used to this and normalize it.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
jesus christ man, we can’t ever get used to this and normalize it.
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Shoutout to all the fed-up #IU alums out there. If you'd like to join a coalition of alumni coordinating a response to the current administration, please fill out this form and we'll keep you looped in.
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Please share widely with other alumni! #IUB #IUFB
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Please share widely with other alumni! #IUB #IUFB
Thanks to @greggdoyelstar.bsky.social for sharing with his text group!
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Shoutout to all the fed-up #IU alums out there. If you'd like to join a coalition of alumni coordinating a response to the current administration, please fill out this form and we'll keep you looped in.
forms.gle/wgr5fddiPp2F...
Please share widely with other alumni! #IUB #IUFB
forms.gle/wgr5fddiPp2F...
Please share widely with other alumni! #IUB #IUFB
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"It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your neighbors."
"It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."
- Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
"It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."
- Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.
www.cbsnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your neighbors."
"It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."
- Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
"It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."
- Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
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We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
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Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?
$2733.15 a month.
$2733.15 a month.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?
$2733.15 a month.
$2733.15 a month.
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Anti-redistricting sentiment twice as strong as support among Indiana voters, poll finds.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/06/a...
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Anti-redistricting sentiment twice as strong as support among Indiana voters, poll finds • Indiana Capital Chronicle
In a statewide survey of 800 registered voters, 51% didn't want redistricting now — with 45% "strongly" opposed. About 39% supported the prospect, but just 23% "strongly" backed it.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Anti-redistricting sentiment twice as strong as support among Indiana voters, poll finds.
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/06/a...
indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/06/a...
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Conservatives have spent years weaponizing “protect and think of the children” to great effect.
It is odd to me that there seems to be no plan of action from the regime for the consequences *actually violently threatening the safety of children in public view*.
It is odd to me that there seems to be no plan of action from the regime for the consequences *actually violently threatening the safety of children in public view*.
Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Conservatives have spent years weaponizing “protect and think of the children” to great effect.
It is odd to me that there seems to be no plan of action from the regime for the consequences *actually violently threatening the safety of children in public view*.
It is odd to me that there seems to be no plan of action from the regime for the consequences *actually violently threatening the safety of children in public view*.
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Indiana health agency plans furloughs because of federal shutdown
indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/india...
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Indiana health agency plans furloughs because of federal shutdown • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Nearly 50 Indiana Department of Health staffers face being furloughed starting next week because of the ongoing federal government shutdown.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Indiana health agency plans furloughs because of federal shutdown
indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/india...
indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/india...
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Mike Johnson advocating for kidnapping children. Any Dem worth a shit will make it clear that anyone can buy a gaiter and a fake ICE vest. And he's saying go willingly with them.
There is no reason a federal employee shouldn't have to show their face. And this should be an easy one to win.
There is no reason a federal employee shouldn't have to show their face. And this should be an easy one to win.
MIKE JOHNSON: From the people who mandated mask wearing for years, it's absurd. They need to back off ICE & respect our agents
Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants?
J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?
Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants?
J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Mike Johnson advocating for kidnapping children. Any Dem worth a shit will make it clear that anyone can buy a gaiter and a fake ICE vest. And he's saying go willingly with them.
There is no reason a federal employee shouldn't have to show their face. And this should be an easy one to win.
There is no reason a federal employee shouldn't have to show their face. And this should be an easy one to win.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
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Honey, wake up: New unconstitutional extortion just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Honey, wake up: New unconstitutional extortion just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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We need this conviction and energy in the U.S.
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We need this conviction and energy in the U.S.
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“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats
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A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland.
That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.
This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her.
Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.
That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.
This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her.
Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland.
That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.
This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her.
Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.
That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.
This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her.
Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.
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Illinois has followed California and Oregon in filing lawsuits to stop President Donald Trump from sending in hundreds of National Guard troops to Democrat-led big cities. https://to.pbs.org/3VRVQg4
WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing on 6th day of government shutdown
Johnson said Monday the House "has done its job" and there's nothing to negotiate.
to.pbs.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Illinois has followed California and Oregon in filing lawsuits to stop President Donald Trump from sending in hundreds of National Guard troops to Democrat-led big cities. https://to.pbs.org/3VRVQg4
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I have a grad worker who's "Secretary of Grievances" for his union for the 1st time. He's learning fast.
Him: So wait, the university would rather pay a mediator than settle what's basically a clerical error?
Me: Yes.
Him: I'm starting to understand why you're angry all the time.
Him: So wait, the university would rather pay a mediator than settle what's basically a clerical error?
Me: Yes.
Him: I'm starting to understand why you're angry all the time.
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I have a grad worker who's "Secretary of Grievances" for his union for the 1st time. He's learning fast.
Him: So wait, the university would rather pay a mediator than settle what's basically a clerical error?
Me: Yes.
Him: I'm starting to understand why you're angry all the time.
Him: So wait, the university would rather pay a mediator than settle what's basically a clerical error?
Me: Yes.
Him: I'm starting to understand why you're angry all the time.
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I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
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A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED:
I just unlocked a new level of rage.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
I just unlocked a new level of rage.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
'I want his name to be known': Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out
Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."
www.npr.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED:
I just unlocked a new level of rage.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
I just unlocked a new level of rage.
www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
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Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.
Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.
Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting
A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.
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“The MAGA Gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“The MAGA Gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel