Beyond grateful for @envfreefund.bsky.social today. After we had to file a habeas lawsuit to get a bond hearing for our detained client, and an immigration judge granted a bond the family couldn't afford, they jumped into action and now he is FREE! Please support them if you can!
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Beyond grateful for @envfreefund.bsky.social today. After we had to file a habeas lawsuit to get a bond hearing for our detained client, and an immigration judge granted a bond the family couldn't afford, they jumped into action and now he is FREE! Please support them if you can!
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction,
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction,
Somehow not @theonion.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Somehow not @theonion.com
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.
October 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
www.independent.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’
When @kenklippenstein.bsky.social says "I don't want to sound hyperbolic but" 😳
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When @kenklippenstein.bsky.social says "I don't want to sound hyperbolic but" 😳
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.
October 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
My latest piece @thenation.com written with the great Chuck Modiano: "The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Our Cities How To Fight Back Against Trump’s Occupation"
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How To Fight Trump’s Occupation
With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.
www.thenation.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My latest piece @thenation.com written with the great Chuck Modiano: "The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Our Cities How To Fight Back Against Trump’s Occupation"
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect science and are designed to hurt public health. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans & pregnant people.”
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect science and are designed to hurt public health. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans & pregnant people.”
“the 16 Israeli children who died during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the 12,211 names of the Palestinian children who have died following Israel's occupation of Gaza”
Twelve thousand children.
Our tax dollars have killed twelve thousand children.
Twelve thousand children.
Our tax dollars have killed twelve thousand children.
Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war
The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have be...
www.ncronline.org
August 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“the 16 Israeli children who died during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the 12,211 names of the Palestinian children who have died following Israel's occupation of Gaza”
Twelve thousand children.
Our tax dollars have killed twelve thousand children.
Twelve thousand children.
Our tax dollars have killed twelve thousand children.
Here in Philly/S Jersey, Wegmans still has appointments 🤞
"The agency is expected to sign off on the new vaccine formulas and labels any day now. The action will halt administration of the current vaccines, which are approved for most adults and children, regardless of underlying conditions."
"The agency is expected to sign off on the new vaccine formulas and labels any day now. The action will halt administration of the current vaccines, which are approved for most adults and children, regardless of underlying conditions."
“This usual chain of decisions … has been disrupted. And without clarity and coordination, millions may not be able to have clear access to Covid vaccines, and that could potentially impact hospitalizations and deaths" www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The fall trip to the pharmacy for a Covid shot may be strewn with obstacles
Millions of Americans who live in certain states may not be able to get vaccinated at a local pharmacy.
www.politico.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here in Philly/S Jersey, Wegmans still has appointments 🤞
"The agency is expected to sign off on the new vaccine formulas and labels any day now. The action will halt administration of the current vaccines, which are approved for most adults and children, regardless of underlying conditions."
"The agency is expected to sign off on the new vaccine formulas and labels any day now. The action will halt administration of the current vaccines, which are approved for most adults and children, regardless of underlying conditions."
"Right now, the administration is on the banks of the Rubicon. If the federal seizure of D.C. persists without oversight or legal justification, we will know the administration has made their way across the river." -@cldc03.bsky.social
The National Guard Is On a Dangerous Precipice - Civil Liberties Defense Center
Donald Trump stands at a podium luridly describing a city in chaos. He announces he’s taking unprecedented action by calling in the National Guard to respond and restore order. Are you having déjà vu?...
cldc.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Right now, the administration is on the banks of the Rubicon. If the federal seizure of D.C. persists without oversight or legal justification, we will know the administration has made their way across the river." -@cldc03.bsky.social
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
DHS, the agency currently shrugging off fact that their PR guy relentlessly posted Nazi memes, today announced that anything that it deems endorsement of what DHS deems an antisemitic ideology will result in denial of any discretionary benefit application.
www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
August 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
DHS, the agency currently shrugging off fact that their PR guy relentlessly posted Nazi memes, today announced that anything that it deems endorsement of what DHS deems an antisemitic ideology will result in denial of any discretionary benefit application.
www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
Berks baby jail was a pretty small facility (96 beds) but it managed to hold unimaginable suffering. Now they are going to expand family detention to 7,700 beds.
