Before war broke out, Sudan was the world’s biggest gum arabic exporter, with an estimated market share of 70-80%.

from the area: "many Ward 6 neighbors, businesses, and places of worship felt a deep fear that remains with us to this day. For the world: "The President’s message is clear: If you support me, the law does not apply to you." Thank you to my CM @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social for clarity of message

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Economic survival in Gaza decimated by Israeli counts on small initiatives https://aje.io/0p7n27

New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.

Blues great & Sinners cameo star Buddy Guy recently reflected on the movie & its impact on him & it’s just 🥹🥰 “This wasn’t just acting. This was telling a story that feels like home to me.” What a beautiful film of love & legacy Ryan has created 🫶🏾

"We refuse to accept that a single Puerto Rican be complicit in this aggression against a sister nation." Mothers Against the War in Puerto Rico condemn the U.S. aggression against Venezuela:

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Each year, EFF puts together a series of blogs summarizing what we’ve worked on in the last twelve months. Catch up on our 2025 Year in Review today! www.eff.org/tags/2025-r...

In light of the escalating violence against Venezuela, let us not forget who ultimately suffers: the Venezuelan people. Published in mid-December, Prism spoke with Venezuelan refugees on the chaotic & violent conditions they face in Mexico. prismreports.org/2025/12/18/v...

🚨 EMERGENCY ACTION TOMORROW IN D.C. Tomorrow, the Organization of American States will hold a special meeting on Venezuela. We're mobilizing to demand an end to U.S. aggression and respect for Venezuelan self-determination! 🕤 9:30AM 📍 200 17th St NW

arresting someone during a tv interview is crazy they're claiming the arrest was for 'obstructing a roadway and failure to obey a lawful command' but it certainly looks like they just saw her talking to a reporter and said Oh that's enough of that

RELEASE MADURO & FLORES The United States has illegally abducted the democratically elected President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro and First Lady, Cilia Flores. They are being held hostage in New York and set to forcibly face "trial" next week.

Grateful to @cerromerussell.blacksky.app and @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app for the laughs, the perspectives, the glimmers of hope, connection, and solidarity for 2026. Thanks also to DC Comedy Loft for hosting.

If you in the area or can get to the area, add this show to your preparations for 2026. based on previous experiences, cannot think of a better way to be done with 2025.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

READ: With limited resources, Palestinians in Gaza and in exile are funding community reconstruction efforts amid the absence of international aid. “We have to keep trying to help Gaza rise again,” an organizer with the Sameer Project tells Mondoweiss. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/gaza...

While @harrietsdreams.bsky.social is on break, appreciation: DC is fortunate to have HWD's expertise and organizing energy as we face occupation and related struggles, and folks elsewhere benefit from their model. If able, support HWD to help DC deal with challenges ahead www.harrietsdreams.org/give

Essay on Security Concerns from incarcerated activist, focusing on White Supremacy dangers among staff and fellow incarcerated folks. Author includes action requests and believes that sharing helps protect him and others who are vulnerable for speaking out. Please spread story. wp.me/pkZvt-Pl

This week's Torah reading carries Joseph from dungeon to second in command in Pharaoh’s court. This is a good time to reflect on incarceration and Judaism. Chanukah also calls us to consider our dedications and, where capacity allows, take action -- wp.me/ptnpJ-6Un

Bluesky banning Palestinian journalists immediately 🤷🏻‍♀️

Asking questions led to his Disciplinary Confinement on a false charge, Ronald W. Clark Jr reports from UCI in Florida. Ronnie shares his experience to shed light on how easily speaking up leads to retaliation for incarcerated people -- at UCI and elsewhere. vspatz.net/addressing-c...

Mayor Bowser says DC's interim police chief Jeffery Carroll "has led through some of our city’s most significant public safety challenges of the past decade..." She's not mentioning the part about enabling Proud Boys gatherings, according to law suit filed by Black women officers. Also missing...

Israeli authorities are engaged in multiple major efforts to ensure there will be no Palestinian state in the future.

Gregory Bovino is back in Chicago, and so is the violence. Trump sending him here is not about safety. It’s about fear and force. We won’t give in. In Congress, I’ll vote to abolish ICE. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/16/b...

