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Tinker Schmitt

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Haiti advocate and retired nurse. Focus on Immigration injustice. Blue dot in NC, Pro-Science, progressive Christian and church poly-musician, safe haven for LGBTQ-I. 🎶💙😷🌈☮️🇺🇦🎹🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌊🦋

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/03/2026
NEW: RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
May she ride off into the sunset. (end scene).
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Freedom of the press??????
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Joanne Belknap @joannebelknap.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I’ve been mad about the government & Medicaid ever since Red states refused Medicaid expansion because they didn’t want to pay into it. The latest Dr. Oz confusion about whether the DME supplies will be stopped for six months OR new suppliers will be stopped is infuriating. We know who is a fraud
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Measles Just Hit an ICE Facility. I've Seen What Happens Next. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... How I wish Paul Farmer was still alive to speak on this. He famously studied and treated Tuberculosis in prisons.
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Opinion | Measles Just Hit an ICE Facility. I've Seen What Happens Next.
When infectious disease and incarceration collide, the outcome is predictable
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The irony is real. 🙄 DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... For more great content like this subscribe to the Miami Herald app here: www.miamiherald.com/subscribe
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DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave
State Department says that Americans should leave Venezuela ASAP. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s safe for Venezuelan immigrants to return there
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
How many temporary blocks are in force right now? Temporary winning by immigrants is not the same as permanent fairness. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole
Court grants two-week reprieve for more than 10,000 immigrants set to lose legal status next week.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Two things are NOT true at the same time. Truth 1. Maduro was an unelected, unsafe leader and needed to be removed. The US government is involved in leadership change there. False 2. Venezuela is a safe place for 600,000 previous holders of TPS to be deported home, immediately. (TPS revoked)
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Do we care about the safety of oil more than the safety of a half a million Venezuelans holding legal TPS status in the USA? #immigration
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The US Government thinks they will be controlling the Venezuela government for years? Venezuelan TPS holders need a good group of lawyers-because they deserve to be here in the United States. #immigration
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This NPR piece explains the oxymoron between the US government taking #Maduro and at the same time, insisting Venezuelans under TPS go home. You cannot apply for refugee status from inside the USA and all asylum is on hold. www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
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DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been in limbo since the Trump administration removed their temporary protected status late last year. That uncertainty has intensified as U.S. immigration off...
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Pictorial by the NYT. I still can’t imagine how 500,000 Haitians will suddenly become undocumented in a few weeks. TPS is ending for all. What will happen? In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America (Gift Article)
The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
These pauses are affecting every path to legal residency in the USA. #immigration DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g...
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DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Now that Maduro is out of Venezuela, all Venezuelans who are fighting in the courts for #TPS ought to receive it. They have perfect evidence of qualifications to stay in the USA. Rubio said the military wasn’t focused on a regime change. (while everyone else said it was going to happen).
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Millions of Americans who purchase their health insurance through Obamacare are ringing in the New Year with an unwelcome gift: health care premiums that are more than doubling in most cases, thanks to Republican lawmakers who failed to agree on a plan to extend the enhanced tax credits.
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Happy New Year! Congress officially lets Obamacare subsidies lapse
Lawmakers are still holding out hope for a deal even as premiums have officially skyrocketed.
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Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Thank you @clareraynor.bsky.social! 💙💙💙🤗💕
I choose Inclusion.
I choose Empathy.
Compassion. Equality.
Dignity. Diversity.
I choose Community.
Kindness. Integrity.
Honesty. Respect.
I choose Justice.
I choose Facts. Peace.
The Planet.
I choose Humanity.
I choose LOVE.
- Good Medicine Society
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Anyone else locked out of Blue Sky for the last few days?
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Miller views immigration as a cultural threat to his whiteness. Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
How do these DHS people sleep at night? share.google/DHP089TJ0sTB...
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DHS increases offer for undocumented migrants to $3,000 if they voluntarily leave by end of 2025
The Department of Homeland Security has tripled its "exit bonus" offered to undocumented migrants who voluntarily leave the United States by Dec. 31, 2025.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Inhumane conditions continue. Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The ruling is the latest blow to the civil rights groups that have been trying to shut down the facility.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Maybe now we will see what is happening in ICE detention centers. share.google/mR91sSZhEXeq...
