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NC's HB10 will encourage racial profiling and grow the school to prison to deportation pipeline. Fernando Martinez explaining the prevalence of police officers in school over nurses and counselors. #ncpol
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Press conference now to stop HB10. Faith leaders, public school advocates, immigrants' rights groups speak out against a bill that forces NC Sheriffs into ICE's deportation machine and pours millions of public $s into private school vouchers @suzparkermiller.bsky.social @sbook.bsky.social #ncpol
November 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Voters angry about housing & food prices are about to learn deeply uncomfortable things about the determinants of housing & food prices
Trump argues mass deportation will reduce housing costs. In contrast, study finds increased immigration enforcement causes shortages of construction labor and “large reductions in residential construction… [which] is associated with increases in home prices.” www.haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations).

Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members.

I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t.
November 13, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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I would honestly be in alarm-raising mode about what we're going to be up against, but I think more immediately, people need to get right with where they're at psychologically. Bc if we don't do that, people aren't going to be ready for what the coming months/years will demand of us. From last week:
Beyond the Blame: Fighting for Each Other in the Face of Fascism
"In dark times, people have always found ways to make their own light. That work is now upon us."
organizingmythoughts.org
November 13, 2024 at 10:28 PM