Fazia Rizvi
@faziarizvi.bsky.social
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Fazia Rizvi
@faziarizvi.bsky.social
· Aug 4
Gonna remind the whole of Bluesky, again, that journalistic norms of saying “Texas is doing this” and “Texas is doing that”, (when it’s the TX GOP only) cedes an entire population to white supremacy and erases the opposition that also represents Texas and the Texans that would be victimized.
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
Good news!
This discovery could lead to breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s treatment. Current medications target amyloid plaques, but by the time Alzheimer’s is diagnosed, those amyloids have typically been clumping for years, causing an avalanche of additional problems.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Good news!
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I am proud of the adult I have grown into. I am my grandmother with seasonal hand soaps and pound cake in the house at all times.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I am proud of the adult I have grown into. I am my grandmother with seasonal hand soaps and pound cake in the house at all times.
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This just in:
S T R E T C H
S T R E T C H
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This just in:
S T R E T C H
S T R E T C H
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Farewell to the great Joe Ely, a pioneer of progressive country with the Flatlanders who sowed the seeds of Americana by touring with such rockers as the Clash in the early 1980s. variety.com/2025/music/o...
Joe Ely, Texas Country-Rock Hero Who Grew His Fan Base Touring With the Clash, Dies at 78
Joe Ely, the Lubbock-bred singer-songwriter who grew his country fan base into a broader one with big cosigns from the Clash and others, died at 78.
variety.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Farewell to the great Joe Ely, a pioneer of progressive country with the Flatlanders who sowed the seeds of Americana by touring with such rockers as the Clash in the early 1980s. variety.com/2025/music/o...
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Word is from my music circles that the great Joe Ely has passed away. One of the all time great Texans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
Joe Ely Austin City Limits 1984
YouTube video by livemusic55
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Word is from my music circles that the great Joe Ely has passed away. One of the all time great Texans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
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Remember when the BBC apologized? Yeah that was cute. All these institutions just folding over nonsense and they accomplish nothing for themselves except brand deterioration.
BREAKING: President Donald Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of his Jan. 6 speech.
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech
President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Remember when the BBC apologized? Yeah that was cute. All these institutions just folding over nonsense and they accomplish nothing for themselves except brand deterioration.
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Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
One of the Most Basic Rights in the Book Is Regularly Denied to ICE Detainees
ICE insists its system protects attorney-client privilege. But the record inside tells a different story.
slate.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has escalated its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly into an official Command Investigation under military law, further targeting a sitting U.S. senator for constitutionally protected speech.
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has escalated its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly into an official Command Investigation under military law, further targeting a sitting U.S. senator for constitutionally protected speech.
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ICE unlawfully grabbed our client Rümeysa Öztürk off the street and sent her to a for-profit detention center in Louisiana — all for an op-ed she co-authored in her student paper.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk did nothing wrong. The Trump administration went after her anyway. - The Boston Globe
In March, masked agents swarmed her on a Somerville street. The crackdown on foreign scholars was just beginning.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
ICE unlawfully grabbed our client Rümeysa Öztürk off the street and sent her to a for-profit detention center in Louisiana — all for an op-ed she co-authored in her student paper.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
What happened to Rümeysa is part of a broader crackdown on the First Amendment and immigrants' rights.
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Reports revealed that National Park Service superintendents are being pressured to grade their staff lower during performance reviews. This policy could make staff layoffs easier after NPS has already been decimated by mass firings & pressured buyouts.
https://wapo.st/44qNWiy
https://wapo.st/44qNWiy
Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
Lower performance ratings could be used as a factor in layoff decisions and will demoralize staff, advocates say.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reports revealed that National Park Service superintendents are being pressured to grade their staff lower during performance reviews. This policy could make staff layoffs easier after NPS has already been decimated by mass firings & pressured buyouts.
https://wapo.st/44qNWiy
https://wapo.st/44qNWiy
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Seems a little wild that DHS would call me out by name and say that this scene is offensive to Christians. I like seperation in my church and state. Moreover, what's offensive to Christians is the dehumanization that DHS and ICE are practicing. That is evil and an offense to God - not my nativity.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Seems a little wild that DHS would call me out by name and say that this scene is offensive to Christians. I like seperation in my church and state. Moreover, what's offensive to Christians is the dehumanization that DHS and ICE are practicing. That is evil and an offense to God - not my nativity.
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A ‘Nativity art’ installation depicting ICE goons sparked a heated reaction when a man stormed onto the property of a Charlotte church while CNN was filming. The man tore down parts of the installation.
December 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A ‘Nativity art’ installation depicting ICE goons sparked a heated reaction when a man stormed onto the property of a Charlotte church while CNN was filming. The man tore down parts of the installation.
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Good morning to #NOLAsky and especially Rev. Jane Mauldin of the Universal Unitarian Church, who has been spending her secular time following ICE around New Orleans and monitoring their activity ☀️
71-Year-Old Pastor Follows ICE in New Orleans and Reports Activity in Real Time: 'I Can't Sit at Home'
When she is not ministering, a 71-year-old pastor and grandmother spends her time in her car following and monitoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in New Orleans to inform the co...
people.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning to #NOLAsky and especially Rev. Jane Mauldin of the Universal Unitarian Church, who has been spending her secular time following ICE around New Orleans and monitoring their activity ☀️
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Every day the news is like
"the President smeared his own fecal matter all over the walls of the oval office today.
ICE agents attempted to raid a laundromat but received pushback from local nunnery; seven nuns were shot with rubber bullets in the process.”
"the President smeared his own fecal matter all over the walls of the oval office today.
ICE agents attempted to raid a laundromat but received pushback from local nunnery; seven nuns were shot with rubber bullets in the process.”
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Every day the news is like
"the President smeared his own fecal matter all over the walls of the oval office today.
ICE agents attempted to raid a laundromat but received pushback from local nunnery; seven nuns were shot with rubber bullets in the process.”
"the President smeared his own fecal matter all over the walls of the oval office today.
ICE agents attempted to raid a laundromat but received pushback from local nunnery; seven nuns were shot with rubber bullets in the process.”
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Volunteer is fired from nonprofit that provides mental health services for U.S. Veterans—because she wouldn't allow ICE on the property.
"It looked like they were staging for an ICE raid in the parking lot," she said.
"So I told them, 'You can't be here.' We do therapy here. You can't be here."
"It looked like they were staging for an ICE raid in the parking lot," she said.
"So I told them, 'You can't be here.' We do therapy here. You can't be here."
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Volunteer is fired from nonprofit that provides mental health services for U.S. Veterans—because she wouldn't allow ICE on the property.
"It looked like they were staging for an ICE raid in the parking lot," she said.
"So I told them, 'You can't be here.' We do therapy here. You can't be here."
"It looked like they were staging for an ICE raid in the parking lot," she said.
"So I told them, 'You can't be here.' We do therapy here. You can't be here."
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The letter carriers' union in the Twin Cities (NALC branch 9,) some 2000+ members, voted overwhelmingly to NOT cooperate with HSI, ICE, DHS, & CBP. No snitching/informing, they have terrible memories, so sorry.
What about letter carriers in YOUR area?
Petition NALC to not cooperate in your city!
What about letter carriers in YOUR area?
Petition NALC to not cooperate in your city!
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The letter carriers' union in the Twin Cities (NALC branch 9,) some 2000+ members, voted overwhelmingly to NOT cooperate with HSI, ICE, DHS, & CBP. No snitching/informing, they have terrible memories, so sorry.
What about letter carriers in YOUR area?
Petition NALC to not cooperate in your city!
What about letter carriers in YOUR area?
Petition NALC to not cooperate in your city!
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Minneapolis Council Member Jason Chavez's remarks on passage of a strengthened separation ordinance prohibiting city employees from enforcing federal immigration laws: "Since Dec 1 ICE agents have arrested more than 400 people in the Twin Cities, a majority of them with no criminal convictions."
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Minneapolis Council Member Jason Chavez's remarks on passage of a strengthened separation ordinance prohibiting city employees from enforcing federal immigration laws: "Since Dec 1 ICE agents have arrested more than 400 people in the Twin Cities, a majority of them with no criminal convictions."
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There are some people in the Twin Cities that are doing literal superhero shit saving people from ICE nonsense. Courage is contagious.
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There are some people in the Twin Cities that are doing literal superhero shit saving people from ICE nonsense. Courage is contagious.
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Minneapolis residents have noticed a new strategy in the ongoing ICE operation in the Twin Cities this week: helicopters flying overhead.
Federal helicopters assist ICE operation in Minneapolis as protests continue
Customs and Border Protection confirmed the agency’s aircraft are “supporting federal law enforcement partners in Minneapolis.”
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Minneapolis residents have noticed a new strategy in the ongoing ICE operation in the Twin Cities this week: helicopters flying overhead.
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an organization in the Twin Cities is offering "ICE Watch" training
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Training teaches ICE observers how to document immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota
As Minnesota’s Somali communities deal with the threat from increased ICE enforcement in the state, some citizens have decided to monitor ICE agents. A training program from States at the Core, or STA...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
an organization in the Twin Cities is offering "ICE Watch" training
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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The ICE operation in the Twin Cities is increasingly moving into the suburbs.
ICE agents visit Brooklyn Park coffee shop, arrest cook after ruse to get him outside
The ICE operation in the Twin Cities is increasingly moving into the suburbs.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The ICE operation in the Twin Cities is increasingly moving into the suburbs.
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ICE agents should already know that ~ 90% of Somalis living in the Twin Cities are citizens so those that are out in public when ICE is in town are almost certain to be citizens. Barricading Somalis in restaurants isn't meant to find undocumented immigrants, it's meant to intimidate.
December 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
ICE agents should already know that ~ 90% of Somalis living in the Twin Cities are citizens so those that are out in public when ICE is in town are almost certain to be citizens. Barricading Somalis in restaurants isn't meant to find undocumented immigrants, it's meant to intimidate.
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Here’s an update on ICE activity in the Twin Cities.
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here’s an update on ICE activity in the Twin Cities.
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Abolish ICE.
“Do you think the color of your skin is the reason they targeted you?”
“Yes. 100%.”
“Yes. 100%.”
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Abolish ICE.