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The Trump Regime Smear Machine is now a taxpayer funded venture that smears victims of state violence by justifying their killing. This should be familiar, it is a common practice in the aftermath of police shootings of black people (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The Trump Regime Smear Machine is now a taxpayer funded venture that smears victims of state violence by justifying their killing. This should be familiar, it is a common practice in the aftermath of police shootings of black people (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
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It's 2026 & @nycplan.org wants you to join us in getting every City Council Member on the record re our demand to increase & stabilize public library funding. We could use your help in two ways:
1. Send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
2. Follow up with a call: nycplan.org/actions/call...
1. Send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
2. Follow up with a call: nycplan.org/actions/call...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It's 2026 & @nycplan.org wants you to join us in getting every City Council Member on the record re our demand to increase & stabilize public library funding. We could use your help in two ways:
1. Send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
2. Follow up with a call: nycplan.org/actions/call...
1. Send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
2. Follow up with a call: nycplan.org/actions/call...
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I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
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I don't want to be yelled at today because I've already been yelled at this week on here so I'll just ignore all of the 'that's unconstitutional' remarks and go to bed. Solidarity with the people of Venezuela against US imperialism.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I don't want to be yelled at today because I've already been yelled at this week on here so I'll just ignore all of the 'that's unconstitutional' remarks and go to bed. Solidarity with the people of Venezuela against US imperialism.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Maryland increasingly relies on isolating prisoners in ‘restrictive housing’
Criminal justice reform advocates say the long stretches of forced solitude in Maryland are known to cause mental health issues and equate the conditions to torture.
www.thebanner.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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new workshop!
"Radical Imaginaries for Black Girl Liberation" with Morgan Holloman on December 10th, online on zoom. Benefits the Sameer Project's Refaat Alareer camp.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/rad...
"Radical Imaginaries for Black Girl Liberation" with Morgan Holloman on December 10th, online on zoom. Benefits the Sameer Project's Refaat Alareer camp.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/rad...
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
new workshop!
"Radical Imaginaries for Black Girl Liberation" with Morgan Holloman on December 10th, online on zoom. Benefits the Sameer Project's Refaat Alareer camp.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/rad...
"Radical Imaginaries for Black Girl Liberation" with Morgan Holloman on December 10th, online on zoom. Benefits the Sameer Project's Refaat Alareer camp.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/rad...
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Long day ahead tomorrow so shutting it down for the night. Don't forget to stop by the Philly Zine Fest if you are in town. www.phillyzinefest.org
Philly Zine Fest – Celebrating DIY & small press publishing since 2002
www.phillyzinefest.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Long day ahead tomorrow so shutting it down for the night. Don't forget to stop by the Philly Zine Fest if you are in town. www.phillyzinefest.org
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"Across Sudan, women are resurrecting nafeer, an ancient practice of communal solidarity, adapting it into a decentralized network of survival that functions where the state has collapsed."
How Sudanese women are building lifelines from the ashes of war
Naema Abdullah stands over a blackened pot of bubbling oil, her hands moving with practiced ease as she drops small rounds of dough into the heat. Around
www.shareable.net
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Across Sudan, women are resurrecting nafeer, an ancient practice of communal solidarity, adapting it into a decentralized network of survival that functions where the state has collapsed."
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people will ask you how they can make hell equitable before the begin to dream of heaven
September 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
people will ask you how they can make hell equitable before the begin to dream of heaven
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.
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Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.
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Just going to say that there is no need to exceptionalize immigrant jails because every US jail and prison is like this. All of them without exception.
A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Just going to say that there is no need to exceptionalize immigrant jails because every US jail and prison is like this. All of them without exception.
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I updated our Giving Circle list of people/projects - docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Sharing it with others in case you are looking for people/projects to support. The vast majority of these are small, local, and mutual aid focused.
2025 Giving Circle - List of People and Groups
2025 Giving Circle - https://ko-fi.com/prisonculture List of People and Groups January to July South Bay Mutual Aid Care Club - https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/sbmacc KTown For All - http...
docs.google.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I updated our Giving Circle list of people/projects - docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Sharing it with others in case you are looking for people/projects to support. The vast majority of these are small, local, and mutual aid focused.
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since Trump is instructing federal law enforcement to besiege D.C. bc of purported crime reasons, let's review this piece I wrote in June about how he keeps trying to legally justify his fascist bullshit by pointing to nonexistent 'emergencies'
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Trump Is Inventing Legal Emergencies to Make Himself More Powerful
The White House’s response to protests of ICE raids in Los Angeles is stretching statutory language to the breaking point.
ballsandstrikes.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
since Trump is instructing federal law enforcement to besiege D.C. bc of purported crime reasons, let's review this piece I wrote in June about how he keeps trying to legally justify his fascist bullshit by pointing to nonexistent 'emergencies'
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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the film series on hurricane katrina i co-curated for MoMA film begins one month from today 🤯 the full program notes are now live: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
something you may not know about me is that i am a hurricane katrina survivor.
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
the film series on hurricane katrina i co-curated for MoMA film begins one month from today 🤯 the full program notes are now live: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
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BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
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Conservatives who claimed Obama was using FEMA to build concentration camps really quiet now that it’s real
FEMA is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration’s push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
FEMA to send states $608 million to build migrant detention centers
FEMA is starting a “detention support grant program” to cover the cost of states building temporary facilities, according to an agency announcement.
nbcnews.to
July 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Conservatives who claimed Obama was using FEMA to build concentration camps really quiet now that it’s real