New Data shows at least 3,800 children, including infants, have been put in detention since Trump took office. Many were held for long stretches. “There is no other way to describe it; it’s a jail for children," one parent said. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...

👕🧥 Holiday Clothing Drive | Stop by to pick up free clothing and household items for the season. 🗓 Thursday, Dec. 18 ⏰ 1–5 PM 📍 Francis A. Gregory Library Please note: This is a distribution-only event. Donations will not be accepted.

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On this day in 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant expelled all Jewish people from the Tennessee District, which included parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi, based on antisemitic stereotypes and rumors.

In U.S. health care, “treatable” is usually a reassuring word. In prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country, it often means something different. Medicines, procedures, and specialists may all exist, but people may not get access to them until permanent harm or even death occurs.

On this day in 1945, the home of the Shorts, the first Black family to live in Fontana, California, erupted in flames, killing Mrs. Short and her two children. Mr. Short later died from his injuries.

Aramark has exclusive control over all food in West Virginia’s correctional facilities, and is the largest food services provider for prisons and jails in the United States, according to the lawsuit. As of Dec. 1, Aramark’s portfolio includes 16 state departments of corrections.

The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.

"Most terrible time of the year" brought me great seasonal cheer. I don't live in Netherlands or usually consume McD anywhere. I oppose unregulated, planet-killing, artist-exploiting, surveillance-supporting AI. But Santa in a traffic jam seems a good use of tech www.theguardian.com/business/202...

ICYMI, check out @truthout.org on Hillary Clinton, AIPAC, and what Dems think is mainstream thought. Thx @szunes.bsky.social for sharing this one, which I had missed. Speaking as an oldish Jew: there are way too many people still on the same young-folks-are-ignorant train with her.

you'll be happier all year if you do this now

📣 Everyone in the United States has the right to due process—regardless of where they were born.

"It's clear who is disposable..." -- Frankie Seabron of @harrietsdreams.bsky.social demanding DC Council legislate to insist all fed agents be identified in MPDC reports. Why did her mic cut out in the midst of her testimony? We still heard her. thank you Frankie and HWD.

Grateful to all testifying to DC Council on details of MPDC's collaboration with federal agents, demanding accountability and return to sanctuary city values. Powerful to see range of voices, from Ward 5's Robert Vinson Brannum to Merawi Gerima, DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Thx CM Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social for speaking clearly to the mayor and MPDC's failure to tell the truth on collaboration with federal forces. Therefore we cannot trust official info on related topics like juvenile justice and curfews.

First testimony at DC Council hearing on public safety began naming David Childs, Demetrius Alston, and Kevin Booker -- killed by police in DC within one Nov week. We don't say these loved ones' names often enough, but the testimony emphasized what's at stake. (sorry I missed the name of speaker)

Federal agents can no longer arrest people in D.C. on immigration violations without a warrant or probable cause to believe they could potentially flee if not detained, a judge has ruled. It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.

If you cannot be at DC Council, you can still watch with @freedcproject.bsky.social, letting Public Safety Chair Brooke Pinto know that WE DEMAND OVERSIGHT and ACCOUNTABILITY for fed agents and MPDC terrorizing our neighborhoods and killing our people. lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...

Dec. 4 is death anniversary of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, Black Panther Party leaders aged 21 and 22 -- so much life and political promise! Killed in their beds by Chicago police. Click thru for assassination details and tips on teaching. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...

I was incarcerated at 15 years old. Now I’m 34. It has been a challenge to discover who I am behind bars.

If you haven't already stopped engaging with Amazon in any way, please consider shopping elsewhere. And share the word about Amazon's part in helping ICE and other surveillance.

On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was sentenced to an indefinite jail term for his work boycotting lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers.

Saw Felonious the last go round and cried laughing. Give someone the gift of funnies for the holidays.

"Deploying the National Guard to any civilian jurisdiction is dangerous for both residents and the Guard members themselves." DC folks and beyond: PLEASE sign and share to tell seven governors to get their guardsmen home. @freedcproject.bsky.social freedcproject.org/news/tell-se...

Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'. One wonders what *would*.