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By Way of Plymouth @bywayofplymouth.bsky.social · Nov 6

I challenge you to ask yourself this, free of snark and judgment: what are YOU going to do?

Do you think you can volunteer at a soup kitchen? Feed your unhoused neighbors? Organize tenants? Donate to a bail fund?

Choose to move forward. Find your people, if you haven't already, and get to work.

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Nov 6

Mutual aid is a lot easier to get started with than people realize. I started by going to where the tents were and just walking around, getting to know people, handing out cigarettes, water, and asking what folks need

And then just keep coming back, every week, for 4 years. A group will form.

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Nov 6

we need mutual aid, antifascism, and community defense REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS and frankly i'd feel a lot safer if more people understood that

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 12h

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...

Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up

“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.

migrantinsider.com

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Drunk On Mystery @drunkonmystery.bsky.social · 13h

The video of a bunch of heavily armed and geared up ICE agents backing away from a dancing inflatable frog is ridiculously embarrassing for ICE.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 13h

yes this timeline is a rough route. yes there are waves of strife. but behind it all lies the inertia of all things which prompted fish to trot out of the ocean and humans to gather in commune. we are driven to fill the nothing with ourselves, with LOVE. its the unconquerable wind behind our sails

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Despite getting whatever anti-trans narrative they wanted out of the Charlie Kirk shooting, the American right is now blaming the Jews instead, because content must be created. It is almost like the "first they came for" thing is not hypothetical!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 1d

Mailed out the last of Jake Kelly’s clothes back to his mom. Jan always told me how small he was but it really hits you when folding his clothes. The Phoenix PD should never know peace about his murder, unfortunately most have moved on and the media barely gave his story the time of day as is, sigh

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

doomspiral -> annoyance/anger -> spite/vengeance -> organizing

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 1d

This really sucks. Mark is awesome and he will be a huge loss for Rutgers and America.

This is why most antifascists stay anonymous. The death threats and danger are very real.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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votenanocratic @votenanocratic.bsky.social · 1d

We are governed by the stupidest assholes in the history of the world.

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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Softail @black-softail.net · 1d

wizard frog is the tank man of Portland and I am so ready for it

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 2d

Please amplify, those with a bigger platform than me.

It’s horrifying that the person running the US Homeland Security Twitter uses — and clearly knows — the exact same aesthetics, memes, and propaganda from fashwave, accelerationist, and Nazi Telegram.

It says everything about where we are.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

The way the right builds their "violent left" narrative is being hyperreactive to any action by anyone they perceive to be on the left and blasting it all over conservative media while systematically ignoring any violence by the far right. Mainstream media covers the former but barely the latter.

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Bobby @bobbyspumoni.bsky.social · 3d

The throughline of right wing politics is pretending or imagining something grievous is happening to you in order to then make it okay to carry out that made up thing on people you hate.

Been going on since the Haitian Revolution at least.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

During the Obama administration, Oregon Republicans were convinced the federal black helicopters were coming for them at any moment. Today they’re posting videos of black helicopters over Portland & cheering giddily about it. They hate their senator who is speaking out against the black helicopters.

Oregon Republican League Carole Hopkinson • 11h • €
Wyden's upset ..hes cheering the wrong folks.
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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 3d

here's the thing with the 82nd Airborne, white power groups have used it as a recruiting ground. 1) Kai Liam Nix tried to recruit for Patriot Front within it, claimed he was successful. 2) In 1995, investigators revealed 22 members of the 82nd were in

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

www.theguardian.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

Video of officers abusing their power and hurting people can really matter. Video is a big part of why the police killing of George Floyd was the BLM case that provoked the biggest public reaction.
When people see violent abuse, they’re forced to confront it more. Not seeing makes it easier to deny.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 13d

“As the children looked on, they watched ICE officials pull a distraught man out of his car. The students, who were bound for #Plymouth Community Intermediate School, were left aghast, as was the bus driver.”

#AbolishICE #Massachusetts #mapoli

ICE agents pull man from car in front of middle school students - Plymouth Independent

Plymouth public school bus #8 was stopped on Standish Avenue, at the intersection of Cherry Street, shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday when the middle school students aboard it got an eyewitness view of U....

www.plymouthindependent.org

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

If you send in the military and hundreds of DHS agents every time there's ten people outside an ICE facility protesting, you're going to exhaust your operational capacity and destroy morale fairly quickly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 13d

Right-wing media claiming that flyers for the "John Brown Club" were put up at the Georgetown university campus. The flyers were first reported by local Republican organizers and only feature a QR code which goes to a Google doc.

Seems likely that this a right-wing troll and doxx/disinfo campaign.

Screenshot of flyer and link to Google doc.

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 7d

A guy ran into a classroom at the University of Washington threw up Nazi salutes, yelled a bunch of slurs, then roughly 30 students chased him down, got him arrested.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDENTS DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH NAZIS. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF A YOUNG WOMAN SPAYING PEPPER SPRAY ON A NAZI BOY. HE LOOKS VERY TERRIFIED.

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 5d

TGI(stfu)F. Learn the script.

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By Way of Plymouth @bywayofplymouth.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Farrea of NSC-131 did have to lose a lot to get that 5 years of probation. His marriage, his home (just last month, to his ex-wife), one of his rental properties looks like, probably a LOT of his social circle. He's not walking away easy.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

In Broadview, IL this morning outside Chicago—

Federal agents have kidnapped hundreds of immigrants in recent weeks.

Outside the ICE processing center here, protesters are gathered for another Friday morning demo. Last week's ended in tear gas and arrests.

ICE vans periodically rolling in.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

"Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours.

'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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