Troy
@prospero99.bsky.social
He/Him, Quaker, Minnesotan, Cubs Enthusiast, Native Plant Fan, I have friends everywhere
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Who were the 6 people the Administration just killed without due process?
Were they children?
Were they victims of human trafficking?
WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.
No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.
Were they children?
Were they victims of human trafficking?
WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.
No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.
Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs
The president said that six were killed in the latest military action off the coast of Venezuela.
www.wsj.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Who were the 6 people the Administration just killed without due process?
Were they children?
Were they victims of human trafficking?
WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.
No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.
Were they children?
Were they victims of human trafficking?
WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.
No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.
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Monstrous.
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Monstrous.
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."
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I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
Fuckin yikes, man
September 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Identifying as “Christian” should mean adherence to a theology based on Jesus’ acknowledged ministry, not reinterpretations by Paul or Calvin or Joesph Smith.
Identifying as “Christian” should mean adherence to a theology based on Jesus’ acknowledged ministry, not reinterpretations by Paul or Calvin or Joesph Smith.
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Identifying as “Christian” should mean adherence to a theology based on Jesus’ acknowledged ministry, not reinterpretations by Paul or Calvin or Joesph Smith.
Identifying as “Christian” should mean adherence to a theology based on Jesus’ acknowledged ministry, not reinterpretations by Paul or Calvin or Joesph Smith.
The Israeli government and its enablers like Senator Thune claim that Hamas is stealing aid, without any evidence, to justify blocking aid and creating starvation in Gaza. But aid is only valuable and worth stealing because it is rare and civilians are desperate for it.
July 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Israeli government and its enablers like Senator Thune claim that Hamas is stealing aid, without any evidence, to justify blocking aid and creating starvation in Gaza. But aid is only valuable and worth stealing because it is rare and civilians are desperate for it.
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BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
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We joined with seven other Quaker organizations to proclaim with moral clarity that the Israeli government's actions in Gaza constitute genocide. This calls for action: www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
Quakers Discern Genocide is Occurring in Gaza and Urge Courageous Action | Friends Committee On National Legislation
Eight Quaker organizations, including FCNL, have published a new statement expressing our belief that “in line with the definition of the crime of genocide, that the current actions in Gaza perpetrate...
www.fcnl.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We joined with seven other Quaker organizations to proclaim with moral clarity that the Israeli government's actions in Gaza constitute genocide. This calls for action: www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
As a Minnesotan, I am disgusted to have @klobuchar.senate.gov representing me. Everyday I am remind what an absolute disgrace she is to this state.
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
As a Minnesotan, I am disgusted to have @klobuchar.senate.gov representing me. Everyday I am remind what an absolute disgrace she is to this state.
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Marwan Sultan’s family and the doctors he worked with allege that he was assassinated because of this position within Gaza’s health-care system. “They targeted him because he is a human, he is someone kind,” a medical student said.
Another Doctor Is Dead in Gaza
In February, Marwan Sultan showed me the wrecked hospital where he worked. In July, an Israeli missile killed him.
www.newyorker.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Marwan Sultan’s family and the doctors he worked with allege that he was assassinated because of this position within Gaza’s health-care system. “They targeted him because he is a human, he is someone kind,” a medical student said.
"Day after day, the destruction, the death, the suffering is unspeakable. And we can’t allow it to simply fade into the background."
📣 "This needs to end."
- @mattduss.bsky.social
📣 "This needs to end."
- @mattduss.bsky.social
“Netanyahu Is the Problem”: Sanders’s Former Adviser Matt Duss on Why Gaza Ceasefire Remains Elusive
President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for a second straight day Tuesday, as Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, claimed Israel and Hamas were…
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July 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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JD Vance is suggesting that neo-Nazis and the descendents of confederate soldiers have more claim to being part of this nation because they're white than immigrants who believe in the Declaration of Independence.
This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
July 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
JD Vance is suggesting that neo-Nazis and the descendents of confederate soldiers have more claim to being part of this nation because they're white than immigrants who believe in the Declaration of Independence.
This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
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NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
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Pollinators don’t need perfect yards. They need native plants everywhere. 🌿🐝
This Pollinator Month, we’re spotlighting featured gardens in Lincoln, Portland, Indianapolis, and Dallas–Fort Worth as part of our Grow Where You Are campaign.
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This Pollinator Month, we’re spotlighting featured gardens in Lincoln, Portland, Indianapolis, and Dallas–Fort Worth as part of our Grow Where You Are campaign.
🔗 wildones.org/grow-where-y...
June 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Pollinators don’t need perfect yards. They need native plants everywhere. 🌿🐝
This Pollinator Month, we’re spotlighting featured gardens in Lincoln, Portland, Indianapolis, and Dallas–Fort Worth as part of our Grow Where You Are campaign.
🔗 wildones.org/grow-where-y...
This Pollinator Month, we’re spotlighting featured gardens in Lincoln, Portland, Indianapolis, and Dallas–Fort Worth as part of our Grow Where You Are campaign.
🔗 wildones.org/grow-where-y...
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Meanwhile, in the other U.S.-enabled Israeli military operation in Gaza:
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israeli tank shelling kills 45 people awaiting aid trucks in Gaza, ministry says
Israeli tank shellfire killed at least 45 Palestinians as they awaited aid trucks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the territory's health ministry said, adding that dozens of others were wounded.
www.reuters.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Meanwhile, in the other U.S.-enabled Israeli military operation in Gaza:
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Thank you speaker Hortman
June 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Thank you speaker Hortman
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Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement.
The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.
The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.
Israel aggressively bombing Iran—unlike two incidents of strikes in 2024, which followed Iranian missiles launches against Israel—is in part another consequence of a weak, chaotic US president.
Worth noting that this didn't happen under Biden, Obama, or Bush, despite Israel talking about it a lot.
Worth noting that this didn't happen under Biden, Obama, or Bush, despite Israel talking about it a lot.
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement.
The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.
The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.
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This quote captures the empty Christianity of so Republicans perfectly: “The role of the church – the role of people of faith – is to care for our neighbors. Yes,” said Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, during the House floor debate. “But not in this instance, specifically.”
The Senate just voted to repeal MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz, who has agreed to sign it. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/09/l...
Legislature repeals MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults • Minnesota Reformer
Despite Democratic-Farmer-Labor control of the state Senate, the governor’s office, and half of the House, Republicans forced Democrats to roll back one of their signature accomplishments from the 202...
minnesotareformer.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This quote captures the empty Christianity of so Republicans perfectly: “The role of the church – the role of people of faith – is to care for our neighbors. Yes,” said Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, during the House floor debate. “But not in this instance, specifically.”
Opposing apartheid should not be controversial
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Opposing apartheid should not be controversial