Bryer Reed
@unsure-oracle.bsky.social
Sometimes nurse, sometimes teacher, sometimes student.
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Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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Re-upping this:
Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Re-upping this:
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BREAKING
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
June 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
BREAKING
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
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If you buy her products, this is what you fund. An actual hate movement based on misinformation and right wing substacks. A movement that any even slightly non-conforming woman is now literally in danger from. Actual lives are more important than your Hogwarts House.
JK Rowling has emerged from the shadows as a funder of the anti-feminist biology is destiny movement.
May 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you buy her products, this is what you fund. An actual hate movement based on misinformation and right wing substacks. A movement that any even slightly non-conforming woman is now literally in danger from. Actual lives are more important than your Hogwarts House.
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just absolutely insane that this is what Trump accused Biden of doing, and now he's done it himself.
Congratulations, North Carolina. You’re on your own and your FEMA request is “not warranted.”
Read ⬇️
Read ⬇️
May 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
just absolutely insane that this is what Trump accused Biden of doing, and now he's done it himself.
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Trump needs the lab leak bc it distracts from his abysmal COVID response/makes him a victim.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
“I Believe It”: Bhattacharya Pushes Lab Leak Conspiracy At Contentious NIH Town Hall As Staffers Walk Out
Dozens of staffers walked out when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya promoted the unproven COVID origins story; others protested research cuts.
www.importantcontext.news
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Trump needs the lab leak bc it distracts from his abysmal COVID response/makes him a victim.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
Bhattacharya needs the lab leak to own the scientists who rejected his inhumane mass infection advocacy.
The political right needs the lab leak to distract from the consequences of their COVID minimizing.
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covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
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to recap: democrats are cosponsoring legislation to harm at-risk people; taking meetings with a hate group; abandoning kidnapped people in el salvador; excommunicating anyone who thinks the party should do better; & ken martin’s best idea is to spend donations to fly a banner & troll the president?
May 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
to recap: democrats are cosponsoring legislation to harm at-risk people; taking meetings with a hate group; abandoning kidnapped people in el salvador; excommunicating anyone who thinks the party should do better; & ken martin’s best idea is to spend donations to fly a banner & troll the president?
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Yet another example to add to the pile of Trump openly saying he doesn’t know much of anything about what his government is doing.
REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor?
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yet another example to add to the pile of Trump openly saying he doesn’t know much of anything about what his government is doing.
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Just thinking fondly of the years FIRE and other free speech warriors spent trying to whip up a panic about “self censorship” among conservative professors.
What its like to be a faculty member in Florida, elsewhere, and maybe your local university soon. Racists try to entrap you into saying something that the Governor has deemed is grounds for dismissal, or make false claims.
Free speech on campus is clearly declining.
Free speech on campus is clearly declining.
May 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just thinking fondly of the years FIRE and other free speech warriors spent trying to whip up a panic about “self censorship” among conservative professors.
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This is a proposal for nursing home residents to wait hours for someone to change a soiled diaper.
This is a proposal for people to go days on end without leaving bed.
This is a proposal for poor infection control that kills.
This is too often the status quo. This bill would keep it in place.
This is a proposal for people to go days on end without leaving bed.
This is a proposal for poor infection control that kills.
This is too often the status quo. This bill would keep it in place.
Let me run down some other things in the bill:
• 9-year delay of the Biden safe staffing rule that ensured a minimum amount of nurses per nursing home resident.
So they're paying for tax cuts by cutting down on who watches your grandma.
• 9-year delay of the Biden safe staffing rule that ensured a minimum amount of nurses per nursing home resident.
So they're paying for tax cuts by cutting down on who watches your grandma.
🚨NEWS: I've obtained a list of the Medicaid cuts in the Republican reconciliation package.
The big one is that they're going to raise premiums and co-pays on beneficiaries at or above the federal poverty line ($15,650 for single people, $21,150 for a couple).
That's what helps pay for the tax cuts.
The big one is that they're going to raise premiums and co-pays on beneficiaries at or above the federal poverty line ($15,650 for single people, $21,150 for a couple).
That's what helps pay for the tax cuts.
May 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is a proposal for nursing home residents to wait hours for someone to change a soiled diaper.
This is a proposal for people to go days on end without leaving bed.
This is a proposal for poor infection control that kills.
This is too often the status quo. This bill would keep it in place.
This is a proposal for people to go days on end without leaving bed.
This is a proposal for poor infection control that kills.
This is too often the status quo. This bill would keep it in place.
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This gets papered over as old man yelling at clouds but this is impeachable by itself. Greenland is our ally which has allowed a continual U.S. military presence since WWII, including a vital part of our missile defense and space surveillance. Threatening them is unacceptable.
Q: "Would you rule out military force to take Canada?"
Trump: "I think we're not going to ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."
Q: "You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?"
Trump: "I don't rule it out."
Trump: "I think we're not going to ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."
Q: "You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?"
Trump: "I don't rule it out."
May 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This gets papered over as old man yelling at clouds but this is impeachable by itself. Greenland is our ally which has allowed a continual U.S. military presence since WWII, including a vital part of our missile defense and space surveillance. Threatening them is unacceptable.
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When Fox smears Abrego Garcia as MS-13 while citing a murder committed by a different migrant, they're only making the case for giving him due process stronger. The whole point of due process is to determine who is guilty of such crimes and who isn't!
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1942...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1942...
Laura Ingraham’s Angry Rants at Dem on Fox Reveal MAGA’s Dark Endgame
An Arizona Democratic congresswoman shoved the Fox host’s talking points back in her face Tuesday night. Why can’t more Democrats do that?
newrepublic.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
When Fox smears Abrego Garcia as MS-13 while citing a murder committed by a different migrant, they're only making the case for giving him due process stronger. The whole point of due process is to determine who is guilty of such crimes and who isn't!
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1942...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1942...
Just really liked this picture of my dog
April 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Just really liked this picture of my dog
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this is, by definition, not an "immigration crackdown"
April 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
this is, by definition, not an "immigration crackdown"
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“Contrary to U.S. law and long-established Constitutional rights…”. I know it gets boring to say every time, but that really belongs in the headline for claims like this.
President Trump asserted on Tuesday that undocumented immigrants should not be entitled to trials, insisting that his administration should be able to deport them without appearing before a judge.
Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn’t Get Trials Before Deportation
The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Contrary to U.S. law and long-established Constitutional rights…”. I know it gets boring to say every time, but that really belongs in the headline for claims like this.
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PREA's lead sponsor was Jeff Sessions, and conservative evangelicals like Chuck Colson whipped support for it. The law has huge enforcement issues, but it was a genuine recognition that our prisons shouldn't be barbaric.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act passed Congress unanimously in 2003. It requires audits of every prison and jail in the US and technical support for efforts to end carceral rape.
Without funding, this doesn't happen.
Appalling. Not surprising. But absolutely appalling.
Without funding, this doesn't happen.
Appalling. Not surprising. But absolutely appalling.
April 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
PREA's lead sponsor was Jeff Sessions, and conservative evangelicals like Chuck Colson whipped support for it. The law has huge enforcement issues, but it was a genuine recognition that our prisons shouldn't be barbaric.
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she was just going about her life playing volleyball for a mountain west team in anonymity until a group of people who were supposed to be teammates (and a coach!) betrayed and smeared her publicly in the cruelest way imaginable. it was all absolutely disgusting to watch
Blaire Fleming came out in the New York Times this weekend and described her experience with SJSU after a teammate outed her and forced her into the center of anti-trans attacks | @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...
SJSU’s Blaire Fleming was suicidal after becoming beacon of national anti-trans movement
In her first public comments, former San Jose State volleyball player Blaire Fleming said she was suicidal after being outed as transgender by a teammate.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
she was just going about her life playing volleyball for a mountain west team in anonymity until a group of people who were supposed to be teammates (and a coach!) betrayed and smeared her publicly in the cruelest way imaginable. it was all absolutely disgusting to watch
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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Holy shit as a former mine worker this is insane. Silicosis is just one of those things MSHA is fully aware of and fuck me man this is dire. Gonna lead to some terrifying slow miserable deaths years down the road
Last week, Trump signed an executive order promising to scrap environmental protections and supercharge coal production.
Within hours, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it would pause the enforcement of a life-saving silica dust rule—a direct attack on coal miners.
Within hours, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it would pause the enforcement of a life-saving silica dust rule—a direct attack on coal miners.
Trump Just Escalated His War on Coal Miners. Their Unions Are Fighting Back.
The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now their unions are taking him to court.
inthesetimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Holy shit as a former mine worker this is insane. Silicosis is just one of those things MSHA is fully aware of and fuck me man this is dire. Gonna lead to some terrifying slow miserable deaths years down the road
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“Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was mistakenly included, the newly revealed one was created by Mr. Hegseth. It included his wife and about a dozen other people from his personal and professional inner circle…”
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat (Gift Article)
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was mistakenly included, the newly revealed one was created by Mr. Hegseth. It included his wife and about a dozen other people from his personal and professional inner circle…”
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
—Louis Brandeis
—Louis Brandeis
April 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
—Louis Brandeis
—Louis Brandeis
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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.