Stephanie Brancaforte
@expluma.bsky.social
All in for climate, peace & human rights. Sicily-USA-global.
Amateur fire-fighter & river protector.
RinascimentoGreen.it & transistor.city
Amateur fire-fighter & river protector.
RinascimentoGreen.it & transistor.city
Reminder from your friendly neighborhood human rights expert that international law doesn't condone torturing people with or without criminal records. 🚫
Abduction, torture, disappearance - all bad regardless of the person's status & past. 🚫 🚫
Join me tomorrow for more stunners.
Abduction, torture, disappearance - all bad regardless of the person's status & past. 🚫 🚫
Join me tomorrow for more stunners.
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reminder from your friendly neighborhood human rights expert that international law doesn't condone torturing people with or without criminal records. 🚫
Abduction, torture, disappearance - all bad regardless of the person's status & past. 🚫 🚫
Join me tomorrow for more stunners.
Abduction, torture, disappearance - all bad regardless of the person's status & past. 🚫 🚫
Join me tomorrow for more stunners.
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Just in case anyone feels like contacting CBS about @60minutes.bsky.social cancelling the CECOT story and the recent drop in quality of their news programming, here are some addresses.
The main one for feedback is:
support.cbsnews@cbsinteractive.com
Also:
60m@cbsnews.com
evening@cbsnews.com
The main one for feedback is:
support.cbsnews@cbsinteractive.com
Also:
60m@cbsnews.com
evening@cbsnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Just in case anyone feels like contacting CBS about @60minutes.bsky.social cancelling the CECOT story and the recent drop in quality of their news programming, here are some addresses.
The main one for feedback is:
support.cbsnews@cbsinteractive.com
Also:
60m@cbsnews.com
evening@cbsnews.com
The main one for feedback is:
support.cbsnews@cbsinteractive.com
Also:
60m@cbsnews.com
evening@cbsnews.com
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Say what?
US quietly removes sanctions from firms accused of supplying Russia’s military
Treasury offers no explanation for lifting restrictions on Cyprus, Dubai, Turkish, and Finnish companies.
#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #Ukraine
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/u...
Treasury offers no explanation for lifting restrictions on Cyprus, Dubai, Turkish, and Finnish companies.
#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #Ukraine
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/u...
US quietly removes sanctions from firms accused of supplying Russia's military - Euromaidan Press
Treasury dropped sanctions on Cyprus, Dubai, Turkish, and Finnish firms tied to Russian military supplies - without explanation.
euromaidanpress.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Say what?
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Forget about the nonsense stories like the Kennedy Center being renamed or whatever Bari Weiss is doing
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Forget about the nonsense stories like the Kennedy Center being renamed or whatever Bari Weiss is doing
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
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Learn more in our new report on how Trump’s failed energy policy is driving America’s energy affordability crisis: www.citizen.org/article/expo...
Exported Energy Affordability: How Trump’s Failed Energy Policy Is Driving America’s Energy Affordability Crisis - Public Citizen
One in six Americans—21 million households—are behind on their energy bills, but the U.S. is sending mass qualities of LNG overseas.
www.citizen.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Learn more in our new report on how Trump’s failed energy policy is driving America’s energy affordability crisis: www.citizen.org/article/expo...
...all i want for christmas is my right-arrow key... 🦷 🦷
(anyone have any hacks?)
(anyone have any hacks?)
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
...all i want for christmas is my right-arrow key... 🦷 🦷
(anyone have any hacks?)
(anyone have any hacks?)
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Amazon workers in Quebec unionized, so Amazon closed all their fulfillment centres in the province.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Amazon workers in Quebec unionized, so Amazon closed all their fulfillment centres in the province.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
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25% of buy-now, pay-later users are now relying on it to finance groceries.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
25% of buy-now, pay-later users are now relying on it to finance groceries.
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- companies add the Trump family as “advisors”
- those companies receive taxpayer-funded contracts and regulatory approvals from the Trump administration
- Trump family profits
This is their shameless, uncomplicated grift that we need to talk about more
popular.info/p/update-tru...
- those companies receive taxpayer-funded contracts and regulatory approvals from the Trump administration
- Trump family profits
This is their shameless, uncomplicated grift that we need to talk about more
popular.info/p/update-tru...
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- companies add the Trump family as “advisors”
- those companies receive taxpayer-funded contracts and regulatory approvals from the Trump administration
- Trump family profits
This is their shameless, uncomplicated grift that we need to talk about more
popular.info/p/update-tru...
- those companies receive taxpayer-funded contracts and regulatory approvals from the Trump administration
- Trump family profits
This is their shameless, uncomplicated grift that we need to talk about more
popular.info/p/update-tru...
