Am I more interested in hearing Trump tell other countries how to do their governance, address human rights, or navigate peace?

My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.

📢 NEW EVENT: On Weds, July 23, join us for an honest & shocking conversation, exposing one of the most uncomfortable truths of our time: state trafficking. It’s time to challenge the myth that trafficking is only the domain of criminals and rogue states. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I also resent that air is given to the idea that accepting a $30 article rate is stabbing other writers in the back. One cannot make that claim without stressing the unique reason why ie a trans woman might be pressured to take such low-paying work. I just think this is an uncharitable read on us

Yikes.

Again, think about what would need to be in those files for this to be Republicans' least bad option.

I was recently at a conference where people were promoting the idea of establishing NRMs everywhere. Clean your own house first, friends.

When immigration policy ignores labour realities, it doesn’t end exploitation; it enables it. Read our analysis of the implementation of the Immigration White paper, planned for 22 July, and what this means for labour exploitation, here 👇

This interview’s so sharp on precarious funding, systemic injustice in anti-trafficking & disconnects with community realities. Real privilege to speak with @christianashnc.bsky.social @kiconco.bsky.social & Sophie Otiende & hear their critiques & alternative visions. @beyondslavery.bsky.social

The federal attack on trans people continues, and it has real life consequences. I am heartbroken. #ncpol amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

This is very bad. cc @dreanyc123.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/TlioRI [gift link]

Me at UN security pulling devices out of my bag like Mary Poppins.

We are hiring a research coordinator position! Lived experience preferred but not required. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/gerassi...

One of my 18-year-olds, watching my toddler jam out to the music: “yep, Kendrick Lamar is one of the greats.” Toddler: “Elmo.” Teen: “Elmo is one of the greats too?” Toddler: *signs yes*

Allegations in the P. Diddy trial reveal how trafficking can involve emotional control and manipulation, helping victims recognize signs of exploitation that don’t fit the usual Hollywood stereotypes. www.freedomunited.or...

What it’s like dealing with me…

And now the ABSOLUTELY SHAMELESS Safe House Project have created an app to “compete” with the hotline but that reports to cops with or without survivor consent, setting themselves up for a bid for the hotline grant. www.theblaze.com/news/exclusi... One big long con.

I'm an NC resident, a survivor of HT, former Chair of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, & a globally-known expert on HT, and my heart was CRUSHED today when someone shared with me that the otherwise solid @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social joined a push to turn the HT hotline into a tipline.

Expelling the press in order to arrest peaceful protesters isn't a good sign.

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

When Bondi says funding national listening sessions for people with lived experience is “wasteful,” what she’s saying is that she doesn’t care what survivors need. She thinks DOGE knows better than survivors what services and prevention are important. christianash.com/human-traffi...

"The National Museum of African American History and Culture is not a place that traffics in improper ideology," Clint Smith writes. "It is a museum that recognizes that America has been suffused in improper ideologies for most of its history." https://theatln.tc/81hXXEqK

If someone is arguing against due process, just ask them if they believe someone is innocent until proven guilty. It's the same thing.

A Border Patrol official arrested a 19 yo citizen from Albuquerque in Arizona who didn’t have ID on him, claimed he ‘admitted’ to illegally crossing the border, abducted + ICE imprisoned him for 10 days, and would have deported him to Mexico if his family hadn’t tracked him down and provided his ID.

This is it, folks. Far larger than Harvard itself, as large as Harvard is. Every nonprofit from the center leftward is on notice for potential destruction.

“Nearly 6,000 people choosing not to be referred for statutory support is very concerning and shows a system that has long been stretched and under pressure." @guardian on modern slavery survivors refusing referral for support and identification www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Every senator and member of Congress should immediately and voluntarily disclose any stock, bond, or similar trades they have made in the last ten days.

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Today the incredible #JuliaOthmer opened a Zoom meeting I was on by performing live and WOW. Blown away. Thank you, Full Frame Initiative for coordinating this gift for us. ❤️

My heart is absolutely broken by the gutting of the CDC Divisions of Injury Prevention and Violence Prevention, along with so many more at HHS/NIH. We are less safe as a country for this, ignorance will be the farthest thing from bliss.

This is your message when you call your legislators tomorrow folks.

gentle reminder to international friends that the American citizens who are most in danger from all this did the most to try and prevent it

Nobody's texting war plans ... they are emailing them.

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Me: *drops a piece of cheese onto my shirt* My 17 year old: “Char-boob-erie”

Must read!

Check out the latest special issue of our journal, with guest editors K Sharapov, S Hoff & J Mendel. The issue critically analyses where the funding for #anti-trafficking work comes from, goes to & what its impact is. It's #OpenAccess & available at antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/at...

Hello world! We're a an #openaccess, peer reviewed journal that publishes on topics related to #humantrafficking, #migration, precarious labour, and #genderbasedviolence. Ran away from X for the obvious reasons. Check out all our articles and special issues at antitraffickingreview.org

What I did today to fight authoritarianism: 1) Tesla protest 2) Vote in state elections 3) Made list of signs of dictatorship in US 4) Began research on orgs to donate to that were DOGE cut victims 5) Began list of things you can do to fight #PeopleKeepAskingMeWhatTheyCanDo

I keep going out in public to run quick errands after work forgetting that I dress like someone who works from home. Polo shirt and jewelry, men’s basketball shorts, and glitter crocs. It’s a vibe.

Today sounds like a great day to make sure you know who the @workingfamilies.org party is 🙏

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but not always getting your way is not “harm.” We exist in relationship and in communities.

This made me tear up. This is so important.

The removal of the BLM mural near the White House is more than just paint being stripped from the street—it’s a symbol of how quickly some want to erase the fight for justice and all our progress thus far. But the movement isn’t about words on pavement—it lives in the people. ✊🏿

Check out the final part of my blog series on the harms of conflating sex work and sex trafficking, written for Freedom Network USA: https://freedomnetworkusa.org/2025/03/11/how-conflating-sex-work-and-sex-trafficking-harms-sex-workers/

A woman called police to report being kidnapped & gang raped. It appears that afterwards police suspected she might be a victim of sex trafficking & would not let her leave. She got scared, threatened sui*, and when she moved towards them with a knife towards her own throat they shot & killed her.

There is a real, genuine 1st Amendment crisis in the United States right now. The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.

NEW: Major anti-rape groups took down references to LGBTQ people from their websites due to Trump’s EOs One backtracked and apologized. Another, RAINN, has not, and attracted significant outrage Here’s how nonprofits doing this work as navigating Trump 2.0 so far www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Saying all #sexwork is #sextrafficking is hurting the very #trafficking survivors we aim to support. It takes autonomy away from survivors looking to regain control of their lives & draws essential resources away from the survivors it was intended to support. freedomnetworkusa.org/2025/03/04/h...