I'm going to remind you that Cuomo killed a bunch of people and then covered it up. And that his sexual harassment lawsuits have cost the state 60 million dollars
26.10.2025 16:24 β π 593 π 165 π¬ 11 π 4@ndindi.bsky.social
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I'm going to remind you that Cuomo killed a bunch of people and then covered it up. And that his sexual harassment lawsuits have cost the state 60 million dollars
26.10.2025 16:24 β π 593 π 165 π¬ 11 π 4BREAKING: Melissa becomes a major category 3 hurricane, heading for Jamaica
26.10.2025 03:05 β π 126 π 40 π¬ 2 π 9Protest against Bass broke out, mostly by people who were in the CSD panel with me.
Good to see public opposition to Bass for her inability to get the LAPD under control (and for other reasons).
I wasnβt part of the protest, but stood with them to ward off a police sheriff heading towards them
THE TRUTH ABOUT INSIDE SAFE flyer: The Mayor's "Inside Safe" Program does NOT "bring people inside and connect them with comprehensive wrap-around services." Many think "Inside Safe" is a housing program - but it's actually an encampment clearance program - you have to hand over a tent the City can destroy to enter the program. The Mayor's "Inside Safe" Program siphons tax dollars to private contractors who pocket the money meant to provide services. Partnering with The Mayor's "Inside Safe" Program will NOT "create positive impact in the community" - nor will it "make a lasting difference" - instead, a revolving door of forced shelter-to-street displacement will be further entrenched, all while private 3rd party contractors bilk taxes for profit thanks to the Mayor.
Back half of the inside safe flyer: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT"INSIDE SAFE" - "INSIDE STARVING" (THE NAME COMMONLY USED TO REFER TO THE PROGRAM) ROUTINELY RUNS OUT OF FOOD FOR RESIDENTS, TELLING PEOPLE TO EAT DRY CEREAL FOR DINNER - "INSIDE STARVING" SPENDS $7,000 PER MONTH PER RESIDENT - JUST FOR ROOM AND BOARD. 3RD PARTY PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ARE RE-IMBURSED SITO PER PERSON PER DAY IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING A RANGE OF SERVICES - FEW OF WHICH ACTUALLY REACH RESIDENTS AND INCONSISTENTLY AT BEST. - "INSIDE SAFE" HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH SCANDALS RANGING FROM INHUMANE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS TO FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETY (ENFORCED ISOLATION, EJECTING HOSPITALIZED PEOPLE, TO NAME BUT A FEW). THE PROGRAM HAS A MASSIVE BUDGET OF MORE THAN $450 MILLION DOLLARS - THAT'S $93,360 PER PERSON WHO HAS EVER ENTERED THE PROGRAM - EVEN FOR JUST ONE DAY. DESPITE ALL THIS MONEY, INSIDE SAFE CURRENTLY HOUSES JUST 1,144 PEOPLE AND HAS FAILED TO DELIVER PROMISED "COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES." - 795 PEOPLE - NEARLY HALF OF PEOPLE "INSIDE SAFE" HAS PLACED INTO "PERMANENT" "HOUSING" - HAVE SINCE BEEN EVICTED, MOSTLY DUE TO TIME-LIMITED SUBSIDIES EXPIRING. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2025, 42% OF EVERYONE WHO ENTERED "INSIDE SAFE" HAS BEEN EVICTED FROM THEIR SHELTER OR HOUSING. 85 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE PROGRAM. WHY SHOULD WE TRUST THE MAYOR TO TELL THE TRUTH WHO: - LIES ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF HER PROGRAM COMMONLY KNOWN AS "INSIDE STARVING" - QUOTES INACCURATE AND INFLATED STATISTICS REGARDING HER PROGRAM COMMONLY KNOWN AS "INSIDE STARVING", STATISTICS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CONTROLLER - LIES ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAPD AND ICE? INSTEAD, ASK THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS - LISTEN TO THEIR EXPERIENCE REGARDING THE "EFFICACY" OF "INSIDE STARVING" - THEN ASK YOURSELF IF YOU COULD CALL THE "INSIDE SAFE" PROGRAM YOUR HOME?
25.10.2025 20:34 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0We are now in the second kettle of the night, and LAPD are aggro about it
19.10.2025 04:53 β π 132 π 25 π¬ 3 π 0Gaza health chief says 170,000 wounded await care amid hospital crisis - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-chief-says-170000-wounded-await-care-amidst-hospital-crisis
16.10.2025 09:44 β π 25 π 22 π¬ 0 π 0The October edition of my newsletter will go out tomorrow: prisonculture.substack.com
06.10.2025 00:12 β π 73 π 20 π¬ 0 π 0the "abolish ICE" people were right
27.09.2025 13:02 β π 6024 π 894 π¬ 21 π 50#FreePalestine
26.09.2025 22:08 β π 96 π 43 π¬ 4 π 0The main reason we started this giving circle was because families like Mohamedβs were going weeks without support. Thatβs still the case for them, displaced in a baking tent and reliant on YOU for basics.
Give / find his link here. 2473/3200 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
βThey are hunting us:β Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown 19thnews.org/2025/09/chil... via @19thnews.org
11.09.2025 14:16 β π 312 π 201 π¬ 3 π 6Norwalk backed down from its ban on homeless shelters after Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Southern California city. A Los Angeles judge must approve the settlement. https://cal.news/4p5LTsR
08.09.2025 16:00 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0Appeals court upholds $83.3m verdict against Trump for defaming E Jean Carroll over her 2019 sexual assault claims.
08.09.2025 16:01 β π 120 π 30 π¬ 3 π 4Police complained about having to make arrests at Palestine Action protest, says detainee - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-police-express-discontent-arrests-palestine-action-protest
08.09.2025 16:01 β π 14 π 12 π¬ 1 π 2BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump resume immigration raids targeting Latinos, Spanish speakers and certain workers
Apparent 6-3 ruling. Dissenting, Sotomayor says the order is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees." @courthousenews.bsky.social
βI lost my family, my home, my sightβ: Israel blinds thousands in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-lost-my-family-my-home-my-sight-israel-blinds-thousands-it-destroys-gazas-eye-care-system
27.08.2025 09:30 β π 11 π 10 π¬ 0 π 1LAPD Commission Meeting:
Confronted the Police commissioners about staying silent for two months as the LAPD violated a federal restraining order.
Malik Speaks! (cover) All I fear is not fighting poems from prison
We also have Malik's zine, Malik Speaks! A collection of their poems that can be ordered to support the Sameer Project's Medical Campaign:
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
defending switching to "radical Republicans" as a description of today's GOP on the grounds that it is *less* confusing than "fascist" seems to imply either that the author is unfamiliar with history, that they expect the audience to be, or that they hope the audience will be
07.08.2025 14:55 β π 585 π 83 π¬ 35 π 5BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.
01.08.2025 22:12 β π 37347 π 7960 π¬ 845 π 406JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked Secrretary Noem's move to terminate temporary status for Nicaragua, Honduran and Nepaii immigrants, finding the cancelation was likely rooted in "racial animus." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
01.08.2025 01:53 β π 6030 π 1530 π¬ 99 π 100Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.
21.07.2025 01:58 β π 744 π 312 π¬ 50 π 39wrote this last month!
21.07.2025 00:38 β π 7504 π 1948 π¬ 113 π 40Women and children handcuffed being taken into the downtown federal building.
12.07.2025 05:12 β π 1586 π 974 π¬ 117 π 131oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. βthe blacks and the browns are the reason white people canβt get aheadβ www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
12.07.2025 11:46 β π 22933 π 4989 π¬ 1342 π 920Camarillo, CA - Protesters have backed away further, and both sides appear to be in the process of leaving. One protester remains, entwined in a battle of bright lights with the federal government.
11.07.2025 06:02 β π 191 π 50 π¬ 7 π 3Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has just announced that she will be signing an executive directive to βsupport Los Angelesβ immigrant communities in the wake of unlawful raids conducted by the federal government.β
No word yet on any details beyond that currently. Iβll update when I know more.
DAILY MEMO: Part 2 of 2, Camarillo Sees a Military Raid and ICE faces closed doors and protesters at an Oxnard Hospital~ @eltragon.bsky.social
11.07.2025 06:05 β π 641 π 296 π¬ 29 π 25I sat today on a call with a client who just sobbed for fifteen minutes.
Two people she knows are about to be deported. They were here legally and on a path to citizenship.
One has a toddler who was born here who does not understand why his mama may have to leave.
Itβs horrifying.