Kisha Bari

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

And there it is.

In just four days, Dr. Khan Suri was transferred among five different ICE facilities across three states, despite the fact that ICE records indicate there were beds in Virginia facilities. Dr. Khan Suri was fasting in religious observance of Ramadan, but multiple ICE facilities refused him food or water to break his fast. For almost two weeks, he was housed in a room without a bed and with a television blaring 21 hours a day. Dr. Khan Suri was issued used underwear, and a bright red uniform that is usually reserved for detained individuals who have been classified as ‘high security’ based on their criminal history or alleged affiliation with criminal organizations. He is not permitted to work or spend more than two hours per week outside of his dorm.

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.

His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.

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Late post of some images I took at last weekend's @50501movement.bsky.social in NYC.
It was just so beautiful to have over 100,000 New Yorkers walk past me with so much resistance energy ❤️
I hope to see y'all out there May 1st!

The Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants with little to no due process has set up a potential constitutional showdown with the judicial branch. Here's what to know about the obscure wartime law and the people who have been deported under it so far. nyti.ms/4iy58HD

Call all of their offices NOW & tell them to vote NO on this terrifying Republican spending bill.

ALSO!! Email & call Sen Gillibrand & urge her to vote NO!!! SHUT DOWN THE GOP.
Here's her contact form : www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/emai...

EMAIL SCHUMER NOW
www.schumer.senate.gov/contact
CALL HIM ON THE NUMBERS BELOW. DEMAND HIM VOTE 'NO' & SHUT DOWN THE GOP.

Court Temporarily Halts Columbia Activist’s Deportation The Palestinian Columbia graduate was nabbed by ICE, sparking outrage that his due process and First Amendment rights had been violated.

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Trump Left No Doubt That He and Musk Are Coming for Social Security Democrats should be shouting from the rooftops about the threat to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Robert Reich: "Trump keeps spreading lies about Social Security...why? To pave the way for privatization."

Of the 10 Democrats who voted to censure Al Green, 6 of them are in safe blue districts. They didn't have to do this at all.

- Ami Bera (D+7)
- Ed Case (D+14)
- Jim Costa (D+9)
- Laura Gillen (D+5)
- Jim Himes (D+13)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D+5)

I'm honored to be part of this exhibition from The National Council #FREEHER campaign.
Join us March 12, 2025 from 4-9pm
309 West 123rd St, Harlem

More info & RSVP HERE:
https://www.nationalcouncil.us/freeher-2025-photo-exhibit

I'm honored to be part of this.

Join us March 12 in NYC from 4-6pm for the #FREEHER photo exhibit & film screening.
More details & RSVP here: I'm honored to be part of this.

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Treasury agrees to interim ban on Elon Musk's DOGE accessing the financial data of millions of Americans Elon Musk has no access to the Treasury's tax and Social Security data, a government lawyer said. Treasury agreed to keep it that way.

www.businessinsider.com/judge-weighs...

How?

Post saying that Australia has introduced a bill to limit the spending of billionaires on political parties to $20,000.

This needs to happen here, now!

Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons | CNN Politics A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender women currently housed in women’s facilities at federal prisons.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...

Sadly, I have a flight that day to Australia.
But I'll be working from afar & will be boots on the ground as soon as I get back!

Live updates: Trump to hold news conference with Netanyahu after signing more executive orders Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.

“President Trump looks at the Gaza Strip and sees it as a demolition site. … [He] thinks it’s inhuman to force people” to live there, an official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the White House.

Read more:

Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’ A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.

The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 EPA employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.

I'm sure they were just the first of many 😔

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits. 
 
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
 
Congress must investigate.

N.Y. Hospital Stops Treating 2 Children After Trump’s Trans Care Order

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/n...
Just devastating 💔

Maybe dissolving the Air Safety Advisory Comission last week was a bad move Donald?

Seriously....

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L.

Breaking: A federal judge blocked the OMB order freezing federal grants and loans until Monday, minutes before it was supposed to take effect.

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Just got off the phone with a medical provider who accepts Medicaid. Because they are shut out from the Medicaid portal, they might not be able to make payroll. They exclusively serve low-income Floridians.

So heartbreaking. Hundreds of thousands of people will be severely affected by this.

For folks who say, "Why should I even bother calling my Democratic Senator? They'll vote the right way..."

I need you to understand that when Dem electeds try to justify why they're cowering in terror from Trump right now, the VERY FIRST THING THEY CITE is:

"no one's calling my office"