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Gina Touchton

@reginetouchon.bsky.social
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Encaustic artist; blue dot in east central Alabama; a resistor, I’m not going anywhere 🔥🇺🇸🔥

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE is Trump’s secret police. To look at it any other way is condoning this bullshit. #Pinks
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As Seattle festival reveled in Latino culture, ICE swooped in nearby
As the colorful festival celebrated Latin American nations, the realities of life under an immigration crackdown felt distant — but also just around the corner.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18/09/2026
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We will vote to rebuke him so decisively no president will dare such abuses again for centuries.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is pub day for my book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Please watch this video and pass it on. It's time to reclaim the Trump-Russia narrative and recognize Putin is continuing his years-long war on America and Trump is complicit. HowRussiaWon.com
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Gina Touchton @reginetouchon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Declaration of Concern Regarding the Auburn University Board of Trustees’ June 5th Actions. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/auburn...
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Declaration of Concern Regarding the Auburn University Board of Trustees’ June 5th Actions
The upper administration of Auburn University has repeatedly insisted that only a small minority of people is dissatisfied with the actions of the Board of Trustees on June 5, 2026. As evidence, they ...
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He's like a scandal piñata. Every time you shake him, more misdeeds fall out…
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
alysonwelborn is a spoken word artist on TT. She has poured her soul into this #CupOfJoe. Drink it in. You’ll be better for it.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/08/2026
i'm actually a little shook by the way that mao and trump seem to be the same Type of Guy.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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ajsaxx.bsky.social @ajsaxx.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals." Susan Collins & Congressional Republicans voted to fund all of this.
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Local man suggests jailing own boss.
Screenshot of an Aaron Rupar clip of J.D. Vance saying on Fox News: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why isn't Doug Jones getting more love in Alabama? Can we at least amplify his campaign and put some light on it for the folks in Alabama? www.dougjones.com
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Doug for Alabama
Doug for Alabama's campaign
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16/07/2026
Ninety percent of the 71 detainees contacted in the concentration camp on Fort Bliss say they were beaten by guards are witnessed beatings, in addition to inedible meals and lack of access to medication or lawyers.
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Report: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abuses
A new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten.
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Gina Touchton @reginetouchon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Making good trouble in Auburn,AL Abolish ICE!
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ICE agents in Maine killed a father on his way to work yesterday: Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26. The week before, agents killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a father of three. The Trump administration isn't returning America to a nostalgic past. It's plunging families into a horrific present.
Maine Sun Journal quote from newspaper article: "The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas."
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the Mexican immigrant who was shot and killed by ICE during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday, speaks out. Salgado Araujo, who lived in the U.S. for 35 years, was on his way to work before he was killed, according to his son.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A lawsuit alleges that ICE beat a man, causing his existing disabilities to worsen and get new ones. Once he was in ICE detention, the lawsuit says, he was mocked by detention staff and didn't regularly get his medication. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Lawsuit accuses ICE and private prison contractors of abuse a disabled detainee
Ulises Peña López says guards taunted him — telling him he'd never walk again — while withholding the medication he needed.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 06/07/2026
This is genuinely dope as hell.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.
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Piratedan7 @piratedan7.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
you know what gets overlooked? People... people wanting to help, people getting out of their comfort zone to help bring if not change, then sanity. To NOT let the barbarians in thru the gates.... so here from Balloon Juice is another story of someone stepping up. balloon-juice.com/2026/06/30/r...
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Balloon Juice - Running in the Red: Balloon-Juice’s Own “chemiclord”
I’m glad so many  of you have enjoyed this series and understand its importance. Both MazeDancer and I appreciate you sending us so many good candidates and tonight, even running for office. You are m...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/06/2026
Ossoff: "Mike Collins is a bigot and antisemite under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars, widely known as a man of poor character who lacks the judgment and integrity to serve in the Senate."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Michelle Obama: "No one has the right to sit in judgment of who is American enough. And that's why, folks, we simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent."
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support that Michelle has poured into me over the years. Her story — from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond — is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A little preview of Independence Day.
A photo of workers removing a letter from Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Organizations that provide anonymous legal advice for military members grappling with orders they fear are illegal said they had received calls from service members concerned about the legality of the boat strikes, some from people directly involved in them..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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US boat strikes killed over 200 people. Service members have questions
Legal hotlines have received calls from service members concerned about US military boat strikes that have killed more than 200 people.
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Jasmine @feistybunnygirl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hunter Biden should head the Dems’ comms team for 2028
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Piratedan7 @piratedan7.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
a blog where I participate in the comments posted this thread regarding bringing eyes to candidates that we could promote and assist in significantly red districts, but it reminds us that good Dems are everywhere.... hope that you will find this interesting.... balloon-juice.com/2026/05/30/r...
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Balloon Juice - Running in the Red - Lee McInnis Brings Hope to Alabama-3
We have some big primaries coming up, so the RITR posts will be a bit more frequent. Two this week! If you’re new to Running in the Red, you can find all the stories, here. What is Running in the Red:...
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
When you fly into Washington, the first image you see outside your window is a slew of beige dots that are graves of people who died. It reminds you of the utterly awful sacrifice made to secure American freedom. Comments like these desecrate of that memory.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This woman, who also represented three J6 defendants and well as Roy Moore in one of his defamation suits, is one of the people they hired to be an immigration judge; a person who will have to decide on gender-based violence cases.
Another recruit is Melissa Isaak, who alleged in a 2021 speech at an anti-feminist convention that accusations of domestic abuse by men against women and children are “one of the most abused allegations in family court.” Domestic violence can also come up in immigration court, because victims often cite their experience as grounds for seeking asylum. Isaak’s official court bio did not detail any immigration-related experience.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15/04/2026
Despicable fucking government.
After placing her in handcuffs, she said, two of those four agents at the airport drove Batra to ICE's field office in Harlingen in an unmarked van. She had been there many times over the years to renew her work permit and to help attorneys with translation. Office staff recognized her as she was being processed. Agents posed for photos with her handcuffed, which they said for
"social media," according to the habeas filing.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").
Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights. In a court filing in Fort Myers, lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and civil rights groups said officers at the controversial Everglades facility entered a unit earlier this month and physically assaulted detainees. One man was thrown to the ground and “severely beat,” according to his attorney, who submitted photographs to the court showing her client with a black eye. The attorney, Katie Blankenship of the legal-services organization Sanctuary of the South, wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke another detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone in the cage.” The violence, the attorneys say, erupted after site employees abruptly cut off detainees’ access to phones on April 2 — eliminating what they described as their clients’ only connection to legal counsel and their families. The day-long prohibition came less than a week after Middle District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell issued an order expanding Alligator Alcatraz detainees’ access to their lawyers and their ability to use phones at the remote pop-up facility.
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Daniel Woodruff @danielmwoodruff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
President Trump says he plans to personally attend oral arguments tomorrow in the U.S. Supreme Court case that could decide the future of birthright citizenship. This will be the first known instance of a sitting president doing that, @nbcnews.com reports www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Trump plans to attend oral arguments in Supreme Court birthright citizenship case
Both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society have said there is no official record of any sitting president attending oral arguments.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and nominated Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her. Thank you to @legalmiga.bsky.social for the Thread on Mullin that inspired this video
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair. While working class American service people are dying in the gratuitous war his father and Donald Trump started, Yair is poolside in Miami chilling. No word on where Donald Trump's children were, just that they were 100% *not* wearing a uniform.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The US Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $250,000 public relations contract to a Republican political consulting firm led by former Trump campaign officials with connections to Corey Lewandowski, (cont.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
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Homeland security awarded $250,000 contract to Trump-aligned consulting firm
Exclusive: DHS chose firm with ties to Corey Lewandowski after demanding partisan loyalty, in departure from federal procurement guidelines
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes. $9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst". Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone. She goes out looking for him. "I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..." www.ms.now/the-weekend-...
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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: First grade girl recounts searching for father after ICE detained him
In an MS NOW Exclusive, Antonia Hylton sits down with Annabella, a New Jersey first grader whose life was uprooted when her father, Adonay Rodriguez, stepped outside to pick up a food order and was de...
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