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they/them, latinx, auDHD. stuck in 🇺🇸.
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I dunno how well Bluesky is set up for this, but I'm hoping to find folks similar to me:

- AuDHD
- Bi/pansexual/queer
- Non-binary
- Latinx
- Working class
- America; leftist
- Into GO, SPN, other fandoms
- Fitness/health
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Father of four Makengo Nzeza left the hospital after his wife just gave birth to their newest baby and was arrested and detained by ICE agents despite being granted legal asylum to live in the US 8 years ago.

The reverend of their church said on their behalf he was "heartbroken" and "furious."
Saco reverend 'heartbroken' and 'furious' over ICE arrest of church member
The reverend says after their conversation Nzeza went to pick up some things for his family and on his way home ICE took him.
wgme.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Just to remember Crowley is still beautiful.
#goodomens #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusbands #crowley #demon
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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“Everything we do seems small and insignificant, but everything we do matters,” she said. “And it’s huge.”
“It did help me realize how important it is that we’re still at the point where people run to danger, and where people assist and help when someone’s being taken, and that we’re not at the point where people turn their eyes or are too afraid to see what’s going on.”

lithub.com/everything-w...
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
lithub.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Saying ‘thank you’ to pediatricians while undermining pediatric care is like applauding firefighters while cutting off the water.
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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We support the impeachment and removal of Noem, but we must not stop there. Trump, who is orchestrating this attack on our republic, must also be impeached and removed. There is no justification for only impeaching Noem and leaving Trump, the insurrectionist-in-chief, in office. @fsfp.bsky.social 1/
NEWS: @raskin.house.gov’s statement on the impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem:
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Pam Bondi is trying to shake down Minnesota for its voter roll data. And when the federal government demands voters' most sensitive info, it’s worth asking why—and what comes next.
Bondi’s Shakedown Gives Away The Game
The DOJ is demanding voter data, and what they could do with it should alarm us all
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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We track depraved and sadistic behavior by ICE\CBP goons including making threats to harm without provocation:
ICE\CBP Sadistic Behavior Tracker - Comprehensive Updated List
Examples of sadistic, cruel & heartless behavior by ICE\CBP agents fueled by fascist, racist and anti-immigrant propaganda by Trump, DHS and right-wing media.
thebastionusa.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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An ICE agent tells a Minneapolis resident filming him, "You raise your voice? I'll erase your voice."

The person filming asks him to clarify in disbelief, "Are you serious? You said, if I raise my voice, you'll erase my voice?"

"Exactly. Yeah." is his response.
ICE agent's dark threat caught on video: 'I'll erase your voice'
Video of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent threatening to "erase" a resident in Minnesota caught fire on social media this week.The video, purportedly filmed in January in Minneapolis, Minn...
www.rawstory.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Smashing vehicles. Smashing windows. Smashing doors. ICE\CBP has a pattern of violence and depraved indifference to property and lives.
ICE\CBP Damaging Property Needlessly - Comprehensive Updated List
Comprehensive and updated list of ICE and CBP immigration agents damaging property needlessly or as an intimidation tactic and then leaving without care.
thebastionusa.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Christian Salamanca was rammed into a pole by ICE goons while pulling over in a community parking lot due to their overly aggressive and reckless driving. He required hospitalized with multiple broken bones and targeted despite having a US work permit, no criminal history and pending asylum case.
Wife says ICE chase led to crash that sent St. Paul man to hospital
The man remains hospitalized as his wife questions why ICE was pursuing him.
www.kare11.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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It's as if she already sold her soul.
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Guys maybe the number one obstacle to organizing here in Minneapolis is the unfounded fear that if you get involved, DHS will put you on a list and assassinate you. It leads people to avoid organizing or act in ways that are completely detrimental to organizing. Please please do not spread that fear
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.

Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Trump ICE regime thugs spotted at their hotel drinking and mocking protesters below who are angry about the two unarmed civilians the regime publicly murdered this month.

One of the thugs proceeds to expose himself while laughing. #3E #GoodvsEvil
January 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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This is a Girl Scout troop in #Minneapolis who can't safely sell cookies door to door due to the ICE occupation. If you're looking for a small way to support the citizens, maybe buy a few boxes.

digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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How about a rebel alliance to actually rebel and eradicate consumer-facing “A.i.” and the theft, lies, fraud, and exploitation it furthers from our lives, businesses, and institutions?
“In this case, the [rebel] alliance is a loose network of tech startups, developers and public interest technologists committed to making AI more open and trustworthy and to checking the power of industry heavyweights like OpenAI and Anthropic.”
Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavweights OpenAI, Anthropic
Mozilla is looking to deploy its roughly $1.4 billion in reserves to support "mission driven" companies and nonprofits, and is particularly focused on AI.
www.cnbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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This is just 🦇💩 CRAZY‼️
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone

They did not have a warrant
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM