Shannon CG
@shannoncg.bsky.social
she/her. Atlanta born and raised. I ♥️ Southern grassroots organizers and organizing. Personal account.
I want to publicly celebrate Rohit Malhotra for running an absolutely inspired campaign for city council president. In 5 short months, you got 50% of voters to support you all while being up against the full, ugly weight of the Atlanta Way political machinery. @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I want to publicly celebrate Rohit Malhotra for running an absolutely inspired campaign for city council president. In 5 short months, you got 50% of voters to support you all while being up against the full, ugly weight of the Atlanta Way political machinery. @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social
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This story offers a glimpse into how the RICO case against Stop Cop City protestors––"likely the largest criminal racketeering case ever filed against protesters in U.S. history"––has damaged, frozen, and endangered the lives of those facing charges.
Defendants in Georgia 'Cop City' case say they are in limbo as trial delays continue
It has been more than a year and a half since authorities in Georgia indicted 61 activists on racketeering charges in connection with protests against an Atlanta-area police training facility that cri...
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May 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This story offers a glimpse into how the RICO case against Stop Cop City protestors––"likely the largest criminal racketeering case ever filed against protesters in U.S. history"––has damaged, frozen, and endangered the lives of those facing charges.
Billionaires are consolidating power. Dissent is being criminalized. But people with wealth can and must fight back.
Join Donors Against MAGA on June 11 to organize for democracy over authoritarianism.
🔗 bit.ly/donors-v-maga
Join Donors Against MAGA on June 11 to organize for democracy over authoritarianism.
🔗 bit.ly/donors-v-maga
May 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Billionaires are consolidating power. Dissent is being criminalized. But people with wealth can and must fight back.
Join Donors Against MAGA on June 11 to organize for democracy over authoritarianism.
🔗 bit.ly/donors-v-maga
Join Donors Against MAGA on June 11 to organize for democracy over authoritarianism.
🔗 bit.ly/donors-v-maga
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NPQ's editor in chief @saratexas.bsky.social on the importance of #journalism to defend democracy, public institutions, and civil rights in authoritarian times:
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When Journalism Becomes a Weapon: A Call for Ethical Reporting - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
A call from NPQ's editor in chief for ethical reporting and journalism to defend democracy, civil society institutions, and civil rights.
nonprofitquarterly.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NPQ's editor in chief @saratexas.bsky.social on the importance of #journalism to defend democracy, public institutions, and civil rights in authoritarian times:
nonprofitquarterly.org/when-journal...
nonprofitquarterly.org/when-journal...
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Today in the New York Times --communal leadership at its most powerful – prominent figures & trusted voices refusing Trump-Netanyahu with clarity and unusual unity in a loving show of solidarity with Palestinians. #saynotoethniccleansing www.saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today in the New York Times --communal leadership at its most powerful – prominent figures & trusted voices refusing Trump-Netanyahu with clarity and unusual unity in a loving show of solidarity with Palestinians. #saynotoethniccleansing www.saynotoethniccleansing.org
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I am probably on some government lists now but at least I am in good company.
February 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I am probably on some government lists now but at least I am in good company.
So proud to be in community with folks organizing. I just donated to @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social and hope other culturally Christian folks will join me in saying #saynotoethnicleansing
saynotoethniccleansing.org
saynotoethniccleansing.org
Jewish People Say No To Ethnic Cleansing
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So proud to be in community with folks organizing. I just donated to @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social and hope other culturally Christian folks will join me in saying #saynotoethnicleansing
saynotoethniccleansing.org
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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Gutting USAID will have a monumental effect on combating climate change. The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.
Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.
wrd.cm
February 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Gutting USAID will have a monumental effect on combating climate change. The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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This is morally indefensible and strategically bankrupt. It’s just letting people die on purpose and it makes us weaker in every way.
Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is morally indefensible and strategically bankrupt. It’s just letting people die on purpose and it makes us weaker in every way.
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Let's be clear on what this is: The Israeli government is preparing a draft plan for ethnic cleansing.
I taught my undergrads about the Spanish expulsion recently. Every part of my Jewish soul and Jewish familial memory cries out against the Jewish state doing this to another people.
I taught my undergrads about the Spanish expulsion recently. Every part of my Jewish soul and Jewish familial memory cries out against the Jewish state doing this to another people.
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Let's be clear on what this is: The Israeli government is preparing a draft plan for ethnic cleansing.
I taught my undergrads about the Spanish expulsion recently. Every part of my Jewish soul and Jewish familial memory cries out against the Jewish state doing this to another people.
I taught my undergrads about the Spanish expulsion recently. Every part of my Jewish soul and Jewish familial memory cries out against the Jewish state doing this to another people.
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Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
Trump and ATL Mayor Andre Dickens have something in common: they both believe it’s OK to obstruct democracy when they don’t get their way. Vote. Them. Out.
Sign up to stay involved at copcityvote.org
#atlpol #letusvote #doyourjob #stopcopcity
Sign up to stay involved at copcityvote.org
#atlpol #letusvote #doyourjob #stopcopcity
Cop City Vote
copcityvote.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump and ATL Mayor Andre Dickens have something in common: they both believe it’s OK to obstruct democracy when they don’t get their way. Vote. Them. Out.
Sign up to stay involved at copcityvote.org
#atlpol #letusvote #doyourjob #stopcopcity
Sign up to stay involved at copcityvote.org
#atlpol #letusvote #doyourjob #stopcopcity
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A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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A private citizen shutting down a government agency is a coup. Do not normalize this.
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A private citizen shutting down a government agency is a coup. Do not normalize this.
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- Chicago has successfully educated folks so well with "Know Your Rights" that "border czar" Tom Homan went on TV to complain that it's hard for ICE to conduct arrests. GOOD.
"Chicago - very well educated... I've seen many pamphlets. " - Tom Homan (at 3:50)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1v...
"Chicago - very well educated... I've seen many pamphlets. " - Tom Homan (at 3:50)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1v...
Collins presses Trump’s border czar on possibility of raiding schools and churches
YouTube video by CNN
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February 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
- Chicago has successfully educated folks so well with "Know Your Rights" that "border czar" Tom Homan went on TV to complain that it's hard for ICE to conduct arrests. GOOD.
"Chicago - very well educated... I've seen many pamphlets. " - Tom Homan (at 3:50)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1v...
"Chicago - very well educated... I've seen many pamphlets. " - Tom Homan (at 3:50)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1v...
The Cop City Vote coalition of Atlanta has something to say to Mayor Andre Dickens and Atlanta City Council. Count the votes and let the people decide! #stopcopcity
youtu.be/EdGIqPfqE5s
youtu.be/EdGIqPfqE5s
Stop Cop City (English)
YouTube video by CopCityVote
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Cop City Vote coalition of Atlanta has something to say to Mayor Andre Dickens and Atlanta City Council. Count the votes and let the people decide! #stopcopcity
youtu.be/EdGIqPfqE5s
youtu.be/EdGIqPfqE5s
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i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
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The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back
theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
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"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Outsources Program to Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University has laid off staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying direct descendants of ...
www.thecrimson.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
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Die Zeit, a prominent German publication, titles its article: 'A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute.'
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Die Zeit, a prominent German publication, titles its article: 'A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute.'
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Support newsrooms that aren't backing down in the face of fascist threats and that publish the kind of news and analysis that fuels movements. Support @truthout.org:
January 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Support newsrooms that aren't backing down in the face of fascist threats and that publish the kind of news and analysis that fuels movements. Support @truthout.org: