Lior (they/them)
@2witches2come.bsky.social
Your resident nonbinary Jewish thirtysomething. Lesbian, Chicagoan, former Pennsylvanian & nonprofit worker. Aspiring professional bellydancer.
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The Big Beautiful fucking Bill needs folks to call in and people are … doing that
They are also showing up to courts , doing trackers of everything under the sun, preparing elections and uh trying to stay fed
And outside of MEDIA AND SENATORS WITH ACTUAL JOBS
What do you want folks to DO
They are also showing up to courts , doing trackers of everything under the sun, preparing elections and uh trying to stay fed
And outside of MEDIA AND SENATORS WITH ACTUAL JOBS
What do you want folks to DO
June 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Big Beautiful fucking Bill needs folks to call in and people are … doing that
They are also showing up to courts , doing trackers of everything under the sun, preparing elections and uh trying to stay fed
And outside of MEDIA AND SENATORS WITH ACTUAL JOBS
What do you want folks to DO
They are also showing up to courts , doing trackers of everything under the sun, preparing elections and uh trying to stay fed
And outside of MEDIA AND SENATORS WITH ACTUAL JOBS
What do you want folks to DO
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He's trying to make the ADL into a Republican front group, and that is actively harmful to the cause of combating antisemitism.
SCOOP w/@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social
"There is a through line from Occupy Wall Street to BLM to ‘defund the police’ to ‘River to the Sea,’” Greenblatt said of anti-Zionist protesters. "These are the same kind of nihilists."
forward.com/news/726133/...
"There is a through line from Occupy Wall Street to BLM to ‘defund the police’ to ‘River to the Sea,’” Greenblatt said of anti-Zionist protesters. "These are the same kind of nihilists."
forward.com/news/726133/...
Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said the protesters were acting like members of ISIS and al-Qaeda.
forward.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
He's trying to make the ADL into a Republican front group, and that is actively harmful to the cause of combating antisemitism.
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"If [a sitting homeless person's] arms are out wide and he's holding a big sign, he's blocking people from walking. So they'd say, 'You can arrest him' ... Let's say you had an attractive woman sitting on the sidewalk. You were to leave her alone and to only deal with the homeless people."
Jesus tapdancing Christ
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
‘Shadow’ police force removing homeless from downtown Nashville, state trooper says
“Our job is to police the homeless community,” a trooper told WSMV4 Investigates. “Profiling is what it is.”
www.wsmv.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"If [a sitting homeless person's] arms are out wide and he's holding a big sign, he's blocking people from walking. So they'd say, 'You can arrest him' ... Let's say you had an attractive woman sitting on the sidewalk. You were to leave her alone and to only deal with the homeless people."
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this!!!! it may be hard for some to accept that the government could be this cruel (especially when they've largely had positive interactions with law enforcement) but federal agents are, in fact, the one terrorizing immigrant communities right now.
Also people need to really drop this“ice officers are really proud boys/other far right groups” conspiracy theory cooking. The enemy within is ice and dhs. These are not some outside of government force.This is what they have always been. Stop making conspiracy’s that excuse these historic realities
June 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
this!!!! it may be hard for some to accept that the government could be this cruel (especially when they've largely had positive interactions with law enforcement) but federal agents are, in fact, the one terrorizing immigrant communities right now.
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A quick thought on “smuggling” vs. “trafficking,” two terms which Bondi used somewhat interchangeably.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Q: You mentioned he had involvement in a murder and was connected with groups involved in a smuggling ring. But the only charges he's facing right now are human smuggling?
BONDI: He's charged with very serious charges of alien smuggling
BONDI: He's charged with very serious charges of alien smuggling
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A quick thought on “smuggling” vs. “trafficking,” two terms which Bondi used somewhat interchangeably.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
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hey, just following up with a quick legal ethics question: why did you ask your client whether he had information which could be used to blackmail the President?
Trump reposts a tweet from Jeffrey Epstein's criminal defense laywer saying "I can say authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitively that he had no information to hurt President Trump. I specifically asked him!"
June 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
hey, just following up with a quick legal ethics question: why did you ask your client whether he had information which could be used to blackmail the President?
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"In 2021, New York Democratic leaders blocked a vote on a bill that would have created a universal single-payer health care system ... even though it had the support from the majority of lawmakers. A similar bill was reintroduced in the state Senate this January, but it has not moved forward."
Abandoning a public commitment to universal health care did not help the Democrats win the 2024 election. It will not help them in 2028. All it does is leave more and more Americans unhealthy, sick, and dead.
As We Defend Medicaid, We Can’t Lose Sight of the End Goal: Free, Universal Care
While the GOP slashes health care funding at the federal level, some state governors are following suit.
buff.ly
June 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"In 2021, New York Democratic leaders blocked a vote on a bill that would have created a universal single-payer health care system ... even though it had the support from the majority of lawmakers. A similar bill was reintroduced in the state Senate this January, but it has not moved forward."
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Claiming that “white supremacists are infiltrating law enforcement” misunderstands both white supremacy and law enforcement.
Water doesn’t “infiltrate” a stream.
Water doesn’t “infiltrate” a stream.
Also people need to really drop this“ice officers are really proud boys/other far right groups” conspiracy theory cooking. The enemy within is ice and dhs. These are not some outside of government force.This is what they have always been. Stop making conspiracy’s that excuse these historic realities
June 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Claiming that “white supremacists are infiltrating law enforcement” misunderstands both white supremacy and law enforcement.
Water doesn’t “infiltrate” a stream.
Water doesn’t “infiltrate” a stream.
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Yunseo Chung, the Columbia student and green-card holder who has been in hiding since ICE tried to disappear her in March, wins sweeping order preventing her arrest and detention.
She becomes the first of these pro-Palestinian advocates to circumvent the Trump administration policy to deport them.
She becomes the first of these pro-Palestinian advocates to circumvent the Trump administration policy to deport them.
storage.courtlistener.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yunseo Chung, the Columbia student and green-card holder who has been in hiding since ICE tried to disappear her in March, wins sweeping order preventing her arrest and detention.
She becomes the first of these pro-Palestinian advocates to circumvent the Trump administration policy to deport them.
She becomes the first of these pro-Palestinian advocates to circumvent the Trump administration policy to deport them.
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"Immigration enforcement is a pillar of the carceral state. It is not broken; it is functioning exactly as designed. These bills weaponize that system further, deputizing local governments into the hands of federal repression. ... They target Black and Brown communities with surgical precision."
"Louisiana isn't just passing bad policy. It's laying bricks in a pathway toward fascism."
"Functionally, HB 554's restriction code acts like the passbooks of apartheid South Africa."
"This marking might as well say: 'second-class human.'"
#Louisiana #USA #Deportation
"Functionally, HB 554's restriction code acts like the passbooks of apartheid South Africa."
"This marking might as well say: 'second-class human.'"
#Louisiana #USA #Deportation
Louisiana’s Immigration Bills Evoke Apartheid. We Cannot Remain Silent.
Louisiana isn’t just passing bad policy. It’s laying bricks in a pathway toward fascism.
truthout.org
June 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Immigration enforcement is a pillar of the carceral state. It is not broken; it is functioning exactly as designed. These bills weaponize that system further, deputizing local governments into the hands of federal repression. ... They target Black and Brown communities with surgical precision."
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I want to remind everyone that without Elon Musk, we wouldn't be in this situation where our academic institutions, science enterprise, and democracy are being dismantled, and millions of additional people around the world are going to die. We want both of them to lose horribly in this fight.
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I want to remind everyone that without Elon Musk, we wouldn't be in this situation where our academic institutions, science enterprise, and democracy are being dismantled, and millions of additional people around the world are going to die. We want both of them to lose horribly in this fight.
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"We have a particular duty to show up ... because we are not being actively targeted in the way that Palestinian students, Muslim students and Arab students are."
"It's our duty to weaponise our privilege as Jewish students."
"New York police arrested her along with another protester after they set their Columbia diplomas on fire."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Policing #Genocide
"New York police arrested her along with another protester after they set their Columbia diplomas on fire."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Policing #Genocide
Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump: ‘The repression is growing, but so is the resistance’
As the administration continues to exploit antisemitism to arrest protesters and curb academic freedoms, more American Jews are saying ‘not in my name’
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"We have a particular duty to show up ... because we are not being actively targeted in the way that Palestinian students, Muslim students and Arab students are."
