kate b.
@katebitz.bsky.social
senior organizer vs bigots @wstatescenter.bsky.social. lead author of https://www.westernstatescenter.org/protectingpride
forever prematurely antifascist. spokane is good actually. dm for signal contact.
posts reflect your employer’s opinions, not mine.
forever prematurely antifascist. spokane is good actually. dm for signal contact.
posts reflect your employer’s opinions, not mine.
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My “Hey don’t kill people” brand is really breaking people’s brains it seems
You have a brand. Congratulations!
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
My “Hey don’t kill people” brand is really breaking people’s brains it seems
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Believe it or not, it was once very unusual to see videos of people getting killed. Now we're all going frame by frame. Take care of your brains folks. You can't make this murder right by replaying it.
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Believe it or not, it was once very unusual to see videos of people getting killed. Now we're all going frame by frame. Take care of your brains folks. You can't make this murder right by replaying it.
running back this @jasonaw.bsky.social story from several years ago because i think the texts in question really forced me to think about misogyny as a key component of anti-democracy politics in a different way: www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers
Washington state representative Matt Shea exchanged messages with far-right figures, chat records obtained by the Guardian reveal
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
running back this @jasonaw.bsky.social story from several years ago because i think the texts in question really forced me to think about misogyny as a key component of anti-democracy politics in a different way: www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
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“I think some of them don’t even know what they’re doing or where they’re at,” said Little Crow Belcourt, White Earth Ojibwe. “They’re just pulling people over at random, if you’re Brown. Some of our Native (American) people get mistaken for our relatives south of the border.”
Five Native Americans detained by ICE during ongoing raids in Minneapolis - ICT
Native American community members report increased ICE presence, fears of racial profiling
ictnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“I think some of them don’t even know what they’re doing or where they’re at,” said Little Crow Belcourt, White Earth Ojibwe. “They’re just pulling people over at random, if you’re Brown. Some of our Native (American) people get mistaken for our relatives south of the border.”
incitement.
the comments on vance's post are genuinely disturbing. just screenshots of good's face seemingly implying that she deserved to be killed because the poster finds her annoying
ah. they all got the memo
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
incitement.
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I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
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Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
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hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
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This isn't the first time Alpha News has tried to change a narrative about state violence.
In this piece, @eamonwhalen.bsky.social mentions how Liz Collin (a reporter there) was part of Candece Owen's movie blaming George Floyd for his own death
www.motherjones.com/media/2022/1...
In this piece, @eamonwhalen.bsky.social mentions how Liz Collin (a reporter there) was part of Candece Owen's movie blaming George Floyd for his own death
www.motherjones.com/media/2022/1...
Candace Owens exposes only herself in her BLM documentary
In “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold,” the far-right media mogul sinks to new lows.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This isn't the first time Alpha News has tried to change a narrative about state violence.
In this piece, @eamonwhalen.bsky.social mentions how Liz Collin (a reporter there) was part of Candece Owen's movie blaming George Floyd for his own death
www.motherjones.com/media/2022/1...
In this piece, @eamonwhalen.bsky.social mentions how Liz Collin (a reporter there) was part of Candece Owen's movie blaming George Floyd for his own death
www.motherjones.com/media/2022/1...
jesus fucking christ lol
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
jesus fucking christ lol
it’s sort of understandable that people get confused about this, because Trump has made “his own power” into a shorthand for white supremacy and white nationalism.
but it’s not all about him. it’s all about what he signifies to whom, and why
but it’s not all about him. it’s all about what he signifies to whom, and why
I’m not linking but I just read a columnist (one of my favorites) say Trump “has no ideology beyond his own power.”
Ten years in, this trope should die. Trump's ideology is white supremacist and that goes a long way in explaining his imperialism and protectionism.
Ten years in, this trope should die. Trump's ideology is white supremacist and that goes a long way in explaining his imperialism and protectionism.
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
it’s sort of understandable that people get confused about this, because Trump has made “his own power” into a shorthand for white supremacy and white nationalism.
but it’s not all about him. it’s all about what he signifies to whom, and why
but it’s not all about him. it’s all about what he signifies to whom, and why
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Because of people bravely choosing to share their experiences, we are able to shed light on what people in Eloy Detention Center have endured over the past year in our report, “Medical Neglect, Strip Searches, and Abuse: Deadly and Dehumanizing Conditions in the Eloy Detention Center.”
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Because of people bravely choosing to share their experiences, we are able to shed light on what people in Eloy Detention Center have endured over the past year in our report, “Medical Neglect, Strip Searches, and Abuse: Deadly and Dehumanizing Conditions in the Eloy Detention Center.”
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
as a queer person i obviously had questions about the initial interview with Renee Good’s family of origin. this heartbreaking statement from her wife clarifies a lot: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
as a queer person i obviously had questions about the initial interview with Renee Good’s family of origin. this heartbreaking statement from her wife clarifies a lot: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.
The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.
After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship.
dlvr.it
January 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.
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A bombshell new video shows that Good was not actually blocking ICE; instead, she waved for the agents to “go around” her vehicle after dropping someone off.
However, the agents swarmed, pulling on the doors and demanding she “get out of the fucking car!” trib.al/StJkKeI
However, the agents swarmed, pulling on the doors and demanding she “get out of the fucking car!” trib.al/StJkKeI
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A bombshell new video shows that Good was not actually blocking ICE; instead, she waved for the agents to “go around” her vehicle after dropping someone off.
However, the agents swarmed, pulling on the doors and demanding she “get out of the fucking car!” trib.al/StJkKeI
However, the agents swarmed, pulling on the doors and demanding she “get out of the fucking car!” trib.al/StJkKeI
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Didn't know this was a thing (the AI slop part), and it's especially odd bc there *are* clergy who are protesting ICE pretty regularly but, look…
…There aren't many religion reporters. So when it happens, it may not even be filmed, and when it is, clips may take a while to emerge.
But we're on it.
…There aren't many religion reporters. So when it happens, it may not even be filmed, and when it is, clips may take a while to emerge.
But we're on it.
There's a real glut of AI videos of men of the cloth in full regalia chewing out ICE officers and the way I was able to identify them is:
When men of the cloth get involved, it makes news, as in Rev. David Black. So if there's real footage of a priest screaming at ICE at a CHURCH it will be NEWS.
When men of the cloth get involved, it makes news, as in Rev. David Black. So if there's real footage of a priest screaming at ICE at a CHURCH it will be NEWS.
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Didn't know this was a thing (the AI slop part), and it's especially odd bc there *are* clergy who are protesting ICE pretty regularly but, look…
…There aren't many religion reporters. So when it happens, it may not even be filmed, and when it is, clips may take a while to emerge.
But we're on it.
…There aren't many religion reporters. So when it happens, it may not even be filmed, and when it is, clips may take a while to emerge.
But we're on it.
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BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
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A statement from Councilor Avalos, @councilordunphy.bsky.social, and Councilor Smith on the ICE shooting of two people in the Hazelwood neighborhood:
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
A statement from Councilor Avalos, @councilordunphy.bsky.social, and Councilor Smith on the ICE shooting of two people in the Hazelwood neighborhood:
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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What ICE/CBP did at a Minneapolis high school yesterday www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
What ICE/CBP did at a Minneapolis high school yesterday www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Today’s tragedy in Minneapolis is part of a disturbing and escalating pattern of ICE operating with unchecked force and impunity in our communities. This is an egregious example of how militarized immigration enforcement endangers us all.
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Today’s tragedy in Minneapolis is part of a disturbing and escalating pattern of ICE operating with unchecked force and impunity in our communities. This is an egregious example of how militarized immigration enforcement endangers us all.
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A year ago today was the start of violent, terrorizing raids in California’s rural Central Valley. Violent federal agents were hunting down farm workers like animals.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
A year ago today was the start of violent, terrorizing raids in California’s rural Central Valley. Violent federal agents were hunting down farm workers like animals.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
Today, they’re in the streets of Minneapolis. Our communities should not be enduring this. None of us are safe until all of us are.
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WA continues to provide driver data to federal officials for immigration enforcement, despite saying they shut down access
Report: Federal immigration agents continued using Washington driver data through state-run system
A new University of Washington study links license plate lookups through a Washington State Patrol “switchboard” to immigration arrests.
www.king5.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
WA continues to provide driver data to federal officials for immigration enforcement, despite saying they shut down access