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#ICEOutForGood
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Candlelight Vigil to honor the life of Renee Nicole Good · Indivisible Arizona
Join us once again as we peacefully gather to honor the life of Renee Nicole Good, an American citizen who was shot and murdered by ICE.
We will gather this Friday evening January 16 at the NW corner...
www.mobilize.us
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Do you want to pay respect? Be with empathetic community? Make friends while learning more about what we can say & do in these difficult times?
www.mobilize.us/azindivisibl...
#ICEOutForGood
#SayHerNameReneeGood
#SayHerName
#AZProtest
#AZSendsLove
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#ICEOutForGood
#SayHerNameReneeGood
#SayHerName
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#AZSendsLove
After another week of tough news, we share this great list of valuable actions you can keep taking each day, each week:
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Thank you @sifill.bsky.social!
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Thank you @sifill.bsky.social!
Some Thoughts on Measures We Can Support This Week
I haven’t heard any marching orders on what we ought to be doing this week if we are not in Minnesota.
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
After another week of tough news, we share this great list of valuable actions you can keep taking each day, each week:
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Thank you @sifill.bsky.social!
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Thank you @sifill.bsky.social!
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Trump/GOP took your money, our tax payer dollars to pay for his ICE thuggery! ICE is terrorizing citizens throughout the nation, maiming & killing law abiding men, women, & children! Trump/GOP took our $ that was previously used to fund our schools, help reduce healthcare costs etc. & put into ICE!
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Trump/GOP took your money, our tax payer dollars to pay for his ICE thuggery! ICE is terrorizing citizens throughout the nation, maiming & killing law abiding men, women, & children! Trump/GOP took our $ that was previously used to fund our schools, help reduce healthcare costs etc. & put into ICE!
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Minnesotan born and raised, You Betcha!
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Minnesotan born and raised, You Betcha!
This is so important, we're posting it twice in back to back posts. Watch & gain confidence that #WeThePeople can & are making a difference.
#OptimistsResist
#KeepGoing
#GetInvolved
#GOTV
#GOTVAZ
#GOTVMaricopaCountry
#GetOutTheVoteAZ
#PeoplePower
#Resist
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#KeepGoing
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#GOTVAZ
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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
January 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is so important, we're posting it twice in back to back posts. Watch & gain confidence that #WeThePeople can & are making a difference.
#OptimistsResist
#KeepGoing
#GetInvolved
#GOTV
#GOTVAZ
#GOTVMaricopaCountry
#GetOutTheVoteAZ
#PeoplePower
#Resist
#OptimistsResist
#KeepGoing
#GetInvolved
#GOTV
#GOTVAZ
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“This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow against the United States Constitution and the U.S. government… [Trump] wants to seem strong, but he is not that strong. Organizing against him works. Fighting him in court works. Pushing back works. Protesting in the streets works.”
@maddow.msnbc.com
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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Whew, this new CNN poll is brutal....
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
January 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Whew, this new CNN poll is brutal....
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
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The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.
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Do any Republicans in Congress care about Trump grabbing oil from Venezuela, handing it off to his megadonors to sell on the international market to whoever, depositing the proceeds in foreign bank accounts, then spending the money however he sees fit with no input from Congress?
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Do any Republicans in Congress care about Trump grabbing oil from Venezuela, handing it off to his megadonors to sell on the international market to whoever, depositing the proceeds in foreign bank accounts, then spending the money however he sees fit with no input from Congress?
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The Trump regime's affordability plan has finally arrived
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The Trump regime's affordability plan has finally arrived
It's hard to share news like this, but we need to face & talk about the truth of what's happening in order to stand up for our neighbors, push back against violence, & voice our concerns to our Electeds.
#ICEOutForGood
#HopeIsPartOfTheResistance
#PeoplePower
#PowerToThePeople
#ICEOutForGood
#HopeIsPartOfTheResistance
#PeoplePower
#PowerToThePeople
I spent the week in Minneapolis. About the only thing I’m sure of now is that more people are going to die. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: In Minnesota, I witnessed Donald Trump’s American carnage made real
As confrontations between ICE and protestors and activists grow more common, the tension only rises.
www.thestar.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
It's hard to share news like this, but we need to face & talk about the truth of what's happening in order to stand up for our neighbors, push back against violence, & voice our concerns to our Electeds.
#ICEOutForGood
#HopeIsPartOfTheResistance
#PeoplePower
#PowerToThePeople
#ICEOutForGood
#HopeIsPartOfTheResistance
#PeoplePower
#PowerToThePeople
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This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered.
We can all make choices to be better.
We can all make choices to be better.
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered.
We can all make choices to be better.
We can all make choices to be better.
Let's Do This!
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This is exactly what we’re up to in Arizona!
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The Democratic National Committee has (finally) announced a seven-figure investment to register voters for the 2026 midterm elections, beginning in Arizona and Nevada, where DNC Chair Ken Martin sees untapped potential among unregistered Latinos. www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Properly considered, the actual cost of H.R. 1’s immigration enforcement spending is nearly $1 trillion more than the CBO estimates. When seen in the context of the overall costs of the bill, mass dep...
www.cato.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The power of voice...
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The power of voice...
Killing Moms is Not an American Value! Use the link below to join an event today.
If in-person events aren't for you, consider #ArmchairActivism like:
@aclu.org 's Message Action: action.aclu.org/send-message...
@5calls.org 's Call to Leaders Action: 5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
#ICEOutForGood
If in-person events aren't for you, consider #ArmchairActivism like:
@aclu.org 's Message Action: action.aclu.org/send-message...
@5calls.org 's Call to Leaders Action: 5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
#ICEOutForGood
After hundreds of nationwide events yesterday, hundreds more marches and vigils are happening today to say ICE Out For Good.
Please join us to demand accountability for ICE’s horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Please join us to demand accountability for ICE’s horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Killing Moms is Not an American Value! Use the link below to join an event today.
If in-person events aren't for you, consider #ArmchairActivism like:
@aclu.org 's Message Action: action.aclu.org/send-message...
@5calls.org 's Call to Leaders Action: 5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
#ICEOutForGood
If in-person events aren't for you, consider #ArmchairActivism like:
@aclu.org 's Message Action: action.aclu.org/send-message...
@5calls.org 's Call to Leaders Action: 5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
#ICEOutForGood
There are more #ICEOutForGood events scheduled for the weekend:
www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
The ACLU provides a great guide to #ProtestSafety & knowing your rights:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
They also have a Message Action:
action.aclu.org/send-message...
#AZProtests
#OptimistsResist
www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
The ACLU provides a great guide to #ProtestSafety & knowing your rights:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
They also have a Message Action:
action.aclu.org/send-message...
#AZProtests
#OptimistsResist
Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Mobilize
Create change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area, organized by charities, campaigns, political organizations, grassroots groups, and...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:33 AM
There are more #ICEOutForGood events scheduled for the weekend:
www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
The ACLU provides a great guide to #ProtestSafety & knowing your rights:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
They also have a Message Action:
action.aclu.org/send-message...
#AZProtests
#OptimistsResist
www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
The ACLU provides a great guide to #ProtestSafety & knowing your rights:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
They also have a Message Action:
action.aclu.org/send-message...
#AZProtests
#OptimistsResist
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These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deporta
theintercept.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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Once again, Trump is using hunger as a political weapon. In other contexts this would be called a war crime. In this context, you can just call it evil as all fuck.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Once again, Trump is using hunger as a political weapon. In other contexts this would be called a war crime. In this context, you can just call it evil as all fuck.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
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THIS WEEKEND: More than 1,000 marches and vigils are taking place nationwide to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror. Please join us: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
THIS WEEKEND: More than 1,000 marches and vigils are taking place nationwide to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror. Please join us: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
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"Thank goodness...we’re beginning to see, what I hope is a trend, which is a push back from the judiciary.” @mayor.lacity.gov Karen Bass reacts to a ruling that blocks Trump from freezing $10 billion in aid for child care and social services programs.
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"Thank goodness...we’re beginning to see, what I hope is a trend, which is a push back from the judiciary.” @mayor.lacity.gov Karen Bass reacts to a ruling that blocks Trump from freezing $10 billion in aid for child care and social services programs.
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DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.