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UPDATE!
Joswar and César are still in Tacoma ICE Detention Center in inhumane conditions. Joswar's asylum hearing is later this month (August) and César's is in October.
Their lawyer is working 7 days a week, also in deplorable conditions.
They're still fighting.
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Joswar and César are still in Tacoma ICE Detention Center in inhumane conditions. Joswar's asylum hearing is later this month (August) and César's is in October.
Their lawyer is working 7 days a week, also in deplorable conditions.
They're still fighting.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/D...
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I think zack zappone makes a really good point about the jail not being a solution to unhoused people having nowhere to go. I'm curious why @zackzappone.bsky.social voted to make it a misdemeanor to not have a place to go in Spokane. Also, what the fuck is a flex bed between mental health and jail?
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August 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I think zack zappone makes a really good point about the jail not being a solution to unhoused people having nowhere to go. I'm curious why @zackzappone.bsky.social voted to make it a misdemeanor to not have a place to go in Spokane. Also, what the fuck is a flex bed between mental health and jail?
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@kwanetaharris.bsky.social has a fundraiser that's live with the goal of raising funds for her kids to come see her in person for the first time in a decade.
You can support her and her family here:
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August 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
@kwanetaharris.bsky.social has a fundraiser that's live with the goal of raising funds for her kids to come see her in person for the first time in a decade.
You can support her and her family here:
www.gofundme.com/f/bring-kwan...
You can support her and her family here:
www.gofundme.com/f/bring-kwan...
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Americans want universal healthcare, not national guard troops in our neighborhoods.
You cannot be “America First” while treating Americans like our communities as though we need military intervention.
We must not give into the urge to hate each other, our neighbors, family and friends.
You cannot be “America First” while treating Americans like our communities as though we need military intervention.
We must not give into the urge to hate each other, our neighbors, family and friends.
August 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Americans want universal healthcare, not national guard troops in our neighborhoods.
You cannot be “America First” while treating Americans like our communities as though we need military intervention.
We must not give into the urge to hate each other, our neighbors, family and friends.
You cannot be “America First” while treating Americans like our communities as though we need military intervention.
We must not give into the urge to hate each other, our neighbors, family and friends.
This is why Spokane Police (with Spokane County Sheriffs, ICE, and Idaho Police) SEPARATED, ROUNDED UP, AND DELIBERATELY GASSED JOURNALISTS including @rangemedia.co 6/11.
They used this time to violently beat and arrest nonviolent Spokanites protesting the illegal abduction of our community.
They used this time to violently beat and arrest nonviolent Spokanites protesting the illegal abduction of our community.
The press freedom crisis in America isn't only billionaires bowing down at big outlets like CBS, the Post. In L.A., elsewhere, indie journalists at protests are getting beat up or arrested by cops, a chilling sign of an authoritarian U.S. police state
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...
In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death | Will Bunch
On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press freedom.
www.inquirer.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is why Spokane Police (with Spokane County Sheriffs, ICE, and Idaho Police) SEPARATED, ROUNDED UP, AND DELIBERATELY GASSED JOURNALISTS including @rangemedia.co 6/11.
They used this time to violently beat and arrest nonviolent Spokanites protesting the illegal abduction of our community.
They used this time to violently beat and arrest nonviolent Spokanites protesting the illegal abduction of our community.
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For comparison, when they violently squelched the ICE protest 6/11, SPD said they had 185 officers, Sheriff's Dept had 50, Idaho brought at least 10 cars worth, ICE had agents, and there was at least 1 helicopter.
All to ensure the detention and transfer of 2 legal immigrants who committed no crime
All to ensure the detention and transfer of 2 legal immigrants who committed no crime
The man suspected of shooting two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in their homes in what officials describe as politically motivated attacks was arrested and charged Sunday evening after a sprawling manhunt involving more than 100 officers. wapo.st/3FFrkBL
June 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
For comparison, when they violently squelched the ICE protest 6/11, SPD said they had 185 officers, Sheriff's Dept had 50, Idaho brought at least 10 cars worth, ICE had agents, and there was at least 1 helicopter.
All to ensure the detention and transfer of 2 legal immigrants who committed no crime
All to ensure the detention and transfer of 2 legal immigrants who committed no crime
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"I know it’s too hot in my prison when prisoners start checking into suicide-watch cells in our medical area. People employ various excuses, but most know they do it because the infirmaries have air conditioning."
