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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 8d

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Protesters rally against ICE plans to use Camp Atterbury to hold immigrants in central Indiana

"When I enlisted, I swore to protect the country and the Constitution from threats foreign and domestic. ICE is that domestic threat," said a National Guardsman.

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 8d

There's continuous No Kings rally and now 8 weeks of anti ice immigration detention centers in Florida and Indiana. Why isn't this covered by the NYT or major news channels the way they swooped in for college campus protests?

Oh, because they don't care...

Religious leaders, Amnesty International USA hold vigil to call for Alligator Alcatraz's closure

Sunday's protest, now in its eighth week, comes amid new reports of alleged medical neglect, violations of attorney-client privilege, and a large number of detainees who have all but disappeared from ...

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 9d

This National Security memo is aimed at 1st amendment rights and any opposition to Trump. Right wing democrats and Libertarians won't be safe either.

There are no rewards for helping Facisim.

The Situation: The Nonsense and the Menace

Reading the president’s new orders on political violence and terrorism.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 14d

Putting aside the researchers' inability to identify acts of state terrorism, the number they're using to justify this subhed is five.

Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise
For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
By Daniel Byman and Riley McCabe

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 15d

Remember being told about communist Russia snatching Russians off the streets in the 1980s? They said it was because communism was bad.

Now Americans are being snatched off US streets...it wasn't the communism. It's the authoritarianism.

rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 15d

Working families are already struggling in this economy, they should not have to choose between financial wellbeing and the welfare of their loved ones. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/FAMILYA... via @momsrising.org #PaidFamilyLeave

Workers lose $22.5 million annually in wages due to not having paid leave.

When serious personal or family health needs arise, many working people face impossible choices between their jobs and caring for their families.

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 15d

As we weather yet another lashback against minorities and labor; remember you are good enough and variety makes for a healthy society.

# Monocultures result in death.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18d

This applies to people in and with power. Not random people.

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Rake @rakeintheface.bsky.social · 18d

Complying will only allow fascists to go down their checklist faster. They will not spare you.

Fascism is about an ever shrinking ingroup and sooner or later it'll be your turn on the chopping block. This is why solidarity is so important.

We gotta fight fascism in every corner and at every turn.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19d

This was jarringly historical. Five American families came to Washington DC, to collectively demand politicians find justice for each of their young loved ones killed & brutalized by Israeli violence — and to prevent this from happening to other families.

I spoke with them:

EXCLUSIVE: Families of Americans Killed by Israeli Violence Join Zeteo in Heart-Wrenching Interview

The father of Sayfollah Musallet and the mother of Rachel Corrie tell Prem there’s been no justice for their children who were killed more than two decades apart.

zeteo.com

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 19d

The president is a convicted rapist. It doesn't matter whether women are getting raped. It matters who has the right to rape.

rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 19d

Kirk’s politics amounted to little more than a loathing of those whose mere existence provoked his

If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · 21d

Since their creation, HBCUs have faced hostility. They were born of necessity because Black students were not welcome at white schools. these schools have been under attack not because of wrongdoing but because of what they symbolize: Black education, independence, and self-determination.

When white America is scared, Black schools get threatened

Bomb threats at several HBCUs were another chapter in threats against Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 25d

Willian Gimenez was abducted by ICE yesterday in Chicago. He had been part of a lawsuit against off-duty police and Home Depot employees for abusing day laborers. Latino Union says he was targeted for advocating for his rights as a worker. @bloomekatz.bsky.social and I report.

ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers

“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.

inthesetimes.com

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Sep 7

I hoped and campaigned like this in the 2000s. May the force be with you.

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Sep 7

I went to a labor day protest organized by the AFL-CIO and it was a good turnout for my small town. Nothing in the press. They're doing a lot of national calls on zoom. But not a lot of young people so how will they get traction in a fractured media environment?

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Sep 6

We'll have a hard time getting the Democrats to prosecute them.

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Sep 2

Loosing transparency in campaigns means losing any responsibility to constituents. This is bad.

A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Sep 1

The power of reading.

DC Books to Prisons @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social · Sep 1

DC Books to Prisons believes in the transformative power of reading. Every book we send helps someone escape into a story or prepare for a better future. But we can only do this with the ongoing support of people like you. Today we’re asking you to become a monthly donor - linktr.ee/dcbtp

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 1

I want to encourage those of you who procrastinate like I do about using my FSA/HSA funds and then end up leaving money on the table to consider the FSA Store as a way to spend down funds & order Plan B etc... to donate to community groups, etc.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Some activists launched ‘No sleep for Ice’ rallies, with chants and music blaring through the night, in hopes of pressuring the hotels to kick agents out.

Now, public records shared w/the Guardian show that the protests indeed sent federal agencies scrambling …” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA Ice protests spurred US military to identify ‘hotels to avoid’ due to ‘harassment’

Exclusive: Organizers disrupted Trump’s immigration crackdown by targeting hotels where officers were staying, documents show

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Aug 25

How can we get this put up in our neighborhood?

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Aug 23

It brings me no pleasure to say that the popular front against fascism must stand strongly with John Bolton, but it’s unmistakably true.

I’ll never forgive the Trump regime for making me side with John Freaking Bolton!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 23

"Bolton revealed important facts that otherwise would have remained hidden and he did so at great personal risk. Which is why everyone on the side of liberalism and the rule of law ought to take Bolton’s side today. Solidarity." www.thebulwark.com/p/about-cour...

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rhianna09.bsky.social @rhianna09.bsky.social · Aug 21

Data Brokers, the one's running Red Lining in the digital age.

"We demonstrate that Experien's coverage of adults in North Carolina... is also worse for individuals who are more likely to be in historically disadvantaged groups."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 15

What Ola has done over the past decade with the Free Black Women Library is truly inspiring.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

A traveling New York library becomes a permanent third space

For Ola Akinmowo, libraries have always been a place of community care. Her library is no exception.

www.marketplace.org

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