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The Texanest
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Artist and Native Texan. Probably about to be a Texpat. Believes very much in the role that art plays in the progress of a civil society and the development of democratic philosophy.
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"How to Report ICE" regional zines available for free printable download:

Northern California
Southern California
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Durham
Massachusetts
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh

More to come! Please share!
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August 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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June 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Brutal.
June 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Did I show y’all my “No Kings” apparel for the day? No? Well…
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"

www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
www.404media.co
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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A rogue president with a loyal DOJ isn’t unstoppable, unless we act like peasants. Courts can stop him. States can sue him. Whistleblowers can expose him. But it takes all of us, loud, sharp, fed up. Power bends to pressure. So push. Hard. Clean House with your votes, or get steamrolled. Our call.
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The number of assaults on law enforcement in ONE DAY on January 6th is higher than the number of assaults on ICE officers over a decade.
In 2018, the DHS OIG published the following statistics for assaults against ICE enforcement and removal operations which were considered serious enough to merit criminal prosecution.

Over a four year period, Fiscal Years 2014-2017, that amounted to 28 cases charged in federal court. Total.
May 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Mind boggling corruption.
BREAKING: A sweeping ProPublica report reveals the U.S. State Department is interfering with foreign countries on behalf of Elon Musk.

Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.
Musk Used State Department to Force Another Country to Get Starlink
Elon Musk is turning the U.S. government into his personal PR firm.
newrepublic.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal.

Then she fired that lawyer.
May 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
May 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago.

It also received $22M in federal aid.

While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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D.C. folks:

I’ll be at Penn Social tonight at 6 p.m. for a @profsandpints.bsky.social talk on “Trump Versus Free Speech.”

Details and tickets here: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...
April 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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All of them are deeply uncertain and anxious about graduating into a market that is flooded with job seekers.
Meet the College Seniors Who’ve Had Their Dreams Upended by Elon Musk
They dreamed of working in public service. Now some of the agencies they wanted to work for don’t exist.
www.teenvogue.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News
April 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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yes! this dude will back down to anyone who tells him to fuck himself! this is the only response worth having!
Trump’s sputtering response to Harvard standing up to him is yet another reason why institutions should refuse to bend the knee. He’s a paper tiger, unable to argue his own case.
April 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This is something we can all do.👇🏼

File a complaint with the FL and DC Bar to have Pam Bondi disbarred for not complying with the 9-0 Supreme Court ruling to return Mr. Garcia from El Salvador.
April 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.

I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social

Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Prediction:

Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Dear CDC friends. Today was the most foolish of April Fool's days. We have not just lost jobs. With entire teams and offices being cut, we have lost vast amounts of institutional knowledge. Take the time you need to grieve. Then join your fired colleagues in the fight.

www.firedbutfighting.com
Fired But Fighting
www.firedbutfighting.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM