@jimparsons.bsky.social
Retired television news director. Pittsburgh is my home. New Jersey is my birthplace.
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
Not even then. Not at first. The pain will need to be severe.
05.04.2025 08:03 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Allegheny County will kick in $224,000 for refugee settlement services after federal funds are cut off
20.02.2025 22:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yep. It’s USAID’s “The Night of Long Knives” and Elon Musk is Hermann Goring.
03.02.2025 13:18 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Famous last words.
18.12.2024 14:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I left X for a reason. Why do BlueSky’ers keep dragging that shit over here?
28.11.2024 01:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One of the most common & heartbreaking complaints I hear from seniors is that they are being denied care by their "Medicare Advantage" plan -- a private insurance plan that exploits Medicare's sterling reputation for profit. We do not need more privatization of Medicare.
22.11.2024 22:21 — 👍 1598 🔁 284 💬 93 📌 20This appears to be a fake account. Not really Chuck Schumer, are you, Mr. Russian Bot?
21.11.2024 22:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Mediaite got the police report on Pete Hegseth’s sexual assault case. Soon we’ll be reading the leaked House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz. Nothing more important now than #investigativejournalism
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And that’s exactly why many Trump supporters voted for him.
19.11.2024 23:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yep. My regular donations to Harris/Walz now go to #ACLU
#DoNotObeyInAdvance
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I am confident that at least one hard-working Capitol Hill reporter will get her/his/their hands on the Gaetz Report and fucking publish it.
Young people voted for Trump. Can’t pin this on baby boomers any longer.
18.11.2024 21:19 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
#dogsofbluesky
Oliver loves to hike to vistas where he can look out at BlueSky.
Why am I not surprised?
17.11.2024 02:17 — 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A good friend died of cancer this morning. He helped a lot of people get sober over the years. That’s the right way to leave this life - with a trail of good works and loving friends and family behind.
15.11.2024 16:27 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0No but I used that as a pick-up line back in the 1970s. Claimed he was my asshole brother who abandoned Mom and Dad now that he hit it big. Never mind that he’s British and I’m not.
12.11.2024 15:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So I guess we’re introducing ourselves?
I’m a retired television journalist now enjoying grandkids, the outdoors, reading and volunteer work.
Oh and goodbye, Twitter.
