S.G. Sarmiento

Can you imagine witnessing the abuse happening in #Minnesota and voting to fund this rogue agency once again? No accountability, no courage, no rule of law. And apparently no democratic opposition or caucus discipline. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @democrats-appropriations.house.gov /1 of 5

This is the opposite of public safety. “The number of state and local agencies with 287(g) agreements grew from fewer than 140 at the end of 2024 to more than 1,730 by July 2026…” www.urban.org/urban-wire/2...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Brasil !

100% this and proud to have @lydiakauppi.bsky.social on our team.

Greece has joined the European protests in France, Spain, Italy and Albania. We are sick and tired of billionaires and their blatant theft.

ICE Says It Didn’t Hit a Biker With a Car. Video Raises Questions. Video footage shows the moment in Long Beach, Calif., when a vehicle swerves toward an oncoming cyclist. The mayor has called for an in https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/ice-detain-citizen-california-video-ricardo-gonzalez.html

Gary Tyler, a quilt artist who spent decades on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum

The protesters are the only people at Trump’s rally who aren’t lying.

Iowa officials are being asked to do ICE’s dirty work. Nope. In the news: SCOTUS has asked for the solicitor general's view on whether Iowa can implement a law allowing state officials to arrest previously deported noncitizens and requiring state judges to order them deported.

It doesn't matter if 6M or 8M people attended the #NoKings rallies on October 17th. . . What matters is that these #GetOutTheVote events had absolutely no comparable nationwide mobilization from Republicans. Now let's turn that energy into votes and #FlipTheHouseAndSenateBlue Below: Los Angeles

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks to Los Angeles No Kings protesters about why they're rallying during a special edition of @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. "This is one small step in really making change."

My second favorite city in the United States, Los Angeles!

Shame on those that enable this corruption, n pretend they don’t know. “we are being used as pawns…,” said the HSI official [re] a shift away from the ICE branch’s traditional areas... “I think everything … is related to the midterms and to stoke divisive fires.” theintercept.com/2026/10/15/i...

These illegal settlers are among the worst people on Earth. Modern-day homicidal pirates aggressively enabled by a far-right genocidal government. I think of them as being like the Reavers from Firefly.

Three little kids and a teacher were shot and killed at their school today in Bend, Oregon. Two more were injured. Our hearts are broken and we’re angry. It’s disgraceful that extremists keep blocking critical, lifesaving laws while kids die in their classrooms. America can do better. It must.

#GunControlNow

“CA is confronting these threats head-on. As we surge resources to protect communities facing dangerous… we are also moving with urgency to... We will continue using every tool at our disposal to keep Californians safe ...” —Gov Gavin Newsom rightfully responding to fires, just not ICE violence

Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/n...

He did succeed in helping Dems cede ample ground to the xenophobic takeover of US politics. “Emanuel also sought, unsuccessfully, to turn Clinton into a hard-line immigration hawk, urging… record deportations of criminal aliens.” Via @rbreich.bsky.social — robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-b...

Big trouble in Texas evidently... www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...

Necessary reading this week! This oped asks @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign the “No Side Jobs For ICE” Act, a good example of the leadership we need AND a good policy to limit ICE’s reach + to brighten that line btwn police and the violence we’re seeing, most recently in Texas.

Beautiful day to come together to ask @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign #AB1537. There is much we can do to challenge the mass deportation agenda, much we can all do to limit ICE’s reach into our communities. Let’s make it happen. Con @hugoforcd13.bsky.social @iceoutofca.bsky.social !

Very real, very much pending conversations to be had.

“Some wish they had put up more of a fight.” WAPO: Hispanics flock to this university. It let campus police double as ICE agents. Leaders of #Florida International University signed an agreement to deputize its school police as immigration agents. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is such an important insight, particularly for people and institutions in DC trying to decide what comes next for immigrant rights, both in the next two years, and beyond….

As someone who went through it, I promise you, it was an occupation. Looked and felt like we were being overtaken. I’m still triggered as are SO many of us. I am changed from it, it was absolute terror.

France arrests far-right policeman suspected of planning terror attack

😂😂😂

Lesson learned? Me thinks sadly not.

White nationalism is a helluva drug. Amnesia is a side effect. Trump's approval on immigration declined steadily and inexorably for four full years during his first term in office. Why didn't the pundits take stock of this fact before they urged surrender on immigration?

Prosecutors nationwide, take note

ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...

When federal judges are sounding the alarm. Once again, Minnesota showing the rest of the country how to speak up. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

“Why America can’t STRANGLE Iran” Maybe bc intl law wouldn’t allow it? Or other moral reasons, I hope. Not long ago Edward Said warned us about the language we use on “the other,” or what we want to do them. Loaded titles, via @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/why-ame...

Necessary public education

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social. 🇨🇦🍁

DHS Secretary: “We're not doing job-site raids. We're not going to Home Depot and raiding the parking lot!” Cue the Arrested Development narration: “They were, in fact, still raiding Home Depot.” Remarks to @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social: journalrecord.com/2026/08/04/m... @ndlon.bsky.social

Sen Susan Collins:I’m not gonna bring up that the mother of his two children is his second cousin. I don’t know if people know that or not. Interviewer: But you just mentioned it. Via @politico.com’s playbook

Absolutely, #WeakSauce 

Like what are we fucking doing here

Trump's support among Republican voters dropped in a new poll less than two months from November's crucial midterm elections. An NBC News Decision Desk survey found a near 10 percentage point drop among Republicans who say they "strongly approve" of Trump’s job performance.