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Dan Kowalski

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · Mar 5

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 7h

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 7h

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. ICE snatched him up the moment he won his freedom.

Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam has lived in the US since he was nine months old

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 9h

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The End of Asylum | Mae Ngai

The second Trump administration has undone the division between political and economic migrants. Did it make sense to separate them to begin with?

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 9h

Unjustly Detained Immigrants Win Freedom Following Legal Action And Community Pushback: ‘I Am Beyond Grateful’
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Unjustly Detained Immigrants Win Freedom Following Legal Action And Community Pushback: ‘I Am Beyond Grateful’

There’s power in standing up for each other.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators - Inside Climate News

Environmentalists worry about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as more tall barriers are planned by the U.S. government to curb migration and trafficking.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

The lawyer for Marimar Martinez (the woman shot by CBP on October 3) seems to think the communications that led to Tricia McLaughlin's claims about the shooting might start disappearing -- he's asking for a preservation order.

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MOTION FOR A PRESERVATION ORDER
Defendant, Marimar Martinez, by and through her attorneys, Cheronis & Parente LLC,
pursuant to the relevant provisions of Rule 2 and 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, as
well as the Due Process and Effective Assistance of Counsel Clauses of the Fifth and Sixth
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, respectfully requests that the Court enter a
preservation order for the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to preserve and
maintain any and all records, emails, text messages, documents, notes and other materials related to
the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Ms. Marimar Martinez and the gathering of
information for the October 4, 2025, press release from Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued
by DHS titled “Vehicles Again Used as Weapon in Attack against DHS Law Enforcement, Officers
Forced to Fire Weapon on Armed Woman in Chicago.” In support thereof, Ms. Martinez states as
follows:

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 10h

Trump Steals $ From Farmworkers
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Trump Steals $ From Farmworkers

And hands it over to Big Ag in a bribe for votes

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

ICE is thug trash.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 14h

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 10h

MALINCHE WAS A BADDIE. COLUMBUS WAS JUST A BAD PERSON.
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MALINCHE WAS A BADDIE. COLUMBUS WAS JUST A BAD PERSON.

Today is Indigenous People’s Day — or as Donald J.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 12h

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The Dark Side of The Gaza Deal

Thousands held by Israel as hostages will remain captive

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

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Shot in the head with pepper spray

This is Trump's America

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

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How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids

Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

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Power of the Powerless [#167]

What to do when collective illusions take hold? Lessons from the Velvet Revolution.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings — Freedom (video)
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No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

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‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

Testing Due Process
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Testing Due Process

ICE tries to avoid oversight by sending migrants to countries where they have no ties

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

You Can't Go Home Again
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You Can't Go Home Again

Trump Traps Venezuelans Who Want To Leave America

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

Feds Drop Charges Against Ill. Couple Arrested At ICE Protest www.law360.com/access-to-ju...

Feds Drop Charges Against Ill. Couple Arrested At ICE Protest - Law360

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday moved to dismiss assault charges against a married couple who were recently arrested while protesting in front of a Chicago-area ICE detention center, following a gran...

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released

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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 4d

Yup. Love Lawrence ODonnell 🥊 #Traitor #Coward

Coward

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Isabel Ravenna @theravennareport.com · 4d

A way more instantly believable claim than Tylenol = autism, like what are we doing here

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4d

Many people are saying heroin, brain worms, swimming in sewage, and eating roadkill cause insanity.