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T-Mobile and Verizon ended their DEI programs at the behest of the Trump Administration. Today AT&T committed to end its DEI programs too. Please divest yourself of stocks from these companies and if possible use other carriers. These companies are taking your money and don’t care about you.
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
T-Mobile and Verizon ended their DEI programs at the behest of the Trump Administration. Today AT&T committed to end its DEI programs too. Please divest yourself of stocks from these companies and if possible use other carriers. These companies are taking your money and don’t care about you.
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39-year-old man, that has been in America since he was three months out, taken into ICE custody during a green card interview in LA. He has no criminal record.
abc7.com/post/39-year...
abc7.com/post/39-year...
39-year-old man taken into ICE custody during green card interview in LA
A wife is speaking out after her 39-year-old husband was detained by ICE during his green card interview in downtown Los Angeles.
abc7.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
39-year-old man, that has been in America since he was three months out, taken into ICE custody during a green card interview in LA. He has no criminal record.
abc7.com/post/39-year...
abc7.com/post/39-year...
in today's heartbreak report - this is how ICE *increases* criminality by dissuading people of color from reporting crimes and hampering the process of holding actual criminals accountable.
Horrific prolongation of trauma... 💔
Horrific prolongation of trauma... 💔
ICE detains young woman who came to courthouse to report being sexually assaulted—hasn't been heard from since.
"She's victim of sexual assault," witness tells agent. "And you're arresting her and kidnapping her?"
"Bro, why you grabbing her so tight? You're a big man!"
Riverside, California
"She's victim of sexual assault," witness tells agent. "And you're arresting her and kidnapping her?"
"Bro, why you grabbing her so tight? You're a big man!"
Riverside, California
December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
in today's heartbreak report - this is how ICE *increases* criminality by dissuading people of color from reporting crimes and hampering the process of holding actual criminals accountable.
Horrific prolongation of trauma... 💔
Horrific prolongation of trauma... 💔
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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Chuck for Queens
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Chuck for Queens
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
"Jackson Heights neighbors stood up to ICE this morning, who reportedly posted up early to try and grab parents walking their kids to school.
There's an old saying we all learn growing up in New York City.
We're teaching it to ICE, too: GTFOH"
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Today, baristas are bringing their ULP strike to Starbucks' NYC corporate office, housed inside the Empire State Building.
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today, baristas are bringing their ULP strike to Starbucks' NYC corporate office, housed inside the Empire State Building.
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Does Witkoff recording make it clearer that Russia has colonized US policy?
Dismantling USAID, disbanding cybercrimes & Russian influence investigations, trashing foreign alliances: all top of mind for a *Russian* policy wishlist.
Making us poorer, sicker & dumber also appreciated.
Pozhaluysta.
Dismantling USAID, disbanding cybercrimes & Russian influence investigations, trashing foreign alliances: all top of mind for a *Russian* policy wishlist.
Making us poorer, sicker & dumber also appreciated.
Pozhaluysta.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Does Witkoff recording make it clearer that Russia has colonized US policy?
Dismantling USAID, disbanding cybercrimes & Russian influence investigations, trashing foreign alliances: all top of mind for a *Russian* policy wishlist.
Making us poorer, sicker & dumber also appreciated.
Pozhaluysta.
Dismantling USAID, disbanding cybercrimes & Russian influence investigations, trashing foreign alliances: all top of mind for a *Russian* policy wishlist.
Making us poorer, sicker & dumber also appreciated.
Pozhaluysta.
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This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
1/2
1/2
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
1/2
1/2
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I’m running for Congress in NJ-11 to save our democracy, because ‘blue no matter who’ just won’t cut it.
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’m running for Congress in NJ-11 to save our democracy, because ‘blue no matter who’ just won’t cut it.
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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This is why knowing our rights matters — for all of us.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is why knowing our rights matters — for all of us.
CAIR already beaten @GregAbbott_TX in court THREE times. Is Abbott ready for his fourth defeat? #AbbottsAntics #islamophobia
www.cair.com/press_releas...
www.cair.com/press_releas...
BREAKING: CAIR LDF & MLFA Sue Texas Governor Greg Abbott To Block Enforcement of "Unconstitutional, Defamatory" Proclamation Targeting CAIR-Texas
Attorneys to hold live virtual press conference at 3:30 pm eastern to address lawsuit filing today in federal court.
The Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA), the CAIR Legal Defense Fund (CAIR LDF) ...
www.cair.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
CAIR already beaten @GregAbbott_TX in court THREE times. Is Abbott ready for his fourth defeat? #AbbottsAntics #islamophobia
www.cair.com/press_releas...
www.cair.com/press_releas...