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This is important! Love and acceptance is what this is about.
we are all welcome and we all belong here.

The man who launched an attempted coup on the United States in 2020 and instigated an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths now claims that people in Los Angeles are launching an insurrection. They’re not.
[Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Opinion | The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History

Bad choices and misfortune: Trump weakens America with his push to deport #internationalstudents. McCarthyism repeats itself.

My Holiday Goal: Catch the Wiper! 🤗

Trans genocide: This is a frightening and heartbreaking account about choosing to leave the U.S. to survive.
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

“They’re trying to kidnap someone” On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.

@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

I find her hate so tiring. The poison is eating her alive.

Here's an article from seven years ago about Miller's immigrant roots. All I can do is shake my head.

Newark mayor, New Jersey candidate for governor Ras Baraka arrested after refusing to leave ICE facility NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after allegedly committing trespass and defying multiple warnings from federal

Civil disobedience by an elected official defending his constituents is something we should applaud. This is bringing the fight…
www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2025/05/09/n...

Dad vs mom.. 🤣

#TKingfisher, the humor, kindness, and love of #Swordheart has brightened this trying time for me. I am glad to have met you, Halla, Sarkis, Zale, the gnole, and Prettyfoot the ox through BlueSky.

RFK Jr and Statistics:

Trump Cuts Threaten Free Vaccine Program for Kids Amid Measles Outbreak -Dr. Ali Sherif normally gives about 50 doses of the measles vaccine to children each month at his clinic in Hobbs, New Mexico, near the Texas state line.

Trump Cuts Threaten Free Vaccine Program for Kids Amid Measles Outbreak www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...

Andry José Hernández Romero

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

I am thankful that Yadira Caraveo plans to run again. #coloradodistrict8 #yadiracaraveo

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.

LET’S. DO. THIS. 😎✨

🚨NEW: Trump is taking executive action against ActBlue, a major grassroots fundraising platform.

He's targeting ActBlue because it empowers millions of us — not billionaires — to fund democracy.

This is about silencing grassroots power.

House oversight committee demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

To paraphrase Malvina Reynolds: God bless the flowers that grow through the cracks. And, I add, may we be flowers in our fractured world.

Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge NPR has for months been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the ...

NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.

Beautiful! Worth watching to the end.

In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”

This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.

He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

Birds are joy!

Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship (Gift Article) Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont. He has not been charged with a crime.

“They just continue to hide the individual to the point where their attorneys can’t quite understand or identify where to file. And so, you know, we’re operating blind, and they have all the information, and yet we’re tasked with attempting to file in the right jurisdiction.” #Mohsen