Valerie Costa
@valeriecosta.bsky.social
Always finding my way into good trouble. 🫀+💪
www.troublemakerscommunity.org
www.troublemakerscommunity.org
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Thanks to @soseaemerald.bsky.social for the article about Washington Neighborhood Defense's work to share #KYR info with businesses across #WAstate. We aim to visit every business in the state and need all the help we can get. Join us!
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thanks to @soseaemerald.bsky.social for the article about Washington Neighborhood Defense's work to share #KYR info with businesses across #WAstate. We aim to visit every business in the state and need all the help we can get. Join us!
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In LA, community organizing has played a major role in slowing ICE down. Here are the strategies I saw while I was there.
Note: This is a shorter cut of a longer video that’s available on my other socials. All of which can be found here: linktr.ee/kevinfoster
Note: This is a shorter cut of a longer video that’s available on my other socials. All of which can be found here: linktr.ee/kevinfoster
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
In LA, community organizing has played a major role in slowing ICE down. Here are the strategies I saw while I was there.
Note: This is a shorter cut of a longer video that’s available on my other socials. All of which can be found here: linktr.ee/kevinfoster
Note: This is a shorter cut of a longer video that’s available on my other socials. All of which can be found here: linktr.ee/kevinfoster
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Coming to you live from T-Mobile headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, where we're delivering our petition with more than 20k sigs incl 5k+ T-Mobile subscribers demanding the company hang up on fascism. @cwaunion.bsky.social @aft.org @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org #teslatakedown
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Coming to you live from T-Mobile headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, where we're delivering our petition with more than 20k sigs incl 5k+ T-Mobile subscribers demanding the company hang up on fascism. @cwaunion.bsky.social @aft.org @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org #teslatakedown
“Tonight when you look at your family or look at your kids, think about the fact that today you kidnapped my husband and took him away from us.” - Jennifer Vasquez Sura (Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife) said to ICE agents and masked bounty hunters as her husband was yet again taken by the regime.
August 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Tonight when you look at your family or look at your kids, think about the fact that today you kidnapped my husband and took him away from us.” - Jennifer Vasquez Sura (Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife) said to ICE agents and masked bounty hunters as her husband was yet again taken by the regime.
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PLEASE SHARE! This summer/fall join a national cohort of student organizers who are taking bold action to expose & challenge the influence of billionaires on campus. Apply for this three-day summit (week of August 18th and the Bay area) and paid semester long organizing fellowship! Bit.ly/stbfellow
July 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
PLEASE SHARE! This summer/fall join a national cohort of student organizers who are taking bold action to expose & challenge the influence of billionaires on campus. Apply for this three-day summit (week of August 18th and the Bay area) and paid semester long organizing fellowship! Bit.ly/stbfellow
It's simple. No money to fascists like Elon Musk. T-Mobile's Starlink partnership is a dirty deal and it's not too late to drop them. @teslatakedown.com #muskmustfall
July 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It's simple. No money to fascists like Elon Musk. T-Mobile's Starlink partnership is a dirty deal and it's not too late to drop them. @teslatakedown.com #muskmustfall
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July 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Made this little video about our Unhappy Birthday Elon party today at Tesla Lynnwood (15 miles north of Seattle).
#teslatakedown
#teslatakedown
June 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Made this little video about our Unhappy Birthday Elon party today at Tesla Lynnwood (15 miles north of Seattle).
#teslatakedown
#teslatakedown
Unhappy birthday Elon. Many people will not have more birthdays because of you. Even your cybertruck piñata is filled with cash and poop. #teslatakedown Lynnwood, WA
June 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Unhappy birthday Elon. Many people will not have more birthdays because of you. Even your cybertruck piñata is filled with cash and poop. #teslatakedown Lynnwood, WA
I have been watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social videos all week on Instagram reels... It's one of the only things that has made me feel excited and hopeful lately. I am thrilled to Zohran's primary win in New York City! Now, let's get Katie Wilson elected as Seattle mayor!
June 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have been watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social videos all week on Instagram reels... It's one of the only things that has made me feel excited and hopeful lately. I am thrilled to Zohran's primary win in New York City! Now, let's get Katie Wilson elected as Seattle mayor!
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Incredible news. This kind of thing doesn't happen without tens of thousands of #teslatakedown activists taking action week in and week out to make Tesla's brand toxic. Keep pushing, friends! #MuskMustFall www.wsoctv.com/news/local/c...
Charlotte City Council drops Tesla from list of approved electric vehicle purchases
City officials voted to remove Tesla from its vendor list.
www.wsoctv.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Incredible news. This kind of thing doesn't happen without tens of thousands of #teslatakedown activists taking action week in and week out to make Tesla's brand toxic. Keep pushing, friends! #MuskMustFall www.wsoctv.com/news/local/c...
See all the green and orange? These are all the forests up for sale in WA to the highest bidder if the Senate Reconciliation Bill / BBB passes. The bill proposes the sale of over 250 million acres of public lands---so the rich can get their tax cuts. 🤮
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
June 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
See all the green and orange? These are all the forests up for sale in WA to the highest bidder if the Senate Reconciliation Bill / BBB passes. The bill proposes the sale of over 250 million acres of public lands---so the rich can get their tax cuts. 🤮
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
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The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
June 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
Last night's RTVE show (Spanish public TV, kinda like a huge PBS) was all about children dying in Gaza. The host said they're being murdered. Then the 11pm news talked about the EU revisiting it's relationship with Israel. I know this should but be shocking, to hear truth on media, but it is.
May 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Last night's RTVE show (Spanish public TV, kinda like a huge PBS) was all about children dying in Gaza. The host said they're being murdered. Then the 11pm news talked about the EU revisiting it's relationship with Israel. I know this should but be shocking, to hear truth on media, but it is.
10 years ago I moved back to Seattle and joined up with some incredible people (many whom I'm still collaborating with) to protest Shell's arctic drilling. I was not brave enough to get in a kayak and try to block this monstrosity. Later that year Shell pulled out of the artic due to "risk."
May 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
10 years ago I moved back to Seattle and joined up with some incredible people (many whom I'm still collaborating with) to protest Shell's arctic drilling. I was not brave enough to get in a kayak and try to block this monstrosity. Later that year Shell pulled out of the artic due to "risk."
So happy to see Washington State sue the feds. Less than a decade ago we were fighting massive fossil fuel expansion plans here in the PNW and mostly stopped them. #thingreenline
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
Washington state sues to block Trump order expediting fossil fuel projects
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is suing over what he says is President Donald Trump's unlawful declaration of an energy emergency, which is intended to speed up permitting procedures for fossi...
www.kuow.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
So happy to see Washington State sue the feds. Less than a decade ago we were fighting massive fossil fuel expansion plans here in the PNW and mostly stopped them. #thingreenline
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
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I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
May 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.
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Reminder: creating a massive surveillance state to facilitate extreme and unconstitutional attacks on immigrants is one of Elon's big projects at DOGE. Fighting Elon is fighting this illegal and inhumane treatment of our neighbors #teslatakedown
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reminder: creating a massive surveillance state to facilitate extreme and unconstitutional attacks on immigrants is one of Elon's big projects at DOGE. Fighting Elon is fighting this illegal and inhumane treatment of our neighbors #teslatakedown
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HAPPENING NOW: Rümeysa Öztürk appears remotely for her bail hearing in Vermont federal court! 🧵
May 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Rümeysa Öztürk appears remotely for her bail hearing in Vermont federal court! 🧵
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
Some days are rollie pollie, get dirty, kinda days.
May 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Some days are rollie pollie, get dirty, kinda days.
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"I'm not getting fired. Please don't print in the papers that I'm getting fired." 😂 #teslatakedown
May 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"I'm not getting fired. Please don't print in the papers that I'm getting fired." 😂 #teslatakedown
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