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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 2d

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 2d

In past week, Trump sent troops from Texas to invade Chicago, sent Blackhawk helicopter and ICE agents to attack an apartment building in Chicago and indicted NY AG Tish James for investigating him. If you read about this in another country you'd say that was a fascist regime. You'd be right.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

This is really useful if you want to understand how trumped up the charges against Tish James are

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 2d

I stand with Attorney General Letitia James. This attack won’t silence the truth.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

Tish James is a strong and moral leader who has served New York with integrity and I sincerely hope this case is dismissed so she can keep protecting us.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Nation Schedules Recurring Monthly Benefit Concert To Streamline Tragedy Response Process https://theonion.com/nation-schedules-recurring-monthly-benefit-concert-to-s-1819580392/

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Aaron (he/him) @aaronaminer.bsky.social · 4d

This is truly not the timeline I imagined.

Screenshot of AP News article with photo of Bob Ross smiling at the camera as he works on a landscape painting. Title reads, 'Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts.'

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Aaron (he/him) @aaronaminer.bsky.social · 12d

50 years! "A lot of us in the community are neurodivergent," [Moonbeam Albin-Frey] say[s]. "When you are neurodivergent, acting out your favorite movie week after week after week is actually pretty appealing. Not going to lie."

'Rocky Horror' is 50! We propose a toast. (You know what to do)

Rocky Horror aficionados used to attend screenings of the film over and over to take notes on the details. Accurately mirroring every line and dance move has gotten easier over time.

www.npr.org

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Aaron (he/him) @aaronaminer.bsky.social · 12d

Carolina is an incredible advocate for her cousin, but she shouldn't have to be. This young man should have his dad with him right now.

EXCLUSIVE | Green card holder from Manhattan, who cares for special needs son, faces deportation after ICE arrest at airport | amNewYork

The family of a Manhattan man who holds a green card and provides primary care for his beloved son with special needs is begging for help after ICE took him

www.amny.com

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inblacknwhite @imagetree.bsky.social · 20d

I didn't want to be an intellectual spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what the hell is going on in the streets. Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. The two have to go together.

- Assata Shakur / #marxistmonday

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indeedagem.blacksky.app @indeedagem.blacksky.app · 16d

"I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless robots who protect them and their property," - Assata Shakur

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 16d

EVERY president since the 80s has demanded Cuba return Assata Shakur to the US for trial. Trump offered to END the embargo if they returned her.

The Cubans told every president for decades to eat shit and that she will always be welcome to live her life in peace on their land.

Rest well, legend

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

www.whatimreading.net

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Logan Grendel @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social · 18d

Hey for all of you who believe ridicule is an actual strategy against tyrants, you really got to understand that don't work for all of us.

What's worse, you getting off a good joke on a cop, demagogue or some other thin-skinned, tin pot dictator could mean the next marginalized person gets it bad.

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🦋🧬🦒Auntie Tay-Ish🦒🧬🦋 @auntie-tayish.bsky.social · 19d

Jesus said not today satan

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · 20d

Come join TMNYC at SEEN - A Night of Black Trans Brilliance on Screen. A Short Film Showcase by Black Trans Creators. This Wednesday, 9/24/25. Showcase runs from 7-11pm, but setup starts at 3pm. Come help out! Come make new friends. Come see some cool ass art! RSVP at comfreyfilms.org/seen!

SEEN - A Night of Black Trans Brilliance on Screen. A Short Film Showcase by Black Trans Creators. Wednesday, 9/24/25. 100 Sutton St. BK. 1

Food. Watch Party & Talkback.

RSVP at comfreyfilms.org/seen

Showcase runs from 7-11pm, but setup starts at 3pm. Come help out! Come make new friends. Come see some cool ass art!

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 20d

“What is alarming today is the emerging pattern of shadowy deportations of people who have not had access to a court or any meaningful form of due process — removals that bear the hallmarks of forced disappearances under international law."

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 20d

Impossible for me to get up before 6 and not spend 10 to 11:30 thinking of nothing but when it will be socially acceptable to eat lunch

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Families for Change NYC @familiesforchange.bsky.social · 23d

We are just a group of tired parents who want to see positive change for ALL kids in this city, and we are early in our efforts, but we whole heartedly endorse Mamdani for Mayor.

We hope everyone who can vote gets out there in November to send a clear message that we want to go forward.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 24d

Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.

A screenshot of two tweets from the Politico reporter Joe Anuta.

The 1st: ".@NYCMayor elaborates on his comments yesterday that boys and girls should not use the same bathroom. He says he will review the policy of his own education department, which allows students to use restrooms “consistent with their gender identity” and potentially change it"

2nd: "He says students whose sex at birth differs should never be allowed to use the bathroom at the same time, regardless of gender identity"

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SrslyJim @srslyjim.bsky.social · 27d

>the shooter is trans
>ok the bullets were trans
>ok the roommate is trans
Kash Patel: [sweating profusely] IS ANYONE NEARBY TRANS

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Sep 11

There are two sides in American politics. Those who think there's a right way to work towards stripping women of the right to vote, through the strategic use of debate and organizing rather than violence, and those who don't think it's legitimate to work towards stripping women of the right to vote.

Charlie Kirk guest says "it all went downhill" after women "got ... the right to vote"

www.mediamatters.org

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Aaron (he/him) @aaronaminer.bsky.social · Sep 2

@governor.ny.gov why aren't you taking our calls? New Yorkers need safe access to gender affirming care. Sign S.4914, S.929, and S.3486 now!

Zoronius @zoronius.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tried calling @governor.ny.gov's office to ask about why she's not signing bills that would protect trans people in NYS, and the phones are off at both NYC and Albany.

Not only is Hochul not signing bills for unknowable reasons, she clearly has no interest in hearing actual reasons to sign.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Note the nonbinary pronouns describing one of the organizers here. Our young people are LEADERS, not just victims in political stories today.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · Sep 2

rare good news! @teenvogue.com

Arkansas is the 2nd-most climate vulnerable state: extreme heat, tornadoes, and low investment in climate adaptation from its Republican legislature—not to mention home to Walmart's Walton family and Tyson Foods.

these young ppl launched a group to make the fight fun

Young People Are Using Parties and Free Menstrual Cups to Fight Climate Anxiety

A 2024 survey of 15 to 25 year olds found that 60% are "extremely worried" about the climate crisis; more than 40% say climate anxiety affects their mental health.

www.teenvogue.com

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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · Aug 26

For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

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