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They will wreck the vote. You will have to fight for it. This is it. The Time is now. The country needs you. There's no plan b. #Vote

Former diplomats, top foreign affairs experts back Jackson in Maine Senate race www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

"Garrett Langley, the CEO of ALPR company Flock, told an audience of police chiefs at a private police conference Sunday that anti-Flock protests around the country are not real" 🤔 "Langley suggested during the session with Rausch that eventually the opposition to Flock will die down" 🤔 0 / 2 ❌

Voters in Missouri passed a constitutional amendment in 2024 protecting reproductive freedom, including the right to abortion. Now, Missouri voters are being asked to overturn their vote with Amendment 3, which would again ban abortion in the state. Vote NO to stop the ban.

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Feeling like your voice doesn’t matter? We get it. But with widespread manipulation, restrictions, & disinformation, it’s important now more than ever before to cast your ballot. Our collective power is everywhere, & that booth is just one of those places!

Let’s go 💙 #Blues

Today, jury duty is on the docket. On this episode of our podcast Let the Record Show, our hosts @iammrbeat.bsky.social and Shereen Marisol Meraji join us to explore how Pauli Murray, a legendary civil rights lawyer exposed the connection between racism, sexism, and jury selection in Alabama.

FCC chair Brendan Carr has continually attempted to attack the media in service of President Trump's agenda. But the Constitution is clear: The government can't punish broadcasters for their reporting.

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We condemn MS Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office’s decision to claim that Senatobia PD’s shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley “was justified.” We stand in solidarity with local community members who demand justice as we call for the case to be determined by a Grand Jury instead of the AG’s Office.

The Trump administration's plan to deploy these brutal weapons on people at the southern border is a deeply cruel and inhumane.

Spread the word far and wide - #DEPORTMusk

Wilder, Idaho is a small, majority-Latino community in southwest Idaho. Law enforcement abused unrelated criminal warrants as cover to go fishing in the town for immigration arrests.

Funny how there never seems to be an issue finding obscene sums of money for dystopian surveillance technology! 😩 Why do we never see headlines for this amount of money being spent *on* the community instead of against it?

$22M !! 🤯 ".. they plan to replace it with systems from Axon, which is like replacing a swamp monster problem with Godzilla. I don’t think the problem here is necessarily Flock in itself. It is the idea of using mass surveillance combined with AI to surveil the entire population." NoALPRs.com 🚫

Here’s our No Kings: Vote Early October 17th recap! Thank you to all of you for coming out in thousands of cities and towns across the country and for mobilizing to make the midterms too big to rig!!! No Kings & No Billionaires!

Flock isn't just selling cameras. It’s building a national surveillance network. They record where we were, when we were there, and over time can reveal our religious practices, medical visits, political activities, personal relationships, and daily routines. Take action at aclu.org/get-flock_out

Federal law prohibits voter intimidation by anyone — including federal, state, and local officials. Learn more about your rights when casting a ballot at aclu.org/vote_2026

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One last thing about X tonight: noting X has 10x the number of regular users than Bluesky means jack shit when a) a shitload are bots, b) the algorithm boosts right-wing content over everything else so actual engagement there sucks, c) 10 million active accounts is more than enough to hang out with.

When the state separates a parent from their children without due process or justification, it pushes the bounds of our constitutional rights and traumatizes everyone involved. We filed two amicus briefs in support of Georgia families who've gone through such harrowing experiences.

We're going to the Supreme Court to challenge the Trump administration's cruel and illegal policy subjecting millions of immigrants to mandatory detention. But Congress doesn't have to wait for a court ruling to act — tell them to pass the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act.

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works for me #banAI #banDataCenters #FtheTechBros #*uckerberg #FJeff

Pastries for vampires! High-status trash collectors! First day of our Writing the Other Worldbuilding Deep Dive has spawned some cool concepts. Tomorrow is @ktempestbradford.com's Tempest Time.

The government needs a warrant to search and seize our DNA — period. Dumpster diving to come up with ways to go after Representative Omar is completely unjustifiable.

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

Voting is a right, not a privilege. We’re fighting for that right at No Kings early voting events across the nation. We won’t let politicians get in the way of our freedom to have a say in our democracy.

watched Pacific Rim yet again last night. The *only* flaws in this movie are: 1) there is NO WAY helicopters could fly Jaegers; 2) when fighting in the ocean not enough fists and way too many lame 'throws'; and 3) Godzilla would kick the s*** out of every Kaiju here, irrespective of 'category' :)

Just. Sign. IT. #banAI #banDataCenters #FtheTechBros #*uckerberg #Fgoogle

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NEW: Tempe just became the first city in Arizona to ban automatic license plate readers like Flock and Axon. Every city in Arizona and across the country should follow suit.

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This Saturday, we’re taking action with No Kings in all 50 states to make our voices heard and defend our democracy.

Attacks from Republicans-like Mike Lawler against Cait Conley-don’t just happen When a man says he can grab women by the p*ssy, then calls female reporters “piggy”- and he’s president-his followers act like frat boys who think they’ll get away with it You know, like at Cornell #TrumpsAbuseOfPower

Trump blew $11 million of your money on ads starring Trump, then refused to pay taxpayers back after a judge said the campaign violated the Hatch Act. Your money. His face. And he still thinks you should eat the cost. #TrumpsAbuseOfPower

We are in a new Gilded Age of corruption, inequality, & monopolies. End theft of taxpayer dollars & strengthen our rights. Take collective political action & expand unions for affordability & accountability. Join Indivisible's Hands Off Our Vote movement.

How to stop Data Centers in your community - webinar next Thu, Oct 22 11am Pacific. #banDataCenters #banAI #FtheTechBros #Fgoogle #FJeff #Famazon #*uckerberg