Reposted by KS AustinAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 18/02/2026John Lewis knew that progress doesn’t come from comfort. It comes from people willing to stand up, speak out, and make good trouble. He did it when it was dangerous. He did it when it mattered. Congressman. Civil rights icon and voting rights champion who changed history. Black History. Always. 🖤 11564234
KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Hey y’all, the UN Human Rights Council announced on 2/17 that the Epstein files suggest a “global criminal enterprise” that meets the legal threshold for Crimes Against Humanity. They said resignations are not enough, and everyone involved should be prosecuted. 1286
Reposted by KS AustinGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 17/02/2026They raided the jailed children to steal their letters. The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it. 4439781987
KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026When the hosts of The Motley Fool podcast said—and I quote—“No one knows what tariffs really are” I immediately stopped listening. If this liberal arts major can easily explain them, it is no great financial mystery. 120
Reposted by KS AustinMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Christian Nationalists are treating the Epstein files like they treat their Bibles and our Constitution: They are *ignoring* them. 20366761747
Reposted by KS AustinAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Counterpoint: Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM. That’s fucking insane. 42177111973
KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026How about because the @nytimes.com didn’t include any Black women? C’mon now. 🤦♀️ 000
KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026No Black women on that panel? Then the @nytimes.com failed to represent the Democrats’ base. 010
Reposted by KS AustinAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/02/2026CBS again bent the knee to Trump and blocked Stephen Colbert from hosting Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. 1591899502
Reposted by KS Austinclass war puppet - block judge @anothersockpuppet.bsky.social · 17/02/2026It's wild to see the display of how limited NYT's resources are that they couldn't find a single Black woman. Really struggling. 1221
Reposted by KS Austin2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 17/02/2026So no black women? Yes we had to have the perspective from the Whole Foods/Hot Yoga voting bloc. 021
Reposted by KS AustinJeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Counterpoint: Any Democratic focus group that does not include at least one Black woman is fatally flawed from the very start. 411618
Reposted by KS AustinRep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 17/02/2026Early voting has started in the March 3rd Texas Democratic primaries! If you vote early in Dallas County, you can vote at ANY available voting location across the county! Take advantage of this great opportunity and get out there and #VOTE 🗳️ 54029
Reposted by KS AustinJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This is crazy. The government — or fear of the government — is editing a CBS comedy show. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social "Yesterday, Stephen Colbert taped a 'Late Show' interview with James Talarico, a candidate in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, but then CBS lawyers intervened." 581270451
Reposted by KS Austinstephforreal.bsky.social @stephforreal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Once upon a time NBC (CBS & ABC) fought back. Nixon filed retaliatory lawsuits and tried to revoke FCC licensing, his aides secretly threatened and intimidated network personnel while VP Agnew publicly accused networks of elitism. It almost worked to silence and censor. Then Watergate. #nocensorship 041
Reposted by KS Austingainesm.bsky.social @gainesm.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Donate what you can, even a couple bucks helps. No one anywhere should go hungry, and no one in America should ever be too scared to obtain groceries. 33221
Reposted by KS AustinAndy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 16/02/2026ICE says they’re leaving Minneapolis. Our community knows better. The harassment continues. Families still need food. #FeedMinneapolis is not going anywhere. Please donate to support us below — chip in $25, $36, $50, $100, or give up the cost of a bag of groceries or a dinner out. 2177115
Reposted by KS AustinThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/02/2026President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said Sunday that a “small” security force will remain in Minnesota to support immigration operations, even as the surge of federal agents there is set to end soon.washingtonpost.comBorder czar Homan says small security force to remain in MinnesotaTom Homan did not provide details on the size of the force to remain, days after declaring an end to the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities area. 132417
Reposted by KS AustinThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill... 409123756521
Reposted by KS AustinSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources. 6474119613893
Reposted by KS AustinJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked. 549252898420
Reposted by KS Austinscha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026'Then they came for the journalists, no one really knows what happened after that' 361423536
Reposted by KS AustinProPublica @propublica.org · 16/02/2026ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.propublica.org“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley FacilityHundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end... 9833702023
Reposted by KS AustinAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Moskowitz: By the president’s own metrics, what accomplishments does Noem have? • She’s holding up 200 miles of border wall. • She’s deported fewer people than Obama. • She’s not helping any of these red-state governors with their disasters. Why hasn’t he fired her? 434100282737
Reposted by KS AustinOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 11/01/2025If we have enough money to buy another country then we have enough money to ensure nobody is homeless or goes hungry. 883262865106
Reposted by KS AustinMonica @softtail65.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., on Thursday ordered the trump administration to "facilitate the return from third countries" of Alien Enemies Act deportees who "desire" to come back to the United States as habeas cases proceed. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...msn.comMSN 1115162
Reposted by KS AustinMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.democracydocket.comElection denier involved in fake electors plot wrote much of SAVE America Act, Trump-aligned think tank claims“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electoral plot in Arizona. 8731681853
Reposted by KS AustinJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Tuesday was the ICE oversight hearing. Today was Pam Bondi’s. I watched them both for you. The bottom line: There are (mostly Democratic) members of Congress who understand how important the moment is & they are standing up and showing courage. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comTwo Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam BondiWriting this newsletter isn’t always easy. 743044791
KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Joyce, the administration has regularly ignored judicial rulings. At what point do judges start holding people in contempt? How do they enforce their rulings? 000
Reposted by KS AustinJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 542218689
Reposted by KS AustinForward Blue @forwardblue.bsky.social · 12/02/2026After Trump's pardon, Rep. Cuellar (D) paid back the favor by siding with MAGA extremism today to pass the SAVE America Act to disenfranchise millions of voters. It's now up to the Senate to STOP this dangerous bill, and we need you to tell your Senator to VOTE NO! 31270132
Reposted by KS AustinDr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The economic need on the ground in MN continues as DHS asks for more money to fund the destruction of families and lives. Do not let Senate Dems cave 07332
Reposted by KS AustinKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026🚨The SAVE Act has passed the House, 218-213🚨 Time to call your senators 65949
Reposted by KS AustinLeo Conles @leoconles.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Pssst... Pam Bondi is not acting like this out of loyalty towards Trump. She was Florida's AG from 2011 to 2019, while Epstein was still alive and active. This is desperation. She is also involved in the #Trump-EpsteinFiles 36841
Reposted by KS AustinKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 10/02/2026We've got the numbers: Last year we published (in partnership with the @brennancenter.org and @umd-cdce.bsky.social) survey results showing that some 21.3 million Americans could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act, which the House''ll vote on tomorrow. Time to send this thing back to its grave.brennancenter.orgMillions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily AvailableRequiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process. 17368210
Reposted by KS Austinconcerned2.bsky.social @concerned2.bsky.social · 11/02/2026NOT a penny more to ICE @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @gluesenkampperez.house.gov @gallego.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @rosen.senate.gov @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us @durbin.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov 055
Reposted by KS AustinSenseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 11/02/2026ICE is at my friend's grandkids' GRADE school in the Catskill Mountains. They're not letting the kids on the bus - parents have to pick them up and show their birth certificates. This is WRONG! Convicted Felon Donald Trump & Botox Barbie Noem lied about only arresting criminals. #FuckICE 33334264
Reposted by KS AustinScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 11/02/2026@meidastouch.com is right on target. Bondi has to go. She's as corrupt as her personal clients in this regime. It is her sworn oath to represent the people of the U.S.A. She has ONE client - #47. #ProudBlue #DV1 #Pinks 712582
Reposted by KS Austin🦋 Betsy 1776 🦋 📎 @bandroll.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The fascist regime is out to end our free and fair elections through the SAVE Act. We MUST STOP them! Please ☎️ CALL your representatives every day and demand they vote NO. I have my husband’s married name and I want my vote to count. #StongerTogether #Resist go.bsky.app/4rq166X 95250167
Reposted by KS AustinF A S (Frankie) Miller @reallyfasmiller.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Let's make ALL our voices loud so ALL our votes count! Capitol Switchboard - (202) 224-3121 0127
Reposted by KS AustinTeri G @terilg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The SAVE Act is a full blown show your papers scheme. Republicans want passports or birth certificates just to register, knowing millions of citizens do not have easy access to them. Eligible Americans get blocked on purpose. That is voter suppression. Call your MOC 202-224-3121 #HandsOffHerVote 9191118
Reposted by KS AustinBrown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Pam Bondi admitted on live television that she hides and protects the names and numbers of child rapists while publishing the names and numbers of the child rape survivors. I hope the entire world is watching Republican filth protecting King Pedo and his pals. 12309108
Reposted by KS AustinMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today. 382433638
KS Austin @ksaustin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I was just wondering if she was drunk during her testimony. In any case, perhaps Congress needs to call the AAG (her right hand person) to testify. 030
Reposted by KS AustinPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The SAVE Act Threatens Voting Rights www.hrw.org/news/2026/02... Vote could be soon in House of Representatives Call Your Congressional Representatives 202 224-3121 NO VOTE ON THE SAVE ACT This bill would CREATE BARRIERS for MILLIONS of ELIGIBLE VOTERS in our Country BAD BILLhrw.orgThe SAVE Act Threatens Voting RightsThis week, the US House of Representatives will vote on legislation that, if enacted, would create new barriers for millions of eligible voters in the United States. 15157134