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I write sometimes, but I sure do think about it tons. Anti everything. Grumpy clown. dontcallthepolice.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 30/07/2026
I wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.
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ICE’s Secret Weapon Is in Your Community
While attempting to maintain a relatively lower profile, ICE is managing to arrest record numbers of people. Here’s how it’s doing that.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 29/07/2026
On this day in 1910, a white mob of hundreds massacred Black residents in Slocum, a majority-Black community in Texas.
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Jul. 29, 1910 | White Mob Massacres Black Residents in Slocum, Texas
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Same story in almost every single urban center.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 15/07/2026
On this day in 1954, the U.S. government staged mass deportations across the Southwest. By the end of the campaign, thousands of people had been deported, including many in the country legally and even some U.S. citizens.
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Jul. 15, 1954 | U.S. Government Stages Mass Deportations in the American Southwest
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 08/07/2026
On this day in 1860, more than 50 years after Congress banned the trafficking of enslaved Africans into the United States, the ship Clotilda arrived in Mobile, Alabama, carrying more than 100 enslaved people from West Africa.
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Jul. 8, 1860 | Ship Carrying Enslaved Africans Arrives in AL Despite Trafficking Ban
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This is the legal defense fund for the 15 anti-ICE organizers who were recently arrested in Minneapolis. Please contribute generously. They are going to have millions of dollars worth of needs. chuffed.org/project/1865...
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Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I haven't said anything because this is what policing is in the U.S. Cops kill children regularly.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“ICE used this vehicle to kidnap your neighbor.” Human rights activists affiliated with @riseandresist.bsky.social spent Monday afternoon in the area of Varick and Houston in lower Manhattan spreading awareness of known ICE vehicles that park there and that have been used to kidnap New Yorkers.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Criminalization is the fuel of fascism. And the people who have been saying this for decades are the PIC abolitionists so many deride.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Feds just cited the phrase “we must become ungovernable” as evidence that Minnesota activists being charged are dangerous.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 16/06/2026
On May 21, activists with the Philadelphia chapter of the Sunrise Movement began a protracted hunger strike, vowing to starve themselves until Mayor Cherelle Parker committed to spending an extraordinary $1.19 billion municipal budget surplus on community programs.
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Is Affordability a Climate Issue? Philadelphia Hunger Strikers Said Yes.
A recent hunger strike in Philadelphia demonstrated the expanding scope of environmental justice organizing.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14/06/2026
Palestinian-American comedian Nina Kharoufeh tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why she’s stunned by the shift in American public opinion on Palestine, after years of being told she was spreading “propaganda.” Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/palestinia...
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE raids escalating in New Jersey on Day 22 of Delaney Hall ICE Prison protests and hunger strike. WE’RE LIVE SOON from Delaney Hall www.youtube.com/live/QZUzzgP...
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🚨BREAKING: ICE INCREASING RAIDS on Day 22 Delaney Hall Protests
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
To learn ways you can interrupt the ICE machine, check out our toolkit—updated monthly!
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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
There’s so much obama worship on this app. He’s a war criminal.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 13/06/2026
On this day in 1904, a white judge ordered a Black mother to brutally whip her 15-year-old son in front of hundreds of white people in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Jun. 13, 1904 | Black Mother Ordered by Judge to Participate in Beating of Her Teenage Son
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Upcoming virtual events! 🧵 If you're a journalist or other media maker, join this 2-hour session where we'll think through & skill-share ways of keeping our communities & sources safer when reporting. June 18th at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT. Register: bit.ly/JournalistsMeetupReg
Resistance Lab: Making & Distributing Media Under Surveillance Register at bit.ly/JournalistsMeetupReg Thursday, June 18th 3PM-5PM ET Online
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 12/06/2026
On this day in 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white Selma police officer forcibly entered her house and beat her with a bottle.
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Jun. 12, 1945 | White Police Officer Beats Elderly Black Woman to Death
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Do not forget the hunger strikers and the deplorable conditions that prompted their protest.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 03/06/2026
On this day in 1893, 1,500 white people lynched Sam Bush on the courthouse lawn in Decatur, IL. The mob distributed pieces of rope used to hang him as “souvenirs.”
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Jun. 3, 1893 | 1,500 White People Lynch a Black Man on Illinois Courthouse Lawn
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 31/05/2026
On this day in 1930, a white mob stormed the Grady County jail in Oklahoma and lynched Henry Argo, a Black 19-year-old, despite the presence of the National Guard who were ordered to protect him.
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May 31, 1930 | White Mob Lynches Black Teen at Jail in OK Despite National Guard
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
New: Activists with the Sunrise Movement Philly chapter are on a hunger strike to further their demands for allocating some of the city budget surplus to local services. An interview at City Hall. More coverage to come. Interview recorded 5/25/2026 #philadelphia www.youtube.com/watch?v=g69G...
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Hunger Strikers Call to "Make Philly Affordable"
YouTube video by Unicorn Riot
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Authorities in Minnesota Kill 9 People, Shoot 14 in Last Six Months One of the 25 law enforcement officers involved in the 14 shootings over the past half year in Minnesota has been charged, ICE agent Christian Castro, who was arrested today in Texas. unicornriot.ninja/2026/authori...
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Authorities in Minnesota Kill 9 People, Shoot 14 in Last Six Months - UNICORN RIOT
Law enforcement officers in Minnesota have shot at least 14 people across the state in the past six months, killing 9 of them. Three shootings were by federal officers, and the other 11 shootings were...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/05/2026
Tense protests erupt outside Delaney Hall immigrant detention centre in US aje.news/2kfgac
Protesters clash with ICE agents outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on May 27 [Ryan Murphy/Reuters]Hundreds of detainees are reportedly held inside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention centre outside Newark, New Jersey. [Ryan Murphy/Reuters]For days, protesters have gathered outside the Delaney Hall facility to show their support for a reported hunger strike inside. [Ryan Murphy/Reuters]One protester held a sign that denounced the prison as a 'concentration camp' for denying detainees their due process rights. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
50% of American workers say they want to join unions, but 10% of workers are IN unions. Where’s the disconnect, you might wonder? The game is rigged. www.epi.org/publication/...
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U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. We estimate that employers spend roughly ...
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 25/05/2026
On this day in 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin forcefully pinned George Floyd to the ground and held his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes until he died.
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May 25, 2020 | George Floyd Murdered
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/05/2026
I felt emotional after finishing this one, and at lots of points along the way. Great year to read extremely well-done fictionalized versions of successful slave revolts.
Burn Down Master’s House, a novel by Clay Cane
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Two different people have died while jailed at Rikers Island in the last two days. A spokesperson for @mayor.nyc.gov confirmed these posts are about different deaths:
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
So tired of hating everything
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Shoutout to Philly, sending one of the most left, socialist, progressive candidates EVER to congress. Will he disappoint in the future? Very likely. But a man said with his whole chest that it’s a genocide, that it’s free Palestine, that they have the right to return. And we chose him. Feels good.
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Homies Helping Homies (HHH) is a mutual aid initiative that provides essential everyday items and battles food apartheid and gentrification in Philly. If you are able consider donating to our Venmo or even just share it around your circle. It would greatly appreciated! ❤️ venmo.com/u/homieshelp...
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homies helpinghomies | @homieshelpinghomies
Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 16/05/2026
BIG STORY: ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Miss. While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas. Now, they tell their story.
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Shackled, Isolated and Pressured to Self-Deport: Makoka Brothers Recount ICE Arrests
After their arrests by ICE in Mississippi, brothers Israel and Max Makoka share their stories of detention and isolation.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 13/05/2026
On May 13, 1985, police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house. The fire caused by the explosion killed 11 people, an atrocity that Philadelphia still grapples with today. Listen to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy,” our podcast series with @tulogancenter.bsky.social ⤵️ (1/7)
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‘Untangling the Tragedy’: Our new podcast examines Philly’s decision to bomb the MOVE rowhouse in 1985
The Inquirer is cohosting a podcast that digs into the city’s 1985 decision to drop a bomb on the MOVE house, killing 11 people and destroying a neighborhood.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026
folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...
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What You Need to Know About the MOVE Bombing
And how Philadelphia became "the city that bombed itself."
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“Today is the 41st anniversary of when pigs dropped two bombs on MOVE headquarters and prevented anyone from putting the fires out for over an hour, destroying 61 homes and leaving 250+ people homeless. 11 people were killed. 5 were children.”
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It’s my daddy’s bday ❤️ 🪦
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
To learn how YOU can interrupt the ICE machine, check out our toolkit:
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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10/05/2026
Words to your mother.
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🖤Eb🇵🇸 @elbowknee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy mommas Day ❤️❤️ help #freeblackmommas
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Ben & Jerry’s @benandjerrys.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Join the movement to bring moms home this #MothersDay! Most women in local jails right now are only there because they can't afford their bail—not because they've been convicted of a crime. Donate to @nationalbailout now and help reunite moms with their families: benjerrys.co/4dhpMKI
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