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It’s December 17. A Blackhawk helicopter has landed on Navy pier. This is what you need to know about the vehicles that are around today as a part of ice and the actions you can take when you report what you see. Stay safe and say something.
December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
CALL YOUR SENATORS
This is what I told them:
September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
From a Chicago suburb: I stand with immigrants, with people who have risked their lives for a better life. I hear media saying deploying the military to our streets to use their power against us is illegal, but Trump as done —already had people kidnapped. Court cases are not stopping anything.
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
April 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thank you, Senator Booker, for standing up for us, for speaking up for us, for firing us up !! You broke a racist’s record while speaking to this moral moment in our nation’s history.
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
March 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
5, 6, 7, 8 - don’t assume your kids are straight. Trans youth are under attack - what do we do? FIGHT BACK!

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2H3QNbY/
Trans Liberation March through the streets of downtown Columbus tonight 2/25/25🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏻 #transrightsarehumanrights #notosb104 #transrights #transrightsmatter #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️...
TikTok video by infamousmisunderstood
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March 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Spread the word about Emily Pike - say her name and seek justice for her brutal murder
March 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
March 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...
sign.moveon.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Trump and Republicans are continuing the years-long effort to attack civil rights & dismantle any policy that uplifts Black folks.

Our #HR40Reparations bill would push back and help America address the legacy of slavery and its shameful history of systemic racism.
youtube.com/shorts/EIxRF...
Our #HR40Reparations bill is an essential step toward repairing the harm of slavery & its aftermath.
YouTube video by Rep. Ayanna Pressley
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February 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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More than 4 centuries ago, Africans were kidnapped, enslaved, trafficked, & forced to work through the violent institution of chattel slavery.

Our #HR40Reparations bill is an essential step toward repairing the harm of slavery in America and its aftermath.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Ayanna Pressley to reintroduce legislation that would bring reparations to Black Americans
Rep. Ayanna Pressley announced she would reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation that would study slavery's impact and suggest reparations.
www.boston.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
February 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What’s in your handbasket, Litte Red Right-Wing Hood ?
February 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM