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Alissa Rose @alissarose.bsky.social · 18m

Awesome!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · Feb 25

Some news:

Media for Informed Communties, led by @moharrell.bsky.social and me, has acquired KVRU 105.7 FM.

Connecting within community is the way forward, and @kvru.bsky.social, an independent, non-profit community radio station, will be a hub for that connection.

Build with us!👇🏾

South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · Feb 25

South Seattle radio station KVRU 105.7 FM has a new owner and operator: Media for Informed Communities, headed by Crystal Fincher and Monisha Harrell.

Read the full story by Jas Keimig here: https://soseaem.org/41fhX2d #Seattle #KVRU1057FM

Alissa Rose @alissarose.bsky.social · 22m

Hi! It’s wild and emblematic of his essentially boring politics. Do you collect text messages as well as mailers? Just got one from the Mayor and I replied I’d never vote for anyone who brandished a gun!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

The president doesn’t have a constitutional right to impose a tariff because he doesn’t like a foreign country’s TV ad. I know this doesn’t matter to the dictator in the White House, but I thought I’d point it out in case we ever start following the Constitution again.

Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2h

Also, he is imposing a tax without our consent (which was enough for our forefathers to start a revolution) because an ad made him mad. It's mad king stuff.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

Kudos to the State of Massachusetts for putting this message on the SNAP page. Put the blame where it belongs!

President Trump is currently choosing to not issue November SNAP benefits that help you and many families put food on the table. Updated Oct. 24, 2025, 10:00 am

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 5h

Never in my life did I think I would see this from a mayor to police: “We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different….”

Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 5h

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!

Hello Chief and APD Leadership,

I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.

Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World

In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.

I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.

All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.

As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.

We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.

Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

GOP state senators in North Carolina have answered Trump's plea to gerrymander congressional maps to maintain their U.S. House majority in 2026. The redistricting—if adopted, as expected, by the state House—would oust one of the state’s three Black members of Congress. trib.al/zcXLngd

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Partners In Health @pih.org · 3h

Dr. Paul Farmer proved that high-quality care is possible anywhere, and helped inspire PEPFAR and The Global Fund.

Today, that legacy is at risk as billions in approved U.S. funds remain withheld.

Join us in protecting the progress he helped build.

🔗 Take action: https://bit.ly/3Lk0IIB

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 4h

it's important to remember the people doing this aren't "just following orders," they signed up to do this, they're excited to do it, it's what they want to be doing, and each one of them is personally culpable for the entirety of ICE's conduct

The Weekend: Primetime @theweekendprime.bsky.social · 4h

In video provided exclusively to MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime, immigration agents are seen attempting to pull a man out a window of a Chicago home. Agents also jumped a fence into the locked backyard and manhandled people doing work. Hear from the homeowner tonight on The Weekend: Primetime.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 4h

As a member of the working class, I often unwind from a long day of hobby farming for my mom’s restaurant by leaning back in the $19,395 chair that my famous architect grandfather designed for Knoll™.

Knoll product page for the Warren Platner easy chair, which costs $19,395.

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Alissa Rose @alissarose.bsky.social · 3h

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

When Jacobin and the Pod Save bros are aligned on defending nazi tattoos, we’ve got a problem and it’s not going to be solved by you coming into my mentions and telling me I’m not seeing what I’m definitely seeing—

which is white people left, right, and center coming together to defend Nazi tattoos

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

When Jacobin and the Pod Save bros are aligned on defending nazi tattoos, we’ve got a problem and it’s not going to be solved by you coming into my mentions and telling me I’m not seeing what I’m definitely seeing—

which is white people left, right, and center coming together to defend Nazi tattoos

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that the focus is on whether or not it he can LEARN

And not

“With what we know is it safe for this person to have access to power for marginalized people. Or to be the deciding factor in policy … and be HONEST about it “

Is all they need to hear to dig in

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · 2d

I don't want to talk about his goddamned tattoos anymore. I want to talk about how he wanted to be part of the armies that tried to exterminate Indigenous people in North America, and just generally kill a lot of brown people all over the world. That's a lot of people made to feel unsafe.

Deleted Reddit post by Graham Platner. Reply to:
What American wars would you have volunteered to fight in?

P-Hustle
The Indian Wars, the Phillipines, Haiti and Nicaragua in the 1920's, Vietnam, Nicaragua and El Salvador again in the 80's. As for would have, I "did" for Iraq and would love to get to the Ghan. Small wars are pretty enjoyable. It's the big ones, with days of artillery fire and inhuman brutality that take the fun out of fighting. But small wars (and Iraq and Afghanistan are indeed small wars) provide the rush of small combat actions along with the intellectual challenge of building personal relationships and infrastructure within the local community. Small wars are thinking wars, which I much prefer over the bloody slugfests of great power conventional warfare. Oh, and the revolution, because I'm Amuuurican.

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 22h

multiple books have been written about these women’s courage & antifascist activism, including the one pictured below.

a highly recommended read with much to think about! 🤔

SEDUCING AND KILLING NAZIS
Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII

By SOPHIE POLDERMANS

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 22h

Fun random history fact!

During WW2, three women joined the Dutch antifa partisan resistance against the nazi occupation.

They would seduce high-ranking nazi officers at bars, lure them into the woods, extract any useful intel, & then shoot them.

This has been a fun random history fact!

Antifa resistance fighters: Hannie Schaft and the sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3h

Baltimore Police Swarm Student After AI System Mistakes Doritos Bag for Gun

Student Handcuffed When AI System Mistakes Doritos Bag fo...

Baltimore police handcuff a student when an AI system mis...

www.complex.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

when all this is over we need to have a pretty serious conversation about the utter moral failure of the elite of this country

James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 1d

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

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Alissa Rose @alissarose.bsky.social · 5h

I really want to believe.

Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6h

When Democrats hold the majority in Congress, we will hold anyone accountable who aids Trump’s corruption.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6h

When Democrats hold the majority in Congress, we will hold anyone accountable who aids Trump’s corruption.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

These guys get $50k signing bonuses.

Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos.

They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces.

They’re swinging assault rifles around in public.

Abolish ICE

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 5h

Bingo. Even if I bought his "redemption arc" story, that doesn't mean the guy gets a U.S. Senate seat as a reward.

What actual evidence of doing the work to redeem his views can he point to BEFORE deciding to run for U.S. Senate? 1/

mykinkisdemocracy.bsky.social @mykinkisdemocracy.bsky.social · 5h

Another thing—I am all for forgiveness & redemption, I think it is hugely important to society & a high expression of humanity. Platner deserves an opportunity for redemption as an individual. Redemption (if earned) does not = deserving a US Senate nomination FFS! Like how is this complicated?

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 8h

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.

Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.

www.kuow.org

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