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rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 1d

mnthly donations update: @autonomynews.co, @pslweb.bsky.social + my local food bank. $ are small but fund things i believe in deeply -- indie journalism, comm organizing, + ppl getting fed. $ also keep me tethered to the good fight, which helps combat malaise. self care and community care entwined.

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Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social · 1d

200 billion dollar valuation btw💀💀💀

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."

The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...

www.democracynow.org

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rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 1d

as someone who was not alive when this debate happened, this a little bit blows my mind.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?

Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.

They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year.

Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.

No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.

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rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 2d

playing records my dad bought when he was 15 with my 15 year old and watching her love them, too. katie crutchfield's voice. poor deer. tiny poems that wallop. my mother in law. bold outfits worn by confident women. cacophonous birdsong. murmurations. the woods the woods the woods the woods.

rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 2d

very fine tipped pens. a good bang trim. kitchen dance parties. an after dinner stroll. lamplight through windows from the sidewalk. the tupper lake arts center annual quilt show and every quilt in it. laundromat donuts. girltalk island (iykyk). sunset from the roof. old soft blankets.

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rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 2d

ok also my kid and fresh sheets on the bed and watching my partner laugh. bonfires. drinking coffee out of a mug my aunt made. every meadow, ever. old wooden bookshelves. sunlight on the floor. crickets at night. the wind, from the slightest breeze to the mightiest gust.

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rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 2d

more pics of ice pissing their pants, please. it's my birthday and i was gonna share a list of things i love but like really it's just exposing cowardly bullshit and my cats.

Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

I sincerely know less than nothing about this nba gambling ring dealio. I do know that in a moment when powerful mostly white men are stealing from everybody at scale and with breathtaking gall, it’s odd that these are the faces I’m seeing.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins.

By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...

www.propublica.org

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6d

This is bad. Very bad.

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity

The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

www.advocate.com

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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: With the great Nina Martin, I wrote about bombshell allegations about a Planned Parenthood chapter in the South that has been taken over by new leaders with conservative connections. One new leader has even described herself as "pro-life." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Scoop: Staffers fear a southern Planned Parenthood faces a “dangerous threat from within”

One new leader called herself “pro-life” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.

www.motherjones.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6d

“The doctor overseeing Ofelia Torres’ care at Lurie Children’s Hospital wrote that her “ongoing complex medical care requires the support of both her parents during this very difficult time,” according to court documents.”

Cruelty knows no bounds

A Chicago High Schooler Had Just Returned From Chemotherapy. Then ICE Arrested Her Father

Ofelia Torres is being treated for Stage 4 cancer while her father faces sudden federal detention. An emergency motion has been filed arguing that her father's detention is unlawful and violates his c...

blockclubchicago.org

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8d

The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba — I get knocked down, but I get up again.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8d

Portland ICE facility now.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8d

BREAKING: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza by Israeli attacks since the ceasefire came into effect less than two weeks ago, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z1q2d3

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rachel reynolds @portmantoad.bsky.social · 9d

glimpses from philly's #nokings rally. loved seeing my students in the streets!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 15d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 15d

Sudan’s famine is the biggest and most intractable in the world.

Man-Made Famine & Malnutrition in Sudan, Exacerbated by U.S. Aid Cuts

Starvation is now being used as a weapon of war in numerous conflicts across the globe — including Sudan, which continues to endure a yearslong famine. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric doctor who jus...

www.democracynow.org

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16d

“ICE has raided our day labor sites at least 14 times since June.”

truthout.org/articles/ice...

ICE Is Targeting Day Labor Centers in LA That Hold Contracts With the City

Elected leaders are failing to protect immigrant workers. We must build community power, as only we can keep us safe.

truthout.org

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

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 17d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 17d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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lacyphoto.bsky.social @lacyphoto.bsky.social · 20d

Quite a few nights ago, i gave myself a quick little assignment. My Mamiya 7ii, four rolls of Ilford 3200 film (that would be 10 frames per roll) and 40 minutes downtown: “40 Minutes/40 Frames.” Developed the film. Stashed the negatives away. Today, almost 24 years later, they surfaced. #hartfordct

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 20d

Capitalism 🤝 Authoritarianism

Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 20d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 20d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 20d

A little-known process that requires insurers to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

External reviews are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them.

By @deldeib.bsky.social

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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