Pink Crime