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Regina Phalange @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 2h

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 23d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

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Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 14h

Help us get out of Gaza
let us rebuild our lives, please, my friends. share for us much as you can during this period, because there is news that the crossing will open so we can get out from Gaza.

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 23d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

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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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

I'm absolutely convinced what makes Shakespeare inaccessible to a lot of audiences isn't the iambic pentameter old english it's the fact most plays are rehearsed as spoken verses and not acted with meaning

because when actors actually act out what they're saying it is So Clear

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 12h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 17h

Alex Jones has asked the Supreme Court to immediately put his almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment on hold, citing the imminent threat of InfoWars being handed over to The Onion.

If there isn't a stay, "InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed," the filing says.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 8h

We definitely need to make sure this is a thing.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8h

I know a lot of people are still absorbing judge Perry's order against national guard deployment in Illinois. A couple things to keep in mind:

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8h

Looks like we didn't have to wait for tomorrow for the written order: bsky.app/profile/jons...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary restraining order is in:

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8h

For one, this is a *temporary restraining order.* it expires in two weeks, hence why Perry ordered a hearing on its possible extension on Oct. 22. It's not a permanent injunction on national guard federalization / deployment in Illinois.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8h

Looks like we didn't have to wait for tomorrow for the written order: bsky.app/profile/jons...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary restraining order is in:

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h

I am currently out of copies to give away, but if you are new to organizing and activism, and you could use some insight and guidance, you can find Let This Radicalize You at a discount here:

Let This Radicalize You

Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.

www.haymarketbooks.org

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 11h

so crazy to just be living every day through the slow motion car crash of escalating fascism and it’s still like. aw man i have to go to the dentist

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 15h

Israel killed today another of journalist Motasem Dalloul's children.

Motasem made the announcement 3 hours after the ceasefire should have taken effect.

Israel has now killed his wife & 3 children.

He himself has been wounded twice, once during the Great Return March & once during the genocide.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 22h

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Regina Phalange @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 10h

www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11h

Fuck Hillary Clinton

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 12h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Regina Phalange @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 11h

Alright, it's possible these were parents/family at elementary pick up but it's also possible they were not.

Regardless, this is brutal and unacceptable, and we need to fight against ICE and Trump and all of this evil.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 13h

So from what I can gather, the video is taken behind a UIC building at Racine and Congress/Harrison and near the pick up line for a school which is on Loomis. There is no proof as of now that it was targeting the elementary school or parents. The people detained were released.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 14h

This is the alert sent out about ICE near UIC yesterday.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Sanctuary for All UIC, a campus group, released a statement confirming ICE had detained two people unaffiliated with UIC outside one of the campus buildings. They have since been released. It is unclear how the university is proceeding to inform and protect students from future ICE actions.

Community alert

10/8

9:30pm

Sanctuary for all UIC has confirmed federal agents were on UIC’s campus behind the student services building (1200 w Harrison) sometime between 3 and 4pm

Agents abducted 3 individuals who are unaffiliated with UIC and left the area

Illinois state police were seen on the scene shortly after.

The 2 individuals have since been released.

There is a video of the abduction being circulated. The exact source and time it was taken are unknown.

At the time of this posting 9:30pm there is no other known ICE activity on UIC’s campus.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 14h

I can’t speak to who took that video but I know that same video has been circulated in UIC network as the ICE arrests near a campus building yesterday at Racine and Harrison so that’s why I’ve been flagging it as confusing. There is also a school near Loomis. I’m very detail oriented especially rn!

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 14h

There’s a viral video reposted by a lot of news people nationally about an abduction at West Loop Elementary School, but there is no school with that name. The video seems to be of ICE detaining people near UIC yesterday. Details matter. We need to try to get them right before sharing.

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Regina Phalange @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 11h

But let's be very clear, there was NO justification for what happened in that video.

NONE. No matter where it was filmed.

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Regina Phalange @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently, there is no specific elementary school in West Loop called "West Loop Elementary." My assumption is that this is an elementary school in the West Loop neighborhood, and folks from outside of the area (like me) got confused.

Will update when/if I learn what the school is called.

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ljbryner67 @leeman67.bsky.social · 14h

Hey all you 2nd amendment weirdos out there: THIS is tyranny.

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