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Trump also does not know what kayfabe is
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Trump also does not know what kayfabe is
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anyone associated with Stanford owes the country at least this
June 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
anyone associated with Stanford owes the country at least this
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AmeriCorps programs that DOGE had tagged for elimination must be reinstated, along with the volunteers they support, in 24 states that sued to save them
Judge Orders Reinstatement of AmeriCorps Programs in 24 States
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
AmeriCorps programs that DOGE had tagged for elimination must be reinstated, along with the volunteers they support, in 24 states that sued to save them
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"The administration halted work on thousands of pending discrimination cases ... If you submitted a complaint or had a case closed this year, or if you have a currently pending case, we want to hear about your experience. We're also interested in connecting to people with other insights about [ED]."
We need your help to see the full picture of how the dismantling of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is affecting students, parents, school employees and their wider communities.
Here's how to reach out.
Here's how to reach out.
Help Us Report on How the Department of Education Is Handling Civil Rights Cases
Have you recently filed a civil rights complaint or do you have a pending case? We need your help to get a full picture of how the dismantling of the Office for Civil Rights is affecting students,…
www.propublica.org
June 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"The administration halted work on thousands of pending discrimination cases ... If you submitted a complaint or had a case closed this year, or if you have a currently pending case, we want to hear about your experience. We're also interested in connecting to people with other insights about [ED]."
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I'll never get over how the best line in all of noir – "I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon" – doesn't come from Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, but Calvin and Hobbes
March 4, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I'll never get over how the best line in all of noir – "I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon" – doesn't come from Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, but Calvin and Hobbes
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I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
June 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
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Had a really nice time canvassing tonight for Zohran! People are a lot more engaged and everyone I spoke to was committed to not ranking Cuomo and ranking strategically to stop him. Had a lot of nice chats and got an 18 year old to register for his first ever election. 10/10 highly recommend.
June 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Had a really nice time canvassing tonight for Zohran! People are a lot more engaged and everyone I spoke to was committed to not ranking Cuomo and ranking strategically to stop him. Had a lot of nice chats and got an 18 year old to register for his first ever election. 10/10 highly recommend.
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*opens jar of chili crisp*
wake me up
*grabs mug of hot coffee*
i can't wake up
*holds up jar of chili crisp*
save me
*pours chili crisp into mug*
call my name and save me from the dark
wake me up
*grabs mug of hot coffee*
i can't wake up
*holds up jar of chili crisp*
save me
*pours chili crisp into mug*
call my name and save me from the dark
June 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
*opens jar of chili crisp*
wake me up
*grabs mug of hot coffee*
i can't wake up
*holds up jar of chili crisp*
save me
*pours chili crisp into mug*
call my name and save me from the dark
wake me up
*grabs mug of hot coffee*
i can't wake up
*holds up jar of chili crisp*
save me
*pours chili crisp into mug*
call my name and save me from the dark
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A key objective of the real estate lobby is gutting NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97. It makes landlords invest in their properties to raise energy efficiency, which creates jobs, reduces pollution & cuts utility bills. As Gov, Cuomo tried to gut it.
These stakes are high! 🧵
These stakes are high! 🧵
"Landlords in New York City have apparently picked their champion in the mayor’s race: Andrew M. Cuomo."
Landlords Commit $2.5 Million to Help Cuomo’s Mayoral Campaign
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A key objective of the real estate lobby is gutting NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97. It makes landlords invest in their properties to raise energy efficiency, which creates jobs, reduces pollution & cuts utility bills. As Gov, Cuomo tried to gut it.
These stakes are high! 🧵
These stakes are high! 🧵
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This is correct, and the proper historical parallel for this is, literally, old fashioned monarchy, in which the country is legally the private property of the king or queen. The people have no title to power in his country.
A bunch of 19th century European politics was just a fight to abolish that
A bunch of 19th century European politics was just a fight to abolish that
I'd put this a bit more sharply than @steveinskeep.bsky.social probably can: Trump simply does not understand any boundary between himself and the government. He has no sense of the public interest and believes the government is an extension of himself personally. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
Trump threatens Musk the same way he did Harvard
He threatened to use federal contracts to gain retribution.
open.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is correct, and the proper historical parallel for this is, literally, old fashioned monarchy, in which the country is legally the private property of the king or queen. The people have no title to power in his country.
A bunch of 19th century European politics was just a fight to abolish that
A bunch of 19th century European politics was just a fight to abolish that