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maya
@smalltraitor.bsky.social
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I’m grounded in my Jewish values when I say: It’s not antisemitic to tell the truth. Free Palestine.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · 15h
The Biden admin covered up the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh after an extensive investigation determining she was intentionally killed by the IDF. Their priority was assuaging the Israeli govt instead of accountability for the murder of a U.S. citizen journalist.
Did U.S. Cover Up Shireen Abu Akleh Killing? Whistleblower Speaks Out
A retired U.S. colonel who investigated the death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has gone public to accuse the Biden administration of “inaction” and a possible “cover-up.” Steve...
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · 1d
The primary business in the US is bankrolling genocides abroad for two means of profit: weapons sales and then resource control and extraction. #freesudan #freepalestine
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d
If you want clear and accurate info to understand what is happening in Sudan, and how you can help stop this genocide, here is the piece that will provide you that clarity.

This is a guest piece by Sudanese-American attorney Mo Seifeldein. Please read & share.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/sudan-isnt...
Sudan Isn’t a Civil War. It’s an Empire-Fueled Genocide.
A guest post by Mo Seifeldein, a Sudanese-American refugee and attorney
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 5d
If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility is a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk.
Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.
Kat Abughazaleh allegedly protested in Broadview, Illinois, where ICE was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed,” feds said.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5d
Pennsylvania is a swing state where its Supreme Court could decide the fate of election laws, redistricting and abortion. https://to.pbs.org/49mJcxp
Why Pennsylvania's Supreme Court election has national implications
Election Day is a week away, and while there are some gubernatorial races getting attention, there is also a trio of votes for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that continues a trend of big spending in ...
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · 17d
theintercept.com/2025/10/17/b...

You can’t expect the perpetrators of genocide, with the help of their primary weapons supplier, to enforce a ceasefire on themselves.
Trump’s Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is Already Failing Palestinians
James Zogby and Jonah Valdez on what it will take for this ceasefire to succeed, and Palestinian writer Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi shares her hopes and fears.
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viision.bsky.social @viision.bsky.social · 20d
@qasimrashid.com saying what anyone with a functioning brain and heart are wondering.
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21d
Now that the final 20 Israeli hostages are free, remember: those claiming violence “began on 10/7” want us to ignore that Israel was forced to free 2,000 Palestinians hostages—some 20 years w/o charge—& 8,000 remain.

If Hamas holding 20 is violence—& I agree it is—what is when Israel holds 8,000?🤔
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Megan Carolan @megancarolan.bsky.social · 20d
So far the Israeli military has only said the group "approached its soldiers."

People walking towards you is not a reason to shoot them.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23d
This murder is why we still have to say BLACK LIVES MATTER

Kingsley Bimpong should be alive.
ajlagoe.bsky.social A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · 25d
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · Oct 1
good morning
Person 1: Hi! I'd like a wake up call. Person 2: If the federal minimum wage had grown in step with worker productivity (like it did until the 1970s) it would be over $25 today. We're all being underpaid so billionaires can have another yact. Source: "The Minimum Wage," by ILR School Cornell University.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · Sep 30
In TPS case, Venezuelan migrants put SCOTUS on the spot with a comparison to Biden immigration ruling @courthousenews.bsky.social

background here: www.courthousenews.com/trump-renews...
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 29
“Despite the legal protections for DACA recipients and green card holders, we are witnessing the disappearance of community activists, like Catalina Xóchitl Santiago, who are challenging the rise of fascism in our nation”
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Sep 18
@amnesty.org has released a report on the "global political economy” enabling genocide against Palestinians.

The report names Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems, Hyundai and Palantir, among others.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 17
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/17/ga... Israel is continuing to systematically execute Palestinian children with the support of the U.S. government. This is genocide.
“Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza
As Israel continues its full-fledged military ground invasion of Gaza City, Democracy Now! speaks with Kathleen Gallagher, a U.S. military veteran and general surgeon currently volunteering in Gaza, w...
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 16
Trump is trying to start a war with Venezuela so he can overthrow Maduro’s govt. And it’s not even subtle.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 16
“A war framing confuses the issue. This is not a war,” Sarah Harrison, former general counsel at the Pentagon explained. “U.S. forces went out and committed murder.”
Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 16
It’s always “what is a groyper” and never “why a groyper?”
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Jay @envinyon.bsky.social · Sep 15
they could genuinely botch this up so bad that tyler robinson walks lmao
keeptroyblue.bsky.social Troy Matthews @keeptroyblue.bsky.social · Sep 15
Kash Patel now says there’s a manifesto in the Kirk shooting, but it was destroyed, but the FBI can prove it existed using forensic evidence. So Kash wants to reproduce a manifesto that doesn’t exist to reveal the motives of the shooter. Got it.
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Fox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social · Sep 15
I know there’s a lot of horrors to fight but if you have bandwidth I can personally attest that PSLF is literally life-changing and it by design benefits people working for the public good (and not just educators!). It’s only been a handful of years since Biden-era changes made it actually WORK.
audrelawdamercy.bsky.social Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · Sep 15
The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration

Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes

ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Trump White House Is Trying to Price Law Students Out of Public Service
A proposed Department of Education rule would make borrowers ineligible for loan forgiveness if the administration doesn’t approve of their work.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · Sep 12
In this week’s newsletter I have thoughts on Ezra’s Klein value judgements about the “right way” to do politics.
How to Canonize a White Supremacist
On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 12
maxkennerly.bsky.social Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Sep 12
I see, fighting antisemitism by putting Jewish names on a list and giving it to the government so they can decide punishment.
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Sep 12
UC Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty, and staff as part of an investigation into antisemitism on campus. One of them is Judith Butler. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 12
No doubt this framework will stretch beyond the veil of “antisemitism” (aka any fight for Palestinian liberation) to censorship on other grounds as well. Even supposedly liberal universities are capitulating early.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 12
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This is what genocide looks like. Made possible by US weapons. #freepalestine
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Sep 10
“The very Palestinians who are trying to negotiate some form of a truce with Israel, Israel then targets them and kills them.”
“America Is Bankrolling This”: Jeremy Scahill on Israel’s Bombing of Hamas in Qatar
Global condemnation is mounting after Israel bombed Qatar’s capital Doha, attempting to take out senior Hamas leaders who had gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. Hamas leadershi...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Sep 9
In “a mockery of international law,” per one expert, Israel has bombed the residence of Hamas officials negotiating peace in Doha, Qatar.
Israel’s Peace Plan: Assassinate the Ceasefire Negotiators
In “a mockery of international law,” per one expert, Israel has bombed the residence of Hamas officials negotiating peace in Doha, Qatar.
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maya @smalltraitor.bsky.social · Sep 9
SCOTUS’ decision today isn’t a new low, it’s a revival of old racism targeting brown people and immigrants from the Brignoni-Ponce decision. Racist judges made this decision originally and racist, white supremacist judges have brought it back to strip people of their constitutional rights.
The Trump administration puts ethnicity on the court’s emergency docket
Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement prac...
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