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River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 21d

Scholarships for Ghazza is now open to applications from students in Gaza seeking mentors to help apply to universities/scholarships, please share with those who may like this kind of help: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

@lili-kh.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social @klompusjack.bsky.social

Scholarships for Ghazza · Mentee Intake Form

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River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 2d

“Bored” is an interesting way to describe being brutalized by militarized police and driven back to work due to no healthcare or safety net.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 2d

Repost of u can ❤️‍🩹

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 22d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

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River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 2d

Never claimed otherwise, just sick of the hot takes that Americans have not done any sustained protests.

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 3d

You knew Eslam The Artist when she had an account, that broke no rules but was suspended, taking away access to her friends, she's so young and responsible for her family trapped in Palestine. She has sacrificed her wellbeing to fight, you can help ease that burden. Donate. Share.

shorturl.at/1XJ3D

A trio of photos of Eslam, the first of her before, young and fresh faced wearing a keffiyeh wrapped around her head. The second a much less healthy Eslam, with skin issues and wearing a plain headscarf. The last a before Eslam hugging a fluffy cat. Happy.

A selfie of Eslam and one of her siblings, smiling happily,

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Valerie (spectre haunting bluesky) @valerietheitalian.bsky.social · 3d

Eslam has been banned multiple times from this site. At this point, I can't help but see it as active malice. She's escaped from Gaza to Egypt, but the rest of her family is still in Gaza and needs help. You can donate to her here:
chuffed.org/project/1282...

Eslam with a keffeyah on, crying with reddened eyes and cheeks.

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River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 3d

So Occupy, the Palestine encampments, and the free zones created and defended during the George Floyd protests didn’t happen?

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 4d

It’s happening. They’re firing on civilians in Chicago.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4d

U.S. Border Patrol agent assaults man on Kedzie Ave in Chicago

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

ICE GOONS tear gas crowd of community members near the Broadview, IL ICE Facility near Chicago

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 7d

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Pritzker calls for Trump's removal from office under 25th Amendment

Gov. JB Pritzker for the first time is calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, after the president said cities like Chicago should be used as “training g...

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 Chicago heroes , save man
being abducted by ice ‼️🐥

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River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 3d

Hey friend I see what you do here, how can I support you? I’m barely on bluesky anymore bc I’m part of the mastodon migration but I am ok dming if you don’t mind a slower response

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 5d

"how could people look at Trump and think he is a good businessman because he played one on TV?" idk maybe the same reason we evidently associate being hot with virtue

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Jack Klompus 🖕🎃🖕 @klompusjack.myatproto.social · 4d

Please support Lubna and her family ❤️🙏 They have been a member of this community for a long time now (despite having accounts removed by bluesky)

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 4d

3 years ago…

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Oftentimes Jack 🎃 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 4d

Giving up on people because you don't want to do anything to help is a really awful way to be, but also they will come for us too you idiots.

"we are each other’s

harvest:

we are each other’s

business:

we are each other’s

magnitude and bond."

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

"The fights for trans rights and Palestinians are over and we lost" is something I'm seeing over and over from cis white progressives. And I'm seeing variations of this popping up about racial justice, marriage equality, and disability rights too.

Sorry, but fuck that.

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River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 4d

Also, sell your house if you’re so principled. You park your privileged ass in a vacation house a US resident could be living in, yet you act like your pussy hat protests make you anything less than a capitalist. Go on with being the voice of the “rest of the world.”

River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 4d

You “live in Canada”? Not you “are Canadian”? Sure sounds like a wealthy white US citizen hiding in Alberta.

Get off your high horse and worry about the fascism rising in your own province. No one’s coming to save a scolding bitch.

River @riverbirchtree.bsky.social · 4d

Were you planning to start soon?

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Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t be distracted by the news of the ceasefire.
The bombing doesn’t stop for even a moment, and it’s being intensified insanely!!!!
#ceasefire #Gaza

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 4d

Yay! Only 2000 away the final goal finallllllllllllly 😭😭😭😭😭

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 8d

If you recognize our right to survive as victims, please spend 50 for my family so we can evacuate.

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 4d

This is how ICE drove by protesters yesterday. A row of state police separated protesters and ICE vehicles.

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 4d

The thing I respect about Greta Thunberg is that she understands most people in the Western world don’t give a shit about atrocities until someone white is affected.

So she’s doing what needs to be done to keep up the pressure.

If more white folks followed that example, we’d all be fine.

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Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · 5d

IF U LIKED THIS #ART, PLS REPOST!!

It’s meee ✨ a dental student in Gaza, tryna keep up my studies so I can be a dentist & start treating ppl one day. But life here’s mad expensive—food, basics, even sudden displacement under bombs 💔
so any little support helps a ton🫶🍉

chuffed.org/project/layl...

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