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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The US has no credibility to talk about human rights while it disappears people at home, murders people in Latin America, and supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza and unilateral attacks on neighboring countries. Last year, Israel bombed Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iran, and Qatar.

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Trump says he wants regime change in Iran. History shows us that regime changes imposed by imperialist violence are devastating failures even on their own terms. Attempting this in Iran would almost certainly require a protracted war with US troops on the ground.

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The justifications used by the Trump admin are lies: ➡️ Iran has no long-range missiles that can reach the US ➡️ Iran had not restarted nuclear weapons production ➡️ The Iranian government has repeatedly said it has no interest in nuclear weapons and is willing to negotiate.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff. For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2069...

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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All

In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We’re really emphasizing the MAN in MANIFEST DESTINY in tonight’s #SOTU 250 years of racism and imperialism. Here in Philly we say: #AbolishICE #FreePalestine #GoBirds

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Like Biden before him, Trump is continuing to enable the genocide in Gaza. Israel is killing people daily and blocking lifesaving food and supplies while the Trump Administration draws up plans for resorts and concentration camps on top of the rubble. #FreePalestine #SOTU

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

And now for the hating trans people portion of #SOTU. Gender affirming care saves lives. Trans rights are human rights. Please just let us and our children be ourselves and live our lives. #ProtectTransKids

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We've gotten to the virulently white supremacist explicitly fascist portion of #SOTU. We need to #abolishICE, abolish border patrol, and end detention &deportation. We need investments in education, healthcare, jobs, the environment, and all the things that ACTUALLY keep our communities safe.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Okay so the ACA was a huge gift to big insurance companies when what we urgently need is #MedicareForAll. But taking away subsidies that help people afford overpriced insurance punishes regular people and keeps insurance companies rich. #SOTU

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It doesn't matter how many authoritarian charades USA Men's Hockey attends, thanks to #HeatedRivalry hockey is now officially gay. #SOTU #ProtectTransKids

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

During the State of the Union we will hear anti-immigrant rhetoric from an administration that is tearing apart our families and communities. But people across the U.S. are coming together to protect their neighbors and #AbolishICE afsc.org/news/what-yo... #SOTU

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Tonight is a good night to remember that #AbolishICE is polling better than both Trump and the Democratic Party. #SOTU

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I will know I have finally gone to enough therapy when I stop feeling compelled to watch the State of the Union live. #SOTU

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

But on the other hand, @washingtonpost.com accidentally gets it right. Though “no power” seems a little harsh, I like to believe that we have a lot of power if we can figure out how to collectively wield it. #AbolishICE

Washington Post screenshot of two headlines. The first one reads:

Shootings underscore how Kristi Noem has transformed DHS

The second one reads: About 1 million customers without power as risk of dangerous ice moves into Northeast

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Is @nytimes.com having another BAD TAKES competition? I am not sure that “confidence” really defines the nature of the crisis here… Also Thomas Friedman should relax, he already has the BAD TAKES lifetime achievement award. Truly thought the subhead was @nytpitchbot.bsky.social #AbolishICE

Screenshot of a New York Times headline that reads:

A Crisis of Confidence for
ICE and Border Patrol as
Clashes Escalate

Current and former officials describe growing frustration and disillusionment with the Trump administration's approach, even as they support the goal of immigration enforcement.

A screenshot of a New York Times opinion piece that reads:

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
When ICE and Hamas start looking the same, we are all in trouble.

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

ICE does not belong in our communities. We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice. #AbolishICE

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

stakes are extremely high, literally life or death. We do NOT need ICE or CBP to have more training or oversight We do need all border, policing and military angencies to be defunded; end to fed & state partnerships (like sec 287g agreements); end to all detentions & deporations. Abolish borders.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Did this general just say that the intelligence community worked hard to find Maduro’s pets? U.S. imperialist violence against Latin America is a bipartisan tradition, but this is deeply absurd as well as deeply horrifying.

US General speaks about U.S. regime change in Venezuela at White House press conference

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.

