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8 months ago
Join us in NYC on Saturday, July 26th, 11am for the ADA35: The Future Is Disabled - March for Disability Justice. Our demands include enforcement of the ADA on its 35th anniversary, no cuts to Medicaid, and nothing about us without us. Go to
ada35nyc.org
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Protesters rail against President’s ‘Murder Budget’ outside Trump Tower in NYC
Around 75 demonstrators gathered across the street from Trump Tower to stage a die-in protesting the passage of what President Trump calls the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The protesters inste…
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/04/protesters-rail-against-trumps-murder-budget-trump-tower-nyc/
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Rise and Resist
8 months ago
“Good Trouble Lives On” is a national day of nonviolent action responding to the attacks posed by the Trump administration.
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Indivisible Brooklyn
8 months ago
Nicole thinks people will forget about her vote after awhile, but we assure you, NY11 will remember come Nov 2026. We aren’t going anywhere!
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Rise and Resist
8 months ago
JOIN US! "GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON" JULY 17, 2025 5:30pm to 7:30pm Foley Sq, NYC NY
GoodTroubleLivesOn.org
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8 months ago
Bezos funds
#Fascism
. The 'Crime Days' Blackout starts now. Get tips & join us!
tinyurl.com/AmazonDryJuly
#BoycottAmazon
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8 months ago
Malliotakis' BK staff showed how little she cares about constituents while she steals our healthcare & food. But Nicole can't hide from 2026.
#VoteNO
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The hoops Nicole Malliotakis’ staff made this constituent jump thru, just to say sh*t’s getting too expensive to claw back people’s healthcare and force families into medical debt… almost makes you th...
TikTok video by hope4peace
https://www.tiktok.com/@hope4peace03/video/7522861637091609887?_r=1&_t=ZP-8ximxOr7Za3
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8 months ago
With our SI members & SIAC, we brought the tombstones & 🔥🔥🔥 to Malliotakis!!
#VoteNo
#BigUgly
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Staten Island protesters stage ‘die-in’ outside Malliotakis office over proposed Medicaid cuts
The stones, gray and black with crosses and skulls painted onto them, stated things like: “Trump did this,” ”Couldn’t afford insulin..."
https://www.silive.com/politics/2025/07/staten-island-protesters-stage-die-in-outside-malliotakis-office-over-proposed-medicaid-cuts.html
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Rise and Resist
8 months ago
We need Medicaid, not ICE raids. We need healthcare, not corporate welfare. We need clean air, not another billionaire. We need hospitals, not concentration camps. We need clean energy, not fossil fuels. We need immigrants, not white supremacists. KILL THE BILL!
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1199SEIU💫
8 months ago
Open the door Nicole!! 😤😤 we're here to save your constituents! ✊
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Indivisible Brooklyn
8 months ago
We hear the House vote could start as soon as 11am! Tell Malliotakis to vote NO! (718) 568-2870
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Indivisible Brooklyn
8 months ago
Kicking off our overnight(ish) vigil outside Malliotakis’ BK office with
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@justinbrannan.bsky.social
@1199seiu.org
@indivisible.org
in the pouring, thundering rain to demand she vote NO on the devastating budget bill! We will be here til midnight and tmw 6a-noon!
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Rise and Resist
8 months ago
The Big Ugly Bill now heads back to the House. Here is what you can do to stop it from passing.
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Senator Patty Murray
8 months ago
🚨The GOP provision to DEFUND Planned Parenthood is staying in the Big Ugly bill. Clinics will shutter. Women will lose access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic care. I will be forcing a vote to try to strip it out. Fight like hell. We need to kill this bill.
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Billie Jean Sweeney
8 months ago
We are seeing the products today of the right-wing hate the nyt legitimized and fanned. A Democratic state legislator murdered. A bloodthirsty and lawless president calling for more violence, invoking trans ppl in his deranged cries This is the nyt’s wretched anti-American legacy.
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Christopher Webb
8 months ago
When I tell you Los Angeles is an occupied city/county, this is what I mean… Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
8 months ago
So it’s just going to be every cops everywhere now that uses excessive force upon people and violates their constitutional rights. This is Charleston, SC and they did this for all of 10 people just exercising their first amendment.
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News Eye
8 months ago
NEW: The authoritarian crackdown begins in LA. This is dystopian. As the dictator’s parade is broadcast in the top right corner, MSNBC’s reporter and peaceful protestors are charged by police as tear gas is fired. Watch till the end.
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Police have started attacking peaceful protesters at L.A.’s No Kings Day by trampling them with their horses, shooting less than lethals, and deploying tear gas. 🧵
@theglutster.bsky.social
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dick cheney is brat
8 months ago
The most obvious "cops started attacking people not doing anything" clip I've ever seen
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Jordan Uhl
8 months ago
Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
8 months ago
New Yorker tries to negotiate. But this is a police dept that has a very long history of unnecessary force use. It looks like they’re letting some cars through, but only to get their cars in. Negotiations end and the man who tried is visibly facepalming in disappointment at police the vans.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
8 months ago
STROBE WARNING FOR LIGHT SENSITIVITY 👇 Attention over to NYC though bc NYPD just angered the crowd with an impromptu arrest. NYPS uses a strobe flash on the crowd. This makes everything worse. They’re trying to shut down the massive protest. No one’s happy. Crowd verbally tears into officers.
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So many people still don’t know that you cannot be nonviolent/peaceful enough for the police to prevent them from randomly attacking you. Look at the footage of LAPD deliberately shooting an Australian reporter while she was on camera. You don’t provoke cops to violence, they simply are violent.
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8 months ago
One van speeds away leaving garage of 26 Federal Plaza, "the van has people on it," one protester chanted.
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Gwynne Hogan
8 months ago
More arrests on the sidewalk across the street, protesters thrown to the ground and carried off.
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Gwynne Hogan
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Crowd boos as a van that's thought to be used to transport detained people passes.
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Gwynne Hogan
8 months ago
More arrests, across the street, protesters have been pushed out of Duane street onto adjacent sidewalks.
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Gwynne Hogan
8 months ago
Another protester thrown to the ground and dragged off, crowd shoved back onto the sidewalk.
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Gwynne Hogan
8 months ago
More arrests, but SRG push onto the sidewalk and grab someone who was standing there.
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Gwynne Hogan
8 months ago
Arrests now at Broadway and Duane as protesters tried to block Duane a street where only federal vehicles can enter and exit.
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carlos (vibe describer)
9 months ago
Journalists in LA risking life and limb to report about the continuing crackdown by ICE and other cops. You should support them with everything you’ve got, whether it’s love and support or dollars.
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erinscafe
9 months ago
interesting to note that 400 protesters have monopolized all of LASD’s enforcement power because they tried to help ICE arrest half a dozen guys working at a Home Depot if you’re scoring on efficiency, the protesters are winning
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Simon Rosenberg
9 months ago
There were a few hundred people protesting the ICE actions in California today. Most probably lived in the neighborhood that had been raided by armed, uniformed men who looked like soldiers and not police. The idea that the response to this 2,000 National Guard is fucking insane.
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Luis.documents🧢
9 months ago
NOW: NYPD officers randomly charged into the crowd and tackled a protester. Three or so cops began dogpiling him, earlier he was just standing next to me. His condition appears to be severe as he reports he can’t feel his head nor his legs. Cops may have broken his knee.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
9 months ago
New Yorkers also ganged up on ICE. As well as citizens in other areas in the nation, in addition to California, who have had enough of ICE in their towns.
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Charles Keener
9 months ago
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/06/c...
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Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn't Work, Housing People Does
In the largest eviction of a homeless encampment in recent history, around 100 unhoused people were recently forced to vacate Oregon’s Deschutes National
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/06/criminalizing-homelessness-doesnt-work-housing-people-does/
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JB stan account
9 months ago
The correct response to state violence is more protest, more people. Make it clear that a free people cannot and will not be oppressed.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
9 months ago
Last night ICE hit Chinatown. They pepper bombed civilians while the country was watching LAPD fire rubber bullets and tear gas downtown.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
9 months ago
@governor.ca.gov
FUCKING DO SOMETHING
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Transexual Menace New York City
9 months ago
Today we went out to tell The New York Times "Enough is ENOUGH!" with their blatant anti-trans bias. The Times' misrepresentative reporting on trans healthcare has been weaponized by anti-trans policy makers, yet they refuse to listen to transgender voices when they are reporting on trans lives.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑
9 months ago
Update: I'm hearing the senate vote on this stupid crypto bill could come tonight. This week should be about the despicable GOP reconciliation bill. The few Dems on this crypto bill aren't just wrong on policy, they're fracturing the party at a time we should be unified against GOP corruption.
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❌👑🐸❌🧊 Target Majority NYC: An Indivisible & Swing Left Group
9 months ago
🔥🚨🔥 Letter to the Editor Kit--Stop MAGA's Murder Budget! 🔥🚨🔥 3 sample letters (NY11, NY17 & NYC), with tools, tips & language to help you write a killer letter in ANY state. House may vote WEDS. Time for LTEs!
#StopTheCuts
#SaveMedicaid
#SaveSNAP
#NoMurderBudget
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Toolkit: Writing LTEs About the GOP Budget
Writing Letters to the Editor to Stop the MAGA Murder Budget A toolkit from Target Majority NYC https://tinyurl.com/BudgetLTEs Table of Contents: About the GOP Budget Why Writing a Letter to the E...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18jUvdg3A6742rqBn_SigTAr1nfw_uKPImHI97NbLTNY/edit?usp=sharing
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Knowing Chuck, this is just to make him look like he didn’t rubber stamp it before he does rubber stamp it.
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Christopher Webb
9 months ago
What happened before Mayor Baraka’s arrest needs daylight. Did masked ICE agents let him in just so they could arrest and perp walk him to send a message of fear. Because that’s what it looks like. We’re sliding into fascism—and fast. And if we don’t stop it now, we may not get another chance.
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Indivisible Brooklyn
9 months ago
At Foley Square now after the ICEstapo arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka: “This is the moment where we stand up. This is the moment when we say we will take care of one another. We will have each other’s backs”
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