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@xavier.bike

Artist Activist Humanitarian Researcher He/Him Grad student: Master's of Science in Humanitarian Action at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego Podcast/Livestream Producer Bike more: Drive Less San Diego, CA

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Why do they let him say stupid shit without push back? Oh right. Access. Our survival as a species is at the mercy of journalistic access to fascists. Got it.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

WSJ: "Polls show that government corruption has shot to the top of voters' concerns." Trump: "Democrats are corrupt…Who do you write for? You guys are worse than anybody…You ought to look at the real corruption, it's Democrat corruption. And that includes Jeffrey Epstein—all Democrats involved."

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Seems like everyone is auditioning to be a character villain in a superhero film.

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com

Another interesting night of people watching outside the last Anti-Christ lecture by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, including some of the biggest names from Tennessee's world of Christian nationalism. 1/2

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How do pilots, flight attendants, bus drivers, and other support people reconcile being complicit in human trafficking? Just a paycheck?

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

🧊✈️ HOW IT ALL STARTED 👀 “I figured if they’re trying to hide [the flights], then we should definitely be looking at them closer. It’s not a classified military mission. You’re just doing a law enforcement function, supposedly.” – JJ in DC

progressive.orgFlight Trackers Against ICEHow a loose network of individuals who track flights built a powerful tool for immigrant detainees and their supporters.
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Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

🧊✈️ SAN DIEGO: Two Eastern Air Express pilots take a break in the shade of their plane (N624XA) Thursday afternoon as ICE thugs nearby load a cargo of chained humans for transport to a concentration camp outside El Paso 😲⛓️

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They’re all complicit. No courage.

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

⚠️ HUMAN TRAFFICKER 🧊 This man drives a prison bus for ICE, delivering humans in chains to Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas 👀

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Ken Schwencke
@schwanksta.com

Replying to @schwanksta.com

Last time we reported the 170 number, Kristi Noem denied the administration had detained any citizens. This time, we’re releasing the full list — and a host of video evidence — along with our story.

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Dinosaur quotes

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rick Scott: "I don't like high gas prices, but I don't want to be killed by a nuclear weapon"

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Their internet habits of posting without reading the article finally bit them in their asses.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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When people running the government don’t know how government runs…

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration will start using passport records as it hunts for noncitizens on the voter registration rolls, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a filing Tuesday evening. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump administration will use passport data for voter citizenship checks, court filing revealsThe State Department records the administration intends to share include the private identifiable data of everyone who has ever applied for a U.S. passport.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

LOL -- Fox News cuts away from Vance's speech and a host says, "we will bring you back to this rally if he starts to make news"

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Wish Vargas interrogated Israel this way

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

VARGAS: Does giving people $5,000 increase the deficit or debt? BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit VARGAS: Such as? BESSENT: That's in process right now VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?

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This is a ceremony with special guests who live in San Diego County and have lost family in Gaza and add names to the "Gaza is Key" canvas. This is an ongoing interactive piece to memorialize the dead of Gaza. The project began in 2023 in Dearborn, Michigan at the Arab American National Museum

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Two thousand names have been added to the piece since. We will be adding more names to acknowledge, help us grieve and heal in the process of moving toward a shared understanding. Gaza Commemoration Ceremony WHERE Techne Art Center 1609 Ord Way Oceanside, CA 92056 4- 5:30 pm Gallery open from 1-6

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If going to NY…

Court Watch NYC@courtwatchnyc.bsky.social

Join us for our Intro to CWNYC training, the first session of our training series. We have 2 Sep options: 9/28, 2-3:30pm & 9/29, 7:30-9pm. We cover a brief history of mass incarceration & abolition, the NYC court system, why court watching is important & how you can get involved! bit.ly/introcwnyc

bit.lyIntro to Court Watch NYC Virtual Training - Court Watch NYCWelcome to CWNYC! This is the first in a two-part series of CWNYC trainings, and covers a brief history of mass incarceration & abolition, the NYC court system, why court watching is important and how...

