Zepolm
@zepolm.bsky.social
Pessimistic optimist. Pinay Rican. User of bad words: TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS; she/her/ella; Gulf of MEXICO; women; multiculturalism; anti-racism…
Artist Byron Kim-Synecdoche, 1998
Artist Byron Kim-Synecdoche, 1998
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🚨 US CITIZEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE FACES BEING TRAFFICKED OUT OF COUNTRY 🚨
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🚨 US CITIZEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE FACES BEING TRAFFICKED OUT OF COUNTRY 🚨
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Texas continues to be The Worst. They’re not even trying to hide the gerrymandering anymore, huh. 😒
www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...
Texas Republicans release a redistricting plan that could achieve Trump's aims
Republicans in the Texas House have released a proposed new redistricting map that seeks to fulfill President Trump's desire to add up to five additional GOP congressional seats in the state.
www.npr.org
July 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Texas continues to be The Worst. They’re not even trying to hide the gerrymandering anymore, huh. 😒
www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...
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There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”
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1/ We got government data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in the U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.
May 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
1/ We got government data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in the U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.
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In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
www.mysanantonio.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
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ErinReed [Apr 10] -- In deep blue MA House Dems water down but pass anti-trans sports bill -- a first passage in any blue state legislature. Even in red Montana every Dem voted against a recent sports bill. Definitely a warning light flashing. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Massachusetts House Dems Pass Bill That Could Ban Trans Students From Sports; Senate Next
Democrats used a procedural motion to water the sports ban down rather than kill it outright out of fear of taking a vote and putting members on record.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
ErinReed [Apr 10] -- In deep blue MA House Dems water down but pass anti-trans sports bill -- a first passage in any blue state legislature. Even in red Montana every Dem voted against a recent sports bill. Definitely a warning light flashing. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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No criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelans deported to CECOT, the El Salvadoran maximum security mega-prison known as a “black hole of human rights.”
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
No criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelans deported to CECOT, the El Salvadoran maximum security mega-prison known as a “black hole of human rights.”
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100B in taxes and receive no benefits or representation. Trump is about to explode the deficit by using the SSA to find and deport them. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100B in taxes and receive no benefits or representation. Trump is about to explode the deficit by using the SSA to find and deport them. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
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The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
web.archive.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
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Not transgender, gay or an immigrant. He is a Trump advisor.
Multi-County Grand Jury indicts Texas megachurch founder on multiple counts of lewd or indecent acts with child
The Multi-County Grand Jury today indicted the founder of a Texas megachurch on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child stemming from incidents that date back to the 1980s.
oklahoma.gov
March 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not transgender, gay or an immigrant. He is a Trump advisor.
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Miller and Homan must be so pleased with themselves. Fucking monsters:
A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find a way to return to the U.S. and ensure their 10-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, can continue her brain cancer treatment.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find a way to return to the U.S. and ensure their 10-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, can continue her brain cancer treatment.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Miller and Homan must be so pleased with themselves. Fucking monsters:
A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find a way to return to the U.S. and ensure their 10-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, can continue her brain cancer treatment.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find a way to return to the U.S. and ensure their 10-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, can continue her brain cancer treatment.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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Come on @schiff.senate.gov. What you're actually saying here is if communities want to discriminate, they should be free to. As trans people get thrown under the bus on the regular, stop playing the politics and trying to pivot to economics; stand with basic human dignity!!
Bunch of cowards.
This “oh noes trans athletes” is a cooked up grift and these door knobs are falling for it. Primary every single one of them.
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Schiff on transgender athletes: Confident that ‘local communities’ can ‘make decisions’ to ensure sports ‘safe,’ ‘fair’ thehill.com/homenews/sen...
This “oh noes trans athletes” is a cooked up grift and these door knobs are falling for it. Primary every single one of them.
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Schiff on transgender athletes: Confident that ‘local communities’ can ‘make decisions’ to ensure sports ‘safe,’ ‘fair’ thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Come on @schiff.senate.gov. What you're actually saying here is if communities want to discriminate, they should be free to. As trans people get thrown under the bus on the regular, stop playing the politics and trying to pivot to economics; stand with basic human dignity!!
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At 5 pm Fri, the Social Security Admin announced that it will withhold the *entire* Social Security benefits of overpaid seniors & people w/disabilities, even if not their fault—reversing a Biden-era reform that limited repayment to 10% of the monthly benefit.
