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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 6h

❌ 👑 We’re 3 days away from #NoKings Day and over 2,500 protests are planned in all 50 states & across the world.

October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history, be a part of it.

✊See you there.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 23h

"Portland medical workers say that an [ICE] agent threatened to shoot them as they tried to transport an injured protester last week."

"[V]iciously yelling in my face, stating, 'DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU.'"
#Oregon #USA #Healthcare #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

ICE Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver Picking Up Injured Portland Protester, Medics Say | Common Dreams

The incident comes as immigrants' rights advocates warn ICE's tactics in US cities are growing increasingly violent.

www.commondreams.org

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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 18h

Hayley Williams put out that album and really left me there emotionally and psychologically

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Woman shot by ICE has been released from custody, body cam footage revealed an agent saying
"do something bitch" while holding his rifle at her

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

www.wbez.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 1d

today is actually my thirty first birthday and I spent the first part of it at a bar with my dearest friends and the last part of it at the United Palace Zohran rally so really doing range today.

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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 1d

this is how I find out zohran is also a libra.

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

If you are reading this, you can help Zohran Mamdani win in November. You don't have to live in NYC!

Sign up to phonebank and help ensure the largest city in the country has the strongest, most progressive possible, one who will protect our neighbors from ICE.

zohranfornyc.com/birthday

QR code on stage for zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 4d

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 5d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 5d

In 2021, through the @investinourny.bsky.social campaign, NY's Left won $3.6B more per year for the many.

The rich didn't leave; they didn't even lose money, since they also made more pre-tax.

In short: we can #TaxTheRich much more. And to deliver Z's platform and fight Trump's austerity, we must.

Fiscal Policy Institute @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social · 5d

🚨New Tax Data Confirm Tax Flight Is A Myth:

Analysis of new tax data shows that the 2021 tax increases on high earners raise an estimated $3.6 billion annually, boosting state revenue without triggering increased out-migration among high earners.

fiscalpolicy.org/new-tax-data...

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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 6d

Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.

Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records by Joshua Clark Davis

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 6d

I love the digital era because you will wake up one day and one of your exes instagram accounts will have been hacked and the phishing message will actually bump up a whole DM thread you haven’t revisited since you were 22. Stunning.

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Becks @boonrs.bsky.social · 7d

"When I was younger, I thought I was missing some basic psychological component—a psychic gasket that allowed other people to move through the world, seeing what I saw, without reacting. Unbothered. Uncurious. I thought that the absence of that missing part was eventually going to kill me."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 7d

so like 10 days ago at this point my cell phone was stolen and it took a whole week to process with AT&T and now my phone has been finally shipped but it’s stuck at the post office and I am truly truly truly trying not to give into feeling frustrated but I am failing.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

i thought i knew all the eric adams lore. i did not know all the eric adams lore.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 9d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 9d

"DHS is terrorizing our communities and staging violent spectacles to produce fascist propaganda — and sometimes, for what appears to be purely recreational violence. This is a pivotal moment in the struggle against fascism ... The entire country must raise their voices against this aggression."

Truthout @truthout.org · 10d

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

buff.ly

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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 9d

every time I remember (1) I actually have a membership to the Whitney and (2) their reciprocal membership program is the best and (3) I get to use it, an angel gets it wings. (I’m the angel)

(took very few photos at storm king but it remains one of my favorite places on planet earth)

the three-legged Buddha a metal sculpture at the storm king sculpture center

an abstract sculpture stands in a field, the sculpture has non-linear forms resting on a top another and has a blue gradient color effect

a mirrored fence and in the reflection you can see a dark haired person and a Hudson valley landscape.