manda
@apocalips33.bsky.social
a real Debbie Downer
she/her/ex-extraordinary machine
no war but class war ❤️
she/her/ex-extraordinary machine
no war but class war ❤️
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America may have always been like this for far too many people but this administration is bringing it home, directly and in person, to a ton of folks who have never seen it before
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
America may have always been like this for far too many people but this administration is bringing it home, directly and in person, to a ton of folks who have never seen it before
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
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NEW: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.
9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
NEW: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.
9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.
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Yesterday upwards of 300 million people across India held a national strike.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday upwards of 300 million people across India held a national strike.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
Numerous unions and farmers' groups flooded the streets, shutting down large segments of the economy.
One of the key demands was a withdrawal from the trade deal struck with the Trump administration.
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Some described the movement against police and white supremacy that entered the public eye in May 2020 as a "failure" because it didn't win legislative changes.
But the Twin Cities have been able to resist ICE because of networks that developed then. Changing a broken system takes more than reform.
But the Twin Cities have been able to resist ICE because of networks that developed then. Changing a broken system takes more than reform.
Anarchists in the Movement against Police and White Supremacy
A timeline tracing anarchist contributions to anti-police uprisings from the Rodney King riots of 1992 to the George Floyd uprising in 2020.
crimethinc.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Some described the movement against police and white supremacy that entered the public eye in May 2020 as a "failure" because it didn't win legislative changes.
But the Twin Cities have been able to resist ICE because of networks that developed then. Changing a broken system takes more than reform.
But the Twin Cities have been able to resist ICE because of networks that developed then. Changing a broken system takes more than reform.
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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What is violence?
Is it tossing a tear gas canister back to the mercenaries who shot it at you?
Is it blowing a whistle at bounty hunters who are trying to abduct someone?
Perhaps, rather than asking whether an action is "violent," we should ask—
Does it perpetrate oppression? Or interrupt it?
Is it tossing a tear gas canister back to the mercenaries who shot it at you?
Is it blowing a whistle at bounty hunters who are trying to abduct someone?
Perhaps, rather than asking whether an action is "violent," we should ask—
Does it perpetrate oppression? Or interrupt it?
The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy
What is violence? Who gets to define it? Does it have a place in the pursuit of liberation? This discussion never takes place on a level playing field.
crimethinc.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
What is violence?
Is it tossing a tear gas canister back to the mercenaries who shot it at you?
Is it blowing a whistle at bounty hunters who are trying to abduct someone?
Perhaps, rather than asking whether an action is "violent," we should ask—
Does it perpetrate oppression? Or interrupt it?
Is it tossing a tear gas canister back to the mercenaries who shot it at you?
Is it blowing a whistle at bounty hunters who are trying to abduct someone?
Perhaps, rather than asking whether an action is "violent," we should ask—
Does it perpetrate oppression? Or interrupt it?
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Hey Chuck, I know the Baileys. They are solidly on board with abolishing ICE at this point. Eileen is driving her friend Luisa's mom to chemo and calls me up to say she's just aghast at how scared she is.
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Hey Chuck, I know the Baileys. They are solidly on board with abolishing ICE at this point. Eileen is driving her friend Luisa's mom to chemo and calls me up to say she's just aghast at how scared she is.
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We want ICE abolished and their agents hauled before Nuremberg style tribunals. Anything less is a policy failure.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
We want ICE abolished and their agents hauled before Nuremberg style tribunals. Anything less is a policy failure.
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This administration’s strategy is to divide working people and distract us from the rising cost of food and housing, medical debt, stagnant wages, and the daily struggle to survive with dignity.
Our union’s strategy is to unite to win a better future for ALL.
Our union’s strategy is to unite to win a better future for ALL.
January 31, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This administration’s strategy is to divide working people and distract us from the rising cost of food and housing, medical debt, stagnant wages, and the daily struggle to survive with dignity.
Our union’s strategy is to unite to win a better future for ALL.
Our union’s strategy is to unite to win a better future for ALL.
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Share this with everyone you know. ICE has not backed down in Minnesota. They are kidnapping children from their homes and sending them to an unheated prison in the dead of winter. The maximum legal detention time is 20 days (still too long!). Some kids have been imprisoned over 100 days there
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Share this with everyone you know. ICE has not backed down in Minnesota. They are kidnapping children from their homes and sending them to an unheated prison in the dead of winter. The maximum legal detention time is 20 days (still too long!). Some kids have been imprisoned over 100 days there
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DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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A government of the content, by the content, for the content
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
A government of the content, by the content, for the content
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
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remember to leave bullet casings out for ashli babbitt tonight ❤️❤️✝️
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
remember to leave bullet casings out for ashli babbitt tonight ❤️❤️✝️
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Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org/articles/pol...
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org/articles/pol...
Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org/articles/pol...
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org/articles/pol...
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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Read this — the new defense bill directs Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Tulsi Gabbard to determine what weapons Israel is lacking due to other nations embargoing it.
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
NEW: Buried in the new defense bill is a policy to fill weapon “gaps” Israel gets as other nations embargo it.
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
US Defense Bill Would Fill Israel’s Weapons ‘Gaps’ Caused by Embargoes
The US armed Israel’s genocide. Nations responded by embargoing Israel. Citing those restrictions, the US may now send even more weapons to Israel.
zeteo.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Read this — the new defense bill directs Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Tulsi Gabbard to determine what weapons Israel is lacking due to other nations embargoing it.
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
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This is what’s happening to immigrants doing it “the right way” in Trump’s America.
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is what’s happening to immigrants doing it “the right way” in Trump’s America.
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?