This will cause needless suffering.
This will cause needless suffering.
March 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
At 5 pm Fri, the Social Security Admin announced that it will withhold the *entire* Social Security benefits of overpaid seniors & people w/disabilities, even if not their fault—reversing a Biden-era reform that limited repayment to 10% of the monthly benefit.
This will cause needless suffering.
This will cause needless suffering.
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for the past 2 years when cis people ask me why i left texas i’ve forced a smile and said the weather, the hiking. but thats why i chose oregon.
its not why i left texas.
i left texas because i knew this was coming. www.transvitae.com/texas-bill-s...
its not why i left texas.
i left texas because i knew this was coming. www.transvitae.com/texas-bill-s...
Texas Bill Seeks to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for All Ages
Texas’ H.B. 3399 seeks to ban all gender-affirming care for minors and adults, marking an unprecedented attack on transgender healthcare rights.
www.transvitae.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
for the past 2 years when cis people ask me why i left texas i’ve forced a smile and said the weather, the hiking. but thats why i chose oregon.
its not why i left texas.
i left texas because i knew this was coming. www.transvitae.com/texas-bill-s...
its not why i left texas.
i left texas because i knew this was coming. www.transvitae.com/texas-bill-s...
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📢 New report on #Texas' abortion ban:
- 50%+ rise in sepsis from 2nd-trimester pregnancy loss
- Rise in pregnant and postpartum fatalities
- Delayed care for miscarriages due to healthcare provider legal fears
🚨 Restrictive laws = worse health outcomes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...
- 50%+ rise in sepsis from 2nd-trimester pregnancy loss
- Rise in pregnant and postpartum fatalities
- Delayed care for miscarriages due to healthcare provider legal fears
🚨 Restrictive laws = worse health outcomes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...
Rates of pregnancy-related sepsis and deaths grow in Texas after abortion ban
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.texastribune.org
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
📢 New report on #Texas' abortion ban:
- 50%+ rise in sepsis from 2nd-trimester pregnancy loss
- Rise in pregnant and postpartum fatalities
- Delayed care for miscarriages due to healthcare provider legal fears
🚨 Restrictive laws = worse health outcomes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...
- 50%+ rise in sepsis from 2nd-trimester pregnancy loss
- Rise in pregnant and postpartum fatalities
- Delayed care for miscarriages due to healthcare provider legal fears
🚨 Restrictive laws = worse health outcomes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...
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Hi. Jewish person here. These are concentration camps and should be called that by everyone.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hi. Jewish person here. These are concentration camps and should be called that by everyone.
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1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
FYI Tuskegee Airmen video from History Channel on YouTube - banning something makes me want to watch/read/listen more than ever: youtu.be/X2mBs7HwsPA
Tuskegee Airmen Reach New Heights | Dogfights (S2, E13)
YouTube video by HISTORY
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
FYI Tuskegee Airmen video from History Channel on YouTube - banning something makes me want to watch/read/listen more than ever: youtu.be/X2mBs7HwsPA
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So I was a federal employee for years and I am going to repeat a fact that people forget every time a politician sings this song. The government is wildly understaffed and you will feel these kinds of cuts immediately because the people eligible for retirement make up the bulk of knowledgeable staff
Trump’s pick to head OMB Russell Vought says he wants government employees “traumatically affected” and “to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” Targeting our nation’s public servants is wrong and dangerous.
Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So I was a federal employee for years and I am going to repeat a fact that people forget every time a politician sings this song. The government is wildly understaffed and you will feel these kinds of cuts immediately because the people eligible for retirement make up the bulk of knowledgeable staff
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In 2021, under the guise of preserving life, Texas politicians enacted the country’s most radical abortion ban. Since then, mothers and infants have died at alarming rates, and infertility, STDs, and complications have increased. @thebarbedwire.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/10/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/10/t...
The True Cost of Texas’ Abortion Ban: Rising Deaths, Abandoned Babies, Fewer Doctors - The Barbed Wire
What have the country’s most restrictive abortion laws meant for the women and babies living under them? That’s the million-dollar question posed over the last three years by reporters, health care pr...
thebarbedwire.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In 2021, under the guise of preserving life, Texas politicians enacted the country’s most radical abortion ban. Since then, mothers and infants have died at alarming rates, and infertility, STDs, and complications have increased. @thebarbedwire.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/10/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/10/t...