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Connie M

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LCSW daughter of immigrants. Asylum is a human right. Immigrants get the job done. Free Palestine. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗽

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h
This is an important element of the 2026 elections, and I'm glad to see @stephenwolf.bsky.social and @the-downballot.com looking at it systemically.
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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 3h
The Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring ICE to report and investigate deaths that occurred within 30 days of someone being released.
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The deaths ICE doesn’t count
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention.
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Raelle @jazchaz.bsky.social · 19h
🚨POST CARD PEEPS Activate America just launched three new postcard campaigns for three highly flippable races. #NE-2 for Denise Powell #NY-17 for Cait Conley #NJ-7 for Rebecca Bennett To sign up, get you address list and get started 👇🏻 Home stretch folks....LET'S DO THIS #SheShed
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Postcards — Activate America
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 6h
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · 4h
A Path Home. NCYL, @acaciajustice.org, Loyola University Chicago’s Immigration & Human Rights Clinic, and The Door are launching the Children’s Due Process Project website. Explore resources and ways to participate: childrensdueprocess.org
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 5h
The combined Warner Bros. and Paramount company will be named Skydance. Warner Bros. and Paramount will continue to operate as brands under the parent company.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
“I couldn’t believe he was taken from us with the snap of a finger.” A clip from “FRACTURED: THE STORIES OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND” - highlighting the impacts of ICE across the country: youtube.com/@fracturedst... #AbolishICE
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Jim Bonewald @jbonewald.bsky.social · 19h
I’m sorry but in 2026 if you’re still doing that tomohawk cheer I am rooting against your baseball team.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22h
Pope Leo XIV, celebrating his home state of Illinois for abolishing the death penalty: “The dignity of the person is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed.”
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Children's Rights @childrens-rights.bsky.social · 20h
A 528-bed detention facility for children and families is expected to open soon in Louisiana. It's built next to the country's busiest deportation hub and will be run by a private prison company.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22h
AIPAC decided they were going to set a record on the amount of money they spent against me in the primary election. $70 million. Do you know what we could do with $70 million?
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 21h
An unannounced change took effect on September 15, adding another layer of difficulty for thousands of families and lawyers trying to locate detained loved ones. Read more: lataco.com/final-remova... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Jaylyn Preslicka
Two masked immigration agents detaining a man and walking him toward a car. 

Headline reads "Read This If Your Loved One Has a Final ‘Removal Order’"
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Stateline @stateline.org · 21h
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments, @nhassanein.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/10/01/c...
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Community groups lose HIV-prevention money as feds redirect dollars to states • Stateline
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments. The funding change...
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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is good. Kudos to Taniel and Bolts. Vote! 🗳️🇺🇸💙
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More than 5 million people, including about 2 million kids, have already lost SNAP since the reconciliation law was enacted. Even more eligible low-income families will lose SNAP unless Congress meaningfully delays this cost shift for all states. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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New Data Underscore SNAP Cost Shift’s Harm to Low-Income Families and State Budgets
The harmful Republican reconciliation law enacted last July made unprecedented cuts to food assistance through SNAP, including a provision slashing federal funding for SNAP benefits and imposing...
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SNAP update: Another cut from the Republican reconciliation law takes effect today, cutting the federal match for SNAP administrative costs from 50% to 25%. Every state now gets half as many federal dollars to ensure SNAP gets to eligible families on time & in the right amount.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One last thing: Christa Pike surviving two lethal injections made us question (among many other things) the potentcy of the state’s drug supply. Before the Tony Carruthers execution in May (botched by failed IV access) TN refused to say if its drugs had expired: nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/19/t...
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Tennessee officials silent on status of pentobarbital - Nashville Banner
Tennessee prison officials refuse to confirm the lethal injection drugs they plan to use to execute Tony Carruthers this week are expired.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.
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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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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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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
6 of the 9 justices on the court are Catholic and claim to be “pro-life.”
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday, community groups and immigrant advocates started a 96-mile pilgrimage from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to the Metropolitan Detention Center in DTLA to call for an end to all detention centers and an end to cruel immigration policy. 🎥: Erwin Recinos and Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We know what it means to keep fighting through chaos. We adapt, rebuild, and keep showing up for our clients - no matter what. Read more from Mother Jones: www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/0…
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026
My god, SCOTUS acted within hours to clear the way for this execution and Tennessee completely botched it and tortured her. She's still alive. This barbaric practice needs to end. www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
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Court stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: Updates
Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Counterpoint: Bring me your fatties, your weirdos, your radicals yearning to breathe free.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
This has the potential to rip apart comity between the states. If SCOTUS comes in and says that blue states can't regulate abortion in their own states and red states get a veto over it, it'll create a massive crisis for federalism. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers
Three attorneys general in anti-abortion states filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the abortion shield laws of three Democratic-led states that protect ph…
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is another big story today. I was waiting on @kelciemmorris.bsky.social's report, excellent as always, as I knew she was on it. —>
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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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24 Heartbreaking Images Of Ravensbrück, The All-Female Nazi Concentration Camp
The camp was made to hold "deviant" women: Jews, Roma, spies, resistance fighters, communists, criminals, prostitutes, and lesbians.
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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ICE published — then removed — internal mortality reviews detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
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ICE published — then removed — internal reports detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S.
The reports, briefly posted online, examined the deaths of 33 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between September 2019 and January 2026.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Received a phone call this morning letting me know they started moving people from Guantanamo Bay to Somalia late last week. Working on getting in contact with them now.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
The idea is that, since USPS trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 29/09/2026
Huge win for government transparency and accountability! CA Senate Bill 423 was signed into law today, requiring release of 911 calls from ICE detention centers. This critical info will cast light on how ICE is treating people it holds. Congrats to coalition of advocates who made this possible.
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Data from 911 calls at ICE detention centers must be disclosed under new California law
Gov. Newsom signed a law compelling disclosure of emergency calls from ICE detention centers. It followed CalMatters' reporting about alleged rapes at one site.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 25/09/2026
ERO ONE is shaping up.
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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Vehicles equipped with advanced infotainment systems — particularly those running Google’s Android Automotive OS with Google Automotive Services — contacted the highest number of third-party domains." www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A callous, devastating decision. Potentially thousands of lives are going to be destroyed before the Court hears arguments in December, and the administration will no doubt pick up the pace before then. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look at Mark back there, squirming around, acting like he would rather be anywhere else. You put yourself there guy.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spent the full hour on NPR/@wbur.org's "On Point" in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti on this year's very strong El Niño event--which is expected reach record intensity by Nov--and the broader context surrounding it, as well as local-to-global impacts.
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How the 'super' El Niño will shape the global climate
El Niño has become an annual global climate phenomenon. But this year, scientists are warning of a record-setting 'super' El Niño. What that could mean for the weather everywhere on planet earth.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets the Trump administration continue deporting people to third countries for now while justices weigh policy.
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Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume while justices weigh Trump policy
The Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s administration to continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More heartbreak.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 29/09/2026
ICE is deporting parents without their children. The Atlantic follows a 2-year-old in Mobile, Alabama, left behind when his parents were sent to Venezuela. 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Please donate to my friend Carrie (see Wishlist 👇🏽) so she can continue feeding the unhoused in her community.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
DILLEY DETENTION CENTER NUMBER 2 Call it a “staging facility” all you want. The contract says detention. There’s playground equipment behind the fence. And Dilley has already held children far beyond the roughly 20-day Flores limit. Now they’re building “Dilley 2.” We know what this is!
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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The judge later asked a group of 15 minors without attorneys: “Is this your first time in immigration court?” They all answered, “Yes.” “Do any of you want voluntary departure?” the judge asked. No one raised their hand. Another child stretched her hands playfully toward the sky.
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Inside a Texas immigration court where children fight to stay in the US | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧵 NEW: Interfaith clergy to protest new ICE facility for kids this Thursday, Oct. 1, in Alexandria, Louisiana. New ICE detention facility is within an airport to speed deportations of unaccompanied migrant kids. ICE will pack kids onto planes to unknown countries, put them at risk of trafficking.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 29/09/2026
Artwork by @topsypaints.bsky.social in solidarity with Wilber Rafael Garces Perez and everyone targeted by ICE. Damn the mercenaries. All ICE agents are kidnappers, torturers, and aspiring murderers. crimethinc.com/mercenaries
A painting by the graffiti artist Topsy reading "COWARD ICE" and showing ICE agents shooting a door dash delivery driver.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And still no comment from DoorDash about ICE shooting one of their delivery drivers in Austin. Silence is an act of complicity.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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C.S. Poe @cspoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy 5 year anniversary to the Memento Mori series! And MADISON SQUARE MURDERS is on sale for 99c everywhere until October 5! www.tumblr.com/cspoe/829036...
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · September 28 is the five-year anniversary of the series that completely changed the trajectory of my career: Memento Mori. I went on a stroll down memory lane today and opened the…
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