Bryant Odega
@bryantodega.bsky.social
Teacher 🍎 | #UTLAStrong | 🎓: El Camino College, Labor Studies @ UCLA, Harvard Ed School | Fighting for Public Education, Worker's Rights & a Green New Deal 🏫🌱 |He/Him| 🇳🇬 | bryantodega.com
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600+ people still showed up for Legal Observers training in Minneapolis tonight.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
600+ people still showed up for Legal Observers training in Minneapolis tonight.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute.
While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.
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When the cop murdered Philando Castile his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter were also in the car.
January 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
When the cop murdered Philando Castile his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter were also in the car.
They want to undo the legacy of the Reconstruction era.
President Trump, in an interview with The New York Times, said his administration was taking steps to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, with a particular focus on those of Somali descent.
Denaturalization Is Part of Trump’s Crackdown on Immigrants
The administration is looking at Somali-born American citizens as well as other groups, but the president did not specify which.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
They want to undo the legacy of the Reconstruction era.
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Since last year, Trump admin planned what to do if ICE agents were accused of crimes (even murder):
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
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Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
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Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
Minnesota officials want to investigate ICE’s killing of a mother in Minneapolis. Team Trump has been planning for a moment like this.
zeteo.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Since last year, Trump admin planned what to do if ICE agents were accused of crimes (even murder):
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
led by @swin24.bsky.social
Protect them “no matter what."
Trump laid out ways to retaliate:
—Refuse to hand over an agent
—Charge local officials with “obstructing"
—Threaten to cut off more funding
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In six years of shootings, no ICE officer has ever been indicted, regardless of evidence. Absurd.
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
In six years of shootings, no ICE officer has ever been indicted, regardless of evidence. Absurd.
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
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The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
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@texasaft.org filed the lawsuit to stop an overreach that threatens educators and students. This case seeks to block a harmful policy, end the related investigations, and require clear guidance so school leaders know they are not mandated to carry it out.
Union sues TEA for investigating teachers over posts on Charlie Kirk's killing
The Texas American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency after teachers were investigated for social media posts critical of Charlie Kirk after he was killed. The l...
www.cbsnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
@texasaft.org filed the lawsuit to stop an overreach that threatens educators and students. This case seeks to block a harmful policy, end the related investigations, and require clear guidance so school leaders know they are not mandated to carry it out.
Black folks have documented and called out state violence for years to the disregard of dominant society. When we as a society normalize the police killings of Black people, refuse to dismantle qualified immunity, and expand the police state, we all become even more vulnerable.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Black folks have documented and called out state violence for years to the disregard of dominant society. When we as a society normalize the police killings of Black people, refuse to dismantle qualified immunity, and expand the police state, we all become even more vulnerable.
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Tearing communities apart benefits no one & only sows more harm.
For Some Black Angelenos, ICE Raids Reopen the Wound of Displacement capitalbnews.org/ice-raids-bl... by @adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social CC: @bryantodega.bsky.social @katcalvin.bsky.social @janainelson.bsky.social
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For Some Black Angelenos, ICE Raids Reopen the Wound of Displacement
As federal agents sweep through the city, Black residents face painful truths about displacement, solidarity, and survival.
capitalbnews.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tearing communities apart benefits no one & only sows more harm.
For Some Black Angelenos, ICE Raids Reopen the Wound of Displacement capitalbnews.org/ice-raids-bl... by @adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social CC: @bryantodega.bsky.social @katcalvin.bsky.social @janainelson.bsky.social
For Some Black Angelenos, ICE Raids Reopen the Wound of Displacement capitalbnews.org/ice-raids-bl... by @adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social CC: @bryantodega.bsky.social @katcalvin.bsky.social @janainelson.bsky.social
Keith Porter was murdered by an off-duty ICE agent on New Years eve at his home in Los Angeles.
He deserved to live & watch his children grow old. His life mattered. We must keep his memory alive & demand justice!
@blmgrassroots.bsky.social
#KeithPorter #SAYHISNAME #BlackLivesMatter #AbolishICE
He deserved to live & watch his children grow old. His life mattered. We must keep his memory alive & demand justice!
@blmgrassroots.bsky.social
#KeithPorter #SAYHISNAME #BlackLivesMatter #AbolishICE
January 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Keith Porter was murdered by an off-duty ICE agent on New Years eve at his home in Los Angeles.
He deserved to live & watch his children grow old. His life mattered. We must keep his memory alive & demand justice!
@blmgrassroots.bsky.social
#KeithPorter #SAYHISNAME #BlackLivesMatter #AbolishICE
He deserved to live & watch his children grow old. His life mattered. We must keep his memory alive & demand justice!
@blmgrassroots.bsky.social
#KeithPorter #SAYHISNAME #BlackLivesMatter #AbolishICE
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Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia should never have been unlawfully deported in the first place.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia should never have been unlawfully deported in the first place.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
While I’m glad he’s back in the US, he should be reunited with his family and the Trump Administration must stop targeting him.
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We got AFT and NEA in the house this morning making sure our students have everything they need to thrive! Thanks to everyone out in the streets this morning fighting to #ProtectOurKids. #EdMatters
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We got AFT and NEA in the house this morning making sure our students have everything they need to thrive! Thanks to everyone out in the streets this morning fighting to #ProtectOurKids. #EdMatters
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Canceling TSA workers' union contract is an attack on the brave workers who keep our skies safe. The Trump administration is cheating TSA officers—many of them veterans—out of the wages, leave and protections they fought for & won.
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
March 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Canceling TSA workers' union contract is an attack on the brave workers who keep our skies safe. The Trump administration is cheating TSA officers—many of them veterans—out of the wages, leave and protections they fought for & won.
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
SEIU stands with AFGE & the 47,000 TSA officers! seiu.co/3DD9TAF
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Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
Trump’s executive order took aim at “environmental justice” — eliminating positions and assessing spending on projects, including those aimed at poor, rural communities.
I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...
I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...
Trump’s gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities | CNN
Just hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country, including in po...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
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I wish people on the left would stop using “diversity hire” or “affirmative action” to describe folks like Hegseth. This reinforces the racist, sexist notion that diversity and affirmative action are promoting unqualified people, doing the right’s work for the.
January 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I wish people on the left would stop using “diversity hire” or “affirmative action” to describe folks like Hegseth. This reinforces the racist, sexist notion that diversity and affirmative action are promoting unqualified people, doing the right’s work for the.
"For me revolution was never an interim “thing-to-do” before settling down...Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime." — Professor Angela Y. Davis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"For me revolution was never an interim “thing-to-do” before settling down...Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime." — Professor Angela Y. Davis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
Happy birthday to the iconic #AngelaDavis
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"I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government... I cannot be silent." - Dr King
Happy MLK Day!
Happy MLK Day!
January 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government... I cannot be silent." - Dr King
Happy MLK Day!
Happy MLK Day!
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Democrats must restore its connection to working people. It starts with leadership.
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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January 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Democrats must restore its connection to working people. It starts with leadership.
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the DC Labor Council on January 6 for a virtual forum of candidates for chair, where they will share their vision for the future of working people and the Democratic Party
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Two separate terror attacks in the last 24 hours by, apparently, two former US Army soldiers. And the far right is talking about immigration.
January 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Two separate terror attacks in the last 24 hours by, apparently, two former US Army soldiers. And the far right is talking about immigration.
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President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.
Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal Waters
The move, expected as early as Monday, relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.
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A hospital visit or prescribed medication that puts you into debt.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
December 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
A hospital visit or prescribed medication that puts you into debt.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
Education and childcare you can't afford.
Grocery prices going up, but take home pay staying the same.
Unattainable housing costs
Working people deserve more than they're getting in the richest country in the world. Period.
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‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
"These are white people issues. I’m just gonna sit here and mind my black-assed business."
www.whatimreading.net
December 29, 2024 at 12:13 AM
‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war
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Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded
December 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded