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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 18h
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If your politics require you to stop seeing someone as human the moment you learn their immigration status, something is very wrong with you!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nueve años después del huracán María, recordamos las vidas perdidas y las familias afectadas. Mi corazón está con Puerto Rico y con la comunidad puertorriqueña de Florida. 🇵🇷 #Angie4FL #PuertoRico
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
propublica.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
propublica.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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@DHSgov
X.com
Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Glad the Senator is on this. We all need to end this.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
if you’re an immigrant and unemployed, you’re a freeloader, but if you’re gainfully employed, you’re stealing someone’s job. They just don’t want these people to exist except as targets for their hatred one way or the other bsky.app/profile/heba...
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Perfect description. One additional comment. The movie is a blast, and once it starts rolling the audience is free from the whiners.
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Monero Rapé @monerorape.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
El embaucador Salazar. #MilenioDiario
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/07/2026
not really fourth of july content but i found thus explanation of affordable housing financing in DC very informative.
ggwash.org
Why affordable housing can’t pay for itself
Understand development costs, the financing needed to meet them, and the ever-present “gap.” This is the first in an ongoing series about how affordable housing works.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
One sense of how skewed our political reality is comes as Mamdani says anodyne things that the GOP presidential nominees from 1976-2012 would have all agreed with, like “We should rely on due process for the burning of witches,” and everyone screams, “Leftist Commie! Red Commie!”
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 02/07/2026
This is a succinct and damning report on the corruption of the Great American State Fair. It also has the cleanest explanation of the split between Freedom 250 and America250 that I've seen anywhere. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-gre...
talkingpointsmemo.com
The Great American State Fair’s Main Exhibit Is Trump Corruption
WASHINGTON, DC – I visited the Great American State Fair on several days...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Yes! This whole speech is a breath of fresh air. And the response to it demonstrates how desperate we are for such oxygen. Every moment Dems demonstrate a commitment to freedom over fascism, we are so ready to receive it.
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Lysenkoism of the '40s caused devastating famines, 15-25M deaths, lost scientific advancement & brain drain. What an expensive mistake. At stake in 2026- The loss of scientific advancement, our ability to address health challenges & more. An important read. 🧪🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
nejm.org
The OMB and the Politicization of Science | NEJM
The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees, that funding could be...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
AND with the recent news that the FBI is targeting voting rights organizations in Ohio, including showing up to staffers/canvassers doors and demanding electronic devices, learn more about how to help protect voting rights orgs here: www.handsoffohio.org
handsoffohio.org
HANDS OFF OHIO!
Federal agents raided offices connected to the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a leading Ohio voting rights organization. Learn what happened, why it matters, and how you can stand up for democracy and...
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 02/06/2026
If you don’t like what you’re seeing at Delaney Hall, pay attention to what’s happening in Congress this week.   We must stop giving ICE and for-profit companies like GEO Group a blank check to create chaos.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 31/05/2026
It shouldn't be easier for ICE to deploy pepper spray and riot gear than to provide medical support and quality food.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...
nytimes.com
The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 27/05/2026
Don't let ICE and this administration lie to you. I saw inside Delaney Hall with my own eyes. The conditions are absolutely unacceptable.
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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Days after a trans University of Washington student was killed in off-campus student housing, the UW chapter of Turning Point USA is hosting ex-trans activist Chloe Cole. Students are organizing at counter protest outside Kane Hall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 5/13
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
More & more eligible low-income people are losing SNAP because of H.R. 1’s bureaucratic hurdles, including this mom who has tried for months to get her family’s benefits back while working & caring for 2 young kids. Keep in mind: SNAP benefits average about $6 per person per day.
She described being caught in a monthslong paperwork back-and-forth with state employees since February, when her benefits failed to arrive. Unable to reach anyone by phone, she finally decided to show up in person at the office in Surprise. On the morning she arrived at 7 a.m., her second visit that week, she had a backpack full of paperwork she was told she needed to provide to verify her income and expenses to have her benefits restored.

