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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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@dansinker.com we’ve got graphic whistle cards that work great when you don’t have a common language with all your neighbors. And lightens translation loads on very diverse neighborhoods.
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@dansinker.com we’ve got graphic whistle cards that work great when you don’t have a common language with all your neighbors. And lightens translation loads on very diverse neighborhoods.
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
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While you’re here, please take a moment to read my article about Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s being held in solitary confinement by ICE.
He was two days away from receiving new prosthetics when they grabbed him.
He’s been detained for months & there’s a petition to get him out:
He was two days away from receiving new prosthetics when they grabbed him.
He’s been detained for months & there’s a petition to get him out:
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
While you’re here, please take a moment to read my article about Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s being held in solitary confinement by ICE.
He was two days away from receiving new prosthetics when they grabbed him.
He’s been detained for months & there’s a petition to get him out:
He was two days away from receiving new prosthetics when they grabbed him.
He’s been detained for months & there’s a petition to get him out:
Happy Caturday! If you have a few spare dollars make a donation to support my kitten fostering work. www.gofundme.com/f/help-fix-a...
Donate to Help Fix Ardenwood's Feral Cat Problem, organized by Lisa Setlak
Hello Ardenwood neighbors, I need your assistance to keep working on the feral cat … Lisa Setlak needs your support for Help Fix Ardenwood's Feral Cat Problem
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October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Happy Caturday! If you have a few spare dollars make a donation to support my kitten fostering work. www.gofundme.com/f/help-fix-a...
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Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman.
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman.
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If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
August 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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I would urge against referring to what is happening to Kilmar as a deportation. When people are deported, they are sent to their home country or "country of origin." What is happening to Kilmar and many others under the Trump administration is... something else entirely.
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in
The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.
www.npr.org
August 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I would urge against referring to what is happening to Kilmar as a deportation. When people are deported, they are sent to their home country or "country of origin." What is happening to Kilmar and many others under the Trump administration is... something else entirely.
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Had a chance to stop a member of the Guard and ask whether they carried any guidance on their person about Posse Comitatus Act (and/or a list of "exceptions" like the troops in LA were given per DOJ). He didn't seem sure what PCA is but did show me this doc he had in his pocket on rules of force.
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Had a chance to stop a member of the Guard and ask whether they carried any guidance on their person about Posse Comitatus Act (and/or a list of "exceptions" like the troops in LA were given per DOJ). He didn't seem sure what PCA is but did show me this doc he had in his pocket on rules of force.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: In his first public interview since he was beaten & arrested by federal agents in June, David Huerta, president of @seiu.org - West, speaks w/ me @therealnews.com about the status of his case & the roles unions must play in the fight against fascism.
youtu.be/Rr6ZHQK1Z2A?...
youtu.be/Rr6ZHQK1Z2A?...
EXCLUSIVE: Union leader beaten & arrested at ICE raid SPEAKS OUT
YouTube video by The Real News Network
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: In his first public interview since he was beaten & arrested by federal agents in June, David Huerta, president of @seiu.org - West, speaks w/ me @therealnews.com about the status of his case & the roles unions must play in the fight against fascism.
youtu.be/Rr6ZHQK1Z2A?...
youtu.be/Rr6ZHQK1Z2A?...
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
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ICYMI: We’ve compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. We found most were listed solely as having immigration violations.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ICYMI: We’ve compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. We found most were listed solely as having immigration violations.
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“I just want to know what happened to Saniyah. That was my only daughter, she didn’t deserve this,” Thomasina Cheatham said at a press conference on Monday outside the police station where authorities said her daughter was found unresponsive.
Saniyah Cheatham’s Family Demands Answers in Her Death
Officials from the New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s Office said the 18-year-old died by hanging while in police custody.
capitalbnews.org
July 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“I just want to know what happened to Saniyah. That was my only daughter, she didn’t deserve this,” Thomasina Cheatham said at a press conference on Monday outside the police station where authorities said her daughter was found unresponsive.
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July 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Men are impersonating ICE to attack immigrant women. MAGA emboldened them.
Men Are Impersonating ICE to Attack Immigrant Women. MAGA Emboldened Them.
Multiple men have been arrested in at least three states since President Donald Trump's inauguration for allegedly posing as immigration enforcement officers to perpetrate sexual violence against immi...
msmagazine.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Men are impersonating ICE to attack immigrant women. MAGA emboldened them.
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📞 Calling all volunteers, organizers, and freedom fighters!
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
📞 Calling all volunteers, organizers, and freedom fighters!
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
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Remember the Philosophy professor who ICE abducted? When ICE threw tear gas, a canister landed under the wheelchair of a bystander. Prof. Caravello was jumped trying to help him. A mensch.
Two days later – Caravello is still disappeared. Is there enough known info to file a habeas corpus petition?
Two days later – Caravello is still disappeared. Is there enough known info to file a habeas corpus petition?
"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got
dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous
Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...
dailynous.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Remember the Philosophy professor who ICE abducted? When ICE threw tear gas, a canister landed under the wheelchair of a bystander. Prof. Caravello was jumped trying to help him. A mensch.
Two days later – Caravello is still disappeared. Is there enough known info to file a habeas corpus petition?
Two days later – Caravello is still disappeared. Is there enough known info to file a habeas corpus petition?
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
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100%. direct, personal stories are power.
would you please consider sharing this fundraiser? it pays for disabled kids & their families to tell their stories direct to reps in the house, to persuade them to save medicaid
they’re there right now! click thru for photos in the quote post
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help fund their mission to meet, confront, and persuade reps to vote NO on cutting medicaid!
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July 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
100%. direct, personal stories are power.
would you please consider sharing this fundraiser? it pays for disabled kids & their families to tell their stories direct to reps in the house, to persuade them to save medicaid
they’re there right now! click thru for photos in the quote post
would you please consider sharing this fundraiser? it pays for disabled kids & their families to tell their stories direct to reps in the house, to persuade them to save medicaid
they’re there right now! click thru for photos in the quote post