Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 46mThis ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 18753354
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7mYour regular reminder that the job of an ICE officer is dramatically safer than the job of a regular cop, such that not a single ICE deportation officer has been killed in the line of duty since 1949 (and that was actually a stabbing inside an INS jail in Hawaii, not street enforcement). 07328
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13hThis thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings. 362122720
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15hThe Waco torture and lynching of Jesse Washington in 1916 has stuck with me for years after reading the details. 10,000 people came to watch him be torn to pieces, and burned alive over the course of hours. Exactly 100 years ago. 928688
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15hAn ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now. 14636276
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15hBREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.bit.lyPentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamedThe Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” 27116990
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16hIt's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center. 554132283164
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16hthis is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something 1103119133506
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17hDevastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN... 119180484280
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17hThe 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem. 13438011723
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 17hGSA awarded two San Antonio office leases worth $51.2 million this week. GSA’s own contracting records name ICE as the agency that requested the space.projectsaltbox.comGSA signs $51 million in San Antonio office leases linked to ICEThe leases come eight months after the agency bought an East Side warehouse to turn into a detention center. 03120
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18hNEW: We knew in April that DOJ was investigating Hutchinson. Now NBC reports they are seeking a grand jury indictment for lying to Congress. The thing is, she didn't lie to Congress. She testified truthfully about what someone else told her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comJustice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy HutchinsonThe former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon. 38256971919
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 491416439
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 23h🧊 NJ CONCENTRATION CAMP ⁉️ "[Stephen] Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." 28155
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...prospect.orgFederal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American ProspectA Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States. 233382964
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Here is a link to the CourtListener page. I've purchased all of the relevant documents to make them available to anyone here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/74798... 5463138
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@aclu.org identifies 76 ways mass-deportation is attacking civil liberties, checks and balances, and multiracial democracy. Mass deportation is expanding unchecked executive power and weakening due process. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social #immigraton www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...usatoday.comTrump’s immigration policy is breaking American democracy, new ACLU report saysThe ACLU report details 76 ways it says the Trump administration’s immigration policy is undermining fundamental American freedoms and democracy. 021
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become ambassador to Greece when she asked a donor for $100K to pay AmEx, in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail. “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to AmEx.” Gift link. 👇 www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 54247432416
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Guard troops were pulled into an immigration raid with little notice, little guidance and serious legal questions. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social #immigration @hcdems.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/nationa...ms.nowImmigration agents thrust National Guard into huge raid with zero warning, document showsAn internal report shared with MS NOW shows the military blaming DHS for poor planning in the chaotic raid. Experts say the troops’ actions now look like they may have been illegal. 012
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🧊✈️ "They put him on a plane without telling him where it was headed and left him in a prison in a country he had never heard of, where nobody ever accused him of anything. No notice, no hearing, no chance to object. That is not due process by any definition.” 03726
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026DACA Truck Drivers. A federal rule effective March 16, 2026, bars DACA recipients, asylum seekers, and refugees from getting or renewing commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), impacting roughly 200,000 drivers as their credentials expire @claycane.bsky.social @urbanviewradio.bsky.social 125
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is insane. 0158
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 06/10/2026Mr Williams did some of the same napkin math that I did and it is horrific. Trump is a clear and present danger to not only the United States, but to global peace and stability. Something something foreign and domestic.... 1175
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 06/10/2026I'm not a historian but I don't recall any other president asking a foreign power to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans on our own soil. "...very small price to pay"? Pearl Harbor and 9/11 wouldn't combine to equal a relative fraction of that horror. 912631
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 06/10/2026It's official — seven of ICE's 11 warehouses are now available for sale through Cushman & Wakefield's dedicated fedwarehouses.com auction site.projectsaltbox.comICE puts seven warehouses purchased for detention on the marketThe properties were among 11 warehouses ICE bought for $1.07 billion to expand detention capacity. Seven are now being marketed for sale at a steep discount. 915891
