Elena Demidenko
@elenademi.bsky.social
*working with immigrants 🌏
*dog rescue volunteer 🐕
*love all animals 🐄
*Russian-born American who doesn't want America to turn into Russia
#StandWithUkraine💙💛
#BlueDot 💙💙💙
*dog rescue volunteer 🐕
*love all animals 🐄
*Russian-born American who doesn't want America to turn into Russia
#StandWithUkraine💙💛
#BlueDot 💙💙💙
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Raleigh NC Mayor confirms ICE on the ground now
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Raleigh NC Mayor confirms ICE on the ground now
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If you’ve experienced civil rights violations related to the military or ICE presence in Charlotte, you can report it through our legal intake form.
https://rebrand.ly/ncintake
https://rebrand.ly/ncintake
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If you’ve experienced civil rights violations related to the military or ICE presence in Charlotte, you can report it through our legal intake form.
https://rebrand.ly/ncintake
https://rebrand.ly/ncintake
Immigrant advocates in NC create statewide map of ICE activity ncnewsline.com/2025/11/14/i...
Immigrant advocates in NC create statewide map of ICE activity • NC Newsline
Siembra NC has lanched a digital map documenting verified federal immigration enforcement sightings across North Carolina.
ncnewsline.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Immigrant advocates in NC create statewide map of ICE activity ncnewsline.com/2025/11/14/i...
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Interesting read here about our National Parks.
The Things You Don’t Know About the Parks Could Fill a Canyon
Campfire fodder for the discerning park-goer
morethanjustparks.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Interesting read here about our National Parks.
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Numbers to call outside of Charlotte:
If you see something outside of Charlotte or in another part of our state, call our hotline at (336) 543-0353. Our friends at CIMA also maintain a hotline with coverage in the Asheville area at (888) 839-2839
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Numbers to call outside of Charlotte:
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Number to call inside Charlotte:
If you are in Charlotte and see something that you suspect to be related to an immigration enforcement action, call Carolina Migrant Network’s hotline at 704-740-7737.
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Number to call inside Charlotte:
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Hey Charlotte, NC, regional area. ICE is here and looking to rumble. Do Not give them a reason. Stay safe, protect your communities, and film everything! We will not be intimidated into silence.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hey Charlotte, NC, regional area. ICE is here and looking to rumble. Do Not give them a reason. Stay safe, protect your communities, and film everything! We will not be intimidated into silence.
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Solidarity from #Chicago
stay strong, stay loud, stay peaceful #Resist.
"Local authorities say fed immigration agents plan to target #NorthCarolina 's largest city, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable #Charlotte residents."
stay strong, stay loud, stay peaceful #Resist.
"Local authorities say fed immigration agents plan to target #NorthCarolina 's largest city, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable #Charlotte residents."
North Carolina city braces for Border Patrol agents and immigration sweeps. Here's what to know
Local authorities say federal immigration agents plan to target North Carolina’s largest city, Charlotte. The Mecklenburg County sheriff says he was told that U.S.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Solidarity from #Chicago
stay strong, stay loud, stay peaceful #Resist.
"Local authorities say fed immigration agents plan to target #NorthCarolina 's largest city, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable #Charlotte residents."
stay strong, stay loud, stay peaceful #Resist.
"Local authorities say fed immigration agents plan to target #NorthCarolina 's largest city, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable #Charlotte residents."
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"If every birder in the United States gave up eating chicken, more than 2 billion chickens would be spared this year alone." https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
therevelator.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"If every birder in the United States gave up eating chicken, more than 2 billion chickens would be spared this year alone." https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
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November 13, 2025
November 13, 2025
We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
November 13, 2025
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As the gov reopens, Refugee Congress askes members of Congress to, in good faith, consult w/the admin: https://refugeecongress.org/news-updates/refugee-congress-urges-immediate-congressional-action-to-restore-refugee-admissions-goal-to-historic-norms-and-prioritize-welcoming-the-most-vulnerable
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
As the gov reopens, Refugee Congress askes members of Congress to, in good faith, consult w/the admin: https://refugeecongress.org/news-updates/refugee-congress-urges-immediate-congressional-action-to-restore-refugee-admissions-goal-to-historic-norms-and-prioritize-welcoming-the-most-vulnerable
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“The fossil fuel industry, under the guise of economic growth, have served greed and profits without red lines, violated rights with near-complete impunity, and destroyed the atmosphere, biosphere and oceans,” said Agnès Callamard of Amnesty International.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The fossil fuel industry, under the guise of economic growth, have served greed and profits without red lines, violated rights with near-complete impunity, and destroyed the atmosphere, biosphere and oceans,” said Agnès Callamard of Amnesty International.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Great @hcrichardson.bsky.social description of shutdown deal reaction (generally and inside my own brain): news of its terms “hit the country rather like a cue ball hitting a rack: lots of balls started to move in wildly different directions.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 10, 2025
Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Great @hcrichardson.bsky.social description of shutdown deal reaction (generally and inside my own brain): news of its terms “hit the country rather like a cue ball hitting a rack: lots of balls started to move in wildly different directions.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
It was our anti-authoritarianism book club choice last month. We had a great discussion with our @wfindivisible.bsky.social book club group. Seeing how the autocratic playbook is the same across countries and decades can be truly eye-opening. We need more people to be aware of it.
My book #Strongmen turns 5 today! The paperback edition, with a new epilogue on January 6, is now 4. The book built a large readership gradually and became a New York Times bestseller in Nov. 2024. Thank you to all who read it and share its warnings about what such leaders do to societies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It was our anti-authoritarianism book club choice last month. We had a great discussion with our @wfindivisible.bsky.social book club group. Seeing how the autocratic playbook is the same across countries and decades can be truly eye-opening. We need more people to be aware of it.
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A really fascinating interview with @gilduran.com, and American reporter who's been tracking something he calls the Nerd Reich.
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
US tech titans are building toxic politics at home and looking to export. Gil Duran has a warning for Canada. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A really fascinating interview with @gilduran.com, and American reporter who's been tracking something he calls the Nerd Reich.
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
"Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power."
Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
"It would be great if we had an institution enshrined in the Constitution that would alert us when dangerously out-of-bounds things happen. An institution like, maybe, the press.
Instead, the media are easing us into tyranny."
Instead, the media are easing us into tyranny."
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"It would be great if we had an institution enshrined in the Constitution that would alert us when dangerously out-of-bounds things happen. An institution like, maybe, the press.
Instead, the media are easing us into tyranny."
Instead, the media are easing us into tyranny."
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“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”
I’m One of the Clergy ICE Assaulted. They Treat Immigrants Worse
I learned the hard way that my clerical collar doesn’t offer much protection from ICE. But immigrants have no protection at all.
sojo.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”
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Wow! The lengths Trump will go to just to make Americans starve. His administration has ordered states to “immediately undo” any steps taken to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families.
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wow! The lengths Trump will go to just to make Americans starve. His administration has ordered states to “immediately undo” any steps taken to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families.
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People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
Great action alerts from
nclcv.org/take-action/
nclcv.org/take-action/
Save your environment | NC League of Conservation Voters
When you stand up for the environment, you’re protecting more than beautiful scenery — you’re creating healthy change right in your community.
nclcv.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Great action alerts from
nclcv.org/take-action/
nclcv.org/take-action/
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
