@thedarkeststardc.bsky.social
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“There is a reason why federal agents know exactly where to do detentions and jumpouts. MPD has surveilled Black and Brown people in DC for years, and their collaboration has given feds a demographic and cultural map of our communities.” @dcmigrantmutualaid.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“There is a reason why federal agents know exactly where to do detentions and jumpouts. MPD has surveilled Black and Brown people in DC for years, and their collaboration has given feds a demographic and cultural map of our communities.” @dcmigrantmutualaid.org
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"For generations immigrants have been invisible constituents of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser previously rallied in our neighborhoods… and today she betrays us, handing our communities to masked agents. Immigrants are Washingtonians," says one speaker.
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"For generations immigrants have been invisible constituents of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser previously rallied in our neighborhoods… and today she betrays us, handing our communities to masked agents. Immigrants are Washingtonians," says one speaker.
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Yet again, anti-trans bigots are actually making it easier for adults to abuse children.
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
Anti-trans policies aren't preventing genital mutilation — they're disrupting efforts to stop it
The bipartisan movement against female genital mutilation and cutting is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed.
19thnews.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yet again, anti-trans bigots are actually making it easier for adults to abuse children.
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
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… but people are homeless because of “mental health.” Mmkay.
U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
… but people are homeless because of “mental health.” Mmkay.
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While evictions rise, the city is also cutting funding to 1) rent relief 2) street outreach 3) permanent supportive housing & other housing voucher programs & 4) shelters
If we’re talking purely money, it costs more to provide appropriate housing support for someone the longer they are unhoused.
If we’re talking purely money, it costs more to provide appropriate housing support for someone the longer they are unhoused.
Evictions in DC hit record levels last year, with 1,869 households removed from their homes. We don't have final numbers for this year yet but avg. monthly evictions are the highest they’ve been in six years. New investigation from @51st.news @streetsensedc.bsky.social 51st.news/record-evict...
Evictions rising in DC as housing costs increase
New data shows evictions have surged past pre-pandemic levels, fueled by shrinking aid, high rents, and weakened tenant protections.
51st.news
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
While evictions rise, the city is also cutting funding to 1) rent relief 2) street outreach 3) permanent supportive housing & other housing voucher programs & 4) shelters
If we’re talking purely money, it costs more to provide appropriate housing support for someone the longer they are unhoused.
If we’re talking purely money, it costs more to provide appropriate housing support for someone the longer they are unhoused.
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Alternatively:
Maybe it’s not all a distraction from the Epstein files, and it’s all authoritarian bullshit that they would be doing regardless?
Maybe it’s not all a distraction from the Epstein files, and it’s all authoritarian bullshit that they would be doing regardless?
I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Alternatively:
Maybe it’s not all a distraction from the Epstein files, and it’s all authoritarian bullshit that they would be doing regardless?
Maybe it’s not all a distraction from the Epstein files, and it’s all authoritarian bullshit that they would be doing regardless?
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400 to each location or in total?
it’s bad no matter what, but we had 2000 in the ~60 square miles of DC.
it’s bad no matter what, but we had 2000 in the ~60 square miles of DC.
October 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
400 to each location or in total?
it’s bad no matter what, but we had 2000 in the ~60 square miles of DC.
it’s bad no matter what, but we had 2000 in the ~60 square miles of DC.
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Putting people in mental health jail is still criminalization.
It’s still trying to disappear people who don’t fit into the capitalist demand that everyone be a “productive worker.”
It’s still violent. And that’s not even getting into the fact we know forced commitment does not work.
It’s still trying to disappear people who don’t fit into the capitalist demand that everyone be a “productive worker.”
It’s still violent. And that’s not even getting into the fact we know forced commitment does not work.
President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.
Some Democrats share Trump's goal of forcing more homeless people into medical care
President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Putting people in mental health jail is still criminalization.
It’s still trying to disappear people who don’t fit into the capitalist demand that everyone be a “productive worker.”
It’s still violent. And that’s not even getting into the fact we know forced commitment does not work.
It’s still trying to disappear people who don’t fit into the capitalist demand that everyone be a “productive worker.”
It’s still violent. And that’s not even getting into the fact we know forced commitment does not work.
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Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."
October 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."
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SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
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overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)
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SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.
My story:
My story:
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown
Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."
www.thehandbasket.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.
My story:
My story:
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Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
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“Keeping your morale up is essential to resistance. Do not surrender in advance. Our adversaries aim to cow us into submission because they know that they cannot subdue us by brute force alone…
Even when things seem grim, keep your hopes up and keep fighting. Defeatism only serves the enemy.”
Even when things seem grim, keep your hopes up and keep fighting. Defeatism only serves the enemy.”
Confirmation that Trump will be signing an executive order designating "antifa"—i.e., opposition to fascism—as "a domestic terrorist organization."
What this will mean concretely has yet to be seen. For now, read this guide to preparing communities to endure repression:
crimethinc.com/Safeguarding
What this will mean concretely has yet to be seen. For now, read this guide to preparing communities to endure repression:
crimethinc.com/Safeguarding
September 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Keeping your morale up is essential to resistance. Do not surrender in advance. Our adversaries aim to cow us into submission because they know that they cannot subdue us by brute force alone…
Even when things seem grim, keep your hopes up and keep fighting. Defeatism only serves the enemy.”
Even when things seem grim, keep your hopes up and keep fighting. Defeatism only serves the enemy.”
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“The deal exempts the Commanders from property taxes on the stadium and the surrounding development; it exempts the Commanders from sales taxes on personal seat licenses; it gives the Commanders the exclusive right to develop housing and retail around the stadium, at the low price of $1 per year…”
The Commanders' D.C. Stadium Deal Is An Abomination | Defector
The Washington Commanders have a deal with Washington D.C. to build a new 65,000-seat stadium in Ward 7, on the site of the crumbling old bones of RFK Stadium. The D.C. city council passed a funding b...
defector.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“The deal exempts the Commanders from property taxes on the stadium and the surrounding development; it exempts the Commanders from sales taxes on personal seat licenses; it gives the Commanders the exclusive right to develop housing and retail around the stadium, at the low price of $1 per year…”
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“The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receives federal reimbursement in return.”
Local cops are complicit in immigrant violence.
Local cops are complicit in immigrant violence.
Sources: ICE detainee dies at Nassau County jail; investigation underway
The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receive...
longisland.news12.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receives federal reimbursement in return.”
Local cops are complicit in immigrant violence.
Local cops are complicit in immigrant violence.
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A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.
Sources: ICE detainee dies at Nassau County jail; investigation underway
The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receive...
longisland.news12.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.
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ICE shot and killed a man in the Chicago suburbs last week. In the days since, we've seen a laundry list of escalating violent behavior from the feds: reckless driving, destroyed property, dawn raids, intimidation and threats against reporters, witnesses assaulted and threatened with pepper spray.
September 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ICE shot and killed a man in the Chicago suburbs last week. In the days since, we've seen a laundry list of escalating violent behavior from the feds: reckless driving, destroyed property, dawn raids, intimidation and threats against reporters, witnesses assaulted and threatened with pepper spray.
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We cannot have a society if the American Right does not drastically change and they have no interest in this. It's their last and possibly only chance to enact their project. They're deeply, deeply unpopular and mired in corruption and scandal. All they have is violence.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We cannot have a society if the American Right does not drastically change and they have no interest in this. It's their last and possibly only chance to enact their project. They're deeply, deeply unpopular and mired in corruption and scandal. All they have is violence.
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There should be no forgiveness for Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, or anyone else who whitewashed Charlie Kirk's image in the wake of his death. They participated in a cleanup job that is facilitating Kirk's status as a "martyr." They have had a hand in the harm the administration will do in Kirk's name.
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
There should be no forgiveness for Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, or anyone else who whitewashed Charlie Kirk's image in the wake of his death. They participated in a cleanup job that is facilitating Kirk's status as a "martyr." They have had a hand in the harm the administration will do in Kirk's name.
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If you're still pretending that the Republican Party has the slightest interest in democracy, or the Constitution, you're either a complete imbecile or you're working with them.
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you're still pretending that the Republican Party has the slightest interest in democracy, or the Constitution, you're either a complete imbecile or you're working with them.
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The emergency has ended, yet the collaboration continues. Bowser’s appeasement of Trump has done nothing but hurt the District. MPD & ICE are individually deeply harmful, together they compound that harm. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump threatens to retake control of D.C. police over Bowser’s position on ICE
President Donald Trump’s comments, just days after his 30-day police takeover ended, underline his intense interest in D.C. — and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s political predicament.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The emergency has ended, yet the collaboration continues. Bowser’s appeasement of Trump has done nothing but hurt the District. MPD & ICE are individually deeply harmful, together they compound that harm. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Police “can be in many places more than ICE can. They know how to do traffic checkpoints. They can block streets. What you’re giving them is a demographic and cultural map of the city.”
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Police “can be in many places more than ICE can. They know how to do traffic checkpoints. They can block streets. What you’re giving them is a demographic and cultural map of the city.”
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Do not put your name on a website to register for a rally in this political climate. What the fuck's wrong with y'all. Are there any people of color that work at this org who might knock some sense into your peach colored heads.
We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Do not put your name on a website to register for a rally in this political climate. What the fuck's wrong with y'all. Are there any people of color that work at this org who might knock some sense into your peach colored heads.
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D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation from @bellingcat.com and @evidentmedia.org shows how much that's changed. 51st.news/dc-police-wo...
WATCH: MPD collaborates with ICE
D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation shows how much that's changed.
51st.news
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation from @bellingcat.com and @evidentmedia.org shows how much that's changed. 51st.news/dc-police-wo...