Jess Lee
@jesslee.bsky.social
Human rights attorney working for equity in education and the workplace. Black, Muslim, feminist, disabled, queer, golden ear. The one who always makes it weird.
(Formerly JessLeeEsq)
(Formerly JessLeeEsq)
Immigration judges are being cut...a HUGE fascist red flag.
Delays in immigration cases mean the regime can use the immigration system to detain and terrorise the opposition--including citizens--on a wide scale.
And, the delays mean more $$ for prison companies.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
Delays in immigration cases mean the regime can use the immigration system to detain and terrorise the opposition--including citizens--on a wide scale.
And, the delays mean more $$ for prison companies.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
The White House keeps firing immigration judges. He is one of them : Consider This from NPR
President Trump is purging the immigration court system. About 140 immigration judges have been fired by the administration or resigned. Meanwhile, the case backlog is growing. What does it mean for i...
www.npr.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Immigration judges are being cut...a HUGE fascist red flag.
Delays in immigration cases mean the regime can use the immigration system to detain and terrorise the opposition--including citizens--on a wide scale.
And, the delays mean more $$ for prison companies.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
Delays in immigration cases mean the regime can use the immigration system to detain and terrorise the opposition--including citizens--on a wide scale.
And, the delays mean more $$ for prison companies.
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...
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Toured high schools in Jefferson County, CO yesterday because one of the parents there said there were huge differences in the resources to the white and rich school compared to the poor and more Hispanic school. She was right, but one of the biggest difference I noticed was represented by this gate
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Toured high schools in Jefferson County, CO yesterday because one of the parents there said there were huge differences in the resources to the white and rich school compared to the poor and more Hispanic school. She was right, but one of the biggest difference I noticed was represented by this gate
🚨 6-year-old Yuanxin is missing after being separated by ICE agents from his father, Fei.
Fei and Yuanxin — a Chinese family who came to New York to seek asylum — were kidnapped by ICE for a third time during what was supposed to be a routine check-in appointment at 26 Federal Plaza. 🧵⬇️
Fei and Yuanxin — a Chinese family who came to New York to seek asylum — were kidnapped by ICE for a third time during what was supposed to be a routine check-in appointment at 26 Federal Plaza. 🧵⬇️
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
TRASHED Panda?!?!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
[bursts through the wall like the Kool-Aid man, visibly out of breath] trashed panda
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
TRASHED Panda?!?!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
What they did to Finn (John Boyega) still makes me sad a whole 10 years later.
They did Boyaga dirty in this trilogy.
Finn should have been a Jedi, too.😡
Finn should have been a Jedi, too.😡
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What they did to Finn (John Boyega) still makes me sad a whole 10 years later.
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Your worth is not determined by your job, your bank account or your ability to produce for capitalism.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Your worth is not determined by your job, your bank account or your ability to produce for capitalism.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
Accurate...and heartbreaking
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Accurate...and heartbreaking
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Every time someone jumps on socials and says there is no point to mass protest days and visible reaction in the streets, share this chart with them. The approval ratings are tanking not just because they're doing bad things but also because protestors won't let people forget it either.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Every time someone jumps on socials and says there is no point to mass protest days and visible reaction in the streets, share this chart with them. The approval ratings are tanking not just because they're doing bad things but also because protestors won't let people forget it either.
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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National Guard troops don't sign up to be used as political pawns. They sign up to serve their country, not needlessly deploy to American cities to pick up garbage. These two soldiers should be alive right now and at home with their families for Thanksgiving. I'm furious.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
National Guard troops don't sign up to be used as political pawns. They sign up to serve their country, not needlessly deploy to American cities to pick up garbage. These two soldiers should be alive right now and at home with their families for Thanksgiving. I'm furious.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thanks to @merriam-webster.com I just learned that the word boycott was the name of an actual dude. Charles Boycott tried to evict farmers-and the community ostracized him in return.
It was so effective that his name became synonymous with the form of protest!
Anyway, boycotts work #WeAintBuyinIt
It was so effective that his name became synonymous with the form of protest!
Anyway, boycotts work #WeAintBuyinIt
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Thanks to @merriam-webster.com I just learned that the word boycott was the name of an actual dude. Charles Boycott tried to evict farmers-and the community ostracized him in return.
It was so effective that his name became synonymous with the form of protest!
Anyway, boycotts work #WeAintBuyinIt
It was so effective that his name became synonymous with the form of protest!
Anyway, boycotts work #WeAintBuyinIt
MAHA, amIrite?
The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
MAHA, amIrite?
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Emmanuel Garcia is an autistic 15 year old who went missing two months ago.
Houston PD found him the next day, contacted ICE who then sent him to Office of Refugee Resettlement.
His Mom didn’t know where he was for a week.
Wasn’t allowed to see him.
Today he’s finally home!
Houston PD found him the next day, contacted ICE who then sent him to Office of Refugee Resettlement.
His Mom didn’t know where he was for a week.
Wasn’t allowed to see him.
Today he’s finally home!
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Emmanuel Garcia is an autistic 15 year old who went missing two months ago.
Houston PD found him the next day, contacted ICE who then sent him to Office of Refugee Resettlement.
His Mom didn’t know where he was for a week.
Wasn’t allowed to see him.
Today he’s finally home!
Houston PD found him the next day, contacted ICE who then sent him to Office of Refugee Resettlement.
His Mom didn’t know where he was for a week.
Wasn’t allowed to see him.
Today he’s finally home!
Raking leaves is such an underrated, delightful, low-key exercise.
I'll truly never understand the BlowerBros™ who would trade this fall magic for a dusty cloud of ear-splitting noise.
I'll truly never understand the BlowerBros™ who would trade this fall magic for a dusty cloud of ear-splitting noise.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Raking leaves is such an underrated, delightful, low-key exercise.
I'll truly never understand the BlowerBros™ who would trade this fall magic for a dusty cloud of ear-splitting noise.
I'll truly never understand the BlowerBros™ who would trade this fall magic for a dusty cloud of ear-splitting noise.
The true unemployment rate for Black women is 1 in 10!!!
This is a generational crisis, especially in light of the rising costs of... existence.
This is a generational crisis, especially in light of the rising costs of... existence.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The true unemployment rate for Black women is 1 in 10!!!
This is a generational crisis, especially in light of the rising costs of... existence.
This is a generational crisis, especially in light of the rising costs of... existence.
This math is mind blowing. Use it!
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This math is mind blowing. Use it!
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Well, this is opportune. Not only do humans seek out experienced care during birth, even mice do. Don't pay any attention to grifters suggesting otherwise.
Of Mice And (Wo)men.
Of Mice And (Wo)men.
"Mice seem to assist pregnant females when they get into difficulty giving birth, with experienced mothers being the most helpful. This is thought to be the first official sighting of such assistance in non-primates, and so expands our knowledge of caregiving behaviours across the animal kingdom."
Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions give birth
Scientists have observed mice helping each other when they encounter difficulties during birth, prompting a rethink of caregiving among rodents and other animals
www.newscientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Well, this is opportune. Not only do humans seek out experienced care during birth, even mice do. Don't pay any attention to grifters suggesting otherwise.
Of Mice And (Wo)men.
Of Mice And (Wo)men.
90 doctors!! 90!!!
NINETY COWARDS
NINETY COWARDS
While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
90 doctors!! 90!!!
NINETY COWARDS
NINETY COWARDS