A. Laura Brody (she/her)
@alaurabrody.bsky.social
Artist, curator, activist, and more. Find me at www.opulentmobility.com and www.dreamsbymachine.com.
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In case anyone wonders what it’s like to be disabled in alberta, I just had a lady tell me that I was ACCEPTED to the CANADA DISABILITY BENEFIT and would be getting $1400 of past months funding plus $200/mo going forward.
She didn’t understand why I started sobbing.
Thanks to the ucp govt…
She didn’t understand why I started sobbing.
Thanks to the ucp govt…
February 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
In case anyone wonders what it’s like to be disabled in alberta, I just had a lady tell me that I was ACCEPTED to the CANADA DISABILITY BENEFIT and would be getting $1400 of past months funding plus $200/mo going forward.
She didn’t understand why I started sobbing.
Thanks to the ucp govt…
She didn’t understand why I started sobbing.
Thanks to the ucp govt…
In the midst of all the massively terrible news, let's help each other out and find some joy.
Join us Sunday for a clothing swap and mending session at Underdog Bookstore with Operation Healthy Hearts and Mourning Pug!
www.underdogbookstore.org
Join us Sunday for a clothing swap and mending session at Underdog Bookstore with Operation Healthy Hearts and Mourning Pug!
www.underdogbookstore.org
Underdog Bookstore
Discover Underdog Bookstore, a vibrant non-profit community hub in Monrovia, CA. Explore our diverse collection, inclusive events, and support for local LGBTQ+ initiatives. Join us in celebrating lite...
www.underdogbookstore.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
In the midst of all the massively terrible news, let's help each other out and find some joy.
Join us Sunday for a clothing swap and mending session at Underdog Bookstore with Operation Healthy Hearts and Mourning Pug!
www.underdogbookstore.org
Join us Sunday for a clothing swap and mending session at Underdog Bookstore with Operation Healthy Hearts and Mourning Pug!
www.underdogbookstore.org
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A student attended a protest targeting companies that supplied Israel with weapons.
He was banned from Cornell University and ICE subpoenaed Google for his personal data, including credit card and bank account numbers:
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
He was banned from Cornell University and ICE subpoenaed Google for his personal data, including credit card and bank account numbers:
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A student attended a protest targeting companies that supplied Israel with weapons.
He was banned from Cornell University and ICE subpoenaed Google for his personal data, including credit card and bank account numbers:
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
He was banned from Cornell University and ICE subpoenaed Google for his personal data, including credit card and bank account numbers:
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Esptein files: release EVERY missing page now! action.eko.org/a/esptein-fi...
Esptein files: release EVERY missing page now!
The headlines say the Epstein files are out. The math says they’re lying. Right now, Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice is still sitting on over 3 million pages of evidence that are legally required to
action.eko.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Esptein files: release EVERY missing page now! action.eko.org/a/esptein-fi...
When private equity firms buy hospitals, people die. Add your name: ban private equity ownership of hospitals. action.ips-dc.org/a/inequality... @inequality.org
When private equity firms buy hospitals, people die. Take action!
When billionaire-backed private equity firms buy a hospital: Patients get less care and more suffering and death -- 25% more complications, 27% more falls, and 38% more blood infections, per one study...
action.ips-dc.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:01 PM
When private equity firms buy hospitals, people die. Add your name: ban private equity ownership of hospitals. action.ips-dc.org/a/inequality... @inequality.org
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Trump has already shown a willingness to use the full spectrum of federal government power to interfere with state election administration and advance his political interests.
Full details here:
Full details here:
The plot to undermine the 2026 elections
The Trump administration is engaged in a multi-pronged effort to undermine the integrity of and confidence in the 2026 election.
popular.info
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Trump has already shown a willingness to use the full spectrum of federal government power to interfere with state election administration and advance his political interests.
Full details here:
Full details here:
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No family should have to choose between protecting the ones they love or accessing the care they need. go.caringacross.org/a/congress-d...
Tell Congress: Don’t Weaponize Our Care!
go.caringacross.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
No family should have to choose between protecting the ones they love or accessing the care they need. go.caringacross.org/a/congress-d...