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Sabrina Fernandes @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Watching Trump speak and justify why the US is entitled to invade another country and kidnap the president makes me think that when we started talking about the “post-truth” era, we had no idea of how deeply post-truth it’d become. Perception of reality is now random and optional.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Marco Rubio loves regime change in Latin America but Trump’s speech is so unhinged he looks like he might gnaw off his own arm to try to escape

Marco Rubio looks for exits during Trump speech

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I am personally having a national energy emergency listening to this Trump address. But I do truly enjoy that the TrumpRX.gov website he just announced is actually just a photograph. You literally cannot click on anything.

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TrumpRx

The lowest prescription prices in America. Coming January 2026.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Lol James Carville says everyone will forget the shutdown by midterms but dems lose cuz ppl used the word “Latinx” in 2020? I suspect the DNC branding problem has more to do with neoliberal policies Carville spent his life championing. We don’t need rage, we need wealth redistribution @nytimes.com

Screenshot of New York Times op ed by James Carville titled “How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage” accompanied by an illustration of Carville

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

There’s a unit of the IDF tasked with linking journalists they murder to Hamas. This will surprise no one: they regularly make shit up. These are then reported by many Western media outlets as fact. www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

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Israeli army unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas

Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian r...

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I just wish #SCOTUS would do this with more children's lit... "The young reader is guided to feel distressed at Sam-I-Am's insistence on eating the green eggs & ham, and then to celebrate when the meal becomes desirable in numerous locations including box, train, and in the presence of a goat."

Screenshot of Supreme Court opinion excerpt that reads "For example, the book Prince & Knight clearly conveys the message that same-sex marriage should be accepted by all as a cause for celebration. The young reader is guided to feel distressed at the prince's failure to find a princess, and then to celebrate when the prince meets his male partner. See id., at 397a-401a, 419a-423a. The book relates
that "on the two men's wedding day, the air filled with cheer and laughter, for the prince and his shining knight would live happily ever after." Id., at 424a. Those celebrating the same-sex wedding are not just family members and close friends, but the entire kingdom. For young children, to whom this and the other storybooks are targeted, such celebration is liable to be processed as having moral connotations. If this same-sex marriage makes everyone happy and leads to joyous celebration by all, doesn't that mean it is in
every respect a good thing?"

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Pedro Rios @pedroconsafos.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Shameful. This is Border Patrol taking their tactics to the interior. A rogue agency for over 100 years, sees no problem with putting babies in harm’s way. If only Republicans AND Democrats hadn’t funded them for decades. Now they have free reign.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This hit piece on @chasestrangio.bsky.social is offensive and inaccurate, but it’s also totally ridiculous. If a trans person was struck by lightning, @nytimes.com would give @nickconfessore.bsky.social 2000 words to explain how trans activists had bet against electricity and lost. #scotus

Screenshot of New York Times article on Skrmetti SCOTUS decision that reads “How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost
The inside story of the case that could set the movement back a generation.

By Nicholas Confessore”

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

NO WAR ON IRAN! The U.S. and the international community must make every effort to stop Israel’s violence and expansionist agenda in the region.

Red heading that reads: No war with Iran! And white text that reads: The U.S. and the international community must make every effort to stop Israel’s violence and expansionist agenda in the region. Early this morning, Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, targeting locations across the country. Israel’s unilateral attack represents a significant escalation, threatening regional and global security. In the last week alone, Israel has continued its genocidal campaign in Gaza, bombed Yemen and Syria, and relentlessly attacked Lebanon in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Currently, 9,900 Palestinians are imprisoned by the Israeli occupation under the authority of the Israeli Prison Service. Including: 400 children 27 women 3,500 people held under administrative detention All without charge or trial. #PalestinianPrisonersDay

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

URGENT ACTION NEEDED! On Monday ICE detained activist and mother Jeanette Vizguerra, who is now being held at a for-profit immigration jail in CO. The Trump admin appears to be systematically targeting activists: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u... @afsc-org.bsky.social #GiftLink .

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‘We Finally Got You.’ Immigrant-Rights Advocate Arrested in Colorado.

Jeanette Vizguerra, who made national news evading deportation in a church basement, is the latest activist to be taken into custody by federal immigration agents.

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In the early hours of March 18, 2025, Israel began conducting extensive airstrikes across Gaza. More than 400 Palestinians have already been killed, including many children.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Israel is conducting airstrikes across Gaza. 34+ ppl already killed. This comes after Israel refused to honor terms of #ceasefire deal, refused negotiations, and blocked all food & aid. This is a genocide. The US is paying for it. #ArmsEmbargoNow #FreePalestine www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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Israel launches wave of air strikes across Gaza Strip

Israel says it has conducted extensive air attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza, the largest since the ceasefire began.

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Rather than escalating violence and destruction, risking regional escalation, the Trump Admin. should be putting pressure on Israel to uphold the ceasefire deal. This includes allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza and returning to the negotiating table for a permanent ceasefire.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Another example of the absolutely shameful efforts of the mainstream media to erase a genocide.

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Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The US spends as much on its military as the next 9 countries combined. Rather than making the world a safer place, this has fuelled wars and imperialism. Our flagship state of power report investigates current shifts in geopolitics. www.tni.org/en/publication/geopolit…

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Excellent piece by @rtraister.bsky.social! ➡️ "Woke" is a rightwing dogwhistle. ➡️ Some leftists have been real quick to parrot these talking points without evidence (looking at you @sunraysunray.bsky.social). ➡️Pallid insincerity is ALWAYS a losing strategy. nymag.com/intelligence...

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Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump

How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 18/02/2025

1. Three sexual abuse nonprofits have removed all or nearly all references to trans, queer and non binary people (h/t @devtesla.bsky.social) I wrote a second article today to document and archive some of the impacted pages. www.madycast.com/p/capitulati...

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Capitulation: RAINN, NSVRC, and NCMEC Remove Nearly All Mentions of Trans and Nonbinary People

Three sexual abuse nonprofits have removed all or nearly all mentions of trans people from their blogs and articles. All three receive federal funding, but are independent organizations.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This is obviously bad but the absurdity of WaPo using the AFPM ad as their EXAMPLE is really tickling me.

Screenshot of The Hill headline: Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 02/16/25 6:46 PM ET

Screenshot of quote from The Hill that reads: “Kase Solomón, the president of Common Cause, said the rejection of the wrap ad was a “surprise” because the sample art the group received from The Post to get a sense of what to expect from its ad was a wrap ad funded by the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) highlighting President Trump’s promise to “end the electric vehicle mandate on Day 1.””

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Philadelphia Community Bail Fund @phillybailout.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

One of the reasons we work to free our neighbors from jail is that pretrial detention causes irreparable harm to folks who are already struggling, such as unemployment, homelessness, and loss of custody of children. It destroys families and plunges people deeper into poverty.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Check out Robin DG Kelley interviewing Mohammed El-Kurd about his new book “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” from @haymarketbooks.org www.youtube.com/live/FXcqfLs...

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Perfect Victims: Mohammed El-Kurd & Robin D.G. Kelley

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Trump is probably just saying stuff, but if the US, Russia & China actually cut their military budgets in half, the benefits for everyone on earth would be tremendous. afsc.org/newsroom/qua...

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Quaker org applauds Trump’s call to cut Pentagon spending

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Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com · 11/02/2025

Nine paragraphs into today's NYT story on the situation with the Gaza ceasefire, readers are informed that Israeli officials and international mediators "said that Hamas’s claims were accurate."

NYT: "The current standoff stems in part from Hamas’s accusation that Israel has failed to uphold its promises for the first phase of the cease-fire — a six-week period that started on Jan. 19. Under the terms of the deal, Israel was required to send hundreds of thousands of tents into Gaza, among other humanitarian supplies, a promise that Hamas says Israel has not kept.

"Speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, three Israeli officials and two mediators said that Hamas’s claims were accurate."

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet

Government-efficiency team’s initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say.

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LAYNE @overton-windshield.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"Palestinians have spent more than 75 years demanding justice and asserting their right of return and self-determination. They have endured 15 months of genocide. They will not give up their land and their rights."

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We can never accept colonialism, annexation, or ethnic cleansing in Palestine

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Right now the Trump Administration is sending the first plane of immigrants to #Guantanamo bay where they plan to construct 30,000 bed detention camp. Instead of sending people to camps, we need a humane immigration system for all. Stop the deportations: afsc.org/deportation

Black graphic with white text that reads "No detention at Guantanamo. No detention anywhere" and red text that reads "Stop the deportations"

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