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raquel @dominguezraque.bsky.social · 21h

gerrymandering! KS-01 just got expanded to include Lawrence which means Lawrence will probably never have a democratic rep despite being in the only county that reliably votes blue in the entire state

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.

Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

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BJ 🏳️‍⚧️ @bellamyj.blacksky.app · 4d

It is not too late for you to start wearing a mask in public.

It is not too late for you to start advocating clean air.

It is not too late for you to learn how to build your own air filters or to tap in with folks already doing so.

They want you sick. They want your neighbors sick. Tell them no.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

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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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 5d

It would be super duper cool if, in the face of fascist threats, our Mayor & City Council stood up to defend the people that live in this city.

It’s almost like… they also want to criminalize unhoused people & Black young people in the city 🧐

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 6d

folks, the training bit doesn’t work for cops and it doesn’t work for ICE.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 6d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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raquel @dominguezraque.bsky.social · Jul 3

been thinking a lot about how *deeply* irresponsible it was for the Biden admin to not dismantle ICE when they had the opportunity, when they KNEW what the Trump admin wanted to do and had already done with it
(I know why they didn’t)

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 7d

all while a virus that causes brain damage spreads without ample mitigation or surveillance

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know how else to tell you this: generative AI, the dismantling of Dept of Ed, defunding science, MAHA, banned books. They're of a piece. They're trying to disenfranchise you of your brain. Keep thinking.

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DC Abortion Fund ⭐ @dcabortionfund.bsky.social · 7d

we have a 5k gap to close by this friday for a DC native. we know it's rough out there-- can our community dig deep and show up for our neighbor? love & rage! xo DCAF 💕

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 7d

Free healthcare to all residents of the US regardless of immigration status would rule, actually. Universal benefits for universal problems (having a body that can get sick or hurt)

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 8d

2 years of genocide. I mourn the dead, and I mourn the living. None of us will ever be the same, none of us should ever be the same.

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 8d

it is october 7. for two years hamas has been offering to return israel's hostages in exchange for an israeli withdrawal from gaza to which benjamin netanyahu has said "no," ignoring the hostages' families demands and prioritizing the destruction of gaza over saving the hostages lives.

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 8d

Watch how Pritzker and Newsom the two current big names for 2028. Neither want true change, they just want to reset back to Pre-Trump. Their state and local law enforcement not only doesn't protect their residents, but commits violence against them & helps ICE. No talk of that.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 9d

IL Gov. JB Pritzker says he has asked TX Gov. Abbott to refuse to allow Texas National Guard troops to be deployed to IL.

Pritzker says Bonvino and ICE have brought violence to Chicago. Points out that Bonvino admitted that ICE is detaining people based on what they look like.

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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 9d

Years ago, scientists warned us that Covid would create an "unfathomable" crisis of longterm illness that included diseases not typically diagnosed as "Long Covid." Now a fight over exploding healthcare costs has shut down the government. These two things are connected.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 10d

Miller’s attempt to deem The Left terrorism was obviously where this was going and why, in addition to it being intellectually and morally correct, it was important to resist efforts to classify pro-Palestinian groups as such. You reject the politicization of “terrorism” or you accept it for all.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 10d

The federal government is accelerating its war against democratically held cities and states And the sooner people realize neither The Police , nor the legal system will help them from these terror raids and increasingly violent attack on civilians the better

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 11d

Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls.

Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.

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raquel @dominguezraque.bsky.social · 12d

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The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics Virginia, DC, Maryland

Leading orthopedic practice in Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland. Top orthopedic doctors, surgeons, joint replacement, physical therapy, & sports medicine.

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raquel @dominguezraque.bsky.social · 12d

you cannot actually oppose ICE if you support local law enforcement. in DC and everywhere else they reinforce one another. the entire apparatus has to go

Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · 12d

MPD did not stop collaborating with ICE after the emergency ended. They proceeded full steam ahead, working hand in hand to terrorize DC’s immigrant communities, with Bowser’s blessing. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/01/dc-police-immigration-trump-crime/

Immigration officers still patrol with D.C. police after Trump emergency

The Washington Post reviewed photos and videos of at least half a dozen incidents since Sept. 10. They show D.C. police officers with masked agents in vests labeled HSI for Homeland Security Investiga...

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 13d

Not only should we abolish DHS and try everyone involved in these massive civil and human rights violations in the Hague, we should give everyone hurt by them massive compensations at the bare minimum

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 15d

Dude if the Democratic Party has a place for anti-trans and anti-abortion candidates then I’m not a democrat and I won’t vote for one

I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s already a political party who believes these things

It’s not a “big tent” to have zero fixed values in pursuit of power

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Keith Ivey @kcivey.bsky.social · 16d

DC doesn't have this illogical system that assumes people somehow become less dangerous if they pay money. But Republicans are trying to impose it on us.

Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 17d

The vast majority of people held in jail are legally innocent. Many of them are there simply because they are too poor to make bail.

Does that look like a system built on justice?

Graph showing that the median felony bail amount is $10,000, yet the median annual pre-incarceration income for men & women aged 23-39 in local jails who were detained pretrial and unable to post a bail bond was $15,598 and $11,071, respectively (2015)

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 18d

people in dc: “we fucking warned you over and over and over again and few of you even talked about us”

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18d

begging democrats to fight right now like portland is as important as jimmy kimmel

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 18d

Six families evacuated, two families left to help flee—please share! We’re matching £3,000 ($4,000)🚨

The last we heard, one family was trapped, surrounded by tanks before we lost contact.

Help them flee. Every radical hope needed. 93/7000 by Tuesday night.

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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raquel @dominguezraque.bsky.social · 19d

Have they determined what kinds of batteries (eg LFP bs NMC) are best for grid storage and/or if specific types work best for specific energy storage (eg wind vs solar)?

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 19d

"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them"

You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 19d

Assata Shakur
1947-2025

A black and white photo of a woman gesturing captioned "Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them./~Assata Shakur"

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Bex 🐸 (they/them/frog) @thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social · 19d

Rapid response networks save lives.

Also, remember SALUTE:
Size, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time/date, Equipment (ACTUAR para español)

There's a lot of cities that have RRNs. Find your "How to Report ICE" zine here: drive.google.com/drive/mobile...

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