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Tami VandenBerg

@tamivandenberg.bsky.social

Co-owner of The Meanwhile & The Pyramid Scheme, owner of Sunflower Housing. Gardener, writer, traveler, mother, activist.

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In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.

People in ICE detention are being denied health care and adequate nutrition, often given spoiled food or nothing at all.

Our government’s cruelty to immigrants is a moral failing β€” not a policy solution.

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The Weaponization of I.C.E. is a Danger to Immigrants and a Disgrace to America Recently, I was in a local church here in my home state of North Carolina discussing the impact of the Trump Administration on vulnerable populations.

The incessant, unnecessarily violent, and largely illegal assaults on neighborhoods, workplaces, and carpool lines all crystallize this Administration's commitment to cause trauma for people of color, not protect them from itβ€”and it's a flat-out disgrace.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-weapon...

07.06.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 945    πŸ” 332    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 13
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Keeping an eye on this. It could be beneficial if blue states joined together to provide essential services to their people.

07.06.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 892    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 10
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Federal immigration agents in riot gear squared off with hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day on Saturday in Los Angeles County, filling streets with tear gas and smoke. nyti.ms/4kUON0y

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Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial
proceedings,
, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the
rebellion.

Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, , he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.

The Insurrection Act is sweeping. It’s a huge grant of power to the President.

It is also very expressly for conditions that do not exist in California. And if you’re hypothetically the governor, you should be saying so.

08.06.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3058    πŸ” 829    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 32

The California legislature and city & county governments should file injunctions and draft emergency legislation prohibiting the quartering of now-federalized troops on private property including hotels under the Third Amendment.

Make the Guard bivouac on the ground on federal property.

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Trump to Send National Guard to LA to Quell Immigration Protests: Live Updates Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in Los Angeles County on Saturday using tear gas and flash-bang grenades. The unrest comes just a day after raids were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.

The Trump administration said it would deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles as immigration agents clashed with protesters for a second consecutive day. Follow live updates. https://trib.al/hNUn74W

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ICE escalates against protestors- CA Protests 6/7/25 YouTube video by FiftyFiftyOneMovement

WATCH NOW: Live stream of ICE’s escalation towards protesters in LA. www.youtube.com/live/60OZrft...

#50501Movement #ICE #LosAngeles

08.06.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 23

At 0:21 - That’s me!

We were protesting the fascistic ICE (read: American Gestapo) raids today and the unjust attack on and arrest of SEIU-USWW President David Huerta (who was demonstrating against the ICE raids this morning)

07.06.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

The Trump administration is bypassing state authority by invoking Title 10 of the U.S. Code, a federal power usually reserved for major insurrections. This is a dangerous overreach, and it’s how martial law begins in the so-called land of the free.

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Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the governor’s request or consent. Governor Newsom has publicly condemned the move, calling it β€œpurposefully inflammatory.”

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Pass the popcorn, DOGE and MAGA are fighting.

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Per the UN, Russian drone operators are picking off Ukrainian civilians β€œlike it is a video game” β€” then bombing ambulances that go to help… then sharing videos of it on telegram.

Trump today on the consequences: β€œwords speak pretty loud” πŸ€”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Sorry Ticketmaster and Airbnb β€” America's era of hidden fees is over Ticketmaster and Airbnb now have to list prices up front, instead of tacking on hidden fees at the end. This new "all-in

Hidden fees in live-event ticketing and hotels are now illegal under a Biden-era FTC rule that just took effect.

Kudos to former FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose leadership could finally make junk fees a thing of the past.

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Ukrainians have long turned their fear and despair into determination β€” surrender was never an option, as it always meant losing everything. While being an obvious underdog, Ukraine decided to become the smartest, most advanced underdog it can beπŸ§΅πŸ‘‡
u24.gov.ua/sky-sentinel...

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β€œ.. Taxpayers earning more than $3.4 million per year would receive a roughly $275,000 boost ..

β€œ.. while those with less than $13,000 in annual income .. would go down due to cuts to social programs such as Medicaid and food stamps..”

@jeffstein.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

28.05.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 705    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 16
The Truth About the U.S. Border | Robert Reich
The full story about immigration you aren't getting from politicians and the media. Watch More: The Military-Industrial The Truth About the U.S. Border | Robert Reich

Republicans’ budget bill earmarks a staggering $45 billion for immigrant detention centers.

The biggest beneficiaries? Private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group – who both donated hefty sums to Trump’s inauguration.

Always follow the money.

28.05.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1737    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 40
May 27, 2025 Political scientist Adam Bonica noted last Friday that Trump and the administration suffered a 96% loss rate in federal courts in the month of May.

I also highly recommend this excellent piece by @HCRichardson.bsky.social.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Casar: "The only way to push back on this is for Democrats to be really clear that if we win back a majority, we aren't just going to let bygones be bygones. We have to go and investigate who paid Trump, who paid Musk, who made money off of these pardons because that is really serious."

28.05.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4830    πŸ” 1232    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 107

PLEASE read this thread.

It's vital.

And offers a way to fight this open threat.

28.05.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Here it comes people.

Time to move Wikipedia, Internet Archive and all the rest of the good free internet off American soil. Or establish parallel failover backups elsewhere around the world at least.

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Uh, like the nazi’s searched for Jews in closets, attics, basements OR runaway slave hunters looked for them in homes they thought might be part of the Underground Railroad.

28.04.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But how could the Houthis have known about US military operations?

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The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan The Trump administration is making an example of the Milwaukee judge to intimidate critics and opponents

The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan

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Website Listing Pro-MAGA Businesses Epically Backfires As Critics Use It For Boycotts Instead Oops!

Whoopsie! 🀷

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All people residing in the U.S. β€” documented or undocumented β€” are supposed to have access to the courts and due process.

The Trump regime arresting Judge Hannah Dugan for defending those rights puts us in very dangerous territory.

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Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges The White House press secretary is quietly warning the Supreme Court.

Seriously?? On whose authority?

newrepublic.com/post/194481/...

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Judge Blocks Trump From Defunding 16 Sanctuary Cities: β€˜Here We Are Again’ A federal judge in San Francisco who issued a nearly identical order in 2017 found himself intervening again to stop President Trump from punishing cities over their immigration policy.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing part of one of President Trump’s executive orders that directs agencies to withhold funds from cities and counties that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

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Republicans are trying to steal a seat in Texas, or at least prevent it being filled.

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