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From Austin to LA to Atlanta- Legends only 💙 🤍 💜
Folks in these cities made over 350 HRT harm reduction toolkits over the holidays to hand out for free to trans people who are being denied the healthcare they need.
Let’s celebrate all the volunteers who turned up to make this possible 🎊
Folks in these cities made over 350 HRT harm reduction toolkits over the holidays to hand out for free to trans people who are being denied the healthcare they need.
Let’s celebrate all the volunteers who turned up to make this possible 🎊
January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
From Austin to LA to Atlanta- Legends only 💙 🤍 💜
Folks in these cities made over 350 HRT harm reduction toolkits over the holidays to hand out for free to trans people who are being denied the healthcare they need.
Let’s celebrate all the volunteers who turned up to make this possible 🎊
Folks in these cities made over 350 HRT harm reduction toolkits over the holidays to hand out for free to trans people who are being denied the healthcare they need.
Let’s celebrate all the volunteers who turned up to make this possible 🎊
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I just received this request from a very trusted source in Maine for the immigrant community in Maine, many of whom are asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in countries such as Congo. There are requests for both funds and prayers.
#AbolishICE
www.givesendgo.com/helpcongoles...
#AbolishICE
www.givesendgo.com/helpcongoles...
Emergency Fundraising for Immigrants in Maine
Dear Donors, Organizations, Individuals, and Charities,We are reaching out on behalf of the immigrants community in Maine, which comprises over 10,000 indivi...
www.givesendgo.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I just received this request from a very trusted source in Maine for the immigrant community in Maine, many of whom are asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in countries such as Congo. There are requests for both funds and prayers.
#AbolishICE
www.givesendgo.com/helpcongoles...
#AbolishICE
www.givesendgo.com/helpcongoles...
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"I don't think they should be able to force me to [..] shovel snow at midnight, at negative 12 degrees, for hours."
"He refused."
"So they locked me up, cuffed me up, took me down to the hole, stripped me naked and left me there exposed to the elements."
#Missouri #USA #Labour #Incarceration
"He refused."
"So they locked me up, cuffed me up, took me down to the hole, stripped me naked and left me there exposed to the elements."
#Missouri #USA #Labour #Incarceration
Missouri prisoners report being forced to shovel snow in subzero temperatures
Advocates and incarcerated people say prisoners were ordered outside during a winter storm and punished with segregation or discipline if they refused.
missouriindependent.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"I don't think they should be able to force me to [..] shovel snow at midnight, at negative 12 degrees, for hours."
"He refused."
"So they locked me up, cuffed me up, took me down to the hole, stripped me naked and left me there exposed to the elements."
#Missouri #USA #Labour #Incarceration
"He refused."
"So they locked me up, cuffed me up, took me down to the hole, stripped me naked and left me there exposed to the elements."
#Missouri #USA #Labour #Incarceration
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There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
Maine Solidarity Fund
www.mainesolidarity.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
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Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
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We only know about a lot of the ways mass surveillance has been used because of public records requests by reporters & community groups.
Cops & surveillance companies are obscuring info on use.
And, WA state legislature is working on a bill SB 6002 to exempt surveillance data from public records
Cops & surveillance companies are obscuring info on use.
And, WA state legislature is working on a bill SB 6002 to exempt surveillance data from public records
NEW: Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request.
Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 AM
We only know about a lot of the ways mass surveillance has been used because of public records requests by reporters & community groups.
Cops & surveillance companies are obscuring info on use.
And, WA state legislature is working on a bill SB 6002 to exempt surveillance data from public records
Cops & surveillance companies are obscuring info on use.
And, WA state legislature is working on a bill SB 6002 to exempt surveillance data from public records
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We should just push to get rid of the whole ass Patriot Act and everything post 9/11
One month ago, 49% of Independents had "very little confidence in ICE." Now it's 67%.
NEW Economist/YouGov Jan 23-26: ICE
% of U.S. adult citizens saying they have very little confidence in ICE, according to polls conducted...
Jan 23-26, 2026: 55%
Jan 9-12, 2026: 49%
Dec 12-15, 2025: 45%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
% of U.S. adult citizens saying they have very little confidence in ICE, according to polls conducted...
Jan 23-26, 2026: 55%
Jan 9-12, 2026: 49%
Dec 12-15, 2025: 45%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
January 27, 2026 at 10:12 PM
We should just push to get rid of the whole ass Patriot Act and everything post 9/11
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The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 27-year-old man found hanged in an Oakland courthouse holding cell last month.
Supervisors on leave amid investigation into suicide in Oakland courthouse holding cell
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 27-year-old man found hanged in an Oakland courthouse holding cell last month.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 27-year-old man found hanged in an Oakland courthouse holding cell last month.
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So many people in the Twin Cities are physically and emotionally scarred by what has been happening there. Still, going out with a broken rib is remarkable. He must have been in severe pain and still decided to step in to help someone.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
So many people in the Twin Cities are physically and emotionally scarred by what has been happening there. Still, going out with a broken rib is remarkable. He must have been in severe pain and still decided to step in to help someone.
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This is not a new doctrine, this is why Ca has the Mulford Act and why Reagan signed it.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is not a new doctrine, this is why Ca has the Mulford Act and why Reagan signed it.
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it would get them out of Minneapolis (but not Minnesota) but pretty much nowhere else they've been causing harm — 2/3 of all Americans live within the border zone
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
it would get them out of Minneapolis (but not Minnesota) but pretty much nowhere else they've been causing harm — 2/3 of all Americans live within the border zone
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Also, the primary purpose of law enforcement body cams, functionally speaking, will always be the surveillance and criminalization of members of the public, not law enforcement themselves. Extraordinary exceptions confuse people about this.
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Also, the primary purpose of law enforcement body cams, functionally speaking, will always be the surveillance and criminalization of members of the public, not law enforcement themselves. Extraordinary exceptions confuse people about this.
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Not only does roving BP commander Gregory Bovino now get sent back to border communities, residents also have to contend w/hundreds of miles of construction of walls and "buoy barriers" on the Rio Grande. Elsa Hull who lives alongside the Rio Grande says it is killing her beloved river.
More Than a River
Border Walls and Buoy Barriers Are Killing the Rio Grande. I Have a Front Row Seat.
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Not only does roving BP commander Gregory Bovino now get sent back to border communities, residents also have to contend w/hundreds of miles of construction of walls and "buoy barriers" on the Rio Grande. Elsa Hull who lives alongside the Rio Grande says it is killing her beloved river.
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Marines flew to Norway on the New England Patriots’ jet trib.al/vroFbqY
Marines flew to Norway on the New England Patriots’ jet
The Patriots are going to the Super Bowl. Marines are going to do extensive Arctic training amid tensions over Greenland.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Marines flew to Norway on the New England Patriots’ jet trib.al/vroFbqY
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Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
chuffed.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
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It's impossible to express how it feels to repeatedly live through the exact same cycles over and over and over again. The reformers just consistently fucking everyone over.
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's impossible to express how it feels to repeatedly live through the exact same cycles over and over and over again. The reformers just consistently fucking everyone over.
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Alec Karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social has
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
The complex and troubling history of police body cameras
A new article in the Yale Journal of Law and Liberation aims to reveal the propaganda behind police body cameras and who has stood to benefit from “reform narratives”
prismreports.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Alec Karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social has
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
the definitive takedown of body cameras. This isn't about cameras "failing." It's about expanding surveillance, mitigating police brutality lawsuits, and profits for the companies that make them.
prismreports.org/2024/07/16/c...
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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground in Minnesota
Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 01/27/2026 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground in Minnesota
Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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Surely they'll follow the law going forward lol
New: DHS now says that two weeks of missing surveillance footage from ICE's Broadview Detention center isn't "missing," it was never recorded in the first place and thus can't be produced in an abuse lawsuit. An utter shitshow:
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
www.404media.co
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Surely they'll follow the law going forward lol
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ICYMI
The Automation Charade
Finding the human in the machine.
logicmag.io
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
ICYMI
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personally I'm partial to driving DHS into the sea, for starters, maybe give that a shot
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
personally I'm partial to driving DHS into the sea, for starters, maybe give that a shot
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LA SAYS FUCK ICE - billboard in Highland Park
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
LA SAYS FUCK ICE - billboard in Highland Park
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Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).
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His role is to undercut any movement and crush the energy. Did it in 2020, did it for the Gaza protests, and he’s going to do it again.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 AM
His role is to undercut any movement and crush the energy. Did it in 2020, did it for the Gaza protests, and he’s going to do it again.