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☕ Brewing conversations about public health | Fighting for a safer, more equitable world | Views expressed with Catholic grace & caffeine

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla collectively received $51 billion in tax breaks, thanks to the Trump and GOP corporate tax cuts signed into law last year. Together they effectively paid a federal tax rate of 4.9%, according to @itep.org. itep.org/trump-meta-t...
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Four Big Tech Companies Avoid $51 Billion in Taxes in Wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Four of the corporations whose CEOs flanked President Trump at his 2025 inauguration ceremony have now disclosed that they collectively received $51 billion in federal tax breaks in 2025, much of that...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Amazon just saved nearly $8B on its 2025 tax bill — despite profits hitting $90B — thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill. Remember: Amazon spent $75M producing and marketing the Melania movie, while Jeff Bezos gave $1M to Trump's inaugural fund. Quite a return on investment, huh?
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Autumnal Emily Cratchit 👻 @doughnuts.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I saw that ICE is pretending to be Jehovah’s Witnesses in MN now. The JW’s I have known as co-workers and friends have been some of the gentlest kindest humans I have ever known. Cheeses me off.
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Aaliyah🦋 @liyahmwemezi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
R.I.P Linda Davis 🙏🏾
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/02/2026
Elected Democrats in major U.S. cities have banded together to try to block the Trump administration from aggressive immigration operations such as the one now winding down in Minneapolis.
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Democratic-led cities move to block ICE, setting up clash with Trump
In New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere, elected Democrats are taking steps to try to limit immigration crackdowns like the one winding down in Minneapolis.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 19/02/2026
Tom Morello has something to tell you:
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Shanna Swendson @shannaswendson.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Yep, the Mennonites are rising up. They took over the Target for an anti-ICE hymn sing to shame Target for their cooperation. augustafreepress.com/news/harriso...
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Harrisonburg Mennonites stage anti-ICE protest at Target store
A group organized by Mennonite Action gathered for a hymn sing inside the Harrisonburg Target store on Saturday.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Incredible sidewalk stencil art hopscotch by voteruthless outside of ARBEITER BREWING CO! Go get your stomps on and support an amazing local brewery! Minneapolis
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026
More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes. Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted. Beautiful and devastating all at once.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Posters of Pam Bondi
Saying Epstein Queen, Pedo protector
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Trump Administration: Should we a) Release the Epstein Files or b) Bomb Iran and engage in a destructive war as a distraction? Bomb Iran.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This banner of Donald Trump on the DOJ headquarters building is giving 1930s Germany vibes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2026
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Epstein class — aka the billionaires — are running this country.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
‪Roger Sollenberger‬: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was underage not once — but at least FOUR times. But the document that shows those additional interviews appears to have been deleted from the DOJ website.
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DOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data Shows
The FBI spoke at least four times with a woman who credibly accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, Epstein files show. That document is no longer accessible on the DOJ website.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Rep Ted Lieu claims what 99.9999% of the world already thinks — the unredacted Epstein files contain allegations of Trump raping children. 😳👇
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Hey, USA, this is how you do it. Former President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
(1/3) It’s embarrassing to be American right now.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Tick, Tock, Trump... U.K. Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Ties
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Live Updates: U.K. Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Ties
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps. SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger. | Migrant Insider migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
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How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract is funneling tens of billions into a "ghost network" of detention camps that can materialize anywhere in America overnight.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I can’t imagine the pain of having your loved one abducted by ICE in Minnesota during a news cycle celebrating ICE leaving Minnesota.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“Lorth Sim, a Cambodian national, died in ICE custody on Monday, the seventh since the start of the year and nearly the 40th since Trump took office. ICE has not updated its website to reflect this latest detainee death as of the time of this writing.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/11/2025
Wait, what!? Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’ Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence. #StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
She lives with her grandmother in Colombia and travels frequently to the U.S. to visit her mother. Her visa made them targets for ICE. A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 12/02/2026
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
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Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
JUST IN: Juan Nicolás is at a hospital in Mexico getting all the care that ICE, with all its bloated budget, denied the bronchitic two-month-old here at home. Via @pabloreports.bsky.social
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visualmania.bsky.social @visualmania.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
BREAKING @climaterevolutionnj : “Hundreds showed up to New Brunswick City Council tonight to stop the 27,000 sq. ft. data center proposed under the Jersey-Sandford Redevel @rutgers.sea @nj.burn@fwwnewjersey @njpirgstudents @njejalliance &others who made tonight possible. Video shot by: @mariovizion”
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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
MAJESTIC REALTY CO. STATEMENT RE: BUILDING IN HUTCHINS, TEXAS
 
“While we were contacted about the potential sale of our building in Hutchins, Texas, Majestic Realty Co. has not and will not enter into any agreement for the purchase or lease of any building to the Department of Homeland Security for use as a detention facility. We’re grateful for the long-term relationship we have with Mayor Mario Vasquez and the City of Hutchins and look forward to continuing our work to find a buyer or lease tenant that will help drive economic growth.”
