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Rachel Janik
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Editor for SPLC’s Intelligence Project and proud SPLC Union Officer and steward
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equalityalec.bsky.social
Imagine calling basic constitutional rights like the opportunity to speak in court "cutting corners." Even more alarming, he's saying all this in service of jailing people indiscriminately "by the busload" who are presumed innocent (and only if their families don't have the listed cash payment).
equalityalec.bsky.social alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d
There are moments the mask is removed, and all the lies evaporate. This quote by a District Attorney in California is incredible. He says the volume of shackled poor people brought to court--what he calls the "cattle call"--makes it impossible to consider them as individuals.
The problem is the time and cost involved when judges have to consider each person's circumstances at arraignment hearings, said Yolo County District Attorney Jeffery W. Reisig, a former CDAA president. "What Civil Rights Corps is doing is not helpful, and I look at it with a high degree of skepticism," he said in an interview. "Proponents of zero bail want to cut corners to reach the end result that people remain out of custody. Arraignment courts are packed. They bring 'em in by the busload. It's a cattle call."
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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newsguild.org
2/ This week, we need your help!

Take action at NewsNotSlop.org and follow the steps below, because holding media companies accountable on AI is going to take all of us.
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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pen-guild.bsky.social
We WON that case. The neutral arbiter said AI may generate content more quickly than a human can write, but that's no substitute for critical safeguards like fact-checking. 7/

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...
Politico management violated key AI adoption safeguards, arbitrator finds
The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.
www.niemanlab.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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newsguild.org
Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.

Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Graphic announcing that NiemanLab reported Politico management violated AI adoption safeguards. Large text reads: “NewsGuild Journalists won their AI arbitration against POLITICO… but why does that matter?” Below is a red button stating “Let’s talk about it.” At the bottom are the logos for The NewsGuild and “News Not Slop.” Graphic explaining the significance of the AI arbitration ruling. Section heading reads: “The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.” Social media screenshots quote PEN Guild posts discussing Politico’s use of AI tools and emphasizing that AI isn’t held to human editorial standards. Large red box states that NewsGuild journalists fought for AI protections because robots are not subject to the same editorial rigor. Graphic stating that the Politico arbitration proves union contracts protect workers from unethical AI implementation. A large quote from the US Congressional Research Service notes that no broad federal AI regulatory framework exists. Text below explains that government hasn’t caught up to regulating AI, leaving workers vulnerable to cost-cutting by employers. Graphic with heading “This is a blueprint for workers everywhere.” Text explains that strong contract language on AI at Politico sets a model for all industries facing unregulated AI. Another line reads: “If workers can enforce AI protections here, we can enforce them anywhere.” Below is a photo of a woman holding a megaphone at a labor rally, and a “News Not Slop” block inviting viewers to sign a petition.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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meganwachspress.bsky.social
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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michaelehayden.bsky.social
My fav PTI premium ep so far:

-Red Scare impressions

-the awful GQ/Fuentes blog

-Fanduel breakdown of potential TPUSA halftime Super Bowl acts

-antifa song in the style of Creed for some reason

-bonus: I whine about Morrissey

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045: Rockin' Out for MAGA Clout | Posting Through It
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October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social
Federal court (after six years!) rules on and dismisses Gavin McInnes' lawsuit against the @splcenter.org

The case sought to declare it defamatory to say McInnes and the Proud Boys are "extremists," "far-right," a "hate group", or "white supremacists."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Aside from what is actually alleged in the complaint (including materials adopted in it) , which is all the court may look at, see Coral Ridge, 6 F.4th at 1253, Mcinnes's briefing returns to the same losing refrain: the Proud Boys says it is not a hate group; SPLC acknowledges that the Proud Boys says it is not a hate group and that the group contends that it has engaged in non-hateful activity; therefore, SPLC acted with actual malice in describing it as a hate group. Under this flawed formulation, any published statement denied by a public figure is, by virtue of that denial, published with actual malice. squarely rejected. The Eleventh Circuit has noted that "there is a fair debate about whether the term hate group is definable in such a way that it is provable as false" and that the "debate is complicated [further] by the fact that SPLC put its own definition of the term on its website." Coral. Ridge, 6 F.4th at 1252 n.7. This court need not resolve at this time the questions posed in that debate. But if it had to, it has already found that SPLC's hate group designation was not provable as false because "there is no single, commonly understood meaning of the term 'hate group'" from which to test the label's veracity. Coral. Ridge, 406 F. Supp. 3d 1258, 1274 (M.D. Ala. 2019) (Thompson, J.). The underlying issue highlighted throughout Mcinnes' s arguments is that SPLC has amassed too much influence over social media companies. This is neither here nor there. It has been said that the film critic Roger Ebert could make or break a film's financial... success in three words or less. Ebert could have declared that "The Godfather" was a hateful, misogynistic, deeply racist film and that could have ruined the film's boxoffice. But that would not, by fiat of Ebert' s influence, make his judgment-based opinion a fact. That is, Ebert calling the movie hateful does not make the movie, in fact, hateful.
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
An insightful read showing how some parents become radicalised into ‘gender critical’ transphobia when their child comes out as trans.

Here, one of the most unhinged leaders of the ‘Mom’s for Liberty’ movement is interviewed, along with their amazingly well-adjusted non-binary child…
A mom of a nonbinary teen became an anti-trans activist, fracturing a California family
A Sacramento-area mom fights against “gender indoctrination” and creates a chasm with her nonbinary child who wants to pursue person-hood
www.sacbee.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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misterjayem.bsky.social
“My fear is they’re trying to make examples of people like myself as a way to scare people. But I’m here, and I’m not scared.”
Freed detainee recounts unhealthy conditions, abuse at Broadview ICE facility
A person who was released after five hours in custody recounts being slapped and called slurs and says immigrant arrestess are being held in a small darkened room filled with bugs. HuffPo reports that...
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September 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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michaelehayden.bsky.social
ADL has allegedly engaged in union breaking tactics in addition to the most recent dose of everything Greenblatt is doing — the civil rights community need to support people like Stephen who put their future on the line to take a stand.

Really moved by this post.
stevierea.bsky.social Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · Oct 19
So I, uh, just quit my job? I couldn’t square my morals and politics with the direction I saw the org going in. I think that ADL does a lot of great work, and trust me, there are some AMAZING people there (many of whom agree with me…). But there are times when you have to stand up and say “enough”
October 19, 2023 at 11:36 PM
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stevierea.bsky.social
So I, uh, just quit my job? I couldn’t square my morals and politics with the direction I saw the org going in. I think that ADL does a lot of great work, and trust me, there are some AMAZING people there (many of whom agree with me…). But there are times when you have to stand up and say “enough”
October 19, 2023 at 2:06 PM
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michaelehayden.bsky.social
Statement in solidarity with Palestine from SPLC's Union. You will not see this in union breaking non-profits that pay Elon Musk for visibility on "X."
October 18, 2023 at 8:38 PM