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Emily Bregel
@emilybregel.bsky.social

After more than 4 months imprisoned at a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea, a deported Phoenix man was arrested there Friday, in what attorneys are calling retaliation for his speaking out about abusive, dangerous conditions for dozens held at the hotel. tucson.com/news/local/b...

tucson.comArrest of Arizona man deported to Africa called retaliation for speaking outAfter more than four months imprisoned at a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea, a deported Phoenix man was arrested there Friday, in what attorneys are calling retaliation for his speaking
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Dismissive Optimism

Alethekanon@judgement-bot.bsky.social

A drone strike on a vital Saudi pipeline exposes the fragile reality of global energy security. Evidence: Precautionary shutdown, Escalating proxy war, Dismissive optimism #Aletheia #Geopolitics #Energy

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Sam
@samd.bsky.social

out of curiousity, I wonder what the 2008 Green Party presidential nominee is up to these days oh. okay then.

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BlackskyNews 🗞️
@blackskynews.blacksky.app

In addition to vigilante attacks targeting Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim, there was state repression including police roundups, community surveillance, prosecutions on often flimsy terrorism charges and mass deportations. | Amy Goodman www.democracynow.org/2026/9/9/9_1... #BlackskyNews

democracynow.org“Let’s Just Round Them Up”: The Rise of Islamophobia in the Post-9/11 Domestic War on TerrorThe attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans. In addition to vigilante attacks ta...

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Project Salt Box
@projectsaltbox.com

Homeland Security Investigations awarded a $96 million contract Thursday to Cellebrite Inc., the American arm of Israeli digital-forensics firm Cellebrite. The tools unlock phones and extract their data. The tools are promoted for use by military, law enforcement, and corporate investigators.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

In Mississippi and Louisiana, judges usually take three months or more to decide if someone should be released from detention. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, which experienced a surge in appeals early this year, courts often decide in less than two weeks. Full story: propub.li/4csLJaa

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Really, really, freally, FUBAR

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

The Trump administration has carefully selected right now as the appropriate time to cut cyclospora research. “We’re basically not allowed to continue any research on that beyond trying to preserve the samples that we already have from previous outbreaks”.

politico.comUSDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocationsThe shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply.
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Proof we have a king?

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

The Trump administration has filed 36 emergency applications since last February, which have generated 31 conclusive rulings. In those 31 rulings, the Court has voted *for* Trump in whole or in part 27 times (87.1%), and against him four times (12.9%). Here's a chart covering all of these rulings:

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Totally unethical IMHO: "Stella Luk, GiveDirectly’s vice president of programmes, told The New Humanitarian that the design involved intentional tradeoffs meant to reach more people more quickly.

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“We worked to mitigate the downside of those design choices and study the impact, so we can improve further,” she said. “We think we made the right tradeoffs in our Nigeria pilot and have been incorporating the lessons there into our future work.”"

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Yeah that is a big reason you need to sit down and let the new blood take it from here. You are why we are here.

Hillary Rodham Clinton@hillaryclinton.bsky.social

The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?

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The result is we're stuck with a shitty show no one seems to want to cancel.

Our Common Defense@ourcommondefense.bsky.social

50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them

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With so much evidence all around us, nothing can explain the sheer disregard for evidence that capitalism doesn't work in its current perverted form, or the fact that we need a drastic change now.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol

Democrats: “Healthcare costs are insane, housing is unaffordable, wages are stagnant.” Fetterman: “Have you considered loving capitalism harder?”

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The Gaza Children’s Shroud is not simply a vigil. It is a global movement of remembrance, solidarity and action. It is an invitation to witness.

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As a borderlands documentarian, I carry these questions with me on every shoot. Show the real story or blur faces to protect identities. Which is more important? Does consent override the duty to document what is being done?

Kim A. Wagner@kimatiwagner.bsky.social

I was interviewed by the brilliant @michaelgvann.bsky.social and got to talk about the Bud Dajo Massacre of 1906, colonial violence, atrocity photography and American historical amnesia - and why histories of mass violence have never been more relevant... jacobin.com/2026/08/bud-...

jacobin.comUncovering America’s Forgotten Massacre in the PhilippinesIn 1906, US troops slaughtered up to 1,000 Moros at Bud Dajo in the southern Philippines, then called it a battle. Historian Kim Wagner explains how an empire can commit atrocities and how it teaches ...
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Yet we still fight over oil

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

In Biscarrosse, southwestern France, horses were set free into the wild to escape fast-moving wildfires. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in Europe due to the fires.

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That’s all all of those millionaires can afford??

Peter Abraham@peteabeglobe.bsky.social

The Red Sox Venezuelan players and their families honoring their country as the Sox present a $300K check for earthquake relief. That’s Willson Contreras with the ceremonial check.

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Judd Legum
@juddlegum.bsky.social

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress: