Mike Elk

YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation Inside the Immigration Beat: Reporting truth and protecting communities

Thanks to our panelists, @maritzafelix.bsky.social, @arelisrhdz.bsky.social, @lamthuyvo.bsky.social, and to everyone who tuned in to our event on immigration reporting.

🔁 Missed it? Watch the replay here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPPo...

@conectaarizona.bsky.social @documentedny.bsky.social

Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes Recall Duterte’s “Drug War” Mass Killings Former Philippine President Duterte awaits trial in the ICC for using the pretext of a drug war for his murder campaign.

Former Philippine President Duterte awaits trial in the ICC for using the pretext of a drug war for his murder campaign.

Starting a 🧵 of consequences, just so we can remember that consequences can still exist.

A native of Minnesota who is of Somali descent said people in his community are afraid to leave their homes despite their citizenship status. nbcnews.to/3Xzd7vr

Jaylani Hussein from CAIR Minnesota says Trump is attacking the Somali community because it is a trifecta of his favorite targets: Black people, immigrants and Muslims.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/minnesota

Let 'The Secret Agent' fill you in on what it's like to live under a dictatorship A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state.

A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state. n.pr/49ZSnV4

Wow good work!

Why gaming changes didn’t make it into PA’s 2025 budget A dispute over the level of taxation and accusations of retribution derailed another attempt to regulate slot-like skill games in Pennsylvania.

New: Skill games, or any gaming policy, was not included in the state's recent budget deal despite the need for new tax revenue. Why? A wave of negative ads, as well as threats of more to come, tell part of the story. Via @spotlightpa.org
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...

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Good joke!

YouTube video by MS NOW Americans watching Trump: That's not us

Trump is deeper underwater than a billionaire’s sub.🤿https://youtube.com/shorts/5OGtNIggr58?si=vK35cIsFXBXUdTdf

I’d like to hear @ryangrim.bsky.social view on it too as someone who was a colleague of his, but he’s not exactly someone who responds to criticism

By going on those shows, you give them credibility - make the hosts like Bannon, who tried to plot a coup here, seem reasonable

Just subscribed to @anthonymurphy.bsky.social Buccos substack! Lets Go Bucs!

SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP on Historic First Intimacy Coordinator Contract

www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-re...

Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances Gen Z men support unions more strongly than any other group, both today and when older generations were their age. Looking at the gains from union membership for young men, it’s easy to understand why...

Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances

www.americanprogress.org/article/why-...

Oregon’s largest teachers’ union hosts training to protect students from ICE • Oregon Capital Chronicle More than 600 teachers and school staff are expected to attend training sessions in Bend, Eugene and Oregon City over the weekend.

Oregon’s largest teachers’ union hosts training to protect students from ICE

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/04/o...

SCOOP: Tyson Foods Moves to Block Shareholder Vote on Deportation Risks The meat giant is fighting to keep investors from demanding a report on how mass deportations could devastate its workforce — 35% of which is immigrants.

SCOOP: Tyson Foods Moves to Block Shareholder Vote on Deportation Risks

The meat giant is fighting to keep investors from demanding a report on how mass deportations could devastate its workforce — 35% of which is immigrants.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-tyso...

AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.

NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”

YouTube video by Zeteo Mehdi Pays Tribute To His Late Father

“He gave me a vision of what life should look like, what a just, free and inclusive society should look like.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social pays tribute to his late father, whose life and legacy was proof that a multicultural world can exist and that our identities are not static.

youtu.be/-G0vSGyPShY

Hegseth gonna love The Hague

Is there anyway to find Reddit posts that have been deleted?

That’s where the grift money is

So many of our supposed free thinkers cannot live without endless validation and shift towards anyone who provides it, even if it comes from criminals, white supremacists, fascists, or conspiracy theorists. They desperately crave the approval of others, and it overwhelms any inner creed they have.

Ugh - @ryangrim.bsky.social playing footsies with Steve Bannon.

I considered Grim a friend for many years but increasingly he’s been seeking validation from the right

D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies Decorated Native American veteran Charles Shay has died at age 101 in France

Native American D-Day veteran had moved close to Normandy beach to care for the spirits there!

Hillary Clinton blames TikTok for Gaza 'propaganda.' She can't see her own complicity By Boiling Down Backlash Against Israel to a Social Media Problem, Clinton and Her Allies Seem to Have Forgotten They're Still in an Echo Chamber That They Built With Their Own Hands and Words

Pretty scathing take down of Hillary Clinton's obsession with the idea that TikTok is the only reason for pro Palestinian sentiment— by an Israeli Jew in Haaretz

This is stunning work. And an incredible lived experience of why it’s worth it to just keep banging on at your thing.