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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake" Thread:

Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

actionnetwork.org/letters/ice-... Demand Gov. Ned Lamont release $10 million for legal defense and family support while Connecticut is under violent siege by DHS

Immigrant community organizers and their neighbors have been leading the response to ICE's unlawful vigilante-style attacks on Connecticut families and neighbors.

When one family is thrown into crisis it takes the effort of many people to fight for the release of the detained person and to offer material, legal and emotional support to the remaining family members.

And in just the last month alone more than a hundred Connecticut families lost someone, often taken in a random, disproportionate rampage of over-resourced power.

Many in CT are from extended families with mixed status so the direct impact ripples through our towns and directly affects citizens and documented immigrants as well as immigrants who -- for many reasons -- may be out of status and afraid to live daily life, to go to work or court or worship or shop for groceries.

It is wrong to lay all the burden for coping with this systemic harm on people who feel personal commitment to respond but are already short on resources.

It's crucial for the state of Connecticut to support the work or addressing the ongoing damage to our whole society.

I'm asking you to create a $10 million emergency fund for legal defense and family stability.

No one should have to fight deportation without a lawyer. No family should have to choose between paying for legal representation and keeping a roof over their heads.

I am also asking you to work with the Attorney General and General Assembly to disrupt the lawless arrogance of ICE agents going out of their way to mock the letter and intent of the TRUST Act.

Ignoring provocative violations of the TRUST Act normalizes lawless behavior. Failing to respond is confirmation that Steven Miller's henchmen can get away with more, and they will always continue to escalate.

The whole point of making "collateral" arrests in flamboyant and shocking fashion is to create an atmosphere of terror. They are literally terrorists sowing fear. That's the whole point.

We can'…

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2026

it is the same story everywhere. young men convinced by their phones that the reason they are unhappy is that they don’t live in the imaginary utopian ethnostate they think existed before they were born

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

NEW: ICE tased a man in Danbury on Thursday, sending him to the hospital. I got video and the 911 call. DHS says the man reached for a pocketknife. It comes after four days of ICE sweeps in the city and dozens of arrests. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

ctinsider.com

ICE agent uses Taser during Danbury arrest, sending man to hospital

ICE also criticized Sen. Chris Murphy Thursday, refuting reported arrests at a bus stop in Danbury.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you, Andrew Baker. As working-class and first gen to college at an ivy in the 1970s, it seemed obvious to me that Harper's account elided some things. I doubt I was the only one hoping someone would fill in the gaps.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why is pushing-for-martial-law-to-subvert-an-election not worth mentioning when reporting on a candidate?

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The center can win by demonstrating that the center can solve the problems facing us.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In a weird parallel with the transmission of the record of the 12th century BCE Trojan war itself and Homer's later 8th century BCE epic, iMax equipment maintenance is hampered by theabsence of written documentation and depends on oral transmission of details.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Meta laid off 10% of its global workforce in May, or nearly ‌8,000 ⁠people . . . part of a far-reaching overhaul as the company increases its AI investments and centers AI agents in both its product offerings and its approach to work internally.

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

this is 2x Chicago Public Library’s FY25 budget

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

👉 "The riot created the playbook that Tammany Hall used to maintain power. Tammany Hall courted Irish immigrants, fueling fears that emancipated Black people would steal their jobs. They secured the release of most of the 150 people arrested after the riot . . ." 👇

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Those of us who learn to do this now will be ahead of the curve and can help those who opted into free trials, got caught when fees were introduced and have adopters remorse.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thank you Trump for keeping us safe with a TSA screening to watch fireworks on the Washington Mall: a thing that was not necessary before Trump fixed the city and Made It Safe Again Thank you for protecting us from sunscreen, Mr Trump

For the first time, this year's Independence Day celebration has been designated a national special security event, the highest security level. Such designations are usually given to events that the Department of Homeland Security determines are potential targets for terrorism or other criminal activity, like presidential inaugurations and the State of the Union address.

Before entering the event area, all attendees will go through an airport-like security screening and pass through a magnetometer, officials said. IDs will not be required.

Visitors are allowed to bring either one clear bag, or one small clutch or purse, according to Freedom 250. Items such as aerosols, including bug spray and sunscreen, are prohibited, as well as drink tumblers, coolers, Frisbees, balls, backpacks and folding chairs, among other things, according to Freedom 250. Blankets - and one bottle of water per person - are permitted.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Yeah, that is very wrong. The Constitution puts *Congress* in control of immigration. That the president can do a lot in the field is because Congress passed laws granting those powers. /there is *some* inherent executive authority to exclude, but that authority is largely regulated by Congress.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Since 2020 the Cato Institute has been better than the DNC on the abuses of the carceral state even if it is remains terrible on labor rights and OSHA.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Didn't @ianboudreau.com launch the term Founder Brain a few months ago? TIL that Wharton School alums are heroes doomed to suffer Founder Brain due to the sacrifices they make without the vast safety net of mental health support the rest of us have. magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/digital/inve...

magazine.wharton.upenn.edu

Investing in the Founder’s Brain

Jioo Lee WG27 along with Wharton professors Zab Johnson and Michael Platt explore why mental health is crucial for leaders

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

FIVE HUNGER STRIKES at detention centers across the US on going now.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ramping up the constant fear of family separation with a Hobson's choice: take the risk of leaving the country "temporarily" to apply for a green card (what could go wrong?) or stay while your status expires and become an "illegal."

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 24/05/2026

Shut Delaney Hall down, NOW. Today, @menendez.house.gov and I went to Delaney Hall because of the inhumane conditions we've been hearing about. What I saw and heard is absolutely unacceptable.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into our civilization's walls, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations." pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/p...

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: A Pascal’s Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Stamford-Norwalk United for Immigrants (SNUI) Mutual Aid program is currently supplying weekly food deliveries to over 100 families impacted by ICE. Its new 501c3 status means donations are now tax deductible. givebutter.com/food-campaig... Add your name & address in the form for a receipt.

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Helping Hands Food Campaign

By Helping Hands — Stamford Norwalk

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Your post about the World's Longest Press Release appeared like this in my feed.

NYT article on Mrs. Bezos and this in screenshot:
‪More Perfect Union‬
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A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.

For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.

One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to
@thewesternedge.bsky.social
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Max Blau @maxblau.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My colleagues and I are on strike today. Please don't visit @propublica.org's website today — as we push for a fair contract.

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

People objecting to the *tone* identify with the target.

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Dan Steffen @dansteffen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Here are the videos

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz... What a world

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."

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Mary Cygan @marycygan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Western CT DSA in Stamford on Jan. 10. Tremendous response from motorists - honking, leaning out of windows and waving. A widow in the front car of a funeral procession gave a thumbs up all the way past our line at Washington Blvd & Tresser.

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social · 12/01/2026

Abolish ICE, my senator. You know in your heart they are Nazi wannabes. The only safe thing to do is abolish and prosecute top To bottom. They know that, too.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 09/01/2026

Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP. Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.

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