Read letters written by children held in the Dilley detention center: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Loving our neighbors is real, true and strong. We have not forgotten how to do it:

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

800 showed up!

Georgia O’Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1922 #Womensart

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Keith Porter Jr Geraldo Lunas Campos Renee Good Alex Pretti All killed by ICE/CBP. 32 others died in ICE custody in 2025 alone. That we know of. Meanwhile ICE has stopped paying for most detainee healthcare. This is a public health emergency. Public health and medical workers. We must speak out.

Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...

UK suffragettes (WSPU) who taught themselves jiu-jitsu to tackle violence from the police and male vigilantes (image via Mary Evans Picture Library) #womensmartialarts

Songs don’t save the world. They save people. …And people do the rest.

If this projection is correct or even possibly correct, then immediate global government action is needed. Also, consider the push for new data centers & AI in this context. Context, consent and consequences matter. How did we become so obsessed with money? We’re on a rock in space! #landback

Not sure about abolition work? Might data help? The U.S. leads the world in women’s incarceration rates. Here’s a state by state breakdown put in global context. South Dakota leads the board above El Salvador. Michigan looks good by comparison, but is still outpacing the global majority.

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

Gah! These textiles are so beautiful!

The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami. They are lying to us.

Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Cruelty is the word that keeps surfacing

So fun that I can’t believe anything I see on the internet is real anymore. What a great future. Good job rich guys.

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

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If you're dealing with food insecurity with food stamps being cut off in November, you can find local food pantries at foodfinder.us FindHelp also has food bank and pantry listings, as well as other mutual aid orgs and resources findhelp.org

I think this is actually a smart idea. Large scale or small scale. @kentcountyindivisi.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @jasonfugate.dev

Congress established an emergency fund to ensure that millions of Americans on SNAP continue to receive nutrition assistance when funding expires in November. Mr. President: Don’t let kids go hungry. Use these emergency funds to feed low-income families.

#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

it’s wild that this is just sort of the most openly corrupt administration of all time and they’re just allowed to do that and most media doesn’t say a word about it

Ah, and one of my favorite quilt pieces:

Again, 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children.

Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.

Nasty business

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..." www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Oh, one of my favorite paintings. “Artemisia Gentileschi assembles composition, light, anatomy, and material truth into a single moral engine that runs on courage” “the tyrant’s defeat is earned stroke by stroke” “a scene where justice is made visible and agency becomes action.”

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

@hcrichardson.bsky.social This feels like an escalation in the the scale and extreme actions ICE is taking www.wbez.org/immigration/...

EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY. RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.

Love this piece!

Ugh, I hate everything about this.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

Queen

It is true that more people are living with chronic diseases now. My husband has familial high blood pressure, and has been taking medication to control it and cycling 100 miles a week for the last 40 years instead of dying suddenly at fifty.

Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."

Good morning, you beautiful humans. We have some good momentum going into this week ahead of Thursday’s hearing. Let’s use it! Call your reps, demand they fire RFK Jr. They’re listening- we’ll see which of them steps up to do the right thing. #SaveHHS #USAnotRFK #FireRFKJr

Unfortunately, we are not on this list. But my kids won't be victims in RFK's pro-cancer crusade. #Momvocate

A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.

We were warned.