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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 1d

Amelia was vaxxed.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 5d

In a sea of Fucked-Upness, this is Super Fucked Up.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

Google has determined that ICE agents are a vulnerable group and has used this designation as pretext to delete an app that helped communities determine where ICE raids were happening

www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 7d

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 7d

If an Earth flag existed, it should be flown at half-mast for Jane Goodall.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 8d

Find me a better political communicator than @aoc.bsky.social in terms of focusing democrats’ attention where it needs to be and breaking down why.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 12d

Alternative headline: SCOTUS Continues To Aid and Abet America's Fascist Takeover by Donald Trump.

Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money

apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 12d

ICE Abduction in Iowa. In Trump’s America, no identification is needed and no due process is deserved.

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 13d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 14d

Department of This Country Hates Women.

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 14d

Survivors of domestic violence who went to prison for crimes related to their abuse have for years asked California lawmakers to make courts take that abuse into consideration. For the third year, California killed such a reform.

For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors

Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 14d

Stop wasting time writing on bullets.

No one reads anymore.

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 14d

UPDATE🚨 An immigration board issued a final removal order last night for journalist Mario Guevara. He could be deported any moment. We renew our demand for his immediate release. #FreeMario

ACLU @aclu.org · 14d

BREAKING: Last night, an immigration board wrongly issued a final removal order for Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara. ICE has detained Mario for over 100 days for his reporting, despite a previous order that he be released on bond.

This means he could be deported at any moment.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 14d

The escalator jammed.
The teleprompter stopped.
The Democrat won.
Jimmy Kimmel called the President a glazed ham with deep vein thrombosis upon his return.

All in all, a good day.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 20d

Leadership.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...

New York and Other States Form Health Bloc as Answer to Trump’s Policies

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 20d

Where were these concerns for the scores of Black people murdered by police played on a loop for the better part of the last twenty years?? Or the planes being flown into the World Trade Center, for that matter.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 23d

I mean, even SCOTUS doesn’t want the people controlling our monetary policy to be treated like they’re no different than Meatloaf or Gary Busey getting axed on Celebrity Apprentice.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 24d

Or dedicate it to the memory of Lucy?

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 28d

Invitation to friends in the arts. I'm part of a group organizing a project called Fall of Freedom. We want artists and orgs of all kinds (whether you're an Indie bookstore, a cinema, gallery, whatever) to come together to resist authoritarianism. Starting November 21st...

www.falloffreedom.com

Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda.

This Fall, we are activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment. Fall of Freedom is an open invitation to artists, creators, and communities to take part—and to celebrate the experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the fabric of our nation.

Art matters. Artists are a threat to American fascism.

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 27d

After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · 27d

A Hymn in the key of darkness. open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

You Can Buy A Keychain

Afterward, I am alone, and I go to the beach, and it is late afternoon, almost dusk, and the sky is a color blue that only happens in September, deep, deep blue, and the ocean is perfectly calm, almos...

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · Sep 9

Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · Sep 8

Non-white Democrats.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don’t say “Dems aren’t doing anything.” There’s just little attention to the courage of these Missouri Dems resisting the extreme gerrymandering of Republicans desigmed to increase Republican numbers in the House.
www.kfvs12.com/2025/09/05/m...

Missouri House Democrats plan to continue sit-in over weekend

Missouri Democrats have surpassed 24 hours of their sit-in on the House floor protesting a special session.

www.kfvs12.com

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · Sep 5

As someone who lived through the weeks of unholy silence, interrupted only by sirens, during the *second* time our city became ground zero for a mass trauma event back in 2020, I am particularly grateful for Governor Hochul's leadership today.

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Amanda Guinzburg @guinz.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please, go ahead, try to convince me he will not, in fact, attempt to nuke a hurricane before Thanksgiving.

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