Vicki Gass
@vbgass.bsky.social
HR activist, animal lover, cook, reader of non-fiction and fiction, politico, migrating from X, LAWG ED, all postings are personal
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How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.?
Our picks this week:
🦃 Build community at a "Thankstaking" potluck
❌ Picket at Target with @freedcproject.bsky.social + other local groups
🎤 Testify at a @councilofdc.bsky.social hearing on healthcare
☃️ A Snow Team Heroes volunteer meeting
Our picks this week:
🦃 Build community at a "Thankstaking" potluck
❌ Picket at Target with @freedcproject.bsky.social + other local groups
🎤 Testify at a @councilofdc.bsky.social hearing on healthcare
☃️ A Snow Team Heroes volunteer meeting
Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.
Plus, a place to volunteer, a healthcare hearing, and more.
51st.news
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.?
Our picks this week:
🦃 Build community at a "Thankstaking" potluck
❌ Picket at Target with @freedcproject.bsky.social + other local groups
🎤 Testify at a @councilofdc.bsky.social hearing on healthcare
☃️ A Snow Team Heroes volunteer meeting
Our picks this week:
🦃 Build community at a "Thankstaking" potluck
❌ Picket at Target with @freedcproject.bsky.social + other local groups
🎤 Testify at a @councilofdc.bsky.social hearing on healthcare
☃️ A Snow Team Heroes volunteer meeting
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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"Seven bodies were found during a nighttime operation on the border between Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí, where four suspects were also arrested who, according to the official version, were members of the San Luis Potosí Civil Guard."
aristeguinoticias.com/241125/mexic...
aristeguinoticias.com/241125/mexic...
Hallan siete cuerpos en frontera entre Zacatecas y San Luis Potosí
Tras operativo fueron detenidos cuatro presuntos responsables identificados como policías de San Luis Potosí.
aristeguinoticias.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Seven bodies were found during a nighttime operation on the border between Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí, where four suspects were also arrested who, according to the official version, were members of the San Luis Potosí Civil Guard."
aristeguinoticias.com/241125/mexic...
aristeguinoticias.com/241125/mexic...
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The flight cancellations come as the U.S. military has expanded its buildup in the region.
Several Airlines Suspend Venezuela Flights After FAA Warns Of ‘Heightened Military Activity’
The flight cancellations come as the U.S. military has expanded its buildup in the region.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The flight cancellations come as the U.S. military has expanded its buildup in the region.
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Pardon my French, but this shit really pisses me off.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Pardon my French, but this shit really pisses me off.
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NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
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Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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ICE arrests in Kentucky are up nearly 40% this year, driven in part by financial incentives and expanding 287(g) agreements. Over 70% of those arrested had no criminal conviction.
@forwardky.bsky.social
Read about it here: www.forwardky.com/driven-by-fi...
@forwardky.bsky.social
Read about it here: www.forwardky.com/driven-by-fi...
Driven by financial incentives, Kentucky ICE arrests ramp up
Yet, more than 70% of those arrested had no criminal conviction.
www.forwardky.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
ICE arrests in Kentucky are up nearly 40% this year, driven in part by financial incentives and expanding 287(g) agreements. Over 70% of those arrested had no criminal conviction.
@forwardky.bsky.social
Read about it here: www.forwardky.com/driven-by-fi...
@forwardky.bsky.social
Read about it here: www.forwardky.com/driven-by-fi...
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
It does warrant immediate dismissal. Kilmer Abrego must be released.
NEW: Mr. Abrego's lawyers believe that the lies DOJ told in the civil case warrant immediate dismissal in his criminal case. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/more-evide...
More Evidence Submitted to Dismiss the Charges Against Kilmar Abrego
Friday night, we learned that the DOJ lied about the door being closed to Costa Rica. Mr. Abrego's lawyers feel that's enough to immediately dismiss on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It does warrant immediate dismissal. Kilmer Abrego must be released.
'Fear is the tool of the tyrant': Ex-DOJ officials leave scathing messages behind
www.rawstory.com/doj-26743360...
www.rawstory.com/doj-26743360...
'Fear is the tool of the tyrant': Ex-DOJ officials leave scathing messages behind
Former Department of Justice officials who were either forced out or resigned in protest of President Donald Trump's administration left some scathing resignation letters for their bosses, and a new o...
www.rawstory.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
'Fear is the tool of the tyrant': Ex-DOJ officials leave scathing messages behind
www.rawstory.com/doj-26743360...
www.rawstory.com/doj-26743360...
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Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
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If Congress is condemning Socialism, does that mean they are going to end corporate welfare?
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If Congress is condemning Socialism, does that mean they are going to end corporate welfare?
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November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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We went to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum today and I saw a great response to the claim that we can’t have DC statehood because it would make the flag look funny.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We went to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum today and I saw a great response to the claim that we can’t have DC statehood because it would make the flag look funny.
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...