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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
chuffed.org/project/2005...
http://tinyurl.com/y33vhw4y 
link to provide mutual aid for community members injured by agents in Frederick, MD while protecting their neighbors. To provide for medical costs and lost wages. Full need is unknown at this time, but any excess funds will be be given to ongoing support to local immigrant families in need
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/08/2026
Can a DMV area reporter please call me on Signal ASAP at gbrockell.44 ?Our PG County kids got out of school almost four hours ago and the bus still hasn’t dropped them off. It stopped moving on GPS an hour ago, going the wrong way and then the app just crashes now. Where are our kids?!
Prince George's County parents raise concerns over bus assignments, Chipmunk tracking app
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 10/08/2026
Howard County suicide call center lays off 62 after losing federal funds
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Howard County suicide call center lays off 62 after losing federal funds
Grassroots, a Howard County nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline from around the country, is laying off 62 employees after losing federal funding.
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
craptastic news in the b’more area despite prior strong community opposition that seemed to put an end to the conversion of a warehouse in Howard County to provide more Field Office space for the Baltimore region, a judge has ruled that they can move forward 🤮 foxbaltimore.com/news/local/j...
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Judge reinstates Howard County ICE facility permit
A federal judge has reinstated the building permit for the Howard County U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center proposed in an Elkridge offic
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
actionnetwork.org/letters/rest...
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Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
This week, the government froze legal services for unaccompanied children, leaving over 26,000 children without access to their legal counsel. This strands children, some as young as toddlers, without...
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
So much heartbreak in the injustices we live with in our country. May his family receive the answers & justice they deserve. open.substack.com/pub/sharonmc...
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Nolan Wells is More Than Another Name
His death is raising familiar fears for Black families
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
when they are censoring research about how to teach & support our youngest learners at a critical period…I continue to scream into the abyss about special ed being moved to HHS & DOJ
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Today with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @kim.senate.gov youtube.com/live/2WUYCw4...
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American Conversations: Senator Andy Kim
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 28/05/2026
I want you to hear straight from me about what happened at Delaney Hall on Monday and what I saw inside the facility. ICE out of control. GEO Group profiting off of human misery. People living in inhumane conditions. Let me walk you through it.
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What I Saw Inside Delaney Hall Detention Facility
YouTube video by Senator Andy Kim
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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If the US plan to dismantle PEPFAR goes forward, 18 CDC global outposts could close before year's end, up to 85% of CDC’s global presence could evaporate over the next 2 years, millions worldwide will lose important protection against outbreaks & Americans will be at greater risk of disease threats.
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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Everyone needs to hear this passionate conversation between Cleve Jones and @hcrichardson.bsky.social about what’s coming from the cuts in last summer’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Democrat, Republican, Independent—every one of us will be affected. Please give a listen. www.youtube.com/live/5UFE7L9...
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American Conversations: Cleve Jones
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
this is such great news!! here is a gofundme link to help Rodney rebuild his life www.gofundme.com/f/help-rodne... www.change.org/p/rodney-tay...
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Rodney Taylor has been Released from ICE Detention!
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!  On May 5, 2026 advocates and family members announced the release of Rodney Taylor from ICE detention, marking the end of a grueling 15-month battle for the Georgia resident’s ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"Children as young as 4 are being forced to repeatedly appear in court and provide updates on their case, at times without legal help, within a matter of weeks. "Children are feeling 'enormous pressure' and some wet their pants when they have to go to court..." www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/p...
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Exclusive: Trump moves to accelerate deportations of migrant children in US custody | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is taking steps to accelerate the deportations of migrant children in US custody amid White House pressure to quickly move kids through the system, according to administration...
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
“The VRA was eliminated not because it was no longer necessary, but because it had succeeded in challenging power structures. A court that will do this will eliminate other programs designed to make America more democratic and more fair.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Here's the first-ever Linkedin message from this company, which seems to be a small company run by two millennials with some background in migrant shelters. Four months ago they suggest they won a contract to run a "mass care site" in Lexington, KY, but this is their first-ever federal contract.
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hashtag Humanitarian Solutions hashtag Humanitarian Response hashtag Innovation hashtag New Website
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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 28/02/2026
The hearing on $150 million in proposed cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration was mostly dry, until recipients and family members began telling their personal stories, and two years of fears and frustration bubbled over. marylandmatters.org/2026/02/26/e...
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Emotions bubble over at budget hearing on developmental disabilities service cuts - Maryland Matters
The hearing on $150 million in proposed cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration was mostly dry, until recipients and family members began telling their personal stories, and two years of...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/01/2026
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights. After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 28/01/2026
MPR News host Nina Moini spoke with Attorney Eric Lee, who heard the protest from the center over the weekend, and Sam Doiron, an attorney with the Texas-based group RAICES, about conditions inside the detention center.
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Inside the Dilley detention facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo-Ramos is being held
Protests took place this weekend at the detention center in Dilley, Texas, where a 5-year-old Columbia Heights boy and his father are being held. The two were detained by ICE in Minnesota last Friday.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
please listen to the context heather provides the time is now republicans in congress could end this now & choose democracy we the people must push them to listen
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
heartbreaking 💔
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I spoke to CBC earlier this week about what it’s like to live in Minneapolis. It’s only the tiniest snapshot of what it has been like in this city. But I hope it helps people outside of Minnesota understand what ICE is doing to our community.
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
that is the point..
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
helps with all the feels today www.instagram.com/reel/DQD37I4...
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Good Music on Instagram: "This is a clip of Curt Smith, one of the founding members of the British band Tears for Fears, performing with his daughter, Diva Smith. The video went viral during the pande...
521K likes, 4,604 comments - top.music.songs on October 20, 2025: "This is a clip of Curt Smith, one of the founding members of the British band Tears for Fears, performing with his daughter, Diva Smi...
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
@indivisiblemd.bsky.social
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“the US government did not recognize Human Rights Day this year” speaks volumes. I wanted to scream out all of the virtues declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the universe while reading this🫩🩷
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
not ok
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
devastating to know how many new infections & deaths will result from the rapid destruction of USAID💔 this World AIDS day i remember the stacks of wooden coffins lining the road my first trip to Kampala 2005. i am hopeful for the amazing promise of new treatments. we have not forgotten
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
i have also contacted senators’ alsobrooks & van hollen offices directly & ask other marylanders to do the same @indivisiblemd.bsky.social all of the disappeared need our voices to rise up
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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 30/11/2025
We invite you to read this article in the post below. ”Almost every problem we treat as an inevitable feature of American democracy has been solved somewhere else.“
We were told our system was the gold standard, the shining city on a hill, the model everyone else aspired to. That was always a lie, but it was a useful lie for the people who benefit from the dysfunction.
Quote from Substack article a Charmitage.substack.com.  So here are six alternatives that exist in the world right now, functioning in real democracies, solving problems we have been told are unsolvable.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 24/11/2025
I went to immigration court in Seattle to observe the kids docket. These children, some as young as three years old, are expected to understand complex legal processes and represent themselves in court. That’s not due process.
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
i love this so much. i purchased a blender for a young man who wants to make healthy smoothies & soups. i am thrilled that he is going to get something he wants for christmas that supports his goals
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Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
No…degrees were not “removed” from a list of “professional degrees.” It’s not about mandated reporters, either. The media is getting it wrong, and it is snowballing out of control. Here’s three videos about what’s going on and why we NEED to get this right if we want to stop it:
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Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The earnings test is SINISTER. It’s in the Big Beautiful Bill…but they don’t want us to know.
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
virginia federal workers & all who fought so hard for the outcome of the elections last week, hope you are unrelenting as you give @kaine.senate.gov a piece of your mind today
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
hope at least it was a pinky promise you cowards gave in to 🙄🙄🙄 shame on the senate democrats who are putting their own self interests above the pleading, sacrificing, & very clear mandate of the people you represent. you clearly don’t know how to read the room after the elections last week
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NoINGSOC @noingsoc.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
A No Kings protester in St. George, Utah wears an inflatable frog costume (nod to PDX) while carrying an inflatable submarine sandwich (nod to DC).
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If the sandwich stayed whole, the defense meets its goal
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 31/10/2025
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I included Emmanuel in my article about ICE being a mass disabling event. Not only are they kidnapping and abusing disabled people, their actions are causing additional disability. They’re carrying out a eugenics agenda: www.disabledginger.com/p/disabled-p...
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Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities
Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody. He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back She’s not allowed to visit him. They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
i have spent time with women in uganda & the circumstances of this woman’s journey are very familiar. i love this story so much!! also, ugandan coffee is amazing
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Professor Longhair's Valet @fesstivaldog.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
If only we had some national, government funded health agencies to work on this disease.
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
the measure of our society rests on how we treat people with disabilities. denying the rights of children who qualify for special education services does not bode well
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asquared @angwhalen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
shame on them for firing everyone & using AI to lazily identify grants that have words they don’t like. it has lifelong impacts on children & families. when you put someone previously in charge of the WWE, who knows nothing about education, in charge of education. open.substack.com/pub/sharonmc...
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The War on “Woke” Comes for Disabled Students
Education Department grants are being cut arbitrarily
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