But after waiting for four hours to speak with someone, she was told she needed more documentation, including a written statement from her father explaining that a Zelle transfer for her birthday was a one-time gift and not a recurring payment, she said.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A PSA
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Just a reminder that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was called, "An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States."
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...
Take Back the Court REP. JOHN LEWIS: In 1965, Jurist Roberts was only 10-years-old. He may be a brilliant lawyer, but I wonder whether he can really understand the depth of what it took to get the Voting Rights Act passed. The right to vote is precious, almost
sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society. As many of you know, I gave a little blood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, but some
of my friends and colleagues gave all they had, their very lives for the right to vote. I feel that if Judge Roberts is confirmed to be the Chief Justice of the United States, the Supreme Court would no longer hear the people's cries for justice. I feel that the leadership of the Court will promote politics over the protection of individual rights and liberties. If the Federal Courts had abandoned us in the civil rights movement in the name of judicial restraint, we might still be struggling with the
burden of legal segregation in America today. Jurist Roberts's memos reveal him to be hostile towards civil rights, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act. He has even said that Voting Rights Act
violations, and I quote, "should not be made too easy to prove.'
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 17/04/2026
Deportation is a matter of life-and-death for 350,000+ Haitian nationals in the U.S. That is why I am proud to have voted to pass @pressley.house.gov’s legislation to extend Haiti TPS and give our neighbors the critical protections they deserve.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Any republican voter represented by republicans who knows a person in the military, they love or like, should think hard about their votes in the next election.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Pretty wild that basically every DNC pundit and insider has been spending the past week debating if "Hasan too far left for the left" while the fascist pedophile president is openly announcing genocide
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Monero Rapé @monerorape.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Rabioso.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A guide to the US aircraft shot down over Iran. By me, no paywall. fallows.substack.com/p/your-score...
fallows.substack.com
Your Scorecard for US Military Aircraft Over Iran.
The losses so far.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
“Chronic hunger” at American concentration camps reported by USA Today. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
usatoday.com
ICE says it provides 'proper meals.' Detainees see crystalized jelly, rancid beans and iced bologna
In the business of immigration detention, researchers say, "bad food is the business model."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Those three downed jets run around $90 million each. It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Rubio
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Read the story. Nobody is safe until all of this stops. Some of us are more vulnerable and some of us are likelier targets, but we are all less safe, while this evil is around us.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 18/02/2026
"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
nytimes.com
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
America is mass producing crimes against humanity.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/02/2026
The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous. The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
​A screenshot of a post from the account Acyn featuring a video of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). The text of the post quotes AOC speaking about the humanitarian crisis in Cuba, drawing parallels to Gaza.
​She describes a "new era of depravity" where innocent civilians are starved or deprived because their political regimes are found "objectionable." She emphasizes the need to defend human rights, mentioning the risk of hospitals running out of fuel and children being put in harm's way. The video thumbnail shows AOC walking through a hallway while being interviewed by a reporter holding a microphone.
​Would you like me to help you draft more QRTs based on these specific images or provide a deeper summary of the AOC video?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We are publishing a running list of deaths and woundings as a result of the interior enforcement blitzkrieg across the country. That includes deaths during apprehension and deaths in custody. This will be consistently updated. Currently, there are 8 dead, 9 wounded, & 35 deaths in custody.
prospect.org
A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Appreciation post for our legal observers holding it down and putting their lives on the line to protect their neighbors. The tide is turning against ICE. Some Republicans are speaking out. Hold the line. Stay peaceful. Keep exercising your First Amendment rights.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Yup. Litmus tests are back
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"His last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting." "Please get the truth out about our son."
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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SinEmbargo @sinembargomx.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“¡BASTA!” Minnesota estalla en huelga contra Trump. Miles marchan, negocios cierran www.sinembargo.mx/4755783/bast...
sinembargo.mx
“¡BASTA!” Minnesota estalla en huelga general contra Trump
Cientos de negocios en Minnesota cerraron hoy y muchas personas prometen pausar sus actividades en una huelga general en protesta contra ICE y Donald Trump.
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