Fragano Ledgister
@fledgist.bsky.social
Retired, and handicapped, college professor.
I am Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Clark Atlanta University. That, for those who don’t know, is an HBCU located, as should be obvious from its name, in Atlanta.
I am Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Clark Atlanta University. That, for those who don’t know, is an HBCU located, as should be obvious from its name, in Atlanta.
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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“Noviello is the 10th person to die in ICE custody during fiscal year 2025, which runs from October, according to the agency's data. Those deaths include a Haitian woman who spent more than 10 weeks in immigration custody and was held in allegedly inhumane conditions.”
This is not normal, unacceptable, 8th person to die in ICE custody this year…
Johnny Noviello 49, was found unresponsive June 23 at Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center in Miami, according to ICE. Noviello is the eighth person to die in ICE custody in 2025.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Johnny Noviello 49, was found unresponsive June 23 at Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center in Miami, according to ICE. Noviello is the eighth person to die in ICE custody in 2025.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Canadian citizen dies in ICE custody; Canada 'urgently seeking more information'
Johnny Noviello, 49, was found unresponsive on June 23 at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center in Miami, ICE said.
www.usatoday.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Noviello is the 10th person to die in ICE custody during fiscal year 2025, which runs from October, according to the agency's data. Those deaths include a Haitian woman who spent more than 10 weeks in immigration custody and was held in allegedly inhumane conditions.”
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“The death occurred as private companies with little to no oversight are increasingly tasked with transporting more immigration detainees across the US, in pursuit of the Trump administration’s recently-announced target of arresting 3,000 people a day.”
A 68-year-old Mexican-born man has become the first ICE detainee in at least a decade to die while being transported. Experts warn there will likely be more such deaths amid the current administration’s “mass deportation” push across the US. ca.news.yahoo.com/ticking-time...
‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely
Guardian reporting reveals confusing and contradictory events surrounding death of Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado
ca.news.yahoo.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“The death occurred as private companies with little to no oversight are increasingly tasked with transporting more immigration detainees across the US, in pursuit of the Trump administration’s recently-announced target of arresting 3,000 people a day.”
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Raskin: "If you can opt out of mandatory classroom readings bc it offends your religious objections, you can do it bc it offends your philosophical beliefs... you're gonna have a lot of cases where ppl say 'Our family doesn't believe in evolution. We don't want our kid in class when it's taught'"
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Raskin: "If you can opt out of mandatory classroom readings bc it offends your religious objections, you can do it bc it offends your philosophical beliefs... you're gonna have a lot of cases where ppl say 'Our family doesn't believe in evolution. We don't want our kid in class when it's taught'"
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court upheld part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to offer some preventive care at no cost to patients.
Justices Uphold Preventive Care Provision in Affordable Care Act
The case stemmed from a lawsuit brought by conservatives seeking to block free preventive care, including medicine to prevent H.I.V. transmission.
trib.al
June 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court upheld part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to offer some preventive care at no cost to patients.
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One of these days I will win, cat!
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One of these days I will win, cat!
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This widespread video claims to show a crowd dancing to Arabic music in New York City after Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, won the Democratic mayoral primary.
In fact, it shows Shiite Muslims taking part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq in August 2024.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
In fact, it shows Shiite Muslims taking part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq in August 2024.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
June 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This widespread video claims to show a crowd dancing to Arabic music in New York City after Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, won the Democratic mayoral primary.
In fact, it shows Shiite Muslims taking part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq in August 2024.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
In fact, it shows Shiite Muslims taking part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq in August 2024.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules despite them undergoing constant review in real time.
publications.aap.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
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New from me, @caylabam.bsky.social and Emma Seiwell — sources tell us that 100-120 ICE detainees are currently held at MDC Brooklyn, notorious for hellish conditions.
Props to the Miami Herald, which was 1st to report that MDC was chosen to hold ICE detainees.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/25/i...
Props to the Miami Herald, which was 1st to report that MDC was chosen to hold ICE detainees.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/25/i...
ICE detainees now being held in ‘horrific’ MDC Brooklyn federal jail
More than 100 ICE detainees are now being housed at the notorious MDC Brooklyn federal jail, along with the likes of Sean “Diddy” Combs and alleged CEO-killer Luigi Mangione, multiple s…
www.nydailynews.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New from me, @caylabam.bsky.social and Emma Seiwell — sources tell us that 100-120 ICE detainees are currently held at MDC Brooklyn, notorious for hellish conditions.
Props to the Miami Herald, which was 1st to report that MDC was chosen to hold ICE detainees.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/25/i...
Props to the Miami Herald, which was 1st to report that MDC was chosen to hold ICE detainees.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/25/i...
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PSA | Apparently this image is so dangerous it will get you automatically deported on arrival in the USA.
It is therefore imperative that you do not - I repeat DO NOT - distribute it as widely as possible.
It is therefore imperative that you do not - I repeat DO NOT - distribute it as widely as possible.
June 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
PSA | Apparently this image is so dangerous it will get you automatically deported on arrival in the USA.
It is therefore imperative that you do not - I repeat DO NOT - distribute it as widely as possible.
It is therefore imperative that you do not - I repeat DO NOT - distribute it as widely as possible.