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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni

@heshan.bsky.social
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Once almost an entire Olympic team. Hit all 146 MBTA T stops on 7.2.24. Visited both salt cathedrals. Runs up stairs, dances, skates. Free software organizer, comms, design, edu. GenX New Romantic QPR fan.📍10th Middlesex; Massachusett/Pequossette land. 🇱🇰🇬🇧🇺🇸

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North Shore Progressives @nsprogressives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A good way to remember how to vote on this year’s ballot questions: 3 + 5 =8 Vote NO on questions 3, 5, & 8 Vote YES on all other questions. I am fully in agreement with @progressivemass.bsky.social & am very disappointed that @lwvma.bsky.social is agnostic on Questions 3 & 8.
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Scott @smadin.net · 16h
for Q3: • private equity and venture capital execs • Jake Auchincloss and Seth Moulton, the two worst MA representatives • Charlie Baker against Q3: • Progressive Mass • Ayanna Pressley • Ed Markey as I've said before, even if I knew nothing else but who's on which side, that'd be enough. No on 3!
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 11h
When nine private equity execs are funding the majority of the yes vote, I know I should vote Hell NO!
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: Ken Paxton's office is investigating pediatricians for vaccinating children. He alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 12h
More on today's arguments in Boulder v Suncor at SCOTUS: Why Cities and States Are Fighting Climate Change in Courtrooms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Why Cities and States Are Fighting Climate Change in Courtrooms (Gift Article)
Faced with a president who has called global warming a hoax, officials have filed dozens of suits against oil companies to try to cover the costs of extreme weather.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12h
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency due to the measles outbreak. This was avoidable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19h
"Seven former Cornell students are accused of sexually assaulting another student who says she was incapacitated. Messages allegedly inviting other frat members were sent to a group chat during the assault. Everyone is talking about the seven. I keep thinking about the others." buff.ly/z7yWbR2
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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student
“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...
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sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 21h
Brumberg: I called the university and said: There is a group of emeritus teachers and employees who would like to know more about the case. Two hours later, I received a reply from the president, in which he basically told me: 8/
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 14h
Too soon! I’ve taken out my sweater collection instead. And it’ll be 72° next Wednesday…
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14h
It's been such a long few years, I'd forgotten this particular rape accusation against Hegseth. The woman told police she may have been drugged. Hegseth, who was married to one woman and had just had a baby with another, said it was consensual but paid her $50k to settle. He was confirmed anyway.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 14h
Wu in Allston: City ready to sue if USPS does not reverse decision to permanently shut Allston post office. #Boston
Wu with Pressley and Allston residents.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14h
BREAKING: We're hearing from a member of the WSU faculty that a notice went out a few minutes ago saying the TORCH conference we covered in this story "will not proceed this weekend as planned." Reasons for this are unclear, as is whether the event has been cancelled or merely postponed.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15h
Once approved, finding care is as simple as visiting NYC.gov/childcare to locate licensed child care providers that accept vouchers. No New Yorker will be left behind in the fight for universal child care.
Attendees celebrate at a Child Care for All press event.Children hold hands and smile at a Child Care for All press event.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15h
We’re moving 10,000 low-income children off the child care voucher waitlist — at absolutely no cost to their families. Eligible families with children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs, will be invited to apply for a voucher on a rolling basis.
Mayor Mamdani and others make an announcement at a podium with signage that reads “Child Care for all”Children hold hands in front of signage that reads “Child Care for all”
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 17h
BREAKING: Anti-ICE activists are outside NJ Gov Mikie Sherrill’s office demanding to speak with her. Protesters are demanding she take more aggressive action against Delaney Hall ICE Prison. TheDemands Below. -Public report of findings from Health Dpt Inspection -Governor meeting with DH Detainees
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No on 3 @voterrightsma.bsky.social · 18h
Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social is proud to join our broad coalition to oppose this harmful ballot question and keep power in the hands of the people. Vote No on 3.
We can't let private equity & dark money groups rig [our] primaries to shut out working class candidates, candidates of color, and first-time candidates.
CONGRESSWOMAN (MA-7) AYANNA PRESSLEY
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No on 3 @voterrightsma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"A top-two system expands the power of wealthy interests in general elections...That’s exactly why those wealthy interests are pushing for it: in Massachusetts, more than 60% of the money raised to pass Question 3 has come from just five private equity executives." @workingfamilies.org
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Headline: Massachusetts Working Families Party Announces Opposition to Question 3, Warns “Jungle Primary” Would Make Elections Less Competitive, Not More
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey #mapoli read @blackjew.bsky.social on why we need to vote No on 3 www.javawithjimmy.com/whats-percol...
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Vote NO on Question 3 By Jordan Berg Powers — Java With Jimmy
The Yes on 3 campaign has raised about $5.6 million, with just 15 donors supplying over $4.09 million. Executives from two of the larger private equity firms, Bain Capital and Berkshire Partners, acco...
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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 18h
Here's that list: "The immediate resignation and/or termination of Cornell administrators ... The expulsion or revocation of the degrees of all Chi Phi brothers involved... The abolition of all Interfraternity Council (IFC) Greek Life... And the dissolution of the Office of Student Conduct..."
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From the Cornell community on Reddit: CGSU takes a stance - email
Explore this post and more from the Cornell community
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h
Three U.S. citizens arrested and detained by immigration agents are the first Californians to sue federal officers under the No Kings Act, hours after it was signed by Gov. Newsom last week.
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 17h
“In a 6-3 decision…”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h
NEW: Nearly 150,000 California mail ballots were thrown out in June's primary — most for arriving too late. Midterm voting starts TODAY. Don't let your ballot be next. Mail it by Oct. 27 or use a drop-off location. Here's what you need to know:
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California early voting starts today. Here’s what you need to know
Californians are voting amid an unusually turbulent fight over how ballots are cast, delivered, counted and protected.
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 18h
Congrats! Excited to read it.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 19h
If you haven’t already registered to vote, today is your last chance! You can still register to vote until 11:59 PM tonight so if you haven't already done so, get on it y'all!  Visit AngieNixon.com/vote to learn more about registering to vote!  Let’s win this, Florida! #AngieForFlorida
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20h
The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 20h
Trump's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy was denounced on both sides of the political aisle as inhumane, and a federal court ruled it illegal. Now the Trump administration is separating families again, only this time more quietly, and away from the border.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18h
Brazil's platform rules have focused on harms from commercial platforms. João Alexandre Peschanski of Wikimedia Brasil, Amalia Toledo of the Wikimedia Foundation and Elise Silva of the University of Pittsburgh argue digital public goods like Wikipedia need their own legal category.
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Wikipedia Isn't Big Tech, and Brazil's Platform Rules Should Say So
Brazil's approach to platform regulation risks undermining Wikipedia and the knowledge commons, write João Alexandre Peschanski, Amalia Toledo and Elise Silva.
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Carsten Kjaer @kjaertravel.bsky.social · 18h
This article is in English. It’s also described in an online Danish media. Finland’s (Danish) coach claims that QPR ‘pressured’ Kamara to return to W12 during the international break. He says they will report QPR to FIFA. #QPR #Finland #Suomi #Kamara insidefutbol.com/2026/10/05/h...
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QPR Decision Makes National Team Boss Unhappy
Finland boss Jacob Friis has claimed that Queens Park Rangers' decision to recall Glen Kamara put the player in a difficult situation.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 18h
“Players can’t be in bed with gambling outfits” should be perfectly and completely obvious to anyone with a shred of sense and integrity, but so should “leagues can’t be in bed with gambling outfits.”
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 22h
"‘But I’m Not From Ghana’: ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation" -- www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/t...
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'But I'm Not From Ghana': ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation
Immigrants with protected status who've lived in the city for decades are finding themselves swept up, shackled and threatened with expulsion.
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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 23h
More death by ICE today, @radleybalko.bsky.social. 'Julian Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old... from Peru, passed away in ICE custody Sept. 29, 2026, at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana' www.ice.gov/news/release...
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Illegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in Louisiana
ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 22h
icymi, over the weekend i spoke to Houstonians who are ditching their cars for e-bikes www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Can an e-bike replace a car in Houston? For these Houstonians, it can.
"When you're on a bike, you're just having a good time."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h
Sadly, there are many stories of campus sex abuse and rape, so why did the shocking allegations at Cornell become a front-page story? Elite impunity for Ivy League boys felt like the last straw in a nation where presidents and QBs strut untouchable My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 22h
A lovely way to start another week of fighting the good fight; thanks to @benjaminjriley.bsky.social for sharing buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/reclaiming...
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Reclaiming a Vision of Humane Schooling
Guest essay by Alicia Stoller, educator and writer of Notes on Hope
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026
the brazil thing is so depressing because they did the right thing, man they did what we couldn’t, they actually prosecuted their coup and threw bolsonaro’s ass in jail and generally showed the united states what a functional state looks like and now they are gonna elect his dipshit son? really?
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Pequeno Vira Lixo @leozinirreparavel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Its much worse. Lula winning in the second turn straight up doesnt matter anymore. The right basically doubled or tripled their presence in all seats of government. Its complete right wing control. Bolsonaro's party has 20 more seats then the next biggest party in the chamber of deputies lol
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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 05/10/2026
Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday. on.nbcboston.com/f5dyVWL
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Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution
Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt as she remains hospitalized under guard.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brazil, don’t let the Bolsonaro family back in power! www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil presidential vote, faces Lula in runoff
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro held a narrowing lead in the first round of Brazil's presidential election after more than half the votes ​were counted, with pollster Datafolha projecting that the election w...
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 01/10/2026
Judge who ordered #ICE to release an immigrant it grabbed illegally also has to order it to give him back his work permit because it didn't want to www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-w... #immigrants #lawsuits #Boston #Maine
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Judge who ordered ICE to release an immigrant it grabbed illegally also has to order it to give him back his work permit because it didn't want to
A Boston federal judge yesterday ordered the regime to restore a Maine resident's work permit - and his right to stay here  - several months after she had ordered him freed from illegal detention, and...
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every week, we hear stories about people being illegally jailed on behalf of ICE by the Plymouth County sheriff—even people from out of state—but last time we heard about this from the governor, she said it was just a “county issue” and she doesn't support legislation to stop it. #Massachusetts
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Maura Healey on ICE: “I support them”
Massachusetts governor declines to end state’s partnership with ICE
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Dylan Hayward @dylanhayward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There’s a difference between sharing someone’s journalism and taking it to make your own content. I’ve had my work lifted multiple times by this content creator. It’s particularly frustrating when he talks about his views growing as local news fades away, while using the work of local journalists.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/10/2026
Reports of a lethal virus outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher.
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Reports of a lethal virus outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/10/2026
As ICE arrests increase and the number of people in detention has hit a record high again of over 70,000, immigrant communities can’t wait another second. Constituents can’t wait until Congress is back in session. Urge your representatives to stop this escalation at aclu.org/stop-ice_killings
"Since the second Trump presidency began, ICE has detained 610,000+ people. That’s more than the population of the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, or Milwaukee. Source: The Marshall Project." ACLU logo. Photo of masked federal agents, some of them armed, standing outdoors.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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