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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4h

Support Chicago’s hospitality workers (donate to CHAAD here: givebutter.com/EZQTZV) — a major front line in the battle against fascist ICE activity.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Think There’s Nothing You Can Do to Stop ICE? Think Again.

Chicago’s years of organizing against immigration raids are a blueprint for real resistance to Trump’s attacks—as even his top goons acknowledge.

www.thenation.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 3h

ICE is back in OC grabbing people off the streets. 3 people confirmed taken already.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 3h

As the Trump administration prepares to issue reports about the integrity of state election systems, the public should be on the lookout for familiar tactics used by election deniers to spread false or misleading narratives.

Why Future Federal Reports on Election Security May Be Unreliable

By promoting an activist with a history of false election claims, the Department of Homeland Security is damaging its credibility.

www.brennancenter.org

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 1d

After No Kings, “we need to think big: … overturn Citizens United, …right to vote, enact term limits for Supreme Court justices, … restore the independence of the Justice Department,… curb presidential emergency powers … and more.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Lech Walesa, Solidarity, and the Trump Era

The Polish former political prisoner who went on to win his country's presidency and the Nobel Peace Prize offers lessons on how to resist authoritarianism.

www.brennancenter.org

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 3d

How disheartening that in a country where so many people are concerned about youth bullying our government extravagantly funded ($165B over the next decade) the expansion of what is basically a federal bully force to traumatize people

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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 27d

We need the DC Council to reinvest in the Healthcare Alliance!
51st.news/dc-healthcar...

DC phases out Health Care Alliance, impacting thousands

Advocates say the elimination of DC Health Care Alliance, which insures 26,000 low-income residents, could have disastrous consequences.

51st.news

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Tzedek DC @tzedekdc.bsky.social · 5d

The DC Healthcare Alliance provides health insurance to 28,000 residents, most of them immigrants. Current budget cuts would eliminate the program in 2 years. Join the rally to save the Alliance this Wednesday from 10-1 at the Wilson Building!

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 3d

Healthcare advocates ask @councilofdc.bsky.social to
to save DC Healthcare Alliance that covered ~250,000 pharmacy visits, >85,000 doctor visits, & >34,000 hospital visits in 2024. 2025 cuts & 2027 planned elimination of Alliance will devastate people’s health & the DC health ecosystem #savealliance

diverse crowd of people standing on the steps of the Wilson Building at a rally to protect the health of DC residents who depend on DC Healthcare Alliance

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 4d

Good discussion of why separating the 3 vaccines in the MMR shot into 3 separate shots has no health benefits AND burdens families.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science...

Episode 194: Bending Not Breaking

In "Bending Not Breaking," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss recent layoffs and layoff reversals at the CDC, comments from the administration on the MMR vaccine, and the latest respiratory virus da...

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5d

Wrote about next steps for practical action after No Kings - with an NYC emphasis. Check it out and get looped in! gregpak.net/2025/10/20/n...

No Kings - Next Steps! - gregpak.net

The No Kings march in Manhattan on Saturday was mind-blowing. After spending time with the glorious Indivisible Brooklyn and New York Working Families Party crews, I climbed up on a … Continue reading...

gregpak.net

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 7d

With the Voting Rights Act on the line and open hostility to Black military personnel, this new paper with Tom Koch and John Parman is more timely than ever. “Homefront: Black Servicemembers and Black Voters in the Civil Rights Era” Southern Economic Journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Homefront: Black Servicemembers and Black Voters in the Civil Rights Era

The role of Black World War II veterans in the Civil Rights Movement has been well documented, but the effect of Black military service on Black voting patterns remains unclear. Combining detailed in...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 7d

#nokings NYC

Sign that says what good is making America great again if we’re losing the America part

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 7d

#nokings NYC

protest sign that says “let’s do Nuremberg before Auschwitz this time” with pictures of American politician super imposed on famous Nazis

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 7d

UVA becomes the first public university to reject the Compact. Bravo!🙌🏽

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 9d

I guess we’ve replaced DEI, aka ensuring the playing field is even for everyone, with DEI for racist young white dudes in their 20s & 30s, courtesy of VPOTUS:

“The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys … They tell edgy, offensive jokes.”

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 10d

“If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” -Brett Kavanaugh bsky.app/profile/orig...

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10d

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10d

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9d

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 9d

“Preserving public health data is vital to our democracy. Data tells the story of who we are as a nation. It can inform policies that meet community needs, determine how government spends money, and [help] hold elected leaders accountable for protecting our wellbeing."

www.rwjf.org/en/insights/...

To Protect Democracy, We Must Protect Public Health Data

Public health data is disappearing. We can protect it and make the 2030 Census a success.

www.rwjf.org

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National Organization for Women @nationalnow.bsky.social · 10d

This is not about saving democracy. It is about protecting our people. On October 18, we rise. Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other. Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful.

No Thrones. #NoKings

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 10d

DAILY MEMO: Elderly Man Hospitalized After ICE Hit and Run in Pacoima, One of 17 Incidents Reported Today 🧵2 Parts

If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this vital information

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LigoranoReese @nora-ligorano.bsky.social · 9d

We’re unironically down to D.C.

Last Call: DemocracyICED on the National Mall in D.C. 10/15/2025
MeltedAway.com

A decayed ice sculpture, formerly DEMOCRACY, now a ghost of itself.
The U.S. Capitol building with dark cloud cover in the background

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Alina B Baciu @alinabbaciu.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you! So poignant and meaningful.

on the National Mall, with the US Capitol in the background, there’s an ice sculpture that spells out “democracy” but the letters are melting

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