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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 7h

Please help Ahmed and his family eat. Share his post and give if you can.

Ahmed family 🇵🇸 @ahmedfamily97.bsky.social · 7h

She’s just a little girl from Gaza who dreams of having a meal again.
The war took her home, her toys, and now even food.
Every small act of kindness can fill her tiny plate with hope 🍞💔
Please keep her in your prayers and help if you can.
gofund.me/e975e2820

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Ahmed family 🇵🇸 @ahmedfamily97.bsky.social · 7h

She’s just a little girl from Gaza who dreams of having a meal again.
The war took her home, her toys, and now even food.
Every small act of kindness can fill her tiny plate with hope 🍞💔
Please keep her in your prayers and help if you can.
gofund.me/e975e2820

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 16h

Please send Sakher some love today.

It's Sakher 🍉 @sakher23.bsky.social · 17h

My name is Sakher, and this is my new account — after my old one was suddenly taken down.
For the past 4 days, I’ve been silent… not because I wanted to, but because I lost my only voice — the place where I used to speak to the world.
More talk in the comments….
GFM : gofund.me/f116bf44

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It's Sakher 🍉 @sakher23.bsky.social · 17h

My name is Sakher, and this is my new account — after my old one was suddenly taken down.
For the past 4 days, I’ve been silent… not because I wanted to, but because I lost my only voice — the place where I used to speak to the world.
More talk in the comments….
GFM : gofund.me/f116bf44

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 18h

Layla is trying to pay for dental school. Please help if you can.

Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · 19h

PLS SHARE‼️

The ceasefire has finally taken effect — I can only pray it lasts this time. After everything, I just want to continue my education in dental school & rebuild my life from the pieces. If u see this, pls share it… your support means more than u can imagine.🥹🕊️

chuffed.org/project/layl...

A Palestinian dental student needs your support to continue her education in Gaza

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Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · 19h

PLS SHARE‼️

The ceasefire has finally taken effect — I can only pray it lasts this time. After everything, I just want to continue my education in dental school & rebuild my life from the pieces. If u see this, pls share it… your support means more than u can imagine.🥹🕊️

chuffed.org/project/layl...

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 21h

Aya is trying to help her daughter Mona get badly needed medical care. Please help if you can.

Aya Mother from Gaza 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @beautyworld2020.bsky.social · 23h

💔Mona’s medicine has run out
Her wound still hasn’t healed,and since the bombing she wakes up screaming and trembling in fear

I take her to the hospital every other day for cleaning and care.
We urgently need $600 for medicine,bandages,and transport
Please,don’t leave us alone😭🙏

gofund.me/2f942387

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Aya Mother from Gaza 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @beautyworld2020.bsky.social · 23h

💔Mona’s medicine has run out
Her wound still hasn’t healed,and since the bombing she wakes up screaming and trembling in fear

I take her to the hospital every other day for cleaning and care.
We urgently need $600 for medicine,bandages,and transport
Please,don’t leave us alone😭🙏

gofund.me/2f942387

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you for your many years of work on this.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 22h

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 1d

Please send Marah and her family some love. Share and give if you can.

MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 1d

I’m writing to you today with my body and hands trembling😭

I can’t afford healthy food, clothes, or even the medicines I need😭😭

I’m crying out for help, just to feed my daughter and survive💔

I’m exhausted, I beg you to help us🙏
gofund.me/5d9f6dcca

@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social
🙏😭🫂

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MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 1d

I’m writing to you today with my body and hands trembling😭

I can’t afford healthy food, clothes, or even the medicines I need😭😭

I’m crying out for help, just to feed my daughter and survive💔

I’m exhausted, I beg you to help us🙏
gofund.me/5d9f6dcca

@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social
🙏😭🫂

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

The correct response to Republicans widely depicting the coming protests as terrorism is to go out and protest. Each person should get 10 more people to do so. If Republicans are going to hint at violent state responses to legitimate protest, the only answer is bigger numbers.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 1d

Hasan needs to raise $500 for rent by the 15th. Please help if you can.

Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 1d

Every father dreams of giving his children safety —
but for me, safety means a roof that won’t disappear tomorrow. 🏠💔

We’re short on this month’s rent — $500 needed before the 15th —and without it, my children will have nowhere to sleep in peace.

Your kindness can be our shelter this month. 🙏❤️

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 1d

Every father dreams of giving his children safety —
but for me, safety means a roof that won’t disappear tomorrow. 🏠💔

We’re short on this month’s rent — $500 needed before the 15th —and without it, my children will have nowhere to sleep in peace.

Your kindness can be our shelter this month. 🙏❤️

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 1d

Farah and her husband are trying to rebuild their lives after the war.

Please share and give if you can.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Help Imad if you can ❤️

Imad @emad1948.bsky.social · 3d

We haven't received any donations since yesterday.

I hope eight friends will take the initiative, each with just 25 francs. 🙏
Who will be the first to donate and break this deadlock?
chuffed.org/project/1367...

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 1d

Sakher and Reem lost everything in the war. Please help them start to rebuild.

Sakher and Reem 🍉🇵🇸 @sakher-gaza.bsky.social · 1d

They say the war is over... but the pain inside me hasn’t ended.
The bombs may have stopped falling, but the struggle is far from over.
I'm Sakher — a young man who lost everything in this war.
My home… gone. My memories, my work, my future all destroyed
More talk in the comments

gofund.me/f116bf44

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Sakher and Reem 🍉🇵🇸 @sakher-gaza.bsky.social · 1d

They say the war is over... but the pain inside me hasn’t ended.
The bombs may have stopped falling, but the struggle is far from over.
I'm Sakher — a young man who lost everything in this war.
My home… gone. My memories, my work, my future all destroyed
More talk in the comments

gofund.me/f116bf44

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

The Administration

- raised taxes on clean energy with one big beautiful bill

- is stopping or making clean energy projects harder to be built

- is raising prices on materials with tariffs

- all while AI is spiking electricity demand

They are stopping supply while demand goes up

It’s a crisis

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ian Cooper @ianmarshallcooper.bsky.social · 1d

Marah is really sick, and she and Motaz are trying to provide for their daughter. Please send her some love.

MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 1d

Hope the war is really over, we’re exhausted and surrounded by destruction😭

We lost our home, everything we owned, and even our source of income💔

And now we’re without shelter, trying to save our daughter from cold and insects 😔

More in the comments…
gofund.me/b4f5900a2

@mommunism.bsky.social 😭🙏

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