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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists)

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#TenForJustice: The Road to Abolition • Founded 2020 • Harm Reduction, Decriminalization, Decarceration, Reparations, Dual Power, Mutual Aid, Community Defense, and Transformative Justice • thisisawkword.com/ten-demands • tendemands@gmail.com

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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 10h
Extreme heat is the top weather-related killer in the country — and the impacts are felt most by environmental justice urban communities. In NYC, Black people are 3x more likely to die from heat stress; Latinx people 2x more likely. @weact4ej.bsky.social storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f7f1...
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nagra, the Urdu term for silver footwear, is one of “Lucknow’s” most distinctive yet rapidly vanishing artisanal traditions. Once synonymous with Nawabi opulence and royal patronage, the craft now survives through only six or seven master artisans. 🤲 Support us: crushingcolonialism.org/donate
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The Last Keepers of a Silver Legacy - Crushing Colonialism
Nagra, or chandi ke paposh, the Urdu term for silver footwear, is one of the most distinctive yet rapidly vanishing artisanal traditions in "Lucknow"
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
El Niño is expected to kill 450,000 people in the next 6 months. This catastrophic toll doesn't even include the additional deaths from the droughts, wildfires and flooding that the Super El Niño will cause across the globe. More: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/a-super-el-n...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BREAKING: 90% of LGBTQ and intersex rights groups globally have lost funding since January 2025. outrightinternational.org/breaking-point
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A RECENT REPORT FROM OUTRIGHTINTERNATIONAL
REVEALS THAT 90% OF LGBTQ AND INTERSEX RIGHTS GROUPS GLOBALLY HAVE LOST FUNDING
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oklahoma Republicans are paying people in prison $2 an hour to call voters on behalf of the GOP. oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
Background: closeup of Black man in orange jumpsuit standing behind bars | text: OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS ARE PAYING PEOPLE IN PRISON $2/HOUR TO CALL VOTERS FOR THE GOP
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@awkword.bsky.social, @voffund.bsky.social, & 50501 are urging you to register & make a plan to #vote in the midterms. #VotingIsPunk #voffund #awkword #50501movement
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Anti-Defamation League isn’t what you think it is: How the ADL conflates anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism speakingoutofplace.com/2026/08/17/t...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...
Background: deli store front | text: A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU SEARCH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHO'S COLLABORATING WITH ICE
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
How the Yellow Vests in France joined Black Lives Matter — and what American activists can learn from their mass movement. speakingoutofplace.com/2026/08/04/i...
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"What haunted me most was not only the absence of infrastructure but the sound—the low, endless wailing outside hospital walls." Western medicine can't solve systemic failures. In so-called "Nigeria", this is where traditional healers come in: crushingcolonialism.org/when-healthc...
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John Gilda @verbalprimate.com · 20/08/2026
I supported: @crushcolonialism.bsky.social You can donate too: By donating to Crushing Colonialism you’re supporting Indigenous led and created journalism and media content creation, professional opportunities, and arts, performance, and educational events. crushingcolonialism.org #Blues #GTS
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Crushing Colonialism
Crushing Colonialism is an Indigenous-led 501(c3) nonprofit that uplifts Indigenous people through media and traditional storytelling. We advocate for the just funding and employment of Native media w...
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's not just fishing boats. US-led military interventions are escalating across Latin America. And it’s nothing new. The US has conducted nearly 400 foreign military interventions since 1776 — or, one every seven months, for 250 years. crushingcolonialism.org/abya-yala-un...
Text: Global Indigenous News | Abya Yala Under Fire: The Return of US Military Intervention | By Phil Mandelbaum and Natalia Molina

Photo: A group of people stands on a rural road, some holding flags and sticks, with trees and greenery on either side. Debris is scattered on the road, and a person in the foreground looks on.Text: Military bombings began just three days after President Abelardo De La Espriella took office on August 7 in "Colombia," in Abya Yala ("Latin America"). The first strikes took place on August 10 in Catatumbo, in the country's northeast, where three civilians were wounded and hundreds were displaced. Bombings and threats of further military strikes have since followed, including in Cauca, in the west, where Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and campesino communities are facing an escalating humanitarian crisis. (NEW PARAGRAPH) The opposition has questioned the constitutionality of the President's decision, calling it a “relinquishment of sovereignty.”

Photo: Two people walk hand in hand down a narrow grassy path surrounded by green plants and trees, with a small house visible in the backgroundText: In June, "Venezuela" collaborated with the "U.S." in a military operation that authorities said targeted alias "Niño Guerrero," a longtime figure associated with the Tren de Aragua. Independent reporting has raised questions about what happened during the strike, including the circumstances of Guerrero's reported death and potential civilian casualties. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In March, "Ecuador" announced that it had launched its "U.S."-backed military operations against Los Lobos, Los Choneros and other Ecuadorian groups the "U.S." has labeled "foreign terrorist organizations.” Perhaps the most infamous of the attacks was the bombing of Fiorella, a fishing boat that "vanished without a trace, along with the eight Ecuadorian men on board." Prior to their disappearance, they had reported seeing drones and a ship with "U.S." markings.

Photo: A young woman in traditional dress with face paint stands outdoors, holding a cup with both hands. She wears a beaded belt and necklace, surrounded by lush, green foliage.Text: The "United States" has a long history of violent international intervention in Abya Yala, and throughout the world. (NEW PARAGRAPH) According to the Military Intervention Project (MIP) at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the "U.S." has conducted nearly 400 military interventions since 1776 — or, one every seven months, for 250 years. Thirty-four percent of the invasions have occurred in Abya Yala. More than 65,000 have died — and this figure doesn't account for "the deaths and disappearances caused by the military dictatorships of the 20th century, in which tens of thousands of people were tortured and murdered."

Photo: A dirt road lined with wooden houses leads up a hill in a rural village, surrounded by lush green trees and vegetation. People are walking along the road and standing near the houses.
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's not just fishing boats. "U.S."-led military interventions are escalating across "Latin America" (Abya Yala). Bombings have struck "Colombia", "Venezuela" and "Ecuador," killing and displacing hundreds. And the Indigenous, Afro-descendant and campesino communities are being hit the hardest.
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Abya Yala Under Fire: The Return of U.S. Military Intervention - Crushing Colonialism
2025 was a year of transformational growth for . Centering multiply-disabled, 2SLGBTQIA+, and global Indigenous communities remained our guiding principle. Our work spanned print publications, interna...
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“The people who have the most expertise about the prison system are those who are living in it” Scholar and author Elizabeth Hinton on what we can learn from incarcerated people next.haymarketbooks.org/books/2764-h...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Indigenous people represent 18% of the world’s extreme poverty, but only 6% of the population In the US, median household earnings are among the lowest Unemployment rates are among the highest They are 400% more likely to be incarcerated And they are 300% more likely to be killed by police
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Trump admin admitted in court that they canceled nearly $8 billion in grants for clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state”. apnews.com/article/trum...
TRUMP HAS ENDED BILLIONS IN CLEAN
ENERGY GRANTS FOR STATES THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM
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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Use @eff.org’s new Atlas of Surveillance tool. Once you know what tech your police department uses, collect signatures and bring your demand to eradicate its use straight to your mayor and/or city council.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
You can now search your local police for the surveillance tech they’re using — thanks to a new project from @eff.org atlasofsurveillance.org
A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH YOUR LOCAL POLICE FOR THE
SURVEILLANCE TECH THEY USE
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The West defines autism as a neurodevelopmental “disorder” — ignoring the effects of the coloniality, poverty, territorial dispossession and historical violence that isolates the individual from their social and territorial context. There is an alternative: Muysca cosmogony
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Autism: Between Ancestral Care and Imposed Survival - Crushing Colonialism
Not all minds are made to survive colonialism. Being Indigenous and neurodivergent is not a sum of vulnerabilities. It is an intersection of structural violences—on territory, knowledge, and the body....
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One People's Project @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
With J6ers getting jobs in the justice department, and presidential memorandum NSPM-7 targeting the “left-wing” and “anti-fascists” as terrorists, it's never been more important to support those tracking the far right.
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEW: How a Palestinian engineer “escaped one war” only to end up in Gaza writing poetry in English
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Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour - UNICORN RIOT
Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour NEW piece by @awkword.bsky.social spotlighting the inspiration behind the poetry of @ahmedhsarsour.bsky.social, who left Sudan as war broke out in 2023 and came back to Gaza before Oct. 7, only to be trapped in a genocide.
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Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour - UNICORN RIOT
Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If you’re out protesting ICE, you’re risking arrest — or worse. The best thing you can do is be prepared. speakingoutofplace.com/2026/07/25/c...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The District of Calamity: Freedom 250 and the Semiquincentennial in Washington Residents and tourists of the nation’s capital saw the city transformed into a circus for more than a month – a site for media spectacles and thinly-veiled celebrations of the president.
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The District of Calamity: Freedom 250 and the Semiquincentennial in Washington - UNICORN RIOT
Residents and tourists of the nation’s capital saw the city transformed into a circus for more than a month – a site for media spectacles and thinly-veiled celebrations of the president.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW: Making music and caring for community has always been a symbiotic relationship for Rafael Gonzales, a.k.a. Tufawon, a Minneapolis-based rapper, singer and producer. He says that he’s had a knack for turning lived experiences into sound, and his latest song, “No One Is Illegal,” is no different.
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The 250th isn't over yet! Four more chances to challenge 'Merica's myths ✊ LABOR DAY (Sept 7) | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY (Oct 12) | VETERANS DAY (Nov 11) | THANKSTAKING DAY (Nov 26) Honor the resistance. Support Indigenous creators. 🛍️ Shop: crushingcolonialism.org/shop #America250 #LandBack
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Maya Rupert @mayarupert.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I can’t help think of the fact that Katie Porter just went from frontrunner to nonstarter in the CA gov race for exactly this kind of behavior. The double standard for white men in leadership is appalling, and so are his actions. Ken Martin should resign. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
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Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)
The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
ICE is arresting and booking 1,474 people each day, the highest pace on record open.substack.com/pub/austinko...
Background: anti-ICE protesters holding signs. Overlay text: what stage of fascism is this / 1,474 / ICE is arresting and booking 1,474 people each day, the highest pace on record
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Soon, leftists many not be able to travel outside the United States, or return after leaving
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
ICYMI: The new $500 “American made” Trump phone is actually a 2-year-old phone made in China www.ifixit.com/News/117789/...
THE $500
'AMERICAN MADE: TRUMP PHONE FOUND TO BE A TWO-YEAR-OLD PHONE MADE IN CHINA
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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Learning from our elders and ancestors.
ABOLITION IS
ABOUT PRESENCE, NOT ABSENCE. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING LIFE-AFFIRMING INSTITUTIONS.
-RUTH WILSON
GILMORESLAVERY HAS NEVER BEEN ABOLISHED FROM
AMERICA'S
WAY OF THINKING.
- NINA SIMONESTRUGGLE IS A NEVER-ENDING
PROCESS,
FREEDOM IS NEVER REALLY WON. YOU EARN IT AND WIN IT IN EVERY GENERATION.*
-CORETTA
SCOTT KINGIF THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BRING A FOLDING CHAIR.
-SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our newest issue of #TheMagazine is online NOW! We explore Indigenous perspectives on health, reproductive justice, and community resilience. Edition 11 is out now! 🧵1/2 📖 Subscribe: crushingcolonialism.org/subscribe 🤲 Donate to support more storytelling: crushingcolonialism.org/donate
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We #HireIndigenous and we're looking for President, Treasurer & 3 non-officer seats for the Board of Directors 📩 Send your CV & cover letter with experience on nonprofit boards info@crushingcolonialism.org Subject: [Position] – Board of Directors 🧵 1/2 crushingcolonialism.org/jobs/board-of-directors
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning. Unless we stop it.
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
ICYMI: Nine local TX activists have been convicted of terrorism for a fireworks display on July 4. This is their story…
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From Activists to Terrorists
On June 28, 2025, locals from Dallas-Fort Worth met for a potluck dinner at a community garden, a garden that allows residents to partake in the seasonal
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
How the Times and other legacy media commit journalistic malpractice in their coverage of ‘controversial’ topics speakingoutofplace.com/2026/07/13/t...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The FBI raided the home of a Texas activist using flash-bang grenades and armored vehicles… And then offered her up to $200,000 to become a confidential “Antifa” informant. theintercept.com/2026/07/07/antifa-informant-raid-texas/
FBI RAIDED A TEXANS HOUSE, THEN OFFERED HER $200,000 TO BECOME AN ARTIFA INFORMANT
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Through the Static @throughthestatic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Read all about it at ThroughtheStatic.org!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/07/2026
A Police Executive Research Forum report from 2014 showed that CBP officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them. This isn’t something that can be reformed. Abolish ICE. www.npr.org/sections/the...
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Border Patrol Releases New Use-Of-Force Guidelines, Critical Report
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske said the release was a push for more transparency. The agency had previously declined to make changes recommended by the panel.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Donald Trump has just ousted the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission. The EAC is an independent federal agency that helps administer election funds. This is just the latest example of Trump’s efforts to subvert US elections. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
TRUMP JUST REMOVED ALL THREE SITTING MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The votes are in. Is socialism taking over America? speakingoutofplace.com/2026/07/04/i...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
While the phrase “worst of the worst” was already part of the lexicon of immigration enforcement before Donald Trump, his administration has routinely wielded it as a tool for advancing a radical, white-nationalist agenda.
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The Uses and Abuses of the “Worst of the Worst” - Dissent Magazine
While the “worst of the worst” was already part of the lexicon of immigration enforcement before Donald Trump, his administration has routinely wielded it as a tool for advancing a radical, white-nationalist agenda.
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Maya Rupert @mayarupert.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are capitalist, not socialist” More than a dozen Congressional Democrats and other Dems running for office have signed a pledge to uphold centrist policies after the recent surge in progressive wins across the country. They are massively missing the point of what the voters are telling us.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
ICYMI: The DEA *allowed* hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets between 2023 and 2025 alone. This is the government agency charged with keeping drugs *off* the streets. apnews.com/article/dea-...
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures — with Lara Sheehi speakingoutofplace.com/2026/06/29/l...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
BREAKING: Trump’s rule change for the Office of Management and Budget will not only require agencies to ensure grants advance the president’s priorities, it will also kill up to 5,000 clinical trials — including 1,000 cancer treatment studies fight2win.standupforscience.net @standupforscience.net
TRUMP'S NEW FEDERAL GRANT GUIDELINES COULD KILL
5,000 CRITICAL
HENCAL
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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴󠁭󠁸󠁣󠁨󠁰󠁿 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Yeah? If that's the way you feel, try calling a dirty fucking hairy hippie next time you need evidence planted, perjured warrants sworn out, or witnesses coerced.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/06/2026
You *have* to support this if you’re a reasonable moderate according to Van Jones
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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Cops have the 22nd most dangerous job — but kill 3 to 6+ people a day… And 5 other facts to know about police in the US thisisawkword.com/ten-demands
Seven Facts about Cops
Have the 22nd most dangerous job
Solve 2% of all major crimes
Kill 3 to 6+ people per day
Kill 25+ dogs per day
Commit 1/3 of all stranger murders
Earn an average of $70,000+ per year
Enjoy immunity from prosecution
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