Helen121

@helen121.bsky.social

Retired librarian. Politics, economics, current events. Rarely lighthearted. European Brit. 🕷️💙🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍

There may well be active duty troops in the Middle East right now who have family members locked in ICE jails. Congress authorized Military Parole-in-Place specifically to avoid this situation. But the Trump admin has shown little care to families caught in this situation.

AILA@aila.org · 8h ago

"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m

On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂‍↕️

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This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.

An FR24 map showing N59JE landing in Yangon and then continuing to Bangkok
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

This likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.

An ADSBx map showing N62FF heading northwest out of Mesa, AZ and over the Pacific.

What about not enough water for the public? While millions of us face hosepipe bans, AI datacentres are gulping down millions of litres of fresh drinking water every single day.

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FFS we cannot keep doing this… A handful of the richest people hoovering up wealth from everyone else while quite literally making the planet unlivable At what point does someone grow a fucking spine and do something?!

Three consecutive polls show James Talarico narrowly ahead of Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race. The latest: Texas Southern U. has Talarico up 47%-45%. In the past week, a Fox poll had Talarico up 51-48 and a Texas Public Opinion Research survey found Talarico up 45-40.

MS: One of your criticisms of Fauci is that he said one thing publicly, where he sort of downplayed the virus, & one thing privately, where he acknowledge its seriousness. President Trump did exact the same thing. Does Trump deserve the same level of scrutiny? RAND PAUL: *immediately changes topic*

CNN just played a montage of Trump officials lying that the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was vandalized. Their lies have now been exposed. These people are shameless and do not deserve your trust.