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
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As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Georgia residents are fearing a literal sh*t storm if ICE expands near their town.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address. Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies. Watch on our YouTube.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hey friends, here's some information about the "State of the Swamp” event being put on by the great @milestaylor.bsky.social. It’s set for 2/24 and will serve as counter-programming to the Orange Autocrat’s state of the union address. Go to defiance.org for details.
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
two days ago, the WSJ described young people as "splurging on" rotisserie chicken, the $6 item that, by weight, is the cheapest meat at the grocery store. the ruling class tells each other with increasing desperation that we deserve what they're doing to us
the Wall Street Journal article "The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores" from 2/10/2026 with "splurging on ... rotisserie chickens" highlighted
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 15/02/2026
If you can't feed a family on the minimum wage... Then it shouldn't be the minimum wage.
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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thinking the SAVE ACT isn't a disaster - IT IS. Requiring women voters last name must match their birth certificate. A passport is helpful but very expensive and hundreds of thousands of women can't afford one. Does your mom carry her birth certificate & marriage license?
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Palantir paid zero federal income tax for fiscal year 2025, despite reporting $1.5 billion in income. itep.org/palantir-pay...
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Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law
Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 16/02/2026
FBI won’t provide Minnesota investigators with evidence in Alex Pretti killing, state says minnesotareformer.com/briefs/fbi-w...
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FBI won’t provide Minnesota investigators with evidence in Alex Pretti killing, state says • Minnesota Reformer
The FBI formally notified Minnesota officials on Friday that it would not grant them access to evidence from the investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapo...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The Nazis are in Olathe, Kansas. The screams and crying are heartbreaking 💔
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In New Jersey, ICE has started using roadblock-style checkpoints to conduct racial profiling checks on random drivers. This particular checkpoint was observed in Hopatcong. (2/10/26)
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Detroit Documenters @detdocumenters.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison suspended two officers for coordinating with Border Patrol in violation of department policy. He said he “intends to terminate them." Our public records request showed two more instances of officers calling immigration agents, with @kobylevin.bsky.social:
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What we know about Detroit police calls to CPB at traffic stops
Detroit police officers coordinated with Border Patrol more often than the department acknowledged.
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Aysha Prather @alprather.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Norman, OK today.
Letters behind a fence on a high overpass spell out FREE IMMIGRANTS CAGE PEDOS. American flags are attached to the fence on either side of the letters.
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"My name is George Retes. I am -- I was born & raised here in Ventura, California, I'm 26 years old & I'm an Iraq combat veteran" "I was going to work like normal..one agent knelt on my back & another agent knelt on my neck. And during that time, I'm just pleading with them that I couldn't breathe"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.” A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”. (Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
DHS demands social media sites reveal names behind anti-ICE posts
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Statement from FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez on media independence and First Amendment protections.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Stephen Colbert responds to CBS disputing his claims that he was barred from airing the James Talarico interview: "And for the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap. Hold on." He then picks it up with a dog poop bag.
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Let the Right One Ian @ianfortey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
That Stephen Colbert interview with James Talarico is at 4.5 million views right now on youtube. That's getting close to double the normal viewership for an episode of his show these days. Good job, CBS.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Fascism is here. 🇺🇸 CBS is dead. ☠️ More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
RIP Jesse Jackson, the renowned civil rights leader who worked alongside MLK Jr., founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and once stopped by Sesame Street to remind kids that no matter where they came from, they are ‘somebody.’
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“It’s ok to change your mind” 🎵 Folks in the crowded hall break into song before HB 1711 the anti-immigrant STEPHEN MILLER/Rep. Elaine Davis (R) bill to turn Tennessee schools & hospitals into ICE informants is heard
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