So, so many children will be traumatized. All so private prisons can make more profits.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
So, so many children will be traumatized. All so private prisons can make more profits.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Berks baby jail was a pretty small facility (96 beds) but it managed to hold unimaginable suffering. Now they are going to expand family detention to 7,700 beds.
So, so many children will be traumatized. All so private prisons can make more profits.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
So, so many children will be traumatized. All so private prisons can make more profits.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Stephen Miller is so unoriginal.
“In 1936 The National Socialists toughened their stance... Homeless people were criminalised and labelled ‘antisocial parasites of society.’ In 1938 around 11,000 homeless people were arrested and held in concentration camps during a ‘cleansing operation.’”
“In 1936 The National Socialists toughened their stance... Homeless people were criminalised and labelled ‘antisocial parasites of society.’ In 1938 around 11,000 homeless people were arrested and held in concentration camps during a ‘cleansing operation.’”
Tramp in the Third Reich - Street Sense Media
The story of Fritz Eichler, who traveled across Germany while homeless during the Third Reich.
streetsensemedia.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Stephen Miller is so unoriginal.
“In 1936 The National Socialists toughened their stance... Homeless people were criminalised and labelled ‘antisocial parasites of society.’ In 1938 around 11,000 homeless people were arrested and held in concentration camps during a ‘cleansing operation.’”
“In 1936 The National Socialists toughened their stance... Homeless people were criminalised and labelled ‘antisocial parasites of society.’ In 1938 around 11,000 homeless people were arrested and held in concentration camps during a ‘cleansing operation.’”
Hi @wxpnfm.bsky.social. Just making sure you saw this! It's unacceptable to be playing songs with racial slurs anywhere, much less a majority Black city like #Philadelphia.
Mistakes happen, but at least acknowledge it and promise it won't happen again.
Mistakes happen, but at least acknowledge it and promise it won't happen again.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social Earlier today you played a Mott the Hoople song containing a slur for Black people. This is obviously not OK. Will you issue a public apology and pledge to take the song out of future rotation?
August 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hi @wxpnfm.bsky.social. Just making sure you saw this! It's unacceptable to be playing songs with racial slurs anywhere, much less a majority Black city like #Philadelphia.
Mistakes happen, but at least acknowledge it and promise it won't happen again.
Mistakes happen, but at least acknowledge it and promise it won't happen again.
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
ICE is cosplaying as construction workers so they can kidnap day laborers in Danbury, CT.
IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition
IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition
August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICE is cosplaying as construction workers so they can kidnap day laborers in Danbury, CT.
IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition
IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition
@wxpnfm.bsky.social Earlier today you played a Mott the Hoople song containing a slur for Black people. This is obviously not OK. Will you issue a public apology and pledge to take the song out of future rotation?
August 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social Earlier today you played a Mott the Hoople song containing a slur for Black people. This is obviously not OK. Will you issue a public apology and pledge to take the song out of future rotation?
"Philly is a city that loves unifying our anger at somebody or something."
From high energy on the picket lines to ‘demoralized’ at work: How DC 33 members are navigating a post-strike workplace
In the days following the first major city worker strike in almost 40 years, seven municipal employees spoke to The Inquirer about the strike and their return to work.
www.inquirer.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Philly is a city that loves unifying our anger at somebody or something."
Reposted by Karen Hoffmann
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.
newrepublic.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by ICE: “In many ways, this is a retread of the practices of the second Bush administration in terms of extraordinary rendition abroad; the RDI program, rendition, detention, and interrogation — their torture program” @bcfinucane.bsky.social
You can thank George W. Bush for starting this with Gitmo. theintercept.com/2025/05/15/t...
May 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by ICE: “In many ways, this is a retread of the practices of the second Bush administration in terms of extraordinary rendition abroad; the RDI program, rendition, detention, and interrogation — their torture program” @bcfinucane.bsky.social