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A few weeks ago, US Citizenship and Immigration Services released quarterly data on the legal immigration system through June. The data presents a stark picture of an agency going through a period of total dysfunction. As of June, net application backlogs have risen by 80% since Trump took office. 19363140
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This starts with her aggressively trying to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood. I'd like to see someone turn the tables on this. "You're Christian, right? Did you support Timothy McVeigh? Did you agree with Dylann Roof? Or Eric Rudolph? Robert Lewis Dear? No? Even though you share their religion?" 783822854
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026Trump: "Annie 'Trannie' Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline Graham for the Senate in South Carolina ... Trannie is not for South Carolina, and South Carolina must show, in the upcoming Election, that it is not for her." 4381013229
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026NEW: After unlawfully firing FBI agents that worked on Trump cases, Patel's FBI is arguing that the reason they can't release Epstein redaction training videos featuring agents is because "assignments to cases are not by choice." Read my latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-... 551561542
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 05/10/2026Due to the evolving and increasingly complicated nature of ICE's detention purchases, we've made a few changes over at tracker.projectsaltbox.com: 1. A dedicated page just for warehouse purchases 2. A page to track the purchase of private prisons 3. Coming soon, a tab to track new constructiontracker.projectsaltbox.comICE Detention Purchase TrackerData Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. 24822
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal building.sahanjournal.comCatch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tacticMultiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin... 21611
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Dug into this and her name seems to be Zhao Jing. She’s being held at Adelanto. A habeas lawsuit was filed at 11:05 AM Pacific today. On X, a user said Ms. Zhao had taught her son. As to why ICE arrested her, no idea. Most likely she’s a pending asylum applicant who got stuck in backlogs for years. 21511244
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/20264 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China. 60555823184
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Mr. Speckles is now euth listed #nycacc I need NE COAST FOSTERS ASAP! Medical/transport/training provided! DM ME! Smash 💥 that middle button 2share/repost him! Urgent! ‼️ sos 🆘 Info ℹ️ ⬇️ 85974
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Donald Trump posted Tom Cotton’s cellphone number. So I just sent him a text. Will report back. 1442876592
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A pregnant mother from Ghana and her disabled son came for medical care; both had valid visas. CBP turned an airport room into a cell for 10 days. abcnews.com/US/pregnant-...abcnews.comPregnant woman from Ghana and her son are being detained at Dulles AirportA pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from Ghana have been held for more than a week at a Washington, D.C.-area airport, according to the ACLU. 021
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A vote for indiscriminate enforcement was never a vote for safety. Cuban families now feel the betrayal. Nearly 6,000 Cubans were sent to Mexico. Others deported to Africa. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/10/03/n...npr.orgImmigration briefing: How Trump's crackdowns are impacting Cuban votersCuban-Americans largely supported President Trump in the 2024 elections. We take a look at how among some Cubans, the policies they voted for are negatively affecting them. 043
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 03/10/202618% of Texas Latinos who backed Trump no longer do. #Immigration cruelty has a political cost. #GOP called mass deportation a winning issue. thehill.com/homenews/cam...thehill.comGOP walks tightrope on immigration ahead of midtermsRepublicans are struggling with how to thread the needle on immigration ahead of what is expected to be a bruising midterm season in which many voters have soured on the Trump administration’s aggr… 077
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The conviction against Army veteran Godfrey Wade has been set aside because he was not given due process. America deported him to Jamaica after 50 years here. Bring him home. #immigration www.atlantanewsfirst.com/video/2026/1...atlantanewsfirst.comCourt sets aside conviction tied to deported Army veteran Godfrey Wade’s immigration caseA misdemeanor case led to the initiation of immigration proceedings against Wade, who arrived from Jamaica as a child in the 1970s. 098
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Russia has again urged diplomats and foreigners to leave Kyiv, warning of "massive" air attacks on the Ukrainian capital. The warning came hours after a Russian strike hit another major bridge in the city.-AFP 1013850
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Tom Cartwright @tomcartwright.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I can see no rational reason for using military aircraft for these deportations. Other than for political theater (and because cost is no object) 1123
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 899160176248
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much. 38703222
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20463012898
Reposted by Scott 🏳️🌈💙Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of my biggest concerns in 2023-24 was the likelihood that, if Trump got power again, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and related figures such as Palmer Luckey would get more deeply burrowed into the U.S. national security apparatus, in all sorts of dangerous ways that will be hard to dislodge. Alas. 1113749
![Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiafwdmp63odeydunst4aizjbnunnu5s26f6bk22yqg6drbdmutqf4)
![It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreidewrh2r7x4l3whf3llsqoenslqugawxzj3p43gflsa5pd4zqmuhi)
