Rebecca
@rebecca7727769.bsky.social
Poly/queer/anti-racist mom. Teacher, writer, and low key community organizer. Trying to find a reasonable alternative to the Book of Face.
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After pressure from the Justice Department, Apple pulled apps from its App Store that encourage reporting ICE activity. Google followed suit by pulling similar apps from its Play Store.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship | ACLU
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
www.aclu.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After pressure from the Justice Department, Apple pulled apps from its App Store that encourage reporting ICE activity. Google followed suit by pulling similar apps from its Play Store.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
Heads up - it's been pretty much confirmed that ICE will be making a ruckus in Raleigh, at least, through December. I think we can assume those asshats will be here in Durham too.
Git yer whistles ready
#bullcity
Git yer whistles ready
#bullcity
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Heads up - it's been pretty much confirmed that ICE will be making a ruckus in Raleigh, at least, through December. I think we can assume those asshats will be here in Durham too.
Git yer whistles ready
#bullcity
Git yer whistles ready
#bullcity
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Ready to jump in? Download our toolkit here: tiny.cc/hallvsnctools
Join our upcoming call on 12/3 at 7 pm about NC politics and how we'll win the state we need: tiny.cc/dec3ncpolitics
And if you want to get more involved in our ICE watch programs, complete this form (tiny.cc/changencvolunteer)
Join our upcoming call on 12/3 at 7 pm about NC politics and how we'll win the state we need: tiny.cc/dec3ncpolitics
And if you want to get more involved in our ICE watch programs, complete this form (tiny.cc/changencvolunteer)
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ready to jump in? Download our toolkit here: tiny.cc/hallvsnctools
Join our upcoming call on 12/3 at 7 pm about NC politics and how we'll win the state we need: tiny.cc/dec3ncpolitics
And if you want to get more involved in our ICE watch programs, complete this form (tiny.cc/changencvolunteer)
Join our upcoming call on 12/3 at 7 pm about NC politics and how we'll win the state we need: tiny.cc/dec3ncpolitics
And if you want to get more involved in our ICE watch programs, complete this form (tiny.cc/changencvolunteer)
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Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
Tey and her grandmother… and grandmother’s grandfather’s cranberry crushing mill
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tey and her grandmother… and grandmother’s grandfather’s cranberry crushing mill
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A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine n.pr/4incxdN
Trump defends key negotiator after leaked phone call appears to show him coaching Russia
A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine
n.pr
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine n.pr/4incxdN
So the kid is sitting quietly making Christmas decorations and singing little songs to herself. The song goes
Christmas time was here
Christmas tiiiiiime
was heeeeeeere
But now it's gone.... 🎶
And you missed it, you missed it 🎵
😶
Christmas time was here
Christmas tiiiiiime
was heeeeeeere
But now it's gone.... 🎶
And you missed it, you missed it 🎵
😶
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So the kid is sitting quietly making Christmas decorations and singing little songs to herself. The song goes
Christmas time was here
Christmas tiiiiiime
was heeeeeeere
But now it's gone.... 🎶
And you missed it, you missed it 🎵
😶
Christmas time was here
Christmas tiiiiiime
was heeeeeeere
But now it's gone.... 🎶
And you missed it, you missed it 🎵
😶
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AP reports: H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital in Butner, N.C. while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff's deputy. He was 82.
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82
Former Black Panther Party official H. Rap Brown has died in a prison hospital in Butner, N.C. after being convicted nearly 25 years ago in the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy in Georgia. He was ...
www.wunc.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
AP reports: H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital in Butner, N.C. while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff's deputy. He was 82.
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
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WFAE reports: CMPD, Mayor Vi Lyles and Sheriff Garry McFadden have all said CBP agents left Charlotte, but DHS insists the “Charlotte’s Web” operation is ongoing.
www.wunc.org/2025-11-24/c...
www.wunc.org/2025-11-24/c...
Conflicting claims of CBP departure deepen confusion in Charlotte
CMPD, Mayor Vi Lyles and Sheriff Garry McFadden have all said CBP agents left Charlotte, but DHS insists the “Charlotte’s Web” operation is ongoing.
www.wunc.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
WFAE reports: CMPD, Mayor Vi Lyles and Sheriff Garry McFadden have all said CBP agents left Charlotte, but DHS insists the “Charlotte’s Web” operation is ongoing.
www.wunc.org/2025-11-24/c...
www.wunc.org/2025-11-24/c...
I heart Judge Reyes — she’s like a judicial superhero. Again and again! Someone please draw her with a gavel like Thor’s hammer.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Judge criticizes federal prosecutors for relying on testimony by officer with credibility concerns
A federal judge has ruled that police in the nation’s capital illegally seized a gun from a man they stopped outside a laundromat
abcnews.go.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I heart Judge Reyes — she’s like a judicial superhero. Again and again! Someone please draw her with a gavel like Thor’s hammer.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Immigration lawyers say those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war, contrary to international laws that prohibit deportations to places where people could face violence.
U.S. deports dozens of migrants to Ukraine amid war
Immigration lawyers say those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war, contrary to international laws that prohibit deportations to places where people could face violence.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Immigration lawyers say those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war, contrary to international laws that prohibit deportations to places where people could face violence.
Our front yard this morning/this eve
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Our front yard this morning/this eve
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The Durham community came together and raised 100K in 48 hours; hundreds of volunteers joined in to procure, package, and distribute food and necessities to immigrant DPS families - 655 families and 13000 meals. Thank you to local organizers who led us into startling food distribution efficiency 🫶🏼
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Durham community came together and raised 100K in 48 hours; hundreds of volunteers joined in to procure, package, and distribute food and necessities to immigrant DPS families - 655 families and 13000 meals. Thank you to local organizers who led us into startling food distribution efficiency 🫶🏼
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WFAE reports: Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. The ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violated residents' constitutional protections and even broke the state’s new face-mask ban.
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
ACLU says Border Patrol agents violated NC mask ban, racially profiled residents
U.S. Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. In an interview with WFAE, the ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violat...
www.wunc.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
WFAE reports: Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. The ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violated residents' constitutional protections and even broke the state’s new face-mask ban.
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
www.wunc.org/2025-11-20/a...
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Trump calls for the execution of elected Democrats via Truth Social...
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump calls for the execution of elected Democrats via Truth Social...
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U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful. n.pr/47S9WVt
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's troop deployment in D.C.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful. n.pr/47S9WVt
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Veterans from every corner of the country came to DC this week to send one unified message to Congress: no troops on our streets.
Service members signed up to defend the Constitution, not to police their neighbors.
📸 Will Martinez
Service members signed up to defend the Constitution, not to police their neighbors.
📸 Will Martinez
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Veterans from every corner of the country came to DC this week to send one unified message to Congress: no troops on our streets.
Service members signed up to defend the Constitution, not to police their neighbors.
📸 Will Martinez
Service members signed up to defend the Constitution, not to police their neighbors.
📸 Will Martinez
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Holy shit. They did this in the back half of November?
Capitalism must be stopped.
Capitalism must be stopped.
Walgreens ends holiday pay for hourly employees
The move will affect Christmas, Thanksgiving, and four other major holidays, costing full-time workers hundreds of dollars per year
share.google
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Holy shit. They did this in the back half of November?
Capitalism must be stopped.
Capitalism must be stopped.
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For the rest of this week, volunteers will welcome students at school and act as lookouts should immigration agents show up. Many parents are keeping their children home out of precaution.
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
As attendance drops across Triangle schools, volunteers show up for Latino students
For the rest of this week, volunteers will welcome students at school and act as lookouts should immigration agents show up. Many parents are keeping their children home out of precaution.
www.wunc.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For the rest of this week, volunteers will welcome students at school and act as lookouts should immigration agents show up. Many parents are keeping their children home out of precaution.
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
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Although Durham officials were not informed of any planned CBP activity, individuals have reported seeing agents in the city, and Nida Allam, who chairs the Durham County Board of Commissioners, said she witnessed three people taken into custody in a Durham shopping center on Avondale Drive.
Federal Agents Are Coming to the Triangle. Here’s What We Know.
Officials say Customs and Border Protection agents are in Raleigh today, and immigrant advocacy groups say they may appear in surrounding areas.
indyweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Although Durham officials were not informed of any planned CBP activity, individuals have reported seeing agents in the city, and Nida Allam, who chairs the Durham County Board of Commissioners, said she witnessed three people taken into custody in a Durham shopping center on Avondale Drive.
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Join the hundreds of members of your community that have met this moment by taking leadership and showing what the path to a truly safe North Carolina can look like.
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
For a Safe North Carolina - Defend and Recruit
For a Safe North Carolina HELP OUR COMMUNITIES IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS Right now, Border Patrol is attacking our communities and our people. Our elected representatives, faith leaders, and business own...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Join the hundreds of members of your community that have met this moment by taking leadership and showing what the path to a truly safe North Carolina can look like.
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
It is time.
Go to defendandrecruit.org/safenc to make your pledge
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Tonight, as the sun set in Durham, while hundreds more joined patrols in Charlotte, courageous local officials, people of faith, and community leaders gathered to say: Enough is enough.
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Tonight, as the sun set in Durham, while hundreds more joined patrols in Charlotte, courageous local officials, people of faith, and community leaders gathered to say: Enough is enough.