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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!

Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...

NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.

From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.

ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:

(above images of the Target, Amazon, and Home Depot logos that have been crossed out) We Ain't Buying It Target Companies This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration's biased attacks on DEl; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.

From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re saying “We Ain’t Buying It” and asking Americans to hit pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=ind_wabi

BLOOMBERG REPORTER: “If there’s nothing incriminating in the Epstein files why not…?”

TRUMP: “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.” 😕

BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??

New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.

Bovino’s rant fits the authoritarian indicators in our assessment: empowered security forces acting with impunity, militarized immigration raids, executive overreach through federalized enforcement, and loyalty-driven ops unmoored from oversight. His tone isn’t an outlier but a symptom.

UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human

Destenie Nock: Heat or hope — what happens when energy aid freezes before winter There are life-and-death consequences for millions of households as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. Every fall, millions of families wait for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program...

Food stamps have been discussed by many news outlets, but I feel like the less talked about thing is the cuts to the program that allows for refrigeration and cooking of food...LIHEAP (low income housing energy assistance program). This op ed focuses on that. #EnergySky
triblive.com/opinion/dest...

The poem Second Coming by Kate Baer From How About Now, 2025.

Second Coming by Kate Baer
From their new book of poetry
How About Now, 2025.

ICE isn’t just targeting the border. They’re now arresting adults who sponsor unaccompanied children, parents, relatives, etc. Nearly 3K arrests this year.

When a Chicago day-care worker was detained days after her sons arrived, the message was clear: caring for a child is now a risk.

“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”

--Megyn R. Kelly

“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”

--Also Megyn R. Kelly

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.

Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.

Under new administration guidance, if you’re overweight or diabetic, you can be denied a visa to live in the U.S. all in the name of “protecting the taxpayer.”

Newsflash: immigrants are not the problem. They’re the ones helping to build our economy and communities. 🇺🇸

www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

Priorities.

Fact-check: true 😕

Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops Even if you’ve got nothing to hide.

Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24...

A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.

This is so insane even by our insane times standards I had to verify if it's real.

It is. xcancel.com/PressSec/sta...

Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year

Your windshields should be absolutely covered in a sticky mess of bug splats/insect carcasses every time you drive across open country forcing you to stop periodically at gas stations to use their wet squeegees to try and clean up your view of the road at night

My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.

a Verge headline: The algorithm failed music Illustration: A colorful waveform starts to pixelate

The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.

Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...

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An unwrapped tamale.

Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.