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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Moms don’t like that billions of dollars were pulled out of healthcare to fund human rights abuses and unchecked chaos. Our nation needs immigration reform that balances security and compassion; not cruelty and not cuts to healthcare. #FundHealthCareNotICE #MomSky
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A NEW DAY in NYC!! #TaxTheRich #FreezeTheRent #UniversalChildcare #DOPETransitionTeam Lets go NY🔥🔥🔥https://www.instagram.com/reel/DS-8RNqkuWz/?igsh=MWM1NDBxOGN6cGZ5NA==
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Monifa Bandele on Instagram: "New York said enough is enough!! Now the real work begins. 🙌🏾✊🏾"
52 likes, 2 comments - monifabandele on January 1, 2026: "New York said enough is enough!! Now the real work begins. 🙌🏾✊🏾".
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/12/2025
President Trump’s drive to crack down on vessels moving oil from Venezuela took an unusual turn over the weekend when a Venezuela-bound tanker fled after rebuffing an attempt by the Coast Guard to seize it. Here’s what we know.
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What We Know About U.S. Interceptions of Oil Tankers in Venezuela
A Venezuela-bound vessel fled after rebuffing an attempt by the Coast Guard to seize it, the latest twist in the escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro government.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#Trumpflation #MomSky
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Moms & parents can’t afford Trump’s rising costs. Coffee is up 33%. Vegetables are up 40%. Washing machines cost 12% more. Healthcare & childcare are up. Costs are rising under Trump’s presidency. His policies aren’t working. It’s #Trumpflation.
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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 29/07/2025
"For Black families, this is more than a bureaucratic shakeup. It's a direct attack," writes Monifa Bandele of MomsRising in Essence. www.essence.com/op-ed/op-ed-if-the-…
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We’re so thrilled to welcome our newest students today at orientation!
Students sitting in an auditorium Students mingling in a room President Josh Brumberg speaks on stage A group photo of students at orientation
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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“The DoE exists because history has shown—time and again—that states alone cannot be trusted to protect marginalized students… “The DoE’s Office for Civil Rights has been one of the few tools … to hold schools accountable...” via @monifabandele.bsky.social @momsrising.org #MomSky
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OP-ED: If The Department Of Education Falls, So Do Black Families | Essence
MomsRising’s Monifa Bandele breaks down how the rollback of federal protections puts the rights, safety, and futures of Black students—and the women who raise and teach them—at risk.
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In Our Own Voice @blackwomensrj.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
From @monifabandele.bsky.social of @momsrising.org: If The Department Of Education Falls, So Do Black Families “Black students, particularly Black girls, are already failed by the system at disproportionate rates.” Read more in Essence: www.essence.com/op-ed/op-ed-...
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OP-ED: If The Department Of Education Falls, So Do Black Families | Essence
MomsRising’s Monifa Bandele breaks down how the rollback of federal protections puts the rights, safety, and futures of Black students—and the women who raise and teach them—at risk.
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
JOIN US!! Powerful panel tomorrow (Friday)on Care Policies to Counter Fascism: A Political Path to Victory. Friday, August 8th. 10:00 AM CT. NETROOTS PANEL ROOM: 286/287 #NN25 @poderlatinx.bsky.social @momsrising.org @familyvaluesatwork.bsky.social @paidleaveforall.bsky.social @nwlcactionfund.org
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Join @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social in welcoming @momsrising.org guest, @monifabandele.bsky.social BACK to the #LDFShow!!
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Join @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social in welcoming @momsrising.org Guest, @monifabandele.bsky.social to the #LDFShow!!
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Moms Next Door @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social @momsrising.org @monifabandele.bsky.social #LDFShow www.momsrising.org/blog/tags/mo...
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Moms Next Door
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
BREAKING: Come out today! Mobilize at 4:30pm. ICE arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka while he accompanied a congressional delegation attempting to investigate conditions at an ICE facility. pix11.com/news/local-n...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Parents of America unite! Rep @gomez.house.gov and I are out today with a new piece about what’s at stake for parents. And: If you’re a parent, or if you love a parent, or if you’ve ever had a parent: It’s time to pay attention! #MomsSky Medicaid @momsrising.org www.newsweek.com/beware-repub...
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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 14/03/2025
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Text CR to (888) 418-5699 to tell your Senators to vote NO on the Continuing Resolution and to fight for a budget that puts families first. actionnetwork.org/call_campaigns/te…
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Tell your U.S. Senators to vote no on the Continuing Resolution
House Republicans passed a CR budget proposal that would cut billions from programs that are the foundation of economic success for moms and families and lets Elon Musk have unchecked power over our country. Tell your Senator to vote NO on the harmful Continuing Resolution and pass a budget that puts American families first.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#WeNeedJoy @joyannreid.bsky.social @msnbc.com #TheReidOut
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Black women are unstoppable, no matter the obstacles. @joyannreid.bsky.social has been a trailblazer, a truth-teller, and a force in journalism—amplifying voices, speaking truth to power, and making history along the way. #WeNeedJoy #WinWithBlackWomen #FollowJoy
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#WeNeedJoy Watch the meeting. Downlaod the toolkit and take ACTION!! www.youtube.com/live/DEaJdx8...
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Emergency Meeting: We Need Joy
YouTube video by Win With Black Women
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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 15/02/2025
We hear about how the funding freeze impacted the already unstable child care sector, and how our advocacy helped reverse course – for now — w/ Nina Perez. momsrising.org/bt03feb25/?source=bsky
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Connect the dots…“Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday that he had taken over as acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development…many of U.S.A.I.D.’s programs …would continue under the umbrella of the State Department.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team (Gift Article)
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Times like these….study, organize, fight, dance
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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 24/01/2025
Kayla Gogarty @mmfa.bsky.social: The right-wing noise machine is this enormous, well-oiled media apparatus, a coordinated network of politicians, political figures, think tanks, and different organizations. And what we see is a feedback loop. We see them playing off of each other. #MOMSky
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
#KeepEyesOnSundan x.com/bsonblast/st...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
When members of the press and political leaders in either party treat Trump’s imperialist talk as “bonkers” “crazy” or “just talk” you deny that real people live in these places Trump is threatening. Panama has been invaded by the U.S. before. None of this is a joke. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/w...
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Panama Unsettled by Trump Threat to Seize Canal
Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that has been invaded by the United States before.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
#UJAMAA ❤️🖤💚 #CooperativeEconomics
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lumumbabandele.bsky.social @lumumbabandele.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Ujamaa - To build & maintain our own stores, shops & other businesses, & to profit from them together. Ujamaa is NOT you & your crew exploiting workers & caking out for yourselves. It's about developing sustainable systems of collective economic growth. #ThisAintBlackCapitalism
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
“His presence in Palestine during that first election underscored our hopes for a brighter tomorrow, despite the heavy shadows of occupation and displacement.” #JimmyCarter Read more: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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To honour Jimmy Carter’s legacy, amplify his call for freedom in Palestine
The former US president, who turned 100 this month, has long been working to secure a just peace in Palestine.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
What is beating someone “before death”? WTF does that even mean. #RobertBrooks was beaten TO DEATH. That’s called murder. Fixed headline: Footage shows NY officers murder Robert Brooks by beating him to death while handcuffed
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Footage shows NY officers beating prisoner Robert Brooks before death
The New York attorney general has opened an investigation after Robert Brooks, 43, was pronounced dead at a state prison facility.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
“New York prison guards implicated in the savage beating death of a handcuffed man had been accused of participating in similar attacks on prisoners across the state.” What happened to #RobertBrooks is what happens in prison.
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Guards Who Beat Robert Brooks Were Accused of Assaulting Inmates Before
Three of the 13 guards implicated in the savage beating of Robert Brooks had been accused in lawsuits of earlier attacks in New York prisons.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/12/2024
Remember when Israel bombed ONE Gaza hospital causing outrage & Israeli Govt declared “We don’t bomb hospitals it was actually Hamas.” UN report confirms Israel has bombed 110 hospitals & medical centers & Hamas was in ZERO of them. But it’s not genocide😐 www.qasimrashid.com/p/un-commiss...
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UN Commission: The IDF Is Raping, Killing, & Torturing Palestinians
Legacy media has conducted a near blackout of this damning report and the Biden administration is refusing to act to uphold international human rights law
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
#JordanNeely was failed by every system in NYC. He needed healthcare and housing, instead #DanielPenny murdered him. Vigilante violence isn’t community safety. It is a system of terror (backed/allowed by the state) waged on the most vulnerable people in society. This verdict proves that.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
YES to this affirmation from @sifill.bsky.social!! #FreeLeonardPeltier #ClearTheRow
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Thankful for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), AKA ObamaCare: It’s covered 50 million+ people, made being a mom no longer a pre-existing condition, stopped people from getting kicked off healthcare just for getting sick & more. ***Moms to Trump: Stop the fowl play of threatening to overturn the ACA!***
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
newsone.com/5719394/mayo... “..the real goal of the indictment - to ruin the mayor’s reputation, given his aggressive pushback against the state taking over Jackson, its capital city. They’re trying to divert attention from their own generations-long and racist neglect of our city,”
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'Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Is An Innocent Man. All He’s Done Is Fight For Us,' Declares Jackson, Mississippi, Resident Nsombi Lambright-Haynes
The indictment against Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba seems to demonstrate his innocence--but federal and state corruption.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 28/11/2024
Joe Biden has 53 days.
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Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations by Biden will stop another federal execution spree.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
#AbortionBans are killing us. www.alternet.org/texas-aborti... “The 35-year-old’s death was preventable, according to more than a dozen doctors who reviewed a detailed summary of her case for ProPublica. …abortion bans are pressuring doctors to diverge from the standard of care”
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A third woman died under Texas’ abortion ban
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Life of the Mother:How Abortion ...
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
go.bsky.app/Eq85pX1 Another powerful starter pack! Follow, follow.
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lumumbabandele.bsky.social @lumumbabandele.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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'Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Is An Innocent Man. All He’s Done Is Fight For Us,' Declares Jackson, Mississippi, Resident Nsombi Lambright-Haynes
The indictment against Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba seems to demonstrate his innocence--but federal and state corruption.
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#TamirRice should be here. 10 years ago today, his life was cut short. #NeverForget h/t @ykreborn.bsky.social Thank you❤️🖤💚
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Another great starter pack from @glopan.bsky.social ‼️ Share and follow.
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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 15/11/2024
Our member, Sasheena, tells BKReader that New York's #childcare crisis is harming kids, families and the economy and it's time for change! NY families need @GovKathyHochul to sign 3 pend... #CareCantWait www.bkreader.com/local-voices/sign-…
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Sign The Childcare Bills Into Law, Governor Hochul
Op-Ed: Just about any parent can tell you that our child care system is broken.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/11/2024
Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister Gallant face ICC arrest warrants for "war crimes committed from at least 8 Oct 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.” aje.io/mse8rr
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
#BlackSky #AddtoBlackSky
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
'North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-style programs.' www.propublica.org/article/segr...
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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
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Monifa Bandele @monifabandele.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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