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L Smith

@laurasmith.bsky.social

๐ŸŒฑ because why should humans find it acceptable to harm others? J.D. with faded dream of living under rule of law. Antifascist. Header: Isaiah Rashad. Profile Pic: Young couple by a lake mid-20th century

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video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriffโ€™s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground

we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

01.03.2026 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 417    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Dalfen Industrial: E-commerce is reshaping industrial real estate Logistics has moved from low cost to high value, and is shaping the future of cities, says Sean Dalfen, chief executive of Dalfen Industrial.

Itโ€™s worthwhile to hear directly from Sean Dalfen of #Dalfen Industrial Corporation about industrial real estate to understand why the warehouses he owns are so valuable - strategically - to ICE as concentration camps.

Dalfen KNOWS what #ICE is doing; itโ€™s blood money. #Roxbury #NJ #ICEout

01.03.2026 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A small Journey jet that departed Phoenix, AZ early this morning with a stop in Puerto Rico appears to be heading toward West Africa. Will update here on potential deportations.

01.03.2026 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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One reason theyโ€™re ordering release of detainees โ€” rather than bond hearings: Berger and Johnston say the hearings are increasingly a pre-cooked sham, resulting in detention without a genuine chance for bond. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

01.03.2026 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 538    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Wildlife policy has entered a strange phase where killing is marketed as education, profit is framed as stewardship, and eradication is sold as management.

Wolves are a complex part of functioning ecosystems being turned into a revenue stream.

This isnโ€™t conservation. Itโ€™s commodification.

01.03.2026 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Theatrical This is "Theatrical" by Pamela Marr on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Please take your time to watch this video to learn ab the dirty business behind elephants in zoos/cirkuses

The video is mostly about #Lucy but concerns all ele's who have been deprived their right to live in their own habitat n their freedom

#FreeLucy
vimeo.com/1017751528

01.03.2026 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Dilley detainees said art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

The Trump administration and private prison operator CoreCivic disputed detaineesโ€™ claims.

01.03.2026 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 795    ๐Ÿ” 418    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Roxbury NJ last count I heard was 950 showed up!
@maddow.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @andykimnj.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @cogenteur.bsky.social @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com

28.02.2026 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"After reclassifying immigrantsโ€™ dependent US-born children as part of the immigrant population, we found that immigrants and their children still use less welfare per person than native-born American adults and their dependent children." - @AlexNowrasteh www.cato.org/blog/immigra...

24.02.2026 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Great question. As a woman, my advice has changed, unfortunately. I havenโ€™t figured out how to frame it yet, but Iโ€™m advising women to pick schools in states they think will stay blue for the foreseeable future and that have legal communities with robust connections/opportunities for women.

27.02.2026 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A long history of abuse -- "Archeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a โ€œwar machineโ€ in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic." https://ow.ly/Lyef50YlknO

27.02.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not a single one of these psychos cares even a little bit about the people being bombed. I hate them all

28.02.2026 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1226    ๐Ÿ” 162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?"

Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

28.02.2026 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6634    ๐Ÿ” 1462    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

What is important here is not the Iranian schoolgirls who are being blown up, but US servicemen being "put in danger."

01.03.2026 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Based on what?

Iran can appoint a new Ayatollah. Meanwhile, none of the civilians killed today and over the coming weeks will be any less dead. All because Bibi has been spinning tales about Iran being weeks away from launching nukes for the past 35 years.

28.02.2026 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Todayโ€™s military strikes on Iran โ€” carried out by the United States and Israel โ€” mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

28.02.2026 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16999    ๐Ÿ” 3553    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 173    ๐Ÿ“Œ 214

I would be a lot more focussed on three US Senators (and three unions) who endorsed the guy with an SS tattoo and who still refuses to apologize for it. In a contest which is much more competitive for Dems. Sirs, what in God's name are you doing?

27.02.2026 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompsonโ€™s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

28.02.2026 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5948    ๐Ÿ” 2004    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124

โ€œThe children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.โ€

James Baldwin

28.02.2026 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2897    ๐Ÿ” 1146    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

social media accounts are already pushing the 'dont believe iranian media when they show you photos of the bombed school', it feels all so familiar and dire.

28.02.2026 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Henry
Cuellar
U.S. Representative ("D")
TX-28
Primary Date: March 3rd
WARNING:
PRO-ICE
โ€ข Voted to let ICE strip-search children.
โ€ข Voted for DHS funding.
โ€ข Voted to thank ICE
during LA Occupation.

Henry Cuellar U.S. Representative ("D") TX-28 Primary Date: March 3rd WARNING: PRO-ICE โ€ข Voted to let ICE strip-search children. โ€ข Voted for DHS funding. โ€ข Voted to thank ICE during LA Occupation.

50501
Ricardo
Villarreal
Running for TX-28 (D)
Veteran & Physician
Primary Date: March 3rd
Not Pro-ICE
โ€ข Protested Dilley detention center.
โ€ข Opposed DHS funding vote.
โ€ข Running against pro-ICE Trump collaborator.

50501 Ricardo Villarreal Running for TX-28 (D) Veteran & Physician Primary Date: March 3rd Not Pro-ICE โ€ข Protested Dilley detention center. โ€ข Opposed DHS funding vote. โ€ข Running against pro-ICE Trump collaborator.

To abolish ICE, we must abolish pro-ICE โ€œDemโ€ collaborators.

Pro-ICE incumbent Henry Cuellar is running in the TX-28 Democratic primary against Physician & Veteran Ricardo Villarreal on March 3rd, 2026.

Donโ€™t forget to vote!

28.02.2026 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 744    ๐Ÿ” 287    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

My feed is ok.

28.02.2026 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oreo Maker Linked to Ongoing Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses Mondelฤ“z International who make Oreos keep sourcing palm oil from suppliers linked to violence and deforestation. Their RSPO certification is pure greenwash!

Oreoโ€™s โŒโ€œsustainableโ€ #palmoilโŒ is a #greenwashing mythโ€”deforestation and human rights abuses continue in #Mondelฤ“zโ€™s supply chain. Demand real change! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #HumanRights ๐ŸŒดโ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿšซ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2026/02/04/o...

28.02.2026 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Someone was abducted in St Anthony this morning at 6 AM near 29th Ave & Silver Lake Road. And then at 8 AM we saw at least 5 agents out of their vehicles at 26th & Jackson near Walgreens before they dispersed into the neighborhood.

This isnโ€™t over. We still need people keeping watch & staying safe.

27.02.2026 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 447    ๐Ÿ” 233    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Last May, Tennessee Highway Patrol joined ICE on the streets of Nashville.

We @lighthousereports.com + partners mapped the traffic stops and used 1M+ ICE records, dashcam video, and court files to show how supposed routine encounters became deportations.

25.02.2026 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The animals that we pay to be tortured & killed are babies.
Cattle killed at 12 mos. can live 20 yrs.๐Ÿฎ
Chickens killed at 5 wks. can live 10 yrs.๐Ÿ”
Be one of the brave few who break from the herd.
Stand up to this injustice & be a lifeline for animals!
โžก๏ธ bit.ly/4aL3Y9f

27.02.2026 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree. Iโ€™m not a researcher but I think part of the problem is that establishment Dems are corrupt and complicit (yes, they are not out-and-out fascists) and that leads to being weak in opposition.

27.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most people support raising animals to be killed and dismembered. They believe in some kind of God-given right to do this.
As a result, we are dominating and exploiting the living world to death.

Vegans know this. Vegans are telling you to do something about it.

27.02.2026 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder that we are a year into aggressive ICE raids and concentration camps, and thereโ€™s not a single example of local cops protecting people against this violence, kidnapping, or death.

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ICE Ruses - Immigrant Defense Project Learn more about ICE's use of ruses in investigating and arresting non-citizens.

If you're curious to learn more, check out the incredible @immdefenseproject.bsky.social resource on ICE ruses, which they've been updating for more than a decade. I remember being so grateful it existed when the situation above happened to my client, because it validated my "WTF" to the situation.

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