shimonides
@shimonides.bsky.social
Thoughts and prayers mostly. Passionately Jewish, legally wed, on the verge of becoming a minor poet or something. Languages! Converted to Minnesota some years back. http://michaelgetty.com 🇨🇦
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We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
www.propublica.org
September 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Join the Nat'l Day of Action for Public Health Care on Sep. 1
Demand that the feds enforce the Canada Health Act and stop US-style health care in its tracks!
Join actions in AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI
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#cdnpoli
Demand that the feds enforce the Canada Health Act and stop US-style health care in its tracks!
Join actions in AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI
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#cdnpoli
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August 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Join the Nat'l Day of Action for Public Health Care on Sep. 1
Demand that the feds enforce the Canada Health Act and stop US-style health care in its tracks!
Join actions in AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI
Details: assets.nationbuilder.com/friendsofmed...
#cdnpoli
Demand that the feds enforce the Canada Health Act and stop US-style health care in its tracks!
Join actions in AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI
Details: assets.nationbuilder.com/friendsofmed...
#cdnpoli
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“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.”
“That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
“That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach
Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada
breachmedia.ca
July 24, 2026 at 1:51 AM
“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.”
“That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
“That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
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AB:
Here is the EIP data (for ALL major EDs in the province)
Indexed to Population growth.
Obviously increased pop plays a role... but workforce, hospital and LTC capacity, complexity, technology, and GOVT POLICY make a massive impact.
UCP GOVT POLICY has only made this worse!
1/2
Here is the EIP data (for ALL major EDs in the province)
Indexed to Population growth.
Obviously increased pop plays a role... but workforce, hospital and LTC capacity, complexity, technology, and GOVT POLICY make a massive impact.
UCP GOVT POLICY has only made this worse!
1/2
July 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
AB:
Here is the EIP data (for ALL major EDs in the province)
Indexed to Population growth.
Obviously increased pop plays a role... but workforce, hospital and LTC capacity, complexity, technology, and GOVT POLICY make a massive impact.
UCP GOVT POLICY has only made this worse!
1/2
Here is the EIP data (for ALL major EDs in the province)
Indexed to Population growth.
Obviously increased pop plays a role... but workforce, hospital and LTC capacity, complexity, technology, and GOVT POLICY make a massive impact.
UCP GOVT POLICY has only made this worse!
1/2
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The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
July 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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They were detained by ICE. Then they vanished.
They were detained by ICE. Then they vanished.
Immigrants are frequently being sent all over the country, and often families and attorneys don’t know where they are.
www.motherjones.com
June 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
They were detained by ICE. Then they vanished.
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Pepper balls and less lethal munitions were fired at demonstrators and press alike. At one point Friday night, DHS agents flanking state police began firing at us substack.com/@nickvalenci...
You Need To Pay Attention To What's Happening In Newark, New Jersey at Delaney Hall
NJ State Troopers sent in by the democratic governor under the premise of protecting demonstrators are the ones who bring the violence. Press freedom and constitutional rights violated. We were live.
substack.com
May 31, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Pepper balls and less lethal munitions were fired at demonstrators and press alike. At one point Friday night, DHS agents flanking state police began firing at us substack.com/@nickvalenci...
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Tonight, as captives continue a hunger strike inside Delaney Hall—the ICE detention center in Newark—ICE mercenaries are brutalizing demonstrators on the street.
This is about immigrants' freedom—and everyone's freedom. ICE are the front lines of an aspiring dictatorship.
crimethinc.com/ICEmelts
This is about immigrants' freedom—and everyone's freedom. ICE are the front lines of an aspiring dictatorship.
crimethinc.com/ICEmelts
🚨"RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET"🚨
ICE agents continues to push peaceful protesters onto oncoming traffic outside the Delaney Detention Center.
WATCH LIVE ⬇️ @JordanChariton & @JonFarinaPhoto
ICE agents continues to push peaceful protesters onto oncoming traffic outside the Delaney Detention Center.
WATCH LIVE ⬇️ @JordanChariton & @JonFarinaPhoto
May 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Tonight, as captives continue a hunger strike inside Delaney Hall—the ICE detention center in Newark—ICE mercenaries are brutalizing demonstrators on the street.
This is about immigrants' freedom—and everyone's freedom. ICE are the front lines of an aspiring dictatorship.
crimethinc.com/ICEmelts
This is about immigrants' freedom—and everyone's freedom. ICE are the front lines of an aspiring dictatorship.
crimethinc.com/ICEmelts
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The Senate’s final vote on repealing the ban on mining near the Boundary Waters has been scheduled for Thursday morning. Sen. Tina Smith is expected to continue speaking then.
Live: Smith holding Senate floor to oppose measure opening mining near the Boundary Waters
If passed, the legislation would head to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature.
www.startribune.com
April 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The Senate’s final vote on repealing the ban on mining near the Boundary Waters has been scheduled for Thursday morning. Sen. Tina Smith is expected to continue speaking then.
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A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinement
Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center
When ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed.
apnews.com
March 23, 2026 at 12:47 AM
A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinement
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“U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children”
“If a U.S. role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say
U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reache...
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
“U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children”
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events really pushed this off the page today but I wrote about the public pressure building against concentration camps
newrepublic.com/post/207116/...
newrepublic.com/post/207116/...
How to Dismantle a Concentration Camp
Trump’s drive to build a network of detention centers is being met with some robust public resistance.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2026 at 9:12 AM
events really pushed this off the page today but I wrote about the public pressure building against concentration camps
newrepublic.com/post/207116/...
newrepublic.com/post/207116/...
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“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)
Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday
Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.
www.kansascity.com
February 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)
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Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.
This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
February 26, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.
This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
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Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
The inhumane treatment of immigration detainees requires more coverage | Press Watch
The glimpses we’ve gotten justify a lot more reporting
presswatchers.org
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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A must-read if you haven't already:
@kalish.bsky.social interviewed a dozen people, and sorted through 1,000+ pages of court documents and other records, to present a ton of new reporting re: ICE's cruel treatment of trans detainees.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
@kalish.bsky.social interviewed a dozen people, and sorted through 1,000+ pages of court documents and other records, to present a ton of new reporting re: ICE's cruel treatment of trans detainees.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
She Was Honored With A Human Rights Award. Then She Says ICE Tricked And Arrested Her.
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A must-read if you haven't already:
@kalish.bsky.social interviewed a dozen people, and sorted through 1,000+ pages of court documents and other records, to present a ton of new reporting re: ICE's cruel treatment of trans detainees.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
@kalish.bsky.social interviewed a dozen people, and sorted through 1,000+ pages of court documents and other records, to present a ton of new reporting re: ICE's cruel treatment of trans detainees.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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"He said he has been locked in the same large, cold and damp room for 4½ months with more than 70 men. He said detainees are constantly hungry because meals served at tables in the centre of the room offer only child-sized portions." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"He said he has been locked in the same large, cold and damp room for 4½ months with more than 70 men. He said detainees are constantly hungry because meals served at tables in the centre of the room offer only child-sized portions." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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This story is chilling...not because it’s loud, but because it’s quiet.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This story is chilling...not because it’s loud, but because it’s quiet.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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Ali is a gorgeous writer, and the stories he returned with from walking this single block are extraordinary. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
February 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Ali is a gorgeous writer, and the stories he returned with from walking this single block are extraordinary. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
w/ @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...