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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 13h
That’s why we’re here! 💪🏽
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 18h
Do this (coming soon)
The knock La 2026 voter guide! Art by Kira Carlee
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 19h
Don’t do this
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 19h
Coming soon: the Knock Voter Guide for November 2026
Graphic for  knock La 2026 general election voter guide. On a maroon background, multicolored hands are filling out bubbles forming the words voter guide
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BREAKING: LAFD used AI to write its report about the causes of the Lineage Fire. The report lists the cause of the fire as 'Undetermined.' @rosalindjones.bsky.social reports ⬇️ knock-la.com/lafd-used-ai...
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LAFD Used AI To Write Report Claiming Lineage Fire Cause Was 'Undetermined' - Knock LA
The report comes more than 100 days after the fire released smoke and putrid odors into Boyle Heights and East LA neighborhoods.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Latest from Knock: A company profiting from genocide has no place within LA sports. It's time for LAFC to give Chevron the boot. knock-la.com/los-angeles-...
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It’s Time for the Los Angeles Football Club to Cut Ties With Chevron - Knock LA
The oil and gas company has a long history of causing environmental damage and plays an active role in the genocide in Palestine.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New on Knock: Axon, the maker of police body-worn cameras and TASERs, is working on an agreement with LAPD that would turn streetlights into ALPR surveillance cameras. @rosalindjones.bsky.social reports knock-la.com/axon-new-con...
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Axon Angles for New Contract with LAPD - Knock LA
The ALPR manufacturer is in talks with the department to sign a new MOU for an ALPR pilot program.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Flock cameras are coming to West Hollywood. What does this increase in surveillance mean for a city that has publicly declared itself a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community? knock-la.com/flock-safety...
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Public Safety or Public Surveillance? Flock Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns in West Hollywood. - Knock LA
A city with a profound history of social justice now deals with the consequences of mass monitoring.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Flock cameras are coming to West Hollywood. What does this increase in surveillance mean for a city that has publicly declared itself a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community? knock-la.com/flock-safety...
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Public Safety or Public Surveillance? Flock Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns in West Hollywood. - Knock LA
A city with a profound history of social justice now deals with the consequences of mass monitoring.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BREAKING - New on Knock: A year after the anti-ICE protests of last June and days before the statute of limitations expired, the LA City Attorney has criminally charged more than 20 protesters in what one attorney calls “an overtly political filing” by Miguel Camnitzer knock-la.com/a-year-after...
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A Year After Historic Anti-ICE Protests, LA City Attorney Launches Surprise Prosecution of More Than Twenty Demonstrators - Knock LA
The charges, filed just days before the statute of limitations would have expired, draw comparisons to the repression of protesters by Trump's federal prosecutors.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
100+ residents of Adelanto, CA showed out on 8/19 for a hearing about a proposed amendment to the city's zoning ordinances to allow the construction of data centers. The amendment was voted down 3-2 by the Planning Commission. City Council will have the final say. knock-la.com/potential-da...
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High Desert Residents Sound the Alarm on Potential Data Centers in Adelanto - Knock LA
A public hearing turned feisty as Adelanto residents and commissioners traded sharp remarks over a proposed Municipal Code amendment.
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Roz Jones @rosalindjones.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fall of data centers is inevitable. My latest from @knockdotla.bsky.social
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BREAKING - New on Knock: A year after the anti-ICE protests of last June and days before the statute of limitations expired, the LA City Attorney has criminally charged more than 20 protesters in what one attorney calls “an overtly political filing” by Miguel Camnitzer knock-la.com/a-year-after...
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A Year After Historic Anti-ICE Protests, LA City Attorney Launches Surprise Prosecution of More Than Twenty Demonstrators - Knock LA
The charges, filed just days before the statute of limitations would have expired, draw comparisons to the repression of protesters by Trump's federal prosecutors.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
100+ residents of Adelanto, CA showed out on 8/19 for a hearing about a proposed amendment to the city's zoning ordinances to allow the construction of data centers. The amendment was voted down 3-2 by the Planning Commission. City Council will have the final say. knock-la.com/potential-da...
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High Desert Residents Sound the Alarm on Potential Data Centers in Adelanto - Knock LA
A public hearing turned feisty as Adelanto residents and commissioners traded sharp remarks over a proposed Municipal Code amendment.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New on Knock: skip coffee with a cop! The 2nd annual Westside Night Out for Safety & Liberation highlights community care and activism knock-la.com/second-annua...
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Second Annual Night Out for Safety and Liberation Highlights Westside Community Care and Organizing - Knock LA
Mar Vista Voice and Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid spoke with Knock LA about the importance of collectivism and solidarity during this community-focused event.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
So psyched that @kpbssandiego.bsky.social and @andrewdyer.bsky.social covered our film!! www.kpbs.org/news/educati...
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Southern California moms take on anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups in new documentary
When extremists began protesting LGBTQ+ inclusive policies at school boards in Temecula, Chino and beyond, this group of mothers dug in to fight back.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Exodus Recovery does not see unhoused people as human beings deserving of care. Instead, they see them only as liabilities and dollar signs." Latest from @rosalindjones.bsky.social regarding Project Homekey Culver City and Exodus Recovery, Inc. knock-la.com/gender-based...
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Gender-Based Violence and Anti-Black Racism Alleged at Culver City’s Project Homekey - Knock LA
Additional program participants have come forward with allegations of racial harassment, sexual assault, and other harms after city officials announced policy changes at the facility.
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Ground Game LA @groundgamela.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Petty fascist DA Hochman is charging an LAPD officer with 16 felonies for blowing the whistle on virulent racism in the department. He’s sending a message about what sort of department he wants to see. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New on Knock: Even if your city refuses to contract with Flock that doesn’t mean the threat is gone. Landlords are working directly with Flock to build a private surveillance network Story by Tracy Miller knock-la.com/la-landlords...
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How LA Landlords Are Using Flock Safety to Build a Private Surveillance Network - Knock LA
Reflections after the end of LAPD's Flock Safety contract
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New on Knock: Even if your city refuses to contract with Flock that doesn’t mean the threat is gone. Landlords are working directly with Flock to build a private surveillance network Story by Tracy Miller knock-la.com/la-landlords...
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How LA Landlords Are Using Flock Safety to Build a Private Surveillance Network - Knock LA
Reflections after the end of LAPD's Flock Safety contract
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Want to see Flock and ALPR's out of LA permanently? Tell the LAPD Office of the Inspector General how you feel in a public input session on July 30 over Zoom. More at: www.instagram.com/p/Da6htR8ibbH/
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Stop LAPD Spying on Instagram: "SAVE THE DATE LAPD is back to conspiring and re-negotiating with Flock. Despite community members coming time and again to share about the harms of Flock and ALPRs, ...
376 likes, 2 comments - stoplapdspying on July 17, 2026: "SAVE THE DATE LAPD is back to conspiring and re-negotiating with Flock. Despite community members coming time and again to share about the ...
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
LAPD suspended its contract with Flock Safety. What comes next? @stoplapdspying.org.web.brid.gy reflects on the fight against ALPR surveillance and the community-led victory that led to the end of LAPD's contract with Flock. knock-la.com/lapd-suspend...
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LAPD Suspends Contract with Flock Safety For Now - Knock LA
The suspension comes after years of community pressure namely from Stop LAPD Spying Coalition.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We <3 y'all!!!
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Povertyskola @poormagazine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
ThankU @knockdotla.bsky.social for this baadaas review ! Next screening in the Bay Area This coming Saturday July 25 -5 4pm at the Victoria Theatre in SF at 16th and Mission -pull up !
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"We cannot depend on the government, because we see which way that’s going. When we say ‘all power in the people,’ there is power in the people.” 'Crushing Wheelchairs' provides an unflinching look into policy violence and gentrification in the Bay Area. knock-la.com/crushing-whe...
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‘Crushing Wheelchairs’ Brings Stories of Homelessness and the Unhoused to Light - Knock LA
The new film is a crucial contribution to conversations around homelessness and collective liberation.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Residents of Project Homekey Culver City allege inhumane and carceral conditions in this second installment from @rosalindjones.bsky.social "I don’t feel safe there anymore,” said Vince, a resident of the facility. Read the full story: knock-la.com/project-home...
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“It’s a nightmare in there for us.” Additional Residents of Project Homekey Culver City Decry Carceral, Dehumanizing Conditions - Knock LA
Several residents from the interim housing program are speaking out about alleged theft of personal property by staff, mistreatment, and harassment by service providers and guards.
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Roz Jones @rosalindjones.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My latest from @knockdotla.bsky.social 🫀
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Freedom for who? Community organizers in LA reflect on America's 250th anniversary amid rising fascism and increased state violence. Thanks to @ndindi.bsky.social and @eggpon.bsky.social for sharing their brilliance with Knock LA. knock-la.com/america-250-...
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“I’m not interested in patriotism. I’m interested in justice.” - Knock LA
As America commemorates 250 years, community leaders share their thoughts on the fight for liberation amid increased fascism.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"The line is not a failure of the system. It is the system." Check out our latest from Kaylee Dunson about queue governance in Los Angeles and the disastrous effects it has on unhoused residents knock-la.com/inside-la-en...
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Inside LA’s Endless Queues for Housing, Care, and Survival - Knock LA
How waiting became Los Angeles’ homelessness policy.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Who Deserves Grace? Death-Row Dogs and Lifers in a California Prison - Part 2 - Knock LA
A story of how the first dog rehabilitation program in a California maximum-security prison sparked second chances for rescued dogs and men once written off by society
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Catch up on this three-part series on the prison dog rehabilitation program that is rebuilding lives knock-la.com/who-deserves...
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Who Deserves Grace? Part 1: Reclaiming the Lives of Dogs and Men - Knock LA
How the first dog rehabilitation program in a California maximum-security prison sparked second chances for rescued dogs and men once written off by society
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Part Three - A program at Lancaster State Prison creates healing space for both dogs and men knock-la.com/who-deserves...
