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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 38m

I know people are freaked out by the arrival of troops in blue cities but I can tell you that here in LA, the worst abuses that happened this summer didn’t come from them. They were mostly here for show. The big ugliness came from local law enforcement.

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 21h

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

he's right and I hope he backs this up by addressing the immense wealth the Catholic Church holds, especially in very poor countries. lead by example!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

bit.ly

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 1d

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 1d

“Miriam Grub” 🐛🐛🐛

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 1d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 2d

Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy moved to hospice care: ‘She is surrounded by love’

Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy moved to hospice care: 'She is surrounded by love'

Trans campaigner and author Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has been moved to hospice care following her hospitalisation earlier this month.

www.thepinknews.com

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 2d

So weird to listen to people that the US is transforming into an oligarchy. Who do you think drafted the Constitution? What was George Washington? The wealthiest men of the colonies cooked up this scam.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 2d

In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 2d

So much of this BS is happening so that they can steal. Power grab, cash grab, land grab, resource grab…

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

They do . They don’t care because of who she targeted . They absolutely do and she’s not the first person like this

Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 3d

Not an expert on this stuff but I have the sense that no one backing Weiss understands that what she has done her whole career, opinion-based news-flavored content, is distinct from news reporting.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Anna Ham-o-ween 🎃👻 @annaham.bsky.social · 2d

@lesbrains.bsky.social has a new book out later this month???? 👍👍👍

Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 2d

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Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings
By Myriam Gurba. Timber Press. Out
Oct. 21.
The latest by writer and activist Myriam Gurba is a raw yet delightful lesson for our time. Gurba masterfully blends ecofeminism, memoir, humor, candor, plant love and Indigenous knowledge into one of the most unique and captivating books I've read this year.

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 2d

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 3d

we showed the brutality of the anti-Black (and anti-ally) violence by police in 2020 (and before) yet we still got Trump for a second term and police violence has only worsened.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 2d

Sounds like America since always.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 3d

They have been reporting on regional politics for years!

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 3d

I was Pritzker’s biggest fanboy, so I realize it’s hard to accept his betrayal. It was hard for me, but I saw it with my own eyes.
Please stop gaslighting me about Pritzker. You weren’t there. I was. These are Pritzker’s brown shirts, working fist-in-glove with ICE/CBP.

Pritzker’s brown shirts attacking protesters.

Pritzker’s brown shirts. Dude in military gear is also Pritzker’s.

Note the Illinois State Police patch on the dude in military gear.

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 3d

Democracy? Lol.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

I had a liberal centrist — a professional — once tell me that they engage with more diversity at a Bari Weiss dinner party than they do in any mainstream media event.

I mention this because, just as it is true in politics at the moment, some of the calls are coming from inside the house.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re confused about the rise of Bari Weiss, consider that she’s gay and conservatives LOVE token minorities who endorse their ideas

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 3d

It’s just wild to me how many iterations there are of the United States. I don’t know the place that so many people describe when they shout about saving democracy. I’ve never been there. And yet I’ve lived here all my life…

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely flagging this story to see how the investigation unfolds…
time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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