Trying to fight the good fight at @americasvoice.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, cats. Cancer survivor. Views here my own ✨
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As Pope Leo confirms his approach to LGBT community to be like that of predecessor, a particular optic should not go unnoticed: at today’s audience in the Apostolic Palace, Father James Martin was seated directly across from Leo at the desk, a place normally reserved for heads of state.
Pope Leo gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent U.S. priest who ministers to LGBT Catholics on Monday, in a possible sign the new pontiff will continue the late Pope Francis' legacy of opening up the Church to the gay community. For @reuters.com:
“The protests aimed to push back against what they called a war on working people. Organizers said issues included the Trump administration’s cuts to public programs that support working families and deportation efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …” #WorkersOverBillionaires
“Labor Day protests across the Bay Area drew thousands of participants Monday, aiming to push back against a ‘war on working people.’” www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/01/p... #WorkersOverBillionaires
Labor Day March in SF. This is our day and we are fighting back against the attacks on schools, against the attacks on students, the attacks public education, and against the attacks on all workers! Educations is the foundation of our democracy. #WorkersOverBillionaires.
NEW: Huge anti-Trump protests happening across the US for Labor Day. This is the current scene in San Diego. A seemingly endless line of thousands of people on the streets! @50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionaires #NoKings (🎥 10-97 News)
So there’s a thing I’ve noticed repeatedly from people who are still on X, The Everything App - they’re constantly making weird accusations about Bluesky that don’t make any sense if you’re on here, and I think it’s a sign they’re deeply insecure about posting to X, The Everything App.
🎶 Once in a million years A lady like her Rises 🎶
Fleetwood Mac’s Tango in the Night era 🐧
🎶 I wanna be with you everywhere 🎶
“Immigrant workers are our friends, neighbors, and loved ones – and they deserve to be here,” writes @tusk81.bsky.social. “...allowing families to continue building their lives here is simply the right thing to do.” On #LaborDay, we say clearly: immigration is good for America. 🇺🇸
On this Labor Day, as we face a federal regime that’s declared war on working people — dismantling unions, destroying jobs, empowering & cutting taxes for the largest corporations in the world — let’s recommit to fighting for workers, the people who actually make our country run.
So much of the regime’s OBSESSIVE targeting of this Maryland dad stems from it simply not being able to admit that his purging to CECOT was totally wrongful. Recall that a judge appointed under the first Trump admin thoroughly vetted his background 👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas... #FreeKilmar
Kilmar got just one weekend with his family before he was again arrested. His attorney said agents would not say why they were detaining the Maryland father. “Suddenly, the singing shifted into a chant of ‘Shame! Shame! Shame,’” Religion News Service reported. #FreeKilmar
“To all those families who have been separated or threatened with family separation, I want to tell you something,” Kilmar told a crowd of supporters. “God is w/us. God will never leave us. God will bring justice to all the injustice we are suffering." open.substack.com/pub/americas... #FreeKilmar
“About her crimes, Maxwell remained utterly lacking in remorse.” “Blanche asserted as the interview began that the Justice Department had promised Maxwell nothing in return for her testimony. But within days she was transferred to a minimum-security prison …”
“Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The old man looks like absolute hell.
remember when the physical health and mental acuity of the President of the United States was the top news story every fucking day?
This is a choice.
A mere one year ago, this was The Central Issue Of Our Political Age. It's not even news in today's papers.
“One of my running themes of media criticism in the Trump era has been that the national media knows all-too-well how to provide wall-to-wall coverage and elevate something from a ‘news story’ to a ‘news event.’ (Think Hunter Biden or Hillary’s emails!)”
“… we were treated to regular stories about Biden’s health, even the mostly speculative New York Times report last summer that a Parkinson’s expert had signed into the White House visitor logs eight times. We’ve seen nothing of that level of interest now with Trump.”
