Ireland Makes Basic Income Program for Artists Permanent After a successful pilot, artists will be paid hundreds of euros weekly over three years.

The Irish government will give 2,000 artists unrestricted weekly stipends.

This curious puppy found itself in a tight spot, thankfully CAL FIRE/ Fresno County Fire Engine 89 was able to carefully free the little guy. #AnimalRescue #Puppyrescue

Protest sign: I was raised to be a good neighbor. Not stand by while they are kidnapped off the streets.

People in frog costumes with protest signs.

#Ledgewood #NJ today
500+ people
#NoIceInRoxbury

ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.

Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.

a rally with people holding signs that say our students are worth fighting for and pay our teachers a living wage

Emma here. Massive turnout at SF Civic Center rn in support of UESF and the teachers strike. Teachers, principals, parents, students.

We rewatched the halftime show and the closing is so powerful. Bad Bunny’s final messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”

If you were a journalist or creative that was laid off by the Washington Post and you want to work for an independent, pro democracy news outlet, Democracy Docket is hiring. bit.ly/45Qaw4K

During a recent cultural burn, Tribal partners collected acorns for a variety of traditional uses— from food and ceremonial practices to planting that supports the regeneration of California’s forests.

#CulturalBurn #ForestStewardship #Reforestation #TribalPartnerships #CALFIRE

We've taken another critical step in the track-laying stage for California's @cahsra.bsky.social high-speed rail!

Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!

Fred Korematsu's fight against the cruelty of Japanese internment camps remains a constant reminder to stand up against injustice wherever it takes place.

On the 107th anniversary of his birth, California continues Korematsu's fight for civil rights and freedom.

Korematsu v. United States (1944) This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court’s decision that determined the government acted constitutionally when it detained people of Japanese ancestry inside internment camps during

Today, Jan. 30, is recognized as Fred Korematsu Day in honor of his resistance to Japanese internment during World War II. @sharemylesson.bsky.social has helpful resources on the history and legal battle over the internment camps.
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Graphic with a quote that reads “‘Fears and prejudices directed against minority communities are too easy to evoke and exaggerate, often to serve the political agendas of those who promote those fears.’ — Fred Korematsu, civil rights activist” On the graphic is a photo of Fred Korematsu in his old age, a Japanese man smiling at the camera wearing the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

During World War II, the U.S. government forcibly took hundreds of thousands of people of Japanese ancestry from their homes and held them in incarceration camps.

Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for defying the government’s order and refusing to go to the camps.

YouTube video by Senator Stephanie Chang Senator Chang on Fred Korematsu Day

Today in the Michigan Senate, I shared reflections on Fred Korematsu Day and the importance of courageous Americans standing up against unjust executive orders, then and now. #fredkorematsu

Watch here: youtu.be/-q02Mw8xpRA?...

New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.

BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history.

The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.

Attorney General Bonta Leads Coalition Opposing Illegal “No Bond” Immigration Detention Policy OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, co-leading a multistate coalition along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, filed an amicus brief opposing a federal policy that mandat...

Indefinitely detaining immigrants without a bond hearing is inhumane & illegal. That’s why AG James & I are leading a multistate coalition in opposition to the federal government’s “no bond” policy.
 
The right to due process is fundamental to our nation, and I will fight for it in every way I can.

Another photo from yesterday’s event!

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

COYOTE Weekly: Heave ho! Keep pushing.

wrote a special newsletter today for @coyotemedia.org that's chock-full of mutual aid links for work happening in Minneapolis-St. Paul www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-weekl...

Large protests broke out in Denmark and Greenland under the slogan “Hands off Greenland.” Crowds gathered in front of Copenhagen’s City Hall before marching to the U.S. Embassy, demanding respect for Greenlanders’ right to self-determination and opposing reported U.S. plans concerning the island.

Vanderbilt University Buys California College of the Arts, Raising Questions Curator Natasha Boas described the news as “another massive shock in a series of cultural shocks” for San Francisco’s arts community.

After years of declining enrollment and financial woes, California College of the Arts, the last remaining private art and design school in the San Francisco Bay Area, will shutter and be absorbed into Vanderbilt University.

Hundreds protest outside ICE office in Centennial following controversial federal agent shootings Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Centennial on Sunday morning, waving signs and chanting as they condemned the federal agency.

#Colorado #Centennial #ICEoutForGood
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Centennial on Sunday morning, waving signs and chanting as they condemned the federal agency.
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It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:

They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.

The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.

After today’s 1300-strong #ICEOUTFORGOOD vigil in Columbia, about a dozen of us rallied at our usual spots (northbound and southbound) on the Gorman Rd Overpass. Between the vigil/protest downtown (first photo), and later the highway traffic below, enthusiastic honkers rewarded us all day🚙🚘🚚🍃

Happening NOW in the small Adirondack community of Chestertown, NY.

#ICEOutForGood
@indivisible.org @indivisible-adk.bsky.social

So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.

When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end

This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.

Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.

People care.

Overall trust in scientists and medical professionals is still rather high (Pew 2024). And only about 7% of American/Canadian respondents in a study (Gravelle 2022) are stridently anti-vax.

MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.