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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

More feds and protesters have arrived. Maybe 100 neighbors here now. Close to 50 Feds. Agents appear armed with a full assortment of chemical munitions.

Protesters moved 30+ feet back as agents with tear gas launchers moved to the front line.

It’s also 86° in Chicago rn.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 4d

Wow with so many cops living in the city of Simi Valley I'm very surprised something like this could happen. How does anti-Black racism get fostered in the youth in a city full of cops? 🤨

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 4d

Youths attack Black teen in Simi Valley parking lot while shouting racial slurs, authorities say

A Black teenager was assaulted by a group of teens shouting racial slurs in Simi Valley. The teens face a variety of charges, and three face special allegations of a hate crime.

www.latimes.com

Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 8d

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 9d

Looking forward to discussing Assata Shakur's presentation to the New Afrikan Women’s Task Force from 1993 with
@tchimurenga.bsky.social later today!

makcapitalism.bsky.social @makcapitalism.bsky.social · 9d

Monday at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT - Assata Shakur's Message to Black Women Engaged in Revolutionary Organizing with @tchimurenga.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/gpN7A29...

Assata Shakur's Message to Black Women Engaged in Revolutionary Organizing

YouTube video by Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

This activist's guitar was destroyed by ICE today. ICE fired multiple rounds of rubber bullets at us, and the guitar was struck. I am trying to raise $800 to help replace their instrument, which they rely on for gigs. I bet someone out here can straight up cover the cost. DM me.

A person in a gas mask plays guitar at a chaotic protest scene.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 12d

whether that's the creation of a prison industry (20+ prisons in 20 yrs) amidst a downward trend in "crime," or an industry that sees poor people as widgets, not to help or support long term, but to use to create a new market/industry through cyclical paths to nowhere.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 12d

The "ingenuity" of capitalism is in the creation of industry off these populations and communities in attempt to "solve" the contradictions inherent to capitalism.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 12d

Even when there is offer of a shelter, that "offer" is part of a violent transaction of forced compliance and consent to remove a person, not for any real plan of help and support, but to invisibilize a structural issue rooted in the colonial "need" to "deal" with populations are considered surplus

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 12d

Despite the Instagram rhetoric around "housing" by liberal politicians, by and large the government's response to (visible) poverty is criminalization, displacement and banishment.

2 LAPD officers at the Bundy/Expo E Line train station in West LA, likely getting overtime, make a houseless person sleeping on the concrete movealong. This person likely has lost tents and other things, blankets, sleeping bags, clothes etc, which is why they were sleeping on the concrete outside the train station.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

At the Broadview ICE "processing facility" outside Chicago this morning.

Protesters here for this morning's action are gathering off 25th now that Beach has been fenced off.

A pair of men peering through the fence at ICE vehicles shout, "Get the fuck out of Chicago, you terrorists!"

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12d

Official Release from Daughter on the Passing of Assata Shakur
At approximately 1:15 PM on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath. Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I am feeling at this time. I want to thank you for your loving prayers that continue to anchor me in the strength that I need in this moment. My spirit is overflowing in unison with all of you who are grieving with me at this time.
Sending much love and appreciation to you all,
Kakuya Shakur

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 14d

This got taken down from Tik Tok seconds after I posted. 🤔

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16d

Lessons from Below: Learn from/with Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid (PUMA) and Build Your Own Abolitionist Network of Care
Facilitated by Ndindi Kitonga is happening on October 4 and it's really going to be great. Sliding scale from $0 to whatever. It's IN PERSON.

Communiversity Catalog: Lessons from Below: PUMA and Abolitionist Networks of Care — Interrupting Criminalization

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 20d

Casey Wasserman listed his last home at $125 million which would have been the highest-ever sales price in LA County but ended up selling it to David Geffen for $68 million.

Glad this person is making LA's deals with the White House!

Though it's unclear why Wasserman has decided to sell such a spectacular abode, it is not the first time that he has parted ways with an architectural masterpiece of such significance.
In June 2020, the entertainment executive offloaded an incredible custom-built Beverly Hills mansion that he had constructed on an estate once belonging to his gradfather, late entertainment mogul Lew Wasserman, who entertained the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney
Poitier inside the home.
After his grandparents' passed away, Wasserman razed their property to make way for a one-of-a-kind dwelling designed by famed architect Richard Meier.

In a bid to make way for the 18,000-square-foot mansion, Wasserman also
purchased the property next door, which once belonged to music legend
Frank Sinatra. The finished result, known as the Foothill Estate, was completed in 2016 and featured an array of impressive amenities, including a screening
room, an art studio, and staff quarters-as well as three acres of land. Wasserman first made a move to offload that home in October 2018, when the Wall Street Journal reported that he was listing the dwelling for a staggering $125 million. Had it sold for that price, the mansion would have
been the most expensive abode to have ever traded hands in Los Angeles. However, the sports mogul's bid for glory in the real estate market was not to be- and after several price drops, he finally sold the dwelling to
Geffen for almost half that price two years later.

