Sarah van Gelder

Painful to read this and think about the 2021 coup attempt, which was as blatant as it gets. An utter failure of US elites to seize the moment when everybody saw the threat right in front of their eyes.

If we have history books in the future, they will be unkind.

Here’s #SOTU counter programming! Rep @summerlee.bsky.social is awesome

Congress needs to act now to stop expansion of ICE detention camps. Stop the deaths, abuse, and jailing of kids.
📞 Call senators and reps via the Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Details 👉 www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
#HumanRights #ICE #EndDetention #CallYourRep #DefundICE

Great questions. Will you stop the funding of DHS and ICE?

“We know enough.”

Three words that are worth 10 million.

We demand an immediate halt in all funding for these deadly operations until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and in immigration detention centers stop. @unitedwedream.org @the-ilrc.bsky.social @nilc.org @surj.org @seiu.org

Read the full letter: bit.ly/NoFundsforIC...

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Guest Rant: It’s Not Too Late to Defund ICE There are limited tools to ensure constitutional rights are respected by ICE and the private detention corporations they contract with. But Congress holds the most powerful card: the power of the purs...

How can we end the ICE nightmare? My “guest rant” in @thestranger.com Yes, Wash. Senator @murray.senate.gov has a huge role to play. But we’ll need @schumer.senate.gov and other Senate Dems, who have the power to act, with or without Republicans, to stay strong. www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

Please use all the power you have to claw back funding and not allow a penny more for ICE. Stand strong! We in Washington state are counting on you to do the right thing and not make compromises and excuses.

Love me some Jesse Welles.

But will you vote NO on funding ICE? Otherwise, these words are worthless.

Finally! Don’t cave in, Senator. Keep it up! We’ll be watching.

Finally! Chuck Schumer is standing up. Better late than never. No funding for DHS, No funding for ICE, No Funding for Border Patrol. #ICEoutforGood Stop the Trump retribution.

Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...

Senator @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov Please vote no on funding this violent out-of-control federal police force. You have the power to put a halt to the “retribution” Trump is unleashing in U.S. cities. VOTE NO

Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope Elections, labor, mutual aid, and local organizing wins in 2025 point to strategies that can work in the coming year.

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope — my take on what’s possible now. truthout.org/articles/aft...

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

ICE Out for Good On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.

From a follower in Minneapolis:

"Today is our big day here. Currently -20 and -45 windchill. Frost bite can occur in 10 minutes and it is a decent walk from Portland Ave to the Target Center. So those who cannot risk attending and to the rest of the country we are asking for your help."

We Are Not Powerless to Stop ICE—But We Must Act Now | Common Dreams ​We taxpayers fund ICE, the Border Patrol, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s salary (and her two jets). Without congressional action by the end of January, funding for ICE will lapse.

ICE CAN BE STOPPED
41 Democratic senators can block ICE funding this month.

All that's missing is the political will. Here’s how it works: www.commondreams.org/opinion/cong...

Share and call your senators today! indivisible.org/ice-out-senate
#immigration #ICE #ICEoutforGood

Please stop and read this statement from Renee Good's wife.

Good news: Your organizing has grounded “ICE Air.”

Never forget. 🇺🇸

Photos from overpass protest in Gig Harbor, WA. Sign reads: No Blood for Oil. Hands Off Venezuela

Photos from overpass protest in Gig Harbor, WA.

Photos from overpass protest in Gig Harbor, WA. Sign reads: No War 4 Oil.

Photos from overpass protest in Gig Harbor, WA. Sign reads: $$ for jobs and education NOT war and occupation.

Trump told us what the attack was about. Not drugs. Not democracy. Not threats against the U.S. Like Iraq, it’s about “our oil.”
Also, he wants control over the whole western hemisphere. Spreading violence and tyranny, and provoking war would be disastrous for everyone. Even the oil companies.

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

WHERE DID YOU FIND COURAGE IN 2025?
As we look forward to 2026, how can we encourage each other for the hard work ahead? What stories of courage can we share that will strengthen hearts and spirits?

What did you notice in 2025 that we can build on in 2026? Leave a comment below or DM me.

Dear Billionaires: There’s something even better than an over-priced hole in the ground An open letter, written as billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion this year -- and the new “must have" is a luxury bunker

Do you find yourself having “bunker envy” when you see what billionaires are building to survive the coming collapse? Me neither.
I wrote this about a better idea … how about billionaires stop destroying the Earth?
open.substack.com/pub/howweris...

Witch Hunt: The Heretic and the Inquisition: Why the West Fears Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, represents

Albanese is dangerous to the establishment not because she is a politician using slogans, but because she wields the unassailable, technical weapon of International Law against a propaganda machine built on lies.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/05/w...

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Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net

In Bremerton, Washington, a navy city, veterans say no!

FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral win YouTube video by ABC News

“No longer will we have to open the history books for proof that Democrats can be great!”

Zohran Mamdani won, with 104,000 volunteers, building on years of work by the Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America. Standing up for working people works!

youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...

How Trump’s $40 billion handout for failed Argentinian dictator could be better spent in America

How Trump’s $40 billion handout for failed Argentinian dictator could be better spent in America
thedemlabs.org/2025/10/22/t...