Cassandra
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
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If you're a journalist listening to Homan BLOVIATE about law and order right now and your immediate question isn't *what gives YOU the authority to speak about crimes and "law and order" when you accepted a $50,000 bribe and keep avoiding any accountability?* then you are ridiculous.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
If you're a journalist listening to Homan BLOVIATE about law and order right now and your immediate question isn't *what gives YOU the authority to speak about crimes and "law and order" when you accepted a $50,000 bribe and keep avoiding any accountability?* then you are ridiculous.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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"What made this moment different for you? Fear? Proximity? Recognition? Guilt?"
- hopegiselle
- hopegiselle
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"What made this moment different for you? Fear? Proximity? Recognition? Guilt?"
- hopegiselle
- hopegiselle
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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I’m here in DC, right before a historic snowstorn, for a last minute action.
“ICE out for good!”
“ICE out for good!”
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I’m here in DC, right before a historic snowstorn, for a last minute action.
“ICE out for good!”
“ICE out for good!”
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Good showing in Pershing Park for the @freedcproject.bsky.social protest of the Trump administration. “Our homes, our rules,” read many of the signs.
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Good showing in Pershing Park for the @freedcproject.bsky.social protest of the Trump administration. “Our homes, our rules,” read many of the signs.
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In advance of King Day tomorrow, I am resharing a piece about Coretta AND MLK as a reminder that they were a team. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
Coretta Scott King and Looking Backwards
No MLK without CSK
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
In advance of King Day tomorrow, I am resharing a piece about Coretta AND MLK as a reminder that they were a team. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
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📬 This week's newsletter:
✊ Libraries fight back against rising e-book costs
🗳️ What to know about Kenyan McDuffie's mayoral run
🚨 MPD's non-answer on cooperation with ICE
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✊ Libraries fight back against rising e-book costs
🗳️ What to know about Kenyan McDuffie's mayoral run
🚨 MPD's non-answer on cooperation with ICE
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Libraries fight back
Plus, McDuffie enters the race, what you should know about Ward 8, and more.
51st.news
January 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
📬 This week's newsletter:
✊ Libraries fight back against rising e-book costs
🗳️ What to know about Kenyan McDuffie's mayoral run
🚨 MPD's non-answer on cooperation with ICE
Get the next edition in your inbox: www.51st.news/signup
✊ Libraries fight back against rising e-book costs
🗳️ What to know about Kenyan McDuffie's mayoral run
🚨 MPD's non-answer on cooperation with ICE
Get the next edition in your inbox: www.51st.news/signup
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If you are military personnel who does not want to serve in this fascist suppression, the GI Rights Hotline can counsel you on your options:
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
If you are military personnel who does not want to serve in this fascist suppression, the GI Rights Hotline can counsel you on your options:
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
Written as a call to action to certain white folks in particular but a good reminder for many.
“This should radicalize all of us against ALL state violence. Not just the state violence that finally reached people who look like us or live in our neighborhoods. All of it.” -Stacy K
“This should radicalize all of us against ALL state violence. Not just the state violence that finally reached people who look like us or live in our neighborhoods. All of it.” -Stacy K
On Renee Good and American State-Sponsored Violence in the Past, Present, and the Coming Future
The violence against Good is an escalation of a pattern of American State-sponsored violence. Let's use it as the catalyst to end it... for everyone.
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Written as a call to action to certain white folks in particular but a good reminder for many.
“This should radicalize all of us against ALL state violence. Not just the state violence that finally reached people who look like us or live in our neighborhoods. All of it.” -Stacy K
“This should radicalize all of us against ALL state violence. Not just the state violence that finally reached people who look like us or live in our neighborhoods. All of it.” -Stacy K
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BIG statement coming out of the White House on indigenous land rights
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
BIG statement coming out of the White House on indigenous land rights
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One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
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Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
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Mass arrests and kettling of protestors. Tolerating a culture of white supremacy. Leading MPD’s cooperation with federal agents.
Jeffery Carroll is the wrong choice to be DC's next police chief. Tell the Mayor and Council to choose a different permanent chief: FreeDCproject.org/carroll
Jeffery Carroll is the wrong choice to be DC's next police chief. Tell the Mayor and Council to choose a different permanent chief: FreeDCproject.org/carroll
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Mass arrests and kettling of protestors. Tolerating a culture of white supremacy. Leading MPD’s cooperation with federal agents.
Jeffery Carroll is the wrong choice to be DC's next police chief. Tell the Mayor and Council to choose a different permanent chief: FreeDCproject.org/carroll
Jeffery Carroll is the wrong choice to be DC's next police chief. Tell the Mayor and Council to choose a different permanent chief: FreeDCproject.org/carroll
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When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
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Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
boltsmag.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
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BREAKING: A judge has ruled that Trump’s warrantless immigration arrests in DC are illegal and unconstitutional.
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
BREAKING: A judge has ruled that Trump’s warrantless immigration arrests in DC are illegal and unconstitutional.
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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The two bills the House passed last night serve only to criminalize poverty and erode trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The Senate must vote these bills down and reject this blatant attack on DC’s local autonomy.
Congress has no right to drag us backward.
The Senate must vote these bills down and reject this blatant attack on DC’s local autonomy.
Congress has no right to drag us backward.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The two bills the House passed last night serve only to criminalize poverty and erode trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The Senate must vote these bills down and reject this blatant attack on DC’s local autonomy.
Congress has no right to drag us backward.
The Senate must vote these bills down and reject this blatant attack on DC’s local autonomy.
Congress has no right to drag us backward.
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NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
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A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement.
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Progressive Jewish groups say ADL's 'Mamdani Monitor' is 'Islamophobic and racist' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish organizations are split along ideological and strategic lines over how to interact with the mayor-elect.
www.jta.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement.
Read more below:
Read more below:
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