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Kat Zale

@zaleykat.bsky.social
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She/her, public school educator in CO, union proud, pro abortion, auntie, cat lady, anti-fascist, I love my bidet, abolish 🧊. Зборувам македонски 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸

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Kat Zale @zaleykat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
More reporting like this. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
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Trump’s dismal Patriot Games were the Hunger Games ordered off Temu | Aaron Timms
Monkey bars, gawky teenagers and a presidential cameo, all nationally televised by ABC, combined for the most leaden hour of America’s 250th birthday summer
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Dig: A History Podcast @dig-history.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Lesbian Volunteerism in the AIDS Epidemic: A Story We Almost Lost When we tell the story of AIDS— and we tell it more often now, in films and museums and classrooms— we tend to tell it as a story about gay men. And of course it was, overwhelmingly, a catastrophe that fell on gay men. But standing…
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Lesbian Volunteerism in the AIDS Epidemic: A Story We Almost Lost
When we tell the story of AIDS— and we tell it more often now, in films and museums and classrooms— we tend to tell it as a story about gay men. And of course it was, overwhelmingly, a catastrophe that fell on gay men. But standing right beside those men, and very often holding them as they died, were lesbians. They organized.
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Kat Zale @zaleykat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No kings in Bisbee, AZ
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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 07/02/2026
ACTION REQUESTED: Please help by calling to support the Boundary Waters.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 03/02/2026
The next witness is Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen and resident of Minneapolis with autism and a traumatic brain injury, who in January was dragged from her car by immigration agents— four blocks away from where George Floyd was killed—then detained without access to medical care or lawyer.
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Wrazn @wrazn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0... A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
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What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
granular, practical, well organized info here: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
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Kat Zale @zaleykat.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
On Fridays we wear blue to stand in solidarity with our Minnesota siblings and make ourselves visible to let our community know where we stand. @educationmn.bsky.social
Group wearing blue and holding signs that say messages in support of our community and against ICE and CBP. A monarch on melting ice
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Eric Ridgeway Fulton @ericridgewayfulton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Flobots – ICE OUT (Official Video)
YouTube video by Flobots
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
CNN interviews the 'woman in the pink jacket,' aka Stella Carlson: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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‘We all have to be brave’: Meet the woman whose video of Alex Pretti’s killing contradicted the administration’s claims | CNN
Stella Carlson had no way of knowing Saturday that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration’s initial effo...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We're mourning yet again in Minnesota — and struggling to square the gut-churning video of Alex Pretti's final moments with official accounts. I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 25/01/2026
This is correct. This is what everyone needs to hear and know in their hearts, especially right now.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.
nonviolent-conflict.org
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/01/2026
ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage. Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
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Kat Zale @zaleykat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Solidarity with Minnesota @educationmn.bsky.social
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Tomorrow @aft.org members across the country will show our unity and support for our @educationmn.bsky.social union siblings as they peacefully demonstrate in response to ICE's assault on their communities. Wear blue and post in solidarity. #ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools bsky.app/profile/educ...
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I really hope this IU win closes the portal to the dark place the Cubs opened in 2016
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

By Douglas MacMillan
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the Jan. 3 death of detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp, the agency said “staff observed him in distress,” and it gave no cause of death.

An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner told Lunas Campos’s daughter this week that, subject to results of a toxicology report, the office is likely to classify the death as a homicide, according to a recording of the conversation.

In the recording, which the daughter shared with The Washington Post, the employee said a doctor there “is listing the preliminary cause of death as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression,” which means Lunas Campos did not get enough oxygen because of pressure on his neck and chest. Pending the results of a toxicology report, the staffer said on the recording, “our doctor is believing that we’re going to be listing the manner of death as homicide.”In an interview with The Post, Santos Jesus Flores, a man who says he was detained in the segregation unit the day Lunas Campos died, said he saw at least five guards struggling with Lunas Campos after he refused to enter the segregation unit, complaining that he didn’t have his medications. Flores said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, “No puedo respirar” — Spanish for “I can’t breathe.” Medical staff tried to resuscitate him for an hour, after which they took his body away, Flores said.

“He said, ‘I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe.’ After that, we don’t hear his voice anymore and that’s it,” said Flores, who had contacted a family member of Lunas Campos, who in turn put him in touch with a Post reporter. The Post confirmed Flores was in Camp East Montana through ICE’s detainee locator.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
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🇺🇸📢 50501Arvada 📢🇺🇸 @50501arvada.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
#ICEOUT ##NoWarForOil
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Tips for following coverage of protests in Minneapolis:
On the Media's "Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Protest Edition"

1. TV news will fixate on incidents of violence, even if rare and uncharacteristic of the overall event.
2. Opponents will try to delegitimize protesters by claiming they are "paid" or otherwise dishonest. This is almost always untrue.
3. Measuring crowd size is an imprecise, politicized enterprise. Be skeptical of hard numbers: view aerial photos and compare sources.
4. Beware loaded terms such as "riot" and "rebellion." They often reveal the political leanings of the media outlets using them.
5. Crowds at protests are so diverse that the media can tell any story they want. Beware broad conclusions based on extreme people or events.
6. Coverage often considers whether protesters left a mess, or helped clean up a subtle jab or praise. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
7. Protest coverage tends to be episodic, not long-term. Seek out stories that place events in their larger political and historical context.
8. The media will try to tabulate immediate successes and failures of protests. Remember, their impact may not be felt for years.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10/01/2026
Hey everybody, it’s the 250th anniversary of Common Sense, whose luminous author Tom Paine, figured centrally in the American Revolution, the Enlightenment and the movement for Democracy still sweeping the Earth. The times hath found us.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
404media.co
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 16/10/2025
NEW COMMENTARY | How the Spotlight on Peace and Security Issues Shifted at the 2025 UN General Assembly Our experts analyse the issues world leaders picked out and what their remarks say about shifting diplomatic attention to major crises. www.crisisgroup.org/global/how-s...
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How the Spotlight on Peace and Security Issues Shifted at the 2025 UN General Assembly | International Crisis Group
The speeches at the UN General Assembly this year focused their foreign policy attention on Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and UN reform. Crisis Group experts analyse the issues world leaders picked out and wha...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
muellershewrote.com
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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Kat Zale @zaleykat.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Chile is beautiful.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Looking to finish what they started.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
blockclubchicago.org
A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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Immigrant advocates in NC create statewide map of ICE activity • NC Newsline
Siembra NC has lanched a digital map documenting verified federal immigration enforcement sightings across North Carolina.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. 

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. 

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. 

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. 

Official statement to 
@FoxNews
 via 
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Kat Zale @zaleykat.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#arvada #nokings #50501arvada
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Know your rights, now in improved colors, in case you get stopped by ICE. 🧵 lataco.com/car-ice-rights
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 21/07/2025
Bookmark this.
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What to Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood
How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
“The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me.” Read Frederick Douglass’s entire speech here. 🗃️ #BlackEduSky www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
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(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July"
Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Sixteen thoughts this putrid dogshit. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
offmessage.net
16 Thoughts On The Republican Budget Atrocity
The pain needs to be in front of them, not behind them
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 30/06/2025
The idea of selling off public lands can be toxic to so many voters that even Colorado Republicans ordinarily aligned with the current conservative majority carefully avoid sweeping endorsements of federal land disposal. coloradosun.com/2025/06/29/c...
coloradosun.com
Selling off Colorado: Tech bros and conservatives have grand plans for federal lands
But does anybody who lives here actually like the idea of trading U.S. forests for apartments, or high-desert mesas for “freedom cities”?
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
So happy about Mamdani winning the primary.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
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Iyad El-Baghdadi @iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Here's a big-picture geopolitical thread on Israel's war on Iran - its possibilities, impossibilities, dynamics, and delusions. My goal is to give you a full big-picture view in one place, which is why this is a long thread. If you prefer drip-fed updates, skip this thread.
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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 14/06/2025
Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
A sign at a protest reads “you lost” next to a Confederate flag, “you lost” next to a Nazi flag, and “you’re next” next to a MAGA hat.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
New Q & A! I wrote about the Trump vs Musk "feud", why to be wary of Gavin Newsom, the LA protests, whether the US military will fire on US civilians, future elections, and other topics readers asked me about: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fake-feuds...
sarahkendzior.substack.com
Fake Feuds, Real Crises: Your Questions Answered
On Trump vs Musk, the LA protests, the US military firing on Americans, and more.
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Mamo in Ireland @mamo-in-ireland.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The police do not always have your best interests in mind. Protect yourself!
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025
SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/06/2025
Americans are taking to the streets and showing up in US cities by the thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies. In response? Tear gas deployed and protesters shot with rubber bullets in LA. A WIRED guide on how to protest safely:
wired.com
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
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AltWarDept @altdod.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Pride Month Y’all
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