Midlife Orphan
@midlifeorphan.bsky.social
Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow sacred humans.
What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow sacred humans.
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NEW: Federal judges are increasingly furious at what they see as a pattern / playbook of defiance by the Trump administration to court orders in immigration cases — in Minnesota and around the country.
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
How the Trump administration skirts — and defies — court rulings on ICE detentions
A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Federal judges are increasingly furious at what they see as a pattern / playbook of defiance by the Trump administration to court orders in immigration cases — in Minnesota and around the country.
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Fascinating breakdown for those of us who generally appreciated the show but missed all the details (and dont speak Spanish, even though he told us we had 4 months before this performance to learn it when he was on SNL). Thank you, @beckyhammer.bsky.social !
Benito really did the thing tonight and gave us an amazing performance I'm going to be thinking about for a long time
I hope this inspires some of you to become fans and listen to his music
If you do, I'm always here to talk about him with you!! (Starting tomorrow. I'm going to bed)
I hope this inspires some of you to become fans and listen to his music
If you do, I'm always here to talk about him with you!! (Starting tomorrow. I'm going to bed)
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Fascinating breakdown for those of us who generally appreciated the show but missed all the details (and dont speak Spanish, even though he told us we had 4 months before this performance to learn it when he was on SNL). Thank you, @beckyhammer.bsky.social !
Incredibly powerful testimony and advocacy from a disabled citizen unlawfully assaulted and detained. Hear her story.
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Incredibly powerful testimony and advocacy from a disabled citizen unlawfully assaulted and detained. Hear her story.
We can do both!
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
We can do both!
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the government is gassing our children.
Right passed the park now and a little girl maybe 5 years old got out of the car. She's saying "oww" and coughing, an older woman with her rushed her inside
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
the government is gassing our children.
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
They all need to come home.
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
They all need to come home.
What *is* the purpose of tear gas? Excellent piece from a reporter who's been through it.
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
What *is* the purpose of tear gas? Excellent piece from a reporter who's been through it.
Why does a judge not have a stay in place to prevent this violent removal pf pur Haitian neighbors while the TPS case is pending? What am I missing? #StandWithHaitianNeighbors #LespwaFèViv
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Why does a judge not have a stay in place to prevent this violent removal pf pur Haitian neighbors while the TPS case is pending? What am I missing? #StandWithHaitianNeighbors #LespwaFèViv
The 70yo Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, UCC and Unitarian ladies are the driving forces at our protests and mutual aid. So inspiring.
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The 70yo Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, UCC and Unitarian ladies are the driving forces at our protests and mutual aid. So inspiring.
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It's crazy that I even have to say this! We have enumerated rights in a Constitution if I recall? It's insane that we could make a "deal" where what the people get is "less than the Constitutional protections they once enjoyed."
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
It's crazy that I even have to say this! We have enumerated rights in a Constitution if I recall? It's insane that we could make a "deal" where what the people get is "less than the Constitutional protections they once enjoyed."
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ICE operations need to be deconstructed to the point where no one, anywhere, has to have an additional full time job protecting their families, friends, and neighbors from a violent secret police. This right here is the line, the dealbreaker.
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
ICE operations need to be deconstructed to the point where no one, anywhere, has to have an additional full time job protecting their families, friends, and neighbors from a violent secret police. This right here is the line, the dealbreaker.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Call Congress: Free Liam Conejo Ramos
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January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Call Congress: Free Liam Conejo Ramos
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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UEFA should boycott over Greenland.
CONMEBOL should boycott over Venezuela.
CAF should boycott over USAID cuts.
Everyone should boycott because of ICE.
No one should come to the U.S. under Trump.
CONMEBOL should boycott over Venezuela.
CAF should boycott over USAID cuts.
Everyone should boycott because of ICE.
No one should come to the U.S. under Trump.
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM
UEFA should boycott over Greenland.
CONMEBOL should boycott over Venezuela.
CAF should boycott over USAID cuts.
Everyone should boycott because of ICE.
No one should come to the U.S. under Trump.
CONMEBOL should boycott over Venezuela.
CAF should boycott over USAID cuts.
Everyone should boycott because of ICE.
No one should come to the U.S. under Trump.
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part of why we are driving ICE absolutely mad is that we are using tactics that do not really permit them to legally arrest us. they cannot operate the way they want to operate when we have eyes on them.
they want to be a secret police and we simply will not let them be secret
they want to be a secret police and we simply will not let them be secret
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 AM
part of why we are driving ICE absolutely mad is that we are using tactics that do not really permit them to legally arrest us. they cannot operate the way they want to operate when we have eyes on them.
they want to be a secret police and we simply will not let them be secret
they want to be a secret police and we simply will not let them be secret
Bovino has got to go. Every member of Congress has got to demand his firing or resignation.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Bovino has got to go. Every member of Congress has got to demand his firing or resignation.
Keep all your athletes away, MLB, MLS, etc. Cancel your Disney vacations. Bring our sports and tourism industries to a halt. We beg you.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Keep all your athletes away, MLB, MLS, etc. Cancel your Disney vacations. Bring our sports and tourism industries to a halt. We beg you.
The cursed cell phones are redeeming themselves as ubiquitous archival tools.
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The cursed cell phones are redeeming themselves as ubiquitous archival tools.
We probably need a real opposition party. The public is begging you to take the lead on the right side of history asap, Dems.
In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
January 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM
We probably need a real opposition party. The public is begging you to take the lead on the right side of history asap, Dems.
Truth. 🧦
This whole month has felt like wet socks
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Truth. 🧦