Kite Line Radio
@kitelineradio.bsky.social
a news radio show and podcast about the lives and struggles shaped by prison walls 🪁 on the inside a message is called a kite 🪁
listen on kitelineradio.org, 91.3FM WHFB Bloomington Community Radio, Channel Zero Network or wherever you get your podcasts
listen on kitelineradio.org, 91.3FM WHFB Bloomington Community Radio, Channel Zero Network or wherever you get your podcasts
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November 7, 2025: The Grassroots Fight Against the Local Jail - WFHB
Earlier this fall, the grassroots organization Care Not Cages won a decisive victory against the lar
wfhb.org
Grassroots org Care Not Cages defeated the new jail proposed for Monroe County, Indiana. County officials ignored financial warnings and public outcry until the mobilization at a council meeting finally stopped them in their tracks. 🪁 wfhb.org/november-7-2...
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Despite crime levels hitting historic lows, 39 states across the country increased their prison populations in 2023 — a stark reversal from 13 years of slow decarceration. @sentencingproject.bsky.social provides analysis into this new trend and recommendations for decarceration: tinyurl.com/2vt885kn
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Despite crime levels hitting historic lows, 39 states across the country increased their prison populations in 2023 — a stark reversal from 13 years of slow decarceration. @sentencingproject.bsky.social provides analysis into this new trend and recommendations for decarceration: tinyurl.com/2vt885kn
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Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment.
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Blumenthal & Robert Garcia to Hold Forum to Receive Testimony from Five U.S. Citizens Assaulted, Illegally Detained by DHS | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
[WASHINGTON, DC] – On Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 3 PM ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal...
www.blumenthal.senate.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment.
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport - UNICORN RIOT
Over the past several months, an "aviation geek" in Minnesota who goes by ottergoose on reddit has been tracking, photographing, and posting his documentation of deportation flights online.
unicornriot.ninja
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
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“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport - UNICORN RIOT
Over the past several months, an "aviation geek" in Minnesota who goes by ottergoose on reddit has been tracking, photographing, and posting his documentation of deportation flights online.
unicornriot.ninja
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“ICE agents would disembark from the airplane and unload bags of shackles from the cargo hold … seeing the chains that would soon be confining my neighbors, binding their hands together at their waist and then down between their ankles.”
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/documen...
Grassroots org Care Not Cages defeated the new jail proposed for Monroe County, Indiana. County officials ignored financial warnings and public outcry until the mobilization at a council meeting finally stopped them in their tracks. 🪁 wfhb.org/november-7-2...
November 7, 2025: The Grassroots Fight Against the Local Jail - WFHB
Earlier this fall, the grassroots organization Care Not Cages won a decisive victory against the lar
wfhb.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Grassroots org Care Not Cages defeated the new jail proposed for Monroe County, Indiana. County officials ignored financial warnings and public outcry until the mobilization at a council meeting finally stopped them in their tracks. 🪁 wfhb.org/november-7-2...
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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Local ‘Participating Agencies’ Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions
unicornriot.ninja/2025/local-p...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/local-p...
Local 'Participating Agencies' Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions - UNICORN RIOT
The 287(g) program links local law enforcement agencies into ICE. The program has grown incrementally in Minnesota this year; meanwhile counties are collecting millions of dollars by detaining immigra...
unicornriot.ninja
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Local ‘Participating Agencies’ Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions
unicornriot.ninja/2025/local-p...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/local-p...
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Day 4 of the 13th hunger strike of the year.
La Resistencia was able to communicate with the second hunger strike happening inside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC).
La Resistencia was able to communicate with the second hunger strike happening inside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC).
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Day 4 of the 13th hunger strike of the year.
La Resistencia was able to communicate with the second hunger strike happening inside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC).
La Resistencia was able to communicate with the second hunger strike happening inside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC).
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Please read this update regarding the #PrairielandDefendants & the pressure the state has been using on them to accept plea deals
Also visit dfwdefendants.wordpress.com & write to the defendants to give them more support & connections to the outside
Fundraiser: givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
Also visit dfwdefendants.wordpress.com & write to the defendants to give them more support & connections to the outside
Fundraiser: givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Please read this update regarding the #PrairielandDefendants & the pressure the state has been using on them to accept plea deals
Also visit dfwdefendants.wordpress.com & write to the defendants to give them more support & connections to the outside
Fundraiser: givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
Also visit dfwdefendants.wordpress.com & write to the defendants to give them more support & connections to the outside
Fundraiser: givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
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NEW: Federal Court Ruling Limits Police Qualified Immunity in Line 3 Excessive Force Case
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
Federal Court Ruling Limits Police Qualified Immunity in Line 3 Excessive Force Case - UNICORN RIOT
Police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance, a federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 17.
unicornriot.ninja
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
NEW: Federal Court Ruling Limits Police Qualified Immunity in Line 3 Excessive Force Case
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
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and if I'm too left to be reliable on this, maybe you'll believe those wild radicals at... military dot com.
