Lexi A
@chronicallylexi.bsky.social
Anti-fascist public defender. Free Palestine, land back, heal everybody. Your liberty matters.
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Just got invited to debate birthright citizenship at a T10 law school. So this is where we are.
February 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just got invited to debate birthright citizenship at a T10 law school. So this is where we are.
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"Prisoners reported that staff threatened to cut off electricity to their cell outlets if they refused to sign [the Inmate Safety Agreement] ... [T]he men use their outlets to charge their tablets and plug in their televisions, which is the only way they can participate in religious services."
At Virginia's Red Onion State Prison, where six men intentionally burned themselves last year, officials are using a combination of threats and bribes to discourage further incidents of self-harm, @elizabethweill.bsky.social reports. theappeal.org/red-onion-pr...
Virginia Prison Uses Threats, Bribes to Address Self-Harm
The Inmate Safety Agreement distributed at Red Onion State Prison offers fish fries and movies for prisoners who don’t harm themselves.
theappeal.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Prisoners reported that staff threatened to cut off electricity to their cell outlets if they refused to sign [the Inmate Safety Agreement] ... [T]he men use their outlets to charge their tablets and plug in their televisions, which is the only way they can participate in religious services."
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Exclusive: I've obtained VADOC's Inmate Safety Agreement. It offers incentives, such as free commissary bags + group recreation, to those who don't harm themselves. Those who violate the agreement may lose "access to television, recreation time, or other amenities.” theappeal.org/red-onion-pr...
Virginia Prison Uses Threats, Bribes to Address Self-Harm
The Inmate Safety Agreement distributed at Red Onion State Prison offers fish fries and movies for prisoners who don’t harm themselves.
theappeal.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Exclusive: I've obtained VADOC's Inmate Safety Agreement. It offers incentives, such as free commissary bags + group recreation, to those who don't harm themselves. Those who violate the agreement may lose "access to television, recreation time, or other amenities.” theappeal.org/red-onion-pr...
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NEW: Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID and State’s funding freeze are severely disrupting efforts to help human trafficking victims escape forced labor camps.
by @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social @ WIRED:
by @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social @ WIRED:
The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID and State’s funding freeze are severely disrupting efforts to help human trafficking victims escape forced labor camps.
by @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social @ WIRED:
by @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social @ WIRED:
American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita to DC collided with a helicopter over the Potomac. The Kennedy Center cameras caught the explosion midair. This is awful.
BREAKING: Video shows 2 aircraft colliding over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
January 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita to DC collided with a helicopter over the Potomac. The Kennedy Center cameras caught the explosion midair. This is awful.
The fascists are fascism-ing again.
Donald Trump will reportedly sign an executive order to deport non-citizen university students who have participated in protests opposing the Gaza genocide.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/report-trump-to-cancel-student-visas-for-palestine-protesters/
#Palestine #Israel
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/report-trump-to-cancel-student-visas-for-palestine-protesters/
#Palestine #Israel
Report: Trump to cancel student visas for Palestine protesters
Donald Trump will reportedly sign an executive order to deport non-citizen university students who have participated in protests opposing the Gaza genocide.
mondoweiss.net
January 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The fascists are fascism-ing again.
The cruelty is the point.
Trump announces an executive order authorizing a 30,000 capacity migrant detention center in Guantanamo.
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
January 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The cruelty is the point.
Trans folks: I love you, I value you.
BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Trump-Education-EO
www.documentcloud.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trans folks: I love you, I value you.
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Hassan: "You have clearly stated in the past that bodily autonomy is one of your core values ... when was it that you decided to sell out the values you've had your whole life in order to be given power by President Trump?"
January 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hassan: "You have clearly stated in the past that bodily autonomy is one of your core values ... when was it that you decided to sell out the values you've had your whole life in order to be given power by President Trump?"
ICE has increased their presence in Northwest Arkansas.
Report ICE presence to Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education Immigrant when you see them. If you can, consider filming them.
Report ICE presence to Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education Immigrant when you see them. If you can, consider filming them.
January 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ICE has increased their presence in Northwest Arkansas.
Report ICE presence to Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education Immigrant when you see them. If you can, consider filming them.
Report ICE presence to Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education Immigrant when you see them. If you can, consider filming them.
This is wild.
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is wild.