Ayesha Mattu
@ayescha.bsky.social
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Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.
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[GIFT LINK] Lots of folks are sharing this incisive commentary from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on the Nazi tattoo candidate and the Democrats' insistence that we have to tolerate a smidge of racism to appeal to the working class.
She, of course takes, that apart.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
She, of course takes, that apart.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
[GIFT LINK] Lots of folks are sharing this incisive commentary from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on the Nazi tattoo candidate and the Democrats' insistence that we have to tolerate a smidge of racism to appeal to the working class.
She, of course takes, that apart.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
She, of course takes, that apart.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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Abolish ICE.
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Abolish ICE and the Border Patrol.
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Abolish ICE and the Border Patrol.
The “controversy”? That he called his dad’s cousin his aunt.
Guess what, CNN a-holes, in many MANY USian cultures, we call all our elders (by blood or community) “aunts” & “uncles” as a sign of love & respect.
No excuse for disgraceful corporate media disingenuousness.
Guess what, CNN a-holes, in many MANY USian cultures, we call all our elders (by blood or community) “aunts” & “uncles” as a sign of love & respect.
No excuse for disgraceful corporate media disingenuousness.
In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The “controversy”? That he called his dad’s cousin his aunt.
Guess what, CNN a-holes, in many MANY USian cultures, we call all our elders (by blood or community) “aunts” & “uncles” as a sign of love & respect.
No excuse for disgraceful corporate media disingenuousness.
Guess what, CNN a-holes, in many MANY USian cultures, we call all our elders (by blood or community) “aunts” & “uncles” as a sign of love & respect.
No excuse for disgraceful corporate media disingenuousness.
Fab Bay Area restaurants offering free meals for SNAP recipients during the govt shutdown, via SF Chron: tinyurl.com/yc3tzau4
Venmo support to Al Pastor Papi SF for their free meals: venmo.com/u/alpastorpa...
Volunteer at GLIDE’s food bank: www.glide.org/programs/dai...
Venmo support to Al Pastor Papi SF for their free meals: venmo.com/u/alpastorpa...
Volunteer at GLIDE’s food bank: www.glide.org/programs/dai...
These Bay Area restaurants are offering free meals for SNAP recipients during the shutdown
A growing wave of Bay Area restaurants will provide free meals to people on federal food assistance when SNAP benefits run out Nov. 1.
tinyurl.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Fab Bay Area restaurants offering free meals for SNAP recipients during the govt shutdown, via SF Chron: tinyurl.com/yc3tzau4
Venmo support to Al Pastor Papi SF for their free meals: venmo.com/u/alpastorpa...
Volunteer at GLIDE’s food bank: www.glide.org/programs/dai...
Venmo support to Al Pastor Papi SF for their free meals: venmo.com/u/alpastorpa...
Volunteer at GLIDE’s food bank: www.glide.org/programs/dai...
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There were a LOT of general strike signs and MULTIPLE speakers called for a general strike.
Want to know the value of the #NoKings protests? They helped make this kind of demand more credible. Building capacity for mass action, step by step.
Want to know the value of the #NoKings protests? They helped make this kind of demand more credible. Building capacity for mass action, step by step.
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There were a LOT of general strike signs and MULTIPLE speakers called for a general strike.
Want to know the value of the #NoKings protests? They helped make this kind of demand more credible. Building capacity for mass action, step by step.
Want to know the value of the #NoKings protests? They helped make this kind of demand more credible. Building capacity for mass action, step by step.
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The clips and conversations I’m hearing about the SNAP (food stamp) cuts should be above the fold everywhere. It’s a scary time for a lot of people.
Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The clips and conversations I’m hearing about the SNAP (food stamp) cuts should be above the fold everywhere. It’s a scary time for a lot of people.
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When politicians aren’t afraid of people there is no governance.
And the Senators ostentatiously looked down at their phones as NC citizens stood in front of them, begging them not to do this. Their arrogance and utter contempt for the people they’re supposed to serve are glaring (and long pre-date Trump).
October 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When politicians aren’t afraid of people there is no governance.
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People across the country are fighting for their lives and also to protect their neighbors. They are doing so in the 100s of thousands every single day. You can choose to join the fight or you can pretend that "no one is doing anything."
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
People across the country are fighting for their lives and also to protect their neighbors. They are doing so in the 100s of thousands every single day. You can choose to join the fight or you can pretend that "no one is doing anything."
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Also remember: trolls make money off of your interactions. They monetize that shit. Block them and drive them into penury.
Block fascists. There's no reasoning or arguing with them, you might as well debate with spoiled leftovers. Don't let them bait you. Block fast, block often, block fascists. Let their accounts mummify.
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Also remember: trolls make money off of your interactions. They monetize that shit. Block them and drive them into penury.
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Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.
l.euronews.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
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Do not interact. Do not contribute. This is not Twitter. We do not get baited here, we block here. You hated Twitter, so stop trying to recreate it.
Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.
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Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Do not interact. Do not contribute. This is not Twitter. We do not get baited here, we block here. You hated Twitter, so stop trying to recreate it.
Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.
bsky.app/profile/eva....
Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.
bsky.app/profile/eva....
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Here are the details and our methodology. Judge for yourself: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Here are the details and our methodology. Judge for yourself: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
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Black Lives Matter was the last true bastion against fascism that posed a real threat to what the regime is now
And instead of supporting it, many of you “both sides’d” it because of your loyalty to carcerality and lack of imagination
Our ancestors fought for a world they’d never see. You can too
And instead of supporting it, many of you “both sides’d” it because of your loyalty to carcerality and lack of imagination
Our ancestors fought for a world they’d never see. You can too
October 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Black Lives Matter was the last true bastion against fascism that posed a real threat to what the regime is now
And instead of supporting it, many of you “both sides’d” it because of your loyalty to carcerality and lack of imagination
Our ancestors fought for a world they’d never see. You can too
And instead of supporting it, many of you “both sides’d” it because of your loyalty to carcerality and lack of imagination
Our ancestors fought for a world they’d never see. You can too
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““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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I'll post more pictures and video soon. But in the meantime, look back through this thread and FOLLOW THE GROUPS THAT SHOWED UP. These are the folks you wanna join; these are the neighbors who are gonna protect neighbors. And check out all the groups who endorsed this march! We are STRONG! JOIN UP!
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I'll post more pictures and video soon. But in the meantime, look back through this thread and FOLLOW THE GROUPS THAT SHOWED UP. These are the folks you wanna join; these are the neighbors who are gonna protect neighbors. And check out all the groups who endorsed this march! We are STRONG! JOIN UP!
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Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique | Norman Solomon
Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique | Norman Solomon
The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique | Norman Solomon