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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 21h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 18h

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, but statistically, few people making $40k will have an easy time saving $2k-$8k just for medical expenses.

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 20h

If you are on the ACA marketplace and are recieving premiums subsidies in 2026, I personally doubt you can afford to save up enough in an HSA to cover your deductible.

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 20h

If you are on the ACA marketplace and are recieving premiums subsidies in 2026, I personally doubt you can afford to save up enough in an HSA to cover your deductible.

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 20h

Good advice. Just a couple addendums:

1) Some HMOs have wider networks than PPOs. The main tools of HMOs are forcing you to stay in-network and primary care approval for procedures.

2) If you can't save for the high deductible, don't get the HSA plan

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Oct 28

It's open enrollment time so here's a convenient peg to hang a little tutorial about how to choose your health insurance.

Most of the advice you get is bad. Most of your instincts are bad. I however used to work for a health insurance company and I do arithmetic for a living so I can help.

Bionic Woman @batmansrobyn.bsky.social · Oct 28

Personally I think it's great that my company's HR sends out an official looking tool where they even ask you to pre-populate your healthcare providers and instead of being the actual insurance enrollment process it's just some bullshit checklist to try and convince me I actually don't want a PPO

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 22h

People were at their maddest about inflation when the bottom 80% saw their largest returns relative to inflation

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 1d

I guess we're gonna find out if Obamacare enrolles are as good of self-advocates as Medicare enrollees

The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 1d

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

Here are some examples of the price increases under the Affordable Care Act -- unless Republicans act to stop the subsidies from expiring.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 1d

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

Here are some examples of the price increases under the Affordable Care Act -- unless Republicans act to stop the subsidies from expiring.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 3d

Daily mantra: "At least I didn't become a constitutional lawyer"

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 3d

It's definitely more timely

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 5d

OTOH the gifts are sick

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 5d

As a man that is paying for a wedding in 2025, I yearn for my finances of 2024

Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 5d

I meant the claim that more people were suffering.

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 5d

People need to accept the "Price on the can tho" theory of 2024.

a can of arizona green tea with ginseng and honey sits on a pink table

ALT: a can of arizona green tea with ginseng and honey sits on a pink table

media.tenor.com

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 5d

Not that I'm complaining, but why?

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 7d

Good use of your online platform, btw

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 12d

Personally, I'm not a fan of a tax increase on working class single mothers

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 12d

While I'm at it, I might as well post the other 3 case studies from the blog entry:

BOISE, IDAHO: Single mother, 2 children, earns $40K/yr

acasignups.net/25/10/05/whi...

Boise, Idaho: Single mother, 2 kids, $40,000/yr

2025 premium: $7/month 2026 premium: $135/month

2025 deductible: $500. 2026 deductible: $1,000

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s’more of babylon @smoreofbabylon.bsky.social · Sep 18

it’s so important, now more than ever, that we remember: there’s a cowboy with a big knife in Dracula, because Dracula takes place in cowboy times.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 14d

Yea, for me, I'm at 2% so way less than you. But I'm hoping I can do more after big life events and paying off student loans in a few years.

10% seems really difficult to do, but 5% seems like a good goal.

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James Leckie @luckyleckie.bsky.social · 14d

I ask this every once in awhile, but:

1) What % of your income do you donate to charity and various causes?

2) What % of income do you think people should donate?

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