Gabe Ortíz

“Many of them have ‘come the right way,’ only to realize we’ve changed the rules or are just ignoring our own laws.”

“Moreover, they are happy to dehumanize a man with their bullet still lodged in his back. When asked about his condition in the hospital, ICE told a reporter, ‘The illegal alien’s condition is stable.’”

https://baptistnews.com/article/when-you-vote-remember-wilber-rafael-garces-perez/

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“Since it was founded in 1995, Parton’s Imagination Library has donated more than 300 million books to children around the world, and each month it sends out 3 million books directly to kids’ homes. Children who are enrolled receive one book per month from birth to age five, at no cost to families” 📚

“All U.S. ticket sales will be donated to The Dollywood Foundation to support its flagship program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” 📚

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/dolly-parton-9-to-5-theaters-charity-death-1236875525/

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117329012796637599

#HispanicHeritageMonth: Sonia Manzano, 15-time Emmy-winning actor and writer. For over 30 years, Manzano portrayed Maria on “Sesame Street” and was one of the first Hispanic characters on national television ✨

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117343393671296647

“Vote as if it is a prayer that we’ll somehow find the compassionate humanity to treat the stranger as Jesus himself.

Vote like your neighbors’ lives depend upon it, because they so clearly do.”

We are all so lucky to have been born at a certain moment in time and thus graced with the presence of Dolly Rebecca Parton 🦋

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117334671886194097

“Manzano says that sometimes her mere presence makes strangers and passersby cry. ‘It's an effect that I have on people. When they see me, I'm a catalyst, and all of a sudden they're thrown back onto their mothers' milky laps at four in the afternoon, watching letters and numbers.” https://www.wbur.org/npr/442916706/i-met-a-girl-named-maria #HispanicHeritageMonth

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117295657235175295

#HispanicHeritageMonth: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court ✨

"I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.”

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I mean can you imagine being born during a time of, oh I don’t know, The Black Death perhaps, but also DOLLY PARTON HAD NOT YET EXISTED. Let those fleas just take me already.

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117334441442379938

When I saw Dolly do this I knew she was about to EAT

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117343388849977228

“Go to the polls with Wilber and the millions like him in mind. Vote against anyone who supports this state-sponsored, racialized terror. Vote to send an unequivocal message that you’re not OK with this.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/117333031522506946

“Dolly founded the Imagination Library in 1995 in honor of her father, who could not read or write. What began in her home county in East Tennessee has grown into the largest early childhood book-gifting program in the world …” 📚

“The Imagination Library is encouraging the public to give directly to their local Imagination Library Partner on Dolly Parton Day, or help establish a new program in their community” 📚 https://www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/dolly-parton-day-how-to-celebrate/4148404/?amp=1

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“Dolly often called these local Imagination Library Partners the ‘true heroes’ of her program. They raise funds, build community support and work tirelessly to ensure children from birth to age five in their communities can receive a free, high-quality book mailed directly to their home each month” 📚 https://www.dollyparton.com/news/the-dollywood-foundation-announces-give-like-dolly-day-on-september-25-encouraging-the-world-to-make-a-difference-in-a-childs-life

On this inaugural Dolly Parton Day, one of her best-ever live performances 🦋

“Marshall has been among the majority of Republicans who have spent months blocking even the most modest reforms for ICE. Only now as ICE’s operations arrive at his front door can he begin to see what mayhem and tragedy this agency has wrought—and how that might cost him on Election Day.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/215814/maga-senator-changes-tune-ice-midterms?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social

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“USCIS did not review his case. In summarily denying his green card application, it rubber-stamped a predetermined determination to deport him. But here is the truth they do not understand: Pastor Molis is not just a number to meet a quota.”