Doug Urner (he/they) 🏳️‍⚧️

Indeed. I don't think we can ever truly know if someone "cannot see the light" - but we can do our best to prevent them from doing harm. I think most of the "othering" we do is a failure of our ability to "walk a mile in the other's shoes." We can't see from their perspective & go to assuming evil.

When was this photo made? Do we know context?

I’m pretty sure there are some house staff at the White House who are on the up and up.

BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??

You're a mensch. I hope your back feels/gets better. That can ruin a day...

Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.

The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.

Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.

When Trump Always Chickens Out is it usually on a Tuesday?

Protesters demonstrate outside new ICE detention building in Milwaukee Activist groups and community members gathered Saturday morning to denounce the construction of a new federal immigration enforcement detention facility on Milwaukee’s Northwest Side. Renovations at t...

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/prot...

For over 5 years, Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of the people in Congress most disliked by Democrats.

No death threats.

It was only when she turned on Donald Trump that she got death threats.

Just like Senators only received threats of violence after they wavered on Trump's cabinet nominations.

Henrietta Lacks - Wikipedia

Through a chain of random tangents, I got to introduce my therapist to Henrietta Lacks today. She was blown away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriet...

This is the strength of our city. We’ll honor the trust these families put in us by making this a place where they can thrive.

Robert Reich Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich

Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.

It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.

If Congress follows Trump's directive to rename the Defense Department, it could cost taxpayers nearly $2B in new signage, letterheads, and digital code.

Imagine if we invested that money — and our bloated military budget as well — on the American people instead of the Pentagon.

This is the urgent task. If we do not believe that there is a strategy to be found - a way to reach the people who “don’t care” then all we are left with is the conclusion that “they” are irredeemably evil, and we’ve seen where that leads. It is not a good place.

Amanda Akin standing | April 1863

11/18/1825 — b. Amanda Akin Stearns, American Civil War nurse, author, memoirist. Joined the Union cause (1863); served at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington D.C. Wrote two books; one on her nursing experiences, “The Lady Nurse of Ward E” (1909) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing #MedSky

SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Let’s be clear: The DOJ has already been subpoenaed. They’re legally obligated to release the full Epstein files—and they’re still dragging their feet.

It’s a shame we’ve even gotten to the point of needing a discharge petition.

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I don't know why we still call them ICE and treat them as a legitimate organization. They are an armed Militia and should be designated as a terrorist group. No other legal force in America wears masks and strips people of due process. They are a terrorist organization

We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…

Trump has called on House Republicans to release the Epstein Files.

What about the Senate? Does he think Republican Senators should vote to release the files? We he veto it?

Maybe someone should ask!

As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.

“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

The court issues a scathing ruling today in the Comey case. Judge William Fitzpatrick notes, among other things, that Lindsey Halligan made two false statements of the law when responding to questions by grand jurors. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

They think we’re all so stupid

Charlotte North Carolina Doesn't
Like Chump's Border Patrol Tactics

BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.

U.S. Border Patrol Launches Operation in Charlotte

"She began to record the agents as they spoke to the landscaper in Spanish. After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...

People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte (The Charlotte Observer) Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrolin Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched...

In the streets of Charlotte…the day after our ICE invasion.

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A quiet day at the shelter. No one has shown any interest in adopting MELIA. Its now 796 days. 😭 Please don't let it hit day 1000. The goal was to find her a peaceful adult only home by Thanksgiving. No dogs. Cats are ok. 🤞 Help this dog out! Repost / adopt 😩

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