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· Dec 8
Hard not to feel powerless these days but we’re channeling our energy into local elections- the reactionary right made them their target for real reasons— check out our election guide and endorsements so far and sign up to get involved gusdparents.org/elections
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While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
As parents we see & hear what students are thinking, how they see the actions of the gov, their fears for their families, friends & community. The right fears student walkouts bc they show plainly the clear moral stakes of this moment. We stand with students and all demonstrators against injustice.
Anti-trans operative/federal prosecutor Bill Essayli escalates a new narrative being pushed by far right accounts nationwide— that teachers unions and other adults of orchestrating student walkouts. Now claims students “being deployed to attack”- dangerous rhetoric designed to criminalize dissent.
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
As parents we see & hear what students are thinking, how they see the actions of the gov, their fears for their families, friends & community. The right fears student walkouts bc they show plainly the clear moral stakes of this moment. We stand with students and all demonstrators against injustice.
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
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“Your sacrifice will echo through generations. We will tell our children, and they will tell theirs, of the guardian angels who stood tall when hate knocked at our doors. Your legacy is etched in the heart of our community-a living history of compassion without limits, courage without borders.”
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
“Your sacrifice will echo through generations. We will tell our children, and they will tell theirs, of the guardian angels who stood tall when hate knocked at our doors. Your legacy is etched in the heart of our community-a living history of compassion without limits, courage without borders.”
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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 2:37 AM
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
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“The truth is that censorship thrives in the fog: confusion, intimidation, and the false comfort of believing that “our town isn’t like that.”
Early Signs Censorship Is Taking Root in Your Community and What You Can Do About It
Spot early censorship signs, resist pressure, support librarians, demand transparency, organize community, refuse intimidation, and defend access before books disappear.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“The truth is that censorship thrives in the fog: confusion, intimidation, and the false comfort of believing that “our town isn’t like that.”
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Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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I've been saying since early 2025 that people were and are in motion... Some people have insisted that 'no one is doing anything' and they are wrong.
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
February 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I've been saying since early 2025 that people were and are in motion... Some people have insisted that 'no one is doing anything' and they are wrong.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
When you see people out with clipboards trying to get you to sign for the “ceo act” the right’s newest CA voucher scam- know this is the kind of fraud you’re inviting.
One in five.
That's how many ESA purchases are fraudulent. 20%.
The Arizona Department of Education's response? Your taxpayer dollars being spent on lingerie and diamond rings is an "honest mistake." No leadership, and no accountability.
Arizona deserves better. www.12news.com/article/news...
That's how many ESA purchases are fraudulent. 20%.
The Arizona Department of Education's response? Your taxpayer dollars being spent on lingerie and diamond rings is an "honest mistake." No leadership, and no accountability.
Arizona deserves better. www.12news.com/article/news...
Voucher supporters say Empowerment Scholarship fraud is 1%. New records peg misspending closer to 20%.
12News obtained Education Department records showing that one in five ESA purchases—such as cellphones, TVs, and diamond rings—were on the "unallowable" list.
www.12news.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
When you see people out with clipboards trying to get you to sign for the “ceo act” the right’s newest CA voucher scam- know this is the kind of fraud you’re inviting.
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Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
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Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
Can’t go longer than a week without another PragerU branded freakout from local mom/professional propagandist Jill Simonian! Today, PragerU posted a video of her losing it over Howard Zinn’s 1980 text People’s History of the United States being placed on a Barnes & Noble 250th US bday display.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Can’t go longer than a week without another PragerU branded freakout from local mom/professional propagandist Jill Simonian! Today, PragerU posted a video of her losing it over Howard Zinn’s 1980 text People’s History of the United States being placed on a Barnes & Noble 250th US bday display.
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“We learned growing up about a lot of horrible things people have done in history. And there’s a lot of asking yourself, ‘What would I have done if I was in that time period?’”
‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE
Networks created after police killed George Floyd were reactivated to challenge Trump’s mass deportation policy
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
“We learned growing up about a lot of horrible things people have done in history. And there’s a lot of asking yourself, ‘What would I have done if I was in that time period?’”
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“The Trump administration’s new policies have forced schools to adopt new safety protocols beyond the standard fire drills and tornado drills — safety protocols to be activated ‘in case our own government shows up to hurt or kidnap our students.’”
truthout.org/articles/the...
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Trauma of ICE Raids Is Rippling Through Public Schools Across the US
ICE raids have left children stranded without caregivers after school bus drop-off. Abductions traumatize whole schools.
truthout.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“The Trump administration’s new policies have forced schools to adopt new safety protocols beyond the standard fire drills and tornado drills — safety protocols to be activated ‘in case our own government shows up to hurt or kidnap our students.’”
truthout.org/articles/the...
truthout.org/articles/the...
Locals should be aware of this effort- inform friends and neighbors. Vouchers blow up budgets in every state they’re introduced. A previous version of the CEO act was promoted locally by the same people who rioted outside our board meeting. Lots more here socalextremismwatch.com/the-dangerou...
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Locals should be aware of this effort- inform friends and neighbors. Vouchers blow up budgets in every state they’re introduced. A previous version of the CEO act was promoted locally by the same people who rioted outside our board meeting. Lots more here socalextremismwatch.com/the-dangerou...
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
Proud of Glendale High School students exercising their rights and using their voices during a walkout today, following Hoover and Crescenta Valley High demonstrations last week.
February 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Proud of Glendale High School students exercising their rights and using their voices during a walkout today, following Hoover and Crescenta Valley High demonstrations last week.
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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We’re co-leading 16 AGs in opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s baseless, flawed attempt to undo reporting requirements that help address race-based disparities in special education.
We will continue to fight for evidence-based educational systems that improve outcomes for all students.
We will continue to fight for evidence-based educational systems that improve outcomes for all students.
Attorney General Bonta Continues to Oppose Proposal to Undo Reporting Requirements That Help Address Race-Based Disparities in Special Education
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED)’s proposal to remove cer...
oag.ca.gov
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We’re co-leading 16 AGs in opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s baseless, flawed attempt to undo reporting requirements that help address race-based disparities in special education.
We will continue to fight for evidence-based educational systems that improve outcomes for all students.
We will continue to fight for evidence-based educational systems that improve outcomes for all students.
One thing we are never going to do is allow Republicans like Ara Najarian and his supporters to distance themselves from the party they served— a party whose causes they advance and whose targets they persecute— when that party and its tyrant leader become unpopular. We’ll never forget who they are.
Our 5x mayor Ara Najarian has been in office since the W Bush era, treating the city as a petty fiefdom. In recent years he joined w/ extremist anti-LGBTQ+ bigots to attack schools/queer people + threw frequent dais meltdowns abt groups + websites who dared criticize him. Behold his recent press:
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
One thing we are never going to do is allow Republicans like Ara Najarian and his supporters to distance themselves from the party they served— a party whose causes they advance and whose targets they persecute— when that party and its tyrant leader become unpopular. We’ll never forget who they are.