sunna

sunna

@inkingtwice.bsky.social

Teacher, editor, author, servant of dogs. Mainer. Old enough to remember when America was civilized.

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It is.

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com

After ICE's acting director said agents would continue hiding their faces during operations, @mayor.lacity.gov says on @facethenation.bsky.social: "These masked men pull up in unmarked cars ... so for the average citizen, it looks like it is a violent kidnapping."

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We'll be out there on July 17th! Will we see you there???

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org

We’re facing the most brazen rollback of our rights and fundamental freedoms in generations. It’ll take sustained, united, peaceful pushback to salvage our liberties from the fascist MAGA agenda. Join us on Thursday to “make good trouble” in response to Trump’s attacks on our civil and human rights.

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The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps. It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.

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Less than a year ago @nytimes.com was sent hacked data about Trump's vetting of JD Vance, which they refused to publish. But Mamdami's hacked college application gets an exception because of interest from random online Nazis and Chris Rufo, the NYTimes' de facto executive editor.

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As someone who lived in New Orleans during the thing you call Katrina, I’m here to say that the time to politicize governmental failure in a tragedy is when anyone is still paying attention.

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Together, we have mobilized the largest protests in American history. Nearly 70% of people opposed the Trump regime’s horrible bill. Organizers have banded together to protect their communities from ICE. Remember—they want us to feel isolated. We are not. We are the many, and we hold the power.

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Do not lose hope. You are not alone. Most of America rejects this. The people do not want an authoritarian regime—we do not want oligarchy, we do not want Christian nationalism, we do not want techno-fascism. And we’re more powerful than they’ll ever be. The people united will never be defeated.

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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

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The GOP passed a budget that will eviscerate health care in rural areas. They delayed much of the impact for after the midterms, hoping the public will think any discussion of the impending collapse is hyperbolic. Local reporters have a chance to do service journalism that'll make a splash too.

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Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists. This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

It really is time to defund the government.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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republicans keep making life worse for working people and better for the rich and then we have elections and they’re like no that’s not true! and people believe them and then they just do it all again and it’s enough to make a rational person feel absolutely fucking insane

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Last night a bunch of Republicans in the House were saying how awful this bill was. Only took a couple hours, some merch, and a few words from Donald Trump, and they’re lining up to rip away health care from 17 MILLION people. I’m sadly not surprised — but I am still outraged.

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The next Democratic president can just impound the billions of extra ICE funding on day one, right? Withhold it without any explanation? Since that’s a thing presidents can do now?

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We are finally hearing firsthand what happened at CECOT. At least 277 people illegally rendered from the US remain there, and President Trump is now talking about sending American citizens there. Do not let this slip from view.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”

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🧵1/ The GOP’s latest scheme would force states to pay for a share of SNAP food benefits based on “payment error rates.” This would be catastrophic for states, including Maine. Here’s what you need to know. 👇

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There is still time to stop this. They are vulnerable. Light up their phone lines. Start with the reps on this list in your state. Share this graphic with friends and family, and tell them to get on the phone ASAP too. Voting starts at 9am ET today.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑@50501movement.bsky.social

These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Mack Butterfield@mack2114.bsky.social

Iranian-linked hackers say they’ve stolen 100 gigabytes of internal Trump campaign and GOP emails. U.S. cybersecurity officials have confirmed the group is real. The breach happened. The leaks are expected soon. And they’re threatening to publish everything. www.newsweek.com/iran-hackers...

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This is the number that keeps me up at night

Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com

It’s one thing to say they want to deport 20 million people, it’s even one thing to go nuts brazenly doing whatever you can as the executive branch to make it happen, but the fact that they’re going to give ICE an additional 45B shows how committed they are to seeing this through.

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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

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Senate Republicans just voted to pass the largest slashes to your health care and kids' nutrition assistance in our nation's history. They're gambling with your lives to pay for tax cuts for their wealthiest friends. The fight isn't over: call your reps at (202) 224-3121.

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Replying to @sanho.bsky.social

🚨Explosive story🚨 The Trump administration is dropping charges against MS-13 gang leaders after they agreed to use their power as gang leaders to support President Bukele’s policies in El Salvador. Remember when Reagan sold missiles to Iran? It’s that bad. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...

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🧵 For the past 24 hours, Senate Democrats have brought amendment after amendment to the floor, fighting to improve this disaster of a bill. So far, Senate Republicans have voted down amendments to: ❌ Protect low energy costs for families and small businesses

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Yes, we warned about all of it last year. Every last detail, every policy. Watched every rally speech, every interview, every campaign video. Posted thousands of clips about it all. Most completely or largely ignored by legacy media. And yes, it is going to get much worse.

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Replying to @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

5/ The bill cuts the help middle income Americans get to buy health care on the Affordable Care Act exchange. A 60 year old couple making $85,000 (not a king's ransom) would see a $26,000 increase in health care premiums. Yes, that's right - $26,000.

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This was removed from the bill this morning. Keep calling. Pressure is working.

Celeste Pewter@celestepewter.bsky.social

"The Tennessee Republican now plans to co-sponsor Sen. Maria Cantwell’s (D-Wash.) amendment to strip the AI provision from the reconciliation bill, in addition to filing her own amendment, according to Cantwell’s office." If you're not following the AI moratorium, you should, and good:

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Right-wing culture war freaks do not believe in culture. They babble about "defending Western civilization," but they do not believe in civilization. They shut the celebration and continuance of civilization down whenever they get the chance.

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No real American should be able to tolerate the existence of this.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

NEW: I wrote about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the deranged Trump and DeSantis collab to imprison thousands of migrants in tents surrounded by deadly wild animals, the speed-running of mass deportation and the language of extermination.

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This is how you do it and huge credit to Selzer and @thefireorg.bsky.social for having more courage, patriotism, and legal skill than Paramount and its lawyers. The First Amendment is worth fighting for.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

Trump drops lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and Ann Selzer over her late-campaign poll showing Kamala Harris in play in Iowa. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas. So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget? The answer is: you.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.

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The US Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121. You have two senators; you will have to call twice to leave messages with both.

Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social

gm, begging you to get your friends & family to call your GOP senators & house members TODAY. need R no votes. final vote in the senate is late tonight/early tomorrow AM. if it passes, over to the house to be voted on in just a few days. very little time to stop this. uphill battle, but must try.

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Unbound/Boundless who no longer have the rights to sell my book are still selling it for FUCKING $4 on Amazon. Talk about some shady fucking shit. Trying to burn through the inventory THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SELL before they are forced to send me the remaining stock. Weasels.