Here's what happened last Leavenworth, KS city meeting over #CoreCivic 's bid for an 🧊 #detainment facility. Less than a week until the next. onepageofswords.substack.com/p/the-fiery-... #Kansas #ice #Leavenworth #detentioncenter #communityorganzing #iceout #kansascity #activism #concentrationcamp

50+ people held a "pee-in" at the Kansas State Capitol after legislators last week passed a "gut-n-go" (when a bill is copy/pasted into the body of another passing bill to avoid public testimony hearing) anti-trans, bounty hunter bathroom bill #topeka #transrights #ksleg #bathroombill #trans #kansas

Leavenworth, Kansas, residents have currently packed City Hall for the committee's hearing about CoreCivic who is trying to win special-permit permission to establish a Kansas detention center. CoreCivic is a known prìson contractor with IC E.(1/2) #Kansas #corecivic #iceprotest #communityorganizing

This morning, evangelical churches across the country will be praising God for the b0mbs dropped in the name of their own 'safety.' This is what Christian nationalism does for power. This is what 'gaining the world but losing your soul' looks like. And this is all connected to the ongoing gènòçìdè.

I am watching as outlets that haven't covered bombings in the last 2 years of genocide now publish footage of the damage to Isràelì buildings. We cannot allow empathy to be conditional. Palestinian lives and homes are not worth less. Watch the narrative being spun these next few weeks.

again I hate to sound like an old lady, but the Iraq War directly influenced the two presidential elections that followed for Democrats, especially, and Barack Obama won in 08 because he wasn’t in the Senate to cast a vote on the Iraq War and got to say he opposed it when Hillary Clinton didn’t

This is what I grew up with. And when I reference the genocide of Palestinians and the war with Iran to my parents, they say, “I’m glad, it means Jesus will come back soon.”

The Mayor has imposed a curfew on DTLA tonight. For those who whom might not understand the geography of this city, or the scope of this “violence”… The curfew boundary is *literally* across the street from me… …and I haven’t seen a single ANYTHING. LA IS NOT RIOTING

Patriot Front nazis on the ground in #kansascity this past weekend. Folks are working to spread the word + footage. Two U-Hauls of men in masks, caps, & sunglasses marching with confederate flags are reported as being escorted by c0ps while they blocked streets. Keep being vigilent, friends.

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who watched Conclave but were unable to lore dump about how the process works before the new #Pope was chosen irl. The opportunity is gone but not forgotten.

I am deeply worried about folks knowing where to find each other as surveillance gets worse. There are so many people who - if their social media accounts were terminated tomorrow - wouldn't know their friends/allies phone#s or addresses. How will folks keep each other safe in the dark? #organizing

And what will be deemed anti-Christian? Everything street preachers have yelled for decades: LGBTQIA+ rights. No-Fault Divorce. Birth Control. Abortions. Pàlèstìnìàn's right to LIVE. Free speech. Read @swordsjew.bsky.social 's #wildfaith for a list. Our parents taught us this was always the plan.

My father was radicalized under Reagan. He often told us with pride how R.R. had called on Germany to tear down its wall. I am thinking on that as those who backed RR continue to build walls out of both brick and policy. #Evangelical ideals are always conditional. #christianright #iblp #project2025

I get it. It's hard for some folks to come to terms w/ how the institutions that are supposed to protect our rights, to be the firewall, are...not that. The sooner we abandon the idea that America is somehow "exceptional" in its ability to be fascist-resistant, we can be honest about what we face.

A Christianity that gets offended at the idea of a society using its resources to care for one another is a Christianity that has abandoned Jesus a long time ago.

hey #HandsOff protest folks. What do you plan to do this coming week that will bolster your community's defense against neighbors being disappeared by 🧊 and that will help fund or volunteer-staff local orgs who are working to care for our most vulnerable right now? How do you plan to join the work?

Many people are deeply resistant to the idea that fascist strategies are in use, bc in their minds (&the mind of Hollywood) 'fascism' is defined not as a set of targeted rule but as 1940s Germany. I don't know how to convey it looks different when the country is much larger and in the age of tech.

I think we can appreciate #corybooker taking a stand without turning him into a hero. Yes, it was an commendable step, plus he broke the record held by a racist yt guy. But be clear on why he did it: "our constituents are asking us" Folks calling, showing at #townhall did this. Keep the pressure on.

Apparently, on Trans Day of Visibility, MTG posted saying trans kids aren't real. In light of this news that we apparently just get dropped into life midgame, I'm curious what y'alls spawn points were. I must have generated in a book shop. #tdov #transdayofvisibility #transrights #lgbtq

Marginalization isn't morally exculpatory. We can be marginalized on one axis (by being trans for example) and do harm on another (say, through whiteness). Ta Nehisi Coates wrote about this in The Message and he's absolutely right.

