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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2025

The U.S. government is trying to deport Ohio children’s hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, alleging tenuous connections to terrorism. If DHS succeeds, experts say it could hand the Trump admin. a “sledgehammer” to use on mass deportations. ➡️ Read the full story: www.propublica.org/article/ayma...

Screenshot of article excerpt, with the last paragraph highlighted in blue. Text reads: The idea of Soliman as a secret militant has outraged residents who know him locally as “the interfaith imam” and the first Muslim on the pastoral care team at Cincinnati Children’s, a top-ranked pediatric hospital. Colleagues described a popular chaplain with nicknames for the tiny patients and soothing words for their bleary-eyed parents.

Judy Ragsdale, the former pastoral care director who hired Soliman in 2021 shortly before retiring, said she wrote a letter to hospital leaders imploring them to speak out against the allegations that could return him to certain persecution in Egypt. He lost authorization to work in June, when his asylum was terminated.

“This is a ‘Schindler’s List’ moment,” Ragsdale said she told hospital leaders. “And if you don’t stand up for Ayman, you’re complicit in what’s happening to him.”

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16/09/2025

A social media user—wrongly accused of posting negatively about Charlie Kirk—was suspended from his job alongside a tidal wave of threatening messages and phone calls, sending his mother and sister fleeing from their home. trib.al/pOclcrP

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman to lead the celebration of the 215th anniversary of Mexican Independence.” www.nbclosangeles.com/news/nationa...

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First woman president to lead Mexico’s historic 'El Grito' celebration

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female to lead the celebration of the 215th anniversary of Mexican Independence.

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

There is an entire dissertation's worth of contortionist rationale contained in this email. The decline of wapo is so sad. www.instagram.com/p/DOoA1x6DlO...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Sotomayor on the impact: "The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents’ satisfaction."

The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but
declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work
low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken
away from work, and held until they provide proof of their
legal status to the agents’ satisfaction.

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

“My mom lives paycheck to paycheck and if the AC breaks down in the summer and you can’t afford to fix it, you will die here. My dad proves that.” how energy poverty is leading to more climate-related deaths: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona

Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burns

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Funny, there wasn't any place to explain that other meant, "you've completely lost your moral compass and role in upholding a functional democracy"

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave

State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

“We can’t be political with our content, but they have politicized everything. We need to prove we’re not partisan by following this very partisan directive. What are we supposed to do? It’s like up is down.” — Longtime Smithsonian worker

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 19/07/2025

Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio are some of the most dangerous cities in the country for road rage shootings, a 2024 Trace analysis found. Texas led the country on highway gun violence. Now, a new state law will increase penalties for shooting at an occupied vehicle. Read more: thetr.ac/0mPXs

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2025

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Reminder that this is illegal. The IRS has statutory rules that forbid them-except under very specific conditions-from sharing data. The reason is very practical-if people don't trust the IRS they will avoid 'voluntarily' paying taxes. The tax system falls apart otherwise.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Texas congressional districts: Whites 40% population but majority in 60% districts Hispanics 39% of pop but majority in 18% districts Blacks 12% of pop but majority in 0% districts Now Texas re-gerrymandering for 2026 bc Trump says they’re not skewed enough 🤔 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Texas Republicans have a brazen new plan to block Democrats from retaking the House in 2026

“The partisan effects of the maps are achieved by discriminating against communities of color."

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Hola #nahj25! Don't miss this powerful conversation on authentic leadership. Join us TODAY in Williford C at 4:30p as we work to break through leadership ranks while honoring our Latine identity and values bit.ly/nahj25authen...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I'm tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists, White Supremacists, and extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month. There are now 90 anti-LGBTIQ incidents mapped — including 29 incidents of vandalism and 6 incidents of anti-LGBTIQ violence or threats.

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Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month - Google My Maps

Tracking the far right anti-LGBTIQ activists, Christian Nationalists, White Supremacists, and violent extremist groups targeting LGBTIQ events during Pride Month. Incident Report: https://tinyurl.com...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

.@CBS8 in San Diego reports that due to Bishop Michael Pham’s presence in the courtroom, in effect, cases of migrants today were postponed.

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Seeing lots of posts about Pope Leo mobilizing priests to stand with US immigrants making courthouse appointments. He is not. Three US bishops - including one appointed by Leo - ARE organizing solidarity action at courthouses today, international refugee day.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

A USC professor started a hotline to help folks with immigration-related hearings complete and submit motions to have online/remote hearings instead of in-person hearings. The number is 888-462-5211. @annenbergmedia.bsky.social has the full story here ⤵️ www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/06/18/u...

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USC Agents of Change establishes hotline to help move immigration hearings online

Since Monday, a group of 15 USC student, alumni and faculty volunteers have already received thousands of calls for help on open immigration cases.

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🧵 The last few weeks (years?!) news is breaking my brain and my heart. The barrage of headlines and videos about people being harassed, surveilled, detained and/or disappeared is horrifying. But a couple of thoughts for your consideration...

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I am absolutely honored to be leading two important conversations at #NAHJ25 in Chicago next month. If you are going, I hope you'll join us. First up: How are newsrooms centering immigrant audiences at this moment?

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Isabel Ravenna @theravennareport.com · 19/06/2025

writing a story when— Why’s the hyperlink to a .gov page I wanna cite taking me to an “Access Denied” wall?? So weird. It’s literally just historical info on female bootleggers during Prohibition. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. Nothin. Oh. There it is—In the url: “Diversity/women.” Now I’m annoyed

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“‘I’m a member of the media, officer,’ Guevara tells a police officer right before he’s arrested. The video shows Guevara wearing a bright red shirt under a protective vest with ‘PRESS’ printed across his chest.” apnews.com/article/jour...

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Spanish-language journalist who documents immigration raids detained for ICE after protest arrest

A Spanish-language journalist known for documenting immigration raids could face deportation proceedings after police arrested him on charges of obstructing officers and unlawful assembly as he covere...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“In sadness, I dissent.”

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Trump turns to the construction workers gathered around him an says thaty if any of them are undocumented "they'll find out," and "your whole life will be destroyed."

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Boston showed up for No Kings Day!

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Heather M. Collins🗽 @heathersdesk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS

View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Roll Tide! Alabama would not be left out.

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

"Many" = tens of thousands

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Am seeing more of these across my feed - citizens pushing ICE agents back in protest, defending their neighbors. San Diego yesterday: bsky.app/profile/wear... Bloomington, MN, today:

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

My ratio of saves to reads was prob 10:1, but I still want to know: Where are you putting all the stuff you saved to Pocket?! (RIP 🥹)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off. We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos

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Amanda Zamora @amzam.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

You can’t *give* carte blanche that has already been unilaterally taken.

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