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Lauren Bocanegra 💙⚖️♿🌱👣

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Attorney, gardner, disabled Former: teacher, USAID, Senate staffer, PNW #resist #anti-racist #pro-democracy Resistance Resources linktr.ee/resistance_resources

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 31/10/2025
I LOVE that this woman in Georgia decided to terrorize her neighbors with the Fall Of Democracy and Trump's Ghouls (in poetic detail) instead of your usual demons and monsters. She said, "It's scary because it's true."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“The driver’s family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS. This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped. It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Community stepping up
Taco John’s
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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This is NOT ok.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
More than 100 federal judges have handed down more than 200 rulings against the Trump’s effort "to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation," according to an analysis by Politico. Staggering number of judges hammer Trump’s immigration agenda... www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...
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Staggering number of judges hammer Trump’s immigration agenda: analysis
More than 100 federal judges have handed down more than 200 rulings against the Trump administration’s effort "to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation," according to an…
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 31/10/2025
“White people, who make up the largest racial group receiving benefits, will suffer significantly as well, especially those in red states. This means that Republicans’ refusal to fund SNAP will hurt their own voters the most." thegrio.com/2025/10/31/a...
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As millions of Black Americans could lose SNAP, Trump heads to resort for weekend dinner with donors
"Without question, the cruelty of this shutdown is intentional," said Alexsis Rodgers, political director at Black to the Future Action Fund.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🏵️This Día de los Muertos, We Remember Those Lost to ICE🏵️ Learn more: www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 31/10/2025
Dozens of photographs of uniformed immigration agents shot by Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists in four separate locations since the court order show how the feds have fallen short. trib.al/XP5Wq9T
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IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers
In dozens of photographs at four locations, Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists documented federal officers failing to wear the “visible identification” needed to hold individuals accountable during the ongoing immigration “blitz.”
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This is going to be another massive blow to working class and disabled people: www.propublica.org/article/soci...
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Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 23/10/2025
🧵 1/5 Thanks, Trump. Because only you could turn a shutdown into an asbestos awareness week. 🎉 #EastWingDemolition #ShutdownShitshow #AsbestosAwareness
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Trump’s crew may be spreading asbestos with unpermitted White House teardown: expert
An interior designer sounded the alarm this week about a key safety issue facing the demolition of the East Wing of the White House: asbestos. Taking to Threads for the past two days, Sarah Boardman n...
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
10/21/25💡Chicago: State Rep Hoan Huynh stopped at Gunpoint by ICE During Community Watch in Albany Park en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoan_Hu... 🇺🇸
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Lauren Bocanegra 💙⚖️♿🌱👣 @laurenbocanegra.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
@sanders.senate.gov speaking at #NoKings in Washington, DC
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Lauren Bocanegra 💙⚖️♿🌱👣 @laurenbocanegra.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#NoKings
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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
‘Ring the Alarm Bells’: Merkley Marathon Speech Against Trump Authoritarianism Continued for Over 22 Hours “This is an extraordinarily dangerous moment,” warned the Democratic senator from Oregon. www.commondreams.org/news/jeff-me...
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‘Ring the Alarm Bells’: Merkley Marathon Speech Against Trump Authoritarianism Passes 16-Hour Mark | Common Dreams
Sen. Jeff Merkley delivers marathon speech in Senate, warning against Trump's authoritarian actions. Highlighting attacks on institutions and free speech.
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50501 DC @50501dc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We will be joining our partners in the Removal Coalition in calling upon Congress to do their constitutional responsibility & impeach & remove Trump from office! We will use every tool under the law to resist and remove Trump, restore what has been taken, & build a more just society! Join us!
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 23/10/2025
Boycott and divestment isn't really an option for most of the hundreds of companies that work for ICE, which are largely privately owned and don't have consumer brands. Here are 42 ICE enablers that we *can* opt out of supporting. See why each is included at boycottcitizens.org/ice
Infographic titled “It’s ICE or Us” urging people to avoid financially supporting companies that collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The text explains that many public and private companies work with ICE and lists their logos in several rows. Companies shown include Amazon, Meta, Google, Pandora, HBO Max, LinkedIn, Spotify, YouTube, Hulu, Wedbush, Vanguard, First Horizon, Citizens Bank, Wells Fargo, Regions, Bank OZK, Bank of America, StoneX, BlackRock, Texas Capital, Synovus, Equifax, Thomson Reuters, FedEx, Avelo Airlines, The Home Depot, Dell, Salesforce, LexisNexis, AT&T, Palantir, Motorola Solutions, Booz Allen, Aramark, Axon, Cellebrite, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Leidos, Target Hospitality, CoreCivic, and GEO Group. The infographic includes a call to learn more at boycottcitizens.org/ICE.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
“While most of the spending was on guns and armor, Legum reported that ICE had also purchased ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’ … It’s not immediately clear what part of a good-faith deportation operation would involve localized destruction and murder.” They’re building an army.
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ICE Spent 700% More on Weapons. What They Bought Will Terrify You.
Donald Trump is arming his masked immigration agents with increasingly lethal weapons.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
More from Justice Eddins on Hawaii Supreme Court, Troubadour with a gavel
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 26/09/2025
A NewsNation graphic featuring former FBI Director James Comey. On the right, a close-up photo shows him in a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie, looking serious. On the left, white text on a black background quotes Comey saying his family knew the costs of standing up to Trump, that they would not live on their knees, his heartbreak for the Department of Justice, confidence in the judicial system, and his insistence on innocence and faith in a trial. The image is credited to Getty Images.
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 26/09/2025
Authoritarianism in America is no novelty. From slavery and Jim Crow to Japanese internment, McCarthyism, and COINTELPRO, the state has crushed freedom before. What is new is Trump hollowing the whole system while parading its shell as democracy.
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America’s Zombie Democracy
Its trappings remain, but authoritarianism and AI are hollowing out our humanity.
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ACLU of Georgia @acluofga.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Emmy-award winning journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for over 100 days in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity. His legal team has filed an order to halt deportation, seeking immediate release.
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ACLU of the District of Columbia @aclu-dc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Fact: Pres. Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to D.C. is expected to boast a $201 million price tag. A reminder that this manufactured emergency is a waste of time & our tax dollars. www.usatoday.com/story/news/politic…
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DC National Guard deployment to cost $200 million, as soldiers pick up trash, blow leaves
National Guard troops have been spotted in Washington, DC, shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and pacing train platforms.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23/09/2025
Per photographer Matthew Kaplan this morning, ICE has now fenced off the street in front of the Broadview processing facility.
Fence in front of building in the dark
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 23/09/2025
An ICE agent shot Silverio dead. DHS lied about what happened. There needs to be a full, thorough investigation into what happened that morning. All camera footage must be released. And Noem must come to the committee and account for ICE's unlawfulness and lies.
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ICE officer said his injuries were 'nothing major' after deadly shooting near Chicago, video shows
The immigration agent’s partner said he suffered a “knee injury" and "some lacerations to his hands,” according to police body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. But the feds reported h...
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La Resistencia @laresistencianw.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Today September 23 at 10:20am La Resistencia volunteers who observe the deportation flights informed us about the number of people deported from and transferred from Northwest Detention Center
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 22/09/2025
DACA has always been lawful. Now, it's facing its biggest threat yet, with DHS ignoring DACA protections and detaining DACA recipients. Our Immigrant Youth Abduction Tracker is exposing the truth: nearly 20 DACA recipients & dozens more immigrant youth are detained. HomeIsHere.us/tracker
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Stop Abducting Immigrant Youth! - Home is Here
Nearly 20 DACA recipients and dozens more immigrant youth without DACA have been abducted and detained by ICE this year. These are our classmates, our neighbors, our friends. ICE is carrying out a campaign of terror, targeting young people. These are no...
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 22/09/2025
An alarming share of ICE arrests rely on collaborations with local law enforcement – even in places that are "sanctuary cities" Since January, 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:
Graph showing that jails working with ICE led to the early expansion of arrests in 2025.
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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Intentional disruption in the immigration courtroom has been a weapon of the Trump admin resulting in shocked attorneys with cases suddenly lost in thin air. “Some court judges seem to be in collusion with immigration officials to make these arrests,” 🔗 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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How Trump has turned the legal system ‘on its head’ to meet deportation goals
Cuban asylum seeker EC and others saw hard-won victories vanish as new rules upended immigration courts
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/09/2025
Hours after we sent a letter signed by over 450 artists and 40K others defending free speech, ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel will return to air. Other companies should heed this warning: We the people are watching.
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Before Jimmy Kimmel's reinstatement, talk show hosts and ACLU added to outcry over suspension
Bill Maher, John Oliver, the hosts of 'The View' and 400 artists who joined the ACLU have spoken out about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, which has now been lifted.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23/09/2025
Asked this guy how he felt about choking women today as he stared down at us all from the roof. He proudly declared he likes it.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23/09/2025
Broadview, IL today
Ice SRT agent with Phoenix Field patch in skull maskProtester stumbled as they are hit with pepper balls in adjacent lot
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
As People Mag Points out, a treatment for autism Dr. Oz just announced Trump’s FDA is approving is sold by a supplement company owned by… Dr. Oz. people.com/what-is-leuc...
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Lauren Bocanegra 💙⚖️♿🌱👣 @laurenbocanegra.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"The immigration agent’s partner said he suffered 'a left knee injury and some lacerations to his hands,' according to police body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. But federal officials reported he was 'seriously injured' before he fatally shot Silverio Villegas González."
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
In December 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked SCOTUS to grant cert before judgement to hear Trump’s immunity appeal. The court rejected that request and didn’t issue its immunity decision until July 2024. Trump’s federal cases never made it to trial before the November 2024 election.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2025
Goebbles or Miller?
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
DAILY MEMO: LAPD Sends Two Helicopters and Six Officers to Detain Black Woman Chasing ICE Out of Her Neighborhood @eltragon.bsky.social
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22/09/2025
There's so much good stuff in here, thanks @lataco.bsky.social for the brilliant discussion!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2025
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Protesters yell at one agent with an American flag mask and sleeves “Nazi” as they push demonstrators off the sidewalk in front of the driveway. “Proud of it,” the agent replied.
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Protesters briefly stop a vehicle and make it turn around, agents step out and fire a pepper balls while another shoved them from in front of the vehicle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2025
Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to know what happened to him. By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
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He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court. Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison.
Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to ...
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brittnymejia.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Last month, I wrote about Angel Minguela Palacios, who was arrested by Border Patrol while delivering strawberries. On Thursday, I was with his partner and their three kids when they welcomed him home after he spent more than a month in ICE detention www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A strawberry delivery driver arrested by Border Patrol tries to make his way home
Angel Minguela Palacios was arrested in Little Tokyo last month. He spent weeks in immigration detention, hoping to get home to the love of his life and their three children.
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
“My fear is they’re trying to make examples of people like myself as a way to scare people. But I’m here, and I’m not scared.”
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Freed detainee recounts unhealthy conditions, abuse at Broadview ICE facility
A person who was released after five hours in custody recounts being slapped and called slurs and says immigrant arrestess are being held in a small darkened room filled with bugs. HuffPo reports that...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/09/2025
“We still have to live under that — that fear of losing our identity, losing our culture, our religion,” Leonard Peltier says about his continued commitment to Indigenous rights. “The struggle still goes on for me. I’m not going to give up.”
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“I'm Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier for his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since his release to home confinement in February. Before his commutation b...
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