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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

There's a reason we're not traveling to the US right now. Not even to visit family. Nobody is safe. You just have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you risk being killed by ICE.

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IAB @iabnews.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Islamist terrorist attacks often trigger negative #stereotypes toward men perceived to be of Middle Eastern origin. But do they affect #employment — and if so, when? 💡Using linked employer–employee data from #Germany, IAB-researchers Malte Reichelt and Christoph Müller address this question.(1/9)

Research Article in American Sociological Review by Malte Reichelt and Christoph Müller: Salience Shifts and Managerial Discretion: How Periods of Islamist Terrorism Affect the Employment of Middle Eastern Men

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I wrote about one of the worst aspects of the Epstein files www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

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Opinion | Jeffrey Epstein, the Devil’s Concierge

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Nicholas Sarwark @sarwark.org · 07/02/2026

Concentration camps lead to disease and death.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Then there isn’t a cease fire.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed. Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2060...

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Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country

The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

For those objecting to comparisons between Germany then & the U.S. now: “About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.”

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'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/02/2026

It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.

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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

You've lost the plot, if you think it's okay to tear gas little children.

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 31/01/2026

In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”

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‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding

Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 28/01/2026

The midterms are 10 months away, but Donald Trump is already meddling in them. Why a raid in Georgia today should concern everyone 👇

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

In theater. So they think they’re at war.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year. *That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

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5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official

The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“Liam is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality ... He has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever and he no longer wants to eat.” Body cameras on ICE/CBP agents are not going to fix this.

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5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official

The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Abolish ICE is not enough. Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough. We need prosecutions and trials. Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Senate Dems needn’t come to agreement on everything right now. That’s a path to the lowest common denominator. They simply have to agree to filibuster DHS approps. As to which of a host of anti-brutality and anti-authoritarian proposals to advance, let a thousand flowers bloom.

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Succinct, accurate, well done sentence in @bloomberg.com story today by @steventdennis.bsky.social & @elwasson.bsky.social

Screenshot of a Bloomberg News story with a sentence that says: “On Saturday, agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a nurse at a VA hospital, while he was subdued and on his knees after they discovered a gun he had a permit to carry.”

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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Genuine care for the community and positive, reassuring messaging. He's definitely giving Leslie Knope!

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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Great essay on state terror by @mashagessen.bsky.social. A fast but essential read on what's happening in the US. It's imperative that international media get this right. Looking at you, Germany...

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🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Die seit dem Sommer 2012 existierende De-facto-Autonomie der syrischen Kurd*innen ist akut gefährdet. Die Armee der syrischen „Übergangsregierung“ von Al Sharaa und dschihadistische Milizen greifen die demokratische Selbstverwaltung in Rojava massiv an.

Die kurdische Selbstverwaltung in Syrien kämpft ums Überleben, der Westen sieht zu.

Die Armee der syrischen „Übergangsregierung“ von
Al Sharaa und dschihadistische Milizen greifen die demokratische Selbstverwaltung in Rojava massiv an.

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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Americans are fighting an authoritarian regime. One that is openly executing people in the streets for exercising their basic rights. The people of #Minneapolis are on the front lines, showing us how resistance is done.

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DSchrantz @dschrantz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Calling the residents of Minnesota who have been shown documenting or attempting to witness ICE activities in our midst “protesting” is inaccurate. ICE is ubiquitous. We don’t go to ICE, we see it in our daily lives. Secondly, legal observing is our only recourse to defend ourselves. 👇🏻

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It's really heartening to see the American people come out and stand up for their neighbors.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital

The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

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F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

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Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure

The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

NEW: A federal court ruling in Minnesota, which notes ICE agents broke the Fourth Amendment by entering a family's home sans warrant, lands as ICE faces scrutiny over a secret memo claiming their agents can enter homes w/ administrative paperwork alone.

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US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren’t needed to enter homes without consent.

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Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

In this video from Maine obtained by @accountabilityji.bsky.social, an ICE agent repeatedly threatens a protester with pepper spray and ends the encounter by saying “Make America Great Again.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The funny thing about this standard MAGA response to protest is that in this case not only is it once again a lie, but the people they’re protesting — immigration officers — are literally paid agitators and chaos agents from out of state.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/01/2026

A little girl can’t go to the park with her parents. A mother trembles while taking out the trash. A father peeks through the blinds to see if anyone is watching. Years earlier, this family faced persecution in Venezuela, but now they’re living in terror in the US. Read more: bit.ly/49P2Sc1

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

if you cant instruct your local police to surround schools to protect them from ice because youre scared the cops will turn around and instead help kidnap children then you should state that plainly and clearly

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 22/01/2026

Musk’s participation in the bikini trend opened the floodgates. Grok went from making 300k images a week to 4.4 million. Read more from me, @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com and @stuartathompson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 22/01/2026

In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 22/01/2026

We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

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Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show

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Christine Vigeant @christineveeg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Child kidnappers. That's what ICE is. Anyone who supports and participates in this should be shunned and ostracized for the rest of their miserable lives.

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