Persisting
@persistingiam.bsky.social
She/her from the old invite code days. Would prefer to keep democracy. Deeds matter more than words. Let’s not destroy the planet, ok?
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Banner: Photo of the ocean on fire
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"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
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I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
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Remember that Hakeem Jeffries, whom not a single democrat including your member of Congress has called to step down, has rejected Hegseth’s impeachment out of hand.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Remember that Hakeem Jeffries, whom not a single democrat including your member of Congress has called to step down, has rejected Hegseth’s impeachment out of hand.
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#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."
In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded
Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."
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Thank you @ilhanmn.bsky.social for making it plain.
The Somali community is vibrant and will not be intimidated by these shameful, cowardly attacks.
The Somali community is vibrant and will not be intimidated by these shameful, cowardly attacks.
The president fails to realize how deeply Somali Americans love this country.
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thank you @ilhanmn.bsky.social for making it plain.
The Somali community is vibrant and will not be intimidated by these shameful, cowardly attacks.
The Somali community is vibrant and will not be intimidated by these shameful, cowardly attacks.
People showed up today even with freezing winds. @ruthzee.bsky.social gave a powerful speech and representatives from @pressley.house.gov and @markey.senate.gov also offered strong messages of support. Not a single State Rep/Senator showed up and neither did anyone from Gov Healey's office.
Show up for Immigrants and send a message to the State House to DO SOMETHING. LFG
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
People showed up today even with freezing winds. @ruthzee.bsky.social gave a powerful speech and representatives from @pressley.house.gov and @markey.senate.gov also offered strong messages of support. Not a single State Rep/Senator showed up and neither did anyone from Gov Healey's office.
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Nearly six months later.
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Nearly six months later.
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I just want people to sit w/the implications that the Democrats have spent so much time and money supporting and protecting Cuellar, who has voted w the GOP the majority of his career, and admits corruption charges and a fake pardon (he hasn't been convicted), Jeffries called him a *beloved* member
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I just want people to sit w/the implications that the Democrats have spent so much time and money supporting and protecting Cuellar, who has voted w the GOP the majority of his career, and admits corruption charges and a fake pardon (he hasn't been convicted), Jeffries called him a *beloved* member
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I really love this for so many reasons. YES. Please bring back school field trips for the small people.
Quinta Brunson has launched a fund to provide free field trips for public school students in Philadelphia.
The Emmy-winning actress also donated $25,000 for students experiencing food insecurity.
🔗: form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/fundsdp...
The Emmy-winning actress also donated $25,000 for students experiencing food insecurity.
🔗: form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/fundsdp...
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I really love this for so many reasons. YES. Please bring back school field trips for the small people.
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It is a very big deal that a sitting member of congress is going to move to impeach one of the most powerful people in the world for murder.
@thanedar.house.gov, thank you for being willing to stand up for human rights, even if some of your party isn’t willing to stand beside you.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It is a very big deal that a sitting member of congress is going to move to impeach one of the most powerful people in the world for murder.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Show up for Immigrants and send a message to the State House to DO SOMETHING. LFG
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Show up for Immigrants and send a message to the State House to DO SOMETHING. LFG
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Disappointed to see @whitehouse.senate.gov and @reed.senate.gov on the list.
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Disappointed to see @whitehouse.senate.gov and @reed.senate.gov on the list.
"Itemizers can avoid the new floor in 2026 by giving more this season, experts said. Donors who give this year would receive a tax deduction for their entire charitable contribution instead of just the portion above 0.5% of AGI."
How Trump's charitable tax deduction laws may influence when you give
2025 may be a pivotal year for charitable giving because deduction rules are changing next year. What to know to maximize your gifts.
www.usatoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Itemizers can avoid the new floor in 2026 by giving more this season, experts said. Donors who give this year would receive a tax deduction for their entire charitable contribution instead of just the portion above 0.5% of AGI."
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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HELL YEA
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HELL YEA
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59 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to codify Trump's suggestion box for billionaires to complain about public interest regulations that prevent them from defrauding you.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
59 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to codify Trump's suggestion box for billionaires to complain about public interest regulations that prevent them from defrauding you.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
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“She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. ‘I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,’ she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. ‘This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?’” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. ‘I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,’ she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. ‘This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?’” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Show up for Immigrants and send a message to the State House to DO SOMETHING. LFG
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Show up for Immigrants and send a message to the State House to DO SOMETHING. LFG
Nancy Pelosi's legacy. "We need him."
Breaking news: President Trump said he will pardon Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, abruptly ending his prosecution.
Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in the House, was charged last year with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.
Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in the House, was charged last year with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.
Trump says he will pardon Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar
Cuellar was charged last year with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy. His wife, Imelda, also will receive a pardon, according to Trump.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nancy Pelosi's legacy. "We need him."