UNTIL ITβS DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trumpβs politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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is it not weird that every day thereβs a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is βrepublicans want to double your health insurance premiumsβ
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this is a GOOD speech
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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I was in the courtroom when a DHS lawyer tried to argue that filming ICE equals encouraging incitement of violence.
A) Press didn't do that.
B) He denied DHS did things we caught on video. Which ... proves why press needs to film police/ICE/DHS.
Thanks for making our point for us, DHS lawyer!
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Matter of Jonathan Javier YAJURE HURTADO, Respondent
Decided September 5, 2025
U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Board of Immigration Appeals
Based on the plain language of section 235(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, 8 U.S.C. Β§ 1225(b)(2)(A) (2018), Immigration Judges lack authority to hear bond
requests or to grant bond to aliens who are present in the United States without admission.
π¨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond β expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
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βNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.β
- Fred Hampton
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guess who shot him
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Know your rights, Chicago. Ask for a warrant. Record the goons from a safe distance. We donβt want or need them here.
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Gavin Newsom is anti-trans and I will never, ever vote for him.
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The only thing that happened between Thursday-Costa Rica-and Friday-Uganda-
was Mr. Abrego's exercise of his legal entitlement to release under the Bail Reform Act and the
Fifth Amendment. See United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 755 (1987). Indeed, the government has done more than just offer these two options in isolation. On Friday evening, the government informed Mr. Abrego that he has until first thing Monday morning precisely when he must report
to ICE's Baltimore Field Office-to accept a plea in exchange for deportation to Costa Rica, or
else that offer will be off the table forever. There can be only one interpretation of these events:
the DOJ, DHS, and ICE are using their collective powers to force Mr. Abrego to choose between a guilty plea followed by relative safety, or rendition to Uganda, where his safety and liberty would
be under threat.
Mr. Abrego has previously explained that this case was part of a larger strategy to retaliate
caninet him for cholloncina lic /11oacl donnection to D1 Golundo (CooNi+
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garciaβs defense team says that the government is attempting to coerce him to plead guilty to his criminal charges.
Per filing, the government promised to deport him to Costa Rica if he pleads guilty β and is now threatening to remove him to Uganda if he doesnβt accept the deal.
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it is incredible to see the extent to which the Sensible Centrists are simply incapable of grasping the very simple and obvious fact that the president's concern with crime is a pretext, and that to deny claims of a sudden epidemic in crime is not to say that crime is nonexistent.
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"Agents stormed our restaurants in a show of force that went beyond anything reasonable or humane. They raided the heart of our business, tore through our spaces, and left behind a trail of fear, confusion, destruction. Our kitchens were flipped. Our walk-ins emptied. Food trashed. Doors broken."
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Email from the "PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE" to Kate Starbird asking for all emails from Jan 1 2021 through July 30 2025 with any of the following keywords:
"diversity and inclusion"
"DEIA"
"DEI"
"Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging"
"DEIB"
"gender identity"
"racial preference"
"ESG"
"organizational equity"
"intersectionality"
"anti-racism"
"critical race theory"
"LGBTQ+"
"transgender"
"cisgender"
"gender ideology"
"white privilege"
"privilege walk"
"cultural humility"
"equity audit"
"restorative justice"
"racial equity"
"implicit bias"
"microaggressions"
"inclusive pedagogy"
"identity-based oppression"
"systems of oppression"
"queer"
"non-binary"
"sexuality"
βTrumpβ
βfascistβ
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
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Video from today: Suffolk County PD loses control of K-9, which runs on the sidewalk and attacks a random Black person during funeral procession for a cop.
via www.instagram.com/reel/DMyHeMU...
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If a landlord or broker tries to force you to pay a fee, report them to DCWP: www.nyc.gov/site/dca/con...
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Demand an affidavit ballot and submit it. Your vote will count.
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The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.
He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.
AOC: βIt is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.β
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This is so stupid and sad
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One lobotomy is not enough to watch the bloodthirsty coverage of this nightmare without going insane.
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Fuck man wtf
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand⦠so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being⦠even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
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Crack a brewsky, scroll the blewsky
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America's secret police just detained a guy who might be Mayor of New York City and his NYPD escort. We have to abolish ICE. That should be the baseline Democratic Party position.
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The NYT spelling bee grid quite clearly showing the pangram Chilblain and then pretending it isnβt a word. Extraordinary scenes
It feels very blatant and aggressive thereβs an insolence to it thatβs bordering on malevolent and no I am not overreacting there is no such thing as βjustβ a puzzle shhhh
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Just cast a vote for a candidate I really believe in! Wow it felt great! Go vote for Zohran, y'all, it's good for your mental health
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Itβs time to vote π³οΈ
findmypollsite.vote.nyc
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I'm legitimately excited to early vote in the primary tomorrow because we have an actually-great candidate (a bunch of them actually) and I also get to stick it to Cuomo in my own small way, and by god I will enjoy it. Make a plan to vote for Zohran and stick it to Cuomo!
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