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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“From seeing what ICE is doing to protesters outside in the broad daylight in front of cameras, it terrifies me for what must be going on inside that facility,” Reverend Quincy Worthington of Highland Park Presbyterian Church tells NPR: www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

A Chicago clergy member talks about the role faith leaders play in anti-ICE protests

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Reverend Quincy Worthington, from Highland Park Presbyterian Church, about what he's seeing on the ground during ongoing ICE protests in Chicago.

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 1d

How do you know without due process?

Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 1d

Without evidence

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 1d

More extrajudicial murders by the Trump Administration off the coast of Venezuela, killing 6 people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing an excellent Q&A from Obama-era former ICE director John Sandweg about the ways in which operations today are totally unprecedented for the agency and the ways in which some times are unchanged — and how in his view, the admin is leaning into the aggression. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘Those Rules Are Gone’: How ICE Is Rethinking its Raids

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, the agency is following a different playbook, says a former ICE chief.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“America’s Voice highlighted some 15 cases of citizens who have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), some violently, despite having identification,” writes Maribel Hastings: www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Citizenship Is No Protection Against Trump's Deportation Machine | Common Dreams

It seems that those who do not fit the racial profile of a "true" American, even if they are citizens of this country, are also considered "enemy within," judging by the way they trample on their righ...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

I posted about this on X, and Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS spokesperson, QTed me to say the kid was actually a hardened criminal arrested with a knife and a gun.

So far she has provided no evidence of this. I share this to give DHS's response, and for the possibility she is telling the truth.

My original post on X: "This makes NO SENSE. A 13-year-old was arrested by local police for unknown reasons, and then turned over to ICE, which is detaining him far away from his mother — who is going through immigration court, has an asylum application on file, and is legally authorized to work." Underneath that I posted a link to the opening paragraphs of the article and the headline.

In response, DHS Spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, @TriciaOhio, wrote: "Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property. He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested."

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 2d

After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:

The racist edict that allowed Columbus to colonize and slaughter Indigenous people is still the law in the U.S. today.

What holiday we celebrate on the second Monday in October matters because it reflects the beliefs we hold about who we are and where we come from as a country.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of like the Dallas ICE shooting

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“The initial newspaper reports mentioned the names of the white crew members, but only referred to the Mexican passengers as ‘deportees.’ That lack of recognition moved Woody Guthrie to write a song …” www.kqed.org/news/1194127...

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 1d

Two - Sacco and Vanzetti

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

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criminal

Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 1d

When they asked to speak to their attorney, he said, the officers refused and straitjacketed the already-shackled men in full-body restraint suits called the WRAP, then loaded them onto a plane for the 16-hour-flight to West Africa.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 1d

The largest Medicare Fraud case in American History and who paid $1B to stay out of Federal Prison

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Reindeer, cut off from foraging routes, now graze on seaweed. Polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms to hunt seals, have turned inland, increasingly, clashing with humans.

Scientists are discovering how climate change is transforming ecosystems, making their work more dangerous.

Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Among the long list of political adversaries President Trump has targeted in his second term are several Black women in powerful positions. Attorney General Letitia James of New York, who brought a civil case against Trump and won, is the latest.

Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump

Fani T. Willis, a district attorney who brought election interference charges against Mr. Trump, and Lisa Cook, who serves on the Federal Reserve Board, have also been investigated.

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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission @tlhumanrights.bsky.social · 5d

The Democratic staff of the TLHRC are now accepting applications for the winter term (Jan-April) under the newly-established Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Internship Program (deadline Nov 6). For application information see: humanrightscommission.house.gov/about/intern...

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WOLA @wola-org.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Last night, the Senate narrowly rejected (48–51) a War Powers Resolution led by Sens. Schiff and Kaine requiring congressional approval before using military force against alleged “narco-terrorists.”

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National Priorities Project @nationalpriorities.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Nearly 80% of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high.

And the more immigrants tell their stories, the better people understand why they belong.

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The More Americans See of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, The Less They Like It - OtherWords

Amid a wave of attacks on migrants, 80 percent of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 7d

71% of immigrants in detention have no criminal convictions.

Yet still, 1 in 4 FBI agents have been pulled from cybercrimes, drug trafficking & anti-terrorism assignments to do immigration enforcement. This will hurt our national security.

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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6d

Smithsonian museums will go dark after Sat. “Murray worries how she will provide for her three children and grandchildren in Capitol Heights, Maryland.”

“I don’t know how I’m going to feed my kids or pay my mortgage,” she said. "It’s not about me. I don’t care if I don’t eat, but I want them to.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Latin America Working Group @lawgaction.bsky.social · 7d

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Press Release: Civil Society Organizations Call on Congress to Stop Trump's Aggression in the Caribbean - Latin America Working Group

For Immediate Release:October 8, 2025 Contact:Vicki GassExecutive DirectorLatin America Working Group (LAWG)[email protected] Over 50 Human Rights, Faith, Veterans and Foreign Policy Groups Call on Congr...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7d

“Meeting a delegation of bishops and social workers from the US-Mexico border at the Vatican on Wednesday, the first American-born pope urged them to ‘speak strongly’ on behalf of migrants and refugees …”

“Our Holy Father is very personally concerned about these matters,” said El Paso Bishop Seitz.

Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 7d

The pope has instructed U.S. bishops to take a stronger public stand against the president’s hardline immigration policies

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 7d

The Trump administration says immigration enforcement is "unchanged" during the shutdown.

"But at least one team at ICE isn’t going into work: the Office of Detention Oversight, which inspects detention centers to ensure they meet federal standards for the safe and humane treatment of immigrants."

ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s entire Office of Detention Oversight has been placed on furlough, despite surging numbers of detainees.

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