Rome_VanWa
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaNEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees. But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaIn Minneapolis ordinary people with no connection whatsoever to Mexico are now flying Mexican flags, so ICE officers will waste hours pulling them over and questioning them. They call it "ICE fishing." H/t Mayra
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaBy the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaThe Department of Homeland Security is using administrative subpoenas, a secretive tool issued without a judge's signature, to go after people lawfully reporting ICE activity or criticizing DHS policies. This is a direct attack on our First Amendment rights and we're fighting back.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaWhen we fight together, we win. ICYMI, here are some key wins from the past week. 🧵
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaReporter @shoton35mm.bsky.social, on assignment for @lataco.bsky.social, was pepper-sprayed by DHSG and pushed by LAPD officers while covering a protest against immigration raids Jan. 30 in LA.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaFeds raided & arrested a man in Minneapolis who they claim is a “self-identified Antifa member” (Antifa is a shorthand for “antifascism” - it is a political opinion, not a group). Wagner has become a prominent figure speaking out against ICE. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/anti-...
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaI heard an OpSec horror story today. A group of (white) women who are organizing to feed brown neighbors who are afraid to leave the house due to ICE are *filming* their food compilation efforts, *from inside a member’s home*, and *streaming it on Facebook.*
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaAbolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWayeah seeing the "Minneapolis took off because the so-called 'activists' got out of the way and let normal people in" takes is really frustrating. that's not at all an accurate look at what's happening in Mpls or anywhere else. All these movements rely on cores of people who have experience.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaAfter Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting. But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
- Reposted by Rome_VanWa🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader. One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
- Reposted by Rome_VanWa1/31: Narrowly avoided being arrested when LAPD officers kettled a small group of protesters, legal observers, and press. I ID'd myself as a journalist & tried to leave but an officer claimed I wasn't exempt from dispersal orders & said I would be detained. Luckily another officer let me leave.
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- Vancouver WA, this should be on your radar.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaTrump openly admitting FBI raid in Fulton County was a prelude to interfering with the midterms and attempting to seize control of state and local voting process
- Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaThe Department of Justice is not supposed to be a tool for the president to exact retribution on his perceived enemies. The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaHarvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest: “This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested." More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaJust returned home from the anti-ICE protest in Portland today. A 100% peaceful crowd that the Portland Police Department (PPD) estimated to be "in the thousands" marched past ICE's Portland HQ. ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaIt’s so hard to describe what this is like to people who aren’t here. The ICE/BCP occupation seeps into everything. It’s not just the horror of the big stuff. It’s the little stuff, too: helicopters all night, vigilance during every trip out of the house, guilt at having any downtime at all.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaBREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released. "The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED." "Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
- Reposted by Rome_VanWa“I have to be in it for the long haul, and keep calm” All they did was make this dude stronger
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaDon Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released. But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway. Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaOnly ONE of the THREE judges on the case—a Trump appointee “unanimously rated unqualified by the ABA Standing Committee” for bias & other issues—said there was probable cause to charge Don Lemon. But DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon deceptively declared on X that the “COURT” sees such probable cause 1/
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaScoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaDuring WWII, the U.S. government forcibly took over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry from their homes and held them in internment camps. Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for defying the government’s order and refusing to go to the camps.
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWa“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
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Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough. - Reposted by Rome_VanWa"I don't know that I've seen before the president of the United States attempt to build a white supremacist army within the government....that is new, and I don't know what else to call it." Ta-Nehisi Coates joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaBooks with Pictures stands with our community in opposition to ICE and Trump Regime. We believe in the power of books and bookstores and will be OPEN REGULAR HOURS on Friday 1/30. We will be CASH ONLY all day. No money to credit card processors, no money to banks.
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaThere really seems to be a lot of kayfabe happening right now. Trump is pretending to de-escalate to placate Dems so they don't demand reform, and Dems are making up fake reforms so they can pretend like they made changes while they vote to fund DHS.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaConsider whether you really need that app on your phone. You probably don’t! Third party apps leak a ton of data and we know people get tracked that way. If you don’t need it, delete it For the apps you do need, go through their privacy settings & turn location services to never or only when using
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaSan Francisco is Super Bowl ready. “Fuck ICE” — Not vandalism. It’s feedback.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaThe office of Senator Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the US immigration detention system over the course of 2025, including medical neglect, physical/sexual abuse, denial of food/water, and the mistreatment of children/pregnant women
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaI'm German. I've been schooled in my country's history & crimes all my life. I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US. As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment. A 🧵
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaDo not regurgitate or promote state propaganda. Reject it every chance you get. Believe what you are seeing with your own eyes. Continue to share the truth.
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaIn a document unsealed tonight, here is a declaration from last June from Carlos Alexander Osorto, one of the previously detained named plaintiffs in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem, the case that resulted in the SCOTUS order allowing racial profiling of Latinos working low-wage jobs, aka Kavanaugh stops.
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- Reposted by Rome_VanWaEnglish translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
- Reposted by Rome_VanWaEvery time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here. So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?
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