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Kansas has passed a bill that would revoke trans people's drivers licenses, forcing them to surrender them for replacements.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Kansas Legislature Passes Trans Bathroom Bounty, Drivers License Revocations
“They're using very overtly anti-democratic measures to pass all this stuff because they know that it's unpopular.”
www.erininthemorning.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Kansas has passed a bill that would revoke trans people's drivers licenses, forcing them to surrender them for replacements.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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BREAKING: One of the tipsters from the Epstein docs that DOJ pulled down and put back up has reached out to me. I'll tell you what we know on @meidastouch.com in one hour. As always, we have receipts. Link: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
BREAKING: One of the tipsters from the Epstein docs that DOJ pulled down and put back up has reached out to me. I'll tell you what we know on @meidastouch.com in one hour. As always, we have receipts. Link: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another alarming attack by the Trump administration on Americans’ First Amendment rights.
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another alarming attack by the Trump administration on Americans’ First Amendment rights.
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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3. ICE is using government data from state DMVs and federal agencies and refuses to answer questions about how that data is used. I'm also leading that fight in the Senate to rein them in, and warned states that care about their residents to stop sharing DMV data with ICE.
Dem governors unwittingly share DMV data with ICE, lawmakers warn
40 congressional Democrats are urging blue-state leaders to block ICE access to a database containing residents’ driver license and registration information.
fedscoop.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
3. ICE is using government data from state DMVs and federal agencies and refuses to answer questions about how that data is used. I'm also leading that fight in the Senate to rein them in, and warned states that care about their residents to stop sharing DMV data with ICE.
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Want to be part of our salvation, education, and resilience? Join this training by the LA Rapid Response Network. Link here: forms.office.com/r/qfcufgFQ5E
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Want to be part of our salvation, education, and resilience? Join this training by the LA Rapid Response Network. Link here: forms.office.com/r/qfcufgFQ5E
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“Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them.”
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
“Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them.”
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1. Many large media outlets are reporting that Trump "pivoted" his strategy in Minnesota and has "changed course."
This is what the White House WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE
The only problem is it is not true
This is what the White House WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE
The only problem is it is not true
How legacy media fell for Trump’s fake “pivot” in Minnesota
No, Trump did not "change course."
popular.info
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
1. Many large media outlets are reporting that Trump "pivoted" his strategy in Minnesota and has "changed course."
This is what the White House WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE
The only problem is it is not true
This is what the White House WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE
The only problem is it is not true
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Abolish. ice. 💔
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Abolish. ice. 💔
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1. After weeks of silence, the CEOs of 68 large corporations based in Minnesota released and statement on ICE saying... what exactly?
"There are ways for us to come together to foster progress..."
"State, local and federal officials [should] work together to find real solutions..."
"There are ways for us to come together to foster progress..."
"State, local and federal officials [should] work together to find real solutions..."
The hollow corporate response to the Minnesota killings
At the beginning of December, the Trump administration launched “Operation Metro Surge,” sending thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal officers to the…
popular.info
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
1. After weeks of silence, the CEOs of 68 large corporations based in Minnesota released and statement on ICE saying... what exactly?
"There are ways for us to come together to foster progress..."
"State, local and federal officials [should] work together to find real solutions..."
"There are ways for us to come together to foster progress..."
"State, local and federal officials [should] work together to find real solutions..."
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It is very hard to figure out how to boycott Palantir.
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 PM
It is very hard to figure out how to boycott Palantir.
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Half of Nashville's population was without power.
Utilities tend to be monopolies, yet many municipalities let them put their customers' lives in danger by allowing power companies to lay lines cheaply (above ground), where they are more likely to be affected by ice and cut off power in the cold.
Utilities tend to be monopolies, yet many municipalities let them put their customers' lives in danger by allowing power companies to lay lines cheaply (above ground), where they are more likely to be affected by ice and cut off power in the cold.
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Half of Nashville's population was without power.
Utilities tend to be monopolies, yet many municipalities let them put their customers' lives in danger by allowing power companies to lay lines cheaply (above ground), where they are more likely to be affected by ice and cut off power in the cold.
Utilities tend to be monopolies, yet many municipalities let them put their customers' lives in danger by allowing power companies to lay lines cheaply (above ground), where they are more likely to be affected by ice and cut off power in the cold.