“Locked up in rooms where 12 people fit. They don’t let us go out to the games and park that’s there, and it’s very boring to do every day. May God touch the hearts of those at ICE. Let us out, we are not criminals. I want to go home.”
—Gerson, 13 year old ICE detainee
Friends and co-workers described 33-year-old Latetia Bobo, who was fatally shot Saturday, as a creative artist, devoted Christian and incredible educator.
A poster with a red background showing part of a classical library building. Text reads: March 18th. Fund our public libraries. Budget meeting. Register to testify. More here: https://bit.ly/4b1ze3H.
Please sign up to testify in person or on zoom about the NYC preliminary public libraries budget on March 18. Everything you need to know to do so is here: bit.ly/4b1ze3H
How about just having stricter gun laws?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYK...
From The New Yorker
![A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran:
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today.
YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.”
YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately:
- Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement
- Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House.
- Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization.
YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreihe6g2l2zn2cx4pblvsgmdykxykwi44mqhd7jeqyv57qclqkbv6mq)
A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today. YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.” YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately: - Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement - Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House. - Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]
Do it now.
Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices.
Script here again.
Just called my US rep, @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co, to tell him to impeach for Trump for this illegal war.
You can call your US rep, too. Find them here: reps.fyi
Here it is. Notice the setup.
Trump is again warning about foreign interference, this time Iran. Meanwhile, plans in his orbit would use interference claims to justify sweeping federal control over elections.
Pay attention.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The media continues to cover Trump like this is normal.
THERE’S POWER IN BOYCOTTING!
A Prerecorded Slur Isn’t an Accident
BAFTA had time.
Time to review.
Time to edit.
Time to decide what the world would and would not see.
And that’s why this moment landed the way it did for so many Black viewers.
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Moms for Liberty ceremony
Moms For Liberty named RJ May the South Carolina Legislator of the Year for 2023 for his efforts to protect children from the evils of the LGBTQ community.
He was just sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison followed by 30 years of supervised probation for distributing child pornography.
Did y'all know that NYC was such a slave city that Mayor Fernando Wood proposed that NYC secede from the Union? www.untappedcities.com/on-this-day-...
How many New Yorkers do we think know this today?
Make the calls TODAY!
An amazing MN Librarian assembled us a reading list to add to the website so people can do more than donate, they can learn to organize in their communities.
standwithminnesota.com/read
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Read this beautiful commentary from Stacey Patton.
substack.com/@drstaceypat...
On Thursday, the National Park Service removed content from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia that referenced slavery and the challenges faced by enslaved people.
Good morning
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
France ONU Genève MM € @Fr... • 17h. X « Fo shur», with such stellar healthcare results, it's only logical for the US to leave the @WHO-clearly, they've mastered the art of public health and no longer need global advice & cooperation ! #KillTheMessenger #FreedomToBeLessHealthy WHITE TOUSE The White House & @WhiteHouse • 1d EFFECTIVE TODAY: The United States has exited the World Health Organization. This fulfills President Trump's commitment under an executive order signed one year ago, following the WHO's mishandling of COVID-19 and its ongoing lack of reform, accountability, & transparency.
France is trolling us 😅
Urgent call to action, Texans: we need to write to our State Board of Education members and tell them NOT to adopt the proposed required reading list they’re considering at the the end of the month. It is BAD. I wrote about why here: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/call-to-ac...
(next to an image of comedian Ron Funches) “You said we had no money for teachers, but they can pay fucking ICE agents six figures?"
Trump’s latest threat has long been building. Though the federal courts recently thwarted some of his extended deployments of National Guard troops, he has made clear repeatedly that he may further attempt to use the American military against Americans. “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” he told reporters in the Oval Office last fall. “If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that.”
🚨 No accident they just announced a DOJ probe into Walz and Frey—potential pretext for Insurrection Act. Trump literally said this, as I detailed in my story
“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The #NobelPeacePrize medal. It measures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold. On its face, a portrait of Alfred Nobel and on its reverse, three naked men holding around each other’s shoulders as a sign of brotherhood. A design unchanged for 120 years. Did you know that some Nobel Peace Prize medals have been passed on after the award was given? A well‑known case is Dmitry Muratov’s medal, which was auctioned for over USD 100 million to support refugees from the war in Ukraine. And the medal displayed at the Nobel Peace Center is actually on loan and originally belonged to Christian Lous Lange, Norway’s first Peace Prize laureate. But one truth remains. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: “Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.” A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
WATCH — @piperformissouri.bsky.social : “I’m a middle aged white woman, and I can tell you one thing… if someone doesn’t tell you EXACTLY how they feel about what’s going on, you know how they feel.”
