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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 18h
Most of Isis billions are actually going to American companies. Let’s keep track of who decide to forgo their ethics and take the dough instead.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 18h
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Evan @ereller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I dunno, this feels more antisemitic than anything Piker has said
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
45 asylum seekers imprisoned in Georgia's Folkston ICE detention center went on hunger strike today. Some have been in this concentration camp for three years. They demand immediate release into the US, protection from re-detention and deportation, and reunification with loved ones.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/06/m...
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Protesters barricade road to Vermont ICE facility with ‘community gardens’ - The Boston Globe
About 40 protesters built flower boxes in the middle of a road to block access to ICE facilities in Williston on Tuesday.
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October bus tours in Massachusetts are usually for the fall foliage. Not this one. Details & RSVP: deicesignatureaviation.org @indivisiblelab.bsky.social @indivisiblemaynard.bsky.social @indactonma.bsky.social @jalsaboston.bsky.social @activistevenings.bsky.social @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
Event flyer. At top, a photo on an airport tarmac: a white Signature Aviation fuel truck in the foreground, and behind it several people with blurred faces standing beside a white van, hands held in front of them as if restrained, flanked by people in high-visibility yellow vests. Below, on a dark background: "MBTA 76: Depot Square, Lexington → Hanscom Field. October bus tours are usually for the fall foliage. Not this one. ICE IN OUR BACKYARD. A tour and protest of ICE flights from Hanscom. When: Fri Oct 9, Tues Oct 13, Mon Oct 26, Fri Nov 6, 11:45 AM to 1:45 PM ET. Details + RSVP: deicesignatureaviation.org"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.
nbcnews.com
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Surveillance on everyone—immigrants, protesters, and innocent bystanders.
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Americans should not stand idly as ICE and corporate enablers are building a surveillance machine unparalleled in its power and reach," writes De-ICE organizer Peyton Fleming. "Just as Americans distrust ICE, we should not trust companies, such as Flock and Boston Dynamics, that are helping them."
masslive.com
Flock and Boston Dynamics illustrate the slippery slope of data gathering and surveillance | Peyton Fleming
Just as Americans distrust ICE, we should not trust companies, such as Flock and Boston Dynamics, that are helping them.
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MoMA, it’s time to drop Leon Black. @moma.bsky.social @redactedreading.bsky.social #EpsteinFiles
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Signature Aviation runs glorified gas stations around the world for private jets. They also have a sideline providing ground services for ICE flights barbarakatzenberg361087.substack.com/p/who-is-sig...
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Who is Signature Aviation?
You’re forgiven if you have never heard of Signature Aviation.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sheriff elections have often been below the radar screen for voters, but here is a great opportunity to toss out enablers.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Dozens of Wisconsin sheriffs have rushed to help ICE's deportation agenda by joining the 287(g) program. In 2 swing counties Trump narrowly won, this has now become a campaign issue. And Democrats are running for sheriff in Sauk and Winnebago on a promise to quit the program:
boltsmag.org
In Wisconsin, Two Sheriff Races Test the Future of Local ICE Cooperation - Bolts
Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ads for Crowley seem to write themselves. Three Billionaires Trying to Buy Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race newrepublic.com/post/216119/... via @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com
The Three Billionaires Trying to Buy Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race
Over 90 percent of Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign funds have come from just three donors.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICE posted an inspection of the Midwest Regional Reception Center detention camp today that found that the facility's policy is to conduct routine strip searches on immigrants. It's owned and operated by CoreCivic.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 01/10/2026
When ICE announced Chaofeng Ge's death by suspected suicide last year, they didn't mention that he was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind his back. The account in a mortality review ICE posted (& removed) this week also suggests a very different response than initially reported.
Ge was detained at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg. He had been in ICE custody for five days and was awaiting a hearing before the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. MVPC staff discovered Ge hanging by the neck and unresponsive in the shower room of his detention pod at 5:21 a.m. They immediately lowered him to the ground, began CPR and contacted Phillipsburg Emergency Medical Services, the Pennsylvania State Police and the coroner’s office.On August 5, 2025, at 5:20 a.m., while conducting unit count, two detention officers (DOs) found Mr. GE, bound at the hands and feet, hanging in the handicap shower stall in C-Unit, pod 4. The DOs left the scene to inform the control officer, and the control officer called the medical emergency. Two medical staff members responded within four minutes, ordered Mr. GE's cut down from the shower stall, immediately initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), applied an automated external defibrillator (AED), and followed the prompts (no shock advised). At 5:31 a.m., custody staff called emergency medical services (EMS). At 5:44 a.m., EMS arrived and took over life saving measures; however, EMS staff were unable to resuscitate Mr. GE. At 6:03 a.m. a Clearfield County, PA, coroner pronounced Mr. GE deceased.
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nice work, guys!
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 01/10/2026
This *INCLUDES* tourism from the world's largest sporting event, and it was FIFA's biggest-ever World Cup.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another person has died in Trump's concentration camps. 47-year-old Julian Curo-Churata was from Peru. He died on Sept. 29 after he was imprisoned for three months in Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana. That camp is run by LaSalle Corrections. There's no cause of death listed.
ice.gov
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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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Big danger in “sanctuary bus stops”? You have got to be kidding
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 30/09/2026
ICE today signed a $7.2 million contract with Akima Infrastructure Protection for the construction of a soft sided camp to hold detained women at the Batavia Service Processing Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
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ICE funds tent camp for detained women at Batavia
A federal contracting record shows DHS is paying Akima for a "soft-sided tent facility" for detained women, weeks after a New York law barred county jails from holding people for DHS.
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the folks trying to actually quantify how big the resistance is.
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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congratulations to all those who organized and won this victory. These attempts to surveil and monitor us are profoundly un-American. Don't tread on us, and don't spy on us either.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WOW
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 26/09/2026
Jim Jordan was key to ensuring monstrous mass detention and deportation appropriations in July 2025. FEC records suggest that 11 days later, GEO Group gave $250k to the Jordan-linked PAC American Liberty Foundation. GEO said the cash actually went to a 501(c)(4) called American Liberty Action Fund.
GEO Group’s spokesperson said in an email to POGO Investigates that “the $250,000 contribution in question was not made by GEO’s Political Action Committee and was made to American Liberty Action Fund, a C4 entity.” The American Liberty Action Fund has the same leadership as the similarly named super PAC.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/09/2026
Jeez. The court may have stopped some third-country removals at the last second yesterday, but ICE recalibrated quickly. Sept. 24 saw the most ICE flights+removals in the months I've been keeping a daily log. --at least 90 flights --at least 18 removals, including Haiti --plus a stop at Gitmo
A map of North and Central America showing dozens of flights emanating out ICE Air's hub of Alexandria, LA
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don't know anything about this guy, but this is undeniably a clever and fun ad.
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Henry Berman @be-henry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.” - Thurgood Marshall Week 75 of Bearing Witness outside of ICE detention center in Burlington, MA. @de-ice.bsky.social @bearingwitnessice.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social @masslawreform.bsky.social #goodtrouble
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A well-run legislative process should work better than citizens’ initiatives to reflect the majority’s priorities. But when the representatives aren’t representing , what are your choices?
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Jason Ide @jasonide.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Also - can we stop calling them dogs? Dogs are social, compassionate pack animals that form bonds for life. These are land drones.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
given recent behavior by Trump's ICE agents... www.nbcboston.com/video/multim...
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Protesters demand Boston Dynamics deny ICE their robot dogs
Immigration and Customs Enforcement could soon deploy four-legged robots made by Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics, a move that is raising concerns among some activists about surveillance, control a...
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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I guess you could say there has been an exponential increase if the baseline was no violence against ICE. (O x 10 = 0). All the threats and violence are coming in the opposite direction.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👇🏽 #AbolishICE
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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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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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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spot won't seem so cute when its being operated by ICE agents. barbarakatzenberg361087.substack.com/p/a-4-legged...
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A 4-legged data-gathering robot in the hands of ICE: What could go wrong?
Yesterday, protesters gathered outside of Boston’s Museum of Science to urge a local company not to sell its robots to ICE.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 20/09/2026
When a Capgemini subsidiary took a contract to locate immigrants for ICE, it sparked major backlash in France. Capgemini quickly pledged to sell it off, but months later hadn't moved. Within two weeks of this follow-up reporting, though, the company announced a sale.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026
Today at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago: Dozens of ICE agents violently confronted protesters, deploying chemical irritants on the crowd. Multiple people were injured. No arrests were observed.
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Henry Berman @be-henry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
De.Ice.Action network was out in front of Boston's Museum of Science today to discourage local company Boston Dynamics from selling their robot dogs to ICE. @de-ice.bsky.social #bostondynamics #noice #standup #protest
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"We are asking Boston Dynamics not to sign a contract with ICE. ICE cannot be trusted with this technology."
nbcboston.com
Protesters demand Boston Dynamics deny ICE their robot dogs
Immigration and Customs Enforcement could soon deploy four-legged robots made by Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics, a move that is raising concerns among some activists about surveillance, control a...
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Evil - squared! Online gambling (crack) sites using AI to target the most gambling-addicted suckers. This is where we are. Crack is illegal. Online gambling should be outlawed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
nytimes.com
At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 20/09/2026
New boat strike tonight. 4 more killed in the Caribbean. The utter degradation of the United States of America continues. www.southcom.mil/News/PressRe...
234 reported people killed (including 23 unrecovered survivors).
67 reported attack events.
71 reported boats struck.
3 reported survivors recovered.
45 reported events in the Eastern Pacific. 20 reported events in the Caribbean. 2 reported events in unspecified locations.
32 events ordered by Southern Command Commander Gen. Francis Donovan (101 reported killed). 19 events ordered by President Donald Trump (76 reported killed). 14 events ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (50 reported killed). 2 events listed as “under the direction of U.S. Southern Command” (7 reported killed).
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good for her. She remains a heroic defender of democracy. Caving now would be a disastrous Silicon Valley sellout. California voters pay attention !!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“There were dogs and bikers; elders with gray hair and babies with no hair; people in Nationals jerseys and business casual attire (equally ubiquitous DC uniforms). Most wore one common item: a red pin that read, 'Hands Off the Arts'...” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’
The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.
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