a video of the young man's arrest shows him backing up, following commands, while having a weapon drawn on him. He's then surrounded, thrown to the ground, jumped on, and detained. shared with permission.

Rev. Jorge Bautista getting shot with "less than lethal" weapons at the Oakland blockade of the base where ICE is posting up.

Oakland, you have my heart. 😭 (Photo by @movementphotog.bsky.social)

UnSelling at the Recorders Office in Huchiun For Immediate release: contact tiny 510-435-7500, Mute Mama Earth is NOT for Sale! Houseless/Poor, Black, Brown, Disabled ComeUnity in collaboration with 1st Nations Peoples of this land create a HERs...

The Homefulness community has created a new "liberation easement" that legally preserves land for poor people-led organizing, Indigenous cultural revitalization, and permanent collective stewardship, protecting the land from returning to the speculative market."
www.poormagazine.org/post/unselli...

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

I won't use any organizing energy opposing the criminalization of feds, but I really think people should be focusing on restorative initiatives for victims / communities first. We already saw the results of Jan 6 prosecutions---they're already back on the streets.

This is liturgy right here.

A Dyke Theology Because apparently I have one

They say "bad theology kills." For National Coming Out Day, I wanted to offer some theology that doesn't. (Grateful to Grace, Riot, and the Sisterly retreat for the prompting to write this.)

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This. Right. Here.

🇹🇷🇵🇸 #BREAKING | Following the Global Sumud Flotilla interceptions, More than 45 Turkish civilian ships are heading directly toward Gaza.

This comes as a response to Israel intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy.

Take heart. The fight is not over. ONE Flotilla vessel ALMOST reached the shores of Gaza, but it’s more profound than that: it’s the closest any aid vessel has got in *18 YEARS*!!!

“You died.
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”

Rest in Power and Thank You

Beautiful and so helpful--thank you

They. Will. Never. Win.

If you're feeling discouraged, read this. Resistance is happening, and it is beautiful.

Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open "Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.

As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Is Shocking, But the Worst Could Be Yet to Come The ouster of comedian Jimmy Kimmel signals a broader crackdown on media. Let’s double down, not back off in response.

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...

If we are going to have any chance of preserving healthcare for trans people, reproductive care or frankly any kinds of care the regime wants to eliminate providers & institutions are going to have to band together to vigorously fight civil subpoenas & vague threats of criminalization at every turn

"I wish that man was not killed. 'Killing’s some wack shit.' But, more than that, I wish that man considered a public and private love for the most vulnerable parts of himself and his nation before he died. I wish the same for all of us."
--Kiese Laymon on FB

They watched ICE detain their dad. Now D.C. neighbors escort them to school. Immigrant neighborhoods across the District have organized “walking school buses” to shuttle kids to classes during President Donald Trump’s federalization of D.C. police.

Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08

I second this recommendation. Thanks, Jonathan.

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"I know these days seem hard, but we will change the tide." In case you need this song as much as I did today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqCm...

Until the trans woman murdered down the block, the kid dead of gender dysphoria, the ICE detainee dead in custody, the auntie dead for lack of healthcare, and EVERY PERSON DEAD IN GAZA are all universally grieved, I am unlikely to shed a tear for Charlie Kirk. All are victims of political violence.

hi, cis folks!

if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.

the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.

we need you to call senators: reps.fyi

more info & script downthread.🧵

Also support the @atlsolfund.bsky.social.

If you want to learn more about the original RICO charges that people were facing opposing the construction of a $90+ million militarized cop training site, we have an annotated indictment available here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...

The longtime fear-mongering about crime in major cities is, of course, copaganda and is being used as a pretext for occupation. It has more to do with criminalizing and controlling specific populations i.e. Black, brown, unhoused, and poor people, and not others.

enormous development in the Cop City RICO case today: the Judge indicated he would be dismissing *at least* the RICO and Arson counts of the indictment, which would eliminate 56 out of 61 people from the indictment.

Official answer tomorrow, and it will certainly be appealed.

If you don't have ideas, this articles has a whole bunch of ideas of how to get creative.

Mr. Mamdani must find common ground with the police to avoid the tensions that plagued Mr. de Blasio, said Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban policy at New York University. Mr. de Blasio tried to bring changes to the department, but he angered the rank and file. He defended a staffer who had ridiculed the police on social media and gave a speech describing how he had warned his biracial son that he could have problems with the police. The tension culminated in a painfully public protest in 2015 by officers who turned their backs on Mr. de Blasio at a police funeral. “You can’t be mayor of New York without having the support of the Police Department,” Professor Moss said. “De Blasio never recovered from the loss of respect police gave him.” Mr. de Blasio balanced calls for reform with his choice for commissioner: William Bratton, a well-established leader whose experience running the department in the 1990s comforted many police unions.

This is such a terrible and anti-democratic idea. The mayor of NYC should not need the support of the NYPD. There are pragmatic reasons why the mayor needs to have a working relationship with the police, but the NYPD doesn't get a veto over what voters want. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...

To my friends who have signed on, I see you and I thank you!