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Joel Reinstein
@joelreinstein.bsky.social
Labor organizer

"Would it not be easier for the government to dissolve the people, and elect another?"
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This by @tayari.bsky.social is my favorite essay and it's never far from my heart

time.com/5434381/taya...
Another entry in the genre of a good informative/upsetting article that rediscovers a marxist concept or two
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.

www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.

The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.

They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The husband's statement at the end is despicable
The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just detained by ICE.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Idk if I'm right. Here's what I think I'm seeing:

Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.

They stay!
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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🚨BREAKING: In the latest attempt to intimidate voters, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) launched a sweeping immigration-focused investigation into the signature-gathering firm behind the referendum that threatens to overturn the GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander.
Missouri AG Launches Last-Ditch Immigration Probe into Referendum that Threatens GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.

Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless

www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Israel Hayom (Israel's most read newspaper, run by Israeli-American billionaire & Trump megadonor Miriam Adelson) is hosting an event in New York next week featuring Eric Adams, John Fetterman, Trump UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, Biden Middle East negotiator Amos Hochstein, and top Israeli officials.
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Jesus fucking Christ
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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As far as i can tell, people are recording/yelling while wearing their pajamas and sandals, and the feds respond by pointing their weapons at the crowd and then gassing a residential block.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Zohran Mamdani told NBC’s Kristen Welker he wants Hakeem Jeffries to stay Dem leader & become Speaker if Dems win House. On Fri., Jeffries was 1 of 86 Democrats who backed a GOP-led res. “condemning socialism.” Mamdani also opposed fellow dem socialist Chi Ossé’s primary challenge against Jeffries.
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think it is bad to promote Jewish settlement anywhere in Israel, and it's still bad even if a synagogue hosts it
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Over the past 2 years there have been at least 21 cases of Israeli settlers, living illegally on stolen Palestinian land, killing Palestinians with zero consequences.

Thousands of these settlers have been armed by the Israeli military.
B’Tselem: Settlers unpunished for 21 killings in West Bank ‘ethnic cleansing'
With West Bank death toll since October 2023 topping 1,000, Palestinians say ‘death is inevitable’
www.middleeasteye.net
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"

@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
AI is guzzling gas
Big Tech is paying for gas plants and pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global climate goals.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Displacement and Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has surged to record levels in occupied West Bank.
Israel’s push to displace thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank
Displacement and Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has surged to record levels in occupied West Bank.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.

The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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All of you are deliberately mischaracterizing what Sarah Hurwitz was saying about Holocaust education. Do better.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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This is just from the past week.

@washingtonpost.com
@cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM