we now know that it’s not illegal to throw sandwiches at ICE agents, an important development

We did it yall. With your support of this fundraiser and donations across both of my apps, I was able to buy a fuel efficient hatchback yesterday. While it’s at the upper limit as far as what I was looking for on the odometer, it’s of a make an model that’s known for its longevity.

I bought a vehicle today! More in a bit, but I wanted to give yall a quick update and thank everyone for their support 💖

Yeah, anyone who lived through the Bush years a conscious person is celebrating right now. It is impossible to sum up how much evil Cheney did that we'll be dealing with for decades. Good goddamn riddance.

With a little boost in donations yesterday, I’ve now made it to 30% of my goal. I’d love to hit 40% in the next day or two. Please keep sharing so that I can afford safe transportation! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

Please help Mohammed protect his children and ensure the survival of himself and his family. You can help by sharing and donating even a small amount

Matilda is a badass trans gal, friend and comrade who needs a vehicle to make it through the winter. If you're anywhere near the Asheville area and you know of an option, let her know. If you're elsewhere, or don't know of one, please share/support her fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

Okay with all of my savings and donations across all of the platforms, I’m ready to talk purchase. My budget is $3.5k now and an additional $2.5k for a total of $6k by the weekend before Thanksgiving. As things currently stand, part of this would be a loan. 🧵

America, sadly, can only truly be defeated by the hands of its own people Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

I wish I had more money to spend at this point, but I am where I am. Look for a post tomorrow about what I am looking for in a vehicle. In the meantime, please continue to screenshot and share, and if you haven’t already and you can, please donate and help me afford my next set of wheels! 💖

Mutual aid is one of my core values. If I have a resource, I share that resource. Period. Know that when you are supporting me, you are supporting other impoverished locals (including trans femmes) as well! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

Hey y'all Matilda is a dear friend, comrade and fellow @avlblade.bsky.social journalist. She really needs a vehicle, soon, to make it through the winter. Please share and support as you can.

Donations have stalled out a bit. Please keep sharing! When I reach $2,000 towards my goal, I’m going to make a post describing what kind of vehicle I am looking for. But I can’t even start thinking along those lines until I reach that mark. Link in the comments!

I’m nearly a quarter of the way to my goal, which is pretty good for a first week! But I don’t have an unlimited amount of time to meet this goal. If you can, please donate if you haven’t already and please share!

Asheville city manager Debra Campbell brings in over $270,000 a year from the public coffers and has repeatedly refused to pay firefighters enough to cover the bills #avlgov

This passed by a single vote at the last meeting after historically Black neighborhood groups opposed the measure and that Asheville city hall, yet again, ignored their concerns #avlgov

Hey yall, we Just getting started. Video link is youtube.com/watch?v=jNMmtqG6j6s #avlgov

despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better

Please keep sharing! I’m making decent progress, but really need this vehicle before the holidays really kick up. As some of you know, I sometimes serve as many as four or five clients in a day. It’s the most transportation heavy job I’ve had since delivering pizzas.

I’m off to a good start but still need support towards meeting my goal of purchasing a new vehicle! After a good six and a half years, last week my truck bit the dust. This sadly came after this year alone pouring thousands of dollars into repairs. This isn’t unusual. 🧵

Hey y'all, please help Matilda — a dear friend, @avlblade.bsky.social colleague and all-around amazing person — get a vehicle after her truck died. She's a working class transfem who needs transportation to make ends meet. Please share this and support as you can.

My dear friend @matildabliss.bsky.social’s truck died, but her community needs her! She’s a cool girl that a ton of #AVL folks count upon. If you can, please help her get back up and driving!

An understated reason figures like Newsom are so dangerous is because what really advances the most violently reactionary parts of the American state aren't just the openly far-right rulers, it's their successors entrenching what they did. Newsom types aren't an end to fascism but its completion. 🧵

Once more.

Hey y'all, this interview is a really important look at what trans protesters are facing, especially when the cops haul them off to jail on allegations like...writing "trans rights are human rights" in chalk.

I actually think Bernie is making the options here incredibly stark: either you have a nation, in which case no matter what happens inside its borders you have a border enforced by Nazi stormtroopers, or you abolish the nation and everyone lives their lives freely Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Matilda's a longtime Blade journalist who does amazing work and has faced police persecution for her reporting. Like a lot of working class transfems, she needs a vehicle to make ends meet. Please share and help out as you can.

I am a trans woman living in the most dangerous city for pedestrians in NC, and whew, it costs a lot of money to be poor. What little savings we have are often used to plug a sinking ship! Help me afford a vehicle that will get me safely to and from my appointments, my gigs, and the grocery store.

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

Matilda is a dear friend, colleague and comrade who just had her truck give up the ghost and really needs some new transportation. Please share and support as you can y'all.

On Monday I learned that my transmission died. This comes not even six months into pouring thousands of dollars into keeping my truck running (as no single repair exceeded its value). Considering its age it makes zero sense to pay for repairs. Here’s the link gofund.me/d18e5e1a8

Some good news on the Asheville covid front. It's now clear the wave that started in August has peaked. We're reducing local covid risks to HIGH, down from Catastrophic. Still important to get the updated shot, wear an N95 in public spaces, and use mitigations. #avlnews

Our latest A Word About Our City segment, in collaboration with Asheville Community News on @ashevillefm.bsky.social, is out. @davidforbes.bsky.social lays out the story of the mayor personally thanking Kristi Noem, and how it fits a long history of #avlgov appeasing fascists #avlnews

By request, I wrote out my thoughts on staying and fighting. The vast majority of trans people aren't going to leave the country. If we care about our survival and liberation, that's the reality. (And no, this is not primarily about individuals leaving or not). www.patreon.com/posts/on-sta...

Manheimer recently openly thanked Kristi Noem in an official city statement. It is indeed a disgrace. #avlgov

Thanks @davidforbes.bsky.social Still on open public comment, Nina Tovish asks #avlgov to clarify how its determining who will be brought onto the Helene Recovery Board. "I think it would be great for the public to see how you all work."

Hey yall, we're just getting started. Pledge of Allegiance to the fascism (especially with Mayor Esther Manheimer recently taking a moment to explicitly thank Department of Disappearances Director Kristi Noem) #avlgov

given that i can't leave the country, the rhetoric around Leave The Country Or Die left me paralyzed with severe depression for months. if that's the rhetoric you push, you will be right, because people who can't leave will give up and die and we won't have the numbers to survive collectively

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

Manheimer even put Noem first on the list in her thanks. From city hall's own press release. Not for the first time, Asheville city government is absolutely fine with fascism. #avlgov #avlnews

Love it when I’m traveling and I get gendered correctly in the jersey mikes 🥳

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

The government is rounding people up and putting them into camps and nobody is talking about it as political violence Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Actual, appropriate medical advice about pregnant women taking Tylenol. 👇🏻

Look I expected the Right and the center to spend all of its time focusing on Charlie Kirk instead of the fucking ethnic cleansing ICE and Border Patrol are carrying out in Chicago but I didn't expect that shit from the left Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Once again.

the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents