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Dawn Raftery
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Storyteller. Truth-teller. #RacialJustice advocate. #DogMom. Lover of lit, wit, wine & art. Roots. Wounds. Words. 2024 fellow. CCMO at @PublicRightsPro.bsky.social. Ex-journo.
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UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.)
For full alt text, follow pastebin link in next post. Partial text: Amy E. Greer, attorney for Mahmoud Khalil provided the following update this evening: First, importantly, today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament. He also greatly appreciates, and, typically for him, is moved by the extraordinarily broad and steadfast support he has received from a variety of communities that understand what is at stake. He is in ICE custody in Louisiana, and arrangements have been made for local attorneys to visit him today and tomorrow. The remarks by government officials, including the President, on social media only confirm the purpose – and illegality – of Mahmoud's detention. He was chosen as an example to stifle entirely lawful dissent in violation of the First Amendment. While tomorrow or thereafter the government may cite the law or process, that toothpaste is out of the tube and irreversibly so. The government’s objective is as transparent as it is unlawful, and our role as Mahmoud’s lawyers is to ensure it does not prevail. Today Mahmoud's legal team, which includes Kyle Barron, CLEAR, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amy Greer filed a motion to compel in federal court in the Southern District of New York, as part of the habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf over the weekend, seeking an order requiring the government to return to New York for any immigration proceedings.
March 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
If universities allow their students to be disappeared in direct contravention of all applicable laws for espousing the principles they have been taught in the classroom, then they have officially abandoned all pretense of mission.

Something for those employed by Columbia to take under advisement.
March 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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thejwittz.bsky.social
Modern libraries are my favorite place in the world.

I cannot believe the level of cool free stuff that's available now! I loved the library as a kid, but if I grew up with resources like these I probably would have lived there 😂
March 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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murshedz.bsky.social
👀 “[I]f there is an intent to punish perceived enemies, someone could erase your earnings record, making it impossible to collect the Social Security and Medicare benefits you have earned.”

Powerful warning from @socialsecurityworks.org as Musk’s DOGE hacks reportedly are breaching Soc Sec Admin.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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publicrightspro.bsky.social
9/🌟 If you're passionate about justice & civil rights, we want you on our team!
Learn more about these roles & apply today: www.publicrightsproject.org/join-our-team

#PublicRightsProject #CivilRights #Hiring #ImpactLitigation #JoinOurTeam #LegalCareers #SocialJustice
We're hiring
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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delauro.house.gov
Americans are struggling with the high cost of living. Trump's funding freeze does nothing to help. It  makes childcare, housing, home-heating, & food more expensive by locking people out of programs that cut costs.
 
I will fight this illegal action. People's lives are at stake.
January 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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greene.haus
“Slaves owe us reparations”: ah, a perfect soul to help advance this administration’s IED agenda: Insult, Exclude, and Discriminate.
asmith83.bsky.social Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · Jan 28
The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.
www.pogo.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
FYI the National Council of Nonprofits is collecting stories via this form about how the executive orders are harming nonprofit organizations nationwide. If you just got screwed today, tell them about it here. They're also asking who is comfortable sharing their stories with reporters.
Effects of Executive Actions on Nonprofits
www.councilofnonprofits.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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anatosaurus.bsky.social
Resistance is great. Refusal is even better.

The entire fascist plan relies upon our compliance. When we do not comply it crumbles.

Go San Francisco!!!
tusk81.bsky.social Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Jan 28
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...
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 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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murshedz.bsky.social
So much for all (wishful) BS narrative in the elite corporate media outlets that resistance is dead/

Look what is happening in Chicago. Wow
@indivisible.org @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
indivisiblels.bsky.social Indivisible Lincoln Square @indivisiblels.bsky.social · Jan 27
Chicago clearly will not be silent under this new administration.

Felt serious get-sh!t-done vibes at our @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social event this weekend plus a hefty dose of inspiration.
January 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM