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Rebecca Bailey

@rbailey.bsky.social

mom, librarian, Jeopardy!๐Ÿฅˆ, liberal activist, clarinetist, verbivore, kid-at-heart. she/her/hers.

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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.

It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

06.02.2026 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20422    ๐Ÿ” 5936    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 389    ๐Ÿ“Œ 197
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Yes, it should.

05.02.2026 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12775    ๐Ÿ” 4646    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 503    ๐Ÿ“Œ 225

Igor Bobic
@igorbobic
Tillis warns that sending ICE to the polls in November, as Steve Bannon suggested, could have โ€œa chilling effectโ€ on voting:

โ€œI think there's an estimated 60 million Hispanics legally present in this country. We have seen some apprehensions of legally present peopleโ€ฆI think it can have a chilling effect on even US citizens going to the polls because they don't want to be detained and have to prove citizenship.โ€

Igor Bobic @igorbobic Tillis warns that sending ICE to the polls in November, as Steve Bannon suggested, could have โ€œa chilling effectโ€ on voting: โ€œI think there's an estimated 60 million Hispanics legally present in this country. We have seen some apprehensions of legally present peopleโ€ฆI think it can have a chilling effect on even US citizens going to the polls because they don't want to be detained and have to prove citizenship.โ€

he's so close to figuring it out!

05.02.2026 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4943    ๐Ÿ” 925    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 152    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

26.01.2026 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32061    ๐Ÿ” 7607    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 488    ๐Ÿ“Œ 371
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Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

26.01.2026 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10491    ๐Ÿ” 3188    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1276    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3647

man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i donโ€™t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different

25.01.2026 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9075    ๐Ÿ” 1009    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 158    ๐Ÿ“Œ 225

Thereโ€™s a rally going on in Boston rn and theyโ€™re chanting โ€œweโ€™re not cold, weโ€™re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!โ€ and I might cry

25.01.2026 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18761    ๐Ÿ” 3880    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113    ๐Ÿ“Œ 153
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Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.

25.01.2026 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5280    ๐Ÿ” 1489    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 139
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Thread of videos and pics from the peaceful protest in Boston tonight! #boston #abolishIce

25.01.2026 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 318    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

โ€œGet it all on record now โ€” get the films โ€” get the witnesses โ€” because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.โ€

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

24.01.2026 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12921    ๐Ÿ” 4753    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99
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๐Ÿ”ฅ Tennesseeโ€™s own sheryl crow bringing it

25.01.2026 05:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7224    ๐Ÿ” 2606    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman

25.01.2026 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7132    ๐Ÿ” 1922    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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About That Stephen Miller Interviewโ€ฆ On Monday, Stephen Miller did an interview with CNNโ€™s Jake Tapper.

If you object to ICE, youโ€™re the enemy. Read the details of the Stephen Miller interview you may have missed earlier this week. Theyโ€™re important. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

09.01.2026 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1588    ๐Ÿ” 633    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 200    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...

27.11.2025 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 657    ๐Ÿ” 172    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order Read more here.

This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

27.11.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17550    ๐Ÿ” 7314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 874    ๐Ÿ“Œ 406

My expert political opinion is that killing the job market, raising grocery prices, kicking people off their health care, stealing taxpayer money, and trying to starve 40 million Americans is pretty damn unpopular.

05.11.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1881    ๐Ÿ” 380    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around.

05.11.2025 04:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20421    ๐Ÿ” 3660    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 356    ๐Ÿ“Œ 346

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

05.11.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21210    ๐Ÿ” 4107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 343    ๐Ÿ“Œ 646
Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the โ€œGaza, Indigeneity, Resistanceโ€ class appeared to be recording them, possibly to โ€œgather their names and commentsโ€ and intimidate them. โ€œWe believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,โ€ Droubi said. โ€œThat ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.โ€ Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened.

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According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readingsโ€”which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rightsโ€”to defend Israelโ€™s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. โ€œHe clearly had not done the readings,โ€ Cheyfitz said. โ€œIt was disruptive.โ€

Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israelโ€™s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the โ€œGaza, Indigeneity, Resistanceโ€ class appeared to be recording them, possibly to โ€œgather their names and commentsโ€ and intimidate them. โ€œWe believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,โ€ Droubi said. โ€œThat ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.โ€ Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readingsโ€”which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rightsโ€”to defend Israelโ€™s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. โ€œHe clearly had not done the readings,โ€ Cheyfitz said. โ€œIt was disruptive.โ€ Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israelโ€™s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

29.09.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4384    ๐Ÿ” 1799    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 209
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Reminder: In his first term, President Trump ordered his then Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to shoot protestors.

ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social

29.09.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 739    ๐Ÿ” 257    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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via @lincolnsquare.media

๐Ÿšจ Federal ICE THUGS on top of the Broadview, IL federal building ROOF are SHOOTING non-lethal rounds, including pepper balls and tear gas, at protesters AND the media who pose no threat behind a locked fence.

Americans are being shot at for exercising their rights.

29.09.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1158    ๐Ÿ” 679    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

Terry Moran told the truth about the hateful Stephen Miller. ABC News hid behind the worn-out claim that their journalist failed to show sufficient neutralityโ€”& fired him. โ€œNeutralityโ€ rather than truth-telling has helped deliver a fascist regimeโ€”and legacy media capitulating to a despotโ€™s demands.

10.06.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2436    ๐Ÿ” 632    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the Presidentโ€™s misunderstanding.

05.05.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16220    ๐Ÿ” 4272    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1922    ๐Ÿ“Œ 569

Trump's full answer transcribed: Well, I guess I was supposed to be a movie maker. We're talkingโ€”we started with the movie making and will end. I mean, itโ€”it represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order. 1/

05.05.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2229    ๐Ÿ” 578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 534    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152
Axios Atlanta screenshot

Zoom in: Respondents of the poll by and large opposed the Trump administration's policies.

Tariffs: 52.3% said they somewhat or strongly oppose tariffs being placed on foreign goods.
Immigration: 51.9% somewhat or strongly oppose the Trump administration's actions related to immigration policy.
Elon Musk: 56.1% somewhat or strongly disapprove of Elon Musk playing a prominent role in the Trump administration.
DOGE: 51.5% somewhat or strongly disapprove of the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency to shrink the size of the federal government.
DEI: 56.9% somewhat or strongly disapprove of the Trump administration's effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from institutions that receive federal funding.

Axios Atlanta screenshot Zoom in: Respondents of the poll by and large opposed the Trump administration's policies. Tariffs: 52.3% said they somewhat or strongly oppose tariffs being placed on foreign goods. Immigration: 51.9% somewhat or strongly oppose the Trump administration's actions related to immigration policy. Elon Musk: 56.1% somewhat or strongly disapprove of Elon Musk playing a prominent role in the Trump administration. DOGE: 51.5% somewhat or strongly disapprove of the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency to shrink the size of the federal government. DEI: 56.9% somewhat or strongly disapprove of the Trump administration's effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from institutions that receive federal funding.

Axios Atlanta screenshot:

NATO: 55.7% somewhat or strongly disapprove of Trump's efforts to distance the United States from the NATO security alliance.
Stunning stat: An overwhelming majority of respondents โ€” 80.8% โ€” said that they believe Trump should obey federal court orders, even if he disagrees with them or believes they are illegal.

Context: After losing the state to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump won Georgia in 2024 with a 50.7% to 48.5% victory over Democratic candidate Harris.

Axios Atlanta screenshot: NATO: 55.7% somewhat or strongly disapprove of Trump's efforts to distance the United States from the NATO security alliance. Stunning stat: An overwhelming majority of respondents โ€” 80.8% โ€” said that they believe Trump should obey federal court orders, even if he disagrees with them or believes they are illegal. Context: After losing the state to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump won Georgia in 2024 with a 50.7% to 48.5% victory over Democratic candidate Harris.

๐Ÿ‘€ Stunning poll data coming out of - checks notes - Georgia:

- 51.9% disapprove of Trump on immigration
- 56.9% disapprove of Trumpโ€™s attacks on DEI
- 80.9% want Trump to follow courtโ€™s orders

This ought to make every Republican bootlickers in GA & all over nervous www.axios.com/local/atlant...

02.05.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1268    ๐Ÿ” 362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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I want politics to be about a better everyday life.

Here's what that can look like:

24.04.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31947    ๐Ÿ” 6983    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 961    ๐Ÿ“Œ 734
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Trump on cutting government-funded research into cancer and Alzheimerโ€™s: โ€œWell maybe we didn't think they were right.โ€

25.04.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1066    ๐Ÿ” 330    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false Jose Hermosillo was held in a detention facility for undocumented immigrants for 10 days. In his first media interview, he tells his story.

1. Jose Hermosillo is US citizen who was wrongly jailed in an immigration detention facility for 10 days

The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally.

I interviewed Hermosillo.

He says the government is lying.

23.04.2025 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12051    ๐Ÿ” 4448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 357    ๐Ÿ“Œ 271

Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...

23.04.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5125    ๐Ÿ” 990    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 202    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

@rbailey is following 20 prominent accounts