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S.G. Sarmiento

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Bluesky aficionado, lawyer, author, musician, NDLON campaign director … And now a dad ! ❤️❤️❤️

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Let’s be clear: Any Democrat who votes to fund Trump’s illegal war with Iran is voting for Trump’s illegal war.

07.03.2026 13:47 👍 792 🔁 258 💬 28 📌 10
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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

07.03.2026 03:03 👍 7274 🔁 3824 💬 235 📌 225
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MAGA confronts it‘s biggest challenge invading Iran - geography.

07.03.2026 04:20 👍 605 🔁 223 💬 110 📌 31
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Federal Prosecutor Used Fabricated Quotes in Court Filing An assistant US attorney in North Carolina filed a response with the court that included “fabricated quotations and misstatements of case holdings” and then made “false or misleading statements” of ho...

NEWS: A Justice Dept. line attorney in North Carolina fabricated quotes in court filing, causing judge to order hearing to consider sanctions and holding entire US attorney’s office jointly responsible.
Pro se defendant flagged the errors.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

06.03.2026 22:50 👍 1098 🔁 353 💬 31 📌 47

So now Trump, with Messi and Miami's soccer team standing behind him, now openly tells the world that Cuba is next after Iran.

05.03.2026 22:05 👍 282 🔁 79 💬 27 📌 12

*A war crime committed with a computer, is simply a war crime*

If the media is confused, the law is quite clear: bombing a grade-school with children inside is mass murder- all the way up the chain of command to the White House.

05.03.2026 06:17 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Human Cost of Mass Detention: ICE Reports 9th Custodial Death of 2026, 39th of Trump II Administration ICE press release for the death of Alberto Gutierrez-Reyes debuts a strikingly callous (and ungrammatical) new claim. Full table of all 39 deaths under Trump included in post.

“Alberto Gutierrez was a devoted husband, a loving father, and the main source of support for his family. On Jan 9th he was detained by ICE in Echo Park…”

Shame on GOP officials enabling this. No excuses.

Necessary reporting via @austinkocher.com —
austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-human-...

04.03.2026 17:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Human Cost of Mass Detention: ICE Reports 9th Custodial Death of 2026, 39th of Trump II Administration ICE press release for the death of Alberto Gutierrez-Reyes debuts a strikingly callous (and ungrammatical) new claim. Full table of all 39 deaths under Trump included in post.

The Human Cost of Mass Detention: ICE Reports 9th Custodial Death of 2026, 39th of Trump II Administration. Full table of all 39 deaths under Trump included in post.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-human-...

04.03.2026 17:14 👍 87 🔁 57 💬 2 📌 1

Ironically, this cowardly failure to act, and visible lack of empathy - for their own neighbors - was so outrageous, it is only going to galvanize people to speak out more and more.

Con
@indivisible-ncsd.bsky.social
@ndlon.bsky.social
@caimmigrant.bsky.social
And many more …

3/3

26.02.2026 18:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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To get a job as an analyst at the NSA, applicants are now required to identify their favorite executive orders.

04.03.2026 14:21 👍 149 🔁 85 💬 7 📌 12

The “shield” is intolerable here as well.

“Parents tried to shield their children from water. Instead they died of dehydration.”

That’s what the @nytimes.com headline here says. Both “shield” and “instead” appallingly reinforce anti-vax attitudes and frames.

04.03.2026 14:18 👍 1240 🔁 323 💬 26 📌 7

These are not the words of a national leader or professional soldier. ThIs is a freshman during fraternity rush hoping to impress and slowly summoning his own erection in the process.

04.03.2026 14:28 👍 541 🔁 114 💬 28 📌 6

Im not sure the framers - or hell even the rubber stamp Congress of 2002-2003 envisioned a militarized federal police, rambling about US cities in armed vehicles

04.03.2026 14:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Helpful explainer. There is a reason Ice unlawful arrest and detainer practices have been subject to so much litigation- and one key reason for cities revolting from federal overreach.

And also…

04.03.2026 14:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

But the good news is that these voices are pretty much gone now and/or they are getting drowned out by the hundreds of thousands of people on the streets demanding ICE to get out of their cities and yes, abolished. /6

04.03.2026 00:01 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.

As I shared w/
@gregsargent.bsky.social
for his excellent piece on shifting political terrain of immigration: Newsom may soon feel compelled to take more action b/c he’ll be judged against Pritzker, currently presiding over the state exercising the most authority newrepublic.com/article/2059... /4

03.03.2026 23:55 👍 65 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 0

Your necessary #IceOut reading this week!

04.03.2026 00:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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04.03.2026 00:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As elected officials begin to _follow the lead_ of their constituents in the streets, there will be more and more pressure on local officials to use every lever of power they can to protect their communities from ICE lawlessness. /2

03.03.2026 23:44 👍 63 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0
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Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs Bills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service

In 2017, there was huge splash of sub-federal legislation to protect people from ICE. This time (in part due to some wrongheaded thinking by the consultant class in DC), legislation is percolating slowly. Nevertheless, a race to top dynamic is emerging. #ICEOUT
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.03.2026 23:41 👍 156 🔁 38 💬 2 📌 3
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Indivisible North County San Diego · Indivisible North County San Diego on Mobilize Grassroots, non-partisan group of American Patriots working to restore democracy and defeat the trump regime.

Indivisible North County San Diego has many upcoming events. Click on the link to view them all. Don't miss out!
@indivisible-ncsd.bsky.social @chavinsky.bsky.social

www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

03.03.2026 21:29 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

This bill would close a loophole in state law and prevent local and state law enforcement from taking side jobs with ICE, DHS, or other entities, like private corporations, engaged in abducting our neighbors. We are proud to co-sponsor this bill 2/

03.03.2026 20:38 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Breaking: AB 1537 by Asm. Isaac Bryan, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, has PASSED out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee!

Thank you to Asm. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social, to the committee members who voted “aye,” and all who supported! 1/

03.03.2026 20:38 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1

It's ominous that you can read entire pieces about what the US stands to gain/lose from this war that don't contain a single syllable about the damage to democracy that will be done by letting Trump illegally launch the largest invasion in decades without Congress having input of any kind.

03.03.2026 16:58 👍 297 🔁 83 💬 7 📌 1
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Some Dems are getting this right. But Schumer and others are saying Trump must merely divulge more details about the Iran threat. This implies there might be a legitimate case for war that Trump just has to be more open about. There's zero reason to grant that. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2072...

03.03.2026 12:45 👍 800 🔁 148 💬 21 📌 21

wild to me that the expectation isn't "if your party switches from the majority to the minority, then your leaders did bad and they should all step down"

01.03.2026 14:47 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The only thing you need to know is what's highlighted here.

01.03.2026 15:02 👍 239 🔁 116 💬 13 📌 10

We are attacking Iran because we believe can with zero accountability. It’s fucking disgusting. And so many of our leaders — in both parties, by the way — are applauding this.

The people of Iran are the ones who determine their fate. The U.S. and Israel’s obsession with regime change is abhorrent.

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 1498 🔁 186 💬 21 📌 5

So is Altman a rube or does he just think we are all rubes?

01.03.2026 04:47 👍 87 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

Eek, not sure if those headlines are supposed be related…

01.03.2026 05:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0