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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

From Slave Patrols to ICE Agents: America Is Forced to Confront Its History of Tolerating White Supremacy @mspackyetti.bsky.social makes the case that ICE is more like American slave patrols than the Gestapo, & offers how we can resist and fight back. thelefthook.substack.com/p/from-slave...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen: A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained" But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.

The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained

Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up.

Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas said in a post on social media that he had picked up Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from the Dilley detention center on Saturday night and escorted them to Minnesota on Sunday morning. He shared photos of the two on social media, including one showing Liam at the airport clutching what appeared to be a Pikachu toy and wearing a Pikachu backpack.

Mr. Castro was part of a delegation of Democratic lawmakers who visited Liam and his father at the detention center last week, where he said Liam’s father had reported that the child was “very depressed” and hadn’t been eating well since they were detained earlier this month.

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

No matter how this goes, so grateful for Janai, her leadership, purpose and vision.

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Jacquie @jacquieroberta.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

“Memory work is freedom work” @mspackyetti.bsky.social 🙌🏾

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Jennie Wetter @jennieindc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Next, I recommended Undistracted by @mspackyetti.bsky.social. In particular, I recommended her episode right after the election with Cecile Richards and Paola Ramos, "Heartbreaking, Maddening, and Ready to Fight." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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"Heartbreaking, Maddening and - UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham · 11/14/2024 · 44m

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Cross: These are actually Republicans too Jennings: Of the two of us, who would know more about Republicans? They are not Republicans Cross: Of the two us, who is more trustworthy? I would argue me

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Jonel @jonelstr.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Really boosting my energy and my heart watching stateoftheprooke.media So many great content creators and wise voices like @mspackyetti.bsky.social talking about creative subversion! 💙 Tune into this live stream!

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If you're worried about democracy, history or freedom of speech under the Trump-Musk administration, relax... The coup has already happened. And, apparently, no one cares.

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Kick. Scream. Go Apeshit.

The coup is finished. We are not.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

there is raw energy out there — people are fired up and ready to do something — but no clear way to take mass action right now. it’s a void that i hope gets filled soon! for now, thankful for @mspackyetti.bsky.social + @workingfamilies.org + @shannonrwatts.bsky.social for sharing a few clear actions

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Matt @mbonner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Thank you @mspackyetti.bsky.social these podcasts are such a helpful reset. So hard to absorb all of this and remain focused. Thank you

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Laura E @laura-eastman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

As always, a stellar episode of #undistracted My takeaway:Community.Community.Community. After quitting Meta, I have to do the texting, calling, and being with ppl IRL. It's def harder than relying on socials, but so worth it All the best to you and your growing fam, @mspackyetti.bsky.social

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"Guard Your Joy, Siblings" wit - UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham · 02/06/2025 · 48m

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Children's Defense Fund @cdf1973.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Congratulations to our new CDF Board Member, Brittany Packnett Cunningham (@mspackyetti.bsky.social), on being named one of Black Enterprise's (@blackenterprise.bsky.social) "10 Black Leaders Who Take Your Civil Rights Seriously"! Grateful for your leadership in the fight for justice: bit.ly/4jAH7Rc

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Michelle MaBelle @michellemabelle808.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Direct action works! Here is some helpful information from @mspackyetti.bsky.social (from her threads and insta):

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The Meteor @themeteor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Last week on UNDISTRACTED, @mspackyetti.bsky.social sat down with @shannonrwatts.bsky.social, the founder of @momsdemand.bsky.social, to talk about what *actually* works when it comes to movement-building and what we can learn from the fight for gun reform.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 28/01/2025

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

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Anna Spackman 🎶 @annaspackmanmusic.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

So grateful for the wisdom and knowledge of this group 💖

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esmereldaknits.bsky.social @esmereldaknits.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This episode hit me hard. In good ways. @mspackyetti.bsky.social’s exhortation about doing our work has been ringing in my ears all day.

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Nearsighted Woman @nearsightedwoman.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If you don’t listen to anything else that I share, listen to this: open.spotify.com/episode/13Xn... @mspackyetti.bsky.social

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Coming soon: UNDISTRACTED

UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham · Episode

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Jonel @jonelstr.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Watch this episode - its powerful, its healing and helpful and it is TRUTH in caps!

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The latest episode of #UNDISTRACTED is live—almost as live as the group chat 😭😭 @drdavidjohns.bsky.social, Dr. Brittney Cooper and I on rest, resistance and rage. Link below 🙏🏾

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Laura E @laura-eastman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This week's episode of #undistracted was 💯 as always. But the opening. The opening had me in tears and I need to remember these words. Thought you might need them to. Who's ready to get to work? @mspackyetti.bsky.social @themeteor.bsky.social

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025

i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated

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Maya Contreras @mayatcontreras.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Great advice from @mspackyetti.bsky.social

Please remember the goal is for us to be overwhelmed and perpetually distracted. They want us to react to everything while they pelt us nonstop. Resist the urge to do scroll. I feel like you have to boil the ocean. You have gifts, interest, talents, and expertise that can be targeted and focused. Do your work. Don’t leave it to somebody else. I don’t try to do it all at once. Do the right thing. We’ll get through this as long as we do it together. I love y’all.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 21/01/2025

Who knows how to spell things in the sky because I present to you the words of @mspackyetti.bsky.social that deserve to be up there for a long, long time. They want you to be so overwhelmed and/or distracted, you become ineffective. Resistance means we each find our own way to DO EFFECTIVE WORK.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I am shocked at the number of people talking about how Trump’s executive orders are illegal as if that is a deterrent. I don’t even know how to wrap my mind around this.

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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 20/01/2025

y'all. you do not need to keep reposting that man doing the nazi salute. i don't want to see it. i suspect the folks whose families were harmed by the nazis don't want to see it. we know he did it, it serves no purpose to post it besides causing people distress and pain.

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

20. DAMN. FOURTEEN. Tomorrow I’ll be chill (maybe?) but today I’m mad as hell.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Ahhh the nazi salute on national television. Right on schedule I suppose.

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Thoughts for @thecut.com on MLK Day, an unwatchable inauguration, and the Kings’ marching orders for us all. Read here: www.thecut.com/article/dont...

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

So glad to catch up with @coribush.bsky.social ahead of this MLK day (because that’s all that’s happening tomorrow in my house!) This episode of #UNDISTRACTED found us discussing the road ahead in congress, and how she wishes she had flipped even more tables 💪🏾 Listen now! Apple.co/UNDISTRACTED

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Like…where is Dark Brandon when we need him?!? 😭

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Biden had FOUR YEARS to try to move the needle on this. Making this ERA statement now, with a foot literally out the door, and shirting the focus to a humble government functionary, is not courage and is not progress. It’s cowardice, from a party that has gotten all too used to it.

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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the national archivist, who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Ngl I keep forgetting abt this platform but I’m trying to do better. Thread of resources I’ve shared elsewhere for LA survivors and for those looking to support: Help Historically Black #Altadena rebuild: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I’m a huge fan of U.S. Vets and was proud to support their DC location. Veterans who are displaced in LA can reach out to them for assistance.

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Meg @meganroseruiz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Please send anything you can to Jordan @indiedynamo.bsky.social, who lost his home, brother, and father to the fires here in Los Angeles. If you can’t donate, please share. www.gofundme.com/f/help-jorda...

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Donate to Help Jordan Rebuild After Eaton Fire & Family Tragedy, organized by Andrew Edwards

Hi, everyone. My name is Andrew, and I’m reaching out on behalf … Andrew Edwards needs your support for Help Jordan Rebuild After Eaton Fire & Family Tragedy

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) endorse water fluoridation. The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.

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brittany packnett cunningham (she/her.) @mspackyetti.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I know everybody is broke bc folks are arguing about Angel Tree and fundamentally it’s because the receivers can’t afford it—and neither can the donors. And we just elected a an authoritarian who is ushering in all his billionaire friends. *deep advent sigh*

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Atena O. Danner @atenaoyadi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

My favorite collection of hers. Her writing was so funny, and so sincerely radiant with love. Even the tough love was tender on the inside. #NikkiGiovanni #Ancestor #BlackBookSky #BookSky

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Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni

In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputatio...

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