Stephanie Franklin

It's a hopeful sign that ICE keeps racking up Ls in these trumped-up cases against protesters and activists

In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The FBI's report from August, prepared by its New York division, does not make clear how the bureau accessed the Signal group. The Signal platform, widely used by activists, is known for its end-to-end encryption; typically, the only way law enforcement can access messages is if they are directly included in the chat, are sent copies from a participant or have access to a member's unlocked phone. The FBI said the information came from a "sensitive source with excellent access" and introduced the report as a warning about "extremist actors targeting law enforcement officers and federal facilities". In "late May", an individual "participated in a debrief session held via a Signal call within the 'courtwatch' Signal groupchat", the FBI wrote, without identifying the individual or the specific group or organizations involved. That person "discussed how to improve future activities near federal facilities in New York City, including 26 Federal Plaza, 201 Varick Street and 290 Broadway", the report continued, listing the addresses of three immigration courts in Manhattan.

Public records requests by @propertyofthepeople.org reveal FBI had access to at least one immigration court watch Signal group—it’s not clear how. But from what we know about how Signal works, it could be the FBI obtained access to a group member’s phone.

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A male Anna’s hummingbird at the door. So nosy! 🤣

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.

This is who it was:

Are you kidding me??! 🎶

Illustrated by Rhiannon Giddens?!

"Color Me Country", edited by Kelly McCartney & Rissi Palmer pays tribute to country artists like Linda Martell with 20 mini-bios paired with playful portraits

alt-text: Giddens; book cover showing illustrations of black women musicians

My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.

For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.

Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein

“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.”

BRO.

In the aftermath of several mass overdose events in Penn North, Baltimore partnered with the Maryland Transit Administration and the Maryland Peer Advisory Council to place naloxone in all of the city’s metro stations. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-in...

Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) Don Davis (NC-01) Chris Pappas (NH-01) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) Jared Golden (ME-02) Josh Riley (NY-19) Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) Pat Ryan (NY-18) Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) Kim Schrier (WA-08) Adam Gray (CA-13) Eric Sorensen (IL-17) Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Tom Suozzi (NY-03) Susie Lee (NV-03) Gene Vindman (VA-07) David Min (CA-47) George Whitesides (CA-27)

These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.

Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.

They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

"The two-hour session was led by Anna Duncan, a Durham organizer with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Manju Rajendran of Ready the Ground, a North Carolina group that trains volunteers in social justice movements."

North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities

“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”

Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.

Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.

The conciergification of U.S. society is further eroding basic appreciation. This has bled into all aspects of life.

Opinion | Why We Must Steer Black Children From Military Service Horace Small writes that Black parents must discourage children from serving in the armed forces.

OPINION: "Our young people still enlist hoping for opportunity: job training, education and a way out. But too often, they are met with trauma, discrimination and broken promises," Horace Small writes.

“So far in 2025, nine former and current NFL players under the age of 48 have died. Of those nine deaths, seven were the result of suicide, actions that signaled deep mental duress, or undisclosed reasons … Yet you’d barely know it.”

Dominican Republic: The facts debunk the myth; migrants do not overburden the health system The Dominican Republic ranks among the countries with the lowest public investment in health in Latin America and the Caribbean.

"Since October 2024, the Dominican authorities have deported over 300,000 Haitians."

"The migration protocol in public hospitals [..] puts up obstacles for Haitians trying to get health services and institutionalizes discriminatory treatment."
#DominicanRepublic #Haiti #Deportation #Healthcare

I've been saying for months that the institutions bending to the loser tyrant's will have been complicit rather than cowardly. People keep saying 'why not both?' and I need to say that this misreads the situation which is that many of these institutions ARE CORRUPT, lol.

This was a really cool history lesson with men’s fashion. Tied it in with Queer history. Because of course we are the culture. 🙂‍↕️

Yes

Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry.…

Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory.

Acting Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres said the entire Colombian Amazon will be made a reserve for renewable natural resources.

The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.

People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.

Native kids in WA less likely to be offered jail alternative Lawmakers and researchers push for new tracking measures as racial disparities and decentralized practices shape youth justice outcomes

"In some of Washington's largest counties, the gaps are startling."

"In Pierce County, Native American youths charged with a misdemeanor who had a prior offense are 50% less likely to be [sent to diversion programs] than white youths."
#Washington #USA #Incarceration

Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on

Powerful op-ed from Btselem on accountability in Gaza: "Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

World population: Quarter of Earth will be African in 2050 The Earth will be quite a bit more crowded in 2050—with nearly 2.5 billion more people than now.

A loud reminder that in about two decades or less, 1 in 4 people in the world will be of African descent.

State Department Reverses Course, Says Trans Passports Will Be Valid Until They Expire This comes after a concerning change indicating that the state department could "invalidate" transgender passports.

18 Nov 2025 -- After adding language that appeared to imply that correct-gender trans passports might be invalidated, the State Dep't. re-updates its website to clarify that “all passports” held by trans ppl will remain valid until their expiration date. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Hold onto your butts. The nuclear reactor startup pilot program is marching along.

All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.

Love this feature on lunch ladies, an underappreciated bedrock of K-12 education.

Flyer with orange background reads: "Volunteers Needed: Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day, 10:30AM-1:30PM, 3 NYC locations. Tasks: serve meals, clean tables, reset tables. Sign up info at the bottom; St. Francis Friends of the Poor logo.

St. Francis Friends of the Poor is looking for volunteers to serve on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day from 10:30am to 1:30pm at each of their three residences.

i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate