brentlythomas.bsky.social profile picture

brentlythomas

@brentlythomas.bsky.social

1628 Followers

1747 Following

jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none, as my dear sainted mother used to say

somewhere between slappy the squirrel and dorothy zbornak

“The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.”

Maya Angelou

he/they 🏳️‍🌈✊🖤🍉

  1. gwensmith.com profile picture

    Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com

    This will keep happening.

    And please don't miss the obvious racism.

    5
  2. reichlinmelnick.bsky.social profile picture

    Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

    🚨This case shows how the Trump admin is stripping due process from people. This woman had been complying with EVERYTHING the government asked her to do. She had a pending asylum hearing. But Trump's ICE, to hit quotas, detained her and illegally tried to strip her of the right to that hearing.

    Salam Maklad, a Syrian national, entered the United States in 2002 without valid entry documents or a visa. (Doc. 2-1 at 2) She was arrested by immigration officials. After remaining detained for nine days, the immigration official determined she was not a flight risk or a danger to the community and released her on her own recognizance. Id. In doing so, the government determined that she did not pose a risk of flight or a danger to the community. Id. at 2-3. She has reported to the ICE Field Office as directed and done everything else required of her. Id. During this interval, Ms. Maklad has applied for asylum based upon her claim that she is a member of a religious community, Druze, which is a persecuted group in Syria. (Doc. 2-2 at 2)On July 9, 2025, she reported for what she thought would be a “check-in” meeting. (Doc. 2-1 at 5) No such meeting occurred. Id. Instead, she was told that because the United States Citizenship and Immigrations Services office had not yet decided her asylum claim, she was required to be taken into ICE custody. Id. at 2. She was arrested and taken into custody where she has remained. Id. She claims that the officers did not present her an arrest warrant or assert any basis for the arrest except that she had a pending asylum application. Id. Since her arrival in the country three years ago, Ms. Maklad has married. (Doc. 1 at 4) A few months after they married, Ms. Maklad’s husband was granted asylum. (Doc. 2-2 at 2, 4) Her petition asserts that this entitles her to immediate eligibility for legal immigration. Id. ICE agrees that she has no criminal history. (Doc. 9-1 at 10) However, ICE placed her in “expedited removal proceedings,” and three weeks later, summarily dismissed her asylum petition due to her detention. Id. Ms. Maklad alleges that because she has been in the United States for three years, the expedited removal process cannot be applied to her. (Doc. 2-1 at 11)
    14
  8. weidleman.com profile picture

    Kyle Weidleman @weidleman.com

    we don’t need FEMA because the states can take care of it.

    the states taking care of it:

    faineg.bsky.social profile picture

    Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social

    The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:

    Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

    “Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing

    Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

    0
  9. parsnip.bsky.social profile picture

    geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social

    honestly my most nose in the air trait is that i think you should cook more. this gets shunted into luxury shit or whatever but it's because the alternative is that other people who are not thinking about you as anything but a wallet are controlling what nutrients you get in what amounts

    6