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Gretchen L

@junemartin1218.bsky.social
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Activist, Organizer, Educator, Musician, South Jersey proud - VOTER

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Laurie 💙 @leh2323.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Love the new billboards to get VD out of South Jersey. #VoteZackMullock in November.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 12/06/2026
WIN: A court ordered the Trump-Vance admin to stop censoring science and history at national parks – and within three weeks restore any materials it altered or removed. This ruling ensures that America's largest classroom will continue to tell our country's vital stories. #OurParksOurHistory
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
After five months in detention at Delaney Hall, Emanuel Rodrigues was freed today. Emanuel has a rare, life-threatening condition that affects his mobility. He says he took a bad fall after a guard told him he wasn't allowed to use crutches.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The toll on press covering Delaney Hall:
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“If the State Police are going to use the same tactics as ICE agents, then they are no different than ICE. These actions do not in fact uphold public safety and do not protect people’s constitutional rights to peacefully demonstrate,” said Nedia Morsy of @maketheroadnj.bsky.social in a statement.
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After curfew set outside Newark migrant jail, numerous protesters arrested • New Jersey Monitor
A second weekend of strife outside migrant jail Delaney Hell resulted in potentially dozens of arrests.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Protest tomorrow at the Office of the NJ Attorney General in Newark at 2 pm to demand accountability for Delaney Hall. Be there.
Flyer for a protest on June 2nd at the Office of the NJ Attorney General at 33 Washington Street in Newark NJ. It reads: THIS IS HOW GOV MIKIE SHERRILL
"TURNED DOWN THE TEMPERATURE" with a photo of state police tear gassing protestors at Delaney Hall, and then 
SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN UP THE NOISE

Time to remind Mikie and her AG to:
(1) Meet the demands of the detained
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Delaney Hall hunger strikers; and
(2) Stop brutalizing protesters in the
CLIMATE REVOLUTION
name of "public safety"
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Mike Tanier @miketanier.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Protesters outside the Trenton state house sharing brutal encounters with ICE and NJ State police at Delaney Hall. Law enforcement is tearing eye protection off Protesters to pepper spray them. ICE is actively instigating violence. @indivisible.org @njindivisible.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
So much for “safe” First Amendment zones.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
People calling for the 25th who don't understand how it works would do well to watch the first half of this broadcast. He can only be removed if 2/3 of the Congress agrees to it, even under the 25th. Impeachment is easier than this.
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 15/03/2026
ICE left 2 kids alone in car after picking up dad on N.J. street, report says The ICE arrest took place in Franklin Township as the father was driving his 13-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son to school. www.nj.com/somerset/202...
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 13/02/2026
1 year of RFK Jr. Let's grade his results. ❌ 15 million people losing healthcare ❌ Over $1 trillion cut from Medicaid & the ACA ❌ Premiums x3 for 20 million+ Americans ❌ The largest measles outbreak in decades RFK Jr. and Trump are making us sicker and less safe.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Wow. 733 measles cases so far this year. At this rate, 2026 will far exceed 2025, the worst year for measles in decades Only 6 cases this year were imported from abroad. This is a domestic problem that will grow FAR worse when the babies going unvaccinated on RFK's watch admin go to kindergarten.
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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 30/01/2026
Trump just sued you, the American taxpayer, for $10B because he would not release his tax returns, and a leaker did. Recall, those records showed he paid NO income taxes 15 out of the 20 years. This greedy grifter wants a direct line to drain the U.S. Treasury. #FDT
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/01/2026
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years. These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
trumpers defend a kid like Kyle Rittenhouse with an AR-15 going to another state to shoot, but freak out about a U.S. citizen Alex Pretti with a concealed carry permit who never fired a shot before ICE agents pepper sprayed and killed him. Make it make sense.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If anyone expects anything to change at this point, it’s not going to happen without changes across the board and that includes Chuck Schumer. We have real Democrats in the Senate. They have the power to change leadership at any time, and that needs to happen immediately.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Heads up: The Trump admin has started arresting immigrants in Maine as part of a new federal operation targeting the state. The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 21/01/2026
Release the #EpsteinFiles
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Sen Ted Cruz is very sensitive to cold!
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Gretchen L @junemartin1218.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Cape May County Indivisible Bridge Brigade -
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Lewiston, Maine: “One property manager whose tenants are almost exclusively African immigrants showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.”
bangordailynews.com
Immigrants prepare for their arrests and leave Lewiston ahead of ICE action
One property manager showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/01/2026
Ellison: "This was a family taking their kids from an athletic event and they ended up getting caught in the middle of the ICE behavior & protesters, & then, inexplicably, they shot tear gas too close to the car & that caused the infant to have some respiratory problems. CPR had to be administered."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/01/2026
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I have a concrete suggestion in response to Trump and his gestapo’s “f**k you” to the rule of law: “Democratic senators and representatives should be flying to Minnesota now and standing together in a show of force and solidarity.” www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Hates America
He shows it with his middle finger, literally, and by his daily attacks against American interests and our people. He must be defeated.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What Fox is not telling its followers, but Semafor has reported: Trump put this money in a private bank account in Qatar. Perfectly normal, right?
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 09/01/2026
Today #AtlanticCity #NJ 5:30pm CandleLight VIgil www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Candlelight Vigil · Mobilize
Please join us for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Renee Nicole Good and the 32 victims that died in ICE custody in 2025.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/01/2026
The world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which found just eight billionaires accounted for about a quarter of those gains.
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Divider Decider 👩🏻‍⚖️🌊⚖️(Renee GOOD, ICE BAD) @dividerdecider.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Uniter We’ve fought this evil plot since Dec. 8, 1941 AntiFa Katharine Hepburn in “Keeper of the Flame”: “Of course they didn’t call it ‘fascism.’ They painted it red, white and blue & called it ‘Americanism.’” #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited #fascism via @allisonwanderlust
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Dr Oddman - #AntiFa @droddman.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
trump never paid for anything in his miserable live, he stiffed his contractors, banks, investors. Ask me for proof, or read my TL. neither did trump pay for the J6‘ers, he made his backers do that. RW donors, dark money and trumps election campaign financed the #january6th terrorists. #DemVoice1
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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The Murdoch cookie meme but updated Murdoch now has a huge pile of cookies.

While he says careful mate that foreigner wants your cookie.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
A NEWLY UNSEALED court order in the criminal case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia proves his claim of vindictive prosecution by the Trump DOJ. I walk through the details of the court’s order, incl. that Todd Blanche directed the pursuit of the indictment & controlled its timing. youtu.be/Y79rlfnxRNQ?...
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UNSEALED Court Order DOOMS Trump & His DOJ
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
On Marjorie Taylor Greene: So she’s taking shots at Trump, but she’s still full on MAGA/America First/Christian Nationalist. She’s still an election denier, supports what ICE is doing, and embraces Tucker Carlson. So…what’s the great awakening here? Am I missing something?
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Gretchen L @junemartin1218.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Cape May County Indivisible Bridge Brigade - Happy Holidays!
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal. Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers. It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...
huffpost.com
ICE Has A Surprising New Plan To Arrest People Already Leaving The U.S.
“Operation Irish Goodbye,” as it’s being called, could be aimed at boosting numbers for Trump’s much-hyped deportation campaign.
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NJ Spotlight News @njspotlightnews.org · 08/12/2025
In a statement Monday, Alina Habba said she was stepping down to protect the “stability and integrity” of the office, but said her decision shouldn’t be mistaken for “surrender.” 📷 : AP Photo/Evan Vucci
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.” Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds. Give me a break.
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Terri Reese | Purpose, People Planet @citizenterrireese.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A new bill aims to strip the State Comptroller of key investigative powers while giving more authority to the SCI, claiming to fight “fraud, waste, and abuse” (we've heard that before, right??), but actually weakening oversight. open.substack.com/pub/terriree...
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How New Jersey’s Oversight Is Being Weakened
A controversial bill would strip the State Comptroller of investigative power while expanding the SCI, risking transparency, accountability, and public trust in NJ government.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/12/2025
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 02/12/2025
The administration has taken into custody immigrants who are medically vulnerable and whose detention threatens not only their own health but also that of their newborn children — typically U.S. citizens — by depriving them of early bonding beneficial to a baby’s lifelong wellbeing.
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Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
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Nancy Solomon @nancysolomon2.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
have never seen anything like this! Sen. Jim beach is making a cabinet member, the attorney general and a sitting U.S. senator wait five hours and still hasn’t called them to a hearing on gutting a state corruption watchdog. Three people tried to yield to @AndyKimNJ and Beach refused.
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
It’s time to remind the folks that Trump’s golfing has cost taxpayers $71M in just ten months and is expected to exceed $300M this term if the motherfucker should live this long.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 28/11/2025
RIP. Such an unnecessary death of this young soul, so Trump could play dictator with a nonsensical charade in DC. Sarah and her fellow WV National Guard troopers should have been home enjoying Thanksgiving.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/11/2025
This Thanksgiving—observe the National Day of Mourning. From 1819 to 1969, US Govt stole tens of thousands of Indigenous kids—forcing them to convert to Christianity & stripping them of their identities. Resistance was met with violence. Sexual abuse was rampant. www.qasimrashid.com/p/thanksgivi...
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Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning
As injustices upon Indigenous Americans perpetuate, we must act to counter that systemic oppression
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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 27/11/2025
We are very thankful for our community, and the hope we keep building. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
News you won’t see on Rupert Murdoch TV
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Don't cross the line. Shitty coffee isn't worth it.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon. 77 million people voted for this.
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