Katelyn Oldham *Do not obey in advance.*
@katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social
labor lawyer and movement idealist in Oregon dreaming of a worker’s party, social safety net & Medicaid for all; against the genocide of Palestinians and all violence against civilians; the rule of law and human rights matter; big fan of education
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"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
There is power and protection in collective action. All solidarity for these abuse survivors. May they receive the justice and peace they deserve.
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Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
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The U.S. reportedly plans to overhaul the country’s childhood vaccine schedule. The move could set public health back decades, experts say
U.S. Plan to Drop Some Childhood Vaccines to Align with Denmark Will Endanger Children, Experts Say
The U.S. reportedly plans to overhaul the country’s childhood vaccine schedule. The move could set public health back decades, experts say
www.scientificamerican.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The U.S. reportedly plans to overhaul the country’s childhood vaccine schedule. The move could set public health back decades, experts say
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Patel has steadily dismantled the agency’s ability to fend off espionage attacks. trib.al/ZNLTUsl
Under Patel’s leadership, 23 percent of the roughly 13,000 total FBI agents have been reassigned to work on immigration enforcement, which is not historically in the bureau’s purview.
Under Patel’s leadership, 23 percent of the roughly 13,000 total FBI agents have been reassigned to work on immigration enforcement, which is not historically in the bureau’s purview.
December 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Patel has steadily dismantled the agency’s ability to fend off espionage attacks. trib.al/ZNLTUsl
Under Patel’s leadership, 23 percent of the roughly 13,000 total FBI agents have been reassigned to work on immigration enforcement, which is not historically in the bureau’s purview.
Under Patel’s leadership, 23 percent of the roughly 13,000 total FBI agents have been reassigned to work on immigration enforcement, which is not historically in the bureau’s purview.
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Calling a 1% raise “help” while food prices are up 2.6%, energy costs are up 4.1%, and groceries are 30% higher than five years ago is insulting.
Federal workers deserve real pay increases, not crumbs.
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Federal workers deserve real pay increases, not crumbs.
seiu.co/4scCOQC
Trump finalizes 1% federal pay raise for 2026
President Donald Trump’s executive order marks the final step of the process to make the 2026 federal pay raise official for most civilian employees.
seiu.co
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Calling a 1% raise “help” while food prices are up 2.6%, energy costs are up 4.1%, and groceries are 30% higher than five years ago is insulting.
Federal workers deserve real pay increases, not crumbs.
seiu.co/4scCOQC
Federal workers deserve real pay increases, not crumbs.
seiu.co/4scCOQC
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RFK Jr.'s basic belief system is eugenics: Survival of the fittest ensures we will weed out the gene pool of its weaker elements.
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
RFK Jr.'s basic belief system is eugenics: Survival of the fittest ensures we will weed out the gene pool of its weaker elements.
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For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
What bullshit.
The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What bullshit.
So excellent.
December 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
So excellent.
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Once in a while you win one.
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
Colorado TV news owner slaps down bid by conservative Sinclair broadcast giant
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Once in a while you win one.
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
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"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
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Forget about the nonsense stories like the Kennedy Center being renamed or whatever Bari Weiss is doing
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Forget about the nonsense stories like the Kennedy Center being renamed or whatever Bari Weiss is doing
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
At least 3,800 immigrant children were detained in 2025. Now, kids are not supposed to be kept more than 20 days
At least 1,300 of them have been held longer than 20 days-some for over 4 months
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"[Israeli soldiers mocking two battered and bleeding women] said, 'Who even are you?' ... [They] answered, 'We're activists.' 'Activists? You mean terrorists,' one of the soldiers said.'"
"For this photo essay, I gathered 14 testimonies from the victims of this violence in the West Bank."
"[I]mpossible to distinguish between the actions of Israeli settlers, soldiers, and police."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Military #EthnicCleansing
"[I]mpossible to distinguish between the actions of Israeli settlers, soldiers, and police."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Military #EthnicCleansing
The lives and bodies forever scarred by Israeli state-backed settler violence
Attacks on Palestinians across the West Bank have surged to record levels, with Israeli settlers and soldiers operating in near-total symbiosis.
projects.972mag.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"[Israeli soldiers mocking two battered and bleeding women] said, 'Who even are you?' ... [They] answered, 'We're activists.' 'Activists? You mean terrorists,' one of the soldiers said.'"
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MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
MTG is an experiment in how little it will take for white voters to ignore red flags they’ve already clocked
This is good.
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is good.
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I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
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I really appreciate a mainstream news article @apnews.com about the aims, strategies, & tactics of bottom-up community organizing. MOAR!
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I really appreciate a mainstream news article @apnews.com about the aims, strategies, & tactics of bottom-up community organizing. MOAR!
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Climate change affects us all. Urgently.
America’s climate catastrophe will leave many parts of the country uninhabitable. Vann R. Newkirk II reports on what life will be like for residents of these climate “dead zones,” which have already begun to reveal themselves: https://theatln.tc/CD8bgA0X
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Climate change affects us all. Urgently.
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Note: This would be at least the 11th time this year that apparent ICE/Border Patrol/DHS agents have conducted immigration enforcement on or immediately near church grounds.
RNS broke down this trend back in August: religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...
RNS broke down this trend back in August: religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Note: This would be at least the 11th time this year that apparent ICE/Border Patrol/DHS agents have conducted immigration enforcement on or immediately near church grounds.
RNS broke down this trend back in August: religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...
RNS broke down this trend back in August: religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...
Terrorizing and abusing people is morally wrong. That our government - a supposed democracy - is doing it is shameful and a violation of rights. There must be consequences for those responsible for orchestrating and carrying out these repugnant acts.
In Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Terrorizing and abusing people is morally wrong. That our government - a supposed democracy - is doing it is shameful and a violation of rights. There must be consequences for those responsible for orchestrating and carrying out these repugnant acts.
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Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Just rank corruption at every level. The biggest grift against the American people of all time.
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just rank corruption at every level. The biggest grift against the American people of all time.
Weekend reading queue.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Weekend reading queue.
Stabilizing rent means cracking down on private equity that invest in buildings and exploit renters & drive up prices. Mamdani could not have picked a better bogeyman for private equity real estate crooks than Lina Khan www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say
Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stabilizing rent means cracking down on private equity that invest in buildings and exploit renters & drive up prices. Mamdani could not have picked a better bogeyman for private equity real estate crooks than Lina Khan www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump: