Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAmbassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Supreme Court authorizing deportations to third countries in Africa is a sanctioning of cruel and unusual punishment. What are we becoming? 86511
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312875639
misemici.bsky.social @misemici.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comKenan Thompson Says 'Stop It'Alt: Kenan Thompson Says 'Stop It' 000
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered. 161436457
misemici.bsky.social @misemici.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another victim charged as if he was the criminal. 000
misemici.bsky.social @misemici.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Loved watching Klobuchar go back for a second dunk on him at the end of her time. 000
misemici.bsky.social @misemici.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#ChuckGrassley is no longer up to the job. He was barely able to read his prepared scripts. He abandoned his chair without appointing anyone to fill in, and didn’t tell them when he’d be back. He’s 93. His staff is complicit in propping him up. #Iowa deserves better. 000
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026Donald Trump’s rush to deport as many immigrants as possible is creating a new family-separation crisis, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social writes. She reports on the babies left behind in America:bit.lyThe Babies Left Behind in AmericaThe United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis. 914773
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/09/2026The Education Department will scrap Biden-era Title IX rules that sought to bolster nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, officials announced, marking a return to rules from the first Trump administration.washingtonpost.comEducation Department officially scraps Biden-era Title IX rulesThe new regulations mark a return to rules from the first Trump administration. 152529
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 26/09/2026The administration is using a rare and contested power to ax funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/tr…washingtonsun.comTrump Claws Back Nearly $1 Billion In Congressionally Appropriated FundingThe administration is using a rare and contested power to ax funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. 106653
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May with @azluminaria.org)propublica.orgThis Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriff’s office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was... 19697308
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.com‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the MidtermsA disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law. 25337091380
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127761317
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25376653457
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialMatthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove offevanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 39566453500
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off. 552596993
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As you may recall from the original story, part of what made this story so distressing story was that public officials had told these people that they could vote! And in some cases automatically registered them to vote! 333074
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 21926881393
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026There's always a new grift www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 61939325
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026BREAKING: Trump’s FCC pushes Talarico Kimmel interview to YouTube, trampling the First Amendment. Sound familiar? It happened with Talarico and Colbert last February, which resulted in $2.5M in donations and millions of views. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/a...nytimes.comJimmy Kimmel to Interview James Talarico ‘Under Unusual Circumstances’A conversation with the Democratic Senate hopeful from Texas will move off air because of what the late night host called F.C.C. “threats” against his show and network. 10729381073
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/09/2026Financial disclosures released by the Trump administration show the sums gifted to Natalie Harp and two other aides were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. On their disclosure forms, the three women described the payments as “Cash Gift for Holidays.” wapo.st/3T08M5J 259034
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.sociallucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New analysis from @propublica.org: Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto... 10296164
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)propublica.orgAn Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic... 19449222
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026republicans take food stamps away from 82,000 Indiana residents www.newsfromthestates.com/article/thou...newsfromthestates.comThousands of Hoosiers removed from food assistanceEighty-two thousand fewer Hoosiers are receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect last October.The l... 1381761984
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2026At one Wisconsin private school, we found that: • The board chair also helps manage school operations. • His accounting firm has an $87K contract with the school. Both of these things would be prohibited at a public school.propublica.orgAt “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve... 9444180
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even if you aren’t aware of any such agreements missing from the State Department’s site, you can still help out by RT’ing this piece…or share it in relevant Reddit subs, email listservs, etc. Tysm 🙏 4372222
misemici.bsky.social @misemici.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I can’t wrap my head around how anyone can live so blatantly inconsistently. Even more, how can her wife stand being everything she dislikes? Or live knowing it’s an act… the mind reels. 010
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/09/2026Breaking news: The Trump administration has removed language criticizing a memorial to the Confederacy formerly located in Arlington National Cemetery, part of its ongoing effort to reshape portrayals of the Civil War.washingtonpost.comTrump officials strip military language criticizing Confederate memorialA new sign at Arlington National Cemetery omits wording that said the 32-foot bronze statue “mythologized” the Confederacy and gave “sanitized” depictions of slavery. 66529273
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialCraig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Dem candidate for Governor in Ohio was attacked by an armed man who injured several people in trying to assault her. People will say "this has no place in Ohio/America/politics." folks, this is what politics is now. the right wing is out to kill. 715962
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tubeExclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent 13250502077
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Under pressure, the DOD just released the text of its secret 10-year agreement with the NIH. Here are the biggest revelations from the document 🧵 13590343
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...cbsnews.comFederal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources sayA federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. 810119006500
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026Senator @johnfetterman.com lied to paralyzed veterans and ditched a meeting with them to discuss their healthcare so he could appear on Fox News to cheerlead Trump’s war a shit on his own party. What a garbage human. 1212380803
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Transparently bullshit political talking points have real-world consequences www.the-express.com/news/us-news...the-express.comWidow of Epic Fury airman denied death benefits as Iran conflict is 'not a war'The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war 601278536
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like. 61272994264
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For many years, ICE didn't have its own medical claims processing for detainees, running 3rd party medical bills through the VA's system. Last year, right-wing influencers convinced the Trump admin to abruptly cancel this contract. With no replacement, ICE specialized medical care has gone unpaid. 21776409
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Trump’s DOJ asked courts to dismiss consent decrees negotiated with the Biden DOJ & signed by cities in cases where the DOJ found patterns & practices of discriminatory policing, including the Louisville Metro PD where DOJ found misconduct among ofcrs involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor. 8278146
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A career lawyer at DOJ said “she received a message from DOJ leadership asserting that all of the Dept’s lawyers - including its civil rights attys - needed to be fully on board with the President’s agenda.” 18703352
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/09/2026BREAKING: A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a “secretive rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 13621951025
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is large scale disenfranchisement and now SCOTUS has even less excuse not to reject Trump's EO on mail voting. Allowing him to move forward would have clear negative harms to voters that could not be reversed, even as his claim for authority over voting processes is legally dubious. 551273480
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialJim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The cruelty is the point. Shame on this administration and shame on the people who voted for this. www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...springfieldnewssun.comSpringfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates sayA 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates. 431277512
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 01/09/2026Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges. (Published May)propublica.orgProsecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s... 12644322
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/09/2026ASHLEY MOODY IS CORRUPT AF. And Angie Nixon went straight for the jugular: “Her reward for that was her U.S. Senate appointment. She knew exactly what she was doing. She signed off on it.” “Ashley Moody is a liar, she’s a thief.”🔥 18767532415
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026If this were happening somewhere else, we would call them what they are: Internally Displaced People. 1241261180
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The predictable Discourse is starting and I'm going to take a strong stand here: you can both want to abolish ICE and laugh really, really hard at Milo Yiannopoulos getting arrested by ICE after a decade of stoking the ethnonationalist hatred that led us to this point 904401852
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came directly from the White House. (Published May)propublica.orgThe White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company. 48763393
Reposted by @misemici.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board. 13638322015
