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DC MUSIC FESTIVAL HAPPENING NOW 9/1
History often rhymes, but sometimes it just repeats. Watch the full video ā and see how we can use the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike as a compass for us today ā here: youtu.be/9EYC75wtwCM
CHICAGO - ICE Be like my pal @jenreadsromance.bsky.social & pull out your phone RIGHT NOW and add the number for reporting ICE to your contacts. Then you won't have to look for it when you inevitably see some bullshit this week.
With credible reports that there will soon be a major increase in federal immigration enforcement activity in Chicago, I want to once again highlight the Family Support Network - a rapid response resource run by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Use it if you spot ICE.
NYT: āWhen Tennesseeās Republican governor @GovBillLee dispatched troops to support Trumpās crackdown on crime, critics wondered why he didnāt keep them within state lines. Memphis has a murder rate twice DCās, Nashvilleās is higher as well.ā www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Read the article
Because I have yet to see anything about on my own TL here, and in case you didn't know, Afghanistan suffered a terrible earthquake this morning. Shallow, lots of damage, lots of injuries, flooding hindering rescue efforts: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/....
'The unexpected finding that vaccination-only participants showed superior cross-neutralization compared to individuals with hybrid immunity challenges conventional assumptions about hybrid immunity advantages'. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
So, acquiring more robust protection via āhybrid immunityā isnāt a benefit of being infected after allā¦
I want to tell you about a friend of mine real quick. I've mentioned her on here before, but you don't know any details yet, and she's about to make history in a very real sense. Meet Michi Benthaus:
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
This is infuriating and you should send it to every veteran you know, because while you canāt lose your civilian job while youāre activated, they donāt have to pay you, and you canāt get the mortgage pause until youāve been activated a month. American Legion & VFW should be on fire.
Our appetite for FastTech is growing. We bought 1 billion small, cheap electricals in the UK in the last year ā and over half of them were binned. By making sure these items are recycled when weāve finished with them, the materials in them can be reused. Find out how: bit.ly/4lUEZ6S
Getting supplies to friends and 200 more āHow to Report Iceā zines (link to print your own in linktree and comment below) to as many little free libraries as we can find!
About to march! #WorkersOverBillionaires Chicago
Revoking an entire nationalityās visas is collective punishment and never acceptable ā especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
If you are a federal worker who focuses on #Autism and your work has been affected by RFK Jr., Iād love to talk with you. We can speak on background. My signal is emgarcia.85
Federal officials silenced a pro-worker rally at Social Security HQ in Baltimore. Happy Labor Day.
NOW at McKeldin Plaza, Baltimore Inner Harbor! #laborday
#Baltimore marching for #democracy! Happy Labor Day! šŗšøāļøš #NoKings #pro-demoracy #resist #LaborDay2025 #LaborDayProtests #WorkersOverBillionaores
Larry Hogan fell all over himself to support Trumpās call for National Guard troops in our cities Homicides in Baltimore are down more than 60% since Larry Hogan left office
This morning (9/1) at 8 AM feds pulled over a couple at 18th & Park NW. They smashed the window, dragged the husband out & arrested him. When a community member stopped to record they were grabbed & threatened w/ pepper spray by this piece of shit. @mayorbowser.bsky.social do you welcome this too?
This morning (9/1) at 8 AM feds pulled over a couple at 18th & Park NW. They smashed the window, dragged the husband out & arrested him. When a community member stopped to record they were grabbed & threatened w/ pepper spray by this piece of shit. @mayorbowser.bsky.social do you welcome this too?
Esta maƱana (1/9) a las 8am federales detuvieron a una pareja en la 18 con Park NW. Rompieron la ventana, arrastraron al esposo y los arrestaron. Cuando un miembro de la comunidad parĆ³ para grabar, fue agarrado y amenazado con spray de pimienta por este pedazo de mierda.
Marylanders seeking substance use treatment can also use the Behavioral Health Administrationās locator tool to find a list of providers near them. health.maryland.gov/bha/Pages/In...
Marylanders who are struggling with substance use are encouraged to call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 988, to get connected to substance use and behavioral health resources.
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Maybe Canva for a template? Or slidesgo or slidesmania?
A few more stats: Nearly a third of the country's workforceāroughly 52 million peopleāearns under $15/hr. 12.1 million low-income tenants are now "severely cost burdened," spending at least half their income on rent. About 50% of people in homeless sheltersāand 40% of those unshelteredāhave jobs.
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobsāeven multiple jobsāaren't safe from homelessness in this country.
āThe āmedianā American household ā picture the middle number in a long list of numbers ā achieves a net worth of about $300,000 in the 50-to-59 age range, a far cry from $1 million.ā
From the article: āIf youāre a 50-something and youāre not worth a cool $1 million, do not despair. Those numbers are averages, and the super-rich drive them waaaay up.ā
Labor Day is for everyone whose hard work keeps Maryland strongāno matter the job, no matter the field. Thank you for making our state thrive. #LaborDay
When this time is over (& it will be) & somebody asks me to describe its nature & spirit, I shall play this clip. It embodies the whole cruelty, nastiness, sneer, indifference, cockiness, glee, inhumanity, & evil. It proves they knew what they did was illegal, but they did it happily, voluntarily.
A mom who is a legal US citizen gets separated from her family by ICE GOONS after getting back home from a family vacation.
If masking and/or talking about the realities of COVID irritates people in your circles, please hear this: you are not responsible for other peopleās discomfort with reality.
Important Essay in @nytimes.com by 9 former CDC directors. "We have a message for the rest of the nation as well: This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American...." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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To find your areaās events use the interactive map maydaystrong.org
Huge thanks to those who have donated to my classroom! I am circulating this again because I am really hoping for some help getting quality cleaning supplies for my room. Anyone who has cleaned with the brown paper towels the school provides knows they really don't do the job. Help out if you can <3
Morning, itās Labor Day and there are a massive amount of protests scheduled to take place nationwide. www.newsweek.com/map-list-cit...
Still looking for help to get the boys fixed. Their appointment is on Wed the 3rd. Anything helps please help me break the cycle of unwanted litters with getting these two neutered.
New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I canāt overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. Thatās it. Thatās all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.
Just a reminder that if you're working on the HBO Harry Potter show, or the audiobook, or making/buying licensed Harry Potter products, or covering *any* of the previously noted without mentioning JK Rowling's virulent and non-stop transphobia, this is what you're supporting:
Sept. 8th Is International Literacy Day ā Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/01/s...
"Israelās policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)". Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Iām putting these everywhere because my partnerās child is a phenomenal talent. This is not even their usual style. See www.instagram.com/nailsbygranola
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
"officers were still investigating and had not arrested anybody" We have 15 law enforcement officers show up for every traffic stop in DC right now, but when a lunatic shoots and murders a 5th grader having harmless fun in Texas, we're "still investigating"
At least 50 National Guard with long guns around Audi field and Navy Yard metro station as I leave the Washington Spirit soccer game. Free DC.
This isnāt politics. Itās not left or right. Itās not conservative or liberal. Cutting funding to treat children with brain cancer is hate and greed.
At Union Station, veterans play a speech from General Mark Milley warning soldiers of the threat that President Trump poses.
š¶ Weāre calling on Governor Moore, saying, āStop Aveloā¦ā š¶ @govwesmoore.bsky.social #AveloOutofBWI
Iām here at BWI Airport to say, āHey hey, ho ho! Avelo and ICE have got to go!ā #AveloOutofBWI
Today at the veterans sit in Washington, D.C.
Philly DA goes off: "Republicans are actually TERRIBLE at public safety"
A mother is filing a $1 million claim after her 15-year-old son was held at gunpoint by immigration goons in Los Angeles.
"What is happening now with Donald Trump is a fetishization of violence, a celebration of violence." Sen. Chris Murphy argues the Trump administration resorts to harmful responses for issues ranging from election loss to immigration crackdowns.
šØChicagoās Mayor Johnson speaks out against federal officials entering the city. He outlines what local LEOās will and will not do in his signed EO. Feds are encouraged to identify themselves and not to mask their faces. 1/2
You won't see this on the news. In fact, you may not see this anywhere. Residents of Washington D.C. march up 14th Street on Saturday August 30, 2025 chanting "Troops Go Home".
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social is in DC with other vets right now standing up for democracy. He's playing General Milleys speech on repeat for them today š #LoveTheVets!
Pritzker: "National Guard troops, any kind of troops, on the streets of American city don't belong unless there is an insurrection, unless there is truly an emergency. There is not."