This was outside the #Kansas state capital today.A Satanic group was barred from their scheduled Black Mass inside the rotonda & this is one of the #nationalists who stood in opposition as they gathered outside.When we tell you they want another Holy War,please believe us🫠 #authoritarian #freespeech

Despite legislators editing rules to target TSG, they still came. Nationalist Xians did, too. Pay attn to the language: "[Slobodnik] praised [xians] referring to them as the Navy Seals of the Catholic faith. He said these activists were willing to confront God’s enemies..as if on a field of battle"

This energy right here.

Watching #lotr extended on streaming vs dvd is great because of the sharper image, but nothing prepared me for Elrond's line: "He turned from that path a long time ago. He has chosen exile" followed by "looking for gluten free options that are affordable" Ads. I remember why we moved to dvds.

Constantly worried about the number of people conflating "I / they haven't been targeted yet" with "I am / they are safe" P0tus& Rubiọ have talked about 'public enemies' like #teslatakedown protesters being sent to non-US prisons. #immigration #deportation #project2025 #firsttheycame #wekeepussafe

I hope people realize that Trump is trying to make it illegal to criticize his regime. They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America. Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

It seems pretty fucked up that protesting outside car dealerships is turning out to be more effective than protesting at political sites. #teslatakedown is getting more heat then any organized letter or phone call campaign in recent memory. Capitalism is a hell of a drug.

There is no way to fight back that doesn’t challenge ideas like ‘terrorist,’ ‘gang member,’ and ‘criminal.’

Anytime someone says (and firmly believes) that kids are only #trans or #queer because of outside influences, I feel the magnitude of countering intentional misinformation all over again. I was trapped in a #fundie home. The only time we left was to see church people and family. Still knew by age 6.

I am sitting with this quote tonight from @prisonculture.bsky.social thinking about the interconnected of systems and methods of oppression. As kids in fundamentalism, we were regularly taught to both "other" and label "criminal" those who stood in the way of the holy war. It's front & center rn.

Deeply resonating with this level of trust today: "My bottom line is that I can't take people seriously when they romanticize underground work if they can't be bothered with efforts that are risk-free." (Hayes)

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

👉Yes, there will be lawsuits, folks. But this is also the excuse some schools have been looking for to roll out additional c0ps for increased detaines- even if the charges don't hold up later. If you are a student, work with co-strugglers to learn/plan ahead /1 #protest

Comfort #history for this Sunday morn. "In 1973, local people organised an event for the couple to celebrate their 50 years in the village. Museum director Claire Dixon said:"They were known as 'the boys' quite affectionately by the community." #lgbtq #gayhistory #queer www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cis people have been saying that they can't relearn a new name or #gender pronouns because it's too hard / 'not the original' Yet these same folks are out here already talking about the ' #Gulf of America.' I'm not sure how to explain that neighbors are a higher priority than a body of water #trans

I keep seeing posts about how [news] will be the end of democracy as we know it. Friends, it happened. They got their foot + every plan hatched in church basements in the door. Admit the loss. Process the fear & grief in your body. Then ask: What are we going to do about it? #activism #project2025

I so appreciate this distinction between what is a total dealbreaker conflict vs what may need to be tabled for another day when we are past key survival stages. The left's tendency to not allow redemption after problematic behavior is also deeply in line with the harm of fundie national culture.

I've been caught up in a lot of feelings as anti #trans laws are pushed through. Expected, yet sucker punches every time. I keep thinking of Sylvia Rivera's words at the 2001 rally for homeless youth: "Don't they realize these [trans, gay] children have suffered enough?" #protecttranskids #transkids

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Laypeople in #evangelical groups can't or won't see it bc we (esp women/gender minorities) were taught that evil appears as a caricature, when in reality it comes through champions of unbalanced power structures. But if we had been taught that, we would have recognized our own abusers. #project2025

Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

A simple journal search will yield your missing evidence from medical groups like American Medical Association, National Institutes of Health, NASW, American Association of Psychiatry & Psychology, World Health Org, and additional international experts. Trans people have and will always exist.

This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op

Breaking: #Kansas willingly becomes the 2nd U.S. state to deputize regular enforcers to take away more of our neighbors. Those familiar with AG K0baçh will be unsurprised to learn of his eagerness to disappear more of our folks. Find your #grassroots, love your people. www.ksnt.com/news/crime/i...

If you are a trans person, have #transkids, or work with youth in #Kansas , this informational online town hall is for you. 💜 southernequality.org/ks/ #transaffirmingcare #affirmingcare #bans #nobans #Healthcare #humanrights #translove #loudlight @loudlightks.bsky.social