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Elaine F. Almquist

@ealmquist.bsky.social
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The Movement Motivator. Political consultant, trainer, and democracy coach. Abolition accomplice. Multi-modal transit and community-building enthusiast.(She/her/hers) 🌈🖤 🌹🌻 🕊✊🏼🚲🚉

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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses have called on Mass General Brigham to offer wage increases and affordable health insurance. bit.ly/3VyKSix
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Brigham nurses threaten another strike two months after largest in state history
Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses have called on Mass General Brigham to offer wage increases and affordable health insurance.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nurses just voted 2,986 to 215 (93%!) Yes to strike against @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social Solidarity forever. www.boston25news.com/news/brigham...
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Brigham and Women’s nurses vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to strike
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parseword @parseword.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We see ICE wreaking havoc in our communities, we see voter suppression increasing, and what we’re saying is we’re done with that. We are going to continue to fight, but also continue to love until we win, until every community has investment in safety and care, and not in ICE.”
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Faith leaders demand an end to Memphis Safe Task Force as one-year mark of operations approaches
Faith leaders across Tennessee are revamping their demands for an immediate end to what they refer to as an ‘occupation.’
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The family of the Texas man shot and kidnapped by ICE, while he still has a bullet in his back, just hired Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, @attorneygoldfinch on Insta. She is a 20 yr immigration atty and HOT TICKET and she's about to live post every part of it on Instagram.
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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Their message was consistent & urgent: when corporations control medical practices, patient care suffers. When physicians control medical practices, communities are safer. Oregon lawmakers say that’s the model they want to take nationwide with the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act" .
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Oregon lawmakers introduce federal bill to end ‘corporate America’s chokehold’ on health care
Oregon’s fight against corporate control of medicine moved onto the national stage on Wednesday as U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle and Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden were among a group of lawmakers to introduce...
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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a good one.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HE'S CENSORING THE MEDIA. THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Acompañe al National Democratic Training Committee el jueves 24 de septiembre en una sesión virtual especial de preguntas y respuestas en español, con motivo del mes de la herencia hispana. traindems.org/vlt-details/...
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09/24 Thurs • 1 pm ET • Cada votante, en su idioma
Acompañe al National Democratic Training Committee el jueves 24 de septiembre en una sesión virtual especial de preguntas y respuestas en español, con motivo de...
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With all of the illegal coverups that have been committed to shield the public from the heinous crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Trump and friends, it is a breath of fresh air that my Congresswoman, @pressley.house.gov is fighting for the survivors. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/15/m...
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Ayanna Pressley will introduce bill to compensate Epstein victims - The Boston Globe
The first-of-its-kind bill would help address economic burdens of victims whose rights have been violated by the federal government.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This story is horrific and reinforces why cops shouldn't be responding to calls like this. She's being held in the Burlington ICE facility, where her post-miscarriage infection worsened.
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He called 911 to get his partner help. But ICE came and took her instead. - The Boston Globe
For several nights, ICE held her at the agency's field office in Burlington without medical care. For more than a year, immigrants and their attorneys have alleged inadequate conditions at this facili...
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
U.S. Citizens in Florida and a relational organizing company affiliated with the Republicans, 10XVotes, have been found with connections to tampering in Canadian elections, including stolen voter roles, falst testimonials, and incorrect election dates: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i...
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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I just told Congress: don't sneak a tax break for private jet owners into a bipartisan aviation safety bill. Billionaires need to pay what they owe. @inequality.org @taxprivatejets.org actionnetwork.org/letters/ineq...
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Tell Congress: Close the loophole that subsidizes private jets!
Lobbyists tacked a tax break for private jet owners onto the ALERT Act — a bipartisan bill meant to fund air-traffic controller training after last year's deadly helicopter-jet collision over DC. I j...
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you're receiving political mail this cycle, and you are willing to save them for me (regardless of where in the U.S. you live), I will send you an envelope to mail them back to me for my collection.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.boston.com/news/events/... This is one of my very favorite events of the year. Hope to see you tomorrow!
