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Harriet Strasberg

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Extortion.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
“I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now,” he said... www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
404media.co
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
‘We have to make sure people are watching. We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members.’
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The political ground is shifting on ICE. Your own Dem rep or senator may not have caught up yet. Now - before the 1/30 funding deadline - is the time to push.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Hundreds gather in Louisville to protest after ICE agent fatally shoots woman in Minnesota
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Louisville Thursday evening to protest after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis the day before.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
AG Rayfield announces investigation into shooting involving federal agents 
in Portland“We have been clear about our concerns with excessive use of force by federal agents in Portland and nationally. We have also been clear about our intent to investigate circumstances involving federal agents to ensure they are accountable to acting within the scope of their official duties. Today’s incident only heightens the need for transparency and accountability. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure that the rights and security of Oregonians are protected.”The Oregon DOJ is opening a formal investigation into an incident in Portland in which two people were shot and injured during an encounter with federal agents. The investigation will look into whether any federal officer acted outside the scope of their lawful authority and will include witness interviews, video evidence, and other relevant materials. If evidence of criminal conduct is found, cases may be referred to the Multnomah County District Attorney for potential prosecution.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
here’s a list of great independent media outlets to support instead of fascists:
thehandbasket.co
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
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NPR @npr.org · 22/12/2025
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
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Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/12/2025
“We flew the Trans pride flag in Yosemite to make a statement: Trans people are natural and Trans people are loved. We are done being polite about Trans people’s existence. Call it a protest, call it a celebration—either way, it’s giving elevation to liberation.”
motherjones.com
This queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag
Pattie Gonia's effort supports nonprofits working to make the outdoors more equitable.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Skagit County has ordered Mount Vernon and upriver communities of Hamilton, Rockport, Marblemount and Concrete to evacuate to high ground as soon as possible. Everyone in Skagit County living in the 100-year floodplain will likely receive an evacuation notice today.
Text from MyNorthwest from December 10, 2025: Skagit County Prepares To Evacuate 75,000 People In Low-Lying Areas

Photo in background of Bob behind podium at Camp Murray in room full of people on computers, WSP chief standing behind
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The National Water Prediction Service is forecasting 18 major floods and 15 moderate floods in our state.  Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts
Purple squares represent major floods, red squares moderate, orange minor.
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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport @newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Transgender Day of Remembrance is a solemn reminder of the deadly consequences of hate. We’ll continue fighting every day to make New Jersey a place where our transgender neighbors can live free from fear and discrimination. #TDOR
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”
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Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates
The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.
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Bonnie Puffin Shorebird @tftdpuffin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Just keep telling the real story here: GOP will shut down the government and fire more federal employees IN ORDER TO PREVENT American citizens from having affordable health care.
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Jerome @fjerome.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We need to invent a way for people to learn about issues before elections
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 08/09/2025
Trump appears to have committed a crime of "moral turpitude." Losing the liquor licenses at two of his NJ clubs would be one of the few direct penalties he'd face.
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Trump Temporarily Keeps NJ Liquor Licenses—But Faces Special Rules
Trump kept his liquor licenses for six more months as New Jersey weighs if his felony bars his clubs from pouring—but now faces strict rules separating profits and blocking payouts.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2025
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 SeasonTHIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
when you've even lost this guy.
@HenMazzig:

New footage shows the moment an Israeli settler shot Awdah Hathaleen.

Hathaleen was documenting a confrontation between settler Yinon Levi and a group of Palestinians throwing rocks. As the video shows, he wasn’t participating.

This event is tragic, but we can’t just mourn it. 

We need to call it what it is: terrorism. 

Killing random people who are doing nothing wrong isn’t self defense, and we can’t excuse it or normalize it. No matter who’s doing the killing.
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Terra 🌍💙🐴 @blueequest.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
On our lead story tonight:
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Oklahoma doctors who want to keep getting state Medicaid reimbursements will have to sign a document saying they don't engage in "abortion-related activities." That's right, it's a fucking anti-abortion loyalty oath. jessica.substack.com/p/kevin-stit...
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Oklahoma Demands Doctors Sign Anti-Abortion Loyalty Oath to Keep Medicaid Funding
8.1.25
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Phillip: The performance of this economy is actually factually, much worse than the performance of the economy just a year ago
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The federal workers I've spoken with emphasize it isn't just their substantive work that's suffering - basic organizational functions like payroll and IT are breaking down. This comment from a recent NYT article haunts me. "It was only when he left that we truly realized his value..."
I’ve spent over 30 years managing large government operations. One lesson I carry with me comes from the retirement years ago of an employee most would have considered “obscure.” He was a quiet man — arriving each morning with his sandwich, working steadily, and leaving without much fanfare. To many, he seemed part of the furniture.

It was only when he left that we truly realized his value. Over the years, he had accumulated deep, almost invisible knowledge. He had taken on countless menial but essential tasks simply because he had the experience to do them well. He was, in many ways, the oil in the machine.

His departure forced us to scramble. We suddenly saw how many small, critical pieces he had been holding together — pieces no job description had captured, and no system had tracked.

Since then, I’ve often thought of him when I see organizations subjected to blind cuts. The true cost of such decisions is rarely visible on a balance sheet: it’s in the loss of quiet expertise, institutional memory, and the small acts of continuity that keep complex systems running.
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Medical groups are suing Kennedy and Trump’s health chiefs for gutting Covid vaccine guidance - and dismantling trust in all vaccines. When “freedom” becomes a weapon, public health collapses.
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Jane Coe Johnson @jcjohnsonmo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hey, @maddow.msnbc.com ! Check out how activists in Rolla MO are helping ICE detainees. www.stlpr.org/government-p...
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ICE detainees arrive at jail scared and alone. So Rolla activists are stepping up
Abide in Love is a group of 50 activists who help detainees contact their families and provide small acts of comfort and kindness, as the Phelps County Jail has become part ICE holding facility.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New, from me: They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible. Stepping back, the bill is: *an assault on the poor to benefit the richest *an assault on freedom *an assault on the future donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...
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How the reconciliation bill would change America
An assault on the poor, on freedom and the future
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Senator Angus King @senangusking.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The National Park Service is already underfunded and understaffed. To put its budget on the chopping block as we continue to see a rise in visitors at parks across the county is reckless and thoughtless. It's the worst idea for "America's Best Idea."
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I’m urging all New Yorkers to support Immigrant Arc, the legal services organization I’ve been volunteering with. Even $10 helps provide asylum seekers with the legal resources and support that are so desperately needed. Please donate if you can. 🙏 secure.givelively.org/donate/immig...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/06/2025
There's not a day that ends in Y where Republicans aren’t trying to ban abortion in Congress. This time, they want to effectively ban ACA insurers from covering abortion care, AND they want to defund & shutter Planned Parenthood clinics. We need to speak up NOW to stop this bill.
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Julius @bzz-bee.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/06/2025
We now know that the GOP's Big Ugly bill would allow for the sale of 250 MILLION acres of public land. 5.4 million in Washington state. We can't let them jam this through in secret. Help me say it loud and clear for Republicans: Public lands belong in public hands.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
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Alex Padilla @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/06/2025
Trump is testing the boundaries of his power right now. His military escalation in Los Angeles is a rehearsal for what MAGA wants to do across the nation. That’s why we need millions of Americans to join us tomorrow for peaceful protests on #NoKings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
If you were wondering why the volume is so much louder, it was because of this. Miller told every ICE Field Office Director to stop following normal procedures. Stop worrying about targeted arrests and “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.” Those were his exact orders; and ICE followed.
So in late May, Stephen Miller, a top White House aide and the architect of the president's immigration agenda, addressed a meeting at the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.
The message was clear: The president, who promised to deport millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, wasn't pleased. The agency had better step it up.
Gang members and violent criminals, what Trump called the "worst of the worst," weren't the sole target of deportations. Federal agents needed to
"just go out there and arrest illegal aliens," Miller told top ICE officials, who had come from across the U.S., according to people familiar with the meeting.
Agents didn't need to develop target lists of immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, a longstanding practice, Miller said. Instead, he directed them to target Home Depot, where day laborers typically gather for hire, or 7-Eleven convenience stores. Miller bet that he and a handful of agents could go out on the streets of Washington, D.C., and arrest 30 people right away.
"Who here thinks they can do it?" Miller said, asking for a show of hands.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
To better prepare for this violent insurrection, Marines and the National Guard are being taught how to line dance.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 08/06/2025
I truly believe part of the reason this is happening in LA right now is because they want to scare us into not protesting for no Kings day. DT is actually worried he’s gonna lose the news cycle so he wants to make sure everyone is too scared. 1/2
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Tanks being moved into DC. National guard being mobilized in LA. Paramilitary thugs being unleashed across America. It's summer in America and fascism is in full bloom.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Heartbreaking! Reporting suggests that the facility is currently operating nearly 300 PERCENT above capacity, with 1,700 people crammed into a facility with an official maximum capacity of 600. The conditions have devolved dramatically in the last few months, threatening health and safety.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled,” said Eden Tanner, a chemist at the University of Mississippi... "“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
US Court of International Trade has issued unanimous ruling in case against Trump “liberation day” tariffs ruling also covers case filed by 12 states led by Oregon All tariffs invalidated as beyond scope of executive power; implementation blocked by permanent injunction, per @ilyasomin.bsky.social
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/05/2025
Join Resistance Lab and Rep. Pramila Jayapal on June 1st to learn how to host a powerful organizing training with your friends and family using the Resistance Lab 1.0 curriculum. RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/pram...
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Pramila Jayapal's Resistance Lab: Virtual Organizing Training 1.0 · Pramila for Congress
*Interested in hosting an organizing training with your friends and family on June 1st? We'll show you how! Simply fill out this form: https://forms.gle/RXZwieKnLNkyYUox8. Once submitted, a member of our team will reach out with all the tools and resources you need to host a successful training.* This session will cover our Resistance Lab 1.0 curriculum. If you missed the first session, this is for you! The Resistance Lab is a series of trainings that are developed specifically for this moment. In this first lab, we look at how non-violent movements around the world have responded to leaders who seize power in authoritarian ways and the most effective tools and tactics to utilize in these moments. We offer frameworks to understand this moment at home, and incorporate interactive conversation with others to help create community and build our resistance movement. The Resistance Lab was developed with experts who have researched and studied democratic backsliding around the world as well as in the United States and the non-violent movements that have emerged to challenge those authoritarian leaders. We also draw from many toolkits for effective tactics and frameworks as well as from Pramila’s own background leading successful organizing movements for economic and social justice for two decades. Our goals are to help people understand how democracies fall and the most effective resistance movements that have challenged authoritarians and dictators; to turn anger, fear and frustration into action in the short-term while also preparing for a coordinated resistance movement for the longer term; and to build community across the country that can help grow our movement. At the end of the day, we want to get people strike-ready and street-ready and make sure we protect our people, our freedoms and our democracy. With Trump and his MAGA billionaires doubling down on their attacks on the economic livelihoods of people to thrive and on our democracy, we can’t afford to sit this moment out. This is about building real power together. And it starts with you. RSVP today to secure your spot! You’ll receive the virtual event link closer to the date. Sign up for our Resistance Lab Rapid Response email list to stay informed with the latest updates, click here to join: www.pramilaforcongress.com/the-resistance-lab
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
if you were still hoping to die from bird flu, I've got some good news for you... HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... via @statnews.com
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HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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BolTingBlazie @boltingblazie.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Can we just get to the contempt part
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