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Mass mobilization tomorrow in San Francisco, Justin Herman Plaza, 5 PM. 🧊🔥💦🌊
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I wonder if people in this country know that the VAST MAJORITY of people in the US did not contribute to the Black freedom movement. I'm always taken aback by how people talk online. Folks, your grandparents & great-grandparents DID NOTHING or they were in OPPOSITION, lol.
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wonder if people in this country know that the VAST MAJORITY of people in the US did not contribute to the Black freedom movement. I'm always taken aback by how people talk online. Folks, your grandparents & great-grandparents DID NOTHING or they were in OPPOSITION, lol.
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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I really don't have any words right now. What a horrific end to a horrific year.
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I really don't have any words right now. What a horrific end to a horrific year.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Bullfucking shit.
The Hague for everyone who justifies this. These are human beings and you are murdering them.
The Hague for everyone who justifies this. These are human beings and you are murdering them.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bullfucking shit.
The Hague for everyone who justifies this. These are human beings and you are murdering them.
The Hague for everyone who justifies this. These are human beings and you are murdering them.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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I am going to say this only once but fuck these white racists. Fuck them to hell.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.
Abbott Says Muslims Are “Threat to Our Freedom” as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I am going to say this only once but fuck these white racists. Fuck them to hell.
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Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
Donate to Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom, organized by Kira Tewalt
Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
My name is Kira, and I’m asking for your help on… Kira Tewalt needs your support for Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
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State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
State Prosecutions of Federal Agents and the Presidential Pardon Power
State prosecutions of ICE agents may end up in federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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Rough afternoon/early evening. I'm not sure how many ICE abductions in our area. Too many. Sending love to everyone impacted by this violence. Grateful to everyone who patrolled and documented. They're not done, and neither are we.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rough afternoon/early evening. I'm not sure how many ICE abductions in our area. Too many. Sending love to everyone impacted by this violence. Grateful to everyone who patrolled and documented. They're not done, and neither are we.
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The video now rapidly circulating (which also does not have a date or time marked) does not blur this poor woman's face. Here's one that does:
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The video now rapidly circulating (which also does not have a date or time marked) does not blur this poor woman's face. Here's one that does:
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
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Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
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Zorhan Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Zorhan Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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This is what Kat and others were/are actively protesting while some of you sit back and criticize from the comfort of your screens.
"[D]epriving them of sleep, privacy, menstrual products, and the ability to shower."
"[C]ramped facility that smells strongly of feces, urine."
"[B]locked from making confidential calls to their attorneys."
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[C]ramped facility that smells strongly of feces, urine."
"[B]locked from making confidential calls to their attorneys."
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Lawsuit Alleges 'Horrific And Inhumane' Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility
The federal lawsuit says detained people are being denied water, food, medical care and hygiene: "They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that."
blockclubchicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is what Kat and others were/are actively protesting while some of you sit back and criticize from the comfort of your screens.
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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BREAKING: CAIR Calls on ICE to Release Sami Hamdi, British Journalist Abducted Over Criticism of Israel’s Genocide
tinyurl.com/sxc38ts6
tinyurl.com/sxc38ts6
October 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
BREAKING: CAIR Calls on ICE to Release Sami Hamdi, British Journalist Abducted Over Criticism of Israel’s Genocide
tinyurl.com/sxc38ts6
tinyurl.com/sxc38ts6
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BREAKING: Dozens of Northern California immigrants abruptly summoned to ICE office for weekend check-ins www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Dozens of Northern California immigrants abruptly summoned to ICE office for weekend check-ins
Several dozen people reported to the Stockton office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday afternoon after receiving summons, immigrant advocates said.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BREAKING: Dozens of Northern California immigrants abruptly summoned to ICE office for weekend check-ins www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Mass mobilization tomorrow in San Francisco, Justin Herman Plaza, 5 PM. 🧊🔥💦🌊
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Mass mobilization tomorrow in San Francisco, Justin Herman Plaza, 5 PM. 🧊🔥💦🌊
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"On the Media" invited me on to chat about my recent piece on Stephen Miller's theory of how to do fascist politics, and how JB Pritzker's understanding of it is shaping a new kind of Democratic response. It's short and well-edited! Hope you enjoy:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The “Dual State;” and a new media empire.
www.wnycstudios.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"On the Media" invited me on to chat about my recent piece on Stephen Miller's theory of how to do fascist politics, and how JB Pritzker's understanding of it is shaping a new kind of Democratic response. It's short and well-edited! Hope you enjoy:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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It’s outrageous they’re killing innocent people, but we also need to stress, every time, that it would not really matter even it were absolutely certain that they were drug traffickers. Murdering criminals is still, you know, murder.
The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone.
The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.
The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s outrageous they’re killing innocent people, but we also need to stress, every time, that it would not really matter even it were absolutely certain that they were drug traffickers. Murdering criminals is still, you know, murder.