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goldengateblond.bsky.social
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
August 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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candaceavalos.bsky.social
Preparation doesn’t mean stockpiling. It means knowing your neighbors. Learning your rights. Showing up. Helping folks eat, stay housed, stay safe. It means organizing, not just reacting. Culture, care, joy—these aren’t soft. They’re infrastructure. That’s how we get ready.
July 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Jul 2
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
120. Upon arrival at CECOT, the detainees were greeted by a prison official who stated, "Welcome to CECOT. Whoever enters here doesn't leave." Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was then forced to strip, issued prison clothing, and subjected to physical abuse including being kicked in the legs with boots and struck on his head and arms to make him change clothes faster. His head was shaved with a zero razor, and he was frog-marched to cell 15, being struck with wooden batons along the way. By the following day, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia had visible bruises and lumps all over his body. 121. In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself The detainees were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation. 122. After approximately one week at CECOT, prison director Osiris Luna and other officials separated the 21 Salvadorans who had arrived together. Twelve individuals with visible gang-related tattoos were moved to another cell, while Plaintiff Abrego Garcia remained with eight others who, like him, upon information and belief had no gang affiliations or tattoos. 123. As reflected by his segregation, the Salvadoran authorities recognized that Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was not affiliated with any gang and, at around this time, prison officials explicitly acknowledged that Plaintiff Abrego Garcia's tattoos were not gang-related, telling him "your
July 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is indeed a little bitch
@MZanona on X: Van Orden, who’s a yes on mega bill, pushes back on notion that Rs do watever Trump says: “The president of the United States didn't give us an assignment. We're not a bunch of little bitches around here okay? I'm a member of Congress. I represent almost 800,000 Wisconsinnites.”
July 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
same guy who tweets out bible verses seems to have forgotten about this one
Matthew 25:40 KJV And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
July 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
adamkeiper.com Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Jun 27
Monstrous:

"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
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June 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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pnwelcome.bsky.social
Every additional home we build in Portland is one more home for a family who needs to access gender-affirming care.

If Oregon wants to be a sanctuary for LGTBQ+ Americans, we simply must build more housing for everyone who wants (and needs) to call Oregon home.

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wafoli.bsky.social Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · Jun 18
Today I am yet again reminded of the urgent need to make it easier to build homes in California so that vulnerable people can actually afford to live in a state that protects them. What good are our vaunted protections if they come with an exorbitant price tag?
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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wired.com
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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pnwelcome.bsky.social
"Anything that drives up the cost of creating new homes gives
more market power to landlords of existing homes, and less power to tenants...Temporarily waiving SDCs will not singlehandledly revive homebuilding in Portland, but it will
help and it is within the city's control."
Every city needs infrastructure like parks, roads, and pipes. SDCs aren't the only way to raise infrastructure money — Portland managed without them for many years, just as peer cities like Seattle do today. Portland and other cities have turned to them in recent decades because other revenue options are so limited. Unfortunately, SDCs are a cost burden on housing, especially on the least expensive homes. This makes them regressive. Anything that drives up the cost of creating new homes gives more market power to landlords of existing homes, and less power to tenants. Tenants in both new and old buildings ultimately pay these costs in the form of the higher rents landowners can then extract. Sometimes such costs are necessary, but each should be weighed carefully. Very few homes are being built in Portland right now. This should concern all tenants. Portland has been growing again, and many vacancy rates have dipped below 5 percent; if trends continue, rent hikes will follow. The lack of construction is also bad fiscal and economic news for the city. Because SDC revenue is almost zero, the city has little to lose from a temporary waiver. Temporarily waiving SDCs will not singlehandledly revive homebuilding in Portland, but it will help and it is within the city's control. An SDC holiday also offers Portland an opportunity to rethink SDCs before they or some other source of infrastructure revenue would return in a few years. Our members would be happy to participate in this policy work.
June 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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pnwelcome.bsky.social
Portland: Neighbors Welcome supports the temporary System Development Charge exemption proposed by @mayorkwilson.bsky.social to spur more housing growth.

You can listen in to today's City Council Finance Committee (and subsequent public testimony) at the link below:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv--...
Portland City Council Finance Committee 06/16/25
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June 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Maybe drop a line to @nbcla.com and let them know you appreciate David Noriega's reporting. We are going to need journalists like this who aren't afraid to tell the truth and a lot of them are getting fired.

📞 818-684-4444
💻 Email: www.nbclosangeles.com/send-feedback
June 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.
June 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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fightforaunion.bsky.social
Portland, Oregon SHOWED UP to say #NoKings in America! 💪
June 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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PDX showed up today!
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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pnwelcome.bsky.social
Inner Eastside for All would re-legalize "four floors and corner stores" everywhere from 12th to 60th and Fremont to Powell, preserving inner NE and SE as walkable, mixed-income places anyone can call home.

Part of the city we love. Join our campaign!
photo of a small apartment buildings next to another home on a tree-lined street
June 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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pnwelcome.bsky.social
Great news: In a new "priorities survey" of 1,893 District 3 residents, our Inner Eastside for All proposal came out +28 points overall, +22 among homeowners and wow +58 among home renters

cc @councilormorillo.bsky.social & her D3 colleagues

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pie chart showing majority support for Inner Eastside for All
June 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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quinncy.bsky.social
Eyes on the prize…
June 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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jenwith1n.bsky.social
If this sounds dope as hell to you, @pnwelcome.bsky.social is pushing to legalize 4 floors and corner stores throughout the inner eastside!!
June 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.
wagingnonviolence.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
At this point, I'm honestly shocked that Trump didn't attempt to have the FBI arrest the French Revolutionaries in last night's performance of Le Mis.
June 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
bdeitchman.bsky.social
Senator Padilla gets thrown out of a press conference, pushed to the floor, and handcuffed. Senator Rand Paul gets uninvited and then re-invited to a picnic. Spot the difference.
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Together, they’re 51 practical, political, and spiritual ideas together in one place.

We wanted to create a place to put — well, if not everything, then a lot of things, so that you could come back to one (ok, two) document(s) again and again and find it relatively easy to figure out what next.
June 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Part One
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
A couple of months ago, I posted a checklist of things one could do to be useful in these days of rising fascism.

Here’s Part Two of that list—more focused on ways to protect you and those in your tightest circles of care.

Part One is embedded and also skeeted below.
Care for yourself and others!
Checklist 2.0
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM