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Shyamali Hauth 🫘

@mahari108.bsky.social

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Protector of freedom & democracy. Chair, Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia. 2024 DNC Delegate. USAF Veteran. Equal Rights for All. No DMs (unless I know you). Musicians & artists sustain us & give us hope -- support them! (she/her)

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Shyamali Hauth 🫘 @mahari108.bsky.social · Nov 11

Reminder • Take care of yourself. You cannot pour tea for others if you let your teapot run out. And we all need a cup of tea with friends right now.

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Shyamali Hauth 🫘 @mahari108.bsky.social · 16h

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

cnn news anchors are talking about new developments including the government shutdown

ALT: cnn news anchors are talking about new developments including the government shutdown

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 4d

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 3d

If this ruling goes through in favor of the GOP you can count on our party from ever winning again. It’s a big deal and it’s happening Wednesday. 🔄

www.salon.com/2025/10/08/s...

Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and "clear the path for a one-party system"

Supreme Court case could wipe out all Democratic-held seats in some deep-red Southern states.

www.salon.com

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 4d

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

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.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

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.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3d

In town near me, a 13 yo was abducted by ICE and sent to a facility in Virginia. He is sleeping on a concrete floor with an aluminum sheet for a blanket, and is being held with adults. He calls his mother crying. I can’t imagine how traumatized this child is. 1/
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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

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.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Senator Saddam Azlan Salim @salimvasenate.bsky.social · 6d

My statement together with Muslim leaders from across the Commonwealth in response to John Reid's pattern of Islamophobic statements.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Shyamali Hauth 🫘 @mahari108.bsky.social · 6d

Final numbers for #JoeBiden.

Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 6d

#MomSky What are Biden’s final numbers for his 4 years in office? www.factcheck.org/2025/10/bide...

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 6d

#MomSky What are Biden’s final numbers for his 4 years in office? www.factcheck.org/2025/10/bide...

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Teivel Reizel & Her Descendants @jewishancestorpod.bsky.social · 24d

It's my first time experiencing a democracy devolving into authoritarianism. I don't have to be good at it.

None of us do.

It's okay to be sad & confused. It's okay to be really bad at dealing with this.

Just try to get up in the morning, join a community & love your loved ones.

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Shyamali Hauth 🫘 @mahari108.bsky.social · 8d

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans cut $1 trillion from health care, forcing hospitals, maternity wards & other health care facilities, especially in rural areas, to close. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is because millions are losing their healthcare.

Please sign on to @momsrising.org's protest and pass it on!

#MomSky

Quick signature: Tell Congress to prevent hospital closures!

Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent hospital closures, and reopen the federal government!

action.momsrising.org

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 12d

Undocumented immigrants aren’t taking away healthcare, Trump is. A few months ago, I wrote about the cruelty of Trump’s Medicaid cuts & the impact on gun violence survivors. I wanted to tell the story of the real harm on real people, brought to us by Trump. #MomSky open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

A Medicaid Story

As we have learned the hard way, a lot of people in this country have an incredibly narrow view of Medicaid and what it does.

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 9d

ICE zip-tied CHILDREN in the overnight Chicago raid.

“I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other."

#MomSky

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 15d

The GI Rights Network is a coalition of nonprofit NGOs that provide free and confidential information to American military servicemembers, veterans, and their families. If you have legal concerns about orders or your chain of command, you can reach them anytime at 877-447-4487

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 17d

The view of the beseiged ICE headquarters in Portland yesterday.

Scenes of horror. Enough to give anyone PTSD.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 17d

ICE keeps transferring detained individuals before they can talk with their attorneys.

www.huffpost.com/entry/alliga...

Lawyers Say They’re Seeing The Same Alarming Pattern With The Trump Administration

A wave of new immigration jails is drawing widespread criticism for terrible conditions and restricted access to legal resources.

www.huffpost.com

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 18d

Are you all okay with this? I know I’m okay with it. During a government shutdown, ICE employees do not receive paychecks until the shutdown ends. While they may continue working as essential personnel, their pay is withheld until Congress passes a new funding bill and the government reopens. 🔄

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