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Jessica Chanese

@jechanese.bsky.social

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📚Xennial writer, reader, and mom in upstate NY. 🌄 🏳️‍⚧️⚖️🏳️‍🌈 Advocating for democracy, equality, & human rights.✊ Read my ramblings in Jess is Mad on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/jessicachanese?r=9ugiu&utm_medium=ios

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · Sep 6

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“My daughter survived because science was protected. Slashing research funding and firing competent science leaders—or making their workplace so hostile that they resign—jeopardizes that lifeline for millions of others.”

Opinion: Betrayal of Science and the Cost of Hypocrisy

By J.L.

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 4h

This is kidnapping and child trafficking, plain and simple. Completely illegal and unconscionably cruel. My heart breaks for him and his parents.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 6h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 11h

This. Portland Frog & crew have given me a renewed boost of hope that I seriously needed.

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 16h

Dear Green Frogs & other inflatable heroes in Portland,

You have made this week BEARable & I’m so grateful. Authoritarianism fucks with our heads. Your activism provides a grounding, loving & peaceful vibe during a horrific time.

Don’t ever quit!

Love, Me

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 12h

Did you know a group of frogs is called an army? How perfect is that? Power to the peaceful frog army 🐸✊

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

Why are we posting so much frog content?

Because it totally undermines the propaganda of the Trump regime.

We are peaceful frogs. The regime’s secret police are violent agitators.

When we expose the ridiculousness of their lies, the regime loses credibility and support.

Stay froggy, y’all! 🐸✊

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 2d

“This is not a moment, it’s the movement.”

Portland 🐸 strong ✊

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 3d

Portland Frog is the hero we didn’t know we needed.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 4d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 3d

Just gets more and more deranged.

Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 3d

If her baby’s in her placenta, she’s got much worse problems than Tylenol.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"Baby in her placenta"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 3d

Must-read report from @blackvotersmatterfund.org and @fairfightaction.bsky.social lays out the absolutely enormous stakes of the redistricting case that could destroy the remaining provisions of the Voting Rights Act bit.ly/VRA-under-at...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 7d

Been thinking this exact same thing.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

Republicans claim undocumented immigrants are getting healthcare, and that’s why the government is shut down

It’s a lie…but why shouldn’t they receive care if they need it?

Immigrants keep the country going. They often work terribly difficult jobs for little pay

Healthcare is a basic human right

Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 8d

To all the parents who feel like they’re not doing enough to fight back right now because they’re taking care of their kids: you are doing your part by raising good humans who would never treat other people’s kids - or anyone - with this kind of cruelty and inhumanity.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

This shit is dystopian. Blackhawk helicopters, zip-tied kids, and racial segregation vans.

ICE is terrorizing communities.

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 8d

Agree wholeheartedly.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 9d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 11d

I've been saying this for two weeks!

AOC: Trump is weaker than he looks. They double down in public to overcompensate for it. They rely on the 'perception' of strength. They rely on the 'perception' of inevitability.

They want you to give up!

We can't give up. We have to be their consequence."

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 14d

Not enough young people learned the absolute fight for their lives of generations previously.

We took it for granted.

We didn't protect the things they won us with a hard-earned fight.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15d

ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident.

Release Steve Held.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 15d

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

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Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15d

The President of the United States claims to have authorized the military to use lethal force on US citizens, and there’s not a single Republican who has the balls to tell him that’s both illegal and morally wrong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 15d

And white supremacy. It’s how they justify the cruelty.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 15d

"All of these actions were manifestations of love bound up in refusal. We refuse to go about our normal lives...while our beloved neighbors are stolen. We are living in opposition to fascism...and we are doing it the only way we can—together."

Great reporting from @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16d

As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.

Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open

"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.

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