geri katz
@gerikatz.bsky.social
Minneapolis, she/her. Lefty Jew, recovering union staff, healthcare nerd, history hobbyist. Tell your dog I said hi. 🍉
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I want to point out a new resource page on Monarca website.
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
Resources — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I want to point out a new resource page on Monarca website.
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
The wholesome news story we all need right now.
Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam helped pay for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association’s new Zamboni.
What do you call an ice-resurfacing machine partly funded by a ’90s grunge band? A Pearl Jamboni, of course.
Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam helped pay for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association’s new Zamboni.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The wholesome news story we all need right now.
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
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This is a huge escalation by SPPD and extremely unfortunate to see after they stood down last time
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a huge escalation by SPPD and extremely unfortunate to see after they stood down last time
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More Monarca training in St Paul on Saturday 11/29.
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Training — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
More Monarca training in St Paul on Saturday 11/29.
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
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Saint Paul police supporting the federal kidnappers. Guess they’re just following orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Saint Paul police supporting the federal kidnappers. Guess they’re just following orders.
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“If organizers prevail, the efforts would unionize more than 1,300 employees. That’s about 10% of the agency’s roughly 13,000 union-eligible employees, about 5,700 of whom are already unionized, according to the National Treasury Employees Union, which submitted both petitions.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊ ($ link)
Park Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“If organizers prevail, the efforts would unionize more than 1,300 employees. That’s about 10% of the agency’s roughly 13,000 union-eligible employees, about 5,700 of whom are already unionized, according to the National Treasury Employees Union, which submitted both petitions.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊ ($ link)
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NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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New from me:
Letters from anti-abortion activists and Republican elected officials show stated goals of barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money and pulling them from the 340B drug pricing program, which allows for significant discounts on prescription drugs.
Letters from anti-abortion activists and Republican elected officials show stated goals of barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money and pulling them from the 340B drug pricing program, which allows for significant discounts on prescription drugs.
Anti-abortion groups, lawmakers push feds for more permanent ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood
Anti-abortion organizations and Republican elected officials are searching for more ways to prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving federal resources after congressional Republicans successfully cut...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
New from me:
Letters from anti-abortion activists and Republican elected officials show stated goals of barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money and pulling them from the 340B drug pricing program, which allows for significant discounts on prescription drugs.
Letters from anti-abortion activists and Republican elected officials show stated goals of barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money and pulling them from the 340B drug pricing program, which allows for significant discounts on prescription drugs.
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This was, I think, the most subversive moment of Mamdani's stint in the Oval Office. Mamdani reminded Trump that his voters don't want wars (and snuck in a case for defunding Israel's destruction of Gaza). And Trump nodded along.
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This was, I think, the most subversive moment of Mamdani's stint in the Oval Office. Mamdani reminded Trump that his voters don't want wars (and snuck in a case for defunding Israel's destruction of Gaza). And Trump nodded along.
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The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
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The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
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Saying "vaccines are safe" is an irrelevant detail when you voted to hand all of the US government's health organizations over to someone who adamantly insists they are not.
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Saying "vaccines are safe" is an irrelevant detail when you voted to hand all of the US government's health organizations over to someone who adamantly insists they are not.
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The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
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Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
Home Depot speaks out about ICE involvement as boycott calls grow
The retailer's premises have become a key target of immigration enforcement activities in recent months.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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WELKER: Was this 28 point plan written by Russia?
BESSENT: I have no information on that
BESSENT: I have no information on that
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
WELKER: Was this 28 point plan written by Russia?
BESSENT: I have no information on that
BESSENT: I have no information on that
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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Imagine if the DNC made it a national priority to coordinate free food & medical aid through its local offices in response to the fascist crisis. Imagine the politics of empowerment & possibility that would emerge.
The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Imagine if the DNC made it a national priority to coordinate free food & medical aid through its local offices in response to the fascist crisis. Imagine the politics of empowerment & possibility that would emerge.
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In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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