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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1h

Which is just fine if your idea if society is “an arrangement that provides benefits for me while ensuring I don’t have to pay for anyone who doesn’t deserve it.”

Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1h

What’s the “pro Hamas wing”?

Americans barely take interest in their own government let alone one from another country

Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 4h

Wait, so you’re telling me the literal slumlord doesn’t care about fair housing?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 4h

These idiots look like they learned how to handle firearms from a six year old.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 6h

This is bullshit. No one deserves this treatment. That he was an American veteran makes it worse.

This is what the Supreme Court has wrought.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-ci...

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 8h

marsha & sylvia stood behind a police barricade

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 8h

I actually gasped. As a former public health reporter the MMWR is a big deal

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 8h

Oh really @wsj.com ?

Which homes would those be, exactly?

What percentage of residential housing still exists again?

WSJ headline: “Hamas Re-Emergingd in Gaza as Palestinians Return to Their Homes”

Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 9h

THIS is what Democrats would be doing if they actually had a moral compass.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 9h

For now. Nothing lasts forever, even this

Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

Also, as an American I apologize for my country’s role in this travesty. I am so very sorry

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

I hope someone can support you; I’ve reposted, so hopefully someone will.

Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

DHS is just making shit up.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

It’s unlikely, I’m sorry. I have six families I try to take care of and I cannot even do that much for them.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

I sent what I have to others; I’m sorry I don’t have more to go around.

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus was a genocidal, dehumanizing maniac.

That is all.

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Rozan😭🍉 @roz-a.bsky.social · 3d

@jadedfortunato.bsky.social Please help my sister as much as you can because there is no food or drink and she needs treatment due to malnutrition😭💔Please help me 💔 🙏 🍉🍉

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

I see you but I’ve already sent everything I can. I’m sorry 😞

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Azooz 🍉🫒 @azzoz1.bsky.social · 2d

@jadedfortunato.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Azoz, 16,
The war took from me my childhood, father, home, and learning 😭
Now, I'm the breadwinner for Mom
We're searching for a place to go, and the cost is too high
Instead of going to school, I go to gather firewood, fetch water😔💔

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

I see you but I’ve already sent everything I can. I’m sorry 😞

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Haneen🍉 @habjjfjiu588.bsky.social · 1d

Why did you stop supporting us?

Even with the ceasefire, our pain hasn't ended. I lost my home and my job. I'm now homeless and homeless. My children are without clothes and without food.
Please, don't turn your backs on us.
Your support could save us.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
chuffed.org/project/help...

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Jade Fortunato @jadedfortunato.bsky.social · 1d

I see you but I’ve already sent everything I can. I’m sorry 😞