After reports of increased detentions at the ICE offices in downtown San Diego leading to overcrowded conditions in the basement holding cells of the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building, Reps. Juan Vargas and Scott Peters showed up Monday morning to inspect the facilities. ICE turned them away.

I feel like if the people running the study never even contemplated the possibility of the most obvious result, the study probably underestimates how bad it actually is

#BREAKING | One million of Gaza's 1.1 million olive trees have been destroyed

If prisons don't create true accountability, then what does? Restorative justice. It challenges us to ask: What would it look like to make things as right as possible and open up a path towards repairing the relationship where someone was harmed? Read more about restorative justice circles here 🔗

Basement of courthouse horror stories: “One immigrant got her period during the meeting in which she was detained, and was forced to wear that same underwear for days.” timesofsandiego.com/politics/202...

Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’

After Savagery Hamid Dabashi discusses about Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization with Muhannad Ayyash.

By a 2-1 opinion, the Ninth Circuit just held that the president can federalize the National Guard forces and deploy them when protesters shine flashlights in the eyes of ICE officers. It’s one of the most dangerous and legally flawed court decisions I’ve seen this year. 1/23

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

White House Down

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

"sir a second Nazi groupchat infodump has hit Politico"

“The vast majority of people being held are being held without trial,” said human rights lawyer Sari Bashi.

aht aht cook a meal for WHO? you want us to quarter some soldiers in our kitchens while we're at it?

Charlie Kirk's murder really has become a one-size-fits-all excuse for the right. No matter what they want to do -- crack down on free speech, let Trump rule like a king, even gerrymander their states* -- they point to Kirk's assassination and pretend it was all about their current grievance.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

they invented a technology that makes you worse at your job while convincing you you’re better at it. also your boss has to believe you’re better at it or else the entire economy explodes. they made the sophon from three body problem in real life

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

"we are all, how you say, trying to find l'homme who did this"

hey just an fyi if you see someone at your anti-authoritarianism event advocating for palestine, don’t be like this lady who doesn’t understand that the u.s. government is funding a genocide led by a deranged authoritarian government abroad. it’s not a good look. please stop doing this.

Ceasefire unravels: Gaza sees deadly strikes; aid flows suspended

NO KINGS - Juneau Alaska. Alaska’s capital city!!! We are a small community but we believe there should be #NoKings

A big question now is: why isn't FEMA in western Alaska? Because they have not been deployed. Gov. Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration, and Alaska is waiting to hear back. In the meantime, it's all local, tribal and state led relief efforts. alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/m...

Listen, over 300+ people showed up for a No Kings protest in ANGOLA, INDIANA. There is a whole part of Indiana waiting to be activated. We have never been all red. So what are we going to do with that information? I wish I could say. But I have Hope.

It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.

Hundreds gather at Juneau, Alaska’s Overstreet Park amid rain and fog for the local No Kings protest on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

Compared to the last one: Our weather was worse. The turnout was as good or better. There weren't any profa counter protestors on the bridge this time.

If you were out in the streets today, thanks. If you left feeling inspired, please seek out local ways that you can keep organizing with others.

More than 300 gathered for #NoKings today in Ketchikan, Alaska. We held signs, marched, and then had speeches and great music.

this is so great lol

Holy shit

Long overdue story on Leqaa Kordia. Read it, read her words from prison, and donate to her legal fees (both in our thread). www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy,” Joy says. “It feels like the world has moved on.” Long Covid is setting back a generation of kids--likely against their federal rights Our @rollingstone.com investigation www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Not being even vaguely sarcastic: At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

Wait. WAIT. People are advising that if things get violent during the No Kings protest you should sit down and show the police you’re not a threat? Are you trying to get trampled or impede other people’s ability to safely remove themselves from the situation?! Cause that’s what you’re doing!

I can't help but wonder what we could achieve if everyone who attends tomorrow's march agreed to take part in a general strike, or something similar. The organizers of the No Kings march clearly have a strong following and influence. Let's put that to effective use.

i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

In case you don't want nonsense polluting your feed:

You should block the MAGA government-created Bluesky accounts. Do not engage them. Do not give them a single scrap of what they want.

They want a gd who tells them it’s ok to hurt and kill the people they hate and if they don’t get one they’ll just make one up bsky.app/profile/diew...

Great profile of @ruwaromman.bsky.social in The @advocate.com!!

Gaza aid still critically scarce, say agencies, as Israel delays convoys

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors: Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

obviously ridiculous on its own but consider these demos are encouraged to get permits/share route with pd. for this request to come ahead of that protest, which will likely be like NKs past (extremely calm), you gotta wonder if LAPD are Plotting Something a la 2020 NYPD Mott Haven cop riot

What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.

$40 billion dollars is the size of the entire NIH budget.

"Every life taken in this genocide is the destruction of an entire universe. As we mourn this catastrophe alongside the many other genocides around the world, and alongside the fascism growing and fomenting in our own countries, we refuse to live as if business can continue as normal.”

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/07/t... We’re still going! @sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social #ConnectingGaza

As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.