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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

You need to fix this @cnn.com.

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 3d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 7d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15d

We wanna talk abt free speech? Let's talk abt
@karenattiah.bsky.social fired @washingtonpost.com for reminding us of Kirk's hate. Or Mario Guevara detained 102 days for live-streaming ICE. Myriad stakes for ppl who get less/no airtime that we never hear. From me pressingissues.org/trumps-attac...

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 16d

Got this one saved to read later today...essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on Ezra Klein...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 16d

Coming in 20 min: A press briefing on the plight of Mario Guevara—the only journalist in the US imprisoned for exercising his First Amendment right to record police/ICE activity in public.

Hear from Free Press' @attorneynora.bsky.social alongside
@aclu.org allies:

www.acluga.org/press-releas...

Media Advisory: Emmy-Winning Journalist Mario Guevara’s Family, Advocates, & Legal Team Speak Out - ACLU of Georgia

The Board of Immigration Appeals reopened Mr. Guevara’s 13-year-old immigration case and ordered him to return to El Salvador

www.acluga.org

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 17d

Thnx @axios.com @kristaldixon.bsky.social for covering 100 days of detention & the fight for Mario Guevara’s freedom: www.axios.com/local/atlant...

Legal team hopes to secure journalist's release from ICE detention

Monday, Sept. 22, marked roughly 100 days since Mario Guevara was arrested while covering a protest in DeKalb County.

www.axios.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 18d

I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 18d

“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it”
@nhannahjones.bsky.social

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21d

The Trump administration has attacked diversity programs, historical discussions of slavery, civil rights and more as he pressures civic institutions to de-emphasize race. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project, discusses what led to this movement. nyti.ms/4msq3x8

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 18d

One stark marker of how much our society has devolved in just a few years is Bob Iger personally got on a call to convince us to let Disney/HULU make the 1619 Project. That America no longer exists.

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 20d

Here is another book to also consider that addresses this topic:

The Constitutional Bind

An eye-opening account of how Americans came to revere the Constitution and what this reverence has meant domestically and around the world. Some Americans today worry that the Federal Constitution is...

press.uchicago.edu

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 20d

If you care about corporate media capitulation & Jimmy Kimmel getting canceled, you should definitely care about the Trump administration trying to deport journalist Mario Guevara.

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 20d

As the Federal Communications Commission is making national headlines, here is a short @media2070.bsky.social essay I wrote in July for @objectivejournos.bsky.social on the racist origins of the FCC, broadcast regulations and the broadcast industry.

Reckoning with the Federal Communications Commission’s history of structural racism

Since the agency’s inception, FCC policies have undermined the 14th Amendment rights of Black people and Black communities.

objectivejournalism.org

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 20d

BREAKING: Immigration court orders Mario Guevara can be deported immediately. This is a gross miscarriage of justice. If Mario is deported, that sets dangerous precedent -- targeting reporters for their coverage & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice

Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition

www.theguardian.com

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 20d

“Deportation without due process—that would be the new normal set by Mario Guevara’s removal from the US,” Benavidez explained.
cpj.org/2025/09/jour...

Journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after US appeals court decision - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, September 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board...

cpj.org

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African American Policy Forum @aapf.org · 22d

@karenattiah.bsky.social is a voice for the TRUTH!

Karen Attiah was the last remaining Black full-time writer for the Washington Post opinion pages. She was fearless in her pursuit of the truth and her willingness to speak it to power. To fire her for her strengths, to erase Black voices — especially those of Black women — from one of the most influential newspapers in the country speaks volumes about who is allowed to have an opinion right now in America and who isn't. The chilling effect of this firing, the diminished influence of Black journalists on our mainstream understanding of current events, and a political environment tilted towards silencing dissent are reshaping the way we live our lives and forever rewriting the history future generations will have access to.

Kimberlé Crenshaw
Co-Founder and Executive Director of AAPF

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 21d

Mahmoud Khalil was just ordered to be deported for his free speech. Mario Guevara is in detention for filming police. Jimmy Kimmel taken off air for his speech. TikTok being bought by Trump cronies. All of it moves towards one singular narrative Trump approves. We must resist.

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 21d

Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air is bad. It's an attack on the First Amendment, press freedom, intended to limit what narratives are allowed -- none acceptable if they critique those in power. Also horrific: the detention of reporters like Mario Guevara.. He's been detained for just filming police!

Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 22d

Mario Guevara, journalist in ATL arrested & detained since June 14 for his news coverage, is still in detention. A judge ordered his release in July, but he remains in rural southern GA. We're fighting for his release. Next Monday will be 100 days in detention. pressingissues.org/five-questio...

Five Questions About Detained Journalist Mario Guevara

He is the only U.S.-based journalist being held by ICE.

pressingissues.org

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 21d

I worry about this...I worry that when Black and Brown folks and communities are harmed, our allies forget or fail to mention it when attacking our communities is central to the authoritarian project.

The Media 2070 Project Denounces the Washington Post's Firing of Columnist Karen Attiah

This latest media capitulation to Trump will result in more biased news coverage that undermines the rights of Black communities and other communities of color.

www.freepress.net

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 23d

From Ta-Nehisi Coates....

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 23d

@media2070.bsky.social statement on the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social. It's latest example of powerful media companies helping to fuel our nation’s constitutional collapse and empowering an authoritarian effort to dismantle civil-rights laws and infrastructure. @freepress.bsky.social

The Media 2070 Project Denounces the Washington Post's Firing of Columnist Karen Attiah

This latest media capitulation to Trump will result in more biased news coverage that undermines the rights of Black communities and other communities of color.

www.freepress.net

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404 Media @404media.co · 23d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 26d

Shocked it went the distance.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27d

The Supreme Court is forging an America where weighing race can be used to harm minorities, but not to protect them.

The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can.

So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."

www.motherjones.com

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · Sep 5

This claim is meritless: it’s without basis in law and the 1A prevents the FCC from intruding into political content in this manner.

If FCC Chair Carr doesn’t dismiss this outright he will make a mockery of himself in front of the entire Communications Bar.

www.thewrap.com/center-for-a...

Center for American Rights Files FCC Complaint Against ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ for ‘Unlawful Politicking’

The right-wing law firm argues Kimmel has abused public airwaves to advance his personal political agenda

www.thewrap.com

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Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our first launch event home in Berkeley!

Craft in A Time of Crisis: Asian American and Pacific Islander Writers on Meeting the Moment

Cathy Park Hong, Terisa Siagatonu, Colleen Lye & Jeff Chang

Oct. 1, 6PM • David Brower Center

Register now: watermirrorecho.net

#watermirrorecho

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