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@jessbetten.bsky.social
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Cats-in-bow ties enthusiast, beginning knitter, Public Defender, Red Sox fan, and native masshole now residing in enemy territory. Nothing here is legal advice or even necessarily good advice. Follow for rage, cats, and snark Pronouns: she/her

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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 4h
I know many, many, felons who have worked hard to overcome any harm they caused, taken responsibility for their actions and whom I think would be excellent and empathetic people in positions of power. Trump is not one of them.
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Dani Welch @daniwelch.bsky.social · 4h
I wish people would stop referring to Donald Trump as "the Felon." Trump's felony convictions don't begin to capture his harm. He is so much worse than those convictions. Most people with felony convictions are so much more than theirs, yet struggle to escape the stigma of that dehumanizing label.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 17h
Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I mean our buddy wasn’t feral but had a rebellious on streets phase. I thought the meowing was for more brushes, but maybe it’s nicotine. I mean we did find a vape refill this week, cats bopping it around the floor at night, and neither of us vapes nicotine (we remain confused).
brown and white cat sits catlike looming at the camera in judgement of you not brushing him. MORE BRUSHES. MORE
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it’s also time to check to it registration to make sure it is updated and correct! I always check right before the deadline to make sure there are no issues- even when everyone acts in good faith, it’s a massive undertaking to run an election, so double check!
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Rev. Magdalen @revmagdalen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This administration is not only fascist, they're INCOMPETENT. They don't even know who sent out the order requiring ICE agents to follow the law, but they know that they don't want that.
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Bedford and Fall River are still experiencing heavy ICE presence. See ICE? Call LUCE at 617-370-5023.
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Immigrants, attorneys describe ‘chaotic’ few days of ICE detentions on South Coast
In New Bedford alone, at least 40 people have been detained.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here’s the thing, the time to resign is before bringing a felony prosecution that you had good reason to believe was inappropriate, but your bosses kept pushing.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let’s tax some more billionaires and fund it ourselves. Hell, I would rather pay in local taxes than accept funds that require transphobia
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another appropriate way to describe these conditions would be “torture.” Quite frankly, any member of congress who has voted to fund ICE or continues to do so should never be re-elected. ICE must be abolished. There is no “reforming” this. gothamist.com/news/judge-r...
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Judge rules ICE sought to 'inflict punishment' on immigrants held in NY
A federal judge ordered rules put in place to end 'inhumane' conditions at 26 Federal Plaza be made permanent.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
mother nature also says free palestine.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
why stop with ICE? So many things we can abolish and rethink. But start with ICE.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The US will never be trusted again in the world stage and honestly? probably should have happened sooner.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Time to decide what you will do to vote and ensure your neighbors can vote. There is a history- not even one out of living memory- of violent state action to keep citizens from voting. Here’s hoping we don’t have to relive it, but that if we do, we can summon the same courage of our forebearers.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
for fucks sake. no. Cuba is no threat to the aUs, existential or otherwise. This obsession with invasion needs to end. Also, last time we tried this we lost, so like, don’t know why we’re trying for a rousing defeat again.
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AyJay @dcvet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The temerity, irony, hypocrisy, stupidity, and arrogance should have ended the run of this 🍊🤡💩🎪 a long time ago.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Countless immigrants have reported appalling conditions in the ICE camps. Especially if they’re disabled and/or chronically ill. Denying a diabetic their insulin is torture. It’s cruel and unusual punishment. It’s murder by neglect.
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Costa Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family says
Carlos Josue Marchena Marchena’s condition worsened after he arrived at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, and he died less than a week later, his family said.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the absolute AUDACITY to ask her that
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Drag queens ain't done shit to you
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it’s bad news when the executive branch continually refuses to obey orders of the judiciary.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Guatemalan man dies in crash during attempted ICE traffic stop
Police in Michigan are investigating what led to the crash that killed Mario David Coronado Juárez, who was not the person ICE officers were originally looking to arrest, DHS says.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this is great! I’m not a huge opera person but have had the opportunity to go and it’s absolutely something everyone should have the chance to try out. get your tickets!
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theonlyjunedoe @theonlyjunedoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE took my friend and neighbor, Alma. Didn't tell anyone. Left her car in a random parking lot. She was about a mile from our homes. She had her uniform on, going to work. We were single mothers after divorces at the same time.We watched out fo each other in this what we could afford neighborhood.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A man is dead after crashing his car into a tree, catching it on fire while fleeing from ICE in Grand Rapids over the weekend. He was identified as Mario David Coronado Juarez. No traffic stop should end in a fatality. #ProudBlue #FuckICE #Michigan #ICE www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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Man dead after fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids
A man died after crashing his car while fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids. Michigan State Police will investigate.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
getting my first iud inserted with some ibuprofen was also incredibly painful. The next time I was given meds and it was not. There is no reason gynecological care needs to HURT so much, except that much of the medical establishment takes women’s pain less seriously.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unusually large crowd of protesters shows up to demonstrate against presence of the president of Guinea. Angry Guineans say they want the kidnappings and the killings to stop.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stop pushing this man to be president, because anyone who demonstrably cares as little about one of the most vulnerable populations in the country right now is not fit to be president. Someone who throws trans ppl under the bus will throw anyone under the bus.
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 22/09/2026
I remember the exact moment, early in my transition, working in Copenhagen, when I realized I was being perceived as a woman by my male coworkers. I realized it because they were interrupting and talking over me in meetings.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Dani Welch @daniwelch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you are not defending Trans people, you have already sided with the fascists. You don't get a pass for doing so out of fear instead of malice (which is frankly a very generous assumption, because it shouldn't need to be said that sacrificing humans is unacceptable.)
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A free society cannot allow the government to disappear people in order to cutoff access to legal remedies.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
94 percent of Democratic voters support a universal public health insurance program, and so do a majority of moderate and independent voters, new survey finds. prospect.org/2026/09/21/m...
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‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal - The American Prospect
Even more people want Medicare for All than did last December, a new poll shows.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Between Trump’s long running infatuation with Mamdani and Jesse Watters infatuation with El-Sayed, I have to conclude the right hates Muslim men for fear of falling in love with them.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
wait i thought he was the brown muslim socialist bogeyman? oops. Guess he’s not so scary after all!
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
45 minutes to cross the street but finally made it home. My neighbors + I had lovely chats about security theater/ nypd budget. We all hope @mayor.nyc.gov managed to get something for the city out of this meeting, at least! Sentiment on the street was yay for the mayor boo for the motorcade.
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Jess @jessbetten.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
heading home through the security theater for the president’s visit to Gracie and I am once again floored at the amount of money our city must be spending on this. We could have so many nice things if we spent less on police.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
15 years ago today, Troy Davis was murdered by the state of Georgia. I still think of him today. I wonder if he knows how many people were transformed by his life and death.
A yellow button with a photo of a Black man with glasses and the words “FREE TROY DAVIS! Campaign to End the Death Penalty” in black text.
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mr Garcés Perez, shot yesterday in Austin, is being tortured in Pearsall--there is still a *bullet in his back* and he is being denied care for his pain and access to his family forever, abolish ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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ICE Agents Encountered Austin Man by Chance Before Shooting Him
The shooting prompted growing calls for transparency as state and local officials sought the release of video footage.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
Well now the problems I had looking up specific people last week makes sense. And yes that is deeply messed up. If someone is in ICE custody, they should be findable, full stop. It's already bad enough that people disappear from the system while they're being transported somewhere else.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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