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Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to require members of Congress to submit requests a week before visiting ICE detention facilities.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/12/2025
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Certainly this is the intention of ICE raids. It’s not about public safety. How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida www.miamiherald.com/news/busines...
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How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida
“Support your local businesses because they contribute to the community as well as give back to the community.”
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The saddest part of this is DHS is ending the program for those who have already arrived and gone through the legal steps. Work permits are being taken. #familyreunification Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
The Trump administration is terminating the family reunification parole programs for Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Brilliant research by the Miami Herald exposes #DeSantis corruption. DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
So-even if you are just on a visitor’s visa-you can’t come here to the USA- if you are “fat”or have diabetes——for fear you will use health services the government eventually foots the bill for apnews.com/article/immi...
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New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants' health and finances
A new directive by President Donald Trump’s administration could make it more difficult for foreigners to visit or live in the United States if they have certain medical conditions such as diabetes or...
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Imagine the kind of person who would spend this money to live legally in the United States. . . Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
President Donald Trump has announced the long-awaited launch of a "gold card" program offering legal status and a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 11/12/2025
New Navy jurisdiction over California’s desert doesn’t just chase migrants; it torpedoes the distinction between soldier and cop. By expanding militarized zones despite record-low arrests, Trump rebrands domestic policing as national defense so the border stays permanent, khaki-clad theater of war.
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Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along southern US border
The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California.
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Gulf of Mexico 🌀 @saystay.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I will take nothing less than jail for these goons!
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MaggieShayne.com @maggieshayne.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The ACLU doesn't make shit up. They got people inside to see what was going on. "People are physically and sexually abused by the guards" is a fact. I don't see how fighting back when assaulted by these criminals is forbidden. It's self defense. It's self preservation.
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 10/12/2025
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Everything in the US is for sale to the wealthy all over the planet, whether friend or foe. Citizenship, work visas, security guarantees, key industries, advanced military capabilities, AI and sensitive tech. For the right price, anyone can have whatever they want from us. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 08/12/2025
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 08/12/2025
Former DOJ attorney Liz Oyer just said something that should stop everybody cold: The Justice Department has started calling Immigration Judges “Deportation Judges.” She breaks down what that shift means: for due process, for families, & for a system already weaponized against the most vulnerable.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 08/12/2025
TWENTY-THREE DEAD: Inside the Torture, Neglect, and Silence of ICE Detention open.substack.com/pub/theallen...
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TWENTY-THREE DEAD: Inside the Torture, Neglect, and Silence of ICE Detention
An AllenAnalysis investigative report
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GJRboston @gjrboston.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
It was NEVER about the gangs or drugs or criminals
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
This Prison Rehabilitated Inmates. Until ICE Paid to Fill It With Immigrants. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u... A depressing look at a community positive prison rehab facility turned into a concentration camp by the Trump admin and a willing Republican governor sycophant.
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This Prison Rehabilitated Inmates. Until ICE Paid to Fill It With Immigrants.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says apnews.com/article/trav...
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Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to more than 30 countries.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Ahead of Kristi Noem’s visit to Chicago Saturday, immigration agents make show of force in west suburbs
Federal immigration agents detained at least three people in the western suburbs Friday in a sudden burst of aggressive action.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Good news! www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Cruelty redefined by the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. ‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leave US amid parent deportations www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leave US amid parent deportations
“The only losers are the children.”
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I doubt Trump has met anyone from Somalia. He othered this people group without cause. What to know about Somalia as Trump wants Somalis in the US to leave apnews.com/article/soma...
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What to know about Somalia as Trump wants Somalis in the US to leave
U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave.
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Tinker Schmitt @tinkthink.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Just the fact that the PAP airport is closed to commercial airlines-should tell you something. The two mile gang free perimeter around the airport has not been possible. ‘Intentionally harmful.’ South Floridians react to end of TPS for Haitians www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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‘Intentionally harmful.’ South Floridians react to end of TPS for Haitians
“This is the most unfair, cruel and intentionally harmful decision that Secretary Noem has made.”
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