Shanah Tovah. In the words of @brant-rosen.bsky.social back in 2018, “Rosh Hashanah is a kind of ‘spiritual reboot’… On one level I think this means we never forfeit the ability to view the world with different eyes. And if we can do this, we may well be able to transform the world itself.”

A key reminder right now, from @prisonculture.bsky.social: "We are actually in a consistent battle to unleash and free our imaginations in the face of unrelenting oppression... Imagination is an important terrain of struggle." prisonculture.substack.com/p/abolition-...

Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."

Grateful for the opportunity to write about the history of GI resistance - a history that is critical to remember in this moment of increased state violence and repression. Shout out to Aaron Hughes for co-writing this piece with me.

The Pentagon must review and approve any article by journalists covering it in order to access the building. This is what authoritarian regimes do. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

7. We’ve seen this playbook before. The U.S. government has a long record of turning the FBI against civil rights movements. COINTELPRO, the infamous FBI program from 1956 to 1971, targeted Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and countless others in an effort to disrupt the civil rights movement.

1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism. Project 2025's parent org is pushing it. It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption. Subscribe to support our journalism.

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

“If you’re detained or arrested, ask for a lawyer and remain silent.” Memphis harm reductionists are preparing, including by giving advice to vulnerable people, in anticipation of Trump's troop deployment, reports @tganeva.bsky.social:

The thing missing from this @semafor.com reporting is any mention of how those boots taste

"[P]ushback can help stem the fascistic tide. The right is loud. Its actors have a terrifying amount of power and the machinery of the state at their disposal. Nothing about their playbook, though, is inevitable. And we in the media have a specific responsibility in acting as a bulwark."

As ICE storms Chicagoland, Chicago’s organizers speak. Stacy Davis Gates, Benji Hart, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Ric Wilson, and others discuss ongoing ICE raids, Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard, and the solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:

Media crackdowns are a core part of the fascist playbook. As more repression looms, @neginowl.bsky.social & I write, those of us in media need to ground ourselves in our own power, seeking creative ways to raise our voices and rooting ourselves in our solidarities. truthout.org/articles/jim...

📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET! Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. tinyurl.com/killingthest...

I was proud to sign this statement published in @thenation.com, condemning the Trump administration's weaponization of antisemitism to target and deport student activists.

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.

"Since 2020, the number of police killings in the U.S. has increased every year. Police killed at least 1,226 people last year ... [B]etween 2015 and 2024, police killed 191 children. Black children like Terrell [Miller] are six times more likely to be killed by police than white children."

In sum: (1) This is alarming coming from Trump and (2) in this moment — as in, in light of this past week, not even the past nine months — but (3) it remains to be seen what it actually is, and (4) how it would be implemented, especially (5) in light of previously acknowledged limitations.

BREAKING: Trump says he is designating “Antifa” as a “major terrorist organization.” Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.

I was thinking about this 2015 interview @mayaschenwar.bsky.social did with @kwhitlock.bsky.social and Michael Bronsink. truthout.org/articles/how...

Every person who suggests that "someone" should reach out and engage young men must be asked whether they are doing this and what they are specifically doing. This is especially applicable to people in politics.

Even without climate change, prisons around the country have billions of dollars worth of deferred maintenance just to stop the walls from crumbling and keep the lights and the heat on. Now, climate change is turning already miserable conditions inside of prisons into life-threatening ones.

Vance, Trump, and Bondi each said things yesterday that were horrifying on their own. Taken together, a very clear roadmap for the future emerges Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent

The sunset of @yesmedia.bsky.social is a giant loss for us all! Yet YES! lives on in a couple ways: The Truthout Center now hosts the YES! archives (so its powerful stories remain online!), and is also sending a monthly YES! newsletter. Here's the first one: us11.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema...

In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.

This is no time minimize or look away from what's happening in Chicago.

ICE killed a father of three in Franklin Park a few days ago. They are snatching people at gas stations, at bus stops, and from their homes and cars, leaving screaming, panicked children in their wake. It is a nightmare, and when ICE has amassed 10,000 new agents, it could be the new normal.

“Increased ICE raids are a recipe for further silencing already terrified survivors… Survivors have been pleading for solutions to gender-based violence that do not force them to rely on institutions they have little reason to trust.” -Sheerine Alemzadeh chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...

Alaa is dealing with a series of crises and cant really post today, things are quite dire. But as is always the case, the moments we need the most help are often the ones we are least able to ask loudly. As her friend, help her today with a share, follow or donation. @mamatwins.bsky.social

An investigation published by Bolts and Injustice Watch last year revealed that the Chicago police department had failed to report roughly 200,000 police stops over a period of just one year.

He literally died trying to smear trans people as mentally unstable and black people as murderous while dodging a question about mass shootings.

"The FBI, following the direction of domestic Zionist organizations like the Anti-Defamation League, began wiretapping and surveilling [HLF]... [T]he Clinton administration worked with Israel to criminalize Palestinian political engagement through the passage of Material Support for Terrorism laws."

"This moment finds me especially thankful to be collaborating with mission-driven journalism organizations that are unequivocal in their commitment to justice and liberation ... The 'neutrality' of mainstream media helped pave the road to authoritarianism."

It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.

I’ve been thinking about how the white moderate think about free speech. Where calling for violence and the dehumanization of entire groups of people is merely supposed to be pluralism at work rather than an a threat to that pluralism.

"Political violence" is a term that exists to suggest a moral distinction between "violence against politicians" and "violence by politicians" - so that one can be condemned while the other can be normalized. Obviously, no such distinction exists in reality: violence is violence.

Like I just said on CNN, it’s absolutely evil that people are sleeping on concrete floors at the ICE detention center near Chicago. Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.

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"ICE AGENTS: Chicago Despises You" 💚💚💚💚

no one has ever been more furious

"We don’t have state-controlled media, but there’s something so much more tragic about a free press that voluntarily enmeshes itself with the state and protects its interests without being asked.” [email protected] Read this investigation by @laubast.bsky.social for @prismreports.org!

9 Sep 25 -- Rep House appropriations bill would deny fed funding for all gender affirming care for both child AND adults incl. Medicare & Medicaid. Senate version does not have this provision and 7 would have to side with Reps to break filibuster if it was added @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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"The thought of leaving my home, fearing I might never return, and venturing into the unknown — without anywhere to go, not even a tent, and with winter approaching — is unbearable." "We are left helpless and in despair, [.] with no end in sight." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #EthnicCleansing

Lower (lower) Wacker. A sign by a Chicagoan for Chicagoans.

“Who keeps us safe? WE KEEP US SAFE!” Chicago showed up in the streets tonight.❤️

“Who keeps us safe? WE KEEP US SAFE!” Chicago showed up in the streets tonight.❤️

I love @truthout.org and read them daily. Follow them and these other great resources to stay on top of how people are fighting back and you can too.

Sending love to everyone who's doing what they can, where they can, across Chicago right now. I love y'all. ❤

It was bad enough when government officials claimed that journalists incite violence by reporting. But now, they’re accusing reporters of actually committing violence. The supposed violence by reporters? Recording videos.