ā ļø US suspends visas for ALL Palestinian passport holders āThe new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily.ā www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
I hope people read these stories and are encouraged to take their own action: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/la-u...
"The Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook can coach teen accounts on suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, a new safety study finds. In one test chat, the bot planned joint suicide ā and then kept bringing it back up in later āconversations." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Read all about it! Hereās one of local news stories highlighting todayās āAvelo Takedownā protests at BWI. š www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
37 signatures to get to 5k! No ICE flights from BWI!
Last push for MARYLAND workers on Labor Day weekend! Sign the petition and get #AveloOutOfBWI #mdindivisible #GroundAvelo #EyesOnICE #crushice actionnetwork.org/petitions/go...
And she called him a "predator." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
substack.com/@lincolnsqua... Why didnāt our senators listen to Caroline Kennedy? She knew RFK Jr. better than any of them.
In 2024 Sen. Merkley & I visited the Rafah gate on the Egypt-Gaza border. On the other side was Gazaās thriving city of Rafahāhome to 270K. Today we saw it reduced to rubble. The Netanyahu govt has gone beyond targeting Hamas to waging a war of destruction against all Palestinians. It must end.
Texas AG Partizan Attack On Beto Ken Paxton threatens to arrest Beto O'Rourke for fighting the illegal gerrymander of five congressional seats. Speech is no longer Free in Texas! open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...
Judge Blocks Flights Sending Hundreds of Children Back To Guatemala āIt is a dark & dangerous moment for this country when (Trump) chooses to target orphaned 10-year-olds and deny them their basic legal right to present their case before a judgeā www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Wow. I want every university counsel who is thinking about cowering before the Trump Administrationās threats, to read this and understand the caliber of attorney that has you shaking in your books. Yet another player in Trumpās army of incompetent thugs. www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
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The National Guard was built for disasters and emergencies. Now itās being turned into a domestic police force. I wrote about it in The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Every single thing, EVERY SINGLE THING, that RFK has done was predictable and predicted. He is doing what every other fascist eugenicist has done before him. The disability community has been warning about this for YEARS. It is not in any way shape or form mysterious and unknowable.
NEW: During an emergency hearing on Sunday afternoon, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children. Read my live coverage of the hearing on @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
My body is tired, but my spirit is willing! Still walking because transit canāt wait. Still walking for our families. Still walking for a government that works for the US! #walkfortransit #day3
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
Folks. Please read this. Itās just one page of simple declarations from a 10 year kid from Guatemala who doesnāt want to be sent back there. The US government is trying to do so, on a holiday weekend, and was going to just *do it* until folks started pushing back. 10. Years. Old. WTAFF?
And we're done. Thanks to all who followed along on this Labor Day weekend. If you appreciate @lawfaremedia.org's live coverage of court proceedings, I hope you'll consider supporting our non-profit newsroom. See you next time! givebutter.com/journalism/a...
Judge Sooknanan: "These children are going to be deplaned. They're going to be returned to ORR custody. And no attempts will be made to remove them from ORR custody and remove them to Guatemala, in light of my order, while these preliminary emergency proceedings are pending."
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
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RFK Jr. has never been briefed by CDC experts on measles, COVID-19 or flu, former official says Source: The Hill share.newsbreak.com/esbarsi0
LISTEN TO THIS look back on Ambassador Caroline Kennedyās statement to the U.S. Senate regarding her cousin RFK Jr.'s nomination for HHS Secretary: substack.com/@lincolnsqua...
Former CDC immunizations chief: āI only see harm comingā with RFK Jr. leading HHS abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
QUACK! QUACK! Secretary of Health RFK Jr. said a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease must be retracted. The journal refused. In an extraordinary move for a U.S. public official, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demanded the retraction
Worm-brain RFK Jr. blames America's mass shootings on antidepressants. The top users of antidepressants are Iceland, Portugal, the U.K., and Sweden, which have fewer mass shootings in their entire combined histories than the US has in the AVERAGE YEAR. It's the GUNS!!!
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
Not a very long path from "Why wouldn't you want the regime to deploy federal troops in your city when it reduces carjackings?" to "Why would you be opposed to the erection of internment camps for deviants when it reduces crime?" And a good chunk of mainstream media will just follow along.