Mike Elk

May their memories always be a blessing

How a Fiery Socialist Mayor Captured the Hearts of New York Voters—in 1911 Union College professor Andrew Morris tells us what Zohran Mamdani could learn from George Lunn's successes—and failures—as a four-term mayor of Schenectady.

More than a century ago, a young, charismatic socialist with the gift of gab decided to run for mayor in his NY town. He campaigned on a platform of affordability: City-run grocery stores, cheap fares for streetcars, taxing the rich, & good government. Sound familiar?

Cooking the books at BLS

Al Jazeera’s entire Gaza team has been killed #warcrime

In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death | Will Bunch On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press freedom.

The press freedom crisis in America isn't only billionaires bowing down at big outlets like CBS, the Post. In L.A., elsewhere, indie journalists at protests are getting beat up or arrested by cops, a chilling sign of an authoritarian U.S. police state

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ICE looted & demolished a Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh

Hahaha

Someone discovered CBD gummies

‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’ Footballer Suleiman al-Obeid was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza last week, according to the Palestine Football Association

"Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"an Afghan asylum-seeker who stepped out of a car after ICE threatened his window said, 'It reminded me of the Taliban'"

well right. "ICE-IS" = legalized (for now) domestic terror

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Pennsylvania- "2wks after an article (Latino Spirit Powering Growth in Ambridge) was published with the municipal manager’s comments welcoming Latinos to Ambridge, ICE & the city police force, set up a roadblock on Merchant St checking everyone’s immigration status."
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Ambridge PA, where my father-in-law grew up, was built in large parts by immigrants like his father. That building generation would have been just as sickened as the current rebuilding generation is as described here.

Correction to the correction lol only 2,300

Yeha

1,000 West Virginians stand & cheer when Bernie calls for cutting off military aid for Israel!

Trump hosted a rally in Ambridge but when ICE showed up - residents pushed back hard

Following ICE Raid, Mill Town Fights Back Against Local Police Cooperation A recent raid by ICE working in conjunction with local police has angered many residents and raised important questions about how even small municipalities like Ambridge can resist Trump’s attack on i...

a town organizes against ICE
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Dreamers Face ‘Greatest Threat’ Yet in Trump Immigrant Crackdown The DACA program has survived years of political siege—but recent arrests have dreamers shocked and worried.

Deaf guy tried to show ICE his ID. An agent grabbed it and didn't return it.

So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.

He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.

He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.

The house was packed to standing room only! Empathy is alive here in West Virgina! We are not alone!

I’m standing and cheering too!!

Correction: capacity here is 3,000 at Capital Theater and it’s standing room
Only.

By far of the biggest applause of the night

Biggest applause when Bernie calls for freezing military aid for Israel bsky.app/profile/mike...

1,000 West Virginians stand & cheer when Bernie calls for cutting off military aid for Israel!

Bernie reving the crowd up in Wheeling, WV

Bernie bringing down the house in Wheeling, West Virginia

Bernie in Wheeling

Following ICE Raid, Mill Town Fights Back Against Local Police Cooperation A recent raid by ICE working in conjunction with local police has angered many residents and raised important questions about how even small municipalities like Ambridge can resist Trump’s attack on i...

An inspiring story about a town in Trump country that fought back against an ICE Raid.

When ICE raided the town with/ local police's help, the town fought back.

A model of how we can fight back.

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Wheeling, West Virginia turns out for Bernie.

Well over 1,000 here - many in red bandanas

Over 1,000 for Bernie in Wheeling, West Virginia and the program doesn’t start for another hour

Lots of red bandanas - this is West Virginia

“At one point, when protestors called the police “Nazis,” one cop posed and gave the Nazi salute to mock them.” @mikeelk.bsky.social
#ICE