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Friday's Donna Summer Disco Party at City Hall Plaza will mark 50 years since the Boston native's first hit
A Donna Summer disco party is being thrown Friday evening at City Hall Plaza, and while Summer herself will not be in attendance, the plaza will be transformed into a dance floor where the public is i...
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm so grateful that for 42 yrs 2 mos & 24 days I shared this planet with the shooting star that was Dolly Parton. She taught me many lessons about kindness, authenticity, humility, charm, wit, grace, humor, art, and generosity. What a privilege to have born witness to such an extraordinary woman.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We here in the U.S. are funding baby killings. “What crime had my 20-day-old grandchild committed?” -Tahereh Sarbaz, grandmother. theintercept.com/2026/08/18/i... We must end the war in Iran and stop funding it immediately.
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The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War
“What crime had my 20-day-old grandchild committed?”
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"All of us, at every level, can contribute to building the foundation of peace, which is justice. We do not merely seek any kind of peace — such as an absence of conflict at any cost — but instead, the true peace born of justice." -Pope Leo XIV
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Learn yourself about period science! youtu.be/8elgnVr8yRI?... @educateusaction.bsky.social @ppfa.org @reproequitynow.bsky.social @drmaryclaire.bsky.social
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We Were Wrong About Menstrual Blood
YouTube video by Today I Learned Science
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
How Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #disabilities #deaf #disabilityrights #leavenoonebehind
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How Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity
An extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Data centers have caused a national backlash that is set to affect voter decisions in midterm elections, reports @davidmccabe.bsky.social. "In more than a dozen cities & towns [people] are so angry about local elected officials’ approving the energy-guzzling warehouses, they are not waiting."
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Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers
As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Flock lacks integrity, relies heavily on public relations spin rather than honest solutions, and frequently breaks its promises and its contracts. Why should we trust them now? (Hint: we shouldn't!) #Deflock www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Flock's answer to its surveillance scandals: trust us
The company is limiting access to its 120,000 license plate readers, but critics say the changes are largely optional and self-enforced.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Flock is breaking contracts and surveilling through their rented equipment without permission, even when municipalities take action to turn them off or stop using them. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/06/b...
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Littleton shut down Flock surveillance cameras on public roads. Without telling the town, Flock turned them back on. - The Boston Globe
The revelation is the latest controversy to hit Flock Safety in the state.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/08/2026
‘Palantir’s market capitalisation has risen to $320 billion, 150 times earnings. The 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵 has speculated that “Palantir might be the most overvalued firm of all time.”’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social on Palantir’s NHS contract. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Flock is turning their disabled surveillance fleet back on, without permission, even when towns are shutting them down. www.lowellsun.com/2026/07/31/l...
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Littleton claims Flock reactivated its cameras without notifying the town
Officials claim that five of Littleton’s Flock Safety cameras were switched back on by the company without informing the town after the town temporarily disabled the cameras earlier this year.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Seth Moulton — Integrity Index scorecard integrityindex.us/candidate/se... Remember this when you vote on or before Tuesday, Sept 1 in MA. I'm with @edmarkey.bsky.social
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you care about government transparency and accountability in MA, you must reach out to your elected Senators on this. bit.ly/protect-question-1
Instructions on how to contact your legislators at bit.ly/protect-question-1
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
For the last year and a half, DoorDash has been silent as delivery drivers in DC have been hunted in the streets and even killed by ICE and other federal police. Now, the company has come out in support of #HR9720 — the blatant attack on DC Home Rule — just so it can earn more money.
Doordash has been sildent on the arrests and deaths of delivery drivers in DC — and just came out in support of HR 9720, a blatant attack on DC's Home Rule
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The cases keep piling up. DHS and ICE have now been proven to have broken the law over 18,300 times in court. The headline is decieving because it hasn't been updated even though the case tracker has been. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Explore the data: More than 15,900 rulings against Trump in ICE cases
Here’s POLITICO’s database of how the courts have ruled on Trump’s mass detention policy.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Since the beginning of the 2nd Trump administration, critics have been saying that the rush to increase staffing at ICE was irresponsible and a threat to the public. We now know that cut corners killed at least one innocent man. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Highway robbery. #FIFA
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
At the gates on the Aliso side of the MDC, ICE continues to forcibly transport individuals in chains into the underground holding area of the Concentration Camp during the night.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I'm a 20+ year campaign professional. I know the ins and outs of voting laws and procedures. What would you want to know about the integrity of our voting systems in the U.S.? Know Your rights? Deadlines and dates? How to be a poll watcher? A poll worker?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
MAINE: “Vote her out! Vote her out!”
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...
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Person killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official says
Police closed part of busy Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning and there was a significant police presence.
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"A neighbor told Maine's Total Coverage that she was awoken at about 8 a.m. by the sound of gunshots and then noticed a lot of law enforcement."
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Person killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official says
Police closed part of busy Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning and there was a significant police presence.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE has killed another person in Maine today. www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/u...
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One person killed in Maine in second fatal ICE-involved shooting in less than a week | CNN
A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a Mexican immigra...
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Health care workers are heroes. Solidarity with the Massachusetts Nurses Association bargaining for a fair contract. I urge all parties to come to the table in good faith.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The question of what it means to be American has never felt more contested and nowhere did that come into sharper focus than watching ICE goons target Native Americans. The original people of this land.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The "Big Beautiful Bill" cut nearly $1 trillion from health care & food programs that working families depend on. That same bill gave $65 billion in tax cuts to billionaires and giant corporations. The GOP made a choice.
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Alison Leary @environista.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In Support of Alison Leary walthamtimes.org/2026/07/06/i.... So grateful for all the community support! I ask for your vote in the Primary Election on (or before) September 1st.
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In Support of Alison Leary – Waltham Times
To the Editor of the Waltham Times, I’m proud to support Alison Leary in her bid to replace John Lawn as State Representative for the Tenth Middlesex
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We can afford Medicare. We actually could afford full universal healthcare coverage. We cannot afford the parasitic billionaire class.
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Agustín Canobbio is playing with the least amount of sportsmanship I've ever seen. Can he even make contact with the ball without assaulting another player?
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Elaine F. Almquist @ealmquist.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The genocide in Palestine is rapidly deteriorating because of Israeli government officials promotion of destruction of the homes of Palestinians. They're building colonies over the rubble of long-standing family homes more rapidly than ever. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/11/w...
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Israel is expected to rapidly expand West Bank settlement - The Boston Globe
The intention is to create new realities on the ground and make physical changes to the territory that will be difficult to reverse if the country’s current leaders are not reelected.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 09/06/2026
100 days of Trump’s Iran War. Expensive. Illegal. Pointless. Every day that goes by, we pay the price. It’s time to end it, now.
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The Economist @economist.com · 04/06/2026
The next generation of illiberal leftism is gaining ground. It is time to fight back econ.st/3RPYFPV
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
ALL EYES ON DELANEY HALL It's Day 7 of the hunger and labor strike in Delaney Hall, and as a reminder, here are the strikers' demands: 1. An immediate in-person meeting with Governor Mikie Sherrill at Delaney Hall to directly observe conditions and hear testimony from detained individuals (1/3)
Participants in the strike are calling for:
1. An immediate in-person meeting with Governor Mikie Sherrill at Delaney Hall to directly observe conditions and hear testimony from detained individuals
2. The immediate release of vulnerable detainees, including elderly individuals, pregnant women, young people, pregnant women and those with serious medical conditions.
3. Meaningful review of immigration cases and habeas filings
4. An end to what they describe as coercive pressure to sign deportation or voluntary departure documents.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hundreds inside an ICE concentration camp are on a work and hunger strike at Delaney Hall in New Jersey and other hunger strikes have been announced in New Mexico and Southern California. In Tacoma, WA, over 100 detainees announced the formation of the 'Union of People Kidnapped by ICE.'
As people rally outside of Delaney Hall, detainees inside the facility push up against a window, their bodies and hands seen from the outside. Antifascist flag flies in front of Delaney Hall as people gather in protest.
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