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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 11d

In LA, community organizing has played a major role in slowing ICE down. Here are the strategies I saw while I was there.

Note: This is a shorter cut of a longer video that’s available on my other socials. All of which can be found here: linktr.ee/kevinfoster

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · Sep 9

Coming to you live from T-Mobile headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, where we're delivering our petition with more than 20k sigs incl 5k+ T-Mobile subscribers demanding the company hang up on fascism. @cwaunion.bsky.social @aft.org @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org #teslatakedown

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Aug 25

“Tonight when you look at your family or look at your kids, think about the fact that today you kidnapped my husband and took him away from us.” - Jennifer Vasquez Sura (Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife) said to ICE agents and masked bounty hunters as her husband was yet again taken by the regime.

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Aug 23

I had to lookup the chip reference... So good!

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sign me up! With your red pesto!

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Aug 5

one of my high school nicknames was 'val pasta'

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Oil and Gas Action Network @oilgasaction.bsky.social · Jul 21

PLEASE SHARE! This summer/fall join a national cohort of student organizers who are taking bold action to expose & challenge the influence of billionaires on campus. Apply for this three-day summit (week of August 18th and the Bay area) and paid semester long organizing fellowship! Bit.ly/stbfellow

Promotion flyer for Stop the Billionaires college student summit and fellowship

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jul 1

I think they all are problematic... Just need to decide which to use and then keep up the pressure to change. I'm hopeful that T-Mobile may actually be responsive and I've heard from multiple sources that employees are unhappy with this business deal.

Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jul 1

My view

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jul 1

It's simple. No money to fascists like Elon Musk. T-Mobile's Starlink partnership is a dirty deal and it's not too late to drop them. @teslatakedown.com #muskmustfall

T-Mobile Funds Musk banner dropped at Seattle Mariners game 6/30/25

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · Jul 1

Hey T-Mobile, can you hear us now?? #teslatakedown #starlinktakedown #MuskMustFall

Giant banner under T-Mobile sign in the bleachers that reads "T-Mobile funds Musk"

Giant banner under T-Mobile sign in the bleachers that reads "T-Mobile funds Musk" from a further distance

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jun 29

Made this little video about our Unhappy Birthday Elon party today at Tesla Lynnwood (15 miles north of Seattle).

#teslatakedown

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jun 28

Unhappy birthday Elon. Many people will not have more birthdays because of you. Even your cybertruck piñata is filled with cash and poop. #teslatakedown Lynnwood, WA

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jun 25

I have been watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social videos all week on Instagram reels... It's one of the only things that has made me feel excited and hopeful lately. I am thrilled to Zohran's primary win in New York City! Now, let's get Katie Wilson elected as Seattle mayor!

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · Jun 25

Incredible news. This kind of thing doesn't happen without tens of thousands of #teslatakedown activists taking action week in and week out to make Tesla's brand toxic. Keep pushing, friends! #MuskMustFall www.wsoctv.com/news/local/c...

Charlotte City Council drops Tesla from list of approved electric vehicle purchases

City officials voted to remove Tesla from its vendor list.

www.wsoctv.com

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jun 17

See all the green and orange? These are all the forests up for sale in WA to the highest bidder if the Senate Reconciliation Bill / BBB passes. The bill proposes the sale of over 250 million acres of public lands---so the rich can get their tax cuts. 🤮

wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · Jun 8

The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fuck 'em both.

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 21

So infuriating! The risks are real and for citizens who are speaking up, it feels like it's a question of when, not if, we will be targeted.

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 21

Am having the same exact feeling! Being in the USA feels like enclosure and being out, I feel like I can breathe and stretch a bit!

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 21

This administration is so cruel. I've heard this person has a closed embezzlement case from 20 years ago. So if you have a green card, you can never have legal trouble (even far in the past!) and can't speak out about injustice that the rest of the world understands to be criminal?

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 21

Like Rumeysa Ozturk's 1.5 months in a private for-profit prison run by GEO group ... And Mahmoud Khalil's now 2+ months jailed.

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 21

It's hard to put into words how it feels to be somewhere where reality isn't so distorted. In the USA talking about Israeli-state violence and the humanitarian crisis can get you imprisoned if you're not a citizen.

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 21

Last night's RTVE show (Spanish public TV, kinda like a huge PBS) was all about children dying in Gaza. The host said they're being murdered. Then the 11pm news talked about the EU revisiting it's relationship with Israel. I know this should but be shocking, to hear truth on media, but it is.

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Valerie Costa @valeriecosta.bsky.social · May 16

10 years ago I moved back to Seattle and joined up with some incredible people (many whom I'm still collaborating with) to protest Shell's arctic drilling. I was not brave enough to get in a kayak and try to block this monstrosity. Later that year Shell pulled out of the artic due to "risk."

Two kayaks one with words paddle in Seattle

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