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3 MORE DAYS TO APPLY! A few things to note:

- we are not extending so do not email us
- we can see some of y’all using ChatGPT for your applications. And the board won’t vote for you on selection day
- do NOT email us your app materials.

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Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

If you’re feeling helpless amidst the ongoing horrors being perpetrated by ICE… engage in mutual aid.

Donate to someone in need. Give to a community library or food bank.

You could also help Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held by ICE for a year.

His story is often forgotten:

Hey Minnesotans. Have your bosses sent you a mealy-mouthed email about how to remain productive during these troubled times or some other example of non-committal, faux-concerned corporate-speak? We want to publish a bunch of these. Send examples to keith at racketmn.com. You will NOT be identified.

We put together a Know Your Rights post with clear, practical guidance on what to do if you are approached by ICE. The slides break down your rights and steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones: because access to information is a form of safety: buff.ly/wyH57GY

ICE agent who killed L.A. man accused of child abuse, racism in court filings The off-duty federal immigration agent who shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist remarks about Black people and immigrants, court ...

The ICE agent accused of shooting and killing Keith Porter on New Year’s Eve has a history of racism, homophobia and beating his children.

This is who ICE attracts.

This can’t be reformed.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

We condemn ICE violence, from Minneapolis to Boston.

We mourn the murder of Renee Nicole Good and stand in solidarity with all communities in Minneapolis and beyond impacted by state-sanctioned violence and discriminatory enforcement.

Actions and resources ⬇️

a small real thing you can do right now. Bree’s squad just sent 200 of these to my stepmom for the anti-ICE ministry at our church. you can chip in for materials and supplies at the links below

If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.

In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together "Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away. The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would’ve required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom.

The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.

But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.

Another recent win for tenant organizing, right here in Boston:

shelterforce.org/2025/07/10/a...

This image has big red text across the top reading, "MAMAS Back-to-School Free Store." Below in black text, it says "Clean, gently used clothes for all ages and sizes AND school supplies!" Beneath a title reading "SHOP FREE" is a rounded green and red text box reading "MAMAS Free Store: Saturday, August 9, 10am-2pm, Easter Somerville Community School, 50 Cross Street, Somerville" Another text box under "DONATE" says "Saturdays 1-4pm in July, Connexion Church, 149 Broadway, Somerville." Black text saying "Email MamasFreeStore@gmail.com with questions or to get involved!" There are pastel colored clip art clothes, push pins, and notebooks decorating the flyer.

MAMAS will be collecting clothing and school supply donations every Saturday this July at Connexion Church (149 Broadway, Somerville) from 1-4PM to gear up for our Back to School Free Store on August 9th, 10AM-2PM (rain date 8/10)! 👗✏️👖📚

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Passports Are Again Available to Transgender Americans, However Briefly — Assigned Leading Off: Get your passport while you can. Plus, the Supreme Court will rule on trans sports bans and increasing legal activism targets the trans community in the U.K. The top storylines this week.

Due to a court order staying the Trump administration's passport policy, trans people can once again receive passports in the correct gender. How long this option will remain available is an open question.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

internalizing american notions of race and ethnic division as timeless truths about the world is a shortcut to smoothing out your brain

Donate to US Flood Relief Fundraisers Help those affected by flooding across the US. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer flood relief to individuals & their families.

GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.

www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Democrats cannot defeat authoritarian fascism without an agenda that stands squarely on the side of working people.

We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.

It’s Friday, June 27th, the 22nd straight day of the ICE siege of L.A.

Topics:
- ICE Raids (targeting street vendors today)
- HP arrests ICE imposter
- What happened in Huntington Park
- FBI Ambushed an activist
- Another US Citizen detained by ICE is released
- SCOTUS ruling

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Hello, Dolls: The Impact of Unrestricted Grants on Trans Women of Color As the first year of TCG’s Funds for the Dolls draws to a close, we checked in with the grantees about what this support has meant—and what lies ahead.

As Pride comes to a close, we check in with 4 of the recipients of TCG's Funds for the Dolls, unrestricted grants to trans women of color in the performing arts: Venus Kii Thomas, N'yomi Stewart, Ayo Jeriah Demps, and Alluorra Rose.

"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor

He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.

Make it make sense.

We live in a rogue and dangerous country.

Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI

Fascinating piece by my colleagues

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and
with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation

THIS IS NOT NORMAL

Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation

#immigration

In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect.

This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.

www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...