JC
@mercurealist.bsky.social
Values: creativity, community, color
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I’ve see a couple mentions that both Georgia Fort & Don Lemon are independent journalists without the coffers, status, & lawyers of media companies to back them - with no acknowledgment of Black press being *forced en masse* to leave the field or go indie in the last 2 years or so.
A Black reporter being targeted for arrest again in an industry that doesn’t even acknowledge that it pushed Black reporters out.
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I’ve see a couple mentions that both Georgia Fort & Don Lemon are independent journalists without the coffers, status, & lawyers of media companies to back them - with no acknowledgment of Black press being *forced en masse* to leave the field or go indie in the last 2 years or so.
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As of now, four Black people have been arrested, two journalists - Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - and two activists - Trahern Jeen Crew and Jamael Lvdell Lundy.
It would be unwise to overlook the racial motivation to focus only on the political one. In fact, they are related to one another.
It would be unwise to overlook the racial motivation to focus only on the political one. In fact, they are related to one another.
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
As of now, four Black people have been arrested, two journalists - Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - and two activists - Trahern Jeen Crew and Jamael Lvdell Lundy.
It would be unwise to overlook the racial motivation to focus only on the political one. In fact, they are related to one another.
It would be unwise to overlook the racial motivation to focus only on the political one. In fact, they are related to one another.
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A government by influencers, for influencers
the weird perp walk stuff they've tried to pull is a good example of this. it is *far* more important to them to produce those posts than it is to successfully go through a legal process (or say, be legally appointed to the job they claim to have).
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A government by influencers, for influencers
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Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
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www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
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A New York federal judge dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, a major blow to prosecutors that means Mangione no longer faces a possible death penalty if convicted reut.rs/45Fin56
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A New York federal judge dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, a major blow to prosecutors that means Mangione no longer faces a possible death penalty if convicted reut.rs/45Fin56
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In an era of rapid media outlet ownership changes, consolidations, & shutdowns, and subsequent journalist layoffs and transition to freelance/pitch work for multiple outlets and/or self-published work, it will be easier than ever to arrest known journalists if they don't have a W-2 job.
“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
January 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
In an era of rapid media outlet ownership changes, consolidations, & shutdowns, and subsequent journalist layoffs and transition to freelance/pitch work for multiple outlets and/or self-published work, it will be easier than ever to arrest known journalists if they don't have a W-2 job.
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Democrats are hoping we'll all be calmer about this in 2 weeks
They are hoping we will memory hole every awful thing that's happened this month while the GOP tries to get their people to be more genteel with the kidnappings
Calling my senators to tell them to vote "no" actually
They are hoping we will memory hole every awful thing that's happened this month while the GOP tries to get their people to be more genteel with the kidnappings
Calling my senators to tell them to vote "no" actually
🚨 The Senate has agreed to a deal to vote on 5/6 full appropriations bills and replace the DHS funding measure with a 2-week stopgap bill, per multiple sources. That gives time to negotiate on the Dem demands for ICE and CBP restraints.
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Democrats are hoping we'll all be calmer about this in 2 weeks
They are hoping we will memory hole every awful thing that's happened this month while the GOP tries to get their people to be more genteel with the kidnappings
Calling my senators to tell them to vote "no" actually
They are hoping we will memory hole every awful thing that's happened this month while the GOP tries to get their people to be more genteel with the kidnappings
Calling my senators to tell them to vote "no" actually
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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“TikTok deleted my account. I had 1.4 Million followers.”
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“TikTok deleted my account. I had 1.4 Million followers.”
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
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Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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“To the administration and the perpetrators responsible, you have awakened the most overworked, abused, under-appreciated, and organized workforce…”
-San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti organized by VA nurses
-San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti organized by VA nurses
January 30, 2026 at 4:24 AM
“To the administration and the perpetrators responsible, you have awakened the most overworked, abused, under-appreciated, and organized workforce…”
-San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti organized by VA nurses
-San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti organized by VA nurses
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Flock's Creepy Surveillance System Coming to a City Near You
YouTube video by Institute for Justice
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January 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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noting that @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social is collecting donations for on the ground mutual aid orgs here:
www.sudansolidarity.com
www.sudansolidarity.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
noting that @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social is collecting donations for on the ground mutual aid orgs here:
www.sudansolidarity.com
www.sudansolidarity.com
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People have been protesting both inside and outside the Dilley family detention center. Yesterday, protesters outside the facility were hit with pepper balls. On Saturday, women and children inside chanted: let us out.
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
People have been protesting both inside and outside the Dilley family detention center. Yesterday, protesters outside the facility were hit with pepper balls. On Saturday, women and children inside chanted: let us out.
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A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
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In solidarity with countries that have been directly threatened with Trump’s “fossil-fueled imperialism” — Venezuela and Greenland — the EU must reduce its reliance on US fossil fuels and cancel the negotiation and implementation of the trade deal, said one group.
More Than 120 Civil Society Groups Urge EU to Cancel US Trade Deal
The groups point out the demands that Trump has made on the EU and his “contempt for international law.”…
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
In solidarity with countries that have been directly threatened with Trump’s “fossil-fueled imperialism” — Venezuela and Greenland — the EU must reduce its reliance on US fossil fuels and cancel the negotiation and implementation of the trade deal, said one group.
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I m mom of 5 kids and I suffer from a heart valve prolapse. My heart almost stops from the severe pain and cold, and I have developed shoulder tendon inflammation.
We are in danger
I need 200$ for blankets & treatment Before it's too late
Vetted
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
We are in danger
I need 200$ for blankets & treatment Before it's too late
Vetted
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I m mom of 5 kids and I suffer from a heart valve prolapse. My heart almost stops from the severe pain and cold, and I have developed shoulder tendon inflammation.
We are in danger
I need 200$ for blankets & treatment Before it's too late
Vetted
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
We are in danger
I need 200$ for blankets & treatment Before it's too late
Vetted
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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Boosting for further reach and support.
-Family of five minor children
-Mom is chronically ill
-Dad is unable to work in his trained profession as there is no work to be found in Gaza right now.
Ongoing call for material support:
chuffed.org/project/1574...
#Disabilityadvocacy
#chronicpain
-Family of five minor children
-Mom is chronically ill
-Dad is unable to work in his trained profession as there is no work to be found in Gaza right now.
Ongoing call for material support:
chuffed.org/project/1574...
#Disabilityadvocacy
#chronicpain
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Boosting for further reach and support.
-Family of five minor children
-Mom is chronically ill
-Dad is unable to work in his trained profession as there is no work to be found in Gaza right now.
Ongoing call for material support:
chuffed.org/project/1574...
#Disabilityadvocacy
#chronicpain
-Family of five minor children
-Mom is chronically ill
-Dad is unable to work in his trained profession as there is no work to be found in Gaza right now.
Ongoing call for material support:
chuffed.org/project/1574...
#Disabilityadvocacy
#chronicpain
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." Meet 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐳, an ICE Deportation Officer from Miami, FL (originally from Puerto Rico). Gonzalez has lived in Miami and Hollywood, FL. He decided it would be fun to travel to Miami to kidnap and threaten people. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." Meet 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐳, an ICE Deportation Officer from Miami, FL (originally from Puerto Rico). Gonzalez has lived in Miami and Hollywood, FL. He decided it would be fun to travel to Miami to kidnap and threaten people. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
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i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have