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Abolition|Immigration|Literature|Other NYC
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Gillian Brockell
about 15 hours ago
Leqaa Kordia is free. ššš
apnews.com/article/leqa...
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Last protester in immigration detention after Trumpās campus crackdown has been released
A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administrationās 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists has been released.
https://apnews.com/article/leqaa-kordia-ice-immigration-trump-ec045939c3c4f637a9612da0842fd4ee#
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Hal Schrieve - writer and librarian
about 20 hours ago
apnews.com/article/meat...
massive massive walkout at meatpacking plant
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3,800 workers are on strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US
About 3,800 workers are striking at one of the nationās largest meatpacking plants. Union representatives in Colorado say it's the first strike at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse since the 1980s.
https://apnews.com/article/meatpacking-plant-strike-jbs-greeley-colorado-02e9d57762af09a609b34d8e577f0c37
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No more debate on this: increasing the supply of housing does not reduce the cost of housing
hellgatenyc.com/take-that-ez...
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'No Amount of Housing We Build Is Going to Make Prices Drop'
A major new housing study is challenging the idea behind the "abundance agenda."
https://hellgatenyc.com/take-that-ezra-klein/
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)
4 days ago
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ātargetsā
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/ice-agent-court-testimony-oregon
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This is a tragic story but I really appreciate local tv news - usually so sensationalistic - bringing their game to investigate institutional power and highlight the tragic loss of a Black woman immigrant life
migrantinsider.com/p/the-loneso...
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The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel
Watch now | Haitian Woman, 31, Dies Alone at Pittsburgh Bus Stop Days After ICE Released Her Far From Home to Die.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/the-lonesome-death-of-daphy-michel
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Reading this beautiful writing from Mahmoud Khalil in search of inspiration
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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To my Palestinian sister in ICE detention ā I will carry you until you are free | Mahmoud Khalil
One year ago, ICE arrested me for protesting for Palestine. Leqaa Kordia is still caged ā also for daring to speak the truth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/09/mahmoud-khalil-leqaa-kordia-letter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Susan Rinkunas
4 days ago
Horrific. Georgia police charged a woman with murder after she allegedly used misoprostol. Hospital may have reported her.
@pregnancyjust.bsky.social
calls it āan unprecedented murder charge for an alleged abortion, even though no law in the state of Georgia permits such a charge."
bit.ly/46W2Ezb
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excellent new resource:
map.freedomforimmigrants.org/map
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5 days ago
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Jessica Pishko
5 days ago
We cannot stop mass deportations without seriously reckoning with the American obsession with arrests and prosecutions.
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Tina Vasquez
6 days ago
In case you missed it, for
@theguardian.com
I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who had a parent who was deported. They talked to me about the impact this trauma had on their families, and other long-term consequences that are still shaping their lives.
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They were teens when a parent was deported. They still feel the pain as adults
The Guardian spoke to adults now in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to reflect on the lasting impact of family separation in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/07/families-separated-by-deportation
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Thereās probably a lot to say on the shift from casting Muslims as a threat (I mean that still happens) to criticizing them for their perceived insufficient religiosity ala Naomi Wolf but Iām not the one to say it
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Prisonculture
5 days ago
Join Survived and Punished virtually on April 28th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET to celebrate our collective accomplishments and to mourn our losses over the past 10 years. Register here:
survivedpunished10years.eventbrite.com
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Met a cat today
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Solomon
7 days ago
Video appears to show U.S. missile striking Iranian school compound
www.npr.org/2026/03/08/n...
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Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound
The seven-second video was released by Iranian state media and directly contradicts statements made by President Trump, who said Iran was responsible for the strike.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/08/nx-s1-5739395/iran-school-airstrike-tomahawk-missile-trump
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Looking to read more fiction from African authors, thank you
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8 days ago
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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āDark, like our futureā: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehranās oil depots bombed
Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/dark-like-our-future-iranians-describe-scenes-of-catastrophe-after-tehrans-oil-depots-bombed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
8 days ago
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#NowWatching
Timothy Snyder and Janice Stein on Iran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZR...
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Tim Snyder and Janice Stein
YouTube video by Victor Shi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZRuQ0zPBw
9 days ago
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Really annoyed to hear about gas prices and the Dow when around 170 people, mostly kids, were killed at their school
9 days ago
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Hell not hot enough
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/at-largest-ice-detention-camp-staff-bet-on-detainee-suicides-ap-reports/
9 days ago
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Tanya Tagaq has a new album out if anyone's in need of some inspiration (me)
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The older I get the more the time changes fuck me up
9 days ago
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Some beautiful writing from Dylan Lopez Contreras, NYC public high school student imprisoned in ICE detention, and his classmates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE has detained this high schooler for 10 months. Hereās what he and his classmates want you to know
Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/01/student-ice-detention-new-york-high-school-ellis-prep-dylan-lopez-contreras
10 days ago
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From
@tanvi.bsky.social
100daysofzohran.thepolisproject.com/nypd-and-ice...
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NYPD and ICE's Dangerous Liaison in Mamdaniās Sanctuary City - 100 DAYS of ZOHRAN
https://100daysofzohran.thepolisproject.com/nypd-and-ices-dangerous-liaison-in-mamdanis-sanctuary-city/
10 days ago
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Sharing again cause had to let a friend know today that he has already disappointed us
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10 days ago
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Two hot butches at this cafe are on a date (I think) and I am *jealous*
10 days ago
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#NowListening
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bg2...
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The Weekend That Set The Middle East On Fire
YouTube video by From the Periphery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bg2tQEJovU
11 days ago
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Take a sec to do a thing
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
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Email your representatives: No War with Iran!
I just wrote a letter to my congressional representatives to urge them to oppose Trump's illegal war with Iran. Can you join me? https://go.dsausa.org/iranwarpowers
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-no-war-with-iran?source=direct_link&
12 days ago
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Gonna look into these folks and maybe attend an upcoming event
nwtrcc.org
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Moved to Refuse - National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee
The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is a network of organizations that supports individuals who refuse to pay for war.
https://nwtrcc.org/
12 days ago
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Fascist Dem Tracker
12 days ago
157 Democratic members of the House just voted yea for a resolution that confirms they agree with the Trump administration's reasoning for starting with a war with Iran. It passes 372-53-2
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It's sooo important to be in community with people who share your values and wanna build a better world with you Right now I'm experiencing a lack of that and its holding me back from diving into the struggles I wanna be part of
12 days ago
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So much happening I forgot the president of Venezuela is currently in a federal prison in Brooklyn
12 days ago
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I'm happy to attend marches and contact reps but if this is what we're up against we need up the ante
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14 days ago
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No words
newrepublic.com/post/207270/...
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Military Leaders Say Iran War Is So Trump Can Bring About āArmageddonā
Troops have logged more than 110 complaints about such comments with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207270/military-leaders-iran-war-donald-trump-jesus-armageddon?fbclid=PAdGRleAQUTg1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacXjfCy4xSmmJgHdhduFzO1kCnYrGiRz0OrBooX8P3yxYva___oFgzrdavIFw_aem_IH8-V2QjSwHfLjfflp6PtA
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Vicky ACAB
18 days ago
Lol he said "let them eat liver" that would be a bit from the Wishbone version of the French Revolution
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Men snatched off the streets in Bushwick and other working-class immigrant neighborhoods deserve as much attention as this Columbia student
18 days ago
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great but this is bizarre right
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19 days ago
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One very awkward job interview complete and Iām feeling like I might never find work again
19 days ago
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Looking forward to the Immigration Town Hall tomorrow night at Judson Memorial Church, where I'll hear from lawyers and organizers with Bronx Defenders, UnLocal, Columbia Law School on the fight to end immigration prisons in NYS
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Waterwell
https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=wtrwl&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnyS59KhO8f1VWSHNyWs3Q2dZw-1gUAt9MNqQwHONhcZja4ZxP8Lyi6qCVUlA_aem_Bea7wXTjdFaq-uvwyjsa6w
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Prem Thakker ć
19 days ago
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student. "Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"
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Melissa Gira Grant
19 days ago
āāThe persecution is the point,ā said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.ā To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driverās license will be voided. (š link:)
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Kansas informs trans residents their driverās licenses become invalid on Thursday
Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadnāt by Wednesday evening.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article314844596.html#storylink=cpy
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Protest held on Greek island against docked US aircraft carrier as Iran tension builds
Protesters have gathered on the Greek island of Crete following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East.
https://apnews.com/article/greece-us-iran-protest-gerald-r-ford-trump-3aec7d2753dc33a5c2693b4a273e491f
19 days ago
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God this is upsetting
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20 days ago
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n_th_n
20 days ago
This barbaric DHS murder is far more typical in method than its street executions. DHS dropped Nurul Shah Alamāan elderly, blind Burmese refugee who doesn't speak Englishāon a random street in dead of winter. No family notification. Left to die of exposure.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/
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Watching Love is Blind just for the pleasure of seeing a wealthy white woman suffer a hobosexual
20 days ago
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Rafael Shimunov
20 days ago
"You missed me" When you're white and in Central Park, the NYPD will play along with your snowball fight. When you're brown and in Washington Square Park you get thrown to the ground, investigations begin, kids are called adults, and snow is called ice.
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Blech Yet another gross thing about the already disgusting spectacle that is the true crime genre
truthout.org/articles/inc...
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Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment
Incarcerated women are being made involuntary performers in a spectacle that attracts men who dehumanize them.
https://truthout.org/articles/incarcerated-women-featured-in-true-crime-media-face-flood-of-sexual-harassment/
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Really heartbreaking reporting on the incarcerated survivors failed by the system yet again
www.propublica.org/article/okla...
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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
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NYPD when cute kids playfully pelt them with water or snow
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21 days ago
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I was really into Walter Kirnās stuff when I was in my early 20s, disappointing
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22 days ago
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
22 days ago
Work alongside New York City's Strongest as we get through this historic storm.Ā Ā Emergency shoveling pay is now $30/hour. Walk into any sanitation garage to sign up TODAY BY 8PM or TOMORROW from 9AM to 8PM. Ā Ā Let's get NYC back on its feetā together.
bit.ly/NYCShovel
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