Thandi

Thandi

@thandida.bsky.social

black american, afro dominican, brujería, resistencia ✨🌱

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Good News! The National Weather Service is hiring again, after DOGE’s “brilliant” decision to lay off essential staff. Apparently, round-the-clock weather alerts don’t send themselves. Who would’ve guessed?

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Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.

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Over two dozen disability rights activists were arrested on Capitol Hill last week when they protested the Trump-backed budget bill and its cuts to Medicaid. “I know people that are going to die without their home care services, as this budget cuts Medicaid,” says Julie Farrar.

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"Staff and volunteers who answer phone calls, online chats and texts have been told not to make referrals to organizations that help immigrants and LGBTQ+ people — who are at disproportionately higher risk of experiencing sexual violence." www.huffpost.com/entry/sexual...

huffpost.comTop Sexual Assault Hotline Bans Referrals To Resources For Marginalized GroupsRAINN's decision to stop referring callers to resources for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people reportedly comes in response to Trump's DEI-related threats.

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"They were apparently looking for another person and they grabbed my son." Wilmer Gutiérrez recounts how his 19-year-old son Merwil was snatched by U.S. agents outside his New York home in February before being sent to the brutal CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador. Merwil had an open asylum case.

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Replying to @democracynow.org

"Be strong." Wilmer Gutiérrez sends a message to his son Merwil, held in El Salvador's CECOT prison without due process after being sent there by the Trump administration along with hundreds of other immigrants.

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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

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In a remarkable Oval Office meeting between President Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart on Monday, both leaders refused to return Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. @naynagupta.bsky.social says administration officials are "lying to the American public" about the case.

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“They are afraid of this very popular view.” One of Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers says the Trump administration is attacking the First Amendment rights of student protesters because they are threatened by the growing popularity of the Palestine solidarity movement.

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The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.

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Today—and every day—this president is focused on himself. Meanwhile, unions are consistently showing up to fight for economic opportunity for all families to have a better life. #HandsOff our Social Security, our public education, our healthcare, and our democracy. 🇺🇸

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I’ve interviewed a lot of victims stayed in an abusive relationship because they worried their loved ones would judge them for not leaving sooner. They needed support and they knew they would get ridicule instead. And that’s something I’m thinking about a lot in this political environment.

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We see you all! Incredible turnout so far across the country — current estimates put participation at around 750,000 and counting! More accurate numbers are still coming in, with many events yet to begin.

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The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

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FORTY MILLION DOLLARS to detain 400 migrants at Gitmo. That's $100,000 a person just to hold them for a few days — when they could far more easily be held in the United States! Just a couple weeks ago it was reported to have cost $16 million. So the price tag is skyrocketing.

nytimes.comU.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at GuantánamoThe disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by five senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a waste of resources.

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