Anyway, with regards to that godawful (and entirely unsurprising!) thread that shall not be mentioned (oops!): some of us are indeed still here.

So far this month we have sent: $2,800 in no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors $815 for eviction prevention $1,200 in utilities to prevent evictions & shutoffs Thank you for supporting our work & making this possible 🖤🏴

I admit to being confused by some of the discourse re: protest on here. Community defense and mutual aid can in fact be forms of protest. Definition of protest is: "a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something." Community defense is an objection to something, for ex.

“Shit sucks but I’m grateful for our community.”

Headed out this AM with hygiene supplies, handwarmers, know your rights info, & narcan for folks around Chinatown & Union Station! Not a ton of folks out in this 0-5 degree windchill but everyone we did see was grateful. We’ll be back out in two weeks with more supplies!

National Guard still occupying DC as well

gooooood morning! I have rents between $1018 and $2030 available for adoption today. Let's keep on keeping people out of eviction court! You can dm me on signal asiniiwiikwe.72 if you would like to pay someone's rent.

Hi everyone, with no eviction moratorium happening in Minnesota, mutual aid organizations like @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social could always use more donations (I mean they always could be, but the need is getting ever bigger): linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

The rent is too damn high.

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

Incredible reporting from Street Sense on the trend of escalating camp evictions, with the city routinely clearing the same people repeatedly. In 2025, one camp was cleared FOURTEEN TIMES. Evictions don’t end homelessness.

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These are our friends, our neighbors. We can continue to give these folks food and tents, but these are really only temporary measures to hold back the effects of state violence against the unhoused. These deaths are always avoidable and, arguably, intentional. May they rest in peace 🖤

Marissa also covered homelessness & encampment evictions in DC, something often overlooked by large media outlets.

A devastating loss. And completely avoidable. May they rest in peace, they will be missed 🖤

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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

Happy 1st of the month, when we send $150, no questions asked, to 19 unhoused & recently housed folks. Someone started a $150 monthly donation and said “add another.” So we did! Actually, we added two! So today we are sending $150 to 19 people! Thank you all for making this happen!

Community Kitchen is helping raise rent funds for families needing help under occupation! Please boost widely!

No need to imagine. The country incarcerates children as young as 9 years old daily in youth prisons and jails. Those children are routinely sexually and physically assaulted and also emotionally tortured. They are fed terrible food and given barely any education. This country has done this for yrs.

Sandwiches Round 2, featuring Mala

we are just $180 away from funding another whittier family’s rent!! @ziibiing on venmo if you want to be the hero.

Got a heads up that unhoused folks around Union Station have barely been getting any food since regular meal services are not running because of the snow. So we made 30 turkey sandwiches & packed them up with fruit cups & chips. Folks were super grateful! We’ll be back tomorrow with 30 more meals.

Giving money directly to people is the quickest and best way to support them & keep them safe.

When things in the city are shutdown, many regular services (like meal distros) aren’t able to run & people aren’t able to panhandle as much money. People outside are hungry right now. If you’re able make some extra hot food to bring out to folks. Give folks some cash so they can eat.

Something that sticks with me from this training: if you’re forming a group/organization, it’s important to spend time together outside of “the work”. Share meals together, grab coffee, etc. You’re going to go through some shit together. This work is hard. Strong bonds help you navigate tough times

rent is the biggest need right now now and this is a great place to give.

people are always like “what link do i give to?!” one giant pile of money is actually not a great way to help people. people choosing a variety of places to give helps keep the money moving. no one org gets flooded to the point of breaking. a PTA, the mutual aid venmo, can move $ even faster.

Does a “reform” further empower your enemies or take power and resources away from them? Some of you need to sit with this question.

A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed. Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.

And they know it. youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ

Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...

‼️DONATIONS NEEDED‼️ It’s almost the 1st when we send $150 to recently housed & unhoused people in DC! Help us fill up our Cashap! Donate if able! Cashap: $RemoraHouseDC One time & recurring donations can be made on our Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse Thank you all!

NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

Image credited to Garrett Peterson, CRNA colleague of Alex Pretti, of his colleagues at the VA hospital where he worked.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

lmfao get wrecked

Do you know how much “organizing” work an older southern Black woman like my mom does? Planning all the logistics of volunteer events & social gatherings, visiting the sick & shut in, making sure every birthday on the calendar is remembered, cooking. Because it’s gendered it’s not taken seriously.

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Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Moments like this and the response they get should lead us to question if many around us actually believe fascism is here and despotic rule is expanding. If you do believe as much, know what hierarchy and orders will mean for all these forces that people hope will save them.

There are no words left, really.

The right seeing competent mutual aid, with a level of organization you'd expect at a community barbecue: WHAT SINISTER CONSPIRACY IS THIS?! IT'S PROBABLY SOROS

You can support their work here: www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...

They are also backing ICE in Tennessee, so there’s that..

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

The National Guard is still patrolling DC, carrying handguns & long rifles, patrolling vibrant community spaces in packs to intimidate residents, especially Black residents, of the city. Keep that in mind as you see the videos of them handing out pizza & coffee in MN.

ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month. Statement from Standing Rock: