Laura Lee

DAILY MEMO: ICE Raids San Fernando Valley Kidnapping At Least 20 People and More 🧵 2 parts

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The shark on the hoverboard! 😂

The shark on the hoverboard tho 😂

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert A Message From The Frog Resistance

A Message From The Frog Resistance
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The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

"Traditionally, we do not recognize borders. We are all Indigenous people and seek to represent unity," George Funmaker, a Ho-Chunk/Dakota nations member and organizer of the nineteenth Many Winters Gathering of Elders event, says.

The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-p...

By Héctor Zaldívar

When it started here in LA it was really hard to talk to friends and family members who live in other parts of the country - to see them going about their daily lives as if these fascist kidnappings weren’t happening. Or, like it wouldn’t eventually affect everyone, everywhere.

While playing Ghostbusters with a band dressed as bananas, at what was a peaceful protest yesterday in front of the ICE detention facility, a swarm of federal officers charged into the band, and pounced on top of our clarinet player, and arrested her and damaged her clarinet. She is a mother of a 3 year old who is still without their mother because they're considering Assault charges against her! They also knocked over our drummer, bashing in his face, requiring 4 stitches in his lip. Then they teargassed all of us! Everything leading up to this point was peaceful and joyous. More than 1000 naked people rode through on bikes while frogs and squids and grannies were dancing around us. They are the thugs. They are the ones being violent. They are the ones breaking the law. We are not deterred. See you at No Kings! Post includes 2 pics of several peaceful folks playing musical instruments.

A peaceful protestor who had just been playing music is face down in the mud with several ie t gang members of the police and ICE pushing her down into the mud arresting her.

Same as the last pic but she is holding her mud covered hand out between the rough ground and her face as they continue to assault her.

FREE ORIANA! oriana Korol was peacefully protesting ICE on 10/12 and was illegally detained by ICE and DHS. She is the clar net player for Unpresidented Brass Band, and was playing music for protestors. Protesting for immigrants is not a crime! Please call Clark County Jail at both these numbers: - 564-397-4996, press 1 - 564-397-4663 Use the following script: "I am calling to demand the release of Oriana Korol, arrested on 10/12 for protesting at the ICE Facility in Portiand, OR. Protesting and standing up for immigrants is not a crime. I demand their release as soon as possible and that her charges are dropped."

Sharing my friends post here. Please share. We need any and all videos that may exist leading up to this attack by ICE.

A clarinetist in a banana outfit was arrested yesterday by feds in Portland OR for bringing too much joy probably, & was transported across state lines into Vancouver WA to be held there for spite apparently.

Are you fucking kidding me?! ICE replies to a journalist’s inquiry by copy/pasting a screenshot from a social media post. What a time to be alive.

Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.

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Turns out most people don't really like being invaded

Occupying forces are famous for attacking ambulances in a certain country where we send our officers for training, so this is very on brand.

Sounds pretty fashy, so that tracks.

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I’m fine with tornadoes sweeping up many ICE ghouls in SoCal this week.

Trump hates children.

I guess maybe the thoughts give birth to the feelings. So if I can be observant enough to catch the thought trying to hijack my mind, I can sometimes nip it in the bud. (Lol I gotta do it over and over again, bc those thoughts are insidious sneaky bastards.)

I’m in LA. We’ve been at this for 100-something days so far. More and more people are connecting with rapid response/mutual aid groups. Folks who aren’t able to be on the streets are doing back end work. There is a role for EVERYONE.

Negativity bias is a thing. I just try remind myself “those are just thoughts,” and then ask them to move along, thank you very much.

Congrats!

I’m in LA. We’ve been at this for 100-something days so far. More and more people are connecting with rapid response/mutual aid groups. Folks who aren’t able to be on the streets are doing back end work. There is a role for EVERYONE.

This is how it’s done. Keep educating each other about our rights. Keep throwing sand in the gears of the authoritarian regime. ✊

“Maisie, an activist with Protect RP who helped coordinate communications on Thursday, told me that as a disabled person, “to be doing things that were accessible to me physically was really important.” She emphasized that “everybody has a place in this movement and everybody can do something.” “

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

No Kings logo: a drawing of a crown with a red x over it

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

Bluesky look at this gift I found for you

Thank you for your service 🫡

Interesting article! Archived here: archive.ph/wVlNB

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up. Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."