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William Lombardo πŸŒπŸ’™πŸ’›πŸ©΅

@willwritesandtalks.bsky.social

Writer/author, lover of fantasy, mystery, thriller, and of course lots of other things. Activist focused on democracy and public health. Views are own, not views of any current or previous employers or associations.

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You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.

12.02.2026 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12908    πŸ” 3748    πŸ’¬ 748    πŸ“Œ 354

Do you know that the US has the highest rates of rape and domestic abuse of all industrialized countrys in the world already?
Probably not because that's what American men have been allowed to do

11.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Given what's happening at the National level with the Epstein files, without doubt we can assume that violent incidents against women, including rape, will be more frequent and brutal moving forward.
Epstein-misogyny two-way cause and effect.

11.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

"Refugees are people who have not been in this country very long, and they are escaping from authoritarian and totalitarian governments that do things like kidnap part of your family to get you to come down for an interrogation," Drake said.

11.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...

Sickening.
#ICEOUT #MN
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

11.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5842    πŸ” 2756    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 188

The best chance of that is overturning Citizens United.
Currently only 13 members of Congress don’t take money from AIPAC. I don’t want any more of my tax dollars going to Israel. They’ve already gotten over $300 Billion from us since its inception. Why? We are funding genocide.

12.02.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m proud to be endorsed by Justice Democrats and PAL PAC.

The only way we can fight fascism is with bold progressive ideas and accountability for all in power.

It’s a new moment. And it requires new leadership:
@justicedemocrats.com @votepalpac.bsky.social

12.02.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3049    πŸ” 591    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 21

He’s an ugly, smug, smarmy little a-hole who offends and embarrasses us with his ugly rants, wherever he goes. He called ICU RN Alex Pretti β€œan assassin” and did not apologize. His reply: β€œFor what?!”
His supportive wife is gross. Flag-waving jerks whose trip is paid for with our taxpayer dollar$$!

07.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Self important weasel.

That MFer will get booed wherever he goes.

07.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

They think the world should stop for them.

07.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I have not one shred of respect left for a single republican. You'd think they'd time their travel NOT to interrupt the games.

07.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 454    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everywhere he goes he causes problems.

07.02.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14234    πŸ” 3710    πŸ’¬ 927    πŸ“Œ 268

US created software is also a huge security risk.

07.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.

Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert

07.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6768    πŸ” 3544    πŸ’¬ 344    πŸ“Œ 216
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man β€œpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

07.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17904    πŸ” 9178    πŸ’¬ 494    πŸ“Œ 703

People who don't understand the point of tbe blockades in Minneapolis not insert themselves and argue that they're pointless or that they shouldn't exist. They will exist as long as Minneapolis is under federal occupation. They help keep the community safe.

07.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1100    πŸ” 190    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

"McAfee also added that, by speaking with people who actually live in San Francisco, he learned it’s actually a pretty decent place."

Begging national news outlets to learn this lesson themselves about other cities (LA, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc)

07.02.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police rush ICE protesters in front of federal buildingβ€”violently arresting one woman as she screams. LIVE NOW ⬇️

07.02.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2346    πŸ” 1299    πŸ’¬ 340    πŸ“Œ 245
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Jenna Ellis admits 2020 was a coup from the start. Trump knew he lost & still tried his hardest to illegally maintain power

02.01.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 12
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πŸ‘‰ Trump knew he lost 2020 election & lied about it
"I listened to myself" Big Lie - Inciting Insurrection

02.01.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 27

🧡 Thread of Trump & his admin admitting he knew he lost. But staged the coup(s) anyway. Some planned in advance of elections bsky.app/profile/chri...

07.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.

07.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28599    πŸ” 7579    πŸ’¬ 590    πŸ“Œ 285
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Do you know any other jokes?

28.01.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s is nothing the won’t defend. Vile.

06.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5922    πŸ” 1161    πŸ’¬ 707    πŸ“Œ 103
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

06.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 45651    πŸ” 11800    πŸ’¬ 637    πŸ“Œ 591
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.

Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights β€” combined with ICE use of administrative warrants β€” is a recipe for abuse.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

05.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13861    πŸ” 4593    πŸ’¬ 390    πŸ“Œ 193
Selfie of Akash smiling after waking up early to be first in line to cast the first vote for Kat in McHenry County! 

We added an 'I voted for Kat' sticker, some star stickers and copy that reads "FIRST VOTE CAST IN IL-09 FOR KAT!"

Selfie of Akash smiling after waking up early to be first in line to cast the first vote for Kat in McHenry County! We added an 'I voted for Kat' sticker, some star stickers and copy that reads "FIRST VOTE CAST IN IL-09 FOR KAT!"

Shout out to Akash for casting the first vote for our campaign in McHenry County this morning!

Early in-person voting is now open in McHenry and Lake County, and mail-in ballots start going out across the district today.

After you vote, by mail or in person, send us a selfie. We love to see it!!

05.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2304    πŸ” 371    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 10

The media blackout on ICE activity is partly due to national Dem leadership giving up the leverage and national attention they had a month ago.

It's partly due to Americans not being willing to stay engaged for more than a couple months when it's bad things happening only to Black and brown people.

06.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 988    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

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