Molly, just another “Nasty Woman”

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.

ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.

We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

Judge Graber went hard and I cannot stress enough that Judge Graber *does not go hard*

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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Gaza and Protest Why freedom of speech matters

@timothysnyder.bsky.social on campus protests and free speech. snyder.substack.com/p/gaza-and-p...

Grassroots Takes PRIDE By Ellen Bender

Grassroots Takes PRIDE open.substack.com/pub/grassroo...

Text reading: I had to come down to Los Angeles for Work and ended up trying to help with the raid last night. As a Bernie usefully. Waited by the entrance for detainees We were repeatedly denied access of any kind, and eventually LAPD force removed attorneys ice. Also tear gassed a baby under age two. Today they told us to come back at eight to see the clients, but they ever refused entry to us as well as politicians, including Jimmy, Gomez, and right now. They’re releasing some kind of gas, so the Attorneys can’t breathe

Text reading: Post it so everyone knows. When we were trying to chant their rights ice honked so no one could hear.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

OMGGGGG 🔥🔥🔥

Black-led, community-rooted care saves lives.

When Black birthing people are supported by providers who look like them and understand their lived experiences, outcomes improve—and so does trust in the healthcare system.

Learn more about the policy, data, and orgs leading this work.

#BMHW25

BREAKING — The family abducted by ICE is returning home, per email from Sackets Harbor Superintendent:

Airline signs deal with ICE, seeks 'energetic, highly motivated' flight attendants to 'support the department's deportation efforts' Avelo Airlines signed an agreement to fly for ICE to "support the department's deportation efforts," the company told 12News.

“We realize this is a sensitive and complicated topic..."

www.12news.com/article/news...

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We’re Finally Seeing the “Evidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable. The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.

It's clear that the Trump administration denied due process to the migrants it banished to El Salvador *precisely because* any measure of judicial oversight would've proved their innocence immediately.

Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Horrifying.

‘We Won’t Know It’s a Different Country’ Trump is causing incredible harm. Whether we learn to live with it matters.

"We humans are master rationalizers; we adopt the new normal faster than we realize...Trump and his allies know that, as they work to build a future that is smaller and crueller, more paranoid and more violent, human nature is on their side."

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-wont-kn...

Nate Silver has tweeted about pardons three times in his life. Twice today to say he won’t vote for any Democrat who doesn’t denounce Biden’s pardon of Hunter and once in 2017…to say it’s completely normal for presidents, and Trump specifically, to abuse pardon power.

This would absolutely work, and is a good general reminder that much of politics (more than I’d like) is lowbrow. Turning the other cheek may get you into heaven, but here on Earth it’s a loser. www.offmessage.net/p/politics-i...

Not surprised. Another one failing up.

Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!

It's 100% true.

Opposition at every turn @dncjaimeharrison.bsky.social @nydems.bsky.social @jessica.bsky.team @rbreich.bsky.social