News outlets should send their medical correspondents (the ones who are actual doctors) to the White House on Tuesday - and every day after that - to ask him questions about his health, hand bruising, if he’s getting lasix infusion, etc etc
And contrary to the years of tired myths, undocumented households do pay taxes, to the tune of nearly $100 billion in taxes annually. Their billions in contributions help keep vital programs like Social Security and Medicare alive👇🏽 #LaborDay
This #LaborDay, we honor the real-life heroes who keep our country moving. Immigrant workers feed us, build our homes, care for our loved ones, and teach our kids. They power our economy and sustain our future. Immigration isn’t just good for America, it’s essential. ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
I’m just thinking about this iconic moment from Kim Cattrall ✨
It’s a weird week for weird old men.
This whole thread is just appalling. The hearing arises from the Trump admin conspiring with a foreign country to violate a federal court order in the middle of the night so it can deny due process to children who escaped dangerous circumstances.
“Neha Desai, an attorney at the California-based National Center for Youth Law who works with migrant minors, said the U.S. government was attempting to deport children with ‘already filed claims for legal relief based on the abuse and persecution that they experienced in their home country.’”
“…in the overnight hours, Sooknanan issued a temporary restraining order barring officials from sending a group of 10 migrant children btwn the ages of 10 and 17 to Guatemala, granting a request from attorneys who alleged the effort wld skirt legal protections Congress established for these minors.”
Another unjust action of the administration stopped by our courts. Due process is not optional, and deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children without it is unacceptable.
“It’s important for New Mexicans to know the New Mexico Department of Health is committed to keeping residents safe as we enter the 2025–2026 respiratory virus season,” said New Mexico Department of Health’s Gina DeBlassie. “This order will remove obstacles to vaccination access.”
“In the wake of new federal guidelines limiting the groups for whom new #COVID19 vaccines are approved, the New Mexico Department of Health is removing ‘barriers to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.’” www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
🎶 I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain Never break the chain 🎶
“The numbers also indicate support for Prop 50 is strongest in the San Francisco Bay Area …” norcalpublicmedia.org/202508269896...
📊 Polling shows Gov. Newsom’s redistricting plan has more support than opposition—but with 20% of voters undecided, and just 10 weeks until Election Day, the outcome will come down to turnout. That’s where we come in—sign up to make calls to voters 📲
“You’re in a church parking lot—get out!” “We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!” open.substack.com/pub/americas...
"I met a 7-year-old girl last Saturday who was trying to visit her dad before he was deported to Ecuador," Francois said. "Their faces were in front of me, and I was just holding them especially in prayer and sending them love."
For Sr. Susan Francois, “the walk felt personal. In recent months, Francois and a few other Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace have been gathering at a privately run immigrant detention center in Newark, NJ, to stand alongside families who face harassment … while trying to visit detained loved ones.”
Last week, 500 Nuns Marched through the streets of Atlanta for Migrants, Racial Justice, and the Earth. www.ncronline.org/news/hundred...
“America’s criminal justice network, already seen by many as in great need of reform, faces a comprehensive effort to establish the type of police system favored by police states in fascist regimes such as Russia and North Korea. This is the conclusion I reach when I see the images of ICE agents …”
“ICE has implicitly stated who they want: People with total fealty to Donald Trump and his administration. Trump has said he wants ICE to be ruthless, overly aggressive and forceful in their jobs. He empowers them to respond to any interference or criticism with overwhelming force.”
“Who is inspired by the idea of a ‘law enforcement’ job in which unidentified police with no legal oversight or boundaries, no documentation, no communication and no cause offer zero due process and wear masks signaling their lack of accountability and secret, anonymous, unlimited power?”
Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
A single mom who works two jobs Who loves her kids and never stops With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter She’s a survivor
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
“Meanwhile, wildfire officials were still trying to get control of the Bear Gulch fire. The number of personnel working on the blaze was listed at 303 on Friday, down from 349 on Thursday.”
“People with insidious motives have taken advantage of the widespread deployment of masked immigration officers as cover to allegedly harass civilians or commit violent crimes such as kidnapping, robbery, and sexual assault …” www.americanprogress.org/article/mask...
minnesotalawreview.org/2021/04/20/p...
Make all Americans equal under law. End agents' impunity. Abolish qualified immunity. Require agents pay for liability insurance.
The New York Times ran a whole piece speculating that Joe Biden had Parkinson’s and suggesting his neurologists were lying to the public. archive.ph/0u9ht
🎶 But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too 🎶
Fun fact, Fleetwood Mac’s Gypsy was the highest-budget music video ever produced at the time (1982): youtu.be/mwgg1Pu6cNg?...
🎶 Lightning strikes Maybe once Maybe twice 🎶
they like trump and want to help him and critical reporting about his health - to say nothing of the type of incessant drumbeat coverage they gave biden - wouldn't help him so they don't do it.
“On Sunday (Aug. 17), an usher for the evening Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood was detained by federal officials just three blocks away from the church while walking to worship.” www.ncronline.org/news/feds-ta...
“I never thought I had one day to cancel Sunday worship because it is not safe for our Latino siblings to come to church,” said Rev. Hernández, rector at St. Stephen and the Incarnation, an Episcopal church. “But here we are …”
“The federal occupation of DC, w/the help of Congress and other authorities, is not keeping our streets and communities safe,” said Rev. Yoimel González Hernández, who canceled services to help protect his congregants. “They are disappearing people without due process and infringing their rights.”
“And again,” Rep. @robertgarcia.bsky.social added, “we ask the question: Where are the rest of the documents? What is Pam Bondi hiding? What is Donald Trump hiding? End the cover-up. Let’s get to the truth.” www.thedailybeast.com/lawmaker-rob...
“A review of cable news transcripts shows virtually zero mentions of Trump’s bruises all week.“ “The reluctance to scrutinize Trump’s health is part of a long pattern.”
“When President Joe Biden ran for reelection at 81, his age and health were subjected to persistent scrutiny … In Trump’s case—the oldest person to take the oath of office who regularly fabricates stories and misremembers names—the bruises and swelling have barely merited a wire-service brief.”
"The visible health problems of the oldest president in American history barely registered in mainstream coverage," writes @passantino.bsky.social for Status_. But @nytimes.com 🐔, @wsj.com 🐔🐔 & other major outlets published dozens of stories about Biden's physical fitness while he was in office.
Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
The timeline tonight is something.
Queen Stevie Nicks’ appearances on American Horror Story 🌙 youtu.be/ig4wlFEx83A?...
i sincerely don’t think vance believes in anything; you could put him into any political system in history and he would gravitate to whichever group he thinks he could squeeze the most power out of
“The mainstream press is still in self-flagellation mode over how they purportedly ‘ignored’ former President Joe Biden’s decline. (In reality, they never stopped talking about.) But this soul-searching is apparently only backward looking and exclusive to Democratic presidents.”
“Something clearly is up with the 79-year-old president, and the official explanations don’t make sense. That’s not surprising given that Trump is a world historical liar surrounded by toadies who surrendered their shame long ago. But it’s past time for reporters to ask some questions.”
He is not ok and the decision to not report it as such is a choice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-heal...
“This is a victory for the #TPS community. We’re here bc our country is in crisis—this is exactly why TPS was created,” said a plaintiff. “The Ninth Circuit has made it clear that the Trump admin can’t just eliminate TPS bc they disagree w/it. We will continue to fight for our rights under the law.”
“A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously upheld a judge’s ruling that postpones the termination of deportation protections under Temporary Protected Status for over half-a-million Venezuelans while litigation is ongoing.” miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The part that needs to be said repeatedly is “there’s no national emergency.” The president can’t just scream about something and make it true.
The building blocks of a healthy childhood - safety, health, education, loving caregivers, family, community, housing, nutrition - have been stripped away for children in immigrant families. Let that sink in. Childhood for an entire generation of children stripped away. It’s cruel and heartless.
“One of the current trials involved using CAR T-cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy, to treat a subset of children with recurrent or progressive ependymoma, a type of brain cancer. There are currently no effective treatments for these children …”
In the battle with cancer, Trump sides with cancer.
“When you see multiple failed indictments like this, it indicates either that the government is bringing extraordinarily weak cases,” said a former Justice Department official, “or that there is some kind of jury nullification or show of discretion by grand jurors is taking place.”
“For the third time in slightly more than a week, grand jurors in Washington have rejected efforts by federal prosecutors to obtain an indictment against a resident accused of a felony assault against a federal agent.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
The nearly unheard-of event happened again for a third time in rapid succession.
Doomers: The 2026 election doesn't matter, Republicans are just going to rig the whole thing anyway Various red state republican incumbents: I'm just going to quit now because if I run in 2026 I'm going to get absolutely killed
WHOA. Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley just announced her retirement. She was up for reelection in April. Liberals now have an even better chance to increase their majority from 4-3 to 5-2. x.com/mattsmith_ne...
“ … the fascist wave is breaking against a humble collection of quiet heroes: The women and men who have come in to serve that most thankless of civic responsibilities, jury duty,” writes @devilstower.bsky.social 👇🏽
“… the repeated failures to secure indictments has given Trump and his legal hack squad nothing but a heap of humiliation.” www.unchartedblue.com/d-c-citizens...
I’m just always disappointed we never got to see Kristen Wiig as Joni Ernst. I think that would have been stellar.
I guess "everyone dies you dumb shits" wasn't the winning message she thought.
“A national study of 547 U.S.-born adolescents ages 11 to 16 found that having a detained or deported family member was associated with elevated risk for suicidal ideation, externalizing behaviors, and alcohol use (Roche, et al., 2020).” psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
“Forced family separations, particularly those resulting from immigration enforcement (e.g., detention, deportation), introduce acute psychological risks.”
“This includes not only children who are themselves immigrants but also the millions of US-born children living in mixed-status households—children who, despite being citizens, are deeply affected by the precarious legal status and systemic exclusion faced by their caregivers,” says a new study:
There will be empty desks this new school year. Some teens have been kidnapped and deported after just trying to follow the rules by attending their immigration court appointments. Others parents are keeping their kids at home. Our gov’t is traumatizing children: open.substack.com/pub/americas...
“To all those families who have been separated or threatened w/family separation, I want to tell you something,” Kilmar told supporters on Monday, shortly before he was again detained. “God is w/us. God will never leave us. God will bring justice to all the injustice we are suffering." #FreeKilmar
ICE tried to deport Maryland dad Kilmar Ábrego to Uganda, a country he has no ties to. This is what Trump’s mass deportation agenda looks like: cruel and lawless. "if you deprive due process to one person, you open the door to denying due process to all of us," writes @tusk81.bsky.social.
Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.
The official teaser for your viewing pleasure ✨ youtu.be/nVLHnS7vxuM
“Even years after his passing, his lyrics remain woven into the collective memory of Mexico and beyond.” www.hola.com/us/entertain...
“You don’t ever listen to us!” “Your votes destroyed our Supreme Court!” “You refuse to have town halls with us!”
Susan Collins, who voted for anti-vaxxer quack Robert Kennedy Jr., drowned out in boos as protesters disrupt rare public appearance: newrepublic.com/post/199666/...
"RFK Jr. is perhaps the most confidently wrong person in public life today... What can be done with someone so disdainful of actual expertise, so assured of his own infallible correctness that he will gleefully undermine decades of vaccine and public health progress?"
One of the firefighters arrested is an Oregonian. My office has been in touch with his lawyer who says he can't locate his client. My office is working to get more information on his whereabouts ASAP.