Nell Lancaster
@nlanc.bsky.social
gardener, fitful & mostly retired organizer* Interests: unions for all, pandemic prevention, abolition, cooking. *(mostly field & fr, oscillating for last 50 yrs betw Dem-electoral left & anti-imperialist left)
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“Multiple cases have been reported where CBP agents have shot at cars, pursued vehicles causing them to crash or rollover, and even used their cars to run over migrants. Twenty-eight percent of victims have died of medical issues or potential medical neglect …”
“… a total of 351 people have died as a result of an encounter with Customs and Border Protection agents since 2010. CBP’s culture of abuse and reckless use of force has led to the deaths of many U.S. citizens and noncitizens both at U.S. ports of entry and in the southern border region.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Multiple cases have been reported where CBP agents have shot at cars, pursued vehicles causing them to crash or rollover, and even used their cars to run over migrants. Twenty-eight percent of victims have died of medical issues or potential medical neglect …”
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I have two things to say about this - HA and HA
EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have two things to say about this - HA and HA
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Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.
It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.
This picture irresistibly calls up the Stonehenge bit in This Is Spinal Tap. The contractor needs to do this irl.
Exclusive: The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of President Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch in Washington.
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
wapo.st
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This picture irresistibly calls up the Stonehenge bit in This Is Spinal Tap. The contractor needs to do this irl.
Thread on ICE in Chicao:
Their activity over the last week has included: car crashes, arrests of citizens, rapid responders and bystanders, four days straight of tear gas attacks on dense residential neighborhoods, real guns and pepper ball dispensers pointed at faces, breaking windows and dragging people from cars
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thread on ICE in Chicao:
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U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News
The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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For days, I’ve been talking to a woman whose loved one has disappeared into ICE system. The torture of not knowing where this person is and what’s going to happen to them - it reminds me of covering the parents searching for the bodies of their missing kids in Mexico. No answers. No good answers.
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For days, I’ve been talking to a woman whose loved one has disappeared into ICE system. The torture of not knowing where this person is and what’s going to happen to them - it reminds me of covering the parents searching for the bodies of their missing kids in Mexico. No answers. No good answers.
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These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
This is why I can't take this sky place except in tiny doses. Not one commenter to this post expresses horror at the Nobel committee's actual choice: a fascist coup leader who praised Trump's murder spree of ppl in boats off Vzla & welcomes a US invasion to overthrow the govt. Peace of the Grave
Any news organization that treated "Will Trump Get Nobel?" as a remotely serious question, and not one more indication of his accelerating hallucinatory patterns, has some 'splaining to do.
Looking at you, all major news orgs.
Looking at you, all major news orgs.
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is why I can't take this sky place except in tiny doses. Not one commenter to this post expresses horror at the Nobel committee's actual choice: a fascist coup leader who praised Trump's murder spree of ppl in boats off Vzla & welcomes a US invasion to overthrow the govt. Peace of the Grave
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BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE
🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE
🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...
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“It is a struggle for Palestinians to survive, let alone conceive in Gaza.”
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
October 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“It is a struggle for Palestinians to survive, let alone conceive in Gaza.”
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat spoke in front of the UN security council about Israel’s systematic attack on the reproductive capacity of women in Gaza
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Boosting this, if anyone can help provide resources I appreciate it 🥺♥️
Does anyone have any resources to help explain to a developmentally disabled adult that they have cancer in an appropriate way? Are there books for this? I’m so overwhelmed
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Boosting this, if anyone can help provide resources I appreciate it 🥺♥️
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#OTD 6 Oct 1917 civil rights and women's rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Mississippi. She defied arrests, white supremacists, and police to vote, then organised to register thousands of other Black people to vote across the South stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#OTD 6 Oct 1917 civil rights and women's rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Mississippi. She defied arrests, white supremacists, and police to vote, then organised to register thousands of other Black people to vote across the South stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...
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Goodemorning Gonzobongos! It mite be time to starte somb trobbil.
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Goodemorning Gonzobongos! It mite be time to starte somb trobbil.
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this shirt never really sold very well but I totally stand behind it
October 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
this shirt never really sold very well but I totally stand behind it
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obviously this will end well
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
obviously this will end well
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Please share: 24-HOUR BIRTHDAY DRIVE 💡My ONE wish today is to help high school students in Gaza City take their exams 💛
We’re matching 100 to help Spark Space host these kids with internet & electricity—under bombs and ground invasion. Match their bravery.
209/1000 chuffed.org/project/spar...
We’re matching 100 to help Spark Space host these kids with internet & electricity—under bombs and ground invasion. Match their bravery.
209/1000 chuffed.org/project/spar...
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Please share: 24-HOUR BIRTHDAY DRIVE 💡My ONE wish today is to help high school students in Gaza City take their exams 💛
We’re matching 100 to help Spark Space host these kids with internet & electricity—under bombs and ground invasion. Match their bravery.
209/1000 chuffed.org/project/spar...
We’re matching 100 to help Spark Space host these kids with internet & electricity—under bombs and ground invasion. Match their bravery.
209/1000 chuffed.org/project/spar...
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WBEZ: ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight www.wbez.org/immigration/...
ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight
ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food, and toilets are out...
www.wbez.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
WBEZ: ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported. He spent three-plus months in ICE custody after livestreaming a protest, before being flown out of the U.S. on Oct. 3.
In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”
In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”
Spanish-language reporter arrested at Atlanta-area protest; faces deportation
Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter who covers immigration issues, was arrested at an anti-Trump protest in Chamblee, Georgia, near Atlanta, …
pressfreedomtracker.us
October 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported. He spent three-plus months in ICE custody after livestreaming a protest, before being flown out of the U.S. on Oct. 3.
In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”
In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”
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Connect the dots: .yday's decision .this wk's night raid on Chi apt bldg, ICE rappeled fr Bhawk helicopters & dragged Black ppl & recent Venezuelan immigrants into vans & off to cells .this last month's 5 attacks on civilian boats off Vzla, sinking 4, murdering >21 .WH declares war on "Vz cartels"
NEW: By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants.
KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Connect the dots: .yday's decision .this wk's night raid on Chi apt bldg, ICE rappeled fr Bhawk helicopters & dragged Black ppl & recent Venezuelan immigrants into vans & off to cells .this last month's 5 attacks on civilian boats off Vzla, sinking 4, murdering >21 .WH declares war on "Vz cartels"
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