Derin Dacey
@derindacey.bsky.social
Interested in a better world… racial justice, disability justice, labor rights, and collective liberation
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Happy Resistance Day.
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle.
@margaret.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle.
@margaret.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy Resistance Day.
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
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“I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
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"Why don't people support welfare programs?"
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Why don't people support welfare programs?"
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
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Imagine Trump said he was illegally stopping November Social Security payments & incorrectly blamed the shutdown
The frame should be “Trump illegally halts Social Security checks,” not “Shutdown means November 1 marks a Social Security cliff, Dems share blame?”
But that’s what’s happening w/ SNAP
The frame should be “Trump illegally halts Social Security checks,” not “Shutdown means November 1 marks a Social Security cliff, Dems share blame?”
But that’s what’s happening w/ SNAP
Lots of reporting on SNAP getting the details wrong.
SNAP is not set to run out of money on November 1. There’s money in the contingency fund to pay benefits.
The Trump admin is illegally refusing to deliver benefits on November 1, despite having funding to pay benefits.
SNAP is not set to run out of money on November 1. There’s money in the contingency fund to pay benefits.
The Trump admin is illegally refusing to deliver benefits on November 1, despite having funding to pay benefits.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Imagine Trump said he was illegally stopping November Social Security payments & incorrectly blamed the shutdown
The frame should be “Trump illegally halts Social Security checks,” not “Shutdown means November 1 marks a Social Security cliff, Dems share blame?”
But that’s what’s happening w/ SNAP
The frame should be “Trump illegally halts Social Security checks,” not “Shutdown means November 1 marks a Social Security cliff, Dems share blame?”
But that’s what’s happening w/ SNAP
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
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![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️
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also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)
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Just going to remind you that if the police or any other law enforcement show up you should ABSOLUTELY say
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT
i.e., then say nothing else except repeatedly demanding a lawyer.
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT
i.e., then say nothing else except repeatedly demanding a lawyer.
September 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Just going to remind you that if the police or any other law enforcement show up you should ABSOLUTELY say
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT
i.e., then say nothing else except repeatedly demanding a lawyer.
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT
i.e., then say nothing else except repeatedly demanding a lawyer.
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For a labour movement that understands the power of a strike..
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
September 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
For a labour movement that understands the power of a strike..
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades
For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine
For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
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¡Vamos a ganar! ✊🏽 Workers at Houston’s Hilton Americas hotel are ON STRIKE — because one job should be enough!
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
September 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
¡Vamos a ganar! ✊🏽 Workers at Houston’s Hilton Americas hotel are ON STRIKE — because one job should be enough!
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
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Really not great that this ketamine addled piece of shit is using an entire social media network he bought to spread blatant lies and go after trans people because he couldn't accept his own trans daughter.
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Really not great that this ketamine addled piece of shit is using an entire social media network he bought to spread blatant lies and go after trans people because he couldn't accept his own trans daughter.
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
August 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
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I'm sorry that this wasn't their first instinct AND I'm sorry that they didn't immediately throw the "agreements" in the fascists' faces but better late than never, I guess.
Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.
Some Texas Democrats to rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and return to chamber in protest | CNN Politics
Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus ...
cnn.it
August 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm sorry that this wasn't their first instinct AND I'm sorry that they didn't immediately throw the "agreements" in the fascists' faces but better late than never, I guess.
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it's starting to sink in that TX republicans really locked a democratic lawmaker in the state house today & won't let her leave because she won't agree to have an assigned police escort until wednesday to make sure she returns so republicans can vote on their redistricting map
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
it's starting to sink in that TX republicans really locked a democratic lawmaker in the state house today & won't let her leave because she won't agree to have an assigned police escort until wednesday to make sure she returns so republicans can vote on their redistricting map
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Unhoused people are just the most accessible target. It won’t stop there.
You should care about homeless ppl b/c they are ppl, and most folks are closer to living outside than they are to being a billionaire.
But if that's not enough, care about them b/c how gov't treats them says volumes abt us.
Care b/c the cruelty won't stop with homeless folks.
But if that's not enough, care about them b/c how gov't treats them says volumes abt us.
Care b/c the cruelty won't stop with homeless folks.
August 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Unhoused people are just the most accessible target. It won’t stop there.
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there is no better time than the present to get to know your neighbors. go to community meetings. organize. look out for one another. all we got is each other.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
there is no better time than the present to get to know your neighbors. go to community meetings. organize. look out for one another. all we got is each other.
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As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.
August 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.
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Public pressure works. After a major backlash over secret ICE contracts, Avelo Airlines is abandoning all West Coast routes.
A grassroots campaign in Burbank forced their retreat—and the movement is spreading. Over 100 protesters just rallied near BWI to expose Avelo’s role in ICE deportations. 🧵 👇
A grassroots campaign in Burbank forced their retreat—and the movement is spreading. Over 100 protesters just rallied near BWI to expose Avelo’s role in ICE deportations. 🧵 👇
August 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Public pressure works. After a major backlash over secret ICE contracts, Avelo Airlines is abandoning all West Coast routes.
A grassroots campaign in Burbank forced their retreat—and the movement is spreading. Over 100 protesters just rallied near BWI to expose Avelo’s role in ICE deportations. 🧵 👇
A grassroots campaign in Burbank forced their retreat—and the movement is spreading. Over 100 protesters just rallied near BWI to expose Avelo’s role in ICE deportations. 🧵 👇
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how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...
This Tuckahoe home won a $1.26 billion contract for an ICE detention center. The owner isn't talking.
The company’s website is dated and largely accessible only via login.
www.richmonder.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...
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"They're using our stories to justify their cruelty." - Molly Cook
✨Texas Senator Molly Cook joined us for the Texas Women Are Stronger Together press conference to speak out against the anti-trans bathroom bills.
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SpecialSession #SB7 #HB32 #TransBathroomBan #BathroomBill
✨Texas Senator Molly Cook joined us for the Texas Women Are Stronger Together press conference to speak out against the anti-trans bathroom bills.
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SpecialSession #SB7 #HB32 #TransBathroomBan #BathroomBill
July 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"They're using our stories to justify their cruelty." - Molly Cook
✨Texas Senator Molly Cook joined us for the Texas Women Are Stronger Together press conference to speak out against the anti-trans bathroom bills.
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SpecialSession #SB7 #HB32 #TransBathroomBan #BathroomBill
✨Texas Senator Molly Cook joined us for the Texas Women Are Stronger Together press conference to speak out against the anti-trans bathroom bills.
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TXLege #SpecialSession #SB7 #HB32 #TransBathroomBan #BathroomBill
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white women need to keep doing this shit.
July 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
white women need to keep doing this shit.
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Workers at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum are celebrating their first contract. At last, it gives them a voice in the workplace — and the respect and dignity they deserve. www.afscme.org/blog/walters...
Walters Art Museum workers unanimously ratify first union contract
It’s a new day for workers at Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
www.afscme.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Workers at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum are celebrating their first contract. At last, it gives them a voice in the workplace — and the respect and dignity they deserve. www.afscme.org/blog/walters...