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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Update on Richard LA, TikToker who was shot by U.S. Marshal during a targeted stop.
@eltragon.bsky.social

Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important thread to follow. Updates are flying fast - the volunteer who was hit is Richard, who works with LA TACO.

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings! I’m here in South LA, in front of Santee High School. Federal law enforcement rammed a vehicle, and shot at least one suspect during a law enforcement operation. One man who streams on Tik Tok, Nick, was reportedly hit. One US marshal hit. Lots of preliminary info.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Hey it’s us! (And a bunch of other awesome people.)

Not the Proud Boys, they’re very much NOT awesome.

Kelly Stuart @skyspider.bsky.social · 4d

No King’s protesters and pro-LGBTQ protesters are now in front of Calvary Chapel church. Sheriffs are staged nearby and directly across the street the proud boys.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Hell yeah! It was a coalition with

50501 CA, Rise Perris Pride, Indivisible CA 47 + 40, Pride at the Pier, Palestinian Christians for Justice, Chino Valley 4 Palestinian Liberation, Catholics for Palestine, OC Indivisible Coalition, Chino Valley Dem Club, and the San Bernardino County Dem Party.

S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 3d

Bravo @prideatthepier.bsky.social for organizing an impactful event against hate group the Family Research Council and the rest of the Christo-Fascist Chino Valley tribe with their Proud Boy fan club.

Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to the ~1,000 people who came out to the “Expose, Unite, Resist” protest our coalition held this 10/17-10/18. This protest stood in opposition to the Christian Nationalist summit in Chino.

Christofascist and host Jack Hibbs came out at one point, and we got to call him out to his face.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Behind Hibbs in this photo is Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council.

The FRC, who sponsored the summit, has been labeled an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Perkins smiled as hundreds of people chanted “Shame” at him.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3d

🪡 Our coalition was made up of 12 orgs across SoCal, including Christian faith, community advocacy, and political orgs.

We stood AGAINST Christian Nationalism - the idea that America is a Christian nation first, and that our laws should be built around a narrow, conservative Christian worldview.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to the ~1,000 people who came out to the “Expose, Unite, Resist” protest our coalition held this 10/17-10/18. This protest stood in opposition to the Christian Nationalist summit in Chino.

Christofascist and host Jack Hibbs came out at one point, and we got to call him out to his face.

Calvary Chapel Chino Hills lead pastor Jack Hibbs, prominent Christian Nationalist, proud fascist, and host of this weekend’s Christian Nationalist summit in Chino, stands outside the event space to listen to the crowds of people shaming him for his efforts to create a Christian Nationalist state. He’s surrounded by Chino PD, his security team, and Proud Boys.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 4d

They’ve been here the whole time

Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 5d

This organizer has been released at this time, but it shows just how increasingly violent 🧊 is becoming. We encourage safety for folks out there supporting the community.

And for our Andor fans out there - remember, oppression is the mask of fear.

Remember this; try.

Your help is needed.

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 6d

A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 9d

Today will always be Indigenous Peoples’ Day, regardless of who is in the White House.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

Democracy is under dire threat. Help us to defend it. Join us and @actpposbc.bsky.social for a virtual phonebanking session on October 15th, from 6-8pm. Training provided.

Register at bit.ly/allinfor50

Trump is trying to rig our elections. Don’t let him - let’s get on an equal playing field.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

Pat Burns has not yet had a re-election. He’s been in office for 3 years of a 4 year term.

Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

HB Mayor Pat Burns is gaining a reputation for his regular mockery of his constituents. We’re asking why this behavior is being allowed - especially as he is regularly violating the Brown Act.

@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov are you watching these meetings?

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

THAT PART THO

lucindamroch.bsky.social @lucindamroch.bsky.social · 14d

When she said “non-denominational” and the mayor had to correct her to say “non-partisan”, it was obvious that we were in for a “treat!”

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

The Unite 4 Freedom representative in HB tonight let loose an incredibly racist dog whistle in her presentation, talking about how “urban” Long Beach was so different from “beach” HB. (Huh??)

Chris Kluwe called out “that’s racist” - he’s not wrong - and Mayor Burns threatened to have him removed.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14d

And now she’s talking about the difference between “beach and urban” environments, and how Huntington Beach should be careful of the urban people from Long Beach.

I got a warning from Pat Burns for calling out “that’s racist.”

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

We will be announcing a virtual phone bank event for Prop 50 shortly ✌️

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

To be clear - AB 715 is not about opposing anti-Semitism (which we do oppose!)

AB 715 makes historically accurate education about Palestine illegal in CA public schools. This is blatant censorship.

You can’t claim to be supportive of ethnic studies and then exclude a whole people. It’s wrong.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 14d

In addition to his veto of AB 86 today Newsom also signed the censorship bill, AB 715.

This, despite the fact that AB 715 was opposed by every major educational association & labor union in CA, plus a coalition of 120+ racial justice, interfaith, civil rights, and human rights orgs, including us.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

Our team just buys bulk Tylenol at this point. Lol

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

In case it’s not clear, we’re obviously deeply disappointed by Newsom’s reluctance to stand with the trans community. It’s telling.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 15d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

🪡 Why are they lying, then?

Ask Justin Levitt, former Deputy Assistant AG who specializes in voter rights; "Sometimes the whole point is to whip up enough smoke that it seems like a fire".

The HB CC has been trying to fearmonger about our elections for years now. Apparently, they're not done.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

🪡 So, what audits HAVE been done? Well, a comprehensive audit of the November 2024 election in OC was done, and found NO evidence of any kind of fraud or interference. This audit resulted in a 25-page report from the OC Grand Jury. This audit was completed by an independent auditor.

U4F is lying.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

🪡 U4F also claimed that there were over 77K 'excess votes'. Actual audits have been done that don't reflect these numbers at all - they have a binding ledger of the # of participating voters that ties each data point to participating voter record.

NO audits or court records back up U4F's claims.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

🪡 The claim that over 5.5 M votes were "improperly counted" has no data to back it up. In normal audits (which HAVE been done), that looks like ballot-by-ballot audits, chain-of-custody logs, cross checks with voter intention, reconciliation of vote totals -

U4F has done none of this.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 15d

🪡 First off, there's only 40 million people living in CA, and only 22 million of those people are registered voters. So U4F is claiming that almost HALF of the registered voters are actually fraudulent.

Let's make it very clear at the start - this alone shows how DEEPLY unserious these claims are.

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