Rachel Sipper
@rachelsipperstudio.net
Come for the art process images, stay for the perspective. I'll be pinning whatever I'm currently working on, daily. she/her 💙🦓♿
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ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:51 PM
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
Today’s magnolia photo
February 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Today’s magnolia photo
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
February 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
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If you’re okay with human beings and their children suffering in inhumane conditions, fearing the future, and having their right to due process ignored, you don’t have to tell me your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
February 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
If you’re okay with human beings and their children suffering in inhumane conditions, fearing the future, and having their right to due process ignored, you don’t have to tell me your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
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Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
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On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” — a tribute and act of artistic dissent — at the Lincoln Memorial. ❤️
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
February 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” — a tribute and act of artistic dissent — at the Lincoln Memorial. ❤️
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
#FirstAmendment
#ArtisticExpression
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We could protect and expand Social Security if the wealthiest among us paid their fair share!
Bernie Sanders’ Social Security bill, formally known as the Social Security Expansion Act, would expand and strengthen Social Security benefits for current and future recipients while ensuring the program’s long-term solvency through progressive funding mechanisms, like “scrapping the cap.”
February 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
We could protect and expand Social Security if the wealthiest among us paid their fair share!
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The Constitution is currently being interpreted by the Epstein Class at SCOTUS.
“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”
February 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The Constitution is currently being interpreted by the Epstein Class at SCOTUS.
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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No one wants to take health advice from a guy that looks like a meth wrapped slim jim that you cooked in the microwave for threeminutes straight.
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
No one wants to take health advice from a guy that looks like a meth wrapped slim jim that you cooked in the microwave for threeminutes straight.
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It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
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"Under competitive authoritarianism, countries still hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics — attacking the press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing the justice system and threatening critics — to tilt the electoral playing field in its favor."
www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow
Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"Under competitive authoritarianism, countries still hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics — attacking the press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing the justice system and threatening critics — to tilt the electoral playing field in its favor."
www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
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"Please keep priority seating available for riders with disabilities. Remember: not all disabilities are visible" is the announcement I just heard on the Light Rail in Seattle. I have never heard that second sentence before, hooray for progress, wherever we can find it.
February 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
"Please keep priority seating available for riders with disabilities. Remember: not all disabilities are visible" is the announcement I just heard on the Light Rail in Seattle. I have never heard that second sentence before, hooray for progress, wherever we can find it.
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The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84.
See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f
See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f
February 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84.
See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f
See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
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The delicate little female flower of the Hazel tree ❤️ such a tiny little beauty.... @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The delicate little female flower of the Hazel tree ❤️ such a tiny little beauty.... @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social
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President Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, born in 1961, painted in 2018 by African American artist, Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977, for the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
Oil on canvas
214 x 147 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Oil on canvas
214 x 147 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
President Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, born in 1961, painted in 2018 by African American artist, Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977, for the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
Oil on canvas
214 x 147 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Oil on canvas
214 x 147 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.
February 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.
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No. They still get their paychecks. I've been screaming about this at the top of my lungs for weeks. A shutdown doesn't stop ICE or CBP. bsky.app/profile/muel...
ICE and CBP would continue to be funded during a shutdown. Check out the piece.
February 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
No. They still get their paychecks. I've been screaming about this at the top of my lungs for weeks. A shutdown doesn't stop ICE or CBP. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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🚨BREAKING: A group of civil rights organizations including the NAACP have asked a federal court to protect voters’ personal information after the FBI seized ballots and other election materials during a raid on Fulton County. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Civil rights groups ask court to protect Fulton County voter data seized by FBI
The federal government should be expressly banned from copying or sharing the seized records, the groups said.
www.democracydocket.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
🚨BREAKING: A group of civil rights organizations including the NAACP have asked a federal court to protect voters’ personal information after the FBI seized ballots and other election materials during a raid on Fulton County. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Today’s garden images! #BloomScrolling
February 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Today’s garden images! #BloomScrolling
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Artūras Tamašauskas : Steampunk Mole, 2017
34 x 35 x 40 cm
Sculpture, Metals / Aluminium on Aluminium
Materials and further info listed in the alt text 👇
34 x 35 x 40 cm
Sculpture, Metals / Aluminium on Aluminium
Materials and further info listed in the alt text 👇
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Artūras Tamašauskas : Steampunk Mole, 2017
34 x 35 x 40 cm
Sculpture, Metals / Aluminium on Aluminium
Materials and further info listed in the alt text 👇
34 x 35 x 40 cm
Sculpture, Metals / Aluminium on Aluminium
Materials and further info listed in the alt text 👇