Anne
@somadanne.bsky.social
Pragmatic. Quietly friendly. Liberal. Mom of two: one in the Netherlands, one in Antarctica. Knitter. Community College worker. Seattleite (yes, that's what they call us).
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Today the President of the United States called for the killing of his political opponents. People need to understand how serious that is.
This is not normal. This cannot be something only Democrats condemn. Every leader and American must condemn this.
This is not normal. This cannot be something only Democrats condemn. Every leader and American must condemn this.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Today the President of the United States called for the killing of his political opponents. People need to understand how serious that is.
This is not normal. This cannot be something only Democrats condemn. Every leader and American must condemn this.
This is not normal. This cannot be something only Democrats condemn. Every leader and American must condemn this.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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Kind of goes without saying but it’s crystal clear now that Trump’s pardons are communicating that you can break any law as long as he personally benefits in some way from the crime.
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Kind of goes without saying but it’s crystal clear now that Trump’s pardons are communicating that you can break any law as long as he personally benefits in some way from the crime.
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Trump commuting Santos is not just a curiosity. It’s a feature of corruption… it’s a message… if you like me you can get away with anything. If we accept this as ok our kids will never forgive us
October 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Trump commuting Santos is not just a curiosity. It’s a feature of corruption… it’s a message… if you like me you can get away with anything. If we accept this as ok our kids will never forgive us
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The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
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The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
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I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
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RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it.
My full statement.
My full statement.
Senator Murray Calls for Immediate Firing of RFK Jr., Commends CDC Director Monarez’s Stand for Science and Public Health - Senator Patty Murray
Senator Murray: “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the...
www.murray.senate.gov
August 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it.
My full statement.
My full statement.
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Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.
August 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.
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The large number of senior European leaders who are accompanying Zelensky to the White House tomorrow is not exactly testimony to their trust in Trump. Quite the contrary. It is one of the most remarkable open acts of distrust of a US president ever.
August 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The large number of senior European leaders who are accompanying Zelensky to the White House tomorrow is not exactly testimony to their trust in Trump. Quite the contrary. It is one of the most remarkable open acts of distrust of a US president ever.
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It’s coming up on the anniversary of the August 12, 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally, when James Fields drove his car through a crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens. I was a medic that day on a unit that cared for and transported several people, including Ms. Heyer.
August 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s coming up on the anniversary of the August 12, 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally, when James Fields drove his car through a crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens. I was a medic that day on a unit that cared for and transported several people, including Ms. Heyer.
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Remember when we all used to clap every night to thank doctors, nurses, scientists, and public health workers for saving lives?
Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.
Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.
August 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Remember when we all used to clap every night to thank doctors, nurses, scientists, and public health workers for saving lives?
Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.
Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.
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Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.
Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)
Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)
July 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.
Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)
Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)
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“Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use ‘funny’ and quipping: ‘You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.'"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use ‘funny’ and quipping: ‘You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.'"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The antipathy for the Department of Education is the most enduring relic of the cause that birthed the modern GOP: not having to go to school with Black people.
July 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The antipathy for the Department of Education is the most enduring relic of the cause that birthed the modern GOP: not having to go to school with Black people.
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Rogue House Republicans are showing their true colors.
The hatred shown for people from backgrounds different than their own is racist, un-American, & insults the very constituents they swore an oath to represent.
Silence is complicity. Get your house in order, Speaker Johnson.
The hatred shown for people from backgrounds different than their own is racist, un-American, & insults the very constituents they swore an oath to represent.
Silence is complicity. Get your house in order, Speaker Johnson.
July 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Rogue House Republicans are showing their true colors.
The hatred shown for people from backgrounds different than their own is racist, un-American, & insults the very constituents they swore an oath to represent.
Silence is complicity. Get your house in order, Speaker Johnson.
The hatred shown for people from backgrounds different than their own is racist, un-American, & insults the very constituents they swore an oath to represent.
Silence is complicity. Get your house in order, Speaker Johnson.
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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While Donald Trump had us doom-scrolling and chasing scandals...Stephen Miller was building something darker: a white nationalist legal machine. Quiet. Methodical. Cold. His goal isn’t just policy...it’s permanent architecture.
While Donald Trump had us doom-scrolling and chasing scandals...Stephen Miller was building something darker: a white nationalist legal machine. Quiet. Methodical. Cold. His goal isn’t just policy...it’s permanent architecture.
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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While Donald Trump had us doom-scrolling and chasing scandals...Stephen Miller was building something darker: a white nationalist legal machine. Quiet. Methodical. Cold. His goal isn’t just policy...it’s permanent architecture.
While Donald Trump had us doom-scrolling and chasing scandals...Stephen Miller was building something darker: a white nationalist legal machine. Quiet. Methodical. Cold. His goal isn’t just policy...it’s permanent architecture.
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We’re approaching the show trial stage of authoritarian takeover
July 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We’re approaching the show trial stage of authoritarian takeover
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I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
July 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
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what in the actual fuck
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
what in the actual fuck