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Federal Judge Crouse dismissed CoreCivic's case against the City of Leavenworth today!!
Home Depot stock decreases from roughly $425 to $336 over 3 months.
Spotify stock decreases from roughly $742 to $584 over 3 months.
Over the last 3 months, Home Depot’s and Spotify’s stocks have plummeted by 20%. This is what we, the people, will do to any company that sides with Trump’s fascist regime.
Target ❌
Disney ❌
Spotify ❌
Home Depot ❌
Amazon, you’re next. Learn how to take these companies down at weaintbuyingit.com.
We’re helping raise $100,000 for the AIRR KC Legal Fund. It gives KC immigrants facing deportation a fighting chance at keeping their families together. Give what you can and please share, especially this week leading up to Giving Tuesday. 💙
#JusticeCantWaitKC
airrkc.org/legal-fund
Learn how to be an effective ICE witness by attending the Know Your Rights training on Tuesday, December 2nd, from 7-9pm.
Sign up here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The Kansas City Bookstore Crawl is this weekend!! 📚
24.11.2025 19:06 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Stop by Virgil’s Plant Shop this Saturday from 11am-6pm! 🪴🍸
24.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The first weekend of Strawberry Swing’s 15th Annual Holiday Swing is this week at the Alexander Majors Barn and Grounds!
Boycott big businesses and shop local this holiday season. 🍓
Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
23.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 677 🔁 227 💬 15 📌 16My group @dosomethingmo.bsky.social along with @50501kansascity.bsky.social #KCEats and @bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social #FoodDrive on the #WorldWar1Museum
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Do you have your plan in place for the Mass Blackout?? November 25th to December 2nd we:
✔️ Aren’t shopping (except for small businesses!!)
✔️ Aren‘t working
✔️ Aren’t streaming—cancel subscriptions
Target corporate systems that benefit from injustice.
www.themassblackout.com
New companies have been added to the @bigbeautifulboycott.us list!
Ten new companies are added each weekend. Treat every dollar like a vote, especially this holiday season. 💙💵💙
bigbeautifulboycott.us
The KC Eats food drive was wonderful yesterday! Kansas City knows how to take care of each other. 💙
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The Unified Government passed the “Unsafe Camping” ordinance by a vote of 6 to 2, in a meeting that was disrupted by attendees calling for more compassion for unhoused people.
One person said the public camping ban would drive unhoused people further out “into the shadows.”
Two reminders for today:
🪧 Weekly Protest at 9:30am - bring green beans!
🚙 KC Eats food drive from 12-4 at the WWI Museum and Memorial. Donate and get a BOGO museum admission!
Watch live right now!!
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KCEATS is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive this Saturday to support families across KC. The collection will take place at the National WWI Museum and Memorial from 12-4. 💙🌻💙
If you donate, you’ll receive a BOGO ticket voucher for admission to the museum! 🎟️
More info in the comments.
From @kmuw.bsky.social:
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office signed a formal agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to issue 48-hour ICE detainers for people held in the county jail.
Don’t miss our Voices column this week!
“American Dream, or Nightmare?” By Laura Rodriguez
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Without legal representation, 89% of asylum seekers in Kansas City are denied. When immigrants have attorneys, outcomes improve by a factor of five!
Help families stay in KC by contributing to the Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR) legal fund.
Donate here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The KC Eats food drive is tomorrow from 12-4!!
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Join federal government employees, union leaders, stewards, and community members for Solidarity Happy Hour, today and every Friday at The Ship, from 4-7pm. Anyone can attend!
KC Eats will be there handing out food to those in need, no questions asked. 💙
WE AIN'T BUYING IT Your Wallet. Your Power. • HOLD YOUR MONEY • NO TARGET, NO HOME DEPOT, AND NO AMAZON DUE TO THEIR SUPPORT OF HARMFUL POLICIES! • DELETE SHOPPING APPS • DONATE TO MUTUAL AID • SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES SCAN TO ACCESS THE FULL TOOLKIT, PETITIONS, AND RESOURCES
WE AIN'T BUYING IT Your Wallet. Your Power. WeAintBuyingIt.com
This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It.
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
If you missed the Wednesday Workshop yesterday, you can watch it here! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Saving Democracy, One Dinner Table at a Time: Holiday Survival Guide
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Missouri residents!! 👇👇👇
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Join us Saturday from 9:30-10:30am for the Democracy Needs You Now weekly protest. 🪧
Peggy’s Pantry KC will be there collecting canned green beans for Thanksgiving meal bags!
You can find Peggy’s Pantry KC on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Located in Overland Park, KS and open to anyone. 💙🌻💙
Carceral Accountability Council—a huge opponent to CoreCivic— is hosting a Write for Our Rights event! They’ll have tables to write to decision makers, get help drafting op-eds, and get general information about how you can support the mission of carceral accountability.
More info in the comments!
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✅ BLACKOUT the System 11/26-12/2 No shopping, restaurants, streaming www.blackoutthesystem.com
✅ BUY LOCAL or don’t buy this holiday season. Have a KC Metro business? email info@bootsonthegroundmidwest.org
✅ FOLLOW the Big Beautiful Blackout, a nonpartisan, nationwide effort bigbeautifulboycott.us
