Nicolas Kadir Jensen
@nkjensen.bsky.social
Fan of public transportation, affordable housing and healthcare, LGBTQ+ advocacy, progressive politics, community building, and the PNW
WA IDF, UBC SPPGA, WWU alum
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇲🇾🇺🇸🇨🇦
WA IDF, UBC SPPGA, WWU alum
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇲🇾🇺🇸🇨🇦
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Those last two sentences? They apply to everything.
This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
September 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Those last two sentences? They apply to everything.
What’s unfolding in D.C. is not just a local incident, it’s a warning sign. In August, the President declared a “crime emergency” in D.C., took control of the Metro Police, and deployed National Guard troops, soon to be armed, in major transit hubs, despite violent crime dropping to a 30-yr low
August 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What’s unfolding in D.C. is not just a local incident, it’s a warning sign. In August, the President declared a “crime emergency” in D.C., took control of the Metro Police, and deployed National Guard troops, soon to be armed, in major transit hubs, despite violent crime dropping to a 30-yr low
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A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington, D.C., juvenile detention center has been hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, including a broken jaw, officials say.
Trans girl housed in male unit has jaw broken at D.C. juvenile detention center
Officials said they've launched a "full review" after the Youth Services Center resident was transported to the hospital following the incident.
nbcnews.to
July 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington, D.C., juvenile detention center has been hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, including a broken jaw, officials say.
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Look who’s making the streets of Los Angeles safer!
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Look who’s making the streets of Los Angeles safer!
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After campaigning on a claim that he would deport undocumented immigrants with a criminal record—a policy that has broad support—Trump is now increasingly arresting persons with no criminal record of any kind.
June 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
After campaigning on a claim that he would deport undocumented immigrants with a criminal record—a policy that has broad support—Trump is now increasingly arresting persons with no criminal record of any kind.
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Quickly becoming one of my top pet peeves: doctors asking you basic questions about your rare condition that they should’ve Googled
June 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Quickly becoming one of my top pet peeves: doctors asking you basic questions about your rare condition that they should’ve Googled
Queer justice may make you uncomfortable, but it doesn’t harm you. Feeling discomfort is not the same as unsafe or harmed
#HappyPride #QueerJoy
#HappyPride #QueerJoy
June 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Queer justice may make you uncomfortable, but it doesn’t harm you. Feeling discomfort is not the same as unsafe or harmed
#HappyPride #QueerJoy
#HappyPride #QueerJoy
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Breaking News: The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.
Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Breaking News: The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.
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Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.
Food for Gaza decays in Jordan warehouses as Israel restricts aid
Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.
n.pr
May 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.
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When a homeless man questioned the Phoenix police’s authority to stop him in Feb. 2020, an officer knelt on his neck while another shocked him with a Taser.
Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”
Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”
DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People
The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in Phoenix and five other jurisdictions. Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to…
www.propublica.org
May 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When a homeless man questioned the Phoenix police’s authority to stop him in Feb. 2020, an officer knelt on his neck while another shocked him with a Taser.
Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”
Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”
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Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?
May 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?
Remember when he said, ‘We’ll be so rich, you won’t believe it’?
Now it’s, ‘Your kids get two toys this Christmas.’
What a journey.
Now it’s, ‘Your kids get two toys this Christmas.’
What a journey.
May 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Remember when he said, ‘We’ll be so rich, you won’t believe it’?
Now it’s, ‘Your kids get two toys this Christmas.’
What a journey.
Now it’s, ‘Your kids get two toys this Christmas.’
What a journey.
I truly don’t understand how Democrats in Congress aren’t shouting every day.
We’re calmly following Robert’s Rules while asking Kristi Noem why the Administration is ignoring a #SCOTUS ruling and disappeared a lawful resident.
This polite detachment is surreal.
#AbregoGracia #AbolishIce
We’re calmly following Robert’s Rules while asking Kristi Noem why the Administration is ignoring a #SCOTUS ruling and disappeared a lawful resident.
This polite detachment is surreal.
#AbregoGracia #AbolishIce
May 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I truly don’t understand how Democrats in Congress aren’t shouting every day.
We’re calmly following Robert’s Rules while asking Kristi Noem why the Administration is ignoring a #SCOTUS ruling and disappeared a lawful resident.
This polite detachment is surreal.
#AbregoGracia #AbolishIce
We’re calmly following Robert’s Rules while asking Kristi Noem why the Administration is ignoring a #SCOTUS ruling and disappeared a lawful resident.
This polite detachment is surreal.
#AbregoGracia #AbolishIce
No rights. No judicial warrant. No due process.
Our neighbors: kidnapped, deported, disappeared.
This is not justice. This is cruelty.
#AbolishICE #StopTheRaids #NeverAgainIsNow
Our neighbors: kidnapped, deported, disappeared.
This is not justice. This is cruelty.
#AbolishICE #StopTheRaids #NeverAgainIsNow
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No rights. No judicial warrant. No due process.
Our neighbors: kidnapped, deported, disappeared.
This is not justice. This is cruelty.
#AbolishICE #StopTheRaids #NeverAgainIsNow
Our neighbors: kidnapped, deported, disappeared.
This is not justice. This is cruelty.
#AbolishICE #StopTheRaids #NeverAgainIsNow
A registry of neurodivergent people is not just unnecessary — it’s dangerous. There’s no justifiable reason to track people this way unless you have something sinister in mind. We must speak out now and demand policies that protect, not target, neurodivergent communities.
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A registry of neurodivergent people is not just unnecessary — it’s dangerous. There’s no justifiable reason to track people this way unless you have something sinister in mind. We must speak out now and demand policies that protect, not target, neurodivergent communities.
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Washington state’s parking reform bill—which applies to cities with >30k residents & counties—sets a ceiling for parking at 0.5 stalls required max for multifamily apartments & 1 stall for every 1k sq ft of commercial space. Also eliminates requirements for affordable housing, mixed use, other uses.
The State Senate officially signed off on the Parking Reform and Modernization Act, sending it to Governor Ferguson's desk.
SB 5184 passes 64-31!
Parking reform has officially passed both chambers of the Washington legislature!
Parking reform has officially passed both chambers of the Washington legislature!
April 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Washington state’s parking reform bill—which applies to cities with >30k residents & counties—sets a ceiling for parking at 0.5 stalls required max for multifamily apartments & 1 stall for every 1k sq ft of commercial space. Also eliminates requirements for affordable housing, mixed use, other uses.
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"For Trump, the whole point of having money, the whole point of being famous, the whole point of having power, is to abuse that power. If you have to play by the same rules as everybody else, what is the point?"
@omidmemarian.bsky.social's evergreen interview with @naomiaklein.bsky.social
@omidmemarian.bsky.social's evergreen interview with @naomiaklein.bsky.social
‘The Exceptions Have Become the Rule.’ Naomi Klein on Trump, Gaza and the End of the ‘Liberal Order’
Award-winning author and journalist Naomi Klein speaks to Democracy in Exile.
dawnmena.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"For Trump, the whole point of having money, the whole point of being famous, the whole point of having power, is to abuse that power. If you have to play by the same rules as everybody else, what is the point?"
@omidmemarian.bsky.social's evergreen interview with @naomiaklein.bsky.social
@omidmemarian.bsky.social's evergreen interview with @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Exactly! As the spouse of an immigrant, I can’t emphasize enough how broken our immigration system is. It’s no wonder people must find ways around the system when it’s been purposefully built with infuriating roadblocks at multiple points in the process.
"In my experience, most native-born people have no clue what a complicated, expensive, nonsensical, and above all slow process it is. It still takes years, thousands of dollars, a gigantic pile of paperwork, and a lot of luck for regular people who do it all right." prospect.org/politics/202...
The Anti-Immigration Majority Is a Mirage
Americans gradually bought the Republican sales pitch on immigration. Then they saw what it looks like in practice.
prospect.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Exactly! As the spouse of an immigrant, I can’t emphasize enough how broken our immigration system is. It’s no wonder people must find ways around the system when it’s been purposefully built with infuriating roadblocks at multiple points in the process.
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8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it
April 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it
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Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
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the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps
block the path
block the path
March 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
the leap from disappearing the undocumented to disappearing visa holders to disappearing green card holders to disappearing naturalized citizens to disappearing natural born citizens is no leap at all, but a series of tiny steps
block the path
block the path