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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Noel Stephens is a valued member of his community who has experienced unimaginable trauma and medical neglect since he was taken by ICE during a scheduled check-in this January. Noel should have never been taken and desperatly needs to be freed. #FreeNoelStephens bit.ly/freenoeltoolkit

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Meet Noel Stephens Noel Stephens is a Black bisexual Jamaican migrant who moved to the US when he was 22. He is the father of a 15 year old U.S. citizen. Noel has remained a consistent and loving pres...

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Semafor reporter on the funding package. picking up from posts that there's some organizing around this underway, will link those in this thread as I find em

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Despite everything we've already seen, I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that they threw a flashbang *into* a car carrying 6 children, all of whom are now hospitalized.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Fox is reporting that ICE sent six kids to the hospital, including a baby, just throwing a flashbang at a random car

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10/01/2026

Thousands here now. Absolutely enormous crowd. People are chanting, "ICE out! Fuck ICE!" Organizers are taking the street but it's a slow process because there is SO much ice (the water kind). People helping each other up left and right after slipping.

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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 08/01/2026

ICE Cincinnati Field Office Director Samuel Saxon, 47, and his partner moved to Cincinnati about a year and a half ago. Since that time, Cincinnati Police had been called to the two places they've lived 23 times.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This should exist in every city in the country.

Screenshot of a press release with the headline: “Mayor Mamdani Announces Formation of ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearings.”

Subhead reads: “‘Rental Ripoff’ hearings in all five boroughs will offer New Yorkers a microphone to share poor conditions, unconscionable business practices that City will act on.” Body text reads: “NEW YORK, NY — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani today signed an executive order directing the Department of Housing Preservation & Development, the Department of Buildings, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, in coordination with the new Office of Mass Engagement, to hold ‘Rental Ripoff’ hearings across the five boroughs within the first 100 days of the administration. At these hearings, working New Yorkers will be able to speak about the challenges they face — from poor building conditions to hidden fees on rent payments. Following these hearings, the Mamdani administration will publish a summary and report detailing common themes and areas of opportunity, and the testimony shared at these hearings will directly inform policy interventions to take on these ripoff tactics. Details about the hearings will be available at nyc.gov/RentalRipoff.”

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Apologies for the closeup 🥴😂 Singing the song I wrote after Tortuguita was murdered at an online hoot organized by a friend yesterday.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I filmed this FBI raid of an allegedly fraudulent Somali owned business outside of Minneapolis almost two weeks ago. The New York Times and KARE 11 were also there. Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.

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FBI raids Somali-owned home health agency amid Minnesota Medicaid fraud probe

YouTube video by FREEDOMNEWS TV - NATIONAL / SCOOTERCASTER

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Class Traitor Blues

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I was working with my Spanish teacher on expressions using "por" and all the examples I made up were about Dick Cheney, como: Por fin, el ex vicepresidente se murió. Toda la gente no está viviendo, por ejemplo el ex vicepresidente Por casualidad, oíste que el ex vicepresidente se murió?

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

LAPD Sgt Charnock just told two white, publicly drinking revelers that LAPD was about to start shooting things at the street to get people to clear the intersection.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

It was mass protests with no discernible objective in 2016 that convinced me to finally seek out an organization. Spending your time introducing people to organization is prob a more useful thing to be doing than shaming people that go to the "wrong" type of protest.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025

More feds and protesters have arrived. Maybe 100 neighbors here now. Close to 50 Feds. Agents appear armed with a full assortment of chemical munitions. Protesters moved 30+ feet back as agents with tear gas launchers moved to the front line. It’s also 86° in Chicago rn.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Wow with so many cops living in the city of Simi Valley I'm very surprised something like this could happen. How does anti-Black racism get fostered in the youth in a city full of cops? 🤨

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Looking forward to discussing Assata Shakur's presentation to the New Afrikan Women’s Task Force from 1993 with @tchimurenga.bsky.social later today!

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This activist's guitar was destroyed by ICE today. ICE fired multiple rounds of rubber bullets at us, and the guitar was struck. I am trying to raise $800 to help replace their instrument, which they rely on for gigs. I bet someone out here can straight up cover the cost. DM me.

A person in a gas mask plays guitar at a chaotic protest scene.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Despite the Instagram rhetoric around "housing" by liberal politicians, by and large the government's response to (visible) poverty is criminalization, displacement and banishment.

2 LAPD officers at the Bundy/Expo E Line train station in West LA, likely getting overtime, make a houseless person sleeping on the concrete movealong. This person likely has lost tents and other things, blankets, sleeping bags, clothes etc, which is why they were sleeping on the concrete outside the train station.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 26/09/2025

At the Broadview ICE "processing facility" outside Chicago this morning. Protesters here for this morning's action are gathering off 25th now that Beach has been fenced off. A pair of men peering through the fence at ICE vehicles shout, "Get the fuck out of Chicago, you terrorists!"

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

This got taken down from Tik Tok seconds after I posted. 🤔

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Casey Wasserman listed his last home at $125 million which would have been the highest-ever sales price in LA County but ended up selling it to David Geffen for $68 million. Glad this person is making LA's deals with the White House!

Though it's unclear why Wasserman has decided to sell such a spectacular abode, it is not the first time that he has parted ways with an architectural masterpiece of such significance.
In June 2020, the entertainment executive offloaded an incredible custom-built Beverly Hills mansion that he had constructed on an estate once belonging to his gradfather, late entertainment mogul Lew Wasserman, who entertained the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney
Poitier inside the home.
After his grandparents' passed away, Wasserman razed their property to make way for a one-of-a-kind dwelling designed by famed architect Richard Meier.

In a bid to make way for the 18,000-square-foot mansion, Wasserman also
purchased the property next door, which once belonged to music legend
Frank Sinatra. The finished result, known as the Foothill Estate, was completed in 2016 and featured an array of impressive amenities, including a screening
room, an art studio, and staff quarters-as well as three acres of land. Wasserman first made a move to offload that home in October 2018, when the Wall Street Journal reported that he was listing the dwelling for a staggering $125 million. Had it sold for that price, the mansion would have
been the most expensive abode to have ever traded hands in Los Angeles. However, the sports mogul's bid for glory in the real estate market was not to be- and after several price drops, he finally sold the dwelling to
Geffen for almost half that price two years later.

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Sure, let's put this guy in charge of a $7 billion budget where the decisions being made could bankrupt the entire city

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

After leaving his immigration hearing with his sleeping daughter in his arms, a man is confronted by ICE and CBP. He passes the child to his wife in the waiting room, shares tearful goodbyes, and is then detained and escorted toward the staircase where he’ll be brought to the 10th floor.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria Lawyers for the pro-Palestinian activist said they plan to appeal the immigration judge’s order, which was revealed in court documents filed Wednesday. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria

Lawyers for the pro-Palestinian activist said they plan to appeal the immigration judge’s order, which was revealed in court documents filed Wednesday.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

post Luigi politics

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The police told Trey Reed's family that he'd been found dead in his dorm room. They found out from the media that he'd actually been found hanging from a tree in the middle of campus. www.mississippifreepress.org/trey-reeds-f...

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Trey Reed’s Family Calls for an Independent Autopsy After Tree Hanging Death

Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s family is seeking an independent autopsy after the Delta State University student was found hanging in a tree.

