plexoni77.bsky.social @plexoni77.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Terible story. Let’s help these students! c.org/mRmS4H2BRFc.orgSign the PetitionEnd unjust detention/potential deportation of Israel and Max Makoka 110
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialShannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP 12706381
plexoni77.bsky.social @plexoni77.bsky.social · 17/01/2026act.nysna.org/page/92464/a...act.nysna.orgTell Hospital CEOs: Fair Contract Now!Take action today to support the frontline nurses who are fighting for quality care for all New Yorkers! 030
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on. 361557661
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old. He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...disabledginger.comHelp Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICERodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released. 221033646
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialGiveDirectly @give-directly.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Send cash relief to Jamaican families so they can recover quickly from Hurricane Melissa. GiveDirectly.org/jamaicagivedirectly.orgCash Relief for Hurricane Melissa Survivors in Jamaica | GiveDirectlyDonate directly to Hurricane Melissa survivors in Jamaica to help them rebuild and recover. 032
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 27/10/2025SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages 783204947485
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 16/10/2025These guys destroyed USAID (budget $28bn) causing a potential 14m preventable deaths by 2030 because the deficit but can find $40bn to bail out their buddies who stand to lose money in an Argentinian crash. 251351464
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialDag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The first time Trump made the national news was 1973 when Richard Nixon's, (Richard Nixon's), justice department said he and his dad violated fair housing by having managers write C for colored on rental apps, so they would know not to rent to blacks or Latinos. 9570274
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025It is not possible to find the words for this. 481727684
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/07/2025ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho... 18555252424
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/07/2025Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepenstheguardian.comGaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepensMalnourished medical staff say they are struggling to provide care to injured civilians, while recovery rates are also hit by 601248846
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/07/2025STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 9437352372
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 29/06/2025“Omran shouldn’t have died, doctors said. The physician at his clinic outside the Sudanese capital said basic antibiotics probably would have cured his chest infection.….the new U.S. administration froze foreign aid programs, and a stop-work order came down from Washington.”washingtonpost.comIn Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatalThe Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials. 02314
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialmaura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 24/06/2025bsky.app/profile/juli... 0117
plexoni77.bsky.social @plexoni77.bsky.social · 21/06/2025The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Waste Musk Created 2100
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialkatie honan @katiehonan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Cuomo Claimed These NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorsed Him. They Say They Never Did. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/05/n... 18028
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialNick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 31/05/2025SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o... 14035481498
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialsaveabee.bsky.social @saveabee.bsky.social · 10/05/2025New York City Is About to Make a Huge Mistake Andrew Cuomo, who leads in the mayoral polls, has a Trumpian belief in his own spurious talents and triumphs. His election would likewise be a disaster for everyone subject to his rule. newrepublic.com/article/1949...newrepublic.comNew York City Is About to Make a Huge MistakeAndrew Cuomo, who leads in the mayoral polls, has a Trumpian belief in his own spurious talents and triumphs. His election would likewise be a disaster for everyone subject to his rule. 2166
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialJonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its plan to stop sending emergency food to millions of children who are starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries Without urgent aid, many of these children are likely to die within months www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...theatlantic.com‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it. 99348
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialDavid Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w... 1181922974
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialNick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 14343101821
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe... 12241341900
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 01/03/2025NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.socialpropub.liThe Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts... 11736191611
plexoni77.bsky.social @plexoni77.bsky.social · 01/03/2025www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p...statnews.comWe tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even usA peer reviewer questioned the premise of our study into the potential impact of abruptly ending PEPFAR funding. Then it happened. 051
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialLyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 07/02/2025The world’s richest man & the world’s most powerful man are two evil monsters. Imagine being proud of an aid freeze. 1.5 Million Tanzanians with HIV have lost their free treatment & are at risk of dying. www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/tanz...ipsnews.netTanzanians with HIV Left in Crisis as USAID Funding EndsTanzania’s fight against HIV had relied on funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a USAID initiative that shut off funding. 051
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialRaquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 10/01/2025URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.socialbit.lyDisplaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory 4121052161
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Look at what was taken in “sweeps” of homeless encampments. projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho... 361841990
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/01/2025The fact that Amazon workers were told to keep working in these conditions is unforgivable. 843994951
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/01/2025As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.motherjones.com30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisonersAbout 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands. 11854122225
plexoni77.bsky.social @plexoni77.bsky.social · 18/12/2024actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-y...actionnetwork.orgTell Your Attorney General to Investigate Amazon for "Discriminatory and Deceptive" Practices Targeting Black Neighborhoods Now!Amazon’s promise of two-day Prime delivery comes with a shocking caveat, your zip code might disqualify you, without your knowledge. Investigations reveal that Amazon has secretly excluded specific zi... 170
plexoni77.bsky.social @plexoni77.bsky.social · 09/12/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/w...nytimes.comDesperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in CagesRelations between the neighboring countries on the island of Hispaniola have long been frosty. They are now complicated by up to 10,000 deportations a week. 040
Reposted by @plexoni77.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 25/11/2024NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.propublica.orgA Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages. 415106886015
