Sam Kam
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Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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âThinking is more interesting than knowing but less interesting than looking.â Goethe
about 2 years ago
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ProPublica
3 days ago
DHS keeps touting a program that offers free plane tickets and âexit bonusesâ to immigrants who self-deport. But last fall, we spoke to a dozen immigrants who said they followed Trump's instructions, yet never received the promised assistance. âĄď¸ Read their stories:
https://propub.li/3Zeb4xF
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"when we've been here 10,000 years and nothing's ever seemed so clear what's keeping you from being near you? the kingdom is within you" Jesse Welles
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The Kingdom is Within You
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FOXHgXOLI
3 days ago
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"That structure needs to be dismantled. Fully. Cleanly. But dismantling is not the same thing as abandoning responsibility." Robert L. Arnold
#ICE
#Resistance
On The Seriousness of the Message
open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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On The Seriousness of the Message
Letâs talk like grownups for a minute, because this thing we keep doing is not working.
https://open.substack.com/pub/defiance13/p/on-the-seriousness-of-the-message?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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âWhen people are stripped of rights and due process, removed from public view, and confined beyond meaningful oversight, escalation is not speculative; it is predictable. We are past the warning signs.â
open.substack.com/pub/oliverkornâŚ
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https://open.substack.com/pub/oliverkornâŚ
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Creation as resistance. Melissa Dalton-Bradford
#resistance
#beauty
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Melissa Dalton-Bradford #resistance #creationasresistance #beauty #beautyasresistance
TikTok video by Sam Kam
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThkLPxor/
21 days ago
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#Minneapolis
#GeneralStrike
Friday Jan. 23rd
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25 days ago
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"crazy men with bloodshot eyes shoot their rockets in the sky drunk with power high with rage and all the treasure all the blood all the gold and all the guts would never make a bit of change new men in the same old cage" Jesse Welles
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YouTube video by Jesse Welles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEITO1Ptjo&list=RDXUEITO1Ptjo&start_radio=1
25 days ago
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Chicago Tribune
27 days ago
BREAKING: Illinois and Chicago sue DHS over 'militarized' immigration-enforcement tactics
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Illinois and Chicago sue DHS over âmilitarizedâ immigration-enforcement tactics
Saying immigration agents have acted more like an occupying military force than law enforcement, lawyers for the state of Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration in federal court Monday âŚ
https://trib.al/zcex8YP
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Danielle Froom đłď¸âđ
27 days ago
In America now you can be shopping with your toddler one moment and fleeing with her in your arms from a secret police attack the very next.
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@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
"If not resistance now, then when?"
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Take the Masks Off
ICE wonât even match the courage and professionalism of the Iraqi Police.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/take-the-masks-off-ice-immigration-minneapolis-iraq-police-army-resistance-trump-powell-fed-democrats?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
27 days ago
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Scott Horton
30 days ago
Demonstrations in Iran now involve millions and have spread to every major city, including those believed previously to be loyal to the clerical regime.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Iran protests live: Millions take to streets to demand regime change as dozens killed
The US has warned it will come to the ârescueâ of protestors if Tehran âviolently killsâ them
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-protests-latest-news-internet-blackout-b2897390.html
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#RenneNicoleGood
#ICE
30 days ago
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Good vs. ICE Jesse Welles
#RenneNicoleGood
#Minnesota
#ICE
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Good vs. Ice
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0CLduLgew&list=RDEl0CLduLgew&start_radio=1
about 1 month ago
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WuTangIsForTheChildren
about 1 month ago
Same scriptâŚdifferent country
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Tad Stoermer: Democrats engage in ritual not opposition, more interested in their own positions than actually exercising power
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The one where Tad begins to lose it... #resistancehistory #publichistory #resistance #constitution #democrats
TikTok video by Tad Stoermer
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThdShX5A/
about 1 month ago
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Masks Off Jesse Welles
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Masks Off
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
https://youtu.be/AR15xWFtu-s?si=6NMnFESCDvPrISwE
about 1 month ago
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ACLU
about 2 months ago
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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"Itâs a strip mall built on top of a landfill built on top of a cemetery of those exterminated to make it all happen. Land of the branded, home of the complacent." Strategic Value Realization by Oliver Kornetzke
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Strategic Value Realization
What youâre about to read is a piece I wrote a long time ago.
https://open.substack.com/pub/oliverkornetzke/p/strategic-value-realization?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
about 2 months ago
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âIn any conversation, respect is like air. When itâs present, nobody notices. When itâs absent, itâs all anybody can think about.â Joseph Grenny
about 2 months ago
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Nothinfh Left to Gorgive Us by Oliver Kornetzke
open.substack.com/pub/oliverko...
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Nothing Left to Forgive Us
In the early decades of the 21st century, the world still looked alive.
https://open.substack.com/pub/oliverkornetzke/p/nothing-left-to-forgive-us?r=auzqa
about 2 months ago
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Anton Gerashchenko
2 months ago
The Reagan National Defense Survey,released Thursday,found that the majority of Americans favor sending lethal aid to support đşđŚ This confirms what we've known all along:that so many US people firmly stand with us.Friends, we're beyond grateful. Thankful to everyone supporting Ukraine on all levels
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Charles Ornstein
2 months ago
Every Western European country scores higher on the global ranking of freedom and democracy than the U.S. does, according to Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit that ranks countries according to measures such as election process, rule of law and individual rights.
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U.S. Flips History by Casting EuropeâNot Russiaâas Villain in New Security Policy
An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-flips-history-by-casting-europenot-russiaas-villain-in-new-security-policy-cbb138fa?st=34oWxk&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Reuven Blau
2 months ago
Inbox: Aramis Furse, 32, died on Rikers early Sunday morning. Heâs the 14th detainee death this year so far. In April, Laura Swain, a federal judge overseeing DOC said sheâd appoint a âremediation managerâ to takeover potentially large parts. But she hasnât selected a candidate yet.
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Max Boot
2 months ago
In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the presidentâs closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patelâs FBI investigating anyone in Trumpâs White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail.
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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/12/ukraine-fighting-corruption-trump/685162/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3yEqFRs-2x3Xkoo0o1yaEtQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Rebecca Solnit
2 months ago
This glorious part of a glorious thread.
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jamelle
2 months ago
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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emptywheel
2 months ago
Putin declares victory.
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Laura Bassett
2 months ago
What the fuck, man
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DepressedBergman
2 months ago
On this day, 122 years ago, Edwin S. Porter's 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903) was released in the USA.
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Jay in Kyiv
2 months ago
Musk's app now removing community notes on the posts of Putin's propagandists. "For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
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The Kyiv Independent
2 months ago
âĄď¸Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
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Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
European countries may have to start shooting down Russian aircraft and drones that violate NATO airspace if Moscow keeps testing the alliance's resolve, Czech President Petr Pavel said in an intervie...
https://kyivindependent.com/czech-president-pavel-says-europe-may-need-to-shoot-down-russian-aircraft-drones-violating-nato-airspace/
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Thereâs Never Been A Just War Jesse Welles
#MarkTwain
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrus1Ngs/
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#marktwain #poem
TikTok video by Welles
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrus1Ngs/
2 months ago
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"Pay attention to the patterns of power grabs, infighting, the disintegration of the rule of law. See Macbeth. And I, Claudius. And the wealth and power imbalances just before the French Revolution. And yes, read Nineteen Eighty-Four. Again."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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âIf I was American, Iâd be worried about my countryâ: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
Democracy, birds and hangover cures â famous fans put their questions to the visionary author
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/29/if-i-was-american-id-be-worried-about-my-country-margaret-atwood-answers-questions-from-ai-weiwei-rebecca-solnit-and-more?utm_term=692c5bf4784a1c5f59641123a935d7b6&utm_campaign=Bookmarks&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=bookmarks_email
2 months ago
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The Department of War Jesse Welles
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTryqjwdc/
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#sInGeRsOnGwRiTeR #OrIgInAL #CoUnTRy #folk #song
TikTok video by Welles
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTryqjwdc/
2 months ago
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Naomi Klein
2 months ago
Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful. So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism. Stay for the ending about
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
surrealist campaigning... Enjoy!
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On Sarah and Andrew Robert Arnold (defiance13)
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On Sarah & Andrew #politics #servicemembers
TikTok video by defiance13
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrrHRSLv/
2 months ago
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David Bier
2 months ago
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Wajahat Ali
2 months ago
This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDCâs No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/25/cdc-new-deputy-vaccine-ralph-abraham/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert
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Eli Valley
2 months ago
Zionism 2025: Pay a Nazi a monthly stipend to call other Jews "court Jews"
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On Who Healthcare Serves Robert Arnold (defiance13)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrYmUXKg/
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On Who Healthcare Serves #defiancetildeath #politics #policy #ruralamerica
TikTok video by defiance13
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrYmUXKg/
2 months ago
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âWhales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.â
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Opinion | How to Talk to Whales
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/whale-language-ai.html
3 months ago
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Senator Ed Markey
3 months ago
This is disgusting. Swastikas, nooses, Confederate flags are symbols of hate. We cannot let the Trump administration normalize hate.
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Fuck these Nazis and white supremacist asshats infecting the US government and armed services
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items âpotentially divisive.â
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/20/coast-guard-swastika-noose/
3 months ago
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On What We Should Be Protecting Robert Arnold (defiance13)
#EpsteinTrumpFiles
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM3XQjSe/
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On What We Should Be Protecting
TikTok video by defiance13
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM3XQjSe/
3 months ago
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The Absence of Leadership Robert Arnold
#Democrats
#Schumer
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMWMXoqN/
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On The Absence of Leadership #defiancetildeath #politics #shutdown #trump #policy
TikTok video by defiance13
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMWMXoqN/
3 months ago
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A quick explanation of the caver caucus, Dickless Durbin et al
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMtWJFpJ/
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Why do it at all
TikTok video by Nick Muller
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMtWJFpJ/
3 months ago
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50 Years of Patti Smithâs âHorsesâhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/arts/music/patti-smith-horses-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z08.cq5e.r4F8t-2WaSKN&smid=bs-share
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Patti Smithâs âHorsesâ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/arts/music/patti-smith-horses-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z08.cq5e.r4F8t-2WaSKN&smid=bs-share
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