maria
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“We cannot lose our humanity. It is necessary for us not to lose our solidarity. It is necessary for us to think a little bit with our hearts.” —Lula
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The US is gearing up to literally starve Cuba into submission. It is absolutely criminal and obscene. And this to a country that everyone knows poses *zero* threat to the US.
The people of Cuba need our full solidarity in resisting this onslaught.
The people of Cuba need our full solidarity in resisting this onslaught.
February 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The US is gearing up to literally starve Cuba into submission. It is absolutely criminal and obscene. And this to a country that everyone knows poses *zero* threat to the US.
The people of Cuba need our full solidarity in resisting this onslaught.
The people of Cuba need our full solidarity in resisting this onslaught.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
February 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
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resources for supporting Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH likely losing TPS on Tuesday abortionfundofohio.org/springfield/
Stand with Springfield - Abortion Fund of Ohio
Springfield, OH, is home to thousands of Haitian immigrants working & residing under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which is set to expire after February 3rd. Local leaders now believe a 30-day imm...
abortionfundofohio.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
resources for supporting Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH likely losing TPS on Tuesday abortionfundofohio.org/springfield/
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Liam and his dad are finally free and on their way back home to Minnesota.
They never should have been kidnapped in the first place.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
They never should have been kidnapped in the first place.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Liam and his dad are finally free and on their way back home to Minnesota.
They never should have been kidnapped in the first place.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
They never should have been kidnapped in the first place.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
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As help steadily drops, we're still trying to achieve reliable help for six families & a camp of fifteen more: medicine, shelter, winter supplies.
Keep it small, steady, sustainable—a coffee you click "weekly" on is everything. We do this together:
Keep it small, steady, sustainable—a coffee you click "weekly" on is everything. We do this together:
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As help steadily drops, we're still trying to achieve reliable help for six families & a camp of fifteen more: medicine, shelter, winter supplies.
Keep it small, steady, sustainable—a coffee you click "weekly" on is everything. We do this together:
Keep it small, steady, sustainable—a coffee you click "weekly" on is everything. We do this together:
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Ahmed is just 17. 'My sick parents and I are freezing under the open sky with no roof.No shelter,no warmth, only pain and bitter cold.Every second is a struggle for their fragile health.Please help us get a tent to protect them.Your generosity is our only hope for survival.'
February 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Ahmed is just 17. 'My sick parents and I are freezing under the open sky with no roof.No shelter,no warmth, only pain and bitter cold.Every second is a struggle for their fragile health.Please help us get a tent to protect them.Your generosity is our only hope for survival.'
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This is part of the moral and political economy of AI.
A true tragedy. The BBC is covering it, too. www.bbc.com/news/article...
DR Congo: More than 200 killed in mine collapse
The mine gave way after heavy rains on Wednesday, a local rebel spokesman says.
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is part of the moral and political economy of AI.
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Confirmation that Biden broke US law to aid Israel’s genocide.
Interesting admission by Biden administration official and Kamala Harris NSC advisor earlier today
January 31, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Confirmation that Biden broke US law to aid Israel’s genocide.
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In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days
The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.
www.cbsnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
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I represented pregnant Black women in St. Louis in 2010 who avoided driving for medical care.
They feared being arrested and forced to give birth in jail bc of a racist, predatory, and apartheid like criminal legal system.
Trump is an escalation, but getting rid of him won't fix this.
They feared being arrested and forced to give birth in jail bc of a racist, predatory, and apartheid like criminal legal system.
Trump is an escalation, but getting rid of him won't fix this.
Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care
Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I represented pregnant Black women in St. Louis in 2010 who avoided driving for medical care.
They feared being arrested and forced to give birth in jail bc of a racist, predatory, and apartheid like criminal legal system.
Trump is an escalation, but getting rid of him won't fix this.
They feared being arrested and forced to give birth in jail bc of a racist, predatory, and apartheid like criminal legal system.
Trump is an escalation, but getting rid of him won't fix this.
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anti-ICE resistance is activating layers of culture you cannot even imagine www.twincities.com/2026/01/28/t...
Team USA snow sculpture in Stillwater removed over ‘ICE out’ messaging
The World Snow Sculpting Championship work by Team USA included messages spelled out in American Sign Language.
www.twincities.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
anti-ICE resistance is activating layers of culture you cannot even imagine www.twincities.com/2026/01/28/t...
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Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care
Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
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Massachusetts folks, the LUCE ICE Hotline is ☎️ 617-370-5023. If you see ICE in your area, call and report. And spread the word! Full sheet of stickers here: tinyurl.com/5eddfvrt
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Massachusetts folks, the LUCE ICE Hotline is ☎️ 617-370-5023. If you see ICE in your area, call and report. And spread the word! Full sheet of stickers here: tinyurl.com/5eddfvrt
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
Print on mailing labels (5160) and stick up around your neighborhood.
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Mainers, I know ICE is hitting Portland right now. Maine's ICE Watch Hotline is ☎️ 207-544-9989. More info here:
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
WELCOME TO THE MAINE IMMIGRANT RESOURCE HUB & HOTLINE – Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition
maineimmigrantrights.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Mainers, I know ICE is hitting Portland right now. Maine's ICE Watch Hotline is ☎️ 207-544-9989. More info here:
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
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Hey Ypsi folks.
Basil Babes is open today and donating 50% to Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and MN folks.
Beara Bakes is open and donating 50% to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.
Bellflower is open tonight as a pay what you can community space.
Basil Babes is open today and donating 50% to Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and MN folks.
Beara Bakes is open and donating 50% to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.
Bellflower is open tonight as a pay what you can community space.
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Hey Ypsi folks.
Basil Babes is open today and donating 50% to Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and MN folks.
Beara Bakes is open and donating 50% to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.
Bellflower is open tonight as a pay what you can community space.
Basil Babes is open today and donating 50% to Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and MN folks.
Beara Bakes is open and donating 50% to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.
Bellflower is open tonight as a pay what you can community space.
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if you or someone you love is thinking of flying out to volunteer: please donate the costs of that trip to a rent fund
it it rude to respond to emails of “i can fly out and volunteer for a few days” with “please donate the costs of that trip to a rent fund”
January 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
if you or someone you love is thinking of flying out to volunteer: please donate the costs of that trip to a rent fund
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In 2021 I was telling people in my field of art history to stop legitimizing the use of image recognition, to stop applying for grants to use AI in identifying the subjects of portraiture bc this was what such work was being used to further. All this was obvious. theconversation.com/how-ai-is-hi...
January 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
In 2021 I was telling people in my field of art history to stop legitimizing the use of image recognition, to stop applying for grants to use AI in identifying the subjects of portraiture bc this was what such work was being used to further. All this was obvious. theconversation.com/how-ai-is-hi...
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ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
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“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
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Of particular note is the "strongly oppose," a mere 32%. That's the GOP's hardcore base, whose views should be ignored for purposes of Dem strategy.
Every single person who might possibly vote for a Dem either supports abolishing ICE or doesn't care much if it happens.
Every single person who might possibly vote for a Dem either supports abolishing ICE or doesn't care much if it happens.
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Of particular note is the "strongly oppose," a mere 32%. That's the GOP's hardcore base, whose views should be ignored for purposes of Dem strategy.
Every single person who might possibly vote for a Dem either supports abolishing ICE or doesn't care much if it happens.
Every single person who might possibly vote for a Dem either supports abolishing ICE or doesn't care much if it happens.
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Excited to announce our next two books will be through @haymarketbooks.org: first, All Care for All People, on how to end the healthcare crisis and defeat ascendant health fascism; next, Stay Alive Another Week, a @deathpanel.bsky.social reader
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Excited to announce our next two books will be through @haymarketbooks.org: first, All Care for All People, on how to end the healthcare crisis and defeat ascendant health fascism; next, Stay Alive Another Week, a @deathpanel.bsky.social reader