Border Patrol Hiring Spree Offers Lessons as Another Immigration Agency Embarks on Massive Growth
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s.
www.military.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
and if I'm too left to be reliable on this, maybe you'll believe those wild radicals at... military dot com.
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The Ten Demands for Justice provides the roadmap to abolition — with each action chipping away at an inherently, intentionally unjust system.
Read all 10 here, and print this PDF to bring to your city council members.
drive.google.com/file/d/1MKG3...
web.archive.org/web/20240622...
Read all 10 here, and print this PDF to bring to your city council members.
drive.google.com/file/d/1MKG3...
web.archive.org/web/20240622...
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Ten Demands for Justice provides the roadmap to abolition — with each action chipping away at an inherently, intentionally unjust system.
Read all 10 here, and print this PDF to bring to your city council members.
drive.google.com/file/d/1MKG3...
web.archive.org/web/20240622...
Read all 10 here, and print this PDF to bring to your city council members.
drive.google.com/file/d/1MKG3...
web.archive.org/web/20240622...
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Even corrections officers have described how the Cuyahoga County Jail’s conditions impact their physical and mental health.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
Months Without Sunshine: The Unbearable Darkness of Jail
Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Even corrections officers have described how the Cuyahoga County Jail’s conditions impact their physical and mental health.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
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Today, @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports on the latest moves in Chicago, which indicate a new development of “Eviction By ICE” in her reporting on the Sept 30th 130-unit apartment building raid by federal agents, arresting 37 undocumented immigrants and detaining others for hours. A 🧵1/10
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today, @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports on the latest moves in Chicago, which indicate a new development of “Eviction By ICE” in her reporting on the Sept 30th 130-unit apartment building raid by federal agents, arresting 37 undocumented immigrants and detaining others for hours. A 🧵1/10
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An alarming share of ICE arrests rely on collaborations with local law enforcement – even in places that are "sanctuary cities"
From January to June , 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:
From January to June , 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An alarming share of ICE arrests rely on collaborations with local law enforcement – even in places that are "sanctuary cities"
From January to June , 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:
From January to June , 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:
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A 9-year-old pepper sprayed in handcuffs, crying for her dad. A teenager wrestled to the ground, and another pepper sprayed while waiting for the bus.
All were Black girls hurt by police.
All were Black girls hurt by police.
Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year. A Striking Number Are Black Girls.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A 9-year-old pepper sprayed in handcuffs, crying for her dad. A teenager wrestled to the ground, and another pepper sprayed while waiting for the bus.
All were Black girls hurt by police.
All were Black girls hurt by police.
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Even in a government shutdown, the 13th largest army in the world wages war in Chicago. ICE’s militarized raids & abductions are terrorizing communities—while billions are poured into their hands.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Even in a government shutdown, the 13th largest army in the world wages war in Chicago. ICE’s militarized raids & abductions are terrorizing communities—while billions are poured into their hands.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
Martin Sostre was a pioneer of prisoner organizing and Black anarchism. This week, Garrett Felber, author of the new biography A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre (@akpress.org), discusses Sostre’s work and connections to today’s struggles.
🪁 wfhb.org/october-3-20...
🪁 wfhb.org/october-3-20...
October 3, 2025: The Prison Struggle of Martin Sostre - WFHB
After decades of neglect, Martin Sostre is finally receiving his due as a pioneer of prisoner organi
wfhb.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Martin Sostre was a pioneer of prisoner organizing and Black anarchism. This week, Garrett Felber, author of the new biography A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre (@akpress.org), discusses Sostre’s work and connections to today’s struggles.
🪁 wfhb.org/october-3-20...
🪁 wfhb.org/october-3-20...
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13,300 confined children in the U.S. are detained pretrial – aka, they’re legally innocent
Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term
Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
13,300 confined children in the U.S. are detained pretrial – aka, they’re legally innocent
Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term
Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term
“Multibillionaire investor George Soros is not funding a network of militant left-wing activists. That fact has not stopped President Donald Trump from spending the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing calling to press RICO charges.”
theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...
theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...
Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be.
Trump's vision of a George Soros-backed criminal network is a fantasy. A coordinated defense against fascism shouldn’t be.
theintercept.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Multibillionaire investor George Soros is not funding a network of militant left-wing activists. That fact has not stopped President Donald Trump from spending the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing calling to press RICO charges.”
theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...
theintercept.com/2025/09/19/t...
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"He and two other officers were pulling into a Walgreen’s parking lot as looters fled the building, and Tonn shot Monterrosa with a high-powered rifle through the windshield. Monterrosa was shot in the back of the head"
This is Sean Monterrosa below.
22 yrs old when killed by this cop in 2020.
This is Sean Monterrosa below.
22 yrs old when killed by this cop in 2020.
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"He and two other officers were pulling into a Walgreen’s parking lot as looters fled the building, and Tonn shot Monterrosa with a high-powered rifle through the windshield. Monterrosa was shot in the back of the head"
This is Sean Monterrosa below.
22 yrs old when killed by this cop in 2020.
This is Sean Monterrosa below.
22 yrs old when killed by this cop in 2020.
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It popped off at Maguire, the main San Mateo County jail.
6 prisoners hospitalized, 4 deputies reporting minor injuries from a "a fight involving about 30 prisoners Friday morning"
www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
6 prisoners hospitalized, 4 deputies reporting minor injuries from a "a fight involving about 30 prisoners Friday morning"
www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
San Mateo Co.: Jail Fight Leaves 6 Inmates And 4 Sheriff's Personnel Hurt
Six San Mateo County jail inmates were hospitalized and four Sheriff's Office personnel suffered minor injuries in a fight involving about 30 prisoners Friday morning, the Sheriff's Office...
www.sfgate.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It popped off at Maguire, the main San Mateo County jail.
6 prisoners hospitalized, 4 deputies reporting minor injuries from a "a fight involving about 30 prisoners Friday morning"
www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
6 prisoners hospitalized, 4 deputies reporting minor injuries from a "a fight involving about 30 prisoners Friday morning"
www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
“Utah as shifting away from the death penalty. Then camp Trump and Tyler Robinson.The immediate calls for the execution of Charlie Kirk’s killer mark a resurgence of pro-death penalty politics in Utah and beyond.” theintercept.com/2025/09/18/c...
Utah Was Shifting Away From the Death Penalty. Then Came Trump and Tyler Robinson.
The immediate calls for the execution of Charlie Kirk’s killer mark a resurgence of pro-death penalty politics in Utah and beyond.
theintercept.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
“Utah as shifting away from the death penalty. Then camp Trump and Tyler Robinson.The immediate calls for the execution of Charlie Kirk’s killer mark a resurgence of pro-death penalty politics in Utah and beyond.” theintercept.com/2025/09/18/c...
Private prison guards contracted by ICE retaliate agst 100 immigrants protesting abuse & neglect inside new California City Immigrant Detention Center. Immigrants report guards entered cell blocks wearing riot gear & arrested protesters.
@ccijustice.bsky.social
www.ccijustice.org/post/retalia...
@ccijustice.bsky.social
www.ccijustice.org/post/retalia...
Private Prison Guards Contracted by ICE Retaliate Against Immigrants for Protesting Abuse and Neglect Inside New California City Immigrant Detention Center
Detained immigrants report guards entered their cell blocks wearing riot gear and arresting several protesters
www.ccijustice.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Private prison guards contracted by ICE retaliate agst 100 immigrants protesting abuse & neglect inside new California City Immigrant Detention Center. Immigrants report guards entered cell blocks wearing riot gear & arrested protesters.
@ccijustice.bsky.social
www.ccijustice.org/post/retalia...
@ccijustice.bsky.social
www.ccijustice.org/post/retalia...
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Tomorrow y'all! Please take advantage of the community resources!
"From Surviving to Thriving" - our series of events to connect our community with local resources. It's free and will introduce you to resources in your area.
This month, the King County Public Health's Vaccine Unit, and Seattle's LGBTQIA+ Center will be joining us.
Join us on 9/19, from 2-4pm
This month, the King County Public Health's Vaccine Unit, and Seattle's LGBTQIA+ Center will be joining us.
Join us on 9/19, from 2-4pm
September 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tomorrow y'all! Please take advantage of the community resources!