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 20d

Sure, let's put this guy in charge of a $7 billion budget where the decisions being made could bankrupt the entire city

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 20d

After leaving his immigration hearing with his sleeping daughter in his arms, a man is confronted by ICE and CBP. He passes the child to his wife in the waiting room, shares tearful goodbyes, and is then detained and escorted toward the staircase where he’ll be brought to the 10th floor.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20d

Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria

Lawyers for the pro-Palestinian activist said they plan to appeal the immigration judge’s order, which was revealed in court documents filed Wednesday.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria

Lawyers for the pro-Palestinian activist said they plan to appeal the immigration judge’s order, which was revealed in court documents filed Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20d

post Luigi politics

Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 21d

Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.

Speaks for itself.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21d

The police told Trey Reed's family that he'd been found dead in his dorm room. They found out from the media that he'd actually been found hanging from a tree in the middle of campus. www.mississippifreepress.org/trey-reeds-f...

Trey Reed’s Family Calls for an Independent Autopsy After Tree Hanging Death

Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s family is seeking an independent autopsy after the Delta State University student was found hanging in a tree.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 21d

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 22d

A (part of a) song I made about sweeps in LA

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 25d

A classic Woody song I realized today was not written by Woody

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 27d

LA Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive today to expedite the hiring process for new LAPD officers. It currently takes a year for applicant to apply and then hired. She wants it cut to 180 days by shortening the psych, background check, and medical exam process.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE NO. 14
Issue Date: September 11, 2025
Subject:
Modernizing the Officer Hiring Process to Grow the Police
Department
The City of Los Angeles is the largest city geographically in the United States at 550 square miles, and the second-largest city in the United States in population, with a population of 3.8 million people. Yet, the LAPD currently has about two officers for every 1,000 residents. By comparison, the City of New York has a force size of 36,000 sworn officers, or about four officers for every 1,000 New Yorkers. The City of Chicago has a force of approximately 11,600 sworn officers for a population of 2.7 million, equating to about 4.3 officers per 1000 residents. We must have enough officers to effectively and sustainably keep Angelenos safe in the coming years, especially as we host major events like the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games welcoming millions of visitors to our neighborhoods.
The City has worked to address officer retention and attrition by securing competitive and fair pay for LAPD officers and personnel. Following this action, the number of LAPD applicants reached a four-year-high. In addition to investing in increased wages, with enhanced salaries for new officers, the City has bolstered the recruiting pipeline to ensure that candidates with a desire to serve their communities are applying to join the force, and augmented its background investigations staff with support from the Police Department to increase the size of Academy classes.
Yet, the City's hiring process for officers has prevented many applicants from moving efficiently through the selection process to join the LAPD Academy and ultimately serve in the LAPD. On average, it takes 322 days - nearly one calendar year - for a candidate to get from their Personal History Statement submission to the last step required to be assigned to an academy class. We must work urgently to make change.

By combining process improvements and enhancements to candidate selection processes, it should be possible to fill existing academy classes and overcome the natural attrition in the Department to begin growing the size of the LAPD.
To that end, I am hereby directing the Personnel and Police Departments to perform the following actions within 15 days:
1. Develop and implement written protocols and a case management agreement to effectively expedite the Police Officer selection process to increase the number of qualified candidates selected for the LAPD Academy; and
2. Establish benchmarks for the duration of each stage in the City's Police Officer selection process, such as field investigation, medical, polygraph, and psychiatric exams and implement measures to shorten the time required for each stage, aiming for candidates to complete the entire selection process within 180 days; and
3. Ensure that the expedited process maximizes class sizes with a goal of achieving consistently full LAPD Academy classes with highly qualified candidates that are likely to become Police Officers.
I further direct the Personnel Department to create and staff a dedicated LAPD Hiring Division within the Personnel Department that has appropriate staffing to work in partnership with the LAPD to ensure that Police Academy candidates move through the selection process swiftly and efficiently and meet the LAPD's standards for graduation.
I further direct the Office of the City Administrative Officer to work with the Personnel Department to ensure that the new LAPD Hiring Division has appropriate supervision and staff support to succeed.
I further direct the Police Department to examine Academy graduation rates and the sentiment of recruits to determine whether there are refinements or improvements to the training and drill programs to increase the likelihood of graduating qualified recruits to become Police Officers.
Executed this 11th day of September 2025
Kaven Bags
KAREN BASS
Mayor

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28d

GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.

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