Mike French Esq.
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Abolition, potatoes, dogs.
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Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
if capitalism truly made us free, there would be a bread making store similar to the self wash dog groom place, where someone else has all the ingredients and space and tools and i just walk in and leave with the softest nicest smelling treat
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
if capitalism truly made us free, there would be a bread making store similar to the self wash dog groom place, where someone else has all the ingredients and space and tools and i just walk in and leave with the softest nicest smelling treat
i feel like my mom must have been sitting on the ledge of the overton window when she birthed me out of it, living in this country
I was always middle of the road in the UK in the 90s before coming here.
My fellow Americans don't really know what that means.
Middle of the road European/UK politics puts me to the left of Mamdani.
That's how skewed and dysfunctional politics is here.
My fellow Americans don't really know what that means.
Middle of the road European/UK politics puts me to the left of Mamdani.
That's how skewed and dysfunctional politics is here.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
i feel like my mom must have been sitting on the ledge of the overton window when she birthed me out of it, living in this country
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I was always middle of the road in the UK in the 90s before coming here.
My fellow Americans don't really know what that means.
Middle of the road European/UK politics puts me to the left of Mamdani.
That's how skewed and dysfunctional politics is here.
My fellow Americans don't really know what that means.
Middle of the road European/UK politics puts me to the left of Mamdani.
That's how skewed and dysfunctional politics is here.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I was always middle of the road in the UK in the 90s before coming here.
My fellow Americans don't really know what that means.
Middle of the road European/UK politics puts me to the left of Mamdani.
That's how skewed and dysfunctional politics is here.
My fellow Americans don't really know what that means.
Middle of the road European/UK politics puts me to the left of Mamdani.
That's how skewed and dysfunctional politics is here.
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I just received my food delivery that I was able to purchase because I RECEIVED my SNAP benefits today. I sobbed. I didn't expect that reaction. I cried for the relief of having access to food but it was ALSO for the 42M under so much stress and for the MILLIONS who have NOT received their benefits.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just received my food delivery that I was able to purchase because I RECEIVED my SNAP benefits today. I sobbed. I didn't expect that reaction. I cried for the relief of having access to food but it was ALSO for the 42M under so much stress and for the MILLIONS who have NOT received their benefits.
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I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how much Zohran Mamdani's campaign was very much about a platform focused on accountability, but also about having fun, fostering genuine connections with its citizens, and reminding people why they moved to New York City and should still want to live there
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The Football Association of Ireland has approved a resolution to submit a formal motion to UEFA to suspend Israel.
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Football Association of Ireland has approved a resolution to submit a formal motion to UEFA to suspend Israel.
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
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One of my friends who is visiting lives in Albany Park in Chicago and listening to her talk about what’s been going on and watching her cry and feel helpless…
She was a union organizer. She’s used to organizing in less than ideal conditions. She’s not brand new.
She’s horrified and traumatized.
She was a union organizer. She’s used to organizing in less than ideal conditions. She’s not brand new.
She’s horrified and traumatized.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of my friends who is visiting lives in Albany Park in Chicago and listening to her talk about what’s been going on and watching her cry and feel helpless…
She was a union organizer. She’s used to organizing in less than ideal conditions. She’s not brand new.
She’s horrified and traumatized.
She was a union organizer. She’s used to organizing in less than ideal conditions. She’s not brand new.
She’s horrified and traumatized.
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Dunno, man, that seems like $1T more that we should be able to seize when this thing is done and dusted.
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dunno, man, that seems like $1T more that we should be able to seize when this thing is done and dusted.
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Another excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Red Schulte’s letter speaks to those organizing outside the law—a place more people of conscience will find themselves as authoritarianism tightens its grip.
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Red Schulte’s letter speaks to those organizing outside the law—a place more people of conscience will find themselves as authoritarianism tightens its grip.
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Don't talk to the New York Times about trans issues. They will betray your trust and use your story to undermine access to care. That's exactly what Azeen Ghorayshi did with families of trans kids in Missouri.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Don't talk to the New York Times about trans issues. They will betray your trust and use your story to undermine access to care. That's exactly what Azeen Ghorayshi did with families of trans kids in Missouri.
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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Bizarre to have medical/public health colleagues who cut me off and called me an antisemite for naming a genocide in October/November 2023 now—when this reality is no longer remotely deniable—now want to act like we’re good again and nothing happened.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
As genocide rages, doctors must choose: Care or collaborationism
American doctors should be doing all we can to protect healthcare workers in Gaza. Why aren’t we?
www.aljazeera.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bizarre to have medical/public health colleagues who cut me off and called me an antisemite for naming a genocide in October/November 2023 now—when this reality is no longer remotely deniable—now want to act like we’re good again and nothing happened.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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This is what the CBP agent who shot Miramar Martinez on October 4 texted the next day.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is what the CBP agent who shot Miramar Martinez on October 4 texted the next day.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Zohran's campaign made me think NYC really is somebody
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Zohran's campaign made me think NYC really is somebody
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The headlines from Chicago today are vile:
'"Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care" 1/
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'"Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care" 1/
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The headlines from Chicago today are vile:
'"Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care" 1/
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'"Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care" 1/
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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hercule poirot, about to bite into a stroopwaffel, suddenly feels Called by God to untangle this case
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
hercule poirot, about to bite into a stroopwaffel, suddenly feels Called by God to untangle this case
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Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
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How do we know they were "posing" as ICE agents as opposed to just ICE agents committing crimes––something we're seeing captured on video on a daily basis?
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
How do we know they were "posing" as ICE agents as opposed to just ICE agents committing crimes––something we're seeing captured on video on a daily basis?
you win by honest organizing
I just watched a mayor-elect in my state defy an authoritarian at the height of his institutional power—with Congress and the court behind him.
I watched him deliver a full-throated defense of transgender Americans and immigrants and declare in no uncertain terms that he is a democratic socialist.
I watched him deliver a full-throated defense of transgender Americans and immigrants and declare in no uncertain terms that he is a democratic socialist.
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
you win by honest organizing
my english BIL was lecturing me about this country's relationship to weed. Bitch, you all had a musical about a guy whose newspaper just noted in his column he was 'unwell' whenever he was too hungover to write it
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
my english BIL was lecturing me about this country's relationship to weed. Bitch, you all had a musical about a guy whose newspaper just noted in his column he was 'unwell' whenever he was too hungover to write it
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If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE