BIG UPDATE: The State Board of Education decided NOT to vote on this awful reading list until April, pending feedback from teachers and community members. This is a temporary, partial, but very real victory! They listened to us!

Dems managed to get a 2-week delay on the DHS bill, so CALL YOUR SENATORS AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 14 DAYS. Tell them you want ICE, CBP and all the rest of it defunded and dismantled. Tell them you will be voting against anyone who doesn't do this. This is our chance.

An extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

Now we are hearing from @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social about his time at Dilley earlier today. "Liam Ramos should be released immediately." According to Castro, he spent thirty minutes with him and his father. Liam has been depressed since has has been at Dilley, has not been eating well.

Eric Lee, an immigration attorney out of Michigan, reports that the Dilly center has been put on lockdown

Totals have gone up but there are still big imbalances and this is a good thread of links!

Congress is not powerless. Democrats must unify around an actual agenda. 1. Vote no on DHS funding bill. 2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE. 3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents. 4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law.

This is a reminder that rolling over and handing medical/student/etc records to the feds is craven and unnecessary. They fold like a Titan submersible at the slightest whiff of pushback.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽 ‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘

The statement from the family of Alex Pretti concludes, "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

Good. Keep calling.

We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it

attention texans: are you a lawyer, do you know lawyers willing to file pro bono habeas petitions for Minnesotans that have been sent here? please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab

Brandon is totally correct and also this axios headline is genuinely huge if true Please keep calling your congressional reps and be nice to the staff but also say things that make the staff feel guilty if they don’t push their boss on thi

Okay, back to more pressing matters. If you haven't already, tomorrow is a good time to leave a VM for your electeds over DHS funding.

oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason?? sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why: They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course. The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.

We literally don’t need ICE for anything

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Feel free to jazz it up & always use your own voice.

Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please. Script.

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

San Francisco Bay Area, PLEASE retweet - here's the front desk phone number for KPIX. It's buried deep in the website. 415-362-5550. Press #3 to leave a comment. Call them, say you are boycotting all CBS and Paramount properties until Bari Weiss is replaced

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

ATTN: Salado Public Library supporters- take note of this call to action to pack the upcoming board meeting on 12/1: 5pm. Voice *support for the library committee’s decision* to deny a patron’s request to remove the children’s book- When Aidan Became a Brother by @kylelukoff.bsky.social

Just a reminder that this cat needs to live in someone else's house! She's probably fine with boy cats or dogs, she just doesn't like other girl cats. I'll drive her as far as OK or AR! Or like for sure anywhere in the Texas triangle!

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

BEING ARO lineup announcement! This YA cross genre aromantic anthology is coming your way May 2026 from Page Street! @clh2oars.bsky.social @kashinggiwa.bsky.social @kalynjosephson.bsky.social @rukman.bsky.social @soumiroy1.bsky.social @annzhao.bsky.social

Today in @thenation.com: thrilled to have @gbbranstetter.bsky.social on how this week's elections should bury once and for all the toxic myth that trans people are to blame for the Democratic Party's political failures www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Feliz Día de Muertos to everyone who celebrates today and tomorrow. I hope your altars are set and that you may feel the love of your dearly departed today and always 🖤

HAPPY HALLOWEEN and spooky book day everyone!!🎃 We have the perfect line up of spooky, cozy, skin crawling, and thrilling reads for you to add to your stack this Halloween! Vampires, ghouls, ghosts, witches, murder mysteries? We have it all!

In a major victory, a court ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to provide food stamps to Americans.   No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.   We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.

“My tax dollars are paying for their steak!” Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.

In light of the govt shutdown and SNAP getting cut for a ton of folks, I have had a fun idea for how to help. I call it "Operation Turkey Heist (legal)." Allow me to explain... A lot of grocery stories are doing a "free turkey with X dollar purchase" and food banks very much want those turkeys.

POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈 Video Description: Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨ youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared

It’s a STAR from Kirkus!! They called Until the Clock Strikes Midnight “UNMISSABLE”. This is my first on the page bipolar character and for her to receive their acclaim means the world to me. You can read the full review here. www.kirkusreviews.com/author/alech... Also please preorder if you want!

If you're able, please consider donating to local food banks and pantries.

Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

No Kings protest, Houston, TX 10/18/25. Pretty good turnout I'd say 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 This is what democracy looks like!

It's clear the majority of book challenges in Fort Bend ISD were not a result of a child or a parent stumbling across material that may be inappropriate. While 2024 was a rough year for books in Fort Bend ISD, things are looking up: there has been 0 book challenges in 2025.

hi, cis folks in california! this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out. he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841 want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun! We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

I am so excited to finally announce my Anti-mermaid mermaid book!! 2027 feels far away, but I can’t wait to share it with yall!! 🚫🧜🏽🧙🏽‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️📚

Proud to announce I received one of this year’s Judith A. Markowitz Awards for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writer from @lambdaliterary.org!