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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Fundraiser for librarian Luanne James, who stood up to her rightwing library board that demanded she remove kids books with any trace of LBGTQ+ characters or content. "I will not comply." They sacked her and cops escorted her out. She's a hero. This banned author just donated.

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Donate to Help Luanne James in Her Time of Need, organized by Dianne M

On March 30th, the Rutherford County Library Board terminated Luanne James from her pos… Dianne M needs your support for Help Luanne James in Her Time of Need

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ Join us in celebrating our trans, nonbinary, & genderqueer authors today & every day!

A stack of books surrounded by multi-colored fabrics. The books in the stack are: The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang, Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher, Wild Spaces by S.L. Coney, The Two Doctors Górski by Isaac Fellman, Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo, Brighter Than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang, and Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 30/03/2026

Less than two days to go! Nominations for the 2026 Le Guin Prize close at midnight tomorrow, March 31st. If you need an incentive, here's a fun fact: one lucky nominator will be chosen at random to win this gorgeous stack of books—last year's entire shortlist! www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This article turned a year old on Friday. It is even more relevant now as we enter primary season and gear up for the mid terms. www.salon.com/2025/03/27/s...

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Sadopolitics: Why MAGA clings tighter to Trump the more his policies hurt them - Salon.com

Psychology helps to explain why Trump’s followers will not abandon him

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 11/03/2026

Okay, I’ve sent this many, many places the last 18 months and have gotten no bites. Would any editor be interested in a feature about how Rugby has a six year window to really capitalize on the chance to have an explosion of interest and success in the U.S. and how that could be done?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

"Not evil in some movie sense. Silent partners in a real world sense." well damn

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

almost like we should try to actually prevent and eliminate poverty instead of relying on criminalization to respond to its symptoms.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

BREAKING NEWS: We just submitted a court filing challenging excessive use of force by federal agents at Portland ICE facility. #orpol

BREAKING NEWS: AG Rayfield announces court filing challenging excessive use of force by federal agents at Portland ICE facility

Today, AG Rayfield submitted arguments and evidence in support of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Oregon on behalf
of protesters and journalists that challenges violations of the First Amendment and
the use of excessive force by federal agents outside the Portland ICE building.
The evidence shows that federal agents tear gassed peaceful protesters repeatedly during the weekend of January 31.

We are urging the court to issue
a preliminary injunction against federal agents’ unlawful use of tear gas, pepper balls, and other crowd-control munitions. The district court will hold a three-day hearing on plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion, beginning on March 2.

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

you cannot be both a billionaire and a good person. (as if the steady trickle of the nightmares in the epstein files don’t already prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt.)

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Right-wing racists are convinced that everyone is as feckless, cowardly, racist, and evil as they are, and they are simply wrong.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14/02/2026

"The people of Minneapolis, in bitter cold weather, behaved in a self-disciplined, humane way that appealed to people across the political spectrum," David Brooks says. "They turned up the heat and they put the regime in an impossible situation." to.pbs.org/467wlgk

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Brooks and Capehart on what's next as ICE leaves Minnesota

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the Trump administration pulling ICE back from Minnesota, European leaders...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Hegseth blew up another boat and killed more people. We have no idea who they were or what they were doing because it’s just “trust me, bro” while we kill people.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!

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NOW - EU Parliament votes to accept a report, that calls for "the full recognition of trans women as women" as part of the EU priorities for the UN CSW on "women's rights and gender equality."
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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

the northwest keeps getting cooler 😎 🏔️ 🗞️ this is exciting news!

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

$MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.$

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

heading to pay rent and get a cake for her grandkid. boxed in by ice, window broken, pulled out of car, torn rotator cuff, bruised ribs and concussion. ice dumped her purse out and saw her passport and walked off, leaving her. Abolish ICE. Prosecute ICE. Reparations for harm done.

