Cindy Barukh Milstein
@cbmilstein.bsky.social
Misfit. Wordsmith. Dreamer. Rebel.
Never at home in this world, so always aspiring to make new ones with others, with love, care & solidarity.
@[email protected] @cindymilstein on IG cbmilstein.wordpress.com
@[email protected] @cindymilstein on IG cbmilstein.wordpress.com
“Hanukkah 5786, Night 1: How does one keep the blessed flame of resistance and resilience burning? Against the relentless horrors of a world on fire—a daily, deadly conflagration that tonight, seared new pain in my heart with one word: ‘Sydney’?”
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Hanukkah 5786, Night 1: How does one keep the blessed flame of resistance and resilience burning? And against the relentless horrors of a world on fire—a daily, deadly conflagratio...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Hanukkah 5786, Night 1: How does one keep the blessed flame of resistance and resilience burning? Against the relentless horrors of a world on fire—a daily, deadly conflagration that tonight, seared new pain in my heart with one word: ‘Sydney’?”
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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FBI OPS DIRECTOR: Antifa - that's our primary concern right now. CONGRESS: Where is Antifa headquartered?
FBI: [Pauses]...We are building out the infrastructure right now.
CONGRESS: What does that mean?
FBI: Well, that's very fluid.
FBI: [Pauses]...We are building out the infrastructure right now.
CONGRESS: What does that mean?
FBI: Well, that's very fluid.
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
FBI OPS DIRECTOR: Antifa - that's our primary concern right now. CONGRESS: Where is Antifa headquartered?
FBI: [Pauses]...We are building out the infrastructure right now.
CONGRESS: What does that mean?
FBI: Well, that's very fluid.
FBI: [Pauses]...We are building out the infrastructure right now.
CONGRESS: What does that mean?
FBI: Well, that's very fluid.
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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The anti-mask cult won a big part of the culture war. It’s just wild that I’m at a major hospital and wearing masks isn’t even recommended, let alone required, while there are signs everywhere asking us to wash our hands, simply because washing hands was never turned into a culture war.
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The anti-mask cult won a big part of the culture war. It’s just wild that I’m at a major hospital and wearing masks isn’t even recommended, let alone required, while there are signs everywhere asking us to wash our hands, simply because washing hands was never turned into a culture war.
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This man does not know.
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This man does not know.
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For five months, Daniel Sanchez Estrada was the prisoner of a government that has branded him an “Antifa Cell operative.”
“I’m Not Fleeing” — Alleged Antifa Cell Member Says He Was Accidentally Released From Jail
In an interview, Daniel Sanchez Estrada speaks about his arrest for transporting anarchist zines after a protest against ICE in Texas.
interc.pt
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For five months, Daniel Sanchez Estrada was the prisoner of a government that has branded him an “Antifa Cell operative.”
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This "common characteristics" nonsense is getting a test run RIGHT NOW against protesters in TX who are being charged with terrorism based on their use of of encrypted chat apps, common protest tactics and protective clothing. dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
Pam Bondi's new memorandum spells out exactly how the government intends to go after its enemies under NSPM-7: by broadening the definition of "antifa" to include anyone who shares "common characteristics" of antifascism, by opening investigations into activities going back five years…
DOJ Issues Sweeping New Domestic Terrorism Directive: What the Attorney General’s December 4 Memorandum Means for You | Enforcement Edge | Blogs | Arnold & Porter
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December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This "common characteristics" nonsense is getting a test run RIGHT NOW against protesters in TX who are being charged with terrorism based on their use of of encrypted chat apps, common protest tactics and protective clothing. dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers.
As the feds chase immigrants, a city chases the feds.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
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“In rural Louisiana, where all the bordering states have also issued abortion bans, the distance to a clinic has increased by almost 400 miles since Roe was overturned. The average rural Louisianan is about 492 miles away from the nearest abortion clinic.“
The Stats on Abortion Access in Rural America | The Daily Yonder
Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. We will be taking the
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December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“In rural Louisiana, where all the bordering states have also issued abortion bans, the distance to a clinic has increased by almost 400 miles since Roe was overturned. The average rural Louisianan is about 492 miles away from the nearest abortion clinic.“
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NEW: ICE Arrests Observer, Maces Press & Detains People as Agents are Confronted Across Minneapolis on Tuesday
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ICE Arrests Observer, Maces Press & Detains People as Agents are Confronted Across Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT
ICE agents arrested an observer during an early morning raid in Minneapolis and maced press in afternoon actions on Dec. 9.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NEW: ICE Arrests Observer, Maces Press & Detains People as Agents are Confronted Across Minneapolis on Tuesday
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"People might do better, physically, psychologically, socially, if they have a role that they think is important and they identify with…If you retired and you're volunteering for something, then you still might feel that connection to something greater than yourself”
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"People might do better, physically, psychologically, socially, if they have a role that they think is important and they identify with…If you retired and you're volunteering for something, then you still might feel that connection to something greater than yourself”
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feel like it should be a bigger story that the global war on terrorism is being replaced with a domestic war on terrorism
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
feel like it should be a bigger story that the global war on terrorism is being replaced with a domestic war on terrorism
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We can’t say whether or not reading, or merely possessing, these zines is a threat to the government. *That’s up to you.*
detritusbooks.com/des
detritusbooks.com/des
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We can’t say whether or not reading, or merely possessing, these zines is a threat to the government. *That’s up to you.*
detritusbooks.com/des
detritusbooks.com/des
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Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms supplier, fifth-largest export partner, and one of its staunchest supporters.
What has Germany’s position been on Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms supplier, fifth-largest export partner, and one of its staunchest supporters.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms supplier, fifth-largest export partner, and one of its staunchest supporters.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to "compile a list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism," according to a Justice Department memo, reports Ken Klippenstein. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/lea...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Attorney General Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to "compile a list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism," according to a Justice Department memo, reports Ken Klippenstein. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/lea...
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Supporters have issued a press release on the "clerical error" that led to the release and subsequent rearrest of immigrant artist Des Revol, who is facing charges that @freedom.press has called “guilt by literature.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Supporters have issued a press release on the "clerical error" that led to the release and subsequent rearrest of immigrant artist Des Revol, who is facing charges that @freedom.press has called “guilt by literature.”
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Read Des' full statement on his arrest, release, and rearrest at freedes.net/dess-first-p...
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Read Des' full statement on his arrest, release, and rearrest at freedes.net/dess-first-p...
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"A nature lover who peppers his speech with references to 'the creator,' for Sanchez Estrada one of the toughest things about being in jail was not being able to breathe fresh air or watch the sun set. He said he was immediately suspicious when jail officers told him that he was being released."
Alleged Antifa Cell Member Says He Was Accidentally Released, Turns Himself In: “I’m Not Hiding. Because I’m Innocent.”
In an interview, Daniel Sanchez Estrada speaks about his arrest for transporting anarchist zines after a protest against ICE in Texas.
theintercept.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"A nature lover who peppers his speech with references to 'the creator,' for Sanchez Estrada one of the toughest things about being in jail was not being able to breathe fresh air or watch the sun set. He said he was immediately suspicious when jail officers told him that he was being released."
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“[…] facing trumped-up charges […] after allegedly moving a box of political pamphlets.
[…]
Our friend is not yet in ICE custody, but […]it is inevitable given the politicized nature of his charges […]. Raising funds now will allow Des's family to move quickly once a custody transfer takes place.”
[…]
Our friend is not yet in ICE custody, but […]it is inevitable given the politicized nature of his charges […]. Raising funds now will allow Des's family to move quickly once a custody transfer takes place.”
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“[…] facing trumped-up charges […] after allegedly moving a box of political pamphlets.
[…]
Our friend is not yet in ICE custody, but […]it is inevitable given the politicized nature of his charges […]. Raising funds now will allow Des's family to move quickly once a custody transfer takes place.”
[…]
Our friend is not yet in ICE custody, but […]it is inevitable given the politicized nature of his charges […]. Raising funds now will allow Des's family to move quickly once a custody transfer takes place.”
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If you have ever enjoyed or learned from a zine, would you join me in sharing or donating to this GoFundMe, for an artist who is a friend of friends and who is currently incarcerated and facing deportation related to allegedly having and moving some anarchist zines?
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you have ever enjoyed or learned from a zine, would you join me in sharing or donating to this GoFundMe, for an artist who is a friend of friends and who is currently incarcerated and facing deportation related to allegedly having and moving some anarchist zines?
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As makers of anarchist zines, we are asking you to help this person who was arrested and is facing deportation for allegedly having anarchist zines.
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
As makers of anarchist zines, we are asking you to help this person who was arrested and is facing deportation for allegedly having anarchist zines.
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Since the beginning of the year, the government has been accelerating its war on the American left, targeting dissent with loose terminology and reaching for legislative and executive tools created at the turn of the century with the War on Terror.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/the-war...
Since the beginning of the year, the government has been accelerating its war on the American left, targeting dissent with loose terminology and reaching for legislative and executive tools created at the turn of the century with the War on Terror.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/the-war...
The War on Terror Turns Left - UNICORN RIOT
Prairieland, TX – A sprawling court case from a protest at an immigration detention center could determine how the United States government deals with dissent. The charges originated from a protest at...
unicornriot.ninja
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New from us
Since the beginning of the year, the government has been accelerating its war on the American left, targeting dissent with loose terminology and reaching for legislative and executive tools created at the turn of the century with the War on Terror.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/the-war...
Since the beginning of the year, the government has been accelerating its war on the American left, targeting dissent with loose terminology and reaching for legislative and executive tools created at the turn of the century with the War on Terror.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/the-war...
“I believe in a world where there’s more kindness, care, empathy, and love.”
#FreeDes, facing decades in prison and deportation for the “crime” of allegedly transporting anarchist zines, or what’s being called “guilty by literature.”
See freedes.net
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist...
#FreeDes, facing decades in prison and deportation for the “crime” of allegedly transporting anarchist zines, or what’s being called “guilty by literature.”
See freedes.net
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist...
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“I believe in a world where there’s more kindness, care, empathy, and love.”
#FreeDes, facing decades in prison and deportation for the “crime” of allegedly transporting anarchist zines, or what’s being called “guilty by literature.”
See freedes.net
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist...
#FreeDes, facing decades in prison and deportation for the “crime” of allegedly transporting anarchist zines, or what’s being called “guilty by literature.”
See freedes.net
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/get-artist...