Amoshaun
@amoshaun.bsky.social
A personal account for collective liberation. Living as an uninvited guest on Duwamish Land. Views are my own.
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Enormous thanks to the Baltimore Banner for running the story
Attorney questions ICE version of shooting by agents in Glen Burnie
Questions surround the violent confrontation on Christmas Eve in a neighborhood court in Glen Burnie.
www.thebanner.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Enormous thanks to the Baltimore Banner for running the story
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The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
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Immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday, striking one person and injuring another.
DHS, which has a track record for lying,¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ claimed the victims were undocumented. Officials also claimed the victims tried to run the agents over, another unlikely claim.³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
DHS, which has a track record for lying,¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ claimed the victims were undocumented. Officials also claimed the victims tried to run the agents over, another unlikely claim.³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
ICE agents shoot at a moving vehicle on Christmas Eve, injuring 2
County police in Maryland say federal immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Christmas Eve during an enforcement and removal action.
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday, striking one person and injuring another.
DHS, which has a track record for lying,¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ claimed the victims were undocumented. Officials also claimed the victims tried to run the agents over, another unlikely claim.³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
DHS, which has a track record for lying,¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ claimed the victims were undocumented. Officials also claimed the victims tried to run the agents over, another unlikely claim.³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
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Seattle city planners hired a consultant to analyze feasibility of downtown housing typologies & given the sky high fees to build, hard costs & parking costs, every model was rated “infeasible”
Highrise Res: $605k/unit
Mixed use: $710k/unit
Mass timber: $605k/unit
Office to Res: $640k/unit
Highrise Res: $605k/unit
Mixed use: $710k/unit
Mass timber: $605k/unit
Office to Res: $640k/unit
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Seattle city planners hired a consultant to analyze feasibility of downtown housing typologies & given the sky high fees to build, hard costs & parking costs, every model was rated “infeasible”
Highrise Res: $605k/unit
Mixed use: $710k/unit
Mass timber: $605k/unit
Office to Res: $640k/unit
Highrise Res: $605k/unit
Mixed use: $710k/unit
Mass timber: $605k/unit
Office to Res: $640k/unit
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Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
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Gov. Ferguson Backs Millionaire Tax After Ghost of Christmas Future Shows Him Losing In 2028 If He Doesn’t: tinyurl.com/ye25s9zp
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Gov. Ferguson Backs Millionaire Tax After Ghost of Christmas Future Shows Him Losing In 2028 If He Doesn’t: tinyurl.com/ye25s9zp
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🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
“A sweep is not simply the forced eviction of a person from where they are sheltering. It is a violent process that can cause suffering and dislocation for people who are already at the margins of society. Many people lose their most valuable belongings.” Thank you @guyoron.net for sharing it all!
NEW: I’m excited to announce a new project I’ve been working on, the Seattle Sweeps Open Data Repository. This open-source data set contains records related to Seattle’s policies of displacement against unhoused people.
gossipguy.net/introducing-...
gossipguy.net/introducing-...
Introducing the Seattle Sweeps Open Data Repository
Author’s note: 2024 — what a year. It’s been a lot. And yet we keep going. I’m deeply grateful to all of you for your support of Gossip Guy. Across a dozen posts, 240 of you have decided to subscribe ...
gossipguy.net
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“A sweep is not simply the forced eviction of a person from where they are sheltering. It is a violent process that can cause suffering and dislocation for people who are already at the margins of society. Many people lose their most valuable belongings.” Thank you @guyoron.net for sharing it all!
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When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
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#ArtAdventCalendar - December 18
Do the right sting : fish fascism!
Available as a free/open price DL at ko-fi.com/s/7c989dbe6a
Available as homemade prints at boutique.lokipropagand.art/produit/do-t...
#Art #Cyanotype #Jellyfish #Antifa
Do the right sting : fish fascism!
Available as a free/open price DL at ko-fi.com/s/7c989dbe6a
Available as homemade prints at boutique.lokipropagand.art/produit/do-t...
#Art #Cyanotype #Jellyfish #Antifa
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar - December 18
Do the right sting : fish fascism!
Available as a free/open price DL at ko-fi.com/s/7c989dbe6a
Available as homemade prints at boutique.lokipropagand.art/produit/do-t...
#Art #Cyanotype #Jellyfish #Antifa
Do the right sting : fish fascism!
Available as a free/open price DL at ko-fi.com/s/7c989dbe6a
Available as homemade prints at boutique.lokipropagand.art/produit/do-t...
#Art #Cyanotype #Jellyfish #Antifa
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Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
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In a world without Section 230:
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230:
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
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From Seattle to LA, the demand is clear: NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE.
Join us on the picket line tomorrow: dsa-la.org/event/dsa-la...
Join us on the picket line tomorrow: dsa-la.org/event/dsa-la...
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
From Seattle to LA, the demand is clear: NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE.
Join us on the picket line tomorrow: dsa-la.org/event/dsa-la...
Join us on the picket line tomorrow: dsa-la.org/event/dsa-la...
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New Report Reveals Hardship, Family Separation for U.S. Citizens in Mixed-Status Marriages
American Families United's first survey of mixed-status couples reveals 20% already separated and 80% now discussing leaving the U.S. due to immigration policies.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-report...
American Families United's first survey of mixed-status couples reveals 20% already separated and 80% now discussing leaving the U.S. due to immigration policies.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-report...
New Report Reveals Hardship, Family Separation for U.S. Citizens in Mixed-Status Marriages
American Families United's first survey of mixed-status couples reveals 20% already separated and 80% now discussing leaving the U.S. due to immigration policies tearing families apart.
austinkocher.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New Report Reveals Hardship, Family Separation for U.S. Citizens in Mixed-Status Marriages
American Families United's first survey of mixed-status couples reveals 20% already separated and 80% now discussing leaving the U.S. due to immigration policies.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-report...
American Families United's first survey of mixed-status couples reveals 20% already separated and 80% now discussing leaving the U.S. due to immigration policies.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-report...
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Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
Between July 29 and Oct. 15, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 950 people in Washington. The pace of arrests during those two-and-a-half months far surpasses increases earlier in the year. From Inauguration Day in January to the end of July, arrests totaled just over 1,000.
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown intensified across Washington in the late summer and early fall, new data indicates. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/17/i...
Immigration arrests in WA surged in recent months • Washington State Standard
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown intensified across Washington in the late summer and early fall, new data indicates.
washingtonstatestandard.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Between July 29 and Oct. 15, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 950 people in Washington. The pace of arrests during those two-and-a-half months far surpasses increases earlier in the year. From Inauguration Day in January to the end of July, arrests totaled just over 1,000.
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16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
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🚨 NEW: EEOC Chief Andrea Lucas posted on X today, recruiting white men who claim they have been discriminated against. She dangles financial incentive. Her video post today on X: x.com/andrealucase...
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
🚨 NEW: EEOC Chief Andrea Lucas posted on X today, recruiting white men who claim they have been discriminated against. She dangles financial incentive. Her video post today on X: x.com/andrealucase...
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Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
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"The Trump administration aims to strip more foreign-born Americans of citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices ask that they 'supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"The Trump administration aims to strip more foreign-born Americans of citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices ask that they 'supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Call for support! Seattle!
Tent Cities have been wind-blown and rain-battered by the unforgiving weather
- tarps and tents have been damaged
- replacement blankets/sleeping bags.
- Any donations would be greatly appreciated to:
Tent City3 at 2720 S. Hanford
&
Tent City4 at 12531 28th Ave NE
⛺️ 🧺 ❤️🩹
Tent Cities have been wind-blown and rain-battered by the unforgiving weather
- tarps and tents have been damaged
- replacement blankets/sleeping bags.
- Any donations would be greatly appreciated to:
Tent City3 at 2720 S. Hanford
&
Tent City4 at 12531 28th Ave NE
⛺️ 🧺 ❤️🩹
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Call for support! Seattle!
Tent Cities have been wind-blown and rain-battered by the unforgiving weather
- tarps and tents have been damaged
- replacement blankets/sleeping bags.
- Any donations would be greatly appreciated to:
Tent City3 at 2720 S. Hanford
&
Tent City4 at 12531 28th Ave NE
⛺️ 🧺 ❤️🩹
Tent Cities have been wind-blown and rain-battered by the unforgiving weather
- tarps and tents have been damaged
- replacement blankets/sleeping bags.
- Any donations would be greatly appreciated to:
Tent City3 at 2720 S. Hanford
&
Tent City4 at 12531 28th Ave NE
⛺️ 🧺 ❤️🩹
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I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...