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Jo @service-worker.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Did you see this horseshit? The guy who had his window busted & was scooped up by ICE while looking for someone else had his trial & the gov didn’t have any charges filed against him so the judge ordered his release. Instead of releasing him, gov claims a “clerical error” & are keeping him.

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Henry Brown @chairman-wow.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

happy birthday to belle! 4 years of belle! #cats

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/05/2025

This is genuinely harrowing to watch.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Pope Francis’ popemobile, “the very vehicle from which he waved and was close to millions of faithful all around the world, is being transformed into a mobile health unit for the children of Gaza,” per his wishes. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

vaticannews.va

The Popemobile of Peace: Pope Francis’ final gift to Gaza - Vatican News

Pope Francis requests that his popemobile be turned into a health clinic for the children of Gaza.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

BREAKING: Trump has filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to let DOGE access personal information for millions of people in Social Security databases.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

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Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200. The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money. Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.

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Henry Brown @chairman-wow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Hakeem Jeffries and every other corporate-backed stooge in Dem leadership are marching us all to the gallows

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

If you see your Senator’s name on this list, call them at (202) 224-3121 and ask them how voting for Trump appointments is “fighting back” Flood their phones. Let ‘em know.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 28/04/2025

Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested. Story coming.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Before they exiled the kids, they used them as hostages. I hate this so much. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Justice Department lawyers argued that "the man claiming to be V.M.L.'s father" had failed to prove his identity to the government despite requests that he present himself to
ICE agents, adding that he had also
"demonstrated considerable hesitation"
regarding the inquiries into his immigration status. The man's lawyers included V.M.L.'s birth certificate in their fillings, which shows she was born in Baton Rouge and lists the names of both her mother and father.

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Jèf Uphoff @juphoff.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

ICE is now asserting it's a federal crime for bystanders to request that masked people in plain clothes show identification as they're handcuffing folks and stuffing them into unmarked vans.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Pledging to defend the Constitution right before the country you were about to become a citizen of unconstitutionally detains you

Mohsen Mahdawi attended his US citizenship interview, raised his right hand, and answered all the questions asked of him, before signing a document to pledge that he was willing to "defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign, and domestic."
And then, shortly after, the immigration official he was working with walked out, saying he needed to "check" on something and he'd be right back. Masked and visibly armed ICE agents subsequently marched in and shackled Mahdawi, took him to a car, and immediately set out on "a clear plan to ship him to Louisiana," over 1,000 miles away.
That's according to Mahdawi's legal team in a Tuesday legal filing making a motion for his release from detention. "It was a trap," his team concludes.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

Tricia McLaughlin &
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The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.
He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.
This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

"You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had
it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document.
Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained
"at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error.
Hermosillo said he was detained with about
15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because
"they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

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Henry Brown @chairman-wow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A timely reminder from Pope Francis' final encyclical. Rest in peace.

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"It's just the violent criminal immigrants!" "It's just the criminal immigrants!" "It's just the immigrants!" "So what if it's also random tourists?" "Oh come on, it's just a couple random random U.S. citizens?" "Wait, what do you mean its also [insert someone I know/care about]?"

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Democracy Defender @indiviswestand.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

URGENT Action! The U.S. SENATE votes soon on GOP’s voter suppressing “SAVE” Act. Call these DEM SENATORS today & ask them to *VOTE NO ON THE SAVE Act*: King 202-224-5344; Fetterman 202-224-4254; Gallego 202-224-4521; Kelly 202- 224-2235; Hassan 202-224-3324; Rosen 202-224-6244; Peters (202) 224-6221

lwv.org

Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act | League of Women Voters

Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act.

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Henry Brown @chairman-wow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Rest in peace, Pope Francis. Thank you for renewing the Church's commitment to peace and justice in this world. Truly a great leader. You will be sorely missed on Earth.

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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Mass incarceration meets mass deportation

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

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AFT @aft.org · 15/04/2025

SB 37 would allow political appointees to dictate university curricula, potentially censoring discussions on race, gender, and inequality. This undermines the academic freedom that fosters critical thinking and open dialogue among students. @afthighered.bsky.social

texastribune.org

Texas Senate to consider bill that could reshape how history and race are taught in state universities

An overhauled version of Senate Bill 37 would also allow anyone to file complaints that could lead schools to lose funds.

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It's a death camp. It's not a prison. It's not a facility. It's a death camp. They aren't going to send anyone home bc those people are already gone. They were sent there for that purpose. Just like the people sent to Auschwitz, to Dachau, to Buchenwald. America is sending people to death camps.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

If you shed tears over the story of Jesus being unjustly imprisoned, then you should shed tears over the story of Mr. Garcia. "Lord, when did we see you in prison?" they will say. "Whenever you did this to the least of my brothers and sisters, you did it to me" (Matthew 25).

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens. The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)

Google search results says: National Institute of Justice (•gov)
https://nij.ojp.gov › topics › articles › undocumented-im..
immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens.
No information is available for this page.
Learn why

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Megan Castellan @revlucymeg.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The IDF attacked the Anglican-run Al-Ahli Hospital again. (Also sometimes called the Baptist Hospital bc it was formerly run by Baptists before we took over.) I don’t even have words.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

40%-60% of the 775,000 unhoused people in America are employed. We are a nation of the working poor. The working desperate.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

Bike_pimp88 • 21h ago
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
04/11/2025
Notice of Termination of Parole
it is time for you to leave the United States.
You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paroled you into the United States for a limited period. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) and 8 C.F.R. § 212.5(e), DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice.
If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States - unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here. Any benefits you receive in the United States connected with your parole - such as work authorization — will also terminate. You will be subject to potential criminal prosecution, civil fines, and penalties, and any other lawful options available to the federal government.
DHS encourages you to leave immediately on your own.
You can use the CBP Home mobile app on your phone to make arrangements for your departure. If you are departing the United States via land, you should report your departure once outside the United States via that same app. If you are having trouble reporting your departure via land, visit https://194.cbp.dhs.gov/home for more information about voluntarily reporting your departure.
Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States - the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately.
I just got this 5 minutes and I'm not even in the United States or have been for months. I'm in Canada and a Canadian resident. I fly to Vegas tomorrow morning for the weekend and a little concerned? Does this look legit

SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago
I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused.
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+ [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago
Yeah, so confusing
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+ [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago
I go this email last night as well and I have a green card

[-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
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Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov]
(mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov)
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+ [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
Has anyone clicked the link?

+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I just got this same email right now
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+ [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago
Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023
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+ |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam.
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+ [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got it twice to my same email.
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+ [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago
It's legit:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi
grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

NEW: For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir reps, along with dozens of IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API” that would potentially allow intentionally siloed IRS data to be viewed in one place. @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/palant...

wired.com

Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project

For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

CA Border Patrol claimed it's attack on the Central Valley farm working community in Kern County was targeting criminals. Turns out that wasn’t true, they were just profiling farm workers. We must confront this injustice head on!

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/04/2025

NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...

38. Once they finally took me to the medical center, the nurse took my temperature. She said "you need to take that thing off your head" and took off my hejab without asking my permission. I told her you can't take off my hejab and she said this is for your health. After a few minutes I put my hejab back on. But they did nothing to treat my asthma and gave me a few ibuprofen.
39. I had a third asthma attack at the Louisiana facility. Again, this happened in the cell and other woman knocked on the window to get the attention of the officers. I was told that the nurse would come to the cell to see me. She took me outside for a short bit and told me that it was all in my mind. She finally took me to the medical center but I was not treated for my difficulty breathing. The nurse left the room and didn't answer my questions
40.I had a fourth asthma attack on Wednesday March gth around noon. I used my inhaler and waited for it to pass. I was in pain and very scared but I didn't ask to go to the medical center because I don't feel that they address my medical needs.
41. I don't feel safe at the medical center because of my prior experiences there.
They complain when I go there and speak to me in an insulting and condescending manner. They also write information in my medical records that is not accurate. The doctor and nurses there are rude and uncaring.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This deportation horror story, based on an apparent misidentification of Catholic tattoos of the Three Wise Men, is reported by Michael O'Loughlin at Outreach: outreach.faith/2025/04/gay-...

outreach.faith

Gay Venezuelan asylum-seeker deported to notorious prison over Catholic tattoos - Outreach

Friends and family of Andry José Hernández Romero say he was deported because he was wrongfully identified as a gang member due to Catholic tattoos.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 11/04/2025

Bring our SMART union brother home now.

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/04/2025

The SAVE Act isn't about saving anything — it's about silencing voters. It would create barriers that block millions from registering to vote, especially impacting women, communities of color, and working families. Tell Congress to vote NO on SAVE Act. #HandsOffOurVote

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Outrage that 75% of the Venezuelan men rendered to El Salvador have no criminal record implies approval that 25% of those Venezuelan men deserved to be rendered to El Salvador. Where do you draw the line? Is an illegal u-turn deportable behavior? Stealing a candy bar? Growing weed?

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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Under this theory, there is also nothing that prevents them from shipping *American citizens* to a gulag in El Salvador and saying "nothing we can do."

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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Pastors, this post from Trump isn't merely politics. It's a heretical theology that should be challenged as such (see the small sampling of biblical passages):

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