Candice Fortin
@candicefortin.bsky.social
No blood for oil. Climate campaigner and consultant. Senior Strategist at 350.org // Impact Producer for The White House Effect streaming on Netflix
A former officer accused of planning to kill Black people at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody after a grand jury found there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime
Ex-officer accused of plotting New Orleans attack is released after grand jury declines to indict
A grand jury in Louisiana has declined to indict a former law enforcement officer who was accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival.
apnews.com
Reporter: DHS plans to spend $10-20M on Taser gloves so when they arrest people, they will be tased. Hochul: That appears to me, on its face, to be a civil rights violation. James: It appears to violate several laws. Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack
SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
militarytimes.com
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
thenation.com
Abdul El-Sayed has a public health PhD from Oxford and a medical degree from Columbia. If he wins in November, the most qualified federal health official won’t be leading HHS or the NIH, they will be a Senator.
This is incredibly disturbing. The number of cases in Mississippi alone of Black people who met their deaths in dubious/highly suspicious ways, only for authorities to shrug it off and do a piss poor job if investigating...there are so many names
Tasia Fortune Identified as Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Jackson Home
The woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson, Mississippi, home is 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, the Hinds County Coroner’s Office said.
mississippifreepress.org
the city that arrested the person for clapping during a data center meeting has decided to take its town halls virtual and eliminate public comments all together
City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Townhalls for 'Public Safety'
A small town in Kansas took its city meetings virtual and ended public comment after city leaders received a wave of death threats.
404media.co
Justin J. Pearson has won his primary election for Congress in Tennessee. His campaign is built on one idea: government should work for everyday people — not the rich, and not corporations. That's not a slogan, it's a fight he knows well. And he's ready to take it to DC.
Op-ed: Unhoused people face the risk of contracting disease from wild animals, while animals can be displaced by human presence.
Unhoused People and Wildlife Are Increasingly Coming Into Contact. Here’s How To Protect Them.
Op-ed: Unhoused people face the risk of contracting disease from wild animals, while animals can be displaced by human presence.
nextcity.org
1.3 million Michigan voters have cast their ballots as of 10 am, about 300,000 more than those in the 2024 primary, according to Michigan Secretary of State's Office
Two people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, marking the first fatalities in the largest U.S. outbreak of the intestinal illness
Michigan Reports Two Deaths In Ongoing Cyclosporiasis Outbreak
Cuts across federal health agencies have complicated the government’s ability to respond to foodborne disease outbreaks.
huffpost.com
Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Wisconsin Rapids to convince residents to allow a real estate developer to build a data center in their town. Boos quickly rained down.
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
hellgatenyc.com
Read "History-making NFL star with mental health issues deported by ICE" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8aS49Leo/i... They will deport everyone. Instead of getting him help, they booted him.
History-making NFL star with mental health issues deported by ICE (Daily Mail)
Former NFL star Daniel Adongo has been deported by ICE after spending 'several months' behind bars at one of the most notorious detention centers in America....
l.smartnews.com
I've heard first hand that it's confirmed baristas are having breathing issues and headaches from being exposed to this new Starbucks blending powder. there are no news articles but this powder has silica in it and becomes airborne when used for drinks. Baristas aren't allowed to mask on shift.
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
Man killed in ICE ‘encounter’ was on vacation in US with tourist visa – reports
Man killed in ICE ‘encounter’ was on vacation in US with tourist visa – reports
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán ran into traffic and killed by semi after federal officials approached him at Florida gas station
theguardian.com
Tuesday, July 21 is an #ElectionDay in #Arizona and we've got our 👀 on 4 biggies: Flores & Arescurenaga running to represent LD-24, plus Gallitano for SD-02, and Kuby for SD-08. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁! 🏜️ Polls are open from 6am-7pm today. Don't forget your ID.
📣 1,804 CALLS FOR HAITI TPS! 🇭🇹📞 Join Haitian Bridge Alliance and @amnesty.org this Thursday, July 23rd, for a virtual phone banking event to call our senators and demand that they protect Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.
🤔Wait... I get my systems of government confused... If democracy is the one where the line of succession is basically "next of kin," then which one is monarchy?
CNN@cnn.com · 4w agoSen. Darline Graham announced that she will run for her late brother's seat this November, after being appointed last week to serve out the rest of Lindsey Graham's term. https://cnn.it/4yBAPZe
Breaking: Just saw The Odyssey in IMAX with @thierryaaron.bsky.social. We can confirm that it is a climate movie.
BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
nytimes.com
Idea: To stop wildfire smoke from Canada, build a wall the entire length of the US/Canada border and the height of the tropopause (let’s make it 15 km to be safe). Or we can stop burning fossil fuels.
📹 Join the movement: Send us a video sharing why TPS for Haiti must be protected. 📞 Call your senators: Urge them to support S. 4814, which would extend TPS for Haiti for three more years. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. #TPS4Haiti
One of ICE's private prison guards shot a protester outside the ICE detention facility and drove off. He was apprehended and charged with attempted murder. One upside of private prisons is that it actually makes charging their employees easier than if they worked for ICE
GUYS I NEED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT JIMOTHY He's a little raccoon with short spine syndrome in Seattle and we all must love and protect him
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 4w agohave you all seen jimothy
