Phoenix Calida
@phoenixcalida.bsky.social
Black. Boricua. Midwest af. I like flowers and yarn. I talk about sex workers rights, racism, and politics. A lot. 18+ please
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Pretty sure I just saw a grown man with ice get stompted tf out by children???
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Pretty sure I just saw a grown man with ice get stompted tf out by children???
I think we need specifically directed actions in certain places
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I think we need specifically directed actions in certain places
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
Abolish ICE and defund police seems like a reasonable alternative. JS
There are first graders learning that state violence can be directed at them. That their lungs can be filled with chemicals designed for warfare (& banned from use in war). That the people who are supposed to protect them can, and will, hurt them if they are told to.
You can’t unring that bell.
You can’t unring that bell.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Abolish ICE and defund police seems like a reasonable alternative. JS
Just gonna say it again-
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
It's live. Get your tissues.
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
rewirenewsgroup.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Just gonna say it again-
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
Because that's totally what you would do if you if you weren't acting as the private militia of an authoritarian. Or something
ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards
ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest
The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.
www.bangordailynews.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Because that's totally what you would do if you if you weren't acting as the private militia of an authoritarian. Or something
This part. I havent seen much difference in their policies, but people keep telling me Crockett is too ghetto, too loud, too conservative, too anti progressive, as opposed to talarico who speaks well, is professional, and progressive.
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
What drives me nuts about all of this is that Crockett and Talarico hold basically all of the same positions on issues. They're both pretty standard center-left Dems (Axios, naturally, tries to frame them both as progressives, but lol, come on) www.axios.com/local/dallas...
Crockett, Talarico go head to head — by largely agreeing
Crockett and Talarico are vying for the seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn, who faces his own competitive primary.
www.axios.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This part. I havent seen much difference in their policies, but people keep telling me Crockett is too ghetto, too loud, too conservative, too anti progressive, as opposed to talarico who speaks well, is professional, and progressive.
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
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It's live. Get your tissues.
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
rewirenewsgroup.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It's live. Get your tissues.
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
This was the best $11 I've spent in a while
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This was the best $11 I've spent in a while
So you agree, americans don't actually have freedom of speech and their lives are at risk if they criticize MAGA?
February 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
So you agree, americans don't actually have freedom of speech and their lives are at risk if they criticize MAGA?
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The deadline to apply to fill three vacant seats on Chicago’s police oversight board is Friday, officials said.
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
Want to Serve on Chicago’s Police Oversight Board? Deadline to Apply is Friday
The seven-member Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability oversees the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the Chicago Police Board and has the power to set policy for the Ch...
to.wttw.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The deadline to apply to fill three vacant seats on Chicago’s police oversight board is Friday, officials said.
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
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Palantir needs to be obliterated the same as ICE, and Peter Thiel can face the Truth and Reconciliation committee he’s spent his entire life trying to negate.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Palantir needs to be obliterated the same as ICE, and Peter Thiel can face the Truth and Reconciliation committee he’s spent his entire life trying to negate.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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There’s a wall slowly being built around the US, from the outside.
International companies cut off business in the U.S. because of ICE — The Washington Post
French multinational Capgemini moved to distance itself “immediately” from ICE after criticism from French officials; a Canadian company has also canceled a sale to the agency.
apple.news
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
There’s a wall slowly being built around the US, from the outside.
Anyways, how is the qanon cult coping?
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Anyways, how is the qanon cult coping?
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
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I’m so annoyed at being gaslit about this.
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I’m so annoyed at being gaslit about this.
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An example of the direct impact of conflating teaching Black contributions to US history w/ this mythical CRT is the way that DEI rhetoric has shifted to 'black pilots are unqualified'. If we taught history without bias everyone would know that the best US pilots in history were the Tuskegee Airmen
January 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM
An example of the direct impact of conflating teaching Black contributions to US history w/ this mythical CRT is the way that DEI rhetoric has shifted to 'black pilots are unqualified'. If we taught history without bias everyone would know that the best US pilots in history were the Tuskegee Airmen
It's beginning to remind me of the Panama papers at this point
New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
February 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It's beginning to remind me of the Panama papers at this point
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Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request. www.404media.co/police-told-...
Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request. www.404media.co/police-told-...
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I need people to understand that it’s not just Epstein, it’s the entire rape culture that existed before and after him at every socioeconomic level. That’s why Epstein, who I’ve never thought was particularly smart or interesting, was able to pull this all off—he recognized how abuse functions
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I need people to understand that it’s not just Epstein, it’s the entire rape culture that existed before and after him at every socioeconomic level. That’s why Epstein, who I’ve never thought was particularly smart or interesting, was able to pull this all off—he recognized how abuse functions
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If one group captures a radically disproportionate share of growth, others receive less than they otherwise would have, even in a growing economy. This is measurable.
You can have innovation without extreme wealth concentration. You cannot have extreme wealth concentration without exploitation.
You can have innovation without extreme wealth concentration. You cannot have extreme wealth concentration without exploitation.
There isn't some fixed pie of wealth that billionaires are monopolizing. People who found companies create new wealth, and capture only a slice of that. Imagine how much poorer we would be if iPhones, Google, Uber, Spotify, or mRNA vaccines did not exist. Even Bluesky was created by a billionaire!
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 AM
If one group captures a radically disproportionate share of growth, others receive less than they otherwise would have, even in a growing economy. This is measurable.
You can have innovation without extreme wealth concentration. You cannot have extreme wealth concentration without exploitation.
You can have innovation without extreme wealth concentration. You cannot have extreme wealth concentration without exploitation.
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Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner
Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system
@gothamist.com @wnyc.org
gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system
@gothamist.com @wnyc.org
gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani names reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complex
Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.
gothamist.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner
Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system
@gothamist.com @wnyc.org
gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system
@gothamist.com @wnyc.org
gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
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we have reporting, per our sources, in here on what Trump’s intel community (yes Intel community) and federal law enforcement have been probing since last year, which led to this raid, and boy is it wild… I know we’ve come to expect this from this gang, but it’s basically Trump’s feds and spooks…
new details in here with @justinglawe.bsky.social, who I’ve had the privilege of reporting with at the daily beast, rolling stone, and now at @zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/trump-geor...
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Trump’s Plot to Rig the Midterms Has Kicked Off in Georgia
Donald Trump’s administration raided an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia. It’s a preview of how he could try to interfere in the midterm elections.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:10 PM
we have reporting, per our sources, in here on what Trump’s intel community (yes Intel community) and federal law enforcement have been probing since last year, which led to this raid, and boy is it wild… I know we’ve come to expect this from this gang, but it’s basically Trump’s feds and spooks…
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Everyone telling you not to worry about the midterms. Is it gonna work? Probably not. Is he gonna try? Yes. And they're desperate. Again, there's a wide berth between Trump will send military into cities and Person shot at polls by ICE and neither should happen. Shut this shit down forever.
we have reporting, per our sources, in here on what Trump’s intel community (yes Intel community) and federal law enforcement have been probing since last year, which led to this raid, and boy is it wild… I know we’ve come to expect this from this gang, but it’s basically Trump’s feds and spooks…
new details in here with @justinglawe.bsky.social, who I’ve had the privilege of reporting with at the daily beast, rolling stone, and now at @zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/trump-geor...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Everyone telling you not to worry about the midterms. Is it gonna work? Probably not. Is he gonna try? Yes. And they're desperate. Again, there's a wide berth between Trump will send military into cities and Person shot at polls by ICE and neither should happen. Shut this shit down forever.