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Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him

Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

HAPPENING NOW: At the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis is set to begin a hearing on the government’s efforts – or lack thereof – to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongly removed to El Salvador.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

anyone who is acting like the US and el salvadore simply accidently deported the wrong people and can’t find them is lying because they don’t want to admit they rather like that fascistic deporting of political enemies into death camps is essentially legal now

Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'” That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.

An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."

The other said, "Take him anyway."

So they did.

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview

Images of protests and crowds across the country. HANDSOFF APRIL 5TH 2025 BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO SAN DIEGO IDAHO UTAH OAKLAND (AND SOOOO MANY MORE!)

They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.

#handsoff #50501protests

not a involuntarily celibate, but an involuntarily gold star lesbian

thank God they made phones that can survive being dropped one hundred times a day for the dumbest girl alive (me)

Ahhhhhhhhh no fuck it was my circus. Where are the monkeys? oh shit it was my monkeys too

becoming a lot less mad at strangers on the Internet by remembering most people are trying to make jokes and most people are really dumb.

helps a lot I think

Norman Rockwell painting of a man standing up in a room full of people sitting down

I think bombing Yemen is worse than one of the people doing it being irresponsible with their group chat.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

very excited to do 2002/2003 except somehow stupider and potentially more destructive

A screenshot from a court filing reads, in part: "Julio Noriega is 54 years old, was born in Chicago, and is a U.S. citizen. On January 31, 2025, he was walking near the corner of Cermak Road and Harlem Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses. As he walked out of a Jiffy Lube, he was approached by ICE officers who grabbed and handcuffed him and put him into a van, without an opportunity to explain his citizenship. The officers drove Julio and others around for more than an hour before bringing him to an ICE processing center, where he remained, still handcuffed, for several more hours. All the while, Julio had a wallet containing identification that ICE had confiscated. The officers never showed Julio a warrant, and they did not ask him any questions to ascertain whether he was a noncitizen or a flight risk. After about 10 hours, ICE officers reviewed the contents of Julio’s wallet, realized he was a U.S. citizen, and released him with no money and no paperwork."

A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.

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State Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting minor A Republican state senator was arrested in Bloomington on Monday on suspicion of soliciting an underage girl for sex, police say.

The Republican sponsor of Minnesota's trans sports ban was arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor.

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all these maga conservatives, podcast bro, alt right dick heads are a psy-op by big gay to get bisexual woman to abandon men and it's working, great job terrible dudes!

Trans people, to cis people: There is no one way to be trans. We have multitudes of backgrounds, interests, beliefs, and ways of expressing ourselves, and all of them are beautiful and valued.

Trans people, to other trans people: There are four ways to be trans and three of them are wrong.

any time I have an extended conversation with a bisexual woman about how she should date more women, I immediately get a crush on a man.

like some sort of cosmic tipping of the scales, can't even follow my own advice

was wondering when these sick head Republicans were going to start making anti-furry bills too and Texas is once again already on that mission

Went to see corook last night, and besides being an amazing affirming queer space, the best part of the night was the person who bought a box of kazoos and gave them out to everyone. insane move, what do to mean I can buy a rainbow set of 100 kazoos for 30 bucks????

this is somehow actually what happened

"are you experiencing any symptoms of depression or anxiety?"

I'm a trans woman diagnosed with anxiety and depression living in America, nah I'm doing great

bluesky is for disassociating and crashing out

no it's a good song but did you have to cut on the live version that's 3 minutes longer just cause they're hitting a bunch of bells?

everyone crying at the function cause homies gave me the aux cord for too long

the democrats 'could' do this or 'should' do that but the democrats 'would' push you into farm machinery for a long weekend

it seems incredibly inefficient that there’s states with conflicting laws where you’re a criminal in one and perfectly legal in another, if only there were a federal law that would solve this dilemma

Louisiana just sent an extradition request to NY governor Kathy Hochul for a doctor who sent abortion pills to a patient in Louisiana.

I wrote a law review article about this exact issue. Happy to talk to media about what happens next.

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