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Steven Taylor was murdered by a San Leandro cop in 2020. Then DA was forced to charge but new DA is wants to drop we speak to Stevens grandmother & CCR suing Trump admin around global health foundation @helenprejean discusses efforts to end CA death row. Today! 8am PST @kpfa and @kpfk www.kpfa.org

On today’s law & disorder, we spend the hour on Chicago as Trump’s Midway Blitz is underway. We will speak with Aislinn Pulley - co-executive director of the Chicago Torture Justice Center and Kevin Fee, legal director of the ACLU of Chicago - and Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. stream @ www.kpfa.org

Law & Disorder on @kpfa & @kpfk: Palestine Post, where we spend the entire hour on Israels genocidal assault. We start our hour with Tariq Habash co-founder of A New Policy. Then we will be joined Lulu Hammad is a Palestinian American lawyer, human rights activist, and community organizer.

Tomorrow in Oakland! #solitaryconfinementistorture #endsolitaryconfinement

Law&Disorder starting NOW! we look into the redistricting war between CA and TX with @gustavo_arellano of the LA Times and then @george_galvis to discuss community readiness and response to a federal invasion. Starting now on @kpfaradio and @kpfk and streaming at www.kpfa.org #exposeagitatebuild

Pro Palestine protestors with signs that read things like “from the river to the sea”

Today on Law & Disorder Palestine Post a full hour covering the genocide. Were joined by Khury Peterson-Smith and Zahra Billoo for headlines analysis then joined by parents beginning a solidarity fast for Gaza of which I am taking part. 8 am PST on @kpfaradio and @kpfk and streaming at Kpfa.org

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That’s at 8am PST on @kpfaradio & @kpfk or stream us from www.kpfa.org

Then we will speak with Samer Araabi is a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and we wrap up the hour with Steve Sosebee, the co-founder/executive director of HEAL Palestine

We begin with Dr. Ussama Makdisi - Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley.

Today on @lawanddis - Palestine Post, where we spend the entire hour bringing you news coverage and analysis on Israels genocidal assault on the Palestinian people, the peoples resistance to it and the impact on the region and the rest of the world.

I kept saying it over and over as I watched it … “this could happen here” and if I wasn’t mf’n right …

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You ever wondered what pure evil looks like? Welp, here ya go. #lauraloomeristrash

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“I did it! I did it! I threw the sandwich” 🤣🤣🤣 I dunno why but this sandwich shyt is giving me all of the life. What if we make it a national movement - errybody get a sandwich and just start throwing em at them mo’fos Flip that whole Marie Antoinette thang on its head “Let them eat sandwiches”! 😂

#facts #istayready

YouTube video by KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA Oakland leaders, residents respond to President Trumps threats to deploy troops to city

“Unfortunately for him, the ‘president’ doesn’t understand Oakland” but he sho can FAFO 🤷🏽‍♀️

I hope your community is never occupied like LA or DC. But if it is, you’ll quickly find that people don’t take kindly to having their city under federal control. And folks are just getting started.

📌 Protesters gathered near a checkpoint in the U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.

Now watch the orange dude strip the federal court of its power and reverse the ruling … cause ya know … what does the law matter these days 🤷🏽‍♀️

The rich have used poor bodies for their entertainment for centuries. Why wouldn’t they hunt us down and put us in pits today?

On 6 months of Harms Committed...

Last Fall, I momentarily imagined a public archive where one could easily access a feed of credible journalism detailing the history of police brutality for any location. A passing thought inspired by dissertation research.

Harms Committed is and isn't that.
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Let’s keep the momentum going to protect our communities!✊🏾⚠️🧊

☎️📧 Call and email @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social 📲 tinyurl.com/stopice25

Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Use AB 137 authority NOW – to declare closed CA prisons as “excess” and request legislative approval for their immediate disposal.

Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.

“If you are not careful, and if you are not tapped into your own humanity and that of others, it can be tempting to mistake people for symbols.”

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Keen to read about the political & economic context around the FIFA Club World Cup ahead of today's final between PSG & Chelsea? @edgeofsports.bsky.social & I break it all down. The key takeaway: the #FIFACWC is a grift that deepens FIFA's ties to authoritarianism while mistreating footballers

What Ida B. Wells Would Say About Trump and the Epstein Files Poet and activist Mustafa Ali imagines what the godmother of investigative journalism would say about our need for accountability and truth.

IDA B. WELLS SAID,”THE WAY TO RIGHT WRONGS IS TO TURN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH UPON THEM.”
I invite you to explore my latest piece—there may be something in it that resonates deeply, or a truth you can’t ignore.
“What Ida B. Wells Would Say About Trump & the Epstein Files!” wordinblack.com/2025/07/what...

I needed this!

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🎙️ Fighting Back (Even if You’re Not Ready!)

Featuring comic and commentator @wkamaubell.bsky.social

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“More than any other ‘group protected from discrimination’, people with disabilities are most misunderstood — and while 1 in 4 of us is disabled (did you know that?), half of all police murder victims are disabled.”

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“Gender and race significantly impact how individuals experience and navigate compounded forms of prejudice and discrimination in (and out of) the workplace.”

Cops do wear masks

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The IOC handed LA the Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them | Jules Boykoff As the IOC ushers in new leadership, Donald Trump’s second term is already wreaking havoc on LA 28 – and turning a global celebration into a national security crackdown

My latest @theguardian.com "The IOC handed LA the 2028 Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them." Trump has a secret weapon to turn the Games into a national-security crackdown—the National Special Security Event designation, (NSSE)—& we need to be talking about it www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...