Reposted by linda brauerAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comHistory Will Judge the ComplicitWhy have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president? 20572142602
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Spelling Bee taking a page from @merriam-webster.com?😎 000
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 15/11/2025NYT is really outdoing @nytpitchbot.bsky.social. Is this what we’re calling CORRUPTION now? Hunter would like a word… 001
Reposted by linda brauern+1 @nplusonemag.com · 11/02/2025“The Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on transgender rights demonstrate the stark reality of what the state can do, rational or not, when driven by animus,” writes @paisleycurrah.com. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comFull-Throated Explicit Dehumanization | Paisley CurrahPerhaps because, unlike the Green New Deal, they actually exist, transgender people have been especially easy to single out and harm. Signed on the day of his inauguration, Trump’s executive order “De... 02311
Reposted by linda brauerEmily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Learn how to tell the difference between a *real judicial warrant* and other forms of random paper. The former actually gives law enforcement the right to enter a space. The latter is a trick. Protect your rights & share w/ others so they can protect theirs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9Z...youtube.comLearn the difference between a *real judicial warrant* and other forms of random paperYouTube video by Partners for Justice 27733
Reposted by linda brauerAbe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 02/02/20251/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...nytimes.comElon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments SystemTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending. 9934731553
Reposted by linda brauerCBPWatch @cbpwatch.bsky.social · 10/01/2025More on why this is so ominous: www.pogo.org/reports/the-...pogo.orgThe Border Zone Next Door, and Its Out-of-Control Police ForceCBP’s excessive authority and poor track record of accountability threaten citizens and immigrants alike. 144
Reposted by linda brauerJaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Incorrectly wrote the day for tomorrow's meeting as Tuesday. It's fixed now. The date and link to legistar were correct. 042
Reposted by linda brauerBolts @boltsmag.org · 31/12/2024Sanctuary policies aren’t a silver bullet, but they do throw sand in the gears of the deportation system, says historian Brianna Nofil. They can delay removals, create time-consuming litigation, and make it more difficult for ICE to identify targets. boltsmag.org/the-pas...boltsmag.orgThe Past and Present of Immigration Detention: Your Questions AnsweredA historian of migrant detention responds to questions from <em>Bolts</em> readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail immigrants, and how it 315144
Reposted by linda brauerMario Bruzzone @bruzzone.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Important new resource for immigrant families from the Women’s Refugee Commision, in Spanish and English: ESP: “Prepare un Plan: Pasos a Seguir para Padres Inmigrantes para Evitar la Separación Familiar” ENG: “Make a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents to Prevent Family Separation”womensrefugeecommission.orgMake a Plan: Essential Steps for Migrant Parents for Preventing Family Separation | Women's Refugee CommissionThe Women's Refugee Commission created this factsheet on how migrant parents can make a plan for preventing family separation. 0105
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Very good thread. A lot to read and digest. I think digging down to the core of many, if not most, issues in this country, one arrives at racism. To deny or minimize it only serves to empower it further. 020
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Found something more annoying than when your smoke detector goes off for no reason and you can’t make it stop or figure out how to get it off the wall so you just end up smashing it to bits… It’s when the smoke detector in the apartment next to yours goes off and the neighbor is on vacation. 😡 230
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 12/12/2024More media coverage on the lack of coverage. Still very little coverage of the murder, and what little there is now is about (of course ) the unverified claim that it was gang related. bsky.app/profile/noma... 021
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I posted about the latter two before the acquittal of Daniel Penny. Nice to see someone connecting the three. Of course there are many more examples, but the fact that these events all took place w/in days of each other makes for an incredible contrast. 120
Reposted by linda brauerFWD.us @fwd.us · 12/12/2024In a recent episode of @defineamerican.bsky.social, Jose Antonio Vargas and @fwd.us’s @andreaflores.bsky.social look at the current state of #immigration and discuss steps President Biden should take now to protect immigrant communities. Watch the full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2By9...youtube.comWhere the Democrats Went Wrong on ImmigrationYouTube video by Define American 012
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Another important thread about your rights. The video has links to further info and videos. 010
Reposted by linda brauerDesiree Adaway @desireeadaway.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Prompts for building community, fortifying, our bodies, mind and spirit for what lies ahead. We only get through this together. Registration is open. you can find the link in the comments below. 113
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Please read the thread in addition to the article and text of the bill. Call your representatives-because you know some are going to be on board. 000
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I’m crying over this continuing loss of our basic humanity. I’m trying my best to maintain my own. It’s just so fucking dark right now. Thanks Noel 010
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 09/12/2024A compassionate and pragmatic approach to immigration. 000
Reposted by linda brauerMatt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I made my first tik tok video, about the relationship between private prison corporations and Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. It’s full of primary sources. Video editing is way harder than I thought 😬 check out the full video at the link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY5uM61X/ 23409180
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 07/12/2024This healed my heart for a brief while. Such a lovely human. 💕 110
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 06/12/2024This is maddening. Link to the vote details below. Don’t forget these names. Time to call your senators. 111
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Eric Adams has been stoking hate against migrants along with the right wing. He has blood on his hands. 000
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The NYT, in addition to the front page, has 15 articles in the NY section about the murder of the UHC CEO, including one about the “storied Hilton Hotel.” There is NO mention of the brutal hate crime stabbing attack on two teen boys in Manhattan. A 17yo boy is dead, the 18yo is critically wounded. 🧵 320986
Reposted by linda brauerRaquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 06/12/2024Let today’s Capitol Hill bathroom sit-in spark an era of radical defiance. Trans folks refuse to bow to hate and bigotry. We demand dignity and respect. We will fight like our ancestors. We are building with our elders and peers. And trans youth will inherit a better world. 📸: Alexa Wilkinson 314414991
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 05/12/2024A Tsunami Warning for the Bay Area? Fuck! Maybe it is the end of the world as we know it. 000
Reposted by linda brauerEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/12/2024So, that was it. Oral arguments in US vs Skrmetti is now in the history books, though the judgement won't come until June. I haven't read other commentary. Not yet. I wanted to write a thread of my impressions first, and see what the experts are saying afterwards. 🧵 442398
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Threads to follow on US v. Skrmetti. Buckle up and be prepared to scream into the void. 310
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I like this idea of both imagining and planning. For ourselves and others. 🩵 010
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 28/11/2024A worthwhile thread about boundaries, consent and community. 000
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 28/11/2024“Sometimes, I told you so…Just Ain’t Enough” Original painting and illustrations by Navi Robins see comments for a link from the artist 110
Reposted by linda brauerEndless Blue @endlessblue.com · 25/11/2024Molly White (@molly.wiki) has some great thoughts on this, both technical and mental. See the "What Now" section www.citationneeded.news/wind-the-clo...citationneeded.newsWind the clockA message to those asking “what do I do now?” 1522961
Reposted by linda brauerBolts @boltsmag.org · 27/11/2024When immigration enforcement and the criminal legal system converge, non-citizens are effectively punished twice for a single crime. Two recent books offer bold solutions. boltsmag.org/beyond-...boltsmag.orgBeyond CrimmigrationTwo new books probe the criminalization of migration and offer alternative visions for migrant justice and organizing. 15832
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Today’s listen. Went down a rabbit hole and found this hidden gem. Joe Strummer’s radio show on the BBC 1999-2002 exchange.prx.org/series/27024exchange.prx.orgPRX » Series » JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLINGEight-part radio series features Joe Strummer from The Clash spinning his favorite tracks from around the world. 100
Reposted by linda brauersteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Don't miss out on this! Protean Magazine needs your support. It would mean a lot to me if you made a pre-order. It's how we can afford to make such a beautiful magazine. So order before we close the pre-sale! 13215
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Inspiring words from @charliejane.bsky.social “Human connection is what it's all about -it's the reason we're fucking alive…And connecting with other people is pleasurable, even though it's also hard. I don't trust any version of the future where we never rejoice.”buttondown.comOne More Vital Reason Why Community Gives Me HopeA week or so ago, I was the closing speaker at the final XOXO Fest in Portland, which was a huge honor. I was asked to come talk about reasons to have hope... 020
Reposted by linda brauerGabriel Valdez @gabrieldv.bsky.social · 21/11/2024"Too much information to the point of losing which parts are truthful or well-sourced can be just as dangerous as too little information. Control what you take in and to whom you’re listening."basilmarinerchase.wordpress.comNew Shows + Movies by Women — Remember Hope AgainKeep on doing the best you can. We’re all taking things one step at a time, in a society-spanning moment of shock. Find places to relax and focus on joy. Don’t escape there forever, but… 051
linda brauer @nomades.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Here is a gift link to the NYT article by M. Gessen referenced in this important thread.nytimes.comOpinion | What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights (Gift Article)Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights. 022
