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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 13/10/2026
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Ramirez Introduces the Reimagining Safety Act, Legislation to Dismantle DHS, Abolish ICE, Reimagine Community Safety
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13/10/2026
After another shooting and the raid on Ilhan Omar's home, Rep. Delia Ramirez says abolishing ICE isn't enough. She has introduced a bill to "dismantle" the entire Department of Homeland Security.
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After Raid of Ilhan Omar's Home and Latest Deadly Shooting, Delia Ramirez Plans Bill to 'Dismantle' DHS
"For 23 years, since its inception, DHS has been utilized by the government to target and persecute those they consider the public enemy," Ramirez said.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/10/2026
Rather than cover the cost of gender affirming care for trans youth under medicaid, Colorado is voluntarily enacting the republican "taper and detransition" policy for youth on medicaid and dropping coverage. WTF.
Ironically, the first known violation of that law is now coming from the state itself. On September 18th, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) informed providers that “certain Physician-Administered Drug (PAD) services for the purposes of gender-affirming care will no longer be covered benefits for members under 18 years of age.” Two weeks later, HCPF released its full policy surrounding its updated coverage, and it somehow manages to be worse than the policies enacted by Arizona and Virginia. As Transitics reported last week, the federal rule allows for a 6-month ‘tapering’ period for youth currently receiving gender-affirming care where federal funds can still be used. And although HCPF does mention that stipulation in its policy, it also introduced a strange exception:

“Effective October 13, 2026, claims payment for GnRH/LHRH agents prescribed for gender-affirming care therapy for members under the age of 18 will not be allowed… Prior authorization for testosterone, estrogen, progesterone or medroxyprogesterone therapy for members under the age of 18,” the policy reads, “who are receiving and stabilized on therapy for gender-affirming care prior to October 13, 2026, may receive approval to allow for tapering and discontinuation of therapy.”

The exclusion of puberty blockers in the tapering policy isn’t accidental. The state’s prior authorization guidance that was updated the same day mirrors the policy and once again does not allow for a tapering period for trans kids receiving puberty blockers. And like Arizona and Virginia, Colorado has provided no indication that it has notified patients and their families. In doing so, Colorado is going far beyond what even the Trump administration intended—immediately cutting many trans kids’ care and leaving them scrambling for options.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Once again, Federal fascism is already here and people aren't "complying in advance," they are simply COMPLYING. Some people got mad when I said in late 2024 that most people are not brave which is why we need collective action. There's strength in numbers. Most people are not brave on their own.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And if you say that these are not by "the state" - well what are police? They are the gatekeepers of the state.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm interested in why some people believe that "abolishing ICE" is possible but defunding policing is not.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Tennessee botched an execution and tried to hide the gory consequences as witnesses twice watched a woman survival the supposedly “lethal” injection. The death penalty is a crime against humanity.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is there a defense fund? A defense committee? Anything else we can do to support this brave and beautiful human being?
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And…we have reached the federal agents policing “elections” stage of the coup….
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
see, this is why I say "cancel culture" isn't real. it was framed as a new, dangerous phenomenon when people with power have been making moves like this forever.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
So with no due respect, absolutely nobody needs to accept that status "for the greater good." We know where that leads. Shut this shit down. Human rights are for EVERYONE.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please say this 1000 times for the people in the back.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 04/09/2026
thinking about all the young people who left ban states and came to New York for care, and now
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Each of us can do something meaningful to lessen suffering. This is borne out daily.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/08/2026
Tell you what, I’ll worry about the imaginary oppression of robots in the future when you worry about the real oppression of humans right now
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The IDF does this all the time. They lie until they can't, then they say they'll do an investigation, then the investigation leads nowhere. It took 2.5 years for them to even admit they opened fire on the car, something we all knew happened hours after they did.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 17/08/2026
ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 21st! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Oh the Democrats now claim they want to abolish the entity that Trump admin is able to use at scale due to the violent infrastructure that the Biden admin funded and built as it carried out the unrealized sick ambitions of the first Trump admin? Abolish ICE. Don't abolish facts and accountability.
March 2024 article on Biden funding ICE at dramatically high Trump-era levels and giving ICE more power to abuse immigrants communities
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/08/2026
The Trump administration just finalized its rule stripping gender-affirming care from Medicaid and CHIP. Advocates say there's still time to fight: it takes effect in October, and federal courts have already struck down two previous attempts to do this. The latest from our journalist S. Baum.
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Trump Issues “Finalized” Anti-Trans Medicaid Rule, But Human Rights Groups Say There’s Still Time
“Despite this being called a ‘final rule,’ we have time to fight back. Nothing will change overnight.”
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I couldn’t make this up if I tried.🤬 “An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody.“
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Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids - The American Prospect
The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/08/2026
just another reminder that if you don’t like the idea of amy klobuchar as governor of Minnesota, your best course of action is to head to a swing house or senate district and get on the doors help get those caucuses so strong that Amy’s power as governor means less
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It is wild how casually racist this is bsky.app/profile/cnn....
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/08/2026
jesusfuckingchrist
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Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson
A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is legit insane. It requires girls from K-12 to go through genetic testing, testosterone screening, or a physical exam to participate in sports. For feminists worked up about trans athletes, this is the through line. This is where we were going to end up. It’s about control and dominance.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
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Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Israel is a genocidal state and must be sanctioned accordingly. Any dealings with that state is complicity in genocide.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Significant forest fires underway in: Spain France Italy Algeria Tunisia Scotland Canada The climate crisis is here.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death
Standing up guy by Norman Rockwell meme
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Musk is up there with Pol Pot or Hitler in terms of body count, and the tech press still treats him as a good topic for soft focus talk with the genius interviews. It's sickening.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Heads up that there are videos circulating of the police lynching in Madison, WI. Good time to turn off video auto-play if you havent already. RIP Corey Ruiz. Fuck the police.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Remember the SNAP cuts in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill?” Children account for nearly half of the 2.4 million people who are no longer receiving SNAP in at least 19 states. The true number of kids impacted nationwide is unknown. This is horrifying. No child should go hungry.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
17 year old Palestinian footballer Fadi Nassan was killed by Israeli settlers. Is that included in FIFA’s football unites the world?
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NEWS: The Trump administration has activated a secretive and never-before-used legal process to quickly deport foreign nationals deemed to be “alien terrorists” or their immediate family members. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/07/2026
this guy wants as many americans as possible to die of preventable diseases. he views that as preferable to vaccines or long term medication. makes us “stronger”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey Minneapolis, we need to tell Sony and the bands served by Kings Road Merch that we don't take kindly to union busting in our town!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
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phoenix @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Today, Minneapolis Park Police was seen actively working with ICE, including allowing them to stage and switch plates in Powderhorn Park parking lot. Call your elected officials, including your park commissioners and as always, stay safe, stay dangerous FUCK ICE
mInnEAPOLIS PARK POLICE COOPERATING WITH ICE
Contact your elected officials!
ICE agents were observed Tuesday (7/7) staging and switching plates in the Powderhorn Rec Center Lot.
Park Police car 830 was seen talking to and escorting these agents while they were survelling the Powderhorn nieghborhood.Call and email your park board commissioners to express concern and demand accountability and transparency on park police collaboration; with immigration enforcement.

At-Large, President - Tom Olson
tolsen@minneapolisparks.org

At-Large - Meg Forney
mforney@minneapolisparks.org

At-Large - Amber Frederick
afrederick@minneapolisparks.org

District 1 - Dan Engelhart
dengelhart@minneapolisparks.org

District 2- Charles Rucker
crucker@minneapolisparks.org

District 3 - Kedar Deshpande kdeshpande@minneapolisparks.org

District 4 - Jason Garcia
jgarcia@minneapolisparks.org

District 5 -Kay Carvajal Moran Kmoran@minneapolisparks.org

District 6 - Cathy Abene
cabene@minneapolisparks.orgBE ON THE LOOKOUT
for ICE activity in your neighborhood.
Be especially vigilant near vulnerable workers in your area.
ICE & Collaborator Vehicles At Scene on 7/7:
Ford F159 TYC842
Chevy Impala LLE 511 
Hyundai Sonata TYC* 852 careful plates are being switched 

PARK POLICE
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Folks, no one has a RIGHT to higher office. OK? You aren't "canceling" anyone when you decide NOT TO SUPPORT THEIR QUEST FOR MORE POWER. Please let's be SERIOUS. This is not what is meant by "no one is disposable." I'm begging people to focus and use your brains. That man can still make a LIVING.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 06/07/2026
So if you were around when I first criticized Platner you might remember me and a few other female vets talking about this being a likely reveal. At the time one of his earliest defenders insisted it was our bias. No, it was our experience www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/g...
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Platner Senate campaign taking 'time to reflect' on path forward after sexual assault allegation
Platner and his campaign denied the accusations made by 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot in a POLITICO article published Monday.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
Joe Gebbia
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John Birch Society
@The_JBS • Jun 30
Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor
Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't
afford.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 04/07/2026
reread the Declaration of Independence in advance of the Fourth of July, and the list of all the injuries that the British crown inflicted on the colonists straight up reads like Trump's to-do list www.thenation.com/article/soci...
screenshotted excerpt from the linked article, reading as follows, and with the sentences after 'Trump' highlighted in blue:

And the country is still fighting to reject authoritarianism, with millions of Americans taking to the streets to again declare “No Kings.” It would be easy to mistake the list of grievances created by the former colonists, cataloging the injuries inflicted on them by the King of Great Britain and Ireland, for the to-do list of President Donald Trump. “Obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners” and “the administration of justice”? Check. Sending “swarms of officers to harass our people” and “transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences”? Check. “Cutting off our trade with all parts of the world” and “imposing taxes on us without our consent”? Check. (No, really—give us our tariff-refund checks.)

Archived version of article available at https://archive.ph/nmYpt
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
lol does this article really not mention that Clarence Thomas was in house counsel for Monsanto, the Roundup manufacturer?
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