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iisawell.bsky.social
Native west-coast. Lifelong learner, mostly the hard way. Problematic back story. Musician. Poet. Theater teacher. In a liminal space.
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Chicago fighting back against ICE. You love to see it 💪

submitted 1 day ago • 1135 comments

THIS (except also it’s not what it means to be a human who has something more to give. This speech is not about what it does or dies not mean to be a man specifically) But otherwise - solid speech

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

After ICE showed up at PDX immigration court yesterday, many families missed court today- terrified of family separation, months of imprisonment in inhumane conditions, &deportation. Sadly missing court often = deportation order. Damned if you do comply with your legal process, damned if you don't.

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

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It’s important to remember history. Even the history of people in other places against other regimes. We are all in this together. Lean in.

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It's time for #Cascadia to deport #ICE from our region. cascadia-journal.ghost.io/deport-ice-f...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: ICE has quietly rescinded a policy requiring agents to ensure courthouse raids don't clash with state and local laws. WIRED detected the missing language in a superseding memo posted to ICE's website this week. by me and @dmehro.bsky.social:

submitted 2 days ago • 88 comments

Have you seen this?? I hope this is a successful petition campaign!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

what if, instead and hear me out we abolished ICE entirely because at this point thats about as likely and would actually solve the problem

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Ya’all we need to be reaching out to our mayor’s and chiefs of police and getting them out of the immigration business. We need to be getting commitments from them to support the community and the people who live there full stop. We need to interrupt this partnership right now.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Is it just me, or is it hard to take Booker seriously knowing he took money from the AIPAC and voted to keep arming Israel amidst a genocide? I think every Dem who took AIPAC money should publicly recant and apologize and either give it back or (better yet) spend it on Aid to Gaza.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

That was worth watching. Lots of people asking the questions we ask each other here every day on BlueSky. Hearing from the AGs of the west coast states is a good point of reference. The takeaway? They’re ready for what’s coming, they’re winning in court and the decisions are being followed. Onward.

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Ukraine update. If you’re not following Olga Nesterova, you’re getting your news late, or not at all.

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Update from Ukrainian Yaroslavl Antipina. If you haven’t followed her yet… you’re missing it.

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Some days I wake up like this, impending dark. I find I have to acknowledge the shadow full face in order to see the light. First, Im scared, and I get dismayed. Maybe I’ll have a little cry, but then I set about to make a plan to push back the dark another day. 🌚 open.spotify.com/track/1qbn6Q...

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Elizabeth Warren, though. She is it!

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More of this kind of human-ing please. What a sweet baby otter. And what a wonderful human thing to do. This is what we were made for.

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