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🍉 Movement strategist | Abolitionist | Free Palestine | Muslimah 🇵🇰

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I used to retell my stories from that day. I have them, of course. Everyone does. But as someone who didn’t lose anyone, or wade through the smoke, I’m particularly concerned, in this historical moment, about avoiding any sense of nostalgia about victimhood in the heart of empire.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.”
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Major congratulations to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, @donavanmckinney.bsky.social & @wewill2026.bsky.social for their victories in Michigan. Proud to support them. (1/4)
Congratulations Abdul El-Sayed, Donavan McKinney and Will Lawrence. Big victories in Michigan!
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This level of spending actually makes me deeply angry. Let's never do this again in a primary ok
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 05/08/2026
"Asian immigrants in New York have faced a sevenfold increase in arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Donald Trump took office last January." "Chinese nationals accounted for the largest share." #NewYork #USA #China #India #Deportation #Asylum #EthnicCleansing #Incarceration
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ICE Arrests of New York's Asian Immigrants Increases 600% Under Trump
Advocates say the spike is driven by the Trump administration's targeting of immigrants of color, as well as rhetoric that dehumanizes Asian immigrants.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
There are a lot of people who were capable of being open-minded when Arabs and Muslims were simply the *subject* of US policy but whose response to those communities having an active role in American politics on par with other ethnic and faith groups has been to totally lose their shit.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/07/2026
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancels first official trip to Saudi Arabia in protest.
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Iraq calls Saudi-US attacks a ‘flagrant violation of sovereignty'
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancels first official trip to Saudi Arabia in protest.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
omg Argentina brought out a "THE FALKLANDS ARE ARGENTINE" banner after the win
Argentina players holding up a handwritten LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS banner
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 15/07/2026
A record number of Congress just voted to cut U.S. aid to Israel. 103 Democrats joined Republican Thomas Massie. Republicans and the rest of the Democrats joined forces to stop the amendment, in favor of continuing the $3.3 billion/year to Israel.
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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 15/07/2026
Kid1, who is both an conductor and engineer for CN and has driven trains through SK wildfires himself, just sent me this video from Ontario. When I tell you they arent paid enough!!! vt.tiktok.com/ZSXkuEadE/
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/07/2026
‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
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‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners The third time Anna Liedtke was subjected to an illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees, covered her mouth to stop her screaming and raped her, according to interviews and a criminal complaint filed in Israel. She described hearing male guards laughing during the attack, which she believes they watched and may have filmed. It took place in an area separated from the prison hallway by a partially drawn curtain that her attackers had left open. Continue reading...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar urging colleagues to vote YES on Massie & Khanna's amendment cutting aid to Israel. "The American people are crying out for an end to US tax dollars subsidizing Israel's military." Comes as party leadership announces opposition to the amendment.
July 14, 2026
Dear Colleagues:
I am writing to explain why I will vote yes on Rep. Thomas Massie’s Amendment 8 to the
National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Appropriation Act.
I am proud that the Progressive Caucus has endorsed the Block the Bombs Act to cut off
weapons the Israeli military uses to kill civilians in Gaza, and I believe a yes vote is most
consistent with that position.
I understand many people have good faith concerns that this amendment would impact
non-military funding. I want to be clear about the facts here. This amendment would block $3.3
billion in offensive military aid and about $50 million in non-military funding. In other words,
98.5% of the funding is for the military. While I wish we could vote on an amendment targeted
just to military aid, and of course support humanitarian programs, we do not have that option.
The American people are crying out for an end to US tax dollars subsidizing Israel’s military. At
a time when millions are struggling to make ends meet, we are sending billions of dollars to a
military that has killed tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon,
destabilized the region, and helped lead us into war with Iran. Over the weekend, the Israeli
military detained a member of Congress attempting to conduct oversight in the West Bank. We
cannot continue to subsidize this.
I am aware House Democratic leadership has a different position on this amendment. I
appreciate that they have facilitated open conversations on this issue and avoided whipping a
no vote. I respect their leadership.
At its best, the Progressive Caucus’ role is to be an independent voice and lead on important
issues of peace and human rights. After the Israeli government has killed more than 70,000
people in Gaza and helped lead the United States into a destabilizing, deadly war with Iran, we
are called to act.
The Democratic Party needs a new approach to Israel and Palestine. When Democrats retake
the majority in…
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 10/07/2026
My mom just called to tell me that she went to a museum about the Underground Railroad, where one of the exhibits talked about the locals having horns that they would blow to warn people when the slave catchers were in town “It’s just like your whistles!”
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 10/07/2026
He must be released immediately, and Congress must stop sending US taxpayer dollars that are making us complicit in these abuses. (2/2)
zeteo.com
Kidnapped Gaza Doctor Faces ‘Life-Threatening Condition’ in Israeli Captivity
'This is the last time you’ll see me,' Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya told his lawyer. 'They brought me here to kill me.'
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that Mexico is taking legal action against the United States in regards to the cold blooded murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE killer in Texas. They’ll pursue justice for the mistreatment of Mexican nationals. Good. 💙👊
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The pundits think Democrats should fight the left and work with the fascists.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Gavin Newsom wants to make seizing ballots a felony
The California governor plans to introduce new legislation targeting "federal interference" in elections.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I was back in Immigration Court this week, this time for the hearing of a sweet little three-year-old girl, I’ll call her Estrella. She’s been in federal custody, separated from her family for more than 10 months – even though her mom lives here in NYC. The cruelty is truly mind-boggling. 🧵
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/07/2026
We rolled out the red carpet for buses on Madison and Lexington Avenues. The result? 150,000 New Yorkers have faster daily commutes. Fast and reliable buses now cruising along an avenue near you.
Traffic on BUS ONLY lanes that are painted red.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Do we think that Chuck Schumer has no inside information? Why is he not screaming bloody murder?
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I double dog dare u, Maine
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“Hamas has announced the dissolution of the body that has governed Gaza for nearly two decades, paving the way for a technocratic committee to implement civilian rule in” Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
aljazeera.com
Hamas announces dissolution of Gaza governing body
A Palestinian technocratic committee will take its place to manage the enclave's day-to-day governance.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“…thinking that food is raised not to eat but to sell at good profit; that houses are built not to shelter the masses but to make real estate agents rich; and solemnly declaring that without private profit there can be no food nor homes. All this is ridiculous.” — W.E.B. Du Bois, 1953
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/07/2026
Yesterday, during Friday prayers at the Muslim Center of New York in Queens, a man reached for his pocket and congregants saw what looked like a firearm, creating a terrifying situation for Muslim New Yorkers who had gathered to worship.
I'm immensely grateful and relieved that an
MTA employee, a cab driver and an NYPD officer acted quickly to help ensure no one was hurt. Every New Yorker should be able to observe their religion without fear or intimidation.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Ha ha I hate it here
From the New York Times:

It is a chaotic scene on the National Mall.
Several hundred people have refused to leave despite an order to evacuate because of severe inclement weather that is approaching. Some are even arguing with Secret Service agents. At one point, a crowd of people began running back toward the stage. An officer is sternly repeating the order over a bullhorn and the crowd is booing. Many have begun chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." A federal law enforcement officer is trying to assure people that the event has not been canceled. Many are not convinced.
One man walking by blamed the situation on "liberals in the weather service," adding,
"I think this is baloney."
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
80% of people who live in this country live in URBAN AREAS. You would not know this based on how the media and most elected officials act.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
DuBois even wrote about this pitting of immigrant & Black workers as a union-busting strategy at turn of century from the opposite direction (White immigrants against Black workers). Capitalism 101, turbocharged by for-profit deportation system that (btw) over-selects on black immigrants.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Votes to Divest from Palantir Technologies and GE Aerospace, Recognize the Genocide in Gaza, and Call for an Arms Embargo and Boycott of Israeli Products — Palestine Justi...
June 30, 2026 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin The 227th General Assembly (GA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted unanimously this week to divest from Palantir Technologies and GE Aerospace . The den...
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Kidnappings picking up in the DMV again. Significant ice sightings in hyattsville for a few days running.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Statistics like this are genuinely shocking, but so too has been the intensity and duration of this extraordinary heatwave in Europe. As a society, we have greatly underestimated--and therefore underpriced--the cost of highly extreme heat events in a rapidly warming world.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
movements change the "common sense"
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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
NOT THAT SIMPLE. Bluesky is a West-centric platform where Westerners drive the conversation and set the tone. I have never felt truly at home or welcome here as a person who posts from Baghdad.
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Four out of nine Supreme Court justices find the Constitution unconstitutional, what a time to be alive
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
5-4 on Birthright Citizenship means it can go down in the future with a different composition of the court.
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A lot of people were predicting this would be a 7-2 decision or better. That it’s 5-4 is just more evidence that fixing the Court has to be job one.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Birthright citizenship, which should have been a 9-0 no-brainer (or cert denied), remains the law of the land in a narrow 5-4 opinion. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Alito & Thomas should go down in infamy. I hope they receive total consciousness on their deathbeds, and die knowing they are minions of evil.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"The lack of protection built into the design of TPS is the original sin: there should always have been a pathway to residency and citizenship for people who make their lives here in our communities, regardless of how they came. People’s lives should never be left up to political whim."
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What an honor! I don't have words.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/06/2026
The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.

This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.

I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs will share additional information and resources soon. If you have questions about your status or need legal assistance, call our Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We Muslims in the U.S. should absolutely be pointing out that these sentences are an absolute outrage on every single level.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I very much appreciate this statement of solidarity by Muslims for Just Futures about the Prairieland Sentencing. www.muslimsforjustfutures.org/blog/mjfstat...
muslimsforjustfutures.org
Statement on the Prairieland Sentencing  — Muslims for Just Futures
Muslims for Just Futures is horrified by the extreme sentences handed down today in the Prairieland case . These sentences, ranging from 30 to 100 years, are death by incarceration. 
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Gwendolyn Corvid @gwendolyn-corvid.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The cops shot and killed a 1 year old over a package of diapers. Now they tear-gas the people protesting the murdering cops.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My 20 year old nephew did ask me last year if 9/11 is why the U.S. is so Islamophobic and I had to tell him that in fact no, the U.S. was Islamophobic before 9/11.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/06/2026
Black text on a white page that reads as follows:

As Muslims in New York City and around the world mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year, Muharram calls us to reflect on the values of justice, compassion, and moral courage that guide us in our lives and our communities. 

As we welcome this new year, may it renew our commitment to one another and to the work of building a city where every New Yorker can live with dignity and opportunity.”
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As the government raids “antifa groups” in Minneapolis with the SAME charges levied against myself and the rest of the Broadview Six, we need to be asking how they got this indictment. And as charges (hopefully) get dropped, we must remember the process is the punishment.
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