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Sara Koopman

@spaceforpeace.bsky.social

Feminist political geographer, peace studies prof (views my own), solidarity activist. #Colombia.

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Kash Patel fired FBI counterintelligence staffers responsible for monitoring threats from Iran.

He did this just before Trump launched this insane war due to their involvement in the FBI's investigation of Trump's classified documents scandal.

This admin is a threat to our nation’s safety.

04.03.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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This 2020 Trump speech is going viral.

02.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
A split-screen graphic. Left side: Two large bombs on an aircraft carrier with the text "War is costly." Right side: Gallons of milk on a grocery shelf stating that four days of "Operation Epic Fury" could fund SNAP benefits for 2 million Americans for a year.

A split-screen graphic. Left side: Two large bombs on an aircraft carrier with the text "War is costly." Right side: Gallons of milk on a grocery shelf stating that four days of "Operation Epic Fury" could fund SNAP benefits for 2 million Americans for a year.

President Trump has done what he promised not to doβ€”start a new overseas conflictβ€”and it's already costing the American taxpayer over $5 billion.

04.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
tucson.com/news/local/b...

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Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled β€œU.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled β€œU.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

β€œImminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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War is not the answer! Congress must act to end this illegal and immoral war.

The House plans to take up this measure as soon as tomorrow - they have an opportunity to do the right thing.

04.03.2026 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AMERICA BABY WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY WE DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE

[runs out of war materiel]

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Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced.

They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon.

The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

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That frigate was at the international fleet review in India BTW, along with US forces. This amounts to sinking a ship under a flag of truce so it's even worse than it seems

04.03.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 558    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 25
News: Commanders across dozens of U.S. military bases told troops the war on Iran is part of "God's plan" so Trump can bring about "Armageddon"

News: Commanders across dozens of U.S. military bases told troops the war on Iran is part of "God's plan" so Trump can bring about "Armageddon"

News: so Trump can bring about "Armageddon." The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has been
"inundated" with complaints since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran over the weekend, receiving more than 110 complaints from U.S. military personnel stationed at dozens of sites across the Middle East.
Journalist Jonathan Larsen broke the story, sharing specific complaints made by troops. One such complaint made by a noncommissioned officer reported that their commander had
"urged us to tell our troops that this was 'all part of God's divine plan' and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ."
"He said that 'President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth," the NCO continued. "He had a big grin on his face when he said all of this which made his message seem even more crazy."
MRFF told Larsen that over 110 complaints came

News: so Trump can bring about "Armageddon." The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has been "inundated" with complaints since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran over the weekend, receiving more than 110 complaints from U.S. military personnel stationed at dozens of sites across the Middle East. Journalist Jonathan Larsen broke the story, sharing specific complaints made by troops. One such complaint made by a noncommissioned officer reported that their commander had "urged us to tell our troops that this was 'all part of God's divine plan' and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ." "He said that 'President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth," the NCO continued. "He had a big grin on his face when he said all of this which made his message seem even more crazy." MRFF told Larsen that over 110 complaints came

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has received 110+ complaints from US service members across 30+ sites about commanders using religious rhetoric

Including calling the war with Iran "part of God's plan" and Trump "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon”

03.03.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 549    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 39

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

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Each one of those three missiles costs 33% more than the annual budget of the national park where I work.

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Gee, ya think.

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro SΓ‘nchez on Iran:

β€œRemember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime, as is the whole of Spanish society, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”

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Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and MorΓ³n follows Pedro SΓ‘nchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli action

Ouf.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 23143    πŸ” 7850    πŸ’¬ 693    πŸ“Œ 318
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From War Zones to Minneapolis, β€˜Civilian Self-Protection’ Proves Its Value Many tactics used in Minneapolis are akin to civilian efforts to protect each other from human rights violations in wars or highly repressive situations.

My @wpr.bsky.social piece with @charlicarpenter.bsky.social centers the heroic civilian self-protection efforts in MN (which continue today), arguing not only are Minnesotans protecting each other, but global human rights norms as well:

24.02.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Will Gov DeWine save Ohio from this Columbus Democrat? A Democratic senator from Columbus just passed a voter suppression bill through the Ohio House

TAKE ACTION β€” Help stop #Ohio from banning and punishing Ranked Choice Voting:

www.rachelcoyle.wtf/p/with-democ... #rankedchoicevoting #rcv

26.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This stunt where ICE releases people far from home with no proper clothing and no way home should be treated as attempted homicide. In this case, actual homicide. These cases are not accidental or based on misunderstandings. They are deliberate attempts to inflict bodily harm.

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How to build emergency response systems for the long haul The international accompaniment movement teaches us that to avoid burnout, we must build durable, collective and supportive structures now.

No one makes a decision alone
Rotate decision makers
Institute urgency guides

These are some of the strategies developed over decades of accompaniment in violent, repressive political contexts that Zia Kandler & I learned & now share. I hope they're useful. πŸ’œ
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/how-...

25.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

important ideas for US protection organizing based on years of international protective accompaniment experience in Colombia, Honduras, and Guatemala

26.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These are β€œlow enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

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A hell of a graphic from the Economic Policy Institute

26.02.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho BrazΓ£o, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos BrazΓ£o, were responsib...

Today, Rio de Janeiro’s former Police Chief & a Congressman were convicted in the assassination of socialist Rio City Councilwoman Marielle Franco.

She was a college classmate of mine & today is a beautiful day for Brazilian democracy

25.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 528    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

Statement from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior of the event:

"Note from the Ministry of the Interior:

On the morning of February 25, 2026, a violating speedboat was detected within Cuban territorial waters. The vessel, registered in Florida, United States..."

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They found him. He died.

Another murder by our immigration goon squads

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Really appreciate this data reporting from the @startribune.com, which comes with the appropriate cautions about the crowd-sourced data. Looks like the ICE/DHS surge in MN is down significantly, but (a) was HUGE compared to other cities, (b) impacted the suburbs A LOT, and (c) is still happening.

23.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

All from Minnesota. Love to see it.

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Since this will likely come up in the SOTU: Yes, US stock markets are up since Trump took office (14%).
But in the rest of the world, markets are up WAY more. Cumulative market gains are more than triple ours (43%)

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No New Bonds Ohio Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague has $262,500,000 of state funds invested in Israel Bonds. On September 1st, a bond for $10 million will mature followed by more bonds in the coming months. For each bond ...

Are you in Ohio? We have an astounding $25M in Israel bonds. A bunch are maturing soon. Please write our treasurer and ask him not to roll them over. Bad financially, hideous ethically. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-n...

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