Summer Heat in Prison: Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?
Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how hot their prisons get in the summer. One prison reached 117 degrees.
prisonjournalismproject.org
August 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"I know it’s too hot in my prison when prisoners start checking into suicide-watch cells in our medical area. People employ various excuses, but most know they do it because the infirmaries have air conditioning."
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The Constitution and Bill of Rights are meant to protect our freedoms. But what good are those rights if the government can violate them now, and you’re forced to wait months or years for your day in court?
August 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Constitution and Bill of Rights are meant to protect our freedoms. But what good are those rights if the government can violate them now, and you’re forced to wait months or years for your day in court?
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The American government was never meant to be more powerful than its citizens. The Constitution was written to establish limited government, with checks and balances to prevent any one branch or person from becoming too powerful.
August 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The American government was never meant to be more powerful than its citizens. The Constitution was written to establish limited government, with checks and balances to prevent any one branch or person from becoming too powerful.
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Whole thread here but what the fuck. As far as I can tell there was absolutely no reason for SPD to think there was some kind of threat in this woman's apartment. Even for SPD why would they go straight to kicking down the door. These cops need to be fired (and prosecuted)
The woman described so callously had bullets tear through her walls. She was terrified. She didn't know yet her neighbor was dead, but she knew she almost died herself.
Then someone started breaking her door down.
Terrifying.
It wasn't until the 4th kick she knew police were attacking her door.
Then someone started breaking her door down.
Terrifying.
It wasn't until the 4th kick she knew police were attacking her door.
![Ofc Valenia beings running across the parking lot towards building "A" with several officers following. He arrives at the stairwell which leads up to apartment #A[neighbor] and starts up the stairs. He pauses on the landing just below the apartment door and asks if other officers have a visual on "him" (Musselman).
Ofc Valencia continues up the last set of stairs and stops in front of apartment #[neighbor]. He says, "okay, breaching," and proceeds to deliver four kicks to the door without effect. On the fourth kick. an officer yells out "Police!" while another yells "Spokane Police!" Four more kicks are delivered, also without effect. A muffled female voice can be heard, though the many of the words are unintelligible. Ofc Valencia stops his attempts at breaching the door as an officer yells "Spokane Police."
A female opens the door with her hands raised asking "What happened, what happened?" Ofc Valencia enters the apartment and has the female step out the door as another officer asks if there are any children present. The female responds "No, my son's not here." Another female is seen exiting a door, approaching Ofc Valencia and a male is](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2j5iwcl6bc7h5nitn7yjwqfu/bafkreifqi3pobadjxptoe2hkxda32pdakyrtman4eug7iskiwjyf6kwezu@jpeg)
August 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Whole thread here but what the fuck. As far as I can tell there was absolutely no reason for SPD to think there was some kind of threat in this woman's apartment. Even for SPD why would they go straight to kicking down the door. These cops need to be fired (and prosecuted)
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SPD deactivated camera for 30(!!!) minutes while remaining on scene.
Did officers conspire to get their stories the same? Did they make sure other officers knew how to protect their own at the expense of Spokanites?
And they *escorted* Spokane Human Rights Commissioner to his car off campus. Yikes
Did officers conspire to get their stories the same? Did they make sure other officers knew how to protect their own at the expense of Spokanites?
And they *escorted* Spokane Human Rights Commissioner to his car off campus. Yikes
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
SPD deactivated camera for 30(!!!) minutes while remaining on scene.
Did officers conspire to get their stories the same? Did they make sure other officers knew how to protect their own at the expense of Spokanites?
And they *escorted* Spokane Human Rights Commissioner to his car off campus. Yikes
Did officers conspire to get their stories the same? Did they make sure other officers knew how to protect their own at the expense of Spokanites?
And they *escorted* Spokane Human Rights Commissioner to his car off campus. Yikes
UPDATE!
Joswar and César are still in Tacoma ICE Detention Center in inhumane conditions. Joswar's asylum hearing is later this month (August) and César's is in October.
Their lawyer is working 7 days a week, also in deplorable conditions.
They're still fighting.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/D...
Joswar and César are still in Tacoma ICE Detention Center in inhumane conditions. Joswar's asylum hearing is later this month (August) and César's is in October.
Their lawyer is working 7 days a week, also in deplorable conditions.
They're still fighting.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/D...
August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
UPDATE!
Joswar and César are still in Tacoma ICE Detention Center in inhumane conditions. Joswar's asylum hearing is later this month (August) and César's is in October.
Their lawyer is working 7 days a week, also in deplorable conditions.
They're still fighting.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/D...
Joswar and César are still in Tacoma ICE Detention Center in inhumane conditions. Joswar's asylum hearing is later this month (August) and César's is in October.
Their lawyer is working 7 days a week, also in deplorable conditions.
They're still fighting.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/D...
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Join me in supporting Ward 12’s,The Black Radish— they are a local urban farm transforming front yards into flourishing gardens to address food insecurity by donating fresh food throughout the city.
Donate to them to secure land for future farming: bit.ly/44eFBic
Donate to them to secure land for future farming: bit.ly/44eFBic
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Join me in supporting Ward 12’s,The Black Radish— they are a local urban farm transforming front yards into flourishing gardens to address food insecurity by donating fresh food throughout the city.
Donate to them to secure land for future farming: bit.ly/44eFBic
Donate to them to secure land for future farming: bit.ly/44eFBic
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Read this book. Even if you're not an activist or organiser. Maybe especially if you're not - the advice and lessons are universal for anyone who is striving to be in community with others or who's feeling helpless in the face of *gestures at the world*.
I'm listening to "Let this radicalize you" by @prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social. A huge shout-out to narrator Diana Blue (who doesn't appear to be on this platform) - she's bringing the book beautifully to life with her reading.
August 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Read this book. Even if you're not an activist or organiser. Maybe especially if you're not - the advice and lessons are universal for anyone who is striving to be in community with others or who's feeling helpless in the face of *gestures at the world*.
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Not sure if they are still collecting signatures, but here is experience matters sign on letter if anyone wants to read it. To our city council: Listen to the people impacted by these policies. Try and negate some of the harm you have done
Sign on Letter for Homeless Ordinances
This letter was created by Experience Matters regarding City of Spokane ordinances C36679, C36691, C36692
Experience Matters is a community-led organization shaped by lived experience of homelessness...
docs.google.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not sure if they are still collecting signatures, but here is experience matters sign on letter if anyone wants to read it. To our city council: Listen to the people impacted by these policies. Try and negate some of the harm you have done
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If you haven't already, please sign. Also if you somehow follow me but not pjals, follow pjals! They do amazing work and have been for years.
✍️ Sign on to the letter.
📣 Tell us: who else should be standing with us?
Together, we defend each other.
Sign-on now! buff.ly/ZwoOp9P
#DropTheCharges #SpokaneSolidarity #ImmigrantJustice
📣 Tell us: who else should be standing with us?
Together, we defend each other.
Sign-on now! buff.ly/ZwoOp9P
#DropTheCharges #SpokaneSolidarity #ImmigrantJustice
August 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you haven't already, please sign. Also if you somehow follow me but not pjals, follow pjals! They do amazing work and have been for years.
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On June 11, Spokane protested to defend two young asylum seekers. A month later, 9 people who stood in public witness were arrested by federal agents.
This is retaliation—meant to scare us into silence. We won’t back down.
This is retaliation—meant to scare us into silence. We won’t back down.
August 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On June 11, Spokane protested to defend two young asylum seekers. A month later, 9 people who stood in public witness were arrested by federal agents.
This is retaliation—meant to scare us into silence. We won’t back down.
This is retaliation—meant to scare us into silence. We won’t back down.
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✍️ Sign on to the letter.
📣 Tell us: who else should be standing with us?
Together, we defend each other.
Sign-on now! buff.ly/ZwoOp9P
#DropTheCharges #SpokaneSolidarity #ImmigrantJustice
📣 Tell us: who else should be standing with us?
Together, we defend each other.
Sign-on now! buff.ly/ZwoOp9P
#DropTheCharges #SpokaneSolidarity #ImmigrantJustice
August 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
✍️ Sign on to the letter.
📣 Tell us: who else should be standing with us?
Together, we defend each other.
Sign-on now! buff.ly/ZwoOp9P
#DropTheCharges #SpokaneSolidarity #ImmigrantJustice
📣 Tell us: who else should be standing with us?
Together, we defend each other.
Sign-on now! buff.ly/ZwoOp9P
#DropTheCharges #SpokaneSolidarity #ImmigrantJustice
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@patrickdotweb.bsky.social This is misinformation. This is neither fentanyl overdose nor is it accurate reporting.
This article should be removed & a correction should be issued.
We have notified the South Carolina Broadcasters Association.
The posting is archived here: archive.ph/HJnoi
This article should be removed & a correction should be issued.
We have notified the South Carolina Broadcasters Association.
The posting is archived here: archive.ph/HJnoi
July 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@patrickdotweb.bsky.social This is misinformation. This is neither fentanyl overdose nor is it accurate reporting.
This article should be removed & a correction should be issued.
We have notified the South Carolina Broadcasters Association.
The posting is archived here: archive.ph/HJnoi
This article should be removed & a correction should be issued.
We have notified the South Carolina Broadcasters Association.
The posting is archived here: archive.ph/HJnoi
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2/ "We don’t need a Dem majority. We don’t need criminal charges. We have the authority and the obligation to remove this entire unelected, illegitimate regime.
"What YOU can do—circulate this Substack to everyone, ask them to do the same. We the People are the media until they decide to step up."
"What YOU can do—circulate this Substack to everyone, ask them to do the same. We the People are the media until they decide to step up."
July 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
2/ "We don’t need a Dem majority. We don’t need criminal charges. We have the authority and the obligation to remove this entire unelected, illegitimate regime.
"What YOU can do—circulate this Substack to everyone, ask them to do the same. We the People are the media until they decide to step up."
"What YOU can do—circulate this Substack to everyone, ask them to do the same. We the People are the media until they decide to step up."
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Hey my friend Mikki of the #spokane9 needs money to help with legal costs/being forced to move to Boise/etc.
Please consider donating to this GoFundMe page that was set up for them.
Please consider donating to this GoFundMe page that was set up for them.
Donate to Stand with Mikki: Help with Urgent Costs, organized by Shailynn Bray
Stand with Mikki: Help Cover Urgent Costs
Mikki has always shown up for… Shailynn Bray needs your support for Stand with Mikki: Help with Urgent Costs
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July 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hey my friend Mikki of the #spokane9 needs money to help with legal costs/being forced to move to Boise/etc.
Please consider donating to this GoFundMe page that was set up for them.
Please consider donating to this GoFundMe page that was set up for them.
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“Children are dying while 6,000 trucks with food wait a few miles away,” say CPC leaders Reps. Greg Casar, Ilhan Omar and Chuy Garcia. “We demand Trump use U.S. leverage to ensure that Israel fully restores international aid access to Gaza. It is not too late to save millions of lives.”
July 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Children are dying while 6,000 trucks with food wait a few miles away,” say CPC leaders Reps. Greg Casar, Ilhan Omar and Chuy Garcia. “We demand Trump use U.S. leverage to ensure that Israel fully restores international aid access to Gaza. It is not too late to save millions of lives.”
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85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
July 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
Courageous Conversation now with Anwar Peace (Spokane Human Rights Commissioner), Justice Forral (Spokane Human Rights Commissioner), Cynthia Manycolors (impacted member, WA ), Kurtis Robinson (commissioner), Debbie Novak, JD Leighty (founder of Citizen Nine 26), Kevin Hall, Bart Logue.
As a reminder to anyone going to this:
Do not talk to cops. Ever. Even and especially at a "public discussion".
Stay safe and don't get baited.
Do not talk to cops. Ever. Even and especially at a "public discussion".
Stay safe and don't get baited.
TOMORROW SPOKANE 7/30
5:30 - 7:30 on the 3rd floor Central Library event featuring Courageous Conversations: Re-imagining Public Safety in our Community.
Bridging the Divide: Understanding the Human Cost on Both Sides of the Badge in our community.
events.spokanelibrary.org/event/14243241
5:30 - 7:30 on the 3rd floor Central Library event featuring Courageous Conversations: Re-imagining Public Safety in our Community.
Bridging the Divide: Understanding the Human Cost on Both Sides of the Badge in our community.
events.spokanelibrary.org/event/14243241
July 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Courageous Conversation now with Anwar Peace (Spokane Human Rights Commissioner), Justice Forral (Spokane Human Rights Commissioner), Cynthia Manycolors (impacted member, WA ), Kurtis Robinson (commissioner), Debbie Novak, JD Leighty (founder of Citizen Nine 26), Kevin Hall, Bart Logue.