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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1m

Oh

Oh dear

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 3m

chuck schumer, mark warner, and other democrats with big national security boners interfered right before trump took office to ensure federal agents could install wiretaps at data centers without a court order or any form of review.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 54m

for helping me rebuild after losing everything
chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 2h

Gazans deserve more than survival. We deserve a life where our dreams aren’t seen as luxury

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 6h

Black people - Do you have any members of your family who joined ICE? If so, what drove them to make such a horrible decision, and what is your family dynamic like?

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 6h

Every ICE Agent is the worst person alive

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Chewie Imagineologist @chewieartist.bsky.social · 5h

I bet misogyny plays a big part. That was probably caused by extreme patriarchy.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 9h

Screenshot of a bunch of folks in front of the Portland ICE building wearing blow up unicorn costumes dancing in bubbles. Text reads:

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky....
bubble dance party

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 5h

Delete this, this is AI

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 7h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · 15h

Anyway. Free Palestine and End Antisemitism. These are not remotely conflicting statements.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 6h

Please share and give if you can ❤️

Razan 🇵🇸 @palraz89.bsky.social · 1d

I am Nema from Gaza, amother of three children

Today, a ceasefire was announced, but unfortunately, it has not been implemented

our difficult situation remains the same 💔

🚨I need urgently 400$
to feed my children and to treat my little one💔

✅ Verified by Molly Shah
chuffed.org/project/save...

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jacquisutton.bsky.social @jacquisutton.bsky.social · 6h

It’s heartbreaking to see people of color engaging in this gross behavior. Has to be economics driving it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

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DonP @donfoolery.com · 6h

I admit, I'm curious as hell whether the dynamic of being Gestapo together changes how the White folks in ICE relate to the Black and Brown folks in ICE and if so, how...? 🤔

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 6h

Black people - Do you have any members of your family who joined ICE? If so, what drove them to make such a horrible decision, and what is your family dynamic like?

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 6h

Black people - Do you have any members of your family who joined ICE? If so, what drove them to make such a horrible decision, and what is your family dynamic like?

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 12h

"The officer then asked Raghu for consent to search the car, the report said.

“I gave him consent because when you see a cop, you’re a little bit scared,” “Like, ‘Why are all these blue lights on me when I did nothing wrong?’”

Please start saying no to cops.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14h

Come the fuck on

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 12h

I love the Frog Costumes because you just know in a couple days we're going to see the President of the United States and the head of the FBI go on national TV to talk about the frog wearing "antifa terrorists" and it's going to sound like something straight out of satire.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 6h

Yeah

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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#FreeHer #DismantleChangeBuild @nameisparadise.bsky.social · 7h

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 9h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 9h

I miss when people used to wear watches.

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