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@akmansfield.bsky.social

Food scientist, avid reader, sato-adopting dog companion, fangirl of history and not repeating it- learning how to use my voice to speak truth to power. None of us are free until we're all free.

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They locked up a Colombian child coming to go to Disney World with her family.

What the hell are we doing? And why in the world would anyone come here for the World Cup/Olympics? www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigra...

20.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8858    πŸ” 4100    πŸ’¬ 452    πŸ“Œ 323
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Hilarious

20.02.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11092    πŸ” 1840    πŸ’¬ 377    πŸ“Œ 165

This tariff ruling is causing considerable confusion.
But one thing is clear. 100% of any tariff refunds will be paid to corporations that passed on increased costs to consumers. We paid the tariffs. They will get the refund. Prices won't come back down. The people will get screwed yet again.

20.02.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4802    πŸ” 1739    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 123
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Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference β€” my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.

16.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11839    πŸ” 3962    πŸ’¬ 422    πŸ“Œ 193
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Title: Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
Subtitle: The Tax Foundation said the cost may be even higher in 2026.

ABC News Logo Title: Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group Subtitle: The Tax Foundation said the cost may be even higher in 2026.

Working Americans shouldn’t have to bankroll this Administration’s horrible economic policy.

$1000 a year is a hit that working families can’t afford.

16.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.

16.02.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25443    πŸ” 8478    πŸ’¬ 555    πŸ“Œ 302
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REP. @aoc.bsky.social : β€œIt’s important to remember there’s more of us than them β€” every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”

16.02.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11861    πŸ” 3232    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 140

If ice wasn’t terrorizing their communities they would not have to wear masks. Their police do not have to wear mask. If ice treated people respectfully and lawfully they would not have to hide their faces.

16.02.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8838    πŸ” 1862    πŸ’¬ 350    πŸ“Œ 83
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Can confirm.

16.02.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 22208    πŸ” 3348    πŸ’¬ 862    πŸ“Œ 391

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

16.02.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3180    πŸ” 1234    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 61
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These are the oligarchs who seek to rule every aspect of our lives, and the current US regime is doing everything possible to facilitate that because it is owned by them.

16.02.2026 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8745    πŸ” 3734    πŸ’¬ 1086    πŸ“Œ 447

I think this is right.

We didn’t beat them in Minnesota. They will regroup elsewhere. This is the end of the beginning.

The only way this ends is to Abolish ICE.

Close the camps. End this.

16.02.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Once again, this number is a disappointment to Core Civic (private prisons) investors.

Abolish ICE. Close the camps. Legalization for all.

16.02.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

12.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2771    πŸ” 1073    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 105

US Politicians are very happy to keep framing the Epstein files as partisan. Because it shifts the focus from the real issue.

This was never about politics. It’s about mainly rich, white, powerful men believing they could do whatever the hell they wanted and get away with it.

14.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 966    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 11

I wonder if it'd work if people (in general, rather than just us low-power individuals) treated those in the Epstein files* like:

"If you're in the files, make what you've seen public. Because we're going to treat anyone who doesn't like they were in on it all."

...and then see what comes out.

15.02.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 354    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."

15.02.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 18364    πŸ” 4896    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 242

So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold.

We really are not a very good-natured country.

15.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13932    πŸ” 4090    πŸ’¬ 644    πŸ“Œ 195

Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles

12.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12139    πŸ” 1799    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 113
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.

Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

12.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19636    πŸ” 7846    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 294
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Epstein survivor Haley Robson: I’m so tired of having this administration just completely dismiss us. They’re supposed to be the party of, you know, family values and protecting children. And I just feel like if that’s the party you are, it seems like Thomas Massie is the only one showing up for it.

12.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15295    πŸ” 4534    πŸ’¬ 420    πŸ“Œ 155
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Donate to Help Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Family Carry On Her Legacy, organized by Annie Farmer Sky and Amanda Roberts are the beloved brother and sister-in-l… Annie Farmer needs your support for Help Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Family Carry On Her Legacy

Since Pam Bondi is worse than useless, Epstein survivor @anniegrover.bsky.social has started a GoFundMe for Virginia Giuffre to help settle her estate and cover her legal fees. www.gofundme.com/f/help-virgi...

12.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4302    πŸ” 1590    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 44
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This is the FBI’s list of β€œProminent Names” it was tracking in the Epstein Case. This list appears in this slide show, FBI email correspondence, and FBI tip sheets β€” all of which I saw unredacted today. Believe the survivors.

You can see this file on DOJ’s website
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

11.02.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3050    πŸ” 1612    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 100

CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.

11.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6915    πŸ” 2870    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 111

Democrats need to take the worst Epstein emails and turn them into full-size ads. Giant screenshots of these emails with a QR code that links to a website. Put them in subways and buses and on billboards. A 30 sec. commercial that has just the email on screen and the QR code and nothing else.

11.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1035    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 20

minnesota is still being terrorized by ICE. it hasn’t stopped and from local reports has gotten way worse. it isn’t making major headlines anymore and we know why. ABOLISH ICE !!!

11.02.2026 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6706    πŸ” 2436    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 69
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

11.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12414    πŸ” 5507    πŸ’¬ 559    πŸ“Œ 507
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Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."

11.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 23447    πŸ” 7189    πŸ’¬ 814    πŸ“Œ 389

No, because I don't want to buy a new Kindle every day! The void rarely gives up things that fall into it....

12.02.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

10.02.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 27141    πŸ” 9616    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 358