Rümeysa Öztürk made national headlines when masked ICE agents arrested her in Massachusetts. She was transported to Louisiana and detained at South Louisiana IPC for 45 days. An IJ ordered ICE to release Öztürk in May. She detailed her experience here. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

"Italian labor unions led a massive 24-hour general strike on Monday to protest Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, with estimates of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallying in dozens of cities across Italy."

US measles outbreaks and deaths are being caused by govt-issued lies that there is a link between vaccines & autism. Meanwhile there is a known link between autism and air pollution, as Trump closed *all* EPA Environmental Justice offices in US and is trying to gut the Clean Air Act.

Don’t let the name “Social Media Lab” mislead you. Our work goes far beyond social platforms. We investigate Russian disinfo & AI-generated deepfakes, develop research tools, & monitor targeted ads on Meta. We also study Community Notes on X & run national surveys. socialmedialab.ca/about-the-so...

As more countries recognise Palestine, Palestinians are waiting to see what impact this will have on their lives.

"Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan has been convicted of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' and sentenced to [another] four years in prison." "[P]reviously jailed on the same charge for reporting on the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan." #China #Incarceration

Disabled people aren’t “less than”. It’s not a moral failing. Most people will experience disability at some point. It’s a minority group you can join at any time. We need more accessibility, inclusion, accommodation and compassion. There’s no social justice without disability justice.

It was not open debate. It was propagandizing. "Charlie was always right...at the expense of Black people's humanity." 💯% ----->

There seem to be a network of "nonprofits" tied to & funding US intelligence. They profit businessmen and also give donors influence. Stephen Feinberg's nonprofit The Tracking Foundation donated to CIA-tied nonprofit In-Q-Tel (whose trustees are allowed to profit from the nonprofit). NY Police...

Feinberg has this nonprofit that goes by 2 names, either his name or The Tracking Foundation. He made donations to Turning Point USA; Chamber of Commerce; Princeton; something called Mitre Engenuity, a nonprofit that offers to hack companies to see if their cybersecurity works?

It was not open debate. It was propagandizing. "Charlie was always right...at the expense of Black people's humanity." 💯% ----->

I was traveling, so sorry about the video quality, but someone had to say this:

If you’ve ever wondered why crime is higher in majority-Black, Democrat-controlled cities, you can just look at the data. Spoiler alert: it’s not.

My latest article in Kyiv Post: "15 Reasons Why We Know Trump Supports Putin" www.kyivpost.com/opinion/60380

It would be good if the US had a president who respected the US Constitution and the rule of law & did not lie all the time.

When will the republican leadership (if it still exists) realize that Trump is truly mad & unable to be president?

“It is unfair [building illegal settlements in WB] because the [occupied] West Bank has nothing to do with Hamas…This becomes a political project and his [Netanyahu's] aim is not to dismantle Hamas but to deny Palestinians the right to live in peace.” - Macron in an interview with Israeli Ch. 12.

Committee to Protect Journalists: Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years cpj.org?p=522184 via @CPJMENA

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Big Fall Canvass continues on this gorgeous Sunday across the five boroughs. Every door you knock, every conversation you start, every palm card you hand to a neighbor gets us one step closer to winning a city we can afford. Sign up: zohranfornyc.com/bfcv

My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."

10,000 people died of opioids in Texas 2020 to 2023 💔 The increased joblessness, hunger, homelessness, and sabotage of vaccines & healthcare with increasing disability and deaths that Trump is instigating will cause more addictions and also suicides. 💔

When members of Congress trade stocks, the risk of corruption is too high. Votes should reflect what’s best for the American people, not what’s best for our investment portfolios. Read more ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...

Palestinian family members at the scene say they fear as many as 50 people are trapped under the rubble.

If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid and Tiffany Cross or Amber Ruffin or Karen Attiah or Jemele Hill Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were

Black-led abolitionist community defense organizations are organizing against Trump’s efforts to target DC and Chicago.

Saw this at a music festival yesterday!

www.yahoo.com/news/jamal-k... Washington Post journalist Khashoggi's killers trained by paramilitary camp owned by Trump's current pick for #2 Pentagon position, Stephen Feinberg. His private company Cerberus owns Tier 1 Group. He was appointed Trump intel advisor 6 wks before Khashoggi murdered.

The assault on decency and democracy is being conducted by 2 armies: The Christofascists, who want to force everyone to worship their white, vengeful god. And the mega-thieves, whose only god is money. The people who wrap themselves in holiness are fortifying the people who glory in sin.

Trump has declared himself the president-king. When it comes to late-night TV, Trump is the censor. When it comes to his political enemies, Trump is the prosecutor. When it comes to people in boats in international waters, Trump is the judge, jury and executioner. He thinks he rules over all of us.

Brooklyn in the 1980s was the height of pigeon racing because of Mike Tyson's love of his pigeons, but classic pigeon racing still continues today. 🕊

Feinberg was appointed head of Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board 1st term after being a major donor last days of 2016 campaign. He then bought 3% of Deutschebank when Trump and Kushner's accounts were flagged. Now he's #2 at Pentagon.

Why is Trump demanding that the Taliban gives the Bagram Airbase to Russia. Isn't that too blatantly pro-Putin even for Trump?

"we're going to keep showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors" brad lander is truly the best of us

AOC @aoc.bsky.social posted a 3-part story on Instagram about how important it is to call our members of Congress. When a member of Congress talks about how influential phone calls are, we should listen.

Oklahoma is not OK.

David Rose, the police officer and Afghanistan veteran with a wife and 2 small children, was murdered by a white, right wing extremist man a month ago over antivaccine conspiracies pushed by RFK Jr. and this administration. He did not get recognition from political leaders or even much news coverage

#2 at Pentagon Stephen Feinberg owns Tier 1 Group paramilitary camp (via his company Cerberus) that trained Khashoggi's killers. He got contracts with the Saudis as MBS was torturing his own relatives & strengthening his repressive death grip on the country. So US Pentagon is not into a free press.

As Trump's sociopathic megalomania spirals out of control, his goons are just going to obey more & more bizarre, deadly, destructive orders? This is insanity. The people are not behind him anymore. Ok if his sphere of influence were shouting at kids to get off his lawn, but he's destroying the world

“This is something that we as a diocese take really seriously — that when one in our congregation is under threat, we are all under threat, and that we have the capacity to stand up for one another.” religionnews.com/2025/09/16/e...

Per France24, Venezuela's defense minister accused the U.S. of waging an undeclared war just hours before the 3rd boat was destroyed yesterday. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

One year ago today 🌿 Helianthus maximiliani, our Maximilian sunflower, blooming lakeside in City Park #nativeplants

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

If you are involved in the arts in any way, you should know about Fall of Freedom. Let’s do something about this, together www.falloffreedom.com

Another useful guide in the form of a checklist activistchecklist.org

This one presents information with the help of tables, which may work for some people’s brains infosecforactivists.org