Rep. @justinjpearson1.bsky.social: “Where are we leading future generations? I’d rather keep my moral compass intact than support a system I know is oppressing people. We must keep the vision of 🌎 we want alive in our hearts and turn it into practical action.” vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/14/r...
“To defend religious freedom from the Trump Administration, we need to fight book bans,” writes our President & CEO, @raushenbush.bsky.social, in @bookriot.bsky.social.
Politico helped Trump launder lies during the campaign and he’s been on a week-long rampage against them anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
After “How do we stop Trump?” the second most common question I’ve received is “How do we stop Musk?”
Here's what we as ordinary citizens can do—a clear, easy, and meaningful call to action each person can and should take.
No paywall. Please read, act, & share.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
At least 122,000 people daily across the U.S. suffer in solitary confinement—for up to 24 hours a day.
Recognized as a form of torture, solitary confinement remains pervasive in U.S. prisons, jails, & immigration centers. Here's how we end this form of torture.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/ending-leg...
Extremist radicalization threatens civil society — from the innocent people it victimizes to the families it breaks.
This SPLC guide provides actionable steps, information & practical lessons you can use to help young people resist manipulation & supremacist narratives: bit.ly/3EBrlDe
#RefuseHate
Check out a book by a marginalized author from your local library. You’ll feel better and it helps your library get more funding to buy even more books.
I have a list.
#booksky #libsky
www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Trump blames diversity for the air collision—but the receipts show he proudly deregulated the FAA. He blames Black, brown, & disabled people to to avoid accountability (& because he's racist/ableist).
In a just world he'd resign for his bigotry & incompetence: www.qasimrashid.com/p/racist-pre...
We are screwed…
I have three more ready to be your best friend! They’ll also provide breakfast.
Also, I highly recommend getting yourself an emotional support chicken. Mind your eyes.
Making a lot of progress on my political-stress coping project. This is the Wave of Change jacket without the purl ridges.
Thank you, I’ll have plenty! I used to crochet a long time ago and just started knitting a few weeks ago.
It’s been a great way to stop doomscrolling and reflect 😌
I’ve finished a Sophie scarf and have started a sweater. (I’m waiting for more purple yarn & am casting on a new cardigan as I wait 🫣)
Though their detention centers have been plagued by allegations of negligence and poor conditions, Geo Group and CoreCivic are poised to make bank off Trump’s immigration crackdown. But can they handle millions of new detainees?
ICYMI: Watch our President & CEO, @raushenbush.bsky.social, on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal discussing why faith leaders and communities have an essential role to play in fighting the Trump Administration’s assault on civil rights, religious freedom and democracy.
Other things that libraries do or have:
1. Host citizenship classes
2. Host ESL classes.
3. Have seed libraries.
4. Have autism support kits.
5. Have Narcan on hand for overdoses.
6. Have developmental toys
7. Have language learning databases.
8. Lend laptops & hotspots.
#booksky
The largest demographic of Americans who voted Trump are low income white people.
And the largest demographic of Americans who will be hurt by Trump's budget freeze are low income white people.
MAGA racism will kill their own to advance the racist myth that Black & brown people abuse welfare.
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
If you are in a red state, flood your Governor’s offices with phone calls demanding to know what the plan will be if Medicaid and Meals on Wheels and SNAP and Headstart don’t receive funding this week. This is on them for going along with a insane autocrat.
Call them. They knew.
U.S. Government 101:
The United States government does not have the authority to tell a religious leader what they can and can’t say.
#ReligiousFreedom #BishopBudde
Join us shortly on YouTube Live for a town hall hosted by Democracy Forward to discuss how civil servants can navigate the challenging landscape. Link to join: bit.ly/democracyforwardtownhall Email questions: info@civilservicestrong.org Post-event recording available: youtube.com/@democracyforward
Featured guests: Skye Perryman President & CEO, Democracy Forward Mike Martinez Senior Counsel, Democracy Forward and Former Deputy General Counsel, OPM Rob Shriver Director, Civil Service Strong & Good Government Initiatives, Democracy Forward and Former Acting Director, OPM Kyleigh Russ Director, Good Government Initiatives and Senior Advisor Policy & Programs, Democracy Forward and Former Senior Advisor, OPM
Reminder: our town hall tonight, 1/27, begins soon on YouTube Live at 8pm ET. We'll discuss how civil servants can navigate the challenging landscape. To submit questions: info@civilservicestrong.org. A recording will be available on YT post-event. Link to join us: bit.ly/democracyforwardtownhall
BREAKING: Quaker groups have filed a new lawsuit over the Trump administration ending the policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.
We support this lawsuit and you can read more about it here from our friends @democracyforward.bsky.social: democracyforward.org/updates/sens...
On this day in 1967, sheriff deputies in Birmingham shot Robert Lacey, a Black father of six, while responding to a complaint about the family dog.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This is why we do one thing every day.
NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago.
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced significant changes to how the company will moderate its social media content.
The changes could have far-reaching and dire effects for democracy and for people who have historically been targeted by online hate, experts and advocates say. bit.ly/3E7K8sd
i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
