Lauren
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Gulf coaster in my west coast era ️🌈
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Don Lupe shared that one detained man who volunteered to be deported due to unbearable conditions had to wait months.
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
After 27 years in the U.S., Don Lupe was detained by ICE at his New Jersey workplace. His family and community fought to bring him home. His story shows the quiet, devastating toll these detentions take on families, and the growing rise of raids at NJ bonded warehouses. @documentedny.bsky.social
A Family's Fight to Bring Their Father Home - Documented
Don Lupe had been living in the U.S. for 27 years when he was detained by ICE agents during a worksite raid in New Jersey. Then his family fought to have him freed.
documentedny.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Don Lupe shared that one detained man who volunteered to be deported due to unbearable conditions had to wait months.
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
www.eonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
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this needs to known far and wide
A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
this needs to known far and wide
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Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
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TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
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One interesting thing about the California redistricting Prop 50 election is lawmakers in Texas, Missouri & North Carolina all redrew their congressional maps this year without having to go to the voters for approval and idk maybe voters in those states would like to change that
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
One interesting thing about the California redistricting Prop 50 election is lawmakers in Texas, Missouri & North Carolina all redrew their congressional maps this year without having to go to the voters for approval and idk maybe voters in those states would like to change that
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Across the country, as rainbow crosswalks are painted over, hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community have continued to rise. And queer Texans have voiced disappointment that local leaders aren’t stepping up in their defense — at least outside of San Antonio.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/20/h...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/20/h...
Houston Erased Texas’ First-Ever Gay Pride Crosswalk in the Middle of the Night
Houston tore up the Montrose rainbow crosswalk last night, arresting three protestors who gathered at the intersection.
thebarbedwire.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Across the country, as rainbow crosswalks are painted over, hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community have continued to rise. And queer Texans have voiced disappointment that local leaders aren’t stepping up in their defense — at least outside of San Antonio.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/20/h...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/20/h...
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joe wright, director of pride & prejudice (2005) reading letterboxd reviews
April 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
joe wright, director of pride & prejudice (2005) reading letterboxd reviews
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ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
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We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?
October 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?
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I read somewhere recently that what the rich really want is slavery and it's hard not to read this article through that lens
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
prospect.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I read somewhere recently that what the rich really want is slavery and it's hard not to read this article through that lens
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If I were involved in this manufacturing consent ass story I’d feel pretty dumb right now
September 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If I were involved in this manufacturing consent ass story I’d feel pretty dumb right now
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We need everyone back in the office because we want the serendipitous magic that only happens when you let humans get creative together and also we're replacing all of you with an AI machine that can only do things that it's seen done before
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We need everyone back in the office because we want the serendipitous magic that only happens when you let humans get creative together and also we're replacing all of you with an AI machine that can only do things that it's seen done before
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Every time my dad recalls the time he and his family were rounded up and taken out to a New Economic Zone, he always noted how young the guys with guns were—just kids, so eager to prove themselves in their little units, they were always the cruelest.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just announced she's removing the age limit for ICE applicants, which allows literal teenagers to now apply. What could possibly go wrong?
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Every time my dad recalls the time he and his family were rounded up and taken out to a New Economic Zone, he always noted how young the guys with guns were—just kids, so eager to prove themselves in their little units, they were always the cruelest.
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the funniest thing that happened during the pandemic were all the rich people who flounced out of california for texas, got to texas, discovered it sucked, moved back, and then wrote blog posts about their "learnings"
The rich have been threatening to leave New York because of taxes all my life. Some of them do go to Florida or Texas, but then they discover that Florida and Texas are Florida and Texas.
August 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
the funniest thing that happened during the pandemic were all the rich people who flounced out of california for texas, got to texas, discovered it sucked, moved back, and then wrote blog posts about their "learnings"
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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Sotomayor: "The majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST CHALLENGE TO TENNESSEE LAW BANNING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH
June 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sotomayor: "The majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."
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Jafet Santiago Diaz, a 25-year-old man from Colombia, was detained Tuesday after his first asylum hearing in San Francisco.
"He didn't break the law," said a friend. "He showed up."
missionlocal.org/2025/06/ice-...
"He didn't break the law," said a friend. "He showed up."
missionlocal.org/2025/06/ice-...
‘He didn't break the law,’ said friend of 25-year-old Colombian now in ICE detention
Jafet Santiago Diaz came to the United States because he feared for his life back home. After his first asylum hearing, ICE detained him.
missionlocal.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Jafet Santiago Diaz, a 25-year-old man from Colombia, was detained Tuesday after his first asylum hearing in San Francisco.
"He didn't break the law," said a friend. "He showed up."
missionlocal.org/2025/06/ice-...
"He didn't break the law," said a friend. "He showed up."
missionlocal.org/2025/06/ice-...
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It is imperative to recognize and call out this regime's bigoted identity politics. Their treatment of nonwhite electeds amounts to Taneyism.
To them, these officials hold no authority they are bound to respect. Padilla, McIver, Baraka are merely the latest. They are doing this to POC on purpose.
To them, these officials hold no authority they are bound to respect. Padilla, McIver, Baraka are merely the latest. They are doing this to POC on purpose.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It is imperative to recognize and call out this regime's bigoted identity politics. Their treatment of nonwhite electeds amounts to Taneyism.
To them, these officials hold no authority they are bound to respect. Padilla, McIver, Baraka are merely the latest. They are doing this to POC on purpose.
To them, these officials hold no authority they are bound to respect. Padilla, McIver, Baraka are merely the latest. They are doing this to POC on purpose.
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BREAKING: ICE agents arrested at least two people outside a San Francisco courthouse on Tuesday morning.
Protesters attempted to stop ICE, banging on their mini-van & opening its doors.
“This is an ICE abduction!” one yelled.
missionlocal.org/2025/06/vide...
Protesters attempted to stop ICE, banging on their mini-van & opening its doors.
“This is an ICE abduction!” one yelled.
missionlocal.org/2025/06/vide...
Video: ICE agents arrest people outside S.F. courthouse
ICE agents arrested at least two people outside San Francisco court on Tuesday, part of deportation actions sweeping the country.
missionlocal.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents arrested at least two people outside a San Francisco courthouse on Tuesday morning.
Protesters attempted to stop ICE, banging on their mini-van & opening its doors.
“This is an ICE abduction!” one yelled.
missionlocal.org/2025/06/vide...
Protesters attempted to stop ICE, banging on their mini-van & opening its doors.
“This is an ICE abduction!” one yelled.
missionlocal.org/2025/06/vide...
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Very wild to release this the day after Los Angeles was occupied by the Federal government and used “one of those groups” as an excuse.
Leave it to Jon Tester to give an f-bomb quote: "We got to quit listening to the fucking groups because those groups are taking us down rabbit holes that make us unelectable.” www.thebulwark.com/p/wanted-dem...
Wanted: Democrat With Some Spine
For Dems feeling harassed by advocacy groups, it’s time to grow some thicker skin.
www.thebulwark.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Very wild to release this the day after Los Angeles was occupied by the Federal government and used “one of those groups” as an excuse.
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Stay safe, Los Angeles.
June 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Stay safe, Los Angeles.
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A bill passed with bipartisan support in Minnesota today to strip health insurance from undocumented people, and Governor Walz has agreed to sign it, via: 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 10:24 PM
A bill passed with bipartisan support in Minnesota today to strip health insurance from undocumented people, and Governor Walz has agreed to sign it, via: minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/09/l...