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A (part of a) song I made about sweeps in LA

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Another Adam Smith @adamofthesmiths.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

A classic Woody song I realized today was not written by Woody

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

LA Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive today to expedite the hiring process for new LAPD officers. It currently takes a year for applicant to apply and then hired. She wants it cut to 180 days by shortening the psych, background check, and medical exam process.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE NO. 14
Issue Date: September 11, 2025
Subject:
Modernizing the Officer Hiring Process to Grow the Police
Department
The City of Los Angeles is the largest city geographically in the United States at 550 square miles, and the second-largest city in the United States in population, with a population of 3.8 million people. Yet, the LAPD currently has about two officers for every 1,000 residents. By comparison, the City of New York has a force size of 36,000 sworn officers, or about four officers for every 1,000 New Yorkers. The City of Chicago has a force of approximately 11,600 sworn officers for a population of 2.7 million, equating to about 4.3 officers per 1000 residents. We must have enough officers to effectively and sustainably keep Angelenos safe in the coming years, especially as we host major events like the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games welcoming millions of visitors to our neighborhoods.
The City has worked to address officer retention and attrition by securing competitive and fair pay for LAPD officers and personnel. Following this action, the number of LAPD applicants reached a four-year-high. In addition to investing in increased wages, with enhanced salaries for new officers, the City has bolstered the recruiting pipeline to ensure that candidates with a desire to serve their communities are applying to join the force, and augmented its background investigations staff with support from the Police Department to increase the size of Academy classes.
Yet, the City's hiring process for officers has prevented many applicants from moving efficiently through the selection process to join the LAPD Academy and ultimately serve in the LAPD. On average, it takes 322 days - nearly one calendar year - for a candidate to get from their Personal History Statement submission to the last step required to be assigned to an academy class. We must work urgently to make change.

By combining process improvements and enhancements to candidate selection processes, it should be possible to fill existing academy classes and overcome the natural attrition in the Department to begin growing the size of the LAPD.
To that end, I am hereby directing the Personnel and Police Departments to perform the following actions within 15 days:
1. Develop and implement written protocols and a case management agreement to effectively expedite the Police Officer selection process to increase the number of qualified candidates selected for the LAPD Academy; and
2. Establish benchmarks for the duration of each stage in the City's Police Officer selection process, such as field investigation, medical, polygraph, and psychiatric exams and implement measures to shorten the time required for each stage, aiming for candidates to complete the entire selection process within 180 days; and
3. Ensure that the expedited process maximizes class sizes with a goal of achieving consistently full LAPD Academy classes with highly qualified candidates that are likely to become Police Officers.
I further direct the Personnel Department to create and staff a dedicated LAPD Hiring Division within the Personnel Department that has appropriate staffing to work in partnership with the LAPD to ensure that Police Academy candidates move through the selection process swiftly and efficiently and meet the LAPD's standards for graduation.
I further direct the Office of the City Administrative Officer to work with the Personnel Department to ensure that the new LAPD Hiring Division has appropriate supervision and staff support to succeed.
I further direct the Police Department to examine Academy graduation rates and the sentiment of recruits to determine whether there are refinements or improvements to the training and drill programs to increase the likelihood of graduating qualified recruits to become Police Officers.
Executed this 11th day of September 2025
Kaven Bags
KAREN BASS
Mayor

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/09/2025

GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.

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Holl🌞 @willows-song.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This explains it better than I can

Dave Portnoy tweet saying ‘absolutely disgusting and disturbing video from Charlie Kirk shooting today. Hoping for the best for him and his family. Anybody who is happy about this is a disgusting human.’

Pop Crave Tweet: ‘Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy says he hopes a missile hits Greta Thunberg’s boat as she sails away with aid: “I hope they hit a f*cking, like, a missile on her boat. Knock that boat down. Greta or whatever her name is”

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Re today's fatal shooting: 'Under the changes in HB 128, which went into effect on May 7, individuals who are 18 years old or older and have a current Utah concealed weapon permit (CWP) may carry a weapon on campus, including in an “open” fashion.'

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New rules for firearms on campus - University Department of Public Safety

In order to carry a firearm on campus, a person must obtain a Concealed Carry Permit (CCP) from the state of Utah.

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Jeff Veillette @jeffveillette.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

World Cup hosts in 10 months btw

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