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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 2h

I was honestly blown away by this tender portrait of trans life behind bars, by LGBTQ+ incarcerated journalist B Speaks who spoke with a trans woman in his prison.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2h

What's it like for a trans woman in a men's prison? B Speaks brings us this haunting, hopeful look at a woman remaining true to herself through unimaginable hardship.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Freedom is Something You Carry Inside — Assigned

A trans woman’s account of life in a men’s prison in Georgia.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2h

Basma has a 9 month old so ensuring she has a warm place to stay over the winter is really important ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 13h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Basma. Basma was a makeup artist and did eyelash extensions before the war. She lost her home and the tower she worked in was recently destroyed. She has 4 children Tulin, 9, Malak, 7, Kamal, 5 and baby Maryam who is just 9 months old.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

NEW: Seth Moulton becomes the first candidate in a Democratic primary for Senate to officially announce that he will return and henceforth reject donations from AIPAC

Seth for
Massachusetts
I am returning AIPAC donations and refusing to accept any donations or support from them. The FEC filing I made yesterday reflects that we are returning donations. Below is my statement explaining why:
I'm cautiously optimistic that the recent breakthrough in Gaza will move us closer to ending the horrific violence in the region. A political resolution that allows Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace is exactly the kind of framework I've been calling for from the beginning.
I support Israel's right to exist, but l've also never been afraid to disagree openly with AIPAC when I believe they're wrong.
In recent years, AIPAC has aligned itself too closely with Prime Minister Netanyahu's government. I'm a friend of Israel, but not of its current government, and AlPAC's mission today is to back that government. I don't support that direction. That's why l've decided to return the donations I've received and will not be accepting their support.

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

KNOXVILLE: “Allies of Knoxville's Immigrant Neighbors said longtime advocate and organizer Alejandro Guizar Lozano was detained by ICE while reporting for a routine appointment… beloved community organizer and union member…” www.wbir.com/article/news...

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

Politico exposed racist and homophobic messages sent by leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state GOP modeled similar behavior in its own social media posts.

After racist Kansas Young Republicans chats leak, Gov. Kelly calls out posts from state GOP

Politico exposed racist and homophobic messages sent by leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state GOP modeled similar behavior in its own social media posts.

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 9h

Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.

Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know

Fadi🍉ᴾˢ @fady19.bsky.social · 21d

In the heavy rain, I was holding sand with my hands, trying to stop the water from flooding our tent. My pain was bigger than my strength, but I held on to hope that one day we will find a place with warmth and dignity.💔🍉

🍉➡️ Donate/Read more: gofund.me/4ac2f1fa4

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 4d

Voters this fall will decide major ballot measures that’ll affect how elections are run—we’re watching referendums in California, Maine, New York, and Texas.

Learn more in our guide to November’s elections:

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read More

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17h

Bolts has been working hard to cover the upcoming elections so it’d be nice to get the account above 100K followers by election day in 3 weeks!

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 4d

Voters this fall will decide major ballot measures that’ll affect how elections are run—we’re watching referendums in California, Maine, New York, and Texas.

Learn more in our guide to November’s elections:

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read More

boltsmag.org

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 22h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 21h

I will never, for as long as I live, forgive those who defended the Assad regime. I don't care what they say about Palestine.

The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 1d

"With at least 34 trenches measuring 2 kilometers long, the grave in the Dhumair desert is among the most extensive created during the Syrian civil war, Reuters has found. Witness accounts and the dimensions of the new site suggest that tens of thousands of people could be buried there."

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

www.reuters.com

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Sunny @wonderwander.bsky.social · 23h

Please support my friend, Shahed and her sweet family. They still need our support to survive!

Shahed @shahed03.bsky.social · 1d

Peace be upon you, my sisters. I hope you support me. Winter has come and I need clothes for my children.
@mommunism.bsky.social
@wonderwander.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4shahed

Help Shahed's Family Survive and Thrive

Hello friends around the world:

tinyurl.com

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Shahed @shahed03.bsky.social · 1d

Peace be upon you, my sisters. I hope you support me. Winter has come and I need clothes for my children.
@mommunism.bsky.social
@wonderwander.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4shahed

Help Shahed's Family Survive and Thrive

Hello friends around the world:

tinyurl.com

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Lindsay Wiley @lindsaywiley.bsky.social · 1d

“Rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the ICE raids and money for legal aid and other services are among the provisions in the declaration.”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

You mean the sentient oil slick and not so passive transphobe got played in a way that sacrificed a vulnerable population

Good

Clown

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 1d

Hi hello I am an American citizen with a very intense knowledge of the first amendment.

Apparently people who are not American cannot say Charlie Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynist rhetoric."

I fact checked it.

Charlie Kirk devoted his life to that.

Jail me.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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please look at pinned post 🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 2d

FUCK THIS WORLD!!!!!!! FUCK THE WEST!!!!! I HOPE YOU EVIL FUCKS ALL DYE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.

Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6

Article excerpt: Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

Article excerpt: ...They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says

Willamette Week reported federal agents allegedly blocked an ambulance from quickly leaving with an injured protester on Oct. 5.

www.oregonlive.com

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Sunny @wonderwander.bsky.social · 2d

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Sunny @wonderwander.bsky.social · 2d

Please support my dear friend, Shahed. She still needs help to survive, her home was completely destroyed and she can't return to the location yet due to continued occupation of that area of Gaza by Israel tinyurl.com/4shahed.

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