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December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
you'll be happier all year if you do this now
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📣 Everyone in the United States has the right to due process—regardless of where they were born.
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📣 Everyone in the United States has the right to due process—regardless of where they were born.
"It's clear who is disposable..." -- Frankie Seabron of @harrietsdreams.bsky.social demanding DC Council legislate to insist all fed agents be identified in MPDC reports. Why did her mic cut out in the midst of her testimony? We still heard her. thank you Frankie and HWD.
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"It's clear who is disposable..." -- Frankie Seabron of @harrietsdreams.bsky.social demanding DC Council legislate to insist all fed agents be identified in MPDC reports. Why did her mic cut out in the midst of her testimony? We still heard her. thank you Frankie and HWD.
Grateful to all testifying to DC Council on details of MPDC's collaboration with federal agents, demanding accountability and return to sanctuary city values. Powerful to see range of voices, from Ward 5's Robert Vinson Brannum to Merawi Gerima, DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Grateful to all testifying to DC Council on details of MPDC's collaboration with federal agents, demanding accountability and return to sanctuary city values. Powerful to see range of voices, from Ward 5's Robert Vinson Brannum to Merawi Gerima, DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Thx CM Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social for speaking clearly to the mayor and MPDC's failure to tell the truth on collaboration with federal forces. Therefore we cannot trust official info on related topics like juvenile justice and curfews.
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thx CM Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social for speaking clearly to the mayor and MPDC's failure to tell the truth on collaboration with federal forces. Therefore we cannot trust official info on related topics like juvenile justice and curfews.
First testimony at DC Council hearing on public safety began naming David Childs, Demetrius Alston, and Kevin Booker -- killed by police in DC within one Nov week. We don't say these loved ones' names often enough, but the testimony emphasized what's at stake. (sorry I missed the name of speaker)
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
First testimony at DC Council hearing on public safety began naming David Childs, Demetrius Alston, and Kevin Booker -- killed by police in DC within one Nov week. We don't say these loved ones' names often enough, but the testimony emphasized what's at stake. (sorry I missed the name of speaker)
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Federal agents can no longer arrest people in D.C. on immigration violations without a warrant or probable cause to believe they could potentially flee if not detained, a judge has ruled.
It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.
It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Federal agents can no longer arrest people in D.C. on immigration violations without a warrant or probable cause to believe they could potentially flee if not detained, a judge has ruled.
It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.
It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.
If you cannot be at DC Council, you can still watch with @freedcproject.bsky.social, letting Public Safety Chair Brooke Pinto know that WE DEMAND OVERSIGHT and ACCOUNTABILITY for fed agents and MPDC terrorizing our neighborhoods and killing our people. lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...
DC Council Hearings Management System
View Hearings, Register to Witness, Submit Testimony
lims.dccouncil.gov
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you cannot be at DC Council, you can still watch with @freedcproject.bsky.social, letting Public Safety Chair Brooke Pinto know that WE DEMAND OVERSIGHT and ACCOUNTABILITY for fed agents and MPDC terrorizing our neighborhoods and killing our people. lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...
Dec. 4 is death anniversary of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, Black Panther Party leaders aged 21 and 22 -- so much life and political promise! Killed in their beds by Chicago police. Click thru for assassination details and tips on teaching. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
Dec. 4, 1969: Black Panther Party Members Assassinated
Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by police and FBI agents in Chicago, Illinois.
www.zinnedproject.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Dec. 4 is death anniversary of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, Black Panther Party leaders aged 21 and 22 -- so much life and political promise! Killed in their beds by Chicago police. Click thru for assassination details and tips on teaching. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
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I was incarcerated at 15 years old. Now I’m 34. It has been a challenge to discover who I am behind bars.
I’ve Spent More Than Half of My Life in Prison
I came to prison when I was 15. Now I’m 34. Behind bars, I've found peace with myself. Even in prison, I find blessings and witness beauty.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I was incarcerated at 15 years old. Now I’m 34. It has been a challenge to discover who I am behind bars.
If you haven't already stopped engaging with Amazon in any way, please consider shopping elsewhere. And share the word about Amazon's part in helping ICE and other surveillance.
ICE would not be able to carry out its enforcement regime without Amazon’s computing capacity. As internal documents make clear, without continued access to Amazon’s services “DHS and CBP would experience catastrophic, nation-wide outage impacts.”
This Black Friday Weekend, Skip Amazon
The e-commerce giant is powering ICE’s deportation raids while profiting handsomely from Trump administration contracts.
inequality.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you haven't already stopped engaging with Amazon in any way, please consider shopping elsewhere. And share the word about Amazon's part in helping ICE and other surveillance.
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On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was sentenced to an indefinite jail term for his work boycotting lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers.
Dec. 3, 1970 | Cesar Chavez Jailed for Leading Boycott Against Coercive Farmers
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was sentenced to an indefinite jail term for his work boycotting lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers.
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Saw Felonious the last go round and cried laughing. Give someone the gift of funnies for the holidays.
Reminder, me and my large necked homie @cerromerussell.blacksky.app will be in DC being funny Dec 26-28. Tickets is right thurrr
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Saw Felonious the last go round and cried laughing. Give someone the gift of funnies for the holidays.
"Deploying the National Guard to any civilian jurisdiction is dangerous for both residents and the Guard members themselves." DC folks and beyond: PLEASE sign and share to tell seven governors to get their guardsmen home. @freedcproject.bsky.social
freedcproject.org/news/tell-se...
freedcproject.org/news/tell-se...
Tell seven governors: The National Guard doesn't belong in DC — Free DC
Deploying the National Guard to DC endangers DC communities, communities back home, and the Guard members themselves. Trump wants to use Guard members as his personal political props no matter the cos...
freedcproject.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"Deploying the National Guard to any civilian jurisdiction is dangerous for both residents and the Guard members themselves." DC folks and beyond: PLEASE sign and share to tell seven governors to get their guardsmen home. @freedcproject.bsky.social
freedcproject.org/news/tell-se...
freedcproject.org/news/tell-se...
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.
Follow religion reporters.
Follow religion reporters.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
The @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch quiz is, indeed, great fun... see example shared below. And every year, the "matches" have suggested books I would never otherwise see or somehow missed. Haven't read all, but found some new favorites. Enjoy the quiz by Dec and the books for the long term.
the annual @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch makes me laugh SO hard that a top reward tier should simply be a recommending something equally as funny
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch quiz is, indeed, great fun... see example shared below. And every year, the "matches" have suggested books I would never otherwise see or somehow missed. Haven't read all, but found some new favorites. Enjoy the quiz by Dec and the books for the long term.
DC's CM Brooke Pinto, candidate for Cong. Delegate, is telling candidate forum that youth curfew and other attacks on youth rights are the "backbone" of protecting DC's sovereignty by showing federal administration that DC deserves to govern itself. Using youth lives to buy cooperation!
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
DC's CM Brooke Pinto, candidate for Cong. Delegate, is telling candidate forum that youth curfew and other attacks on youth rights are the "backbone" of protecting DC's sovereignty by showing federal administration that DC deserves to govern itself. Using youth lives to buy cooperation!
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"'We the People' includes we the incarcerated. It’s long past time to allow all voting-age Americans the freedom to vote." Story co-published with Reckon News.
‘We the People’ Includes We the Incarcerated
It’s time to let all voting-age Americans influence their government.
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"'We the People' includes we the incarcerated. It’s long past time to allow all voting-age Americans the freedom to vote." Story co-published with Reckon News.
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Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
Battles in West Kordofan as Sudan army resists RSF’s eastward push
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
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Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required
Is it my imagination, or is the music we're hearing on hold with Governor Stitt's office, 405-521-2342 -- trying to get the governor to honor the clemency recommendation of his own Parole and Pardon's board -- Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"?
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Is it my imagination, or is the music we're hearing on hold with Governor Stitt's office, 405-521-2342 -- trying to get the governor to honor the clemency recommendation of his own Parole and Pardon's board -- Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"?
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board believes that Tremane Wood shouldn't be put to death, yet the state is planning to execute him very soon. There's still time, Governor Stitt, to honor the recommendation of your own board!
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board believes that Tremane Wood shouldn't be put to death, yet the state is planning to execute him very soon. There's still time, Governor Stitt, to honor the recommendation of your own board!
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers