Brooke Oliver
@brookeoliver.bsky.social
Cultural Justice Activist & Attorney (art, trademarks, copyrights, nonprofits)“practicing law in the service of soul” (quote from Larry Harvey)
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It's citrus harvesting season in CAs San Joaquin Valley right now. Farm workers are laboring long hours harvesting oranges and lemons. Rosa is one of these workers in the Fresno area. She tells us she earns $47 for each 1,000 lb box she harvests. #WeFeedYou
February 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's citrus harvesting season in CAs San Joaquin Valley right now. Farm workers are laboring long hours harvesting oranges and lemons. Rosa is one of these workers in the Fresno area. She tells us she earns $47 for each 1,000 lb box she harvests. #WeFeedYou
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Even Hitler took a few years before setting up his concentration camps
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
January 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Even Hitler took a few years before setting up his concentration camps
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
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Stephen Miller and Elon Musk are running the country while Trump plays golf, signs stuff, shitposts on Truth Social, and sells merch.
January 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Stephen Miller and Elon Musk are running the country while Trump plays golf, signs stuff, shitposts on Truth Social, and sells merch.
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This is what standing up to ICE looks like
The union representing thousands of janitors said ICE went to multiple downtown San Francisco offices but that building security kept them from entering, KTVU reports.
“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”
www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...
“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”
www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...
ICE agents in downtown San Francisco blocked by building security
Local 87, the union representing 6,000 janitors in the private sector, said federal agents went to multiple downtown office buildings late Friday afternoon, but that building security kept them from e...
www.ktvu.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is what standing up to ICE looks like
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Tips for dealing with ICE.
Please share! Know your rights. 🙏🏻
Please share! Know your rights. 🙏🏻
January 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Tips for dealing with ICE.
Please share! Know your rights. 🙏🏻
Please share! Know your rights. 🙏🏻
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
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Then there are the overly dramatic posts.
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Then there are the overly dramatic posts.
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Solidarity with farmworkers on the frontlines!
We are in scary times with immigration sweeps, executive orders & farmworkers laboring in thick wildfire smoke. We're scrambling to do everything at once & our resources are stretched thin. Be there for farmworkers. Make a donation today ufw.org/scarytimes or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
January 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Solidarity with farmworkers on the frontlines!
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Oh great, COINTELPRO didn’t end so much as it became the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
If I were still at the Tribune (and the Tribune still existed) I’d love to follow Fredrika Newton around from an inconspicuous distance for a week and interview anyone she thinks is suspicious.
If I were still at the Tribune (and the Tribune still existed) I’d love to follow Fredrika Newton around from an inconspicuous distance for a week and interview anyone she thinks is suspicious.
For years, former Black Panthers have feared that the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after its notorious COINTELPRO program.
Malik Rahim had never been able to prove he was targeted. Now, government docs show he was correct.
Malik Rahim had never been able to prove he was targeted. Now, government docs show he was correct.
When the Feds Are Still Watching
Former Black Panthers fear the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after COINTELPRO. In at least one case, they were right.
www.thenation.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Oh great, COINTELPRO didn’t end so much as it became the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
If I were still at the Tribune (and the Tribune still existed) I’d love to follow Fredrika Newton around from an inconspicuous distance for a week and interview anyone she thinks is suspicious.
If I were still at the Tribune (and the Tribune still existed) I’d love to follow Fredrika Newton around from an inconspicuous distance for a week and interview anyone she thinks is suspicious.
Resist!
ICE showed up Friday morning to Hamline Elementary School, located in the New City neighborhood, principal Natasha Ortega said at a news conference.
“We will not open our doors for ICE, and we are here to protect our children and make sure they have access to an excellent education,” Ortega said.
“We will not open our doors for ICE, and we are here to protect our children and make sure they have access to an excellent education,” Ortega said.
ICE agents denied entry at a Chicago elementary school, CPS officials say
Chicago Public Schools prevented officers from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according t…
www.chicagotribune.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Resist!
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ICE is seizing US citizens to deport them without any warrant or process
newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/newar...
newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/newar...
Newark mayor condemns ICE raid as 'egregious act' • New Jersey Monitor
The Newark mayor said residents are being "unlawfully terrorized." The Trump administration has pledged to crack down on illegal immigration.
newjerseymonitor.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ICE is seizing US citizens to deport them without any warrant or process
newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/newar...
newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/newar...
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Pushback made a difference here.
In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....
cc @rieckhoff.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....
cc @rieckhoff.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze
About two-thirds of Veterans Affairs jobs will be excluded from a White House order blocking new hiring.
www.militarytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pushback made a difference here.
In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....
cc @rieckhoff.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....
cc @rieckhoff.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
Well, my first post here is unlikely to become an NFT sold for millions. 😂 (If you’re searching for context, Twitter founder’s did.)
January 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Well, my first post here is unlikely to become an NFT sold for millions. 😂 (If you’re searching for context, Twitter founder’s did.)