M Wala 🦄✍🏾📚
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If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.
February 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.
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Huge thanks to @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about what this political moment means for access to abortion pills and why things are going down the way they are right now. There are no new tricks, and it would behoove us to remember that.
www.jezebel.com/inside-the-d...
www.jezebel.com/inside-the-d...
Inside the ‘Diabolical’ Campaign to Ban Abortion Pills by Rebranding the Comstock Act
Conservative groups have launched a PR campaign to frame the Comstock Act of 1873 as an anti-drug trafficking law. One expert compared it to the Nixon administration’s manufactured War on Drugs.
www.jezebel.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Huge thanks to @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about what this political moment means for access to abortion pills and why things are going down the way they are right now. There are no new tricks, and it would behoove us to remember that.
www.jezebel.com/inside-the-d...
www.jezebel.com/inside-the-d...
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Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.
Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, said she’s not “quite certain” whether African American studies would be allowed under Trump’s executive order
Here’s What Linda McMahon, Nominee for Education Secretary, Had to Say About Higher Ed
She discussed dismantling the Education Department, investigating colleges over antisemitism and DEI, and increasing access to noncollege opportunities.
www.chronicle.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.
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UUA said it is proud to be a plaintiff, adding, “We join this multifaith coalition to challenge the ending of ICE’s sensitive locations policy, and oppose any interpretation of law which would allow immigration raids in houses of worship and religious ceremonies.” www.uuworld.org/articles/imm...
UUA, Other Religious Groups Sue Trump Administration to Halt Immigration Arrests at Houses of Worship
The Trump policy allowing raids in houses of worship violates the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the lawsuit argues.
www.uuworld.org
February 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
UUA said it is proud to be a plaintiff, adding, “We join this multifaith coalition to challenge the ending of ICE’s sensitive locations policy, and oppose any interpretation of law which would allow immigration raids in houses of worship and religious ceremonies.” www.uuworld.org/articles/imm...
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
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alright you wanna know how to support trans people?
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
January 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
alright you wanna know how to support trans people?
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
Best look of the day
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Best look of the day
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Remember, y’all: We are only sharing MLK quotes today that make people uncomfortable. Palatable Martin is retired until at least 2029.
January 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Remember, y’all: We are only sharing MLK quotes today that make people uncomfortable. Palatable Martin is retired until at least 2029.
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prior to COVID it was normal for the staff of infusion rooms to mask, since so many infusion patients are being treated for cancer or are post-transplant
and we’re all immunocompromised or we wouldn’t be there
now they never mask
and we’re all immunocompromised or we wouldn’t be there
now they never mask
Prior to Covid it was normal to mask in the NICU. People understood that premature babies are as vulnerable as they come and need to protected.
Now? Gowns & gloves but no masking.
The damage caused by anti mask rhetoric will be felt for years (possibly decades) to come.
Now? Gowns & gloves but no masking.
The damage caused by anti mask rhetoric will be felt for years (possibly decades) to come.
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
prior to COVID it was normal for the staff of infusion rooms to mask, since so many infusion patients are being treated for cancer or are post-transplant
and we’re all immunocompromised or we wouldn’t be there
now they never mask
and we’re all immunocompromised or we wouldn’t be there
now they never mask
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RESOURCE: So if scenario planning as a strategy experiment for helping build transformative movements piques your interest, than check out:
A POLITICS OF HOME: Strategies for Ecological Justice & the 2030 newsfeeds" 6/6
movementgeneration.org/wp-content/u...
A POLITICS OF HOME: Strategies for Ecological Justice & the 2030 newsfeeds" 6/6
movementgeneration.org/wp-content/u...
movementgeneration.org
January 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
RESOURCE: So if scenario planning as a strategy experiment for helping build transformative movements piques your interest, than check out:
A POLITICS OF HOME: Strategies for Ecological Justice & the 2030 newsfeeds" 6/6
movementgeneration.org/wp-content/u...
A POLITICS OF HOME: Strategies for Ecological Justice & the 2030 newsfeeds" 6/6
movementgeneration.org/wp-content/u...
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If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
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Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/
Immigration Policy Tracking Project
A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.
immpolicytracking.org
January 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/
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Citing fraud, Idaho health officials want to end a parental disability caregiver program. But families worry Idaho's scarce direct care workforce can't meet their kids needs.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/13/t...
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‘That impossible juggle:’ How Idaho parents of disabled kids are bracing for care program’s end • Idaho Capital Sun
Citing fraud, Idaho health officials seek to end family caregiver program. But families worry scarce direct care workforce can't fill in.
idahocapitalsun.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Citing fraud, Idaho health officials want to end a parental disability caregiver program. But families worry Idaho's scarce direct care workforce can't meet their kids needs.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/13/t...
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/13/t...
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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This week Congress is fast-tracking two immigration bills that will vastly expand the incoming Trump administration’s ability to carry out its mass deportation plans.
🚨Take action now: contact your members of Congress to stop S.5: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
🚨Take action now: contact your members of Congress to stop S.5: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
NO to S.5 (Laken Riley)
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act and the Senate is moving through a series of procedural votes towards passage of the bill, which exploits an awful tragedy to drastic...
actionnetwork.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week Congress is fast-tracking two immigration bills that will vastly expand the incoming Trump administration’s ability to carry out its mass deportation plans.
🚨Take action now: contact your members of Congress to stop S.5: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
🚨Take action now: contact your members of Congress to stop S.5: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
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If you live in an abortion-restricted state, order your abortion pills now. PlanCPill.org will direct you to a provider who delivers to your state. If you live in Texas, you'll need to go through AidAccess.org. Legal jeopardy is on the provider, not the recipient--for now. So order them now.
PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state
Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.
PlanCPill.org
January 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you live in an abortion-restricted state, order your abortion pills now. PlanCPill.org will direct you to a provider who delivers to your state. If you live in Texas, you'll need to go through AidAccess.org. Legal jeopardy is on the provider, not the recipient--for now. So order them now.
Show me one picture from Star Trek that perfectly embodies your aura
January 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Show me one picture from Star Trek that perfectly embodies your aura
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Can a Black woman who’s drowning in student debt join up with her mall coworkers to defeat the Debt Police and destroy their student loan company by pulling off the heist of a lifetime? Find out in The Payback, out July 15, 2025, preorder now: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pa...
October 16, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Can a Black woman who’s drowning in student debt join up with her mall coworkers to defeat the Debt Police and destroy their student loan company by pulling off the heist of a lifetime? Find out in The Payback, out July 15, 2025, preorder now: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pa...
Under 40? Free tonight? Change your world.
Tuesday, 1/21, 7-8pm ET. Join special guest @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and hundreds of young people across the country to learn more about running for state or local office. 100% free, 100% guaranteed to leave you feeling good, even when everything is so bad. www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...
January 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Under 40? Free tonight? Change your world.
Yes. More otters is the answer we need for 2025
As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution.
Invasive green crabs threaten West Coast ecosystems. One solution? Otters
As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yes. More otters is the answer we need for 2025