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Software dev. Care about justice, compassion, fairness for all humans and all creatures. She/her 💜🐘🦇🐝🐈⬛🌱🐾🚂🌩️😷🌻 💜—>> https://globalelephants.org/
Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · yesterdayA 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Long COVID is not a mystery because scientists stopped looking. Across immunology, virology, neurology, and vascular biology, the picture is getting sharper. The question is no longer whether something is wrong. It’s which mechanisms matter most. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...
For Many Americans, Covid Is Still a Chronic, Disabling Disease. These Scientists Are Working Tirelessly to Bring Them Relief
Long Covid saps the strength and vitality of patients, who have little recourse to fight it. A team of specialists—including an afflicted researcher working mostly from her bed—is looking for answers
smithsonianmag.com
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
Newsflash: The pandemic never ended. Get your boosters. Mask up in public. It’s important. Be wise, be prudent, be concerned about your communities. Health officials are tracking elevated virus activity across the Houston area. Read more: bit.ly/4ix0M6s
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.
Baby has discovered that palm leaves aren't just fun to play with—they're tasty, too! 🌴 She's enjoying a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables, with pineapple the only food she's declined so far. Meanwhile, she's settling into her new life. Read more: https://ow.ly/St2K50ZFWLN
A man who aided US authorities by testifying against Mexican cartels was illegally removed *three times* in recent weeks — including to Mexico, where he had protection from deportation due to threat of torture/death. A judge in MD has ordered his return. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Remember, kids: The “center” is always a just a few more steps to the right. Surely we can find a “moderate” position on corruption and authoritarianism. . . It’s somewhere in the “middle,” amirite?
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · last wk.The only meeting Hakeem Jeffries should be having with Jared Kushner is to tell him he’ll be subpoenaed by the House for a corruption investigation on day one of Democratic control of the House. This is just pathetic stuff from the House Dem leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity
An extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people.
motherjones.com
Close the Camps. Free the Families. Bring Them Home.
Congressman Greg Casar@repcasar.bsky.social · 2w agoICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.
Yesterday, Aug. 20, was one of the worst days of ICE flights I've seen. -At least 82 ICE flights -At least 15 were removal flights, including Haiti -At least 5 removals were third-country removals (Cameroon, Costa Rica, Liberia, Paraguay, Rwanda) -Plus 1 emergency return for reasons unknown
"They're fathers who aren't there to support their families anymore. I've seen men and women who are old enough to be grandparents getting on these flights.”
5,000th ICE detainee flown from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, flight tracker says
"These are mothers who aren't going to be home tonight for bedtime snuggles with their kids," said Nick Benson.
cbsnews.com
I talked with @gilduran.com about the bizarre fixations and political fantasies of tech billionaires like Peter Thiel, and how those ideas are being translated into real-world governance. We also discussed Silicon Valley’s Christian cosplay and the corporate fiefdoms tech moguls hope to build.
Silicon Valley’s Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy
“We can have billionaires or we can have democracy. We cannot have both,” says Gil Durán.
truthout.org
A white supremacist band from South Africa, The SoapGirls, is playing a show Aug 26 in Chicago at the Liars Club. Their songs celebrate violence against Black folks and spread lies about so-called Black-on-white violence. 1/2
Abolishing ICE is now the official position of the Democratic Party
Dante Atkins@danteatkins.bsky.social · 2w agoHere are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here
All of these ICE charter airlines have emergency landings, diversions, aborted takeoffs etc ALL THE TIME. And very often the shackled passengers have to sit on the plane until ICE flies in a new one. When I say I am drowning in stories and wish more journos were covering this, this is what I mean!
JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 3w ago🧊✈️ HERE'S YOUR DAILY DIVERT 😬 ⚠️ An Air Wisconsin jet (tail: N413AW) bound for the ICE hub in Alexandria, Louisiana turns back abruptly after takeoff and returns to Milwuakee 👀
BREAKING: ICE charter Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a massive contract to operate DHS's "deportation fleet." gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
BREAKING: Eastern Airlines gets contract to fly DHS 'deportation fleet'
Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of ICE charter airline Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a contract to operate a fleet of Boeing 737 jets acquired by the Department of Homeland Security to conduct ...
gillianbrockell.com
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
I wrote about Big Bend, the power of nature, and the Trump administration’s assault on our national imagination. www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-desec...
Trump’s Desecration of Big Bend Reminds Us Nothing Is Sacred In His America
Yet another example of how his nationalism prioritizes exclusion over veneration of what makes that nation great.
liberalcurrents.com
The Trump admin says it's saving migrant children from trafficking. But what they don't tell you is that once ICE finds a kid, they put that kid into deportation proceedings, and if they turn 18, they get thrown into an ICE jail. Oh, and they made it MUCH harder for trafficking victims to get visas.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoNew in PN: Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids "Miller is making his dreams come true: accelerating the arrest and removal of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant kids. This is a scene taking place out of public view across the country, impacting 24,000 children."
Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious. Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious. But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION. Boycot #delta
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke had the option of prosecuting the ICE and CBP agents who shot Miramar Martinez and murdered Silverio Villegas Gonzalez and invaded an apartment building to hold children at gunpoint without a warrant during Operation Midway Blitz. She refused.
If they were so inclined, Democrats could make some brutal TV ads tying Republicans to these torture devices designed to be used on protesters
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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