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You can still buy our #Houston #NoKings2.0 merch designs ahead of our protest on 10/18 w/ Ground shipping! All earnings are donated to the volunteer, grassroots, community activism of #50501Houston #CommunitiesAtWork #HoustonCoalition

www.teepublic.com/user/progres... #protest #NoKings #TX #Texas

A graphic of multiple people standing outside holding protest signs reads from top to bottom: STANDING TOGETHER. NOT FOR SALE SAT, OCT 11 11 AM-12 PM Veterans & Workers Rally at VA Houston to Stop Cuts. RSVP NOW with a QRCode to the link included in this post. Common Defense logo at bottom right.

11 OCT '25, 11a-12p, Join Common Defense, labor unions & veteran advocates to rally against cuts to #VA services & union contracts. Together we're standing up for #veterans, #workers & #military families. RSVP to attend & volunteer. Spread the word! actionnetwork.org/events/rally... #Houston #Texas

Gracias por las noticias del tiempo!

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

grounded in Indigenous law and sovereignty. We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context,” said Solomon Cyr, spokesperson for Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

For generations, Indigenous peoples freely exchanged goods, knowledge and culture across the land that is now divided by the Canada–US border. Those networks were disrupted by colonial laws that divided families and communities but they are now being reimagined as a modern supply chain

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Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

"Trucks from the First Nation could soon be transporting food, furniture and even critical minerals south of the border along ancestral pathways once used to move buffalo hides and pemmican across the plains—without paying taxes or tariffs.

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“That officer was reportedly caught saying, ‘Do something, bitch,’ before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times within a matter of seconds.”

🚨Mass Call: Stop ICE Raids October 8th | 8pm ET/5pm PT On Sept 30, ICE fascists stormed Chicago homes — ripping children from their beds, zip-tying families, and tearing neighbors apart. This is not safety. This is fascist terr...

[Women's March] Mass Call: Stop ICE Raids | Wed. October 8th | 7PM CT | act.womensmarch.com/signup/Massc...

Under Nazi rule, clergy who refused to support the regime were surveilled, arrested, assaulted, and in some cases, executed. The Nazis publicly aligned themselves with Christian values while targeting religious figures who defended the vulnerable or spoke against state violence.

"We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025.

Each action is mapped to one or more of five broad domains..." www.trumpactiontracker.info #Trump

#WarRavagedPortland

grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity

A digital campaign flyer in muted tricolor reads from top to bottom: Texas Freedom Network proudly endorses the following Cy-Fair ISD school board candidates: Lesley Guilmart, Dr. Cleveland Lane Jr., Kendra Camarena. Early Voting: Oct. 20-31. Election Day: NOV. 4. POL ADV. PAID FOR BY TEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK. Pictured from left to right are a smiling white woman (Guilmart), a smiling Black man (Lane), and a smiling, olive-skinned woman (Camarena).

Let's get these awesome people on the #CFISD school board (and get the Christofascists out). Our students need a comprehensive education (not Far Right indoctrination).

Vote for Guilmart, Lane, & Camarena on November 4th!

#CypressFairbanksISD #CyFairISD #TX #Texas #Cypress #Houston

Today's big story. Today's reminder that yes, state library associations *can* do something.

South Carolina school librarians have been fighting incredibly hard against the censorship bring brought across the state by their Education Superintendent and not being seen for it.

A photograph of two human subjects from below who are standing atop a building visible from the waist up is Kristi Noem and an unknown member of the military wearing sunglasses on a clear sunny day, staring down toward the viewer. Edited text reads from top to bottom seven october twenty twenty five, salary two hundred and forty six thousand dollars. Waiting for antifa terrorism.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Texas And Paxton Seek To Criminalize Being Transgender & Opposing Fascism-Fight Back So Innocent People Won't Be Terrorized Above you see the full text of Ken Paxton's absurd press release today about how he will be investigating people and groups he wants to target for political gain.  I want to highlight two sentences...

Houston Democracy Project Blog says State of Texas & Ken Paxton are coming after people for who they are & what they believe. Let’s fully join the fight to help protect innocent people from being persecuted and terrorized. #Texas www.neilaquino.com/houston-demo...

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

It is soooooo good.

My husbands absolute fave thing I make is Roasted Tomato Burrata on linguine.

This strikes me as pretty bad

Image of lady justice beside a stack of books.

**NEW**

Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.

bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...

NO KINGS 2.0 Houston Local Messaging Join 50501-Houston, Communities at Work, Party for Socialism and Liberation-Houston, Cat Ladies for America-Space City Chapter, Houston Democracy Project, Indivisible-Houston and more ...

Join 50501, Communities at Work, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Cat Ladies for America, Houston Democracy Project, Indivisible & more for a #protest on 10/18 #Houston

Bring book donations for Friends of Libraries to our Banned Books booth! #TX #NoKings2 action.womensmarch.com/events/no-ki...

Did your school district order Texas' Bible-infused lessons? Search our list. See the full list of charter and traditional school districts that ordered the controversial Bluebonnet reading materials which experts have said overemphasize Christianity.

NEW: 367 Texas school districts have chosen to adopt the Bible-infused Bluebonnet curriculum — even though they don’t have to.

Public schools are for educating, not evangelizing.

Find out if your district is one of them:

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Media outlets that carry ICE recruitment ads should be 100% boycotted.

Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now. From AI to cloud services to propaganda, Big Tech is fueling the genocide in Gaza. Google and Amazon signed a joint contract worth $1.2 billion with the Israeli government. Microsoft has offered ma...

A petition from The Intercept_ - "Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now." Take Action at actionnetwork.org/letters/big-... #oligarchy #petition #USpolitics

RSVP Now for our Rally at VA Houston – Stand With Veterans & Labor Join Common Defense, labor unions, and veteran advocates to rally against devastating cuts to VA services and union contracts. Together, we're standing up for veterans, workers, and military families.

"Join Common Defense, labor unions, and veteran advocates to rally against devastating cuts to VA services and union contracts. Together, we're standing up for veterans, workers, and military families." Oct 11th, 11AM
actionnetwork.org/events/rally...

#Houston #TX #Texas #protest #Veterans

I saw that there is a planned Greater Clear Lake No Kings 2 Protest from 4p-6p. Info is at --> www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...