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ICE WATCH 101: DC BYSTANDER GUIDE 1. VERIFY THAT IT IS ICE • It is important that you try & verify that it's ICE. DC is uniquely overpoliced - apart from MPD, we have 30+ federal law enforcement agencies in the District. It can be difficult to tell them apart. • Look at their badges, arm patches, vests/ jackets, and cars. ICE vehicles can be marked as ICE or DHS. 2. DOCUMENT BUT DO NOT ENGAGE • Record the date, time, and location of the incident. Be as specitic as possible! • Take pictures and video. Try to capture pictures of the officers and their vehicles. Do NOT post the photos or video on social media. • Other relevant info to document: How many agents are there? What are they doing? • Do NOT engage. You could end up making things worse for the person being targeted. 3. CALL OUR HOTLINE: 202-335-1183

In light of the DC raids we want to reshare our ICE watch 101 graphics. Reminder to verify, document, and then report to our hotline.

Today, hundreds of tech workers at The Washington Post publicly announced their union @wapotechguild.bsky.social and requested voluntary recognition. ✊

We’re so proud of our members and all the solidarity received from the @postguild.bsky.social along the way!

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

5 reasons why people of faith are a powerful force in the fight against climate change and environmental crises - Greenpeace International Whether religious or atheist, faith guides many of us. Simply because success is not guaranteed in most struggles. Our energy and motivation sometimes find their source beyond logic and rationality. H...

As #Ramadan2025 comes to an end in a few days, let’s remember that people of faith can be powerful allies in the fight against the climate & biodiversity crises.

🌏✊ Faith and environmental action go hand in hand!

Here’s why ⬇️

Hossam 😞

For over a year we have followed all of your reports, as you tried to bring the world the truth of this horrific genocide. Now it has claimed you.

May you rest in power.

zionism is a repudiation of jewish values, in particular the belief that if we love our fellow as ourselves, and care for the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the oppressed, that we will be blessed and worthy of redemption in this world and the next. zionism ultimately says love and trust no one

Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support Changes could break the system, former officials say.

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

Americans who keep squawking, "I didn't vote for this."

Yes you did, you just didn't vote for this to happen to you.

I have been thinking about how part of the reason Arizona continues to shift blue is that right wing groups spent 20 years using it as test state for many of the laws that are now being rolled out nationally.

Turns out people actually hate living under those conditions.

When this piece was made last year, I thought it was, you know, pretty clever. Now, I think it might be one of the most important pieces of the decade.

As we await the Senate vote on the congressional spending bill that could slash $1.1 billion from D.C.'s budget, a quick historical 🧵: Back in 2011, Congress used D.C. to avert a government shutdown. Local officials were furious. So they did something about it.

If spirituality wasn’t central to liberation colonial forces wouldn’t have worked as hard to stamp out traditional practices in favor of the fundamentalist Abrahamic religion/dogmatic secularism dichotomy

Today's quick update [Mar 13]:

- RSF drone strike on a communal Iftar (Ramadan meal) in East Jireif, Khartoum; 2 civilians reported killed and others injured.

- RSF shelling continues in ElObeid for the 8th consecutive day.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

We can stop this power grab over DC's local budget. We are worth fighting for.
 
Whether you're a DC resident or acting in solidarity with the people of DC, we have everything you need to tell the Senate VOTE NO on cloture and VOTE NO on the CR: bit.ly/dcs-budget

🎥: @survive.show

Illegal dumping grounds off the New Jersey turnpike across from Manhattan in the 1970s

Smog rolling on over Manhattan in the 1970s

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.

Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

Meta rep flagged 'critiques of tech industry figures' as 'sensitive or controversial content' Meta said that the journalist "should never have received this response," but the incident set off a wave of concern over censorship online.

Meta rep flagged 'critiques of tech industry figures' as 'sensitive or controversial content'
www.usermag.co/p/meta-rep-f... by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social

As @naomiaklein.bsky.social so eloquently explains it, disaster capitalism is here.

It’s why I don’t respect Oprah or any celebrity/wealthy person who sees disaster as an opportunity to do anything but amass more wealth…

We love a rep who blocks people calling on him to do his job 🥰😍😍😍

@schumer.senate.gov

Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

We love to see a good threat in these authoritarian times 🙏🏽

screenshot of a CNN article that reads: “Eating a hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life, study says” above a picture of two hot dogs

not the way I do it

Look at this antisemitism in full force 🤯

They absolutely could not possibly be clearer that they are going to try to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

JUST IN: Judge Ho cancels hearing on the unraveling of Eric Adams prosecution. Suggests he's ready to rule on dropping the case, likely in line with his appointed adviser's recommendation to dismiss the case with prejudice.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

And this is why you should fight this kidnapping tooth and nail regardless of whether you agree with Mahmoud.

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:

My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."