Melissa Thompson
@melthomp7799.bsky.social
CJS, mental health, sociology.
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From the land of "Thank you for your service."
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
From the land of "Thank you for your service."
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
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A racist video shared by Trump depicting Barack and Michelle Obama sparked condemnation, showing how racial dehumanization is being fused with election denialism. GPAHE warns this is an unprecedented escalation—racist imagery entering official White House messaging and fueling real-world harm.
Statement: GPAHE Warns of Escalation After Trump Circulates Racist Depiction of the Obamas
A racist video shared on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama sparked widespread condemnation, highlighting the deliberate fusion of racial dehumanization ...
globalextremism.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
A racist video shared by Trump depicting Barack and Michelle Obama sparked condemnation, showing how racial dehumanization is being fused with election denialism. GPAHE warns this is an unprecedented escalation—racist imagery entering official White House messaging and fueling real-world harm.
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"After years without accidents, Maria started wetting her pants and her bed. She cried through the night, asking when she and her parents would return to their apartment in New York. She begged to start breastfeeding again."
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"After years without accidents, Maria started wetting her pants and her bed. She cried through the night, asking when she and her parents would return to their apartment in New York. She begged to start breastfeeding again."
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welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition.
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition.
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
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I went and looked for myself. Yes, the deranged criminal president of the United States posted a video showing Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys.
The Republican Party is for bigots and criminal co-conspirators who don’t mind a madman having the nuclear codes.
The Republican Party is for bigots and criminal co-conspirators who don’t mind a madman having the nuclear codes.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I went and looked for myself. Yes, the deranged criminal president of the United States posted a video showing Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys.
The Republican Party is for bigots and criminal co-conspirators who don’t mind a madman having the nuclear codes.
The Republican Party is for bigots and criminal co-conspirators who don’t mind a madman having the nuclear codes.
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In the documents the Department of Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua. n.pr/4qqVxpj
Court records: Chicago immigration raid was about squatters, not Venezuelan gangs
In the documents the Department of Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.
n.pr
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM
In the documents the Department of Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua. n.pr/4qqVxpj
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Diana is being held at a facility with a measles outbreak.
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Diana is being held at a facility with a measles outbreak.
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
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I say this often but it beats repeating: the United States is a signatory to international law protecting and defending the right to seek asylum.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I say this often but it beats repeating: the United States is a signatory to international law protecting and defending the right to seek asylum.
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Summers in private: endlessly scheming with the world's most famous pervert to get a young female colleague whom he calls by a racist nickname to fuck him at conferences.
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Summers in private: endlessly scheming with the world's most famous pervert to get a young female colleague whom he calls by a racist nickname to fuck him at conferences.
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
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The U.S. ambassador to Poland cut ties with the country’s speaker of parliament for “outrageous and unprovoked insults” against Donald Trump after he refused to support a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the American president.
And the spat didn't stop there.
And the spat didn't stop there.
Washington-Warsaw spat as pro-Trump ambassador lambastes parliament speaker
Ambassador Tom Rose denounced “outrageous and unprovoked insults” by Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty, who said Trump “does not deserve” the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The U.S. ambassador to Poland cut ties with the country’s speaker of parliament for “outrageous and unprovoked insults” against Donald Trump after he refused to support a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the American president.
And the spat didn't stop there.
And the spat didn't stop there.
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FACT CHECK: RFK Jr. asserted yesterday that a Harvard doctor had "cured schizophrenia using keto diets" -- a completely unfounded claim.
Experts say very preliminary research suggests keto might be helpful. But there is "no credible evidence" of a cure.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Experts say very preliminary research suggests keto might be helpful. But there is "no credible evidence" of a cure.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
FACT CHECK: RFK Jr. asserted yesterday that a Harvard doctor had "cured schizophrenia using keto diets" -- a completely unfounded claim.
Experts say very preliminary research suggests keto might be helpful. But there is "no credible evidence" of a cure.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Experts say very preliminary research suggests keto might be helpful. But there is "no credible evidence" of a cure.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Marimar Martínez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, will attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech before Congress later this month, her attorney said in a court filing Thursday.
Marimar Martínez plans to attend Trump’s State of the Union speech, lawyer says
Marimar Martínez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, will attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech before Congress later this month, her a…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Marimar Martínez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, will attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech before Congress later this month, her attorney said in a court filing Thursday.
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The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
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Proud to play a role in helping get this together for @justsecurity.org. It provides you with details from the sworn declarations filed in support of the ACLU's lawsuit in Minnesota, Hussen v. Noem. The details of abuses by federal agents across the 29 declarations we looked at are chilling.
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
www.justsecurity.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Proud to play a role in helping get this together for @justsecurity.org. It provides you with details from the sworn declarations filed in support of the ACLU's lawsuit in Minnesota, Hussen v. Noem. The details of abuses by federal agents across the 29 declarations we looked at are chilling.
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Judge Blackwell continues:
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Judge Blackwell continues:
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
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Every single person needs to listen to the testimony of Aaliya Rahman, a disabled woman whom ICE dragged from her car, tortured, and nearly killed.
This is fascism, and it is critical we stand united to stop it. Abolish ICE and prosecute its perpetrators. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrDJ...
This is fascism, and it is critical we stand united to stop it. Abolish ICE and prosecute its perpetrators. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrDJ...
The Horrifying Testimony of Aaliya Rahman
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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There's a lot of reporting, not only this story, that this guy is the acting president. Gift link.
How Stephen Miller Stokes Trump’s Boundary-Pushing Impulses
The White House aide has been an architect of aggressive immigration sweeps in U.S. cities and deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean.
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 AM
There's a lot of reporting, not only this story, that this guy is the acting president. Gift link.