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@rajani.bsky.social

Loving partner. Gentle parent. Neurodivergent musician. Empathetic economist. YIMBY conservationist. Human rights supporter. Psychedelic enjoyer.

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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, β€œI’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

11.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5208    πŸ” 2569    πŸ’¬ 355    πŸ“Œ 256

This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic

11.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 757    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
"Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", John Lennon Live in NYC
YouTube video by ECO Scouts "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", John Lennon Live in NYC

BTD 1940 John Lennon
youtu.be/Ku7sCZfsgNo?...

09.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thin skin

09.10.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

09.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 55206    πŸ” 22462    πŸ’¬ 1857    πŸ“Œ 2118

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

07.10.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4820    πŸ” 1902    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 39
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Released 45 years ago
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory

07.10.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9

Post you from a different era

30.09.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.

21.09.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5594    πŸ” 556    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 19

The Democratic Party is a coalition that naturally should and wants to be two or three different parties, and we'd all be better off if we had a proportional electoral system that allowed that. The abnormal dysfunctional system that doesn't should not be taken for granted as set in stone forever.

17.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

15.09.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 24756    πŸ” 7736    πŸ’¬ 456    πŸ“Œ 287

You fascists bound to lose

06.09.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At a time when it's critical to build more housing

05.09.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
05.09.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool to see studies like this show what many have known all these years.

05.09.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'One and done' dose of LSD keeps anxiety at bay People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip.

People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip.

05.09.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 36
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New single, 'Money is King' is streaming now!

From the upcoming Money is King ep!

30.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

*sigh* I missed that return window

04.09.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure they're planning on making it available at no cost to all residents so it's not just a poll tax πŸ™„

03.09.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.

03.09.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6915    πŸ” 2162    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 111

'Manhattan Project' β“β“πŸ˜¬

03.09.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better

"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better."

I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:

03.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6294    πŸ” 1466    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 195

There's also an error assuming everyone whose Scot/Irish/English ancestors have been here since before the revolution agrees with him. I've got multiple ancestors documented as fighting in the revolution and I support open immigration, paths to citizenship, and embracing diversity.

03.09.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, the key divide within the Democratic party does not map onto a left/right axis: It is between those who want to fight back forcefully, like Pritzker, and those who can’t/won’t shake the impulse to accommodate, appease, and uphold β€œnormalcy.”

02.09.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1751    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 25

This exactly. They're supposed to just be able to make incessant political commentary without pushback and when they receive any it's bc they triggered lib snowflakes into being rude.

03.09.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two Kinds of Libertarians | Aaron Ross Powell Get more from Aaron Ross Powell on Patreon

Some self-described libertarians support Trump. Some self-described libertarians view Trump as the greatest threat to American liberty in our lifetimes. Here's what's causing that split. www.patreon.com/posts/two-ki...

02.09.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

DC politicians need to understand that you cannot have any odor of collaboration and still have a political future here

02.09.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I got 3 last week, all funded by the same org.

I'm not convinced mailers are very effective at persuasion in any election. I interpret the quantity of spam mail as an indicator they know they don't have the numbers.

02.09.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we're going to have a definition for "blueskyism" then we can define Xism bc it's not that hard. It's just bigotry, trolling, and sex bots.

02.09.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)
YouTube video by Gogol Bordello Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)

Fuck any anti-American motherfucker who can read β€œGive me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” and not feel proud.

01.09.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10

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