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Part Three: Who Deserves Grace? Reclaiming the Lives of Dogs and Men - Knock LA
The third and final part in a series of how the first dog rehabilitation program in a California maximum-security prison sparked second chances for rescued dogs and men once written off by society, tr...
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In light of recent news about Cesar Chavez's extensive sexual abuse of women and girls, how do movements prevent this behavior in the future? Chicana activists reflect on building protective, democratic structures for social justice work. @rosalindjones.bsky.social knock-la.com/farmworkers-...
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Farmworkers Betrayed: Chicana Activists Reflect on Cesar Chavez’s Legacy - Knock LA
In a virtual discussion, long-time Chicana activists discussed the legacy of Chavez and the pervasiveness of sexual violence in movement spaces.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Does Flock Safety actually keep women safe? Our comrades at @stoplapdspying.org.web.brid.gy give the definitive 'no' in the latest for Knock knock-la.com/does-flock-s...
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Does Flock Safety Keep Women Safe? - Knock LA
The Automatic License Plate Reader manufactured by Flock Safety targets all women and gender-expansive folks who live in Los Angeles.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Another shady move from @cityattorneyla.bsky.social
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Los Angeles is losing third spaces, and several factors are to blame. Read the latest from us at Knock about the decline of community hubs in our city: knock-la.com/los-angeles-...
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Los Angeles is Losing Third Spaces - Knock LA
Rising rents, racist landlords, and gentrification have put community hubs at risk.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New on Knock: What's in a name? In Democratic-dominated California, right-wingers often put on a blue coat of paint in order to get by, and other Democratic electeds play along even when their values are made clear. Ahmanise Sanati on the endorsers of Traci Park 👇 knock-la.com/democrats-en...
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Endorsements: What’s in a Name? - Knock LA
Why are so many Democratic leaders backing someone who doesn’t espouse Democratic values? Let’s start with Traci Park.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New on Knock: Can you rent in LA? Not if the computer says no. An opaque system of data brokerage and algorithmic screening throws roadblocks in the way of renters, who have little recourse. knock-la.com/can-you-rent...
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Can You Rent in LA? Not if the Algorithm Says No. - Knock LA
Tenant-screening algorithms present a new barrier to housing in Los Angeles.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New on Knock: Who Deserves Grace? Part 2 of 3 Through Paws of Life, the prisoners find purpose and form friendships across the racial boundaries imposed by prison politics. knock-la.com/who-deserves...
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Who Deserves Grace? Death-Row Dogs and Lifers in a California Prison - Part 2 - Knock LA
A story of how the first dog rehabilitation program in a California maximum-security prison sparked second chances for rescued dogs and men once written off by society
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
While the guide is complete for Los Angeles and Glendale, we will be adding notes and articles about other cities in LA County over the next week.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The Knock LA Voter Guide for the 2026 June Primary has landed! This guide is a labor of love for Los Angeles. We hope you find it useful and informative knock-la.com/knock-la-pro...
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The Knock LA Progressive Voter Guide for the June 2026 Primary Election - Knock LA
June 2 is coming faster than you think! Read on for the latest Progressive Voter Guide from Knock LA.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
[whispers] it's here but we're not promoting it until tomorrow because the final copy edit is in progress 🤫 knock-la.com/knock-la-pro...
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The Knock LA Progressive Voter Guide for the June 2026 Primary Election - Knock LA
June 2 is coming faster than you think! Read on for the latest Progressive Voter Guide from Knock LA.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"Wow, this is great. I always research judicial elections at midnight on a Friday."
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
New on Knock: Yes, our full voter guide is about to drop (as usual, it's extremely long). In the meantime, here's something to whet your appetite: Our judicial election recommendations! knock-la.com/knock-voter-...
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Knock Voter Guide, June 2026: Judges - Knock LA
Knock LA's 2026 Primary Election Judges Guide
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you're excited about the Knock Voter Guide - which, of course you are, who wouldn't be? - you can sign up below to have it sent directly to your inbox as soon as it drops! Now that's using your noodle knock-la.com/los-angeles-...
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you're excited about the Knock Voter Guide - which, of course you are, who wouldn't be? - you can sign up below to have it sent directly to your inbox as soon as it drops! Now that's using your noodle knock-la.com/los-angeles-...
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New on Knock: No more student protests? Occidental College students didn't get the memo, relaunching their Palestine solidarity encampment to coincide with the Board of Trustees meeting and demand that the college divest from genocide. knock-la.com/occidental-s...
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Occidental Students Relaunch Palestine Solidarity Encampment - Knock LA
Two years following the Palestine encampments, Occidental students relaunch theirs, pressuring administration to divest from genocide.
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KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yes we are! It's almost time for the Knock LA voter guide. Look for it on Thursday, with some teasers tomorrow.
KNOCK LA JUNE 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION VOTER GUIDE
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Lauren Comrade @rachelreyes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
My sister & BIL worked with Paws For Life! I’m so happy to see coverage in @knockdotla.bsky.social ❤️
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