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Eddie @doctaughtme.bsky.social · 4h

Damn, this is beautiful.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:

People need reflection.

I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no
remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making
space during a time when no similar space really existed.

You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.

A photo of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo, wearing black

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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 9h

Michael Eugene Archer aka D’Angelo 🖤🕊️

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

This. And this again.

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Elected San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju 力儲文 @manorajupd.bsky.social · 7h

The SF Superior Court has dismissed the police union’s lawsuit challenging SF’s landmark policy limiting police pretextual stops (i.e., traffic stops that police use as a “pretext” to detain & search people). The policy remains in effect! Know Your Rights: sfpublicdefender.org/2024/07/16/1...

Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 13d

The SFPD will keep its policy limiting pretext traffic stops that disproportionately target people of color — a judge this week dismissed a police union lawsuit attempting to undo it.

via @miss-elenius.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/09/judg...

Judge dismisses S.F. police union suit targeting policy that limits traffic stops

Judge Joseph M. Quinn found "legal defects" in suit attempting to undermine San Francisco's policy limiting minor traffic stops

missionlocal.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

Sir there were many people calling for “ceasefire” while denouncing Hamas and explicitly saying that Netanyahu was the problem & was not even supported by Israelis. They were also condemned. The lines were drawn very sharply. Please don’t remake history.

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 13h

Not true. If people were merely calling for a Ceasefire, they would have been agreed with, 100% by supporters of Israel, 80% of whom hate Nethanyahu.

But people were using Zionism as an epithet.

People wanted Israel to cease to exist.

And that as the LEAST of it.

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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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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

A federal judge said "DHS, you cannot legally put this language into a grant." So what DHS did is... keep putting that language in grants — but with a new disclaimer saying it would only apply if the court order was struck down.

The judge was NOT happy.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 14h

Judge William Smith (W. Bush appointee): The Government has done "precisely what the ... [court's] Order forbids."

The case is Illinois v. FEMA

On Wednesday, we'll publish an updated catalogue of such judicial decisions on noncompliance with court orders at @justsecurity.org at the link below:

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 13h

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Albumism @albumism.com · 13h

R.I.P. D’Angelo and thank you for the music.

Soul Legend D'Angelo, 51, Dies After Private Battle with Pancreatic Cancer: Report

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, TMZ reported D'Angelo's death after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51.

people.com

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Eddie @doctaughtme.bsky.social · 13h

Unbelievable. Such a talented and beautiful soul. Gone so soon. Thank you for all that you have given us. Rest well. ✊🏾

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14h

JUST IN: Comey confirms he will challenge the legality of Trump's appoint of Lindsey Halligan as US attorney.

He cites the cases of Trump's disqualified US attorney picks in NV and NJ. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h

JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 15h

“I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs, even death & 40 houses of worship in Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation."

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 15h

#OTD October 14, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to him for leading nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in the United States.

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The_Philadelphian @the-philadelphian.bsky.social · 15h

On this date in 1964:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice. At 35yrs old, he was the youngest to ever to receive it at the time.
#BlackHistory #Blacksky

youtu.be/5r98tT0j1a0?...

Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

YouTube video by Nobel Prize

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Tiricohairline @trejames.bsky.social · 17h

here's why

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

"She wants to grab him," Ricky Patel said before he had had any exchange w/Ras Baraka. Even after Baraka left the facility, Patel said, "I’m going to place the Mayor in handcuffs. We are arresting the Mayor, per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States."

www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/s...

"She Wants to Grab Him:" The Premeditated Detention of Ras Baraka - emptywheel

Even before anyone had spoken with Ras Baraka on May 9 at Delaney Hall, someone had decided "she" wanted to "grab" Newark's Mayor.

www.emptywheel.net

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

NYT wrote a 2,400 word story abt Todd Blanche without mentioning that he personally ordered the arrest of Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social, and as such is deeply implicated in @replamonica.bsky.social case.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

The front page of a NYT story, titled, "Part Enabler, Part Buffer: the Bind of the Justice Dept's No. 2"

A picture shows Blanche partly visible behind a journalist's raised hand.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

I might not find some political activism that compelling but I try to keep in mind Kwame Ture's point:

"You don't criticize somebody who's doing something when you doing nothing."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

I've done a lot of reporting in Louisiana, and talked to many defense attorneys there. Can't tell you how many times some horrible problem in that criminal justice system was addressed only because a relevant case was finally heard by a black judge from one of the "opportunity districts."

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...

Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Eddie @doctaughtme.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. We need more lawsuits filed for ICE (and other police agencies) violating people’s rights.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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