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Last big program I helped run, we targeted AND MOVED a much higher proportion of former Trump voters than much larger, mainstream programs. The same goes for flipping folks in other countries. It's not about left vs mod, it's about whether you're ready to run on values, build a choir, & persuade. /1

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Seconded. A great place to throw some money if you've got extra.

Spot the North-American anomaly: only region where social media use is still growing.
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”

Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.

Updated estimates here:

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

update: "video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her"
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Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

Fannie Lou Hamer Was Born On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources It’s Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday! You might be interested in FANNIE LOU HAMER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917 – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES.

Fannie Lou Hamer Was Born On This Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/10/06/f...

Really helpful post to support effective organizing. Thank you @anatosaurus.bsky.social

Our inaugural #Persuasion2025 DC event has drawn praise and stirred up opinions across DC. We partnered with the ad testing platform Swayable and invited a spectrum of voices to join us for a day of new thinking and finding a path forward. A 🧵, and stay tuned for clips and session video.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Opening of Iowa mosque becomes a celebration of refugees' resilience and interfaith unity (RNS) — ‘From the very beginning, we did not feel like strangers. We did not feel like outsiders,’ said a leader of the mosque, whose inauguration drew some 15,000 celebrants.

“This is more than a building. It is a symbol of Iowa at its best.”
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ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....

ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Democrats show zero interest in fighting to save our Constitution and our freedom. Not even a fake fight. "We're fine with a dictator as long as he bankrupts the country even faster." Maybe if he started arresting his political opponents?

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

YouTube video by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District whether a tribute to Madonna or Weird Al, the sturgeon is the real star imo.

When my sewer district reintroduced Sturgeon to our river. @neorsd.org . www.youtube.com/shorts/UC3Il...

Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me.

But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)

Social proof isn't merely real, it's one of the most persuasive tools that exists to shape "common sense" & with it action. People do (& say) the things people like them do (& say).
Essential reading:

Why on earth is First Things positively referencing the notorious Neo-Nazi book, “Which Way, Western Man?” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...