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Must-read by journalist Mario Guevara for @bittersouth.bsky.social: "On the afternoon of Saturday, June 14, 2025, my life changed completely. Just as I was doing a regular news coverage, I was arrested by the police in the state of Georgia."

In a letter to the @bittersouth.bsky.social, journalist Mario Guevara—a legal resident of the U.S. who’s been jailed for 100 days without any pending criminal charges and who’s currently fighting an ICE deportation order—recounts the harrowing details of his detention in an Atlanta federal prison.

Mario Guevara @bittersouth.bsky.social The only known journalist detained by ICE on US soil sends a letter to The Bitter Southerner. This is Mario Guevara’s harrowing account of what’s happened to him, in detainment, since his arrest on June 14. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

Mario Guevara, an award winning journalist, taken by LE & put in ICE detention while covering a protest. “…[T]he government repeatedly asserted that Guevara presents a danger to the community because he films and records law enforcement activities and shares his reporting with the public.”

Heartbreaking that this comes out today, of all days.

“But I have to remain strong and confident that the United States still has some caring and decency left and that in the end justice will prevail.”

This week,The BS rec’d a letter from MARIO GUEVARA, the only known journalist detained on US soil by ICE. For wks, we’ve worked w/ his family to obtain Mario’s handwritten letter + the 2 drawings of his cell. The letter is also available in Spanish. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

A letter from an emmy award-winning journalist who's been detained by ICE for 2+ months just went up via @bittersouth.bsky.social. He's in the US lawfully. "The government asserted that Guevara posed a danger to the community because of his reporting." bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

“I have to remain strong and confident that the United States still has some caring and decency left and that in the end justice will prevail.” Journalist Mario Guevara has been in ICE custody since June. @bittersouth.bsky.social has published his Letter from Folkston Detention Facility

Georgia-based Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara — a man with a U.S. work permit — was arrested while covering a No Kings protest on June 14 and immediately placed on an ICE hold. He's been in jail ever since. He shares his story in @bittersouth.bsky.social bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

@bittersouth.bsky.social The text+imagery of this work has just stopped me in my tracks this morning. Please send Ms. Reynolds my profound appreciation for her words+photos. They're entwined w/each other perfectly and have moved me deeply. bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11/...

A great one from @bittersouth.bsky.social

Keep up the good fight, y’all. Here’s some fresh new Bitter Southerner gear to wear to the resistance. bsgeneralstore.com

So much has been written about the intersection of creativity & “madness.” Shane Mitchell shares the story of her own family of artists along w/a tale of 2 painters from very different backgrounds in the early 1900s - all of it a deeply personal story for Shane. bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11/...

Our new book, TREMBLING EARTH, A Transcendental Trip Through The Okefenokee is available for preorder, and it’s quite possibly the coolest thing we’ve ever made. Thank you, David Walter Banks, for taking us on this WILD BEAUTIFUL ride. bsgeneralstore.com/products/tre...

My essay in @bittersouth.bsky.social about the 24 guitars I’ve owned since I was 4, and the cross-hatching of lust, sorrow, and music.

Tell a story deck w/prompts! For children, heck adults too! #giftgiving #storytelling btw Bitter Southerner magazine/get a subscription!! @bittersouth.bsky.social

Stoked to get this from @bittersouth.bsky.social

Six short poems from great Georgian (by way of Tennessee) Coleman Barks. Thanks, @bittersouth.bsky.social bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11/...?

@bittersouth.bsky.social Me as today’s walking billboard. Got a lot of 👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

"I wanted to know what is revealed about history and faith — and ourselves — when we reenact the same story year after year." Martha Park for @bittersouth.bsky.social:

Late night. Folding Laundry. Truth. bsgeneralstore.com/products/the...

Me: I don't need any more t-shirts. @bittersouth.bsky.social: Are you sure about that? bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...

THE NEWS is rough right now. So to put some goodness out there we’re throwing a “STAY COOL IN TROUBLED TIMES” sale. Starting now and through the weekend, all of our t-shirts are 20% off. Grab your faves before they sell out! bsgeneralstore.com/collections/...

"The specter of mass homelessness in the richest nation in the history of the world calls into question whether America’s economy is one that belongs to a democratic society or if it is a hallmark of something darker, something more extractive." Here's the full list from @bittersouth.bsky.social:

Spotted at McConkey’s Jungle Shack at Edisto Beach, SC. Cc: @bittersouth.bsky.social #HaveMercy #BetterSouth #BetterWorld

The timing of this one is impeccable

Essential reading.

“The culture of my homeplace taught me to love others without judgment, a tenet that many of the loudest voices in the public arena do not want us to practice because we are more easily controlled when we are divided.” Great piece, painfully relevant.

I grapple with this very thing a lot.

I ordered our copy the moment I opened this issue of Bitter Southerner. Proud to support @bittersouth.bsky.social @democracyforward.org and the amazing southern artists on this pressing! #democracyforward #albums #bettersouth #bittersoutherner #democracy

“The culture of my homeplace taught me to love others w/out judgment, a tenet that many of the loudest voices in the public arena do not want us to practice because we are more easily controlled when we are divided. I will not let them take my love away any more than I will let them take my joy.”

"Home was a mixture of great love and deep sadness, periods of calm punctuated by moments of intense pain or passionate joy. Over the past decade, most of the people who have embodied home for me have either died or been mesmerized by a political regime I cannot abide... they are gone from me."

In Issue No. 11 @silashouse.bsky.social writes about home as a place that both hurt him & loved him. A place he still loves with all his heart. How do we find common ground with those who raised us but who also voted against the dreams we have for our lives and this country? Silas points the way.

Today's #vinyl spin is Democracy Forward, a compilation album by @bittersouth.bsky.social in support of @democracyforward.org #vinyltok #democracyforward #bittersoutherner

My fellow Laurel Countian @silashouse.bsky.social leading me to follow my better angels in these troubling times. ❤️ bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11/...

A stunning Letter from Home by the inimitable @silashouse.bsky.social in the latest @bittersouth.bsky.social. bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11/...

Here, our letter to all of you in Issue No. 11 of The Bitter Southerner magazine. ( Arrived in our warehouse one hour ago! ) On this Independence Day eve, as we wait for the vote on that devastating bill, read Kyle’s words... bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-11-...

You ever read an article you loved so much that you couldn't close the tab on your computer and leave it open for a week or more? That's what this profile of legendary New Orleans chef Frank Brigtsen in @bittersouth.bsky.social is for me: bittersoutherner.com/2025/issue-1...

Located and hung our pride flag! @bittersouth.bsky.social

Lots of @bittersouth.bsky.social rep out here #NoKings

The Bitter Southerner was already great. Now it’s even greater. 👇🏻

BIG NEWS : We launched our new record label today. It’s been a good one - benefiting @democracyforward. Thank you to everyone, ( 100s of you !!!) who’ve ordered. bsgeneralstore.com/products/dem...

🎶 🎶We are excited to share “Democracy Forward” — a double vinyl album created in partnership with @bittersouth.bsky.social. Featuring iconic artists, proceeds from the album will support our pro bono legal work on behalf of people and communities. Visit democracyforward.org/album to pre-order.

#PSA 📣 @bittersouth.bsky.social announces their First Album / New Record Label (!!) Welcome to Democracy Forward! bsgeneralstore.com/products/dem...

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Happy #Pride from an ally in ruby red Alabama. I love pissing my MAGA neighbors off with this flag from @bittersouth.bsky.social#Pride🏳️‍🌈 #AbideNoHatred

Researching the history of gumbo for a piece I'm writing about the Nottoway Plantation burning. This is a fantastic article in @bittersouth.bsky.social on the history of filé and the struggle to keep the traditional method of gathering and preparation alive. bittersoutherner.com/feature/2021...