Omar Lateef
@omrltfm19.bsky.social
Muslim, Muslim, Muslim, husband, father, comic book collector, cat dad,
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Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety baltimorebeat.com/indiscrimina...
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety baltimorebeat.com/indiscrimina...
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No, You Do NOT Need To "Reward" Disney/ABC For Kimmel's Return #news #analysis #jimmykimmel #boycott
No, You Do NOT Need To "Reward" Disney/ABC For Kimmel's Return
YouTube video by Brenna Perez
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September 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No, You Do NOT Need To "Reward" Disney/ABC For Kimmel's Return #news #analysis #jimmykimmel #boycott
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Trump has canceled Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection that had been extended by previously undisclosed Biden order
Trump cancels Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN.
www.cnn.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Trump has canceled Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection that had been extended by previously undisclosed Biden order
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Out TODAY! Bitter Root: Next Movement issue 5! Featuring covers from @danielwarrenart.bsky.social and @muaadib.bsky.social !
August 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Out TODAY! Bitter Root: Next Movement issue 5! Featuring covers from @danielwarrenart.bsky.social and @muaadib.bsky.social !
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As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter says the fragility of our rights and democracy is clear, and “this moment calls for creativity, coordination, and intergenerational learning. Most of all, it calls for hope.”
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
The VRA at 60: Our Democracy Belongs to Every Citizen
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, our fragile democracy demands both defense and offense — now more than ever.
wordinblack.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter says the fragility of our rights and democracy is clear, and “this moment calls for creativity, coordination, and intergenerational learning. Most of all, it calls for hope.”
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
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There are children starving to death as we speak in Gaza, in a man made famine, a man made crisis.
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There are children starving to death as we speak in Gaza, in a man made famine, a man made crisis.
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We are not taxing rich people enough.
Highly realistic baby dolls have become a global phenomenon, with collectors shelling out for luxury baby gear and doting on their “reborns” as if they were human children.
🔗: on.wsj.com/3J3q9gy
🔗: on.wsj.com/3J3q9gy
August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We are not taxing rich people enough.
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What happens to a democracy when Confederates and lynch mobsters and segregationists and all-white jurors and gerrymanderers and vote suppressors and insurrectionists and election deniers aren't held accountable for their actions?
This.
This.
Take Names
There's no way to prevent Donald Trump's authoritarianism, but we can still hold the people responsible for American fascism accountable.
dlvr.it
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What happens to a democracy when Confederates and lynch mobsters and segregationists and all-white jurors and gerrymanderers and vote suppressors and insurrectionists and election deniers aren't held accountable for their actions?
This.
This.
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Home Depot and Lowe's share data from hundreds of AI-powered automated license plate reading cameras with law enforcement
Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops
Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.
www.404media.co
August 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Home Depot and Lowe's share data from hundreds of AI-powered automated license plate reading cameras with law enforcement
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With IRS commissioner Billy Long saying the Direct File program is "gone," revisit our 2019 story about how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
With IRS commissioner Billy Long saying the Direct File program is "gone," revisit our 2019 story about how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
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Migrants from predominantly Black countries, like Jamaica and Haiti, should be concerned about Alligator Alcatraz, BNV contributor Douglas Lyons writes in our weekly newsletter. conta.cc/45uX06D #alligatoralcatraz #blackmigrants
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Migrants from predominantly Black countries, like Jamaica and Haiti, should be concerned about Alligator Alcatraz, BNV contributor Douglas Lyons writes in our weekly newsletter. conta.cc/45uX06D #alligatoralcatraz #blackmigrants
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Labor activist Chris Smalls is back in the United States (via Chuck Modi)
August 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Labor activist Chris Smalls is back in the United States (via Chuck Modi)
I think I like TPB and Omnibus now. #comicsky #comicbooks
July 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think I like TPB and Omnibus now. #comicsky #comicbooks
Maybe Colbert can replace Bill Maher on every platform.
July 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Maybe Colbert can replace Bill Maher on every platform.
Y'all should check this out:
youtu.be/KXdA0z5BUig?...
youtu.be/KXdA0z5BUig?...
The Man (1972) | James Earl Jones is the First Black President | #JamesEarlJonesRIP
YouTube video by Reelblack One
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July 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Y'all should check this out:
youtu.be/KXdA0z5BUig?...
youtu.be/KXdA0z5BUig?...
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ATLANTA (AP) — The US is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, CDC says.
July 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
ATLANTA (AP) — The US is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, CDC says.
Are messages on Truth Social called ‘Lies’?
July 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Are messages on Truth Social called ‘Lies’?
People who can speak more than one language are incredible.
July 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
People who can speak more than one language are incredible.
Y’all I cleaned the bathroom so well my wife didn’t even notice 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 (she usually has some 🤬 to say)
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Y’all I cleaned the bathroom so well my wife didn’t even notice 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 (she usually has some 🤬 to say)
http://youtu.be/7yIz78Bsdyo
t.co
June 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
They used to make us work in this heat….
June 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
They used to make us work in this heat….
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The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
June 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...