Keriyawn Pepper
@heykeriyawn.bsky.social
Factually Autistic. Recovering Atty.
Neuroaffirming Mom into Justice. Politics. Caregiving. Disability. Healthcare. Veterans. Environment. Energy. Democracy. Extremism. Disinfo.
Neuroaffirming Mom into Justice. Politics. Caregiving. Disability. Healthcare. Veterans. Environment. Energy. Democracy. Extremism. Disinfo.
Pinned
“‘I can’t wait until he goes to hell‘ was theology repurposed. It was a Black woman reclaiming divine judgment from a country that keeps pretending it owns God.“
- Dr. Stacey Patton
#SonyaMassey
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
- Dr. Stacey Patton
#SonyaMassey
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
“I Can’t Wait Until He Goes to Hell.”
After the verdict, Sonya Massey's family showed up at the press conference to rebuke the system, just like their daughter did before a cop shot her in the face.
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“‘I can’t wait until he goes to hell‘ was theology repurposed. It was a Black woman reclaiming divine judgment from a country that keeps pretending it owns God.“
- Dr. Stacey Patton
#SonyaMassey
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
- Dr. Stacey Patton
#SonyaMassey
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
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SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
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What we are all experiencing is called "resilience targeting." It is a deliberate attack favored by many of todays shitlords, and is a fairly well known theory in disinfo and climate circles; it's just that everyone seems to be in denial that it's an attack. Today might be a good day to read up
January 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What we are all experiencing is called "resilience targeting." It is a deliberate attack favored by many of todays shitlords, and is a fairly well known theory in disinfo and climate circles; it's just that everyone seems to be in denial that it's an attack. Today might be a good day to read up
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What a week! #Disinfo2025 brought together the counter-disinformation community for inspiring discussions, ideas, and connections 💡
📸 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
📊 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
Mark your calendars for #Disinfo2026: 6–8 October 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania!
📸 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
📊 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
Mark your calendars for #Disinfo2026: 6–8 October 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania!
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What a week! #Disinfo2025 brought together the counter-disinformation community for inspiring discussions, ideas, and connections 💡
📸 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
📊 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
Mark your calendars for #Disinfo2026: 6–8 October 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania!
📸 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
📊 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔: disinfo.eu/disinfo2025-...
Mark your calendars for #Disinfo2026: 6–8 October 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania!
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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But his assertion that diversity weakens unions ignores two things. First, labor unions have a long history of multiethnic coalitions. Second, it was the capitalists and political elites who tried to *exploit* ethnic divisions to maintain power. There is only one person here trying to stop unions:
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
But his assertion that diversity weakens unions ignores two things. First, labor unions have a long history of multiethnic coalitions. Second, it was the capitalists and political elites who tried to *exploit* ethnic divisions to maintain power. There is only one person here trying to stop unions:
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At least 3,000 people who have been detained in Chicago ICE raids are missing from official DHS records.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
At least 3,000 people who have been detained in Chicago ICE raids are missing from official DHS records.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
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The phrase "Trump administration plan to build dozens of new nuclear plants" should solicit hearty laughter from anyone familiar with the history of the nuclear industry, the fate of most recent nuclear plants, the honesty & competence of the Trump administration, or the meanings of words.
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The phrase "Trump administration plan to build dozens of new nuclear plants" should solicit hearty laughter from anyone familiar with the history of the nuclear industry, the fate of most recent nuclear plants, the honesty & competence of the Trump administration, or the meanings of words.
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Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
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Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Democrats are furious that the Trump Administration held a briefing on Capitol Hill today about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats. Only Republicans were invited. This is from Sen. Mark Warner D-VA.
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Top notch investigation. Lots of examples with details. Reporting by Chiara Eisner and @ximenabustillo.bsky.social
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S. n.pr/47wcmYo
Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Top notch investigation. Lots of examples with details. Reporting by Chiara Eisner and @ximenabustillo.bsky.social
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This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.
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Six people, including a Democratic congressional candidate, were indicted Wednesday on charges of impeding a federal officer in connection with a September protest at an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois.
Democrat running for Congress, 5 others indicted over Chicago immigration protest
Six people, including a Democratic congressional candidate, were indicted Wednesday on charges of impeding a federal officer in connection with a September protest at an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois.
reut.rs
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Six people, including a Democratic congressional candidate, were indicted Wednesday on charges of impeding a federal officer in connection with a September protest at an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois.
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
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NEW: A @wired.com investigation into 911 calls from ICE detention centers shows a system inundated by medical crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
This is the human cost of ICE's soaring arrest rates. It is disturbing reading. And it is going to get worse.
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
This is the human cost of ICE's soaring arrest rates. It is disturbing reading. And it is going to get worse.
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
NEW: A @wired.com investigation into 911 calls from ICE detention centers shows a system inundated by medical crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
This is the human cost of ICE's soaring arrest rates. It is disturbing reading. And it is going to get worse.
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
This is the human cost of ICE's soaring arrest rates. It is disturbing reading. And it is going to get worse.
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
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Cops are great
WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Cops are great
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The contrast with SNAP is deafening.
The White House is stretching well beyond what anyone could claim is legal in order to pay the troops — while simultaneously stretching beyond what’s legal to NOT pay SNAP benefits.
The White House is stretching well beyond what anyone could claim is legal in order to pay the troops — while simultaneously stretching beyond what’s legal to NOT pay SNAP benefits.
The White House says it’s going to use procurement dollars to illegally pay the troops for rather than do it the legal way of enacting a military pay bill.
You cannot w/ a straight face tell me using procurement dollars to pay the military adheres to the purpose statute and the Antideficiency Act.
You cannot w/ a straight face tell me using procurement dollars to pay the military adheres to the purpose statute and the Antideficiency Act.
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The contrast with SNAP is deafening.
The White House is stretching well beyond what anyone could claim is legal in order to pay the troops — while simultaneously stretching beyond what’s legal to NOT pay SNAP benefits.
The White House is stretching well beyond what anyone could claim is legal in order to pay the troops — while simultaneously stretching beyond what’s legal to NOT pay SNAP benefits.
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NEW — After hours of deliberations, a jury found Sean Grayson guilty of fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home.
“While we believe Grayson’s actions deserved a first-degree conviction, today’s verdict is still a measure of justice for Sonya Massey.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/ex-c...
“While we believe Grayson’s actions deserved a first-degree conviction, today’s verdict is still a measure of justice for Sonya Massey.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/ex-c...
Ex-cop Sean Grayson found guilty of murdering Sonya Massey in downstate Illinois • The TRiiBE
After hours of deliberations, a jury in Peoria, Ill. found Grayson guilty of fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home.
thetriibe.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
NEW — After hours of deliberations, a jury found Sean Grayson guilty of fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home.
“While we believe Grayson’s actions deserved a first-degree conviction, today’s verdict is still a measure of justice for Sonya Massey.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/ex-c...
“While we believe Grayson’s actions deserved a first-degree conviction, today’s verdict is still a measure of justice for Sonya Massey.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/ex-c...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”
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BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."
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My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
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I've been thinking a lot about the role litigation plays in the protection of constitutional rights because of, well, obvious reasons. So I wrote this article. It's critically important-now more than ever-to articulate & appreciate what suing the government can do.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the role litigation plays in the protection of constitutional rights because of, well, obvious reasons. So I wrote this article. It's critically important-now more than ever-to articulate & appreciate what suing the government can do.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....