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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 39m

We're having our first-ever Ohio Immigrant Alliance Family Reunion on November 15 at Chez Rama in Columbus! It's a chance to celebrate each other and all that we've survived this past year. I hope you'll join us. Details and RSVP here. www.ohioimmigrant.org/events-list/... #OhioIsHome

Ohio Immigrant Alliance Family Reunion and Fundraiser — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

If you believe Ohio is home for everyone, you are part of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance family. Come to our first-ever Family Reunion! Celebrate our community and gather with old and new friends. Enjoy ...

www.ohioimmigrant.org

Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 22h

On Nov. 15, this is where we'll be: Ohio Immigrant Alliance #familyreunion & fundraiser at Chez Rama in Columbus.

Join us! Celebrate our community.

We couldn't have gotten through this year without each other.
Free food, griot Habi Gawlo & more. #OhioIsHome www.facebook.com/events/14509...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.

by Raymond Carver

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

My career is listening to people who flee places that get increasingly unsafe. A few months of "wait & see" can make a world of difference for safety & prospects. I've lived under authoritarianism myself.

Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.

This is not okay.

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 2d

Day 3 to tell Ohio Guard NO militarized streets. 84th Adjutant General Brigadier General Matthew S. Woodruff: invading our cities isn't what you signed up for. Stay true to values + be proud of your service. 614-336-4499 / [email protected]. www.ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2025/10...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

"training" is the consistent liberal canard. nope people, this is THEIR JOB. they are doing what they are hired to do.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone else remember that old SNL sketch in which Jon Lovitz is playing Michael Dukakis and Dana Carvey is playing George H.W. Bush and they're debating and in mid-debate Dukakis turns to the camera and says, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"?

Yeah, *that*

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 2d

As Oprah would say -- FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER....

Ohio Immigrant Alliance is making our 1st two anthologies available, in digital format, for FREE! Download them here.

bit.ly/FreeBookOIA #OhioIsHome

Get free digital copies of the Ohio Migration Anthology here, or purchase paperbacks. — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

The Ohio Migration Anthology is a publication of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance that features artists of all types with a connection to Ohio and to migration of some kind. We've published two volumes to ...

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 3d

Day 2, call/email DeWine to say we don't want military in Ohio cities. We want our leaders to build communities + bring ppl together.

614-466-3555 + governor.ohio.gov/contact

#OhioIsHome #NoICEGuard

Did you miss Day 1? Make 2 calls + send 2 emails (see www.ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2025/10...)

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 3d

In Ohio we're launching 3 days of 📞 ✉︎ bc we DON'T WANT National Guard in our streets! We remember Kent State. We have Guard members in our families. We need anti-poverty measures, not militarization.

Take 2 simple actions for 3 days: www.ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2025/10... 🙏 ❤️💪 #OhioIsHome

Just Say No! To the National Guard in Ohio Communities — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Rep. Max Miller has called for the deployment of the National Guard to Cleveland. Vice President J.D. Vance has criticized Cincinnati, and spread lies about Springfield. Ohioans are tired of politicia...

www.ohioimmigrant.org

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 3d

In Ohio we're launching 3 days of 📞 ✉︎ bc we DON'T WANT National Guard in our streets! We remember Kent State. We have Guard members in our families. We need anti-poverty measures, not militarization.

Take 2 simple actions for 3 days: www.ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2025/10... 🙏 ❤️💪 #OhioIsHome

Just Say No! To the National Guard in Ohio Communities — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Rep. Max Miller has called for the deployment of the National Guard to Cleveland. Vice President J.D. Vance has criticized Cincinnati, and spread lies about Springfield. Ohioans are tired of politicia...

www.ohioimmigrant.org

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 4d

CBS News is now “the thinking person’s Fox.” 🤮

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 4d

Important educational video on the difference between ICE and the National Guard. Key point -- National Guard doesn't have to hide their faces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjo_...

The National Guard and ICE: Know the Difference

YouTube video by Unite 4 Veterans

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 5d

The whole lot of them.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I said what I said: Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 6d

MUST-READ.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7d

Michael Hauser Tov's new Reuters Institute report offers practical techniques that could transform Trump coverage. But media organizations seem more interested in maintaining broken norms than fixing them. www.readtpa.com/p/we-already...

We Already Know How to Cover Trump's Lies. So Why Aren't Newsrooms Doing It?

A new playbook from the Reuters Institute lays out concrete techniques for covering authoritarian politicians. The problem isn't figuring out what to do — it's getting anyone to actually do it.

www.readtpa.com

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 6d

This is sooooo goooood.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 7d

HIGHLIGHTS: Pulaagam: A Celebration of Fulani Heritage

Fulani people have been making Ohio their home for decades, but never forget where they came from. Learn about the culture + celebrate it.

See full vid. plus highlights, photo gallery + more at bit.ly/FulaOhio #cbusartsfest

Pulaagam: A Celebration of Fulani Heritage — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

The Fulani people have quietly been making Ohio their home for decades, building strong families and settling in. At the Columbus Arts Festival in June 2025, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, Houleye Thiam...

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Columbus Free Press @columbusfreepress.bsky.social · 7d

The Ohio Immigrant Alliance is an org of immigrants and allies working to build a stronger state, because Ohio is home. Debate is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy, and real solutions come from the people, not politicians. @lynntramonte.bsky.social #ohio
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Alliance, Instead of Intimidation

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 8d

The American Gestapo is dragging Americans out of bed and handcuffing them with no warrant to try to convince you that brown people are hurting you rather than the truth which is that white male child rapists are selling America for parts to oligarchs and don’t care who gets stomped.

#GOPFascism

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 9d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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