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2026-02-19 15:54:02 GMT

“Cardinals spend Ash Wednesday with ICE detainees, their families.”
"God does not need papers to know who or where you are," said Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago. "The world may look at your legal status, but God looks at your heart."
https://www.ncronline.org/news/god-does-not-need-papers-cardinals-spend-ash-wednesday-ice-detainees-their-families

2026-01-28 02:22:52 GMT

Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says. https://people.com/ice-denies-detainees-request-to-attend-his-sons-funeral-attorney-says-11893834

2026-01-18 20:34:15 GMT

Springsteen dedicated “The Promised Land” to the “memory of slain Minneapolis woman Renee Good, decrying the ‘Gestapo tactics’ that he said have resulted in a climate where citizens can be ‘murdered for exercising your American right to protest.’” https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bruce-springsteen-dedicates-renee-good-ice-gestapo-tactics-1236634267/

2026-01-17 15:34:39 GMT

Donald “Pedophile Protector” Trump’s Justice Department “moves to block independent monitor in Maxwell case, says courts cannot force Epstein file disclosures.”
What is the old man hiding?
https://meidasnews.com/news/doj-moves-to-block-independent-monitor-in-maxwell-case-says-courts-cannot-force-epstein-file-disclosures

2026-01-16 21:06:56 GMT

"Several people were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Thursday morning while they were waiting at a food pantry in Cumberland County, a spokesperson from the Salvation Army said." https://www.nj.com/cumberland/2026/01/ice-detained-people-waiting-at-a-food-pantry-salvation-army-says.html

2026-01-16 21:06:28 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115906785883272389
Mom Rosa “recalled receiving phone calls from a concerned neighbor, whom she said had seen the girl wandering the streets looking for her father.”
"She told me she'd seen my daughter, walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?’”
#note1lus…sppy

2026-01-16 20:59:56 GMT

“N.J. girl, 6, found alone by neighbors crying ‘Where's papi?' after dad was detained by ICE while picking up food, mom claims.” https://people.com/nj-girl-found-crying-wheres-papi-dad-detained-by-ice-11887003

2026-01-15 02:23:04 GMT

“This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement,” Walz said. “Instead, it is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.” https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

2026-01-13 18:33:39 GMT

"Terrible things are happening outside ... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." — Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)

2026-01-12 05:30:06 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115880469205530155
“We believe that people in this world have a right to live their lives in peace and lives of freedom and happiness in their own country,” frontman Simon Le Bon told the crowd, according to Billboard. “For all the ordinary people in this world, we wish upon you an ordinary world.”
#note1pu6…ypg7

2026-01-12 05:27:16 GMT

“Duran Duran paused a sold-out Northern California concert to honor Renée Nicole Good, the Minnesota woman whose killing by a federal immigration officer has sparked protests and national outrage.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/duran-duran-ice-shooting-21287724.php

2026-01-10 23:03:23 GMT

“A crowd of hundreds also gathered at Ocean Beach in San Francisco to form a human banner spelling ‘IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT.’” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ice-protests-trump-immigration-21285433.php #ICEOutForGood
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2026-01-10 17:15:50 GMT

“‘Trump, J.D. Vance and Pam Bondi are engaged in one of the greatest cover-ups that we have seen when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein,’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Friday as she left the Capitol.” https://fox8.com/news/epstein-files-deadline-lapses-for-third-week-lawmakers-press-doj-over-delay/amp/

2026-01-09 22:33:01 GMT

“… Mar-a-Lago was crucial to Epstein’s sexual predation, a fact that was well-known by Trump’s inner circle long before Epstein was charged with any crime.” https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mar-a-lago-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump/

2026-01-08 17:12:07 GMT

"Minnesota officials say the feds have blocked them from investigating ICE shooting."
“‘My question is, what are you afraid of? What are you afraid of an independent investigation for?’ Ellison questioned.”
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-01-08-26?post-id=cmk5m7fzj00183b6ppye5qu4r&Date=20260108&Profile=CNN,CNN+Politics&utm_content=1767891102&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

2026-01-08 14:20:50 GMT

"... officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/08/after-border-patrol-clash-at-roosevelt-minneapolis-schools-cancel-classes

2026-01-07 21:10:36 GMT

“‘They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do,’ the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. ‘We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,’ the woman cries.” https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-ice-killed-wife

2026-01-07 20:52:24 GMT

"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street." https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-witnesses

2026-01-05 16:20:44 GMT

"Federal judges are increasingly exasperated by the Trump administration’s effort to lock up nearly everyone facing deportation proceedings — a draconian expansion of decades-old policies that hundreds of courts have rejected as illegal or unconstitutional." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494

2026-01-03 22:19:36 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115833439922620001
"’Epstein wasn’t a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said,’ according to the report.
It also alleges that workers ‘warned each other about Epstein, who was known among staff for being sexually suggestive and exposing himself during the appointments.’”
#note1y92…vxmt

2026-01-03 22:07:06 GMT

“A new report from the Wall Street Journal alleges that Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago spa had teenage workers make house calls to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion.” https://people.com/mar-a-lago-spa-would-send-teen-workers-to-jeffrey-epstein-s-house-report-11877952

2026-01-03 21:56:59 GMT

“I retract all support for Donald Trump, the Attorney General, and the head of the FBI that were involved in breaking the law that this administration put into law, which is releasing all the Epstein files,” said Epstein survivor Haley Robson. “I would like to see No. 47 impeached.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-survivors-donald-trump-impeachment-b2890699.html

2026-01-03 16:34:32 GMT

“Trump hinted at a future conflict with Mexico in particular in an interview with Fox News Saturday morning.”
“Something is gonna have to be done with Mexico,” said the convicted felon:
https://newrepublic.com/post/204884/venezuela-attack-trump-mexico

2025-12-21 20:05:40 GMT

“Paul Simon, Cher and Chaka Khan are among the artists set to receive a Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s Grammys.” The eternal Whitney Houston will also be posthumously honored: https://www.nme.com/news/music/paul-simon-cher-and-chaka-khan-to-receive-grammy-lifetime-achievement-awards-3919637/

2025-12-20 17:09:44 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115752996372921985
When community members from border ogre Tom Homan’s hometown of Sackets Harbor—population 1,500—found out that a local dairy worker and her children had been indiscriminately rounded up, a crowd of 1,000 turned out to protest and successfully demand their freedom👇🏽
#note1hk8…l7pw

2025-12-20 17:09:15 GMT

In state after state this year, outraged and concerned community members organized emergency trainings and warning networks to protect their immigrant neighbors from masked deportation agents.
It’s so rough out there. But the bad guys will not get the final word.
https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/americans-stood-up-and-stood-strong

2025-12-19 22:37:32 GMT

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2025-12-19 03:10:18 GMT

“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-citizen-arrested-by-ice_n_693c9355e4b018dc36f254c0

2025-12-18 14:49:40 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115741107310535731
“… when one aspect of the American health care system is undermined or put at risk, then the rest of the health care system is as well. So everyone is seeing health care costs go up next year. It’s not just people who are ACA enrollees; everyone is going to be seeing increased costs.”
#note15uc…wet3

2025-12-18 14:45:42 GMT

“… even if and when it does pass in the House next year, first of all, the subsidies will have already expired. So that means that millions of people are going to be affected.” https://newrepublic.com/article/204581/transcript-mike-johnson-unnerved-aca-revolt-worsens-bullshit

2025-12-17 14:45:48 GMT

“That was a joke … this was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was a communication of opinion.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth-briefing-boats

2025-12-16 20:31:25 GMT

But but but he played a businessman on tv !!!! https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-unemployment-rate

2025-12-15 22:58:12 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115726053351290229
“For the first time in six months, there will be no military deployed on the streets of Los Angeles,” California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said in a statement. “While this decision is not final, it is a gratifying and hard-fought step in the right direction.”
#note1rvc…v8yr

2025-12-15 22:57:17 GMT

“Dozens of California National Guard troops under President Trump’s command apparently slipped out of Los Angeles under cover of darkness early Sunday morning, ahead of an appellate court’s order to be gone by noon Monday.” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-15/national-guard-los-angeles-deadline

2025-12-15 19:29:02 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115725218052521958
“I stand here today with my head held up high, and I will continue to fight and stand firm against all of the injustices this government has done upon me,” Abrego Garcia said. “Regardless of this administration, I believe this is a country of laws, and I believe that this injustice will come to its end. Keep fighting. Do not give up. I wish all of you love and justice. Keep going.”
#note14qu…3h5g

2025-12-15 19:24:51 GMT

“‘I stand before you as a free man, and I want you to remember me this way with my head held up high,’ Abrego Garica said in Spanish, through a CASA translator.”
https://marylandmatters.org/2025/12/12/kilmar-abrego-garcia-out-of-ice-custody-leaves-with-head-held-up-high/

2025-12-14 17:38:30 GMT

“It's the most unbelievable scene I've ever seen,” said New South Wales Premier Chris Minns. “A man walking up to a gunman who had fired on the community and single-handedly disarming him, putting his own life at risk to save the lives of countless other people.” https://people.com/hero-bystander-wrestles-gun-beach-terror-attack-hanukkah-11868718

2025-12-12 02:13:53 GMT

https://theonion.com/white-house-begins-christmas-season-with-ceremonial-lig-1820917284/

2025-12-12 00:43:26 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115702880683234458
Rep. Delia Ramirez: “Your options are limited. You either resign, Trump fires you, or you will be impeached.” https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-takes-first-step-towards-impeachment-dhs-secretary-noem
#note1kjq…5w0v

2025-12-11 20:44:10 GMT

“There was no [FEMA] meeting. Noem had lied to Congress to get out of a hearing where Democrats were giving her a hard time.” https://migrantinsider.com/p/kristi-noem-destroyed-by-homeland

2025-12-11 15:13:11 GMT

“A federal agent tasked with immigration enforcement is being investigated as a serial rapist—and the FBI believes there are more victims. This is the workforce conducting Trump’s deportation operations.” https://migrantinsider.com/p/am-dispatch-ice-and-border-patrol

2025-12-11 01:15:08 GMT

“Mubashir said he told officers multiple times that he is a U.S. citizen and asked if he could show them his I.D. Officers ignored him, dragged him in the snow and pushed him into a car as witnesses yelled and blew whistles, according to the video of his arrest.” https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-arrest-cedar-riverside-minneapolis-somali-man/

2025-12-10 20:21:28 GMT

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“The display, outside St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., includes the traditional shepherds, sheep and wise men gathered around a hay-filled manger. But Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus are missing, replaced by a sign reading ‘ICE WAS HERE’ in bold blue letters.”

2025-12-10 20:20:28 GMT

“Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/massachusetts-church-ice-nativity-scene.html

2025-12-10 15:41:41 GMT

"Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/09/federal-agents-arrest-citizen-observer-watching-ice-north-minneapolis

2025-12-10 14:35:11 GMT

“… within hours of his self-declaration of brilliance, a new survey revealed that the crisis Trump had just publicly dismissed is actually worse than many realized: Half of Americans are struggling to pay for food.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/americans-blame-trump-for-brutal-price-rises-he-claims-are-a-hoax/

2025-12-10 01:43:06 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115692716509436720
“In 2019, researchers estimated that CBP officers are 5 times more likely to be arrested than local and state law enforcement personnel. CBP personel have been arrested for corruption, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and sex crimes against children.” https://www.southernborder.org/border_lens_abuse_of_power_and_its_consequences
#note19l5…9frs

2025-12-10 01:39:17 GMT

“A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022, according to federal charges made public Tuesday.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/border-patrol-agent-charged-raping-women/

2025-12-09 19:38:42 GMT

“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/immigration-enforcement/go-somewhere-else-manager-locks-border-patrol-out-of-kenner-store/289-9d4210eb-caca-4ed0-997d-4327d0dc4609

2025-12-07 18:00:04 GMT

“Jesus, who typically is depicted lying in hay, is instead nestled in a reflective blanket often used by immigrants in detention, with his hands bound with zip ties. And behind the family stands three Roman centurions wearing vests with a very modern label: ICE, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” https://religionnews.com/2025/12/05/ice-nativity-scenes-churches-reimagine-christmas-story-amid-deportations/

2025-12-07 17:49:56 GMT

Father Gary Graf’s 800-mile walk from Dolton, Illinois to the Statue of Liberty ended this past week, but the mission he carried with him is far from over.
In the rain and bitter cold, he stepped onto Liberty Island and reminded us why he walked: to lift up immigrant families who are being hunted, traumatized, and torn apart by masked mass deportation agents 👇🏽
https://open.substack.com/pub/americasvoicecnn/p/chicago-priest-walks-800-miles-in?r=1psrs&utm_medium=ios

2025-12-06 17:43:27 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115673856439544660
“These records are crucial to exposing how Epstein financed a cross-border criminal organization that abused countless women and girls.”
#note1p6u…3kde

2025-12-06 17:42:55 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115673854182283809
“For far too long Epstein and his co-conspirators have been able to hide in the shadows and conceal the vast amount of wealth that fueled his decades long sex trafficking operation,” wrote attorneys representing survivors 👇🏽
#note1nsj…zd2m

2025-12-06 17:42:21 GMT

Epstein survivors back Wyden’s bill to release late sex offender’s bank records: https://www.koin.com/news/politics/epstein-survivors-back-wydens-bill-to-release-late-sex-offenders-bank-records/

2025-12-06 17:03:39 GMT

“To tear families apart is to wound the very heart of God,” said Father Gary, who walked _800 miles_ from the childhood home of Pope Leo in Illinois to the Statue of Liberty in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors. “And now, after all these miles, I say again: It is time to step up. It is time to speak out.” https://open.substack.com/pub/americasvoicecnn/p/chicago-priest-walks-800-miles-in?r=1psrs&utm_medium=ios

2025-12-05 22:09:59 GMT

“When I presented myself as a Member of Congress and asked for more information, my staff and I were pushed aside and pepper-sprayed by masked agents,” says Rep. Grijalva: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/az-rep-adelita-grijalva-says-she-was-pepper-sprayed-during-tucson-ice-raid

2025-12-04 03:51:24 GMT

“Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson is teaming up with the School District of Philadelphia to create a fund to provide free school trips to thousands of local students: https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/abbott-elementary-star-quinta-brunson-launches-fund-to-provide-free-field-trips-to-thousands-of/article_4cd8f7ad-9a4c-4e0a-b2f4-9edb94b113a8.html

2025-12-02 14:36:34 GMT

"Are you truly willing to debase yourselves so dishonorably, all to shield the likes of Pete Hegseth from scrutiny? Really? Seriously?" https://newrepublic.com/article/203789/trump-boat-bombings-hegseth-legal

2025-12-02 14:17:55 GMT

“The GOP drew Tennessee's 7th to be safely red. Suddenly, it isn’t.”
“‘It shouldn’t even be close. But it is,’ Republican Rep. Tim Burchett, who serves eastern Tennessee’s 2nd District, told Fox News on Sunday.” https://www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-digest-why-republicans-are

2025-11-22 22:17:03 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115595657434381903
“The video was less than five minutes long and showed officers chasing Martinez about two miles down North Tryon Street before boxing him in. ‘He’s gonna crash,’ an officer said. One replied: ‘He’s gonna get shot is what’s gonna happen.’”
#note1rnv…gw4e

2025-11-22 22:15:53 GMT

After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a US citizen taking photos of them, they chased him nearly two miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. Then they broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article313010544.html#storylink=cpy

2025-11-21 14:10:11 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115588084168723493
ICE agents “surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
Justice Frat Boy: “If the person is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
#note1xq7…yrl9

2025-11-21 14:09:54 GMT

ICE agents threatened to kidnap a teen intern at the Rhode Island Superior Court until a judge intervened:
https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/ri-judge-intervenes-after-ice-mistakenly-detains-superior-court-intern/

2025-11-20 22:04:05 GMT

Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin for violating religious freedom and blocking Communion access for ICE detainees: https://religionnews.com/2025/11/20/catholic-clergy-nuns-sue-trump-admin-over-lack-of-communion-access/

2025-11-20 14:54:23 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115582590830946348
"The sitting President of the United States is now amplifying calls for the death of elected officials for urging the military to follow the law."
#note1p26…up9y

2025-11-20 14:52:52 GMT

"He is not just calling for them to be fired or investigated. He has reposted demands that they be arrested, tried, and even 'hanged.'" https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-calls-for-arrest-of

2025-11-19 02:07:01 GMT

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Minnesota for soliciting sex from a minor: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/bloomington-sex-trafficking-sting/

2025-11-12 19:56:12 GMT

“In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after faith leaders were denied entry to the building for the third time on Friday.” https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/

2025-11-11 00:58:42 GMT

“Despite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of Chuck Schumer’s leadership … He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/chuck-schumer-resign-calls-shutdown-vote-democrats

2025-11-10 16:20:25 GMT

“… Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows,” O’Donnell said. “Have some of these raids gone too far?”
“No. I think they haven’t gone far enough,” Trump replied:
https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/trump-says-ices-ruthless-tactics

2025-11-09 18:27:22 GMT

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has “vowed to sign the bipartisan petition. She’s the last signature that the House needs to force a vote on the issue …” Moses Mike Johnson, protector of pedophiles, “has conveniently refused to swear her in for more than a month.” https://newrepublic.com/post/202813/department-justice-admits-republicans-epstein-files-worse-donald-trump

2025-11-08 19:31:57 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115515736298166581
“The group operates a network of more than 200 food banks and 60,000 pantries nationwide. Demand has surged since the shutdown began: traffic to its online food-bank locator has jumped sixfold, reaching more than 28,000 visitors a day as families search for help, Gonzales said.
‘The lines are getting longer, and the food is running out early,’ the executive said. ‘We see veterans, older adults, moms, and kids—everyone is stressed.’”
#note1dj0…9y85

2025-11-08 19:30:53 GMT

The child-starving Trump administration’s “move to withhold SNAP benefits has nation’s largest food charity despairing: ‘The situation is catastrophic.’” https://fortune.com/2025/11/08/trump-snap-recipients-administration-feeding-america-food-supreme-court/

2025-11-07 16:05:11 GMT

During the past several weeks alone, we’ve seen mass deportation agents operate with an accelerated ruthlessness and impunity.
And that was before ICE showed up at a daycare to terrorize children and detain an employee.
When Trump said they "haven’t gone far enough," this is exactly what he meant.
https://open.substack.com/pub/americasvoicecnn/p/trump-says-ices-ruthless-tactics?r=1psrs&utm_medium=ios

2025-11-05 18:23:00 GMT

Clergy repeatedly shot with pepper balls.
Elderly U.S. citizens tackled to the ground.
Parents torn from their American children.
But according to Trump, ICE’s ruthless tactics “haven’t gone far enough.”
https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/trump-says-ices-ruthless-tactics

2025-11-05 17:23:32 GMT

“'I have papers,' a child care worker shouted in Spanish at Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an arrest Wednesday morning at a Spanish immersion day care in Chicago."
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/child-care-worker-detained-ice-chicago/

2025-11-05 17:10:07 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115498141356576262
This work can’t happen without the skills and strenuous labor of essential immigrant workers.
“The local workers wouldn’t do this work,” as one farmer said. “I couldn’t operate without [migrant labor], and I wouldn’t even try to.”
#note1td8…9lnx

2025-11-05 16:56:16 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115498127491765628
Approximately 2 billion pumpkins are grown and harvested every single year “for consumers to eat, decorate or use for their fall celebrations,” @npub1vyu…6qfw said last year.
Illinois tops the list with most pumpkins produced, at 630 MILLION pounds 👇🏽
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2025-11-05 16:52:44 GMT

ICYMI at America's Voice: It’s fall, which means all sorts of pumpkin goodness. But without the labor and skills of essential immigrant farmworkers, we’d all have a tougher time decorating, baking, and snacking.
https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/dont-ghost-the-immigrant-farmworkers

2025-11-05 02:20:34 GMT

Cable news coverage is such trash, not this anchor saying that there’s concerns about the length of Mamdani’s elected experience when Trump was a fucking GAME SHOW HOST

2025-11-01 16:26:39 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115475373565460513
“When customers learn that several photos are of people who died in ICE custody, it produces strong reactions.”
"They lost their lives seeking the American dream, seeking to build their generational wealth, to change the lives of their future generations,” said one customer. #DíaDeLosMuertos
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2025-11-01 16:26:07 GMT

“‘I see myself, and my family, and my community in them, and it's just unfair that they had to die in those circumstances,’ said Norma Aceves, the owner of Venice Bakery and creator of the altar.” https://abc7.com/post/venice-bakery-honors-died-ice-custody-dia-de-los-muertos-altar/18093976/ #DíaDeLosMuertos

2025-11-01 15:42:48 GMT

🕯️ This #DíaDeLosMuertos, we remember those who should still be with us. At least 22 people have died in ICE custody this year, the deadliest year in 20 years.
As families grieve and call for answers, communities across the country are building ofrendas to honor them: https://open.substack.com/pub/americasvoicecnn/p/2025-is-ices-deadliest-year-in-20?r=1psrs&utm_medium=ios

2025-10-31 20:00:25 GMT

ICE agents “can put away their assault rifles and bully sticks,” hundreds of clergy members write. “They can give up their pepper spray and rubber bullets. They can choose not to do this, cross to the other side of the fence and join us for communion.”
“It’s not too late to repent.” https://americasvoice.org/blog/hundreds-of-clergy-issue-stinging-rebuke-of-dhs-sec-kristi-noems-immoral-mass-deportation-agenda/

2025-10-31 13:51:45 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115469091504346082
“The god whose name will be invoked in the House prayer meeting will not be the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob but the Christian nationalist god of raw power, hyper-patriotism, and authoritarianism. This god will not hear the cries of the oppressed and come to rescue the people.”
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2025-10-31 13:48:30 GMT

"The House Freedom Caucus has announced a prayer meeting to seek God’s help solving a problem they created themselves.”
“These elected officials have the power to end the government shutdown without divine intervention.”
https://baptistnews.com/article/house-republicans-will-pray-to-solve-the-problem-they-created/

2025-10-29 20:16:47 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115459292641433393
“Without being sworn in, Grijalva lacks the resources or authority to hire staff or respond to constituents who try to contact her. So while Mike Johnson is fussing at her to start serving her constituents, she can’t. Why? Because of Mike Johnson.”
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2025-10-29 20:16:31 GMT

"... the duly elected representative of Arizona’s 7th district can’t start the job she landed (in a landslide, by the way) on September 23rd because the guy who needs to give her the proverbial keys to her office is refusing to do so. And then telling her it’s her own damn fault." https://ruthzakarin.substack.com/p/the-gaslighting-of-adelita-grijalva?r=&triedRedirect=true

2025-10-28 20:08:23 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115453589147377894
“The members of the Illinois National Guard who are standing up and speaking out against their deployment to harass and deport their friends and neighbors deserve our admiration, support, and thanks,” says America's Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas: https://americasvoice.org/press_releases/icymi-illinois-national-guard-members-speak-out-against-chicago-deployment/
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2025-10-28 20:06:03 GMT

“Two members of the Illinois National Guard say they will refuse orders to carry out the Trump admin’s long-stated goal of sending federal troops into Chicago.”
"It feels illegal,” said Staff Sergeant Demi Palecek. "This is not what we signed up to do." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/illinois-national-guard-chicago-trump-b2853396.html

2025-10-28 17:25:36 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115452926736542615
“Those kids were tear-gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot,” Judge Ellis said. “And I can only imagine how terrified they were. These kids, you can imagine, their sense of safety was shattered on Saturday. And it’s going to take a long time for that to come back, if ever.”
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2025-10-28 17:17:35 GMT

“Ellis told Bovino, ‘You could probably get one easily,’ referring to a camera. She set a Friday deadline for him to get a device and complete training.” https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-ice-border-patrol-immigration-bovino-d1cf9ce5309f0175a24fdd276f52f06c

2025-10-28 13:57:49 GMT

“The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat." https://www.whatimreading.net/p/snap-benefits-under-threat-urban-farmers

2025-10-28 13:14:55 GMT

“Trump’s bonkers behavior is so unrelenting that each new incident seems to push an old one out of our memory. But let’s remember that just over a week ago, Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown, flying a jet fighter, and dropping shit on peaceful ‘No Kings’ protesters.” https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/media-must-cover-not-cover-up-trumps

2025-10-27 20:30:27 GMT

"I signed up to defend the American people and protect the Constitution," said one Illinois National Guard member. "When we have somebody in power who's actively dismantling our rights — free speech, due process, freedom of the press — it's really hard to be a soldier right now." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-national-guard-members-speak-out-i-wont-turn-against-my-neighbors/?linkId=872373960

2025-10-26 15:55:53 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115441261415890497
“Thursday’s protest and vigil was hardly Bautista’s first—he was arrested in 2016 while demonstrating against Border Patrol.
‘Our immigration system has been broken for way too long,’ he said. ‘And in my role as a pastor I have always felt that I’ve been summoned’ to advocate for migrant justice.”
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2025-10-26 15:50:57 GMT

“We’re not afraid,” said Rev. Jorge Bautista. “They want us to be afraid and we’re not afraid, and we’re going to continue to show up. And we’re going to continue to practice our rights to protest and to do our diligence and make sure that our communities are protected.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/priest-coast-guard-protest-pepper-ball-21118268.php

2025-10-25 17:11:49 GMT

“For more than an hour, residents screamed, videotaped and tailed federal vehicles, raucously honking horns to send the message: Their operation is not welcome here.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/us/chicago-ice-raids-resistance-efforts

2025-10-24 17:36:43 GMT

“The Sisters of Social Service have ended their lease of cars from Enterprise over allegations the company is supplying vehicles for the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.” https://www.ncronline.org/sisters-social-service-ends-leasing-contract-enterprise-over-ice-connection

2025-10-24 15:28:49 GMT

“The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and its members cannot stand behind the President while he undercuts the future of family farmers and ranchers by importing Argentinian beef in an attempt to influence prices.” https://www.ncba.org/news-media/news/details/44479/president-trump-undercuts-americas-cattle-producers