awkword

awkword

@awkword.bsky.social

Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Journalist • @tendemands.bsky.social Co-Founder | @crushcolonialism.bsky.social Board | @joindayenu.bsky.social Comms | @unicornriot.bsky.social Writer • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com

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In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning. Unless we stop it.

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When Democrats take the House and Senate, they MUST excise Elon Musk and his companies from the US government Then they must investigate DOGE, X, Starlink, and his interference in our elections He must be under oath-so that in 2028, with a Democratic president, he might face criminal charges

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The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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NEW: How The Proud Boys Lost Their Name Nearly six years ago, the Proud Boys vandalized a historically black church’s property during the unrest following the 2020 Presidential Election. The case resulted in the group losing the trademark to their name, but it didn’t end there.

unicornriot.ninjaHow The Proud Boys Lost Their Name - UNICORN RIOTNearly six years ago, the Proud Boys vandalized a historically black church’s property during the unrest following the 2020 Presidential Election.

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Before Black stories were welcomed by mainstream publishers, Louise Jenkins Meriwether was already telling them. Take a moment to celebrate the life of this amazing trailblazer. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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The fact that any Republican ever got elected after Sandy Hook is one of the biggest moral failings in the history of this country

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My latest w/ TNN. This is a piece that I hope will be inspiring for folks, especially in the current bleak times

Trans News Network@transnews.network

Despite Seattle's reputation as a trans haven, the University of Washington has reacted to escalating attacks on trans rights with silence — even after a trans student was murdered. But trans academic workers, unionized with UAW, are fighting back. Our latest, from @thefreeradical.org.

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 June 11, 1967: A White police officer shoots and kills a Black teen, igniting the Tampa Bay Riots— 4 days of violence that reshaped the city forever. Here's the story. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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That Novel Peace Prize is still bugging him. Meanwhile, Trump has bombed Iran and Yemen, launched military action in Venezuela, expanded strikes in Somalia, Iraq and Nigeria, and several of those “8 wars” he claims to have ended either weren’t wars, weren’t ended, or resumed fighting. Peace! 🕊️

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Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."

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Dear Trump voters, You wanted mass deportations. Well, hundreds of thousands of people have been deported. NOW WHAT? • Did you get that job they supposedly took from you? • Did grocery prices drop? • Is rent cheaper? • Did your health insurance premiums drop? #TrumpsAbuseOfPower 🧵

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Stocks of crude oil in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve are at their lowest ⁠since October ​1982. Natural gas inventories are also ​depleted. A bad winter could bring about a "bloodbath" in the gas market in the first quarter of 2027 if storage hits minimal levels. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

reuters.comThe world has nearly burned through its oil stockpile buffer, executives sayThe amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, ‌industry executives said at a forum in London this week, making the market more fragile and putting upward pressur...

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🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

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"Even if he gets an hour to eat or to exercise, he's alone," attorney Mutimer said. "He's looking at having his liberty potentially taken away. ... He is looking at being removed from the military, losing his benefits and potentially spending significant time in jail." #StandWithMajorWatson #resist

military.comAir Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s ImpeachmentMaj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.

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Even the lame-duck "speaker of the House" has voiced disquiet and warns against the Trump/Hegseth plan to have a livestreamed-fire-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan in December. Trump and his sycophants are losing ground each day. We can win the Midterms ! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

independent.co.ukEven Mike Johnson is warning Trump not to livestream execution of Fort Hood attackerThe plan has been met with widespread condemnation outside of MAGA circles

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🚨 Russia isn't just preparing a chemical attack—they're already doing it. @olgalautman.bsky.social latest report reveals how Moscow uses its Syria playbook to setup new false flags, despite already using chloropicrin & CS gas on Ukrainian forces for years with little media notice 👇

olgalautman.substack.comIs Russia Preparing a Chemical Weapons Attack in Ukraine?While checking Russian media this morning, I came across something extremely disturbing.

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More Trump administration corruption At the request of lobbyists Continental Strategy, Susie Wiles-Trump’s Chief of Staff-met a Putin aligned member of Bosnia’s presidential delegation at the White House Why is this significant Because her daughter-Katie Wiles-is a partner at Continental Strategy

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The new ICE facility for children set to open at an abandoned Air Force barracks in Louisiana puts kids at risk of child trafficking. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

thequeenzone.comNew ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking RisksA new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Louisiana. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

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#TheMagazine | "Being Maasai is about more than traditional clothing or language. It is about respecting our community, caring for the land and livestock, listening to Elders, and protecting the values passed down through generations." 🤲 Support our work: crushingcolonialism.org/donate

crushingcolonialism.orgGrowing Up Maasai in a Changing WorldNaomi Lemunga tells the story of being born and raised in Maasai land on the plains beneath Mount Kilimanjaro in Northern Tanzania

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Americans pay billions to for-profit prison companies to incarcerate people. Their financial incentives reward keeping beds filled; some contracts pay even when beds are empty. Profits go to company owners and investors, not the public that funds them. That’s a profound conflict of interest.

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Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported Even if they have legal status In violation of their due process rights

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Meet the Good Trouble Squadron! Formed in early 2026 to support Major Watson’s nonviolent civil disobedience, we’re a grassroots group turning concern into action for democracy. Join us—there’s a place for you, with friendship, laughter & a belief that ordinary people can make a difference. DM us!

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Trump is spending the final stretch campaigning in states he won by double digits because people in every single one of these states know the affordability crisis is not a hoax. They know healthcare cuts to give billionaires a tax cut don’t help them fill the gas tank. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis

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🚨 A fire at a Starlink satellite station in central Poland was a deliberate "act of sabotage". A Polish government minister said the fire was "deliberately designed to disable the station...disrupting internet access for various institutions, including the Ukrainian army". #Ukraine

bbc.co.ukPoland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threatThe satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Nov. 11, 1909, Cairo, Illinois was the site of one of the most violent lynchings in American history. A mob not only lynched William James—a White man was lynched as well. Yep. A double lynching. Pull up a seat🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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🚨 BREAKING: A major incident has been declared near the US-used airbase RAF Fairford Gloucestershire. Several men arrested under the Explosives Act, prompting multiple property evacuations in Whelford. Army bomb disposal experts are currently on the scene. Police believe incident is contained.

news.sky.comWhelford latest: Major incident declared and homes evacuated near RAF base after men arrested on suspicion of explosives offencesA number of properties in Whelford, Gloucestershire, have been evacuated following a major incident being declared. Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. Sp...