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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him Subramanyam β€œSubu” Vedam now faces deportation.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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As seen on my walk around the neighborhood today. Thankful for these friends and allies in our community.

11.10.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent." The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.

"He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize peopleβ€”then he calls himself a Christian. Pretty despicable."

Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is β€œabhorrent.”

06.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 378    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 6
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U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.

06.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3007    πŸ” 1282    πŸ’¬ 279    πŸ“Œ 114

This cannot be allowed to happen.

03.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Banned Books Week: Snacks & Social Justice Fri 10 Oct, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM [EDT]: Join us for an evening of family activism in celebration of Banned Books Week! This legislative session, two Freedom to Read bills are being voted on by the MA Hou...

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#freedomtoread
#firstamendment
#censorship

03.10.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

02.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 32334    πŸ” 15545    πŸ’¬ 655    πŸ“Œ 734
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#bernie and #AOC today

02.10.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 19

Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout.

China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.

Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.

The Art of the Deal…

02.10.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2225    πŸ” 822    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 29

Repulsive. So glad I’m not getting my PH degree there.

25.09.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

22.09.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2006    πŸ” 1149    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 65

At the end of each day I think things couldn’t possibly get worse because I’m an optimist. But Trump always proves me wrong. bsky.app/profile/atru...

22.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2076    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 29
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Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China

25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

20.09.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 736    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 30
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Trump is so vain that he wants to make it ILLEGAL to make fun of him. It really is the definition of pathetic.

@jamellebouie.net nails it, as always.

20.09.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 818    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 12

NIOSH is one of those agencies within public health that just quietly does its job without fanfare, but now that it’s been gutted the ripple effects to industry will have widespread consequences.

20.09.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water.

These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.

They must be released right now β€” and inspectors let in.

18.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13821    πŸ” 4922    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 132

The latest from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social: www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/18/d...

18.09.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 292    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7

🚨 Big news: @markruffalo.bsky.social will also join us tonight! We hope to see you in an hour at the No Kings mass kickoff call as we look ahead to our next nationwide day of defiance: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

18.09.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 399    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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18.09.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2249    πŸ” 998    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 47
Mock Time magazine cover with the headline β€œPerson of the Year” in red and black. Below, it reads β€œUSAID & its Public Servants.” The collage features photos of USAID workers and beneficiaries worldwide: a COVID-19 vaccination card, health workers, children, humanitarian aid, a rescue dog, an airplane, and people receiving support. The design highlights global impact, aid delivery, and public service.

Mock Time magazine cover with the headline β€œPerson of the Year” in red and black. Below, it reads β€œUSAID & its Public Servants.” The collage features photos of USAID workers and beneficiaries worldwide: a COVID-19 vaccination card, health workers, children, humanitarian aid, a rescue dog, an airplane, and people receiving support. The design highlights global impact, aid delivery, and public service.

If you follow any group make it Friends of USAID on BlueSky or Instagram. This brilliant push for TIME Person of the Year is their idea. From ending smallpox to saving 91M lives their record shows why USAID deserves the cover. What an amazing idea worth amplifying.
@altusaid.altgov.info

17.09.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

β€œSupporters of the proposal said it would effectively create a state version of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation, two of the nation’s largest institutional funders of scientific and public health research.”
πŸ§ͺ #giftarticle

13.09.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 473    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 12
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Pardoned insurrectionists are using Charlie Kirk’s death to call for civil war β€œCharlie Kirk's assassination pulled me out of retirement. More work must be done.”

NEW @motherjones.com: Pardoned J6ers are using Kirk's killing to call for civil war

Stewart Rhodes will rebuild Oath Keepers; Proud Boys call for "retribution"; & ex-insurrectionists are coming "out of retirement."

Experts fear they could incite others to violence. W/ @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:

11.09.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1351    πŸ” 713    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 97
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Democratic Senators Conclude Israel Is Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing After Trip to Palestine Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley said it’s clear Israel’s goal is to make life β€œunsustainable” in Gaza.

Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley have concluded that Israel is carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza in which the U.S. β€œis complicit” in a report released after their recent visit to Israel and Palestine.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.

Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

11.09.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 32576    πŸ” 9423    πŸ’¬ 988    πŸ“Œ 484

β€œWithout unnecessary delay” meaning forced through with no discussion or questioning. I can’t imagine why the current party would want that. 😑

09.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Latest Unsigned Order, SCOTUS Blesses Trump’s Use of Racial Profiling in Immigration Arrests Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court Monday said the Trump administration can resume indiscriminate immigration-related stops in Los Angeles based solely on a person’s appearance, the language they speak or their occupation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

08.09.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1731    πŸ” 767    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 117
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Make Springfield a Sanctuary City for LGBTQ+ People Why Springfield Needs to Act Now Our LGBTQ+ neighbors are under attack. Recent events show why sanctuary cities are more crucial than ever: β€’ Supreme Court threats: The Supreme Court is being asked to...

Help Springfield join Boston, Worcester, and Northampton by becoming a LGBTQ sanctuary city. Click the link to sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ma...

07.09.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

06.09.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 36164    πŸ” 11142    πŸ’¬ 2097    πŸ“Œ 1284
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FiftyFiftyOneMovement is live! YouTube video by FiftyFiftyOneMovement

Today, the #revolution IS televised!! Watch the #50501movement livestream from #DC right here: www.youtube.com/live/8YjQZF6...

06.09.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing to see here I’m sure.

05.09.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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