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Lisa Cowan Pineo

@lisacowanpineo.bsky.social

Dec 10 is Human Rights Day. Here are 28 young adult novels dealing with human rights violations.

#humanrightsday #hrd #oureverydayrights #humanrights #inclusion #equality #equalrights #civilrights #yabooks #diversebooks #booklist #bookpost #bookrecs #booksky💙📚 #books #read #dec10 #december2025

December 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM

Aryani Ong

@aryaniong.bsky.social

Applaud the 200 former #DOJ Civil Rights Division attorneys who publicly stood by the #civilrights mission of the country’s law firm and named the current administration’s destruction of those principles.

Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.

An Open Letter from Former Civil Rights Division Employees

On the 68th anniversary of the Civil Rights Division, former employees share an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.

open.substack.com

December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

December 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Ernesto

@ernest33141.bsky.social

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.

#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.

#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.

#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights @aclu.org

December 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Amanda Lee

@demanda144.bsky.social

It just keeps getting worse “DOJ’s Final Rule and the End of Title VI Disparate Impact” www.us-hc.com/blogs/dojs-f... #civilrights

DOJ’s Final Rule and the End of Title VI Disparate Impact

Disparate impact refers to policies or practices that appear facially neutral, but in application result in disproportionate harm to individuals based a protected class ( race, religion, color, natio...

www.us-hc.com

December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

@asthegirlturns.bsky.social

A Hump Day hit, on @RedState.

'Free Tina Peters' Gains More Traction With DOJ's CO Prison Investigation and Judge's Block of Release redstate.com/jenniferoo/2... #FreeTinaPeters #TinaPeters #Colorado #Elections2020 #ElectionIntegrity #HarmeetDhillon #CivilRights

'Free Tina Peters' Gains More Traction With DOJ's CO Prison Investigation and Judge's Block of Release

Tina Peters' case highlights election integrity issues amid a DOJ investigation in Colorado.

redstate.com

December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM

National Fair Housing Alliance

@natfairhouse.bsky.social

NFHA President & CEO @itslisarice.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote at the World Summit AI warning of the perils of unchecked #AI & calling for #civilrights principles at every stage of AI development & deployment.

Learn how NFHA is working to ensure AI is equitable for all: bit.ly/4iNsA4B

NFHA President and CEO Lisa Rice Warns of Perils of Unchecked AI during World Summit AI Keynote in Doha - NFHA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NFHA President and CEO Lisa Rice Warns of Perils of Unchecked AI during World Summit AI Keynote in Doha Doha, Qatar – National Fair Housing Alliance President and CEO Lisa Rice...

bit.ly

December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Robin Edgar

@robinedgar59.bsky.social

I'm not convinced that #PressFreedom is the right on which all of our other rights depend.

I know rather too many #MainstreamMedia #journalists who (mis)use their #FreedomOfThePress to promote the repression of #FreeSpeech & other #DemocraticRights.

#CivilRights #HumanRights #CDNmediaFAILed

December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Joe Public 🇨🇦

@joepublic.bsky.social

The US is showing signs of undergoing a “rapid authoritarian shift” as civic freedoms in the country decline

CIVICUS downgraded its assessment of the US only months after it added the US to a global human rights watchlist.

#uspoli #uspolitics #civilrights #downgraded

time.com/7339363/us-c...

U.S. Shows Signs of ‘Rapid Authoritarian Shift,’ Report Warns

Civic freedoms in the U.S. have declined following President Trump's return to office, the report from CIVICUS found.

time.com

December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

@asthegirlturns.bsky.social

Wednesday afternoon, on @RedState.

Civil Rights Division Goes on Offense, Eliminates 'Disparate Impact' From Title VI redstate.com/jenniferoo/2... #HarmeetDhillon #CivilRights #DisparateImpact #TitleVI #TitleXI #LoudounCounty #2A #Discrimination #TinaPeters

Civil Rights Division Goes on Offense, Eliminates 'Disparate Impact' From Title VI

DOJ eliminates 'disparate impact' from Title VI, restoring equal protection under civil rights laws.

redstate.com

December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM

Kelly Guinan

@kellyguinan.bsky.social

Zitkala-Ša was a violinist, composer, writer, and member of the Yankton Dakota tribe. Learn about her work from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
in what should be an award winning video.
#NativeAmericanCitizenship
#CivilRights
#WomenInHistory
#CulturalRecognition

youtu.be/E1Md0It6HWc?...

Zitkala-Ša | Episode 6, The Declaration in Action

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

youtu.be

December 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM

kevdudeula.bsky.social

@kevdudeula.bsky.social

#USSupremeCourtChiefJusticeJohnRoberts #VotingRights #CivilRights #PeopleOfColor #VotingRightsAct

The Atlantic:

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.

www.theatlantic.com

December 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Cop Blaster

@copblaster.bsky.social

ARCHIVE: El Paso Police Officer Irvin Mendez Arrested for Invasive Recording #ElPaso #PoliceAccountability #Surveillance #CivilRights #PrivacyMatters

El Paso Police Officer Irvin Mendez Arrested for Invasive Recording

In the latest case of illegal government surveillance gone wrong El Paso Police Officer Irvin Mendez... #irvinmendez #spying #surveillancecameras #privacy

copblaster.com

December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Smart Brown Girl

@smartbrowngirl.bsky.social

When DHS starts using the word “reimigration,” that’s alignment. The term was built to sanitize forced removal. Government agencies don’t adopt this language unless they’re preparing people for a harder turn. #Reimigration #CivilRights #PatternRecognition #WordsMatter