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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
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This is literally treated as radical, outside-the-bounds of normal political discourse.
But Elon Musk gets $1,000,000,000,000.
Enough to by every unhoused person in America a $1.3 million home.
Enough to cover federal spending on school lunches for 57 years.
But Elon Musk gets $1,000,000,000,000.
Enough to by every unhoused person in America a $1.3 million home.
Enough to cover federal spending on school lunches for 57 years.
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is literally treated as radical, outside-the-bounds of normal political discourse.
But Elon Musk gets $1,000,000,000,000.
Enough to by every unhoused person in America a $1.3 million home.
Enough to cover federal spending on school lunches for 57 years.
But Elon Musk gets $1,000,000,000,000.
Enough to by every unhoused person in America a $1.3 million home.
Enough to cover federal spending on school lunches for 57 years.
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Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
September 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
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ICE raids are driving a looming eviction crisis for LA immigrants.
Calls for a countywide eviction moratorium are growing after immigrant tenants in LA report lost wages, falling behind on rent and landlords threatening to call ICE on them.
lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ice-...
Calls for a countywide eviction moratorium are growing after immigrant tenants in LA report lost wages, falling behind on rent and landlords threatening to call ICE on them.
lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ice-...
ICE raids are driving a looming eviction crisis for LA immigrants
Calls for a countywide eviction moratorium are growing after immigrant tenants in LA report lost wages, falling behind on rent and landlords threatening to call ICE on them.
lapublicpress.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ICE raids are driving a looming eviction crisis for LA immigrants.
Calls for a countywide eviction moratorium are growing after immigrant tenants in LA report lost wages, falling behind on rent and landlords threatening to call ICE on them.
lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ice-...
Calls for a countywide eviction moratorium are growing after immigrant tenants in LA report lost wages, falling behind on rent and landlords threatening to call ICE on them.
lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ice-...
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I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
July 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
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Ending Medicaid in order to build concentration camps. I feel, as always, there should be some kind of nonstop barrage of ads across America, every Democrat on every platform saying something like “Republicans want to end Medicaid in words to build concentration camps.”
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ending Medicaid in order to build concentration camps. I feel, as always, there should be some kind of nonstop barrage of ads across America, every Democrat on every platform saying something like “Republicans want to end Medicaid in words to build concentration camps.”
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
June 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
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I know there are mayors out there, including my own (ostensibly), who are serious about protecting their constituents from ICE, and this is a repeatable strategy that they can organize.
June 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I know there are mayors out there, including my own (ostensibly), who are serious about protecting their constituents from ICE, and this is a repeatable strategy that they can organize.
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Update: protesters moved the lady in the wheelchair to safety as police pushed forward. @ShotOn35mm
June 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Update: protesters moved the lady in the wheelchair to safety as police pushed forward. @ShotOn35mm
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In the middle of all of this, I have been so heartened by the dedication of the principals and teachers at our LAUSD schools, who have taken every opportunity to reiterate loudly and firmly that they are here for *all* our kids.
June 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
In the middle of all of this, I have been so heartened by the dedication of the principals and teachers at our LAUSD schools, who have taken every opportunity to reiterate loudly and firmly that they are here for *all* our kids.
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You don’t need to be in LA to fight back. Rapid response rallies are happening across the nation to demand David Huerta’s release and an end to ICE raids.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemALL
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemALL
#FreeDavidEndRaids
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...
actionnetwork.org
June 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You don’t need to be in LA to fight back. Rapid response rallies are happening across the nation to demand David Huerta’s release and an end to ICE raids.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemALL
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemALL
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THREAD. A lot of attention is rightly going to Medicaid cuts and other very bad things in Trump's bill passed by the House, but there's something else that isn't getting enough attention, that is very difficult to find in any news coverage, but that will fundamentally alter life for all of us.
May 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
THREAD. A lot of attention is rightly going to Medicaid cuts and other very bad things in Trump's bill passed by the House, but there's something else that isn't getting enough attention, that is very difficult to find in any news coverage, but that will fundamentally alter life for all of us.
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The Ag Committee's part of the Reconciliation Bill raises the SNAP work requirement age for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64. It also changes the definition of "dependent child" from under 18 years to under 7 years old to determine "Able-bodied adult without dependents."
May 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Ag Committee's part of the Reconciliation Bill raises the SNAP work requirement age for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64. It also changes the definition of "dependent child" from under 18 years to under 7 years old to determine "Able-bodied adult without dependents."
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They are really gonna try and socialize ideas being illegal. These folks believe the demographic shift is making way for “bad ideas” winning. This is starting with pro-Palestine sentiment and will expand.
April 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
They are really gonna try and socialize ideas being illegal. These folks believe the demographic shift is making way for “bad ideas” winning. This is starting with pro-Palestine sentiment and will expand.
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just a reminder that we shouldn’t be disappearing ANY people to El Salvadoran prison camps, whether they have been convicted or even accused of crimes or not
March 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
just a reminder that we shouldn’t be disappearing ANY people to El Salvadoran prison camps, whether they have been convicted or even accused of crimes or not
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There have been 9 deaths in LASD custody in the first 9 weeks of 2025. LA County has still not set forth the MCJ closure plan from March 30th, 2021.
This report outlined how to close the jail in 18-24 months. Join us on April 1st at the board to demand #NoMoreDelay, #CloseMCJ!
This report outlined how to close the jail in 18-24 months. Join us on April 1st at the board to demand #NoMoreDelay, #CloseMCJ!
February 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There have been 9 deaths in LASD custody in the first 9 weeks of 2025. LA County has still not set forth the MCJ closure plan from March 30th, 2021.
This report outlined how to close the jail in 18-24 months. Join us on April 1st at the board to demand #NoMoreDelay, #CloseMCJ!
This report outlined how to close the jail in 18-24 months. Join us on April 1st at the board to demand #NoMoreDelay, #CloseMCJ!
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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.
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is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
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Like what would happen if we actually thought in class terms and admitted that Black and Indigenous and Queer folks as various classes
Aren’t “canaries in coal mines”
But the very first step to egregious exploitation and racism in ignoring it is the way white labor keeps losing
Aren’t “canaries in coal mines”
But the very first step to egregious exploitation and racism in ignoring it is the way white labor keeps losing
January 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Like what would happen if we actually thought in class terms and admitted that Black and Indigenous and Queer folks as various classes
Aren’t “canaries in coal mines”
But the very first step to egregious exploitation and racism in ignoring it is the way white labor keeps losing
Aren’t “canaries in coal mines”
But the very first step to egregious exploitation and racism in ignoring it is the way white labor keeps losing
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Also remember that Gitmo has a long and bleak history of immigrant detention. I wrote this in 2018 about detention camps there from the GHW Bush and Clinton presidencies, before the war on terror had even begun.
Gitmo Started as a Detention Camp for Immigrants
From the Bolshevik Revolution to 9/11, mass detention starts as a temporary measure and becomes an indefinite nightmare.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Also remember that Gitmo has a long and bleak history of immigrant detention. I wrote this in 2018 about detention camps there from the GHW Bush and Clinton presidencies, before the war on terror had even begun.