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I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.
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KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
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If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
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worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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Not only that. they NEED your attention. Deprive them of it and keep it moving.
i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Not only that. they NEED your attention. Deprive them of it and keep it moving.
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Israeli settlers continue to wage war on Palestinians in the West Bank and elsewhere. They are breaking into people's homes, stealing their stuff, trashing their homes and sometimes kidnapping and killing people. This is happening NOW. People should know this.
October 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Israeli settlers continue to wage war on Palestinians in the West Bank and elsewhere. They are breaking into people's homes, stealing their stuff, trashing their homes and sometimes kidnapping and killing people. This is happening NOW. People should know this.
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Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.
October 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.
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I filed a FOIA request with the FTC to get user complaints about ChatGPT.
In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.
In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.
'This Was Trauma by Simulation': ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints
Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints to FTC through a FOIA request.
gizmodo.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I filed a FOIA request with the FTC to get user complaints about ChatGPT.
In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.
In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.
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"Women just aren't as good at sports as men!"
A large number of top level women in athletics have to get second jobs while competing at the same level as men who are paid well enough to do it as their only job.
The system is designed to make sure women *cannot* compete at the same level.
A large number of top level women in athletics have to get second jobs while competing at the same level as men who are paid well enough to do it as their only job.
The system is designed to make sure women *cannot* compete at the same level.
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Women just aren't as good at sports as men!"
A large number of top level women in athletics have to get second jobs while competing at the same level as men who are paid well enough to do it as their only job.
The system is designed to make sure women *cannot* compete at the same level.
A large number of top level women in athletics have to get second jobs while competing at the same level as men who are paid well enough to do it as their only job.
The system is designed to make sure women *cannot* compete at the same level.
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rare W for COINTELPRO from a legendary conversation between Bhakti Shringarpure and Mahmood Mamdani (h/t Silke-Marie Weineck)
July 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
rare W for COINTELPRO from a legendary conversation between Bhakti Shringarpure and Mahmood Mamdani (h/t Silke-Marie Weineck)
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“The criminalization of queerness and transness is not new. And, in the history of this country, authoritarianism isn’t new either — just look at Jim Crow, enslavement, Japanese internment camps and the genocide of Native people.”
New Oral History Captures Decades of Trans Life in the Words of Elders of Color
Amid the current anti-trans backlash, let’s heed the wisdom and perspective of the trans elders in our communities.
truthout.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“The criminalization of queerness and transness is not new. And, in the history of this country, authoritarianism isn’t new either — just look at Jim Crow, enslavement, Japanese internment camps and the genocide of Native people.”
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This place should be being flooded with donations. A thing that we can do is make sure they have a war chest proportional to that of an Ivy League school.
"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.”
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
A museum dedicated to the African-American history of Boston has had its federal grant cut, putting future programs in jeopardy.
www.cbsnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This place should be being flooded with donations. A thing that we can do is make sure they have a war chest proportional to that of an Ivy League school.
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I know you aren't going to want to hear this but the reason the system can deport Mahmoud Khalil and send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador is that for years we've been executing factually innocent people like Marcellus Williams and sending legally innocent people to places like Riker's Island.
April 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I know you aren't going to want to hear this but the reason the system can deport Mahmoud Khalil and send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador is that for years we've been executing factually innocent people like Marcellus Williams and sending legally innocent people to places like Riker's Island.
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A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
March 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
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The end goal of the Right is detransition or death for every trans person. There is no amount of compromise that will satisfy them.
We CANNOT accept the "compromise" of being "lesser" citizens to make centrists happy. As soon as we agree to be "lesser", they will move the goalpost again.
We CANNOT accept the "compromise" of being "lesser" citizens to make centrists happy. As soon as we agree to be "lesser", they will move the goalpost again.
March 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The end goal of the Right is detransition or death for every trans person. There is no amount of compromise that will satisfy them.
We CANNOT accept the "compromise" of being "lesser" citizens to make centrists happy. As soon as we agree to be "lesser", they will move the goalpost again.
We CANNOT accept the "compromise" of being "lesser" citizens to make centrists happy. As soon as we agree to be "lesser", they will move the goalpost again.
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If you're indulging the 'real disabilities' vs 'over-diagnosed' narrative, you're carrying the can for eugenicists who don't believe that disabled people deserve life.
It's exactly the same tactic used vs LGBT people: 'I respect gay people, but there are some who shove it down your throat' etc.
It's exactly the same tactic used vs LGBT people: 'I respect gay people, but there are some who shove it down your throat' etc.
March 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If you're indulging the 'real disabilities' vs 'over-diagnosed' narrative, you're carrying the can for eugenicists who don't believe that disabled people deserve life.
It's exactly the same tactic used vs LGBT people: 'I respect gay people, but there are some who shove it down your throat' etc.
It's exactly the same tactic used vs LGBT people: 'I respect gay people, but there are some who shove it down your throat' etc.
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I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
March 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
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Telling folks to just "plug in to community" rn is well-meaning and if you can do that, wonderful. But most people are not super connected to community for many reasons. So, if you don't have community rn that's ok, consider finding 2-5 ppl you can form a pod with.
www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...
www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...
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January 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Telling folks to just "plug in to community" rn is well-meaning and if you can do that, wonderful. But most people are not super connected to community for many reasons. So, if you don't have community rn that's ok, consider finding 2-5 ppl you can form a pod with.
www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...
www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...
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This is the important part! If you submit your application for a gender marker change, you will not receive your passport or your supporting documents back.
January 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is the important part! If you submit your application for a gender marker change, you will not receive your passport or your supporting documents back.