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Prism @prismreports.org · 2d

“The genocide can take my home, my library, my plans, & my lifelong friends, but it cannot keep me from writing.”

During the genocide, writing has become an ultimate form of resistance, allowing Eman Ghassan Abu Zayed to ensure her people, her martyrs, her friend Rama live on forever.

For Rama, my partner in dreams. I write because she cannot.

During the genocide, writing has become an ultimate form of resistance, ensuring the histories of Gaza and our people live on forever

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 8h

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 15h

Aerial footage documenting the extent of destruction caused by Israeli bombardment and demolitions in the Al-Katiba neighborhood northern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, after the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces.

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 10h

Let's get this straight: Speaker Johnson canceled session and refuses to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th signer of the discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

Bring us back in session, release the files, and let's open the government.

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Rob Rogers @rob-rogers.bsky.social · 11h

REMINDER: PITTSBURGH SCREENING. One night only! Tuesday, October 14th at 7:30 PM. Come see this amazing documentary about legendary political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. I will be on hand for a post-film Q&A. I am not in the film but I am mentioned. :-)

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A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant - Pittsburgh | Official Ticket Source | Harris Theater | Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 7:30pm | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 8h

In These Times’ labor coverage is really good. Didn’t realize Admin is refusing payroll deductions for union dues and cancelled union contracts for a range of agencies: inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy

The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 9h

jays!!!!

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 12h

I said something to her like “We’re talking about judicial retention”, and she said “I got your postcard! I’ve sent in my ballot and I voted for all the judges, and for Alex Rose”! OMIGOD, that felt good!

If you're working to make a difference, take heart, you do. 💙

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Home | Rose for Council

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 12h

I sent postcards VBM voters in my district, urging them to vote to retain Democratic judges, and vote for Alex Rose for county council at-large. I was talking a neighbor on the sidewalk this afternoon about judicial retention, when a woman that I didn’t recognize walked by.

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The November 4th election has the mayor’s race and other local races, and also decides who will control PA’s courts. Our majority Democratic PA Supreme Court protects our voting rights, access to healthcare, public school funding, clean air & water, unions, paid sick leave, LGBTQ+ rights, and more!
The ballot will have lines like “Retain Justice David Wecht: Yes / No”. It will not show a party. Every statewide judge up for retention is a Democrat, so please vote YES on all of them. Turn the ballot over to find these races! ↩
Please help elect the excellent Democrats on the ballot, and keep our courts protecting us! I’m also voting for Alex Rose for County Council At-Large. A Democrat cannot run for this seat, but Alex will represent us well (and the alternative is a Republican.) Our own District 11 Rep. Paul Klein can use his help!
Please put your ballot in the mail soon!
Thank you for being a voter! - Janet

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 12h

ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care.

Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.

His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...

Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho

The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.

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NPR @npr.org · 12h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 12h

Weekend report:

Last week 160 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from SF, CA; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta and McDonough, GA; & many more cities.

Read some reasons why ⬇️

Donate so we can reach & support more educators with free lessons & classes: www.zinnedproject.org/donate

Why I Signed Up at ZEP:
l found this site while searching for information on COINTELPRO. — McDonough, Georgia
The Zinn Education Project provides exceptional teaching materials. — Washington, D.C.
I love the resources at ZEP and would like to use them in my classroom.— Atlanta, Georgia
I teach in jail and want to talk with my students about doing history from below. — San Francisco, California

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you.

Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.

Help ProPublica Report on Education

ProPublica needs your help to track how the upheaval of public education is affecting schools and colleges in your community. Take a few minutes to join our source network and help guide our coverage.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11h

Why wasn't this a bigger story? Odd

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 19h

Mom of two children with disabilities here —

There are no words for this cruelty.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Chris Potter @cpotterpgh.bsky.social · 13h

Penn State: We're gonna let our public-radio broadcasters die rather than pay $17 million for someone else to operate them, because who would pay "a subsidy to run a business [when] there’s no guarantee they’ll stay in business"? (www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...).

Also Penn State:

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daanis @daanis.ca · 12h

$5 $10 $20. Whatever you can. Everything helps

MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 14h

🚨 We haven’t received enough donations for days 😭

I swear I’ve had a terrible headache since this morning because of hunger 💔

Prices are still high!!!

I have a daughter whose body can’t bear hunger 💔

Please any help can save us from hunger and cold 🙏
gofund.me/7704fda53

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Garlic Bread and Roses 🏴 @aceanarchist.bsky.social · 15h

Here is an excellent guide by @crimethinc.com about wearing goggles and masks to demonstrations. crimethinc.com/2020/09/02/a...

A Demonstrator’s Guide to Gas Masks and Goggles

Everything you need to know to choose the right gas mask or goggles to protect your eyes and lungs from chemical agents and projectiles.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12h

Because of Republicans’ massive health care cuts, millions of American families will see their premiums skyrocket. That could mean having to choose between paying for health care or electricity.

That's how dire our health care crisis is.

That's why Democrats are not giving up.

Democrats are not giving up.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 16h

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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