The masked agents pull up quickly. They jump out of unmarked vans. They wear blue jeans or battle fatigues. They approach Latinos, yelling and carrying assault rifles. If someone runs, they’re taken. If they don’t answer a question, they’re taken. If they can’t produce papers, they’re taken.
I’m still alive. Barely. Figured I’d let whoever actually sees this know since I’m never on here anymore.
some resources for protestors
A demonstrator's guide to understanding riot munitions and how to defend against them
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Here are the skills and guides you need for the moment. Feel free to share other resources in the comments. Give 'em hell and stay safe! #Resist #Protest #Antifascism
HRT - Harm Reduction Toolkit A white first aid kit icon with a pastel pink cross, overlaid onto a pastel blue background. Distribute Aid Logo Link to the fundraiser (available in the post text).
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
The social sanctions for being an ICE employee should be massive and devastating enough that people are very reluctant to take the job, like we should treat it on the same order as being a member of a violent neo-Nazi extremist militia
If Trump cared about what was legal, that erases about 80% of the action he's taken in his life, including leading an insurrection that breached the Capitol & stomping his boots all over what's constiutional in almost everything he's done this term. He can't be appealed to by telling him the law.
Every year, we observe April 15 as Steal Something from Work Day—an opportunity to reflect on the causes and implications of workplace theft.
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This year, we turn our focus to “Robin Hood employees”—those who steal from their workplaces in order to share with others. 🧵
THEY. DO. NOT. CARE. The fascists do not care about your "well-reasoned" and "legitimate" legal questions.
Never been more important to organize your community & neighbors & prevent folks from ending up in state custody
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
At this point if folks in civ clothes claiming to be ICE or police approach you, you might as well defend yourself. What’s the worst that could happen to you? You disappear into gulag never to be seen again? They’re going to do that to you anyway.
Sure seems like dem presidents had a lot more power than they said they did, and mostly used what they did of that power by spending 25 years building the carceral infrastructure needed for fascism
7/ You may not think this case matters to you. But Abrego Garcia was legally in the U.S., just like all the rest of us. His status as an immigrant doesn't matter as a matter of law.
If Trump can lock up or remove ANYONE - no matter what the courts say - we are all at grave risk.
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025.
After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine.
Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully.
…and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions:
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
guys
have you ever had gay sex?
shits crazy
can recommend
HAPPENING NOW: The Justice Department has missed a 5pm deadline to file details about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts and efforts to comply with a judge's otder to facilitate his return.
Still waiting to see if they're just a few minutes behind or not planning to file at all
Any questions?
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Trump administration opens half of National Forests to logging. An emergency order lifts protections on over half of U.S. Forest Service lands as the Trump pushes to increase timber production.
Why this is in a Louisiana judges jurisdiction at all is just a small piece of this shit show, but it really has been knocking around in my brain. They will just send anyone they want to get rid of to a state where the judicial branch will back them up - it doesn't matter where they abduct us from.
Car commercial: Do you want to be the coolest motherf—
Me: No.
Car commercial: Is appearing wealthy important to yo—
Me: No.
Car commercial: Howdy I’m Matthew McCo—
Me: No!
Car commercial: What if all your cats had their own heated seat in your car?
Me: I’m listening…
I’ve received some little bit more on this and it helped me get halfway but could use more eyes if y’all can help!
RIP USAID — all remaining 900 employees will be fired.
