Kim Perales
KimPerales@toad.social
<p>Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue.</p>
Posts
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Post #4451060
“ICE acting director🎈responds day after AP publishes a story on #ICE policy to release body-worn camera in agency’s “BEST INTERESTS.” -V Gonzalez “BUT WHETHER THE PUBLIC WILL GET TO SEE THAT FOOTAGE REMAINS LARGELY UP TO ICE‼️” ZERO accountability, offs still have qualified immunity, & if they mistreat people, it’s likely the video footage will never be seen, & their leaders appear to have impunity. #DHS #StateViolence #Protesters #Murder #Immigrants #Elections #USPol https://apnews.co...
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Post #4436371
"A surprisingly🚨BAD JOB REPORT. The US #economy LOST -23,000 jobs in July (way below expectations of +80k). May and June were🚨revised DOWN by a combined -103,000. Unemployment rate: 4.1% ->This went down for the WRONG reasons.🚨Over 260,000 left the labor force Wage growth: 3.2% -->this is🚨entirely wiped out by #inflation." -H Long #Jobs #Unemployment #Kakistocracy #Incompetence #Deportations #Tariffs #Trump #Impeach #Uprising #USPol
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Post #4408048
"The Trump admin🚨has weakened the fed system for detecting & countering for #election threats, leaving states largely on their own for the 1st time since 2016.🚨Now Patel is cozying up to Cs that definitely don’t share Am interests just months before the 2026 MTs🚨-not a coincidence." -K Kingsley P'ships raised concerns within the counterintel comm re🚨risks posed by sharing sensitive dom security info with authoritarian regimes working to undermine the US. #Traitors #USPol https...
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Post #4397541
"This plane landed in Myanmar🚨~3 hrs ago💔3rd #ICE flight to MM this yr. Burmese deportees in 2025: immed sent to a #TORTURE fac next to the a/p, acc to MyanNow. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged⬇️ Myanmar nationals deported from the US since last month:💔held in a notorious interrogation cen *one of the worst in the C for its brutal trt of detainees." -G Brocknell #TrumpRegime:🚨COMMITTING #CrimesAgainstHumantiy: 24/7, amplify! #Evil #DHS #Impeach #Uprising #USPol https://myanm...
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Post #4384377
MORE🩸ON #HEGSETH'S👐:🚨The horrifying incident happened in May, the pub rps, when a twin-engine medevac a/p carrying 2 pilots & 2 med workers departed from Roswell, NM. Crew:🚨became the victim of an electronic warfare exercise being conducted at the nearby White Sands Mis Range, a test which rendered their nav system inoperable. Due to a comb of low vis & an ATC *stretched far beyond cap🚨-at least 3 other planes reported nav disruptions due to the GPS jamming. #DOD #USPol https://futu...
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Post #4382435
A fed appeals court on Tues said:⚡Trump admin🚨improperly terminated $Bs in funds to boost #CleanEnergy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort. Climate United Fund & other nonprofits won’t have access to their funds immed as the dec will be put on hold for sev days giving the #EPA time to ask #SCOTUS (⁉️) to step in. Judgement:⚡a loss for the Trump admin in one of its earliest efforts to dismantle Biden’s... #Climate #USPol https://www.wfla.co...
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Post #4382402
Sen Padilla⚡plans to intro leg Tues to ban #Trump from selling expedited access to his statements after Trump’s SM co launched a paid svc over the wknd for RT➡️potentially mkt-mov alerts. -NBC "Mon was the 1st ofcl trading day for FIN firms & others to get early access to Trump's TS posts if they signed up for a new subscr svc from TMTG *went live this wknd.🚨Subscribers can pay up to $100K/mo to get TS posts from Trump/other top accts before gen users do." -PBS #InsiderTrading...
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Post #4382099
In 2026, the share of gross domestic income going to wages & salaries *LABOR SHARE🚨-LOWEST LEVEL IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD. BEA: labor share stood at 42.7% in 2023/2024 & near that level in 2025 *a sharp drop from the late 20thC aver of ~63%. A falling labor share typically indicates:🚨productivity, prices, or both: growing faster than wages, or that cap income (eg profits, int, rents) is capturing a larger share of income. -Lib St Ec #Progressives #Oligarchs #Economy #USPol https://www.epi...
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Post #4382086
In just one state:🚨$4.4B in fed taxpayer$ is being spent on detaining immigrants—many of whom are in the C lawfully—& some➡️US cits. On aver, every HH in MN🚨is paying ~$2,000 to track down, intimidate, detain, or deport ppl. If that💰were spent instead on programs proven to improve the lives of working fams—Ed, HC, living wages—⚡it could improve MN comms dramatically. The💰could be spent in the next 2.5 yrs of the #TrumpRegime⬇️ Vote for #Democrats: Defund #ICE #DHS #USPol https://www.epi.org...
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Post #4376205
New report:🚨Deutsche Bank failed to promptly rpt to US auths >$250M in suspicious txs tied to #JeffreyEpstein, incl funds used to pay women in Russia & other E Eur Cs. Bank of America rptd🚨$170M in Epstein-rlt txs connected to billionaire L Black, some: had “no apparent econ, bus or lawful purpose. Wyden criticizes🚨top ofcls at the banks for facilitating Epstein’s sex-trfkg op by disregarding his suspicious FIN dealings +calls for fed invs/tougher pen...🎁 #CoverUp #USPol https://www.bloo...
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Post #4368004
"$36M🚨payment from ICE to GEO Grp on July 24 for detn svcs at Mesa Verde & Golden St #ICE #detention fac. ICE is a for-profit scheme PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS,🚨using #immigrants as commodities. The Trump admin🚨opened the floodgates for these predatory cos to come in & profit off of detaining human beings. Since Sept,💔6 ppl: died at ICE facs in S CA. "Californians🚨have a vital interest in knowing what's happening in..." -N Stearns #DeathCamps #USPol https://www.motherjo...
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Post #4366851
"Just 2 weeks ago, a fed judge ordered #ICE to immed improve conds at Adelanto -despite that order,💔DETAINEES ARE BEING FORCED TO DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER FILLED WITH WORMS. ICE conts to fail its basic duty to protect those in its custody🚨-unacceptable & inhumane. Only solution:🚨to ending this suffering is shutting down Adelanto NOW." -Rep Chu "IMM rights ATTYs: rec a# of complaints from detainees: alleging💔poor drinking water, food, san & med care..." #DeathCamps #U...
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Post #4362102
#Sinister, illegal #deportations: many: W/O #DueProcess:🚨"The data show a sharp increase in what're officially called absentia removal orders,🚨resulting from this new practice of scheduling 100s of IMM court hearings at once with relatively🚨 LITTLE NOTICE *known as “mega master” calendar hearings. “Are judges spending a lot of their time adjudicating cases or are they spending a lot of time issuing these orders &🚨quickly moving thru these cases?” #DHS #ICE #Racism #USPol https://ww...
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Post #4362097
A SPED teacher🚨was arrested on charges of conspiring to impede fed agents -one of 15 ppl indicted in connection with blockades outside a MPLS bldg that served as #ICE HQs during the IMM enf surge, but her case is part of a broader pattern. A review of fed court records found:🚨since #Trump returned to off: #DOJ has chg'd >3 dozen ppl in at least 10 cases under a 19th-C statute, conspiracy to impede or injure an off,🚨*carries up to 6 yrs in prison. #Fascism #Impeach #USPol https://www.raws...
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Post #4359424
A 68 y/o nurse💔*brought her mobile clinic to serve visitors at an #ICE #detention center -thrown to the gnd by ICE agents -treated for a concussion/kneecap fracture, 2 cemetery workers💔*maced &🤲cuffed at work by ICE agents, a legal observer💔BEAT WITH A BATON at #AlexPretti’s kill... Some of the⚡54 ppl who filed tort claims against fed agents this week as part of a NW ACLU push for ICE accountability. 32: cits, 22: IMMs are seeking💰damages. #StateViolence #Uprising #USPol https://www.motherj...
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Post #4359134
“With Iran🚨now claiming that there’re no discussions happening btw the US & IR. Trump is still EXCEPTIONALLY jawboning the energy markets. This is where I truly believe Iran has underplayed their own hand… Core problem: That🚨big “Brent Crude” price is what’s the primary warning signal for every American right now. When that baby is at $80/bbl, the thought is “no crisis. What crisis?” When: $120/bbl, “the sky is falling! But #DementiaDon’s still got that jawboning down PAT.” -BE #IranWar #U...
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Post #4357309
"The US government🚨now has around 30 equity stakes in private companies. How many were coerced like this? "The Trump admin🚨knew the miners needed their permit. In exchange,🚨it asked for the US government to get equity in the company developing the region.... The deal was cut in October." -S Lincicome #Fraud #Corruption #PayToPlay #Extortion #RICO #Trump #Grift #Lies #InsiderTrading #TrumpRegime #Impeach #USPol https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-31/alaska-road-permit...
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Post #4355400
"Fri: Cap One reveals:🚨#Trump debanked bc he was laundering💰. Sun:🚨Acting AG solidifies promise Trump's tax crimes won't be punished." -E Wheel "#DOJ: may be backing away from Trump’s J6 slush fund, but... Trump & his: family/bus':🚨STILL RETAINING TAX AUDIT IMMUNITY *sleight of hand. If Blanche is confirmed➡️massive failure." -K Kingsley "Leaves🚨the May 19 IRS immunity settl intact🚨-appears Trump was willing to throw the J6 defendants under the bus while...
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Post #4299704
"A new report on migrant conditions at #Dilley in TX is🚨devastating. Guards🚨EAT CANDY IN FRONT OF KIDS WHO AREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE TREATS. One kid💔said a guard slowly savored a lollipop "on purpose" to make them "feel bad." -J Pagliery Families say: systemic🚨neglect & substandard med care➡️urgent concern -described unaddressed #health issues & those🚨medical conds➡️ARE WORSENING. #Torture #DeathCamps #ICE #Detention #DHS #Evil #TrumpRegime #Abuse #Children #Upr...
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Post #4288712
“The US & Israel🚨must impose sanctions on #Spain if it uses any American or Israeli defense or police equipment against innocent Moroccans in occupied Ceuta.” -M Rubin “…spent the last several months🚨pressuring the St Dept to work with #Morocco to CREATE THIS INVASION OF CEUTA. Michael Rubin🚨is the fellow at the DC Think Tank Am Enterprise Inst who’s been pushing this. What the actual f. Text from the US Cong Report in Apr🚨-calls on SoS #MarcoRubio to facil that status chg.” -W Rashid #U...
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Post #4288630
"Acc to Ukraine's acting Min of For Affs Sybiha, their intel has detected that Russia🚨is also taking part in the ongoing #disinformation & disruption campaign🎯ing the EU & #Spain with the so called "INVASION OF CEUTA". US & RU v EU. Doc🚨all the influencers, pols, journalists, & outlets that pushed the...story with anti-EU rhetoric & you've got: one of the largest US/Russian #TREASON/ #CORRUPTION NETs that exist TD." -Anonymous #Trump, #Netanyahu,...
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Post #4288480
"This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately.🚨They’re trying to USE #PALANTIR TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU VOTED FOR. 0% chance this ends well..." -B Collins #TrumpRegime:🚨digging into: IP addresses of those who went online to register to vote. #FBI recently obtained:🚨IP addr of someone who reg online in SC. Their request for the address (st & loc ofcls complied with) ➡️stepping up their probe of voter rolls & reg practices from #Trump. #Elections #Uprising #USPol https...
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Post #4286898
"A core reason⚡why you need to enforce anti #corruption rules at the top of govt is bc they set the tone for everyone else. If the ldrs🚨of the fed govt are blatantly, wildly corrupt, everybody else looks at that & goes “so why should I follow the rules of they don’t?” -F Greenwood "#Ethics rules⚡for my wife, a comm college teacher➡️enforced ethics rules for govt: what? lol makes me the joker every time she tells me about turning away a thankful student gift bc➡️against the law!&qu...
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Post #4279923
"Reminder: - the Jan 6🚨prosecutions were launched by the first Trump Admin - the Jan 6 rioters🚨beat, maimed and attacked police - the mob brought🚨bear spray, weapons, Confederate flags, gallows and violent threats to Capitol" -S MacFarlane Given all the #atrocities that #Trump is wreaking on the world, esp the #IranWar, his post today, once again, indicates his priorities: #profiteering, #retribution... #25thAmendment #Impeach #Fascism #CrimesAgainstHumantiy #Corrupiton #Uprising...
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Post #4263838
#Murder:🚨Prisciliano Trejo Ricano, 29 y/o, began feeling ill while detained at a GA #detention cen, where he'd been for 3 weeks💔-died on Wed, July 22. He'd lived in Durham & was in #ICE custody died at a hosp in Augusta,💔after developing an aggressive form of leukemia that quickly claimed his life. "No🚨med care given until too late💔-couldn't walk & vomiting blood. ICE claim he was "technically released" to drs—so shouldn't count as ofcl #death." -LT...
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Post #4263428
#Evil:🚨Compared to the battle the agency engaged in last year, #ICE: lower profile, & yet🚨it's arrested & detained more ppl in recent months than at any time in Trump's 2nd t. July:🚨1,474 aver daily arrests over just the 1st 11 days of the mo. “The purported shift in ICE tactics—from the: Noem months: cost the lives of 2 US citizens to the less spect tactics under #Mullin—has effectively led to more arrests w/o as much pop backlash.” #DeathCamps #Deportations #DHS #USPol https:/...
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Post #4263325
"He🚨seems like he’d rather withdraw Blanche than cut the deal to alter the IRS immunity & CXL the anti-weaponization fund. TRUMP says🚨he’s willing to withdraw BLANCHE’s nomination until 2027, when Cornyn & Tillis are out of off. Senate⚡may not be better for him then." -J Sherman With the "blessing" of GOP SCJs, #Trump believes he'll be in power & ABOVE THE LAW, forever, & doesn't care that people know: he's monetizing the presidency. He's an...
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Post #4262941
"Socialism,🚨merger of corps & the state, & no one even voted for it. Will the govt be impartial about competition in these markets now that it's stakes in these companies? Of course not.🚨The #corruption & #collusion will continue forever." -D Bier While you were sleeping, the Comm Dept announced that it's -via the CHIPS Act*🚨-taken SEVEN new equity stakes in private semi firms.🚨American Socialism continues apace." -S Lincicome Why Rs call #Democrats communist...
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Post #4262694
Many #Haitians & others with #TPS,🚨may be lose their families, livelihoods, & LIVES. Lawful channels⚡allowed them to come to America.🚨Now many face #deportation to Cs they say💔they won’t survive. Larrieux says⚡she plans to stay in the US & fight. As the admin ends TPS for Haitians -they're welcoming white South Africans.." “White people coming, & then you’re kicking out Black people🚨-just feels like it’s an #EthnicCleansing‼️ #Racism #DHS #TrumpRegime #Uprising #USPo...
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Post #4250295
'CAMPS’🚨best captures the pol function of these facs. >65K ppl:💔currently confined in demeaning, often dangerous, sometimes torturous & increasingly deadly conds not bc they've committed a crime, but bc: committed the civil infraction of being on the wrong side of a border🚨-RIPPED FROM THEIR HOMES -FAMILIES -JOBS & are shipped 100s of miles away where they languish in squalid & punishing conds -no access to nutritious food,☀️or med care. 💔~52➡️DEAD. #ICE #DeathCamps #USPol...