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

sad that this is the bar for celebration these days but, ist absolutely is. keep pressing, fam

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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Over 73,000 people are currently in ICE custody, the most ever... But that's not the only shocking number: - There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🖐️ so great that you asked, barry! we get rid of poor people as a whole by getting rid of billionaires as a whole.

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

this administration 1) hates poor people and 2) is tripping over themselves to make more of them as fast as possible

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2026

as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

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Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts

Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Threats that create chaos and fear and discourage people from voting are absolutely unacceptable. We will continue to work alongside @orsecretaryread.bsky.social to protect the integrity of Oregon’s elections – in 2026 and beyond. Read the article: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... #orpol

“Any threat that creates chaos and fear and discourages people from voting is unacceptable and undermines the integrity of our elections. We’ve already pushed back against this kind of federal overreach and won – and we will do it again if necessary.” - Attorney General Dan Rayfield

“Armed, untrained, masked agents intimidating citizens exercising their freedom to vote is not normal. It’s not American. And it’s not okay. In Oregon, we will not tolerate voter intimidation. We’ll use every tool we have to stop it, and we’ll win.” - Secretary of State Tobias Read

Democracy Docket article with the headline: "Steve Bannon says ICE will 'surround the polls' as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 04/02/2026

We've just published the most thorough, comprehensive, and easy-to-use 2026 election calendar! We've got every filing deadline, primary, and runoff, all in one handy bookmarkable package. Check it out here -->

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The Downballot's 2026 election calendar

Find the dates for every filing deadline, primary, and runoff this year—and much more

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

previous thread reads: "The organizers turn the speakers towards the ICE building and invite anybody who wants to to approach the mic and read selections from the constitution and the bill of rights ‘to remind them of why we’re all supposed to be here.’"

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

bipartisan plea to save american ag “...mass deportations, removal of protected status, and failure to reform the H -2A visa program is wreaking havoc with dairy, fruit and produce, and meat processing.Those disruptions are causing food to go to waste and driving up food costs for consumers.

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"In a well-functioning constitutional democratic republic, free speech, courageous news gathering, and nonviolent protest are all permitted, respected, and even celebrated. In anauthoritarian regime, that is not the case. Our nation is now at a crossroads." 🎁 ⬇️ www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

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Judge restricts federal use of tear gas, munitions at Portland ICE protests

The temporary order lasts 14 days. A hearing is set for March 2 to extend the order.

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 03/02/2026

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

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Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers

The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

My current cozy little hobby is reading up on the Nuremberg trials. One of the key things they did was use Nazi officials' braggadocious speeches as evidence. Give a speech taking credit for annexing Austria? Ok, that'll be a conviction for annexing Austria.

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

100% this. my first thought when I realized the cloud was tear gas was that people would stampede to escape it since we were bottlenecked and there was no warning. can’t overstate how calm folks were, considering. people created space for those most vulnerable to the gas to get out first. 🩵 pdx

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50 Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

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B. Sirius @b-zimm.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

this is absolute insanity. the law applies to the protesters, but not the ones who swore an oath to protect and serve. there are loads of apartments and medical buildings in this neighborhood.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026

One way to think through the victory in Tarrant County, given that Rehmet ran in labor issues, is that the voters were offered two competing theories of solidarity and chose collective bargaining over white supremacy as their mode This shift is possible and important to aim for

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The Atlantic story on Ammon Bundy gets at an important distinction that I wrote about on Substack earlier this week: the people who were outraged about the feds killing members of the Patriot movement are not outraged about the killing of Good and Pretti. open.substack.com/pub/leahsott...

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67. Hypocrisy

On the whiplash of this chaotic moment

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AFT-Oregon @aft-oregon.org · 01/02/2026

What it's like to be tear gassed in a crowd by ICE, at the nonviolent Portland Labor Against ICE rally. There were children in the march.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I am of the apparently idiosyncratic opinion that governments should generally try to avoid using chemical weapons on their own citizens who are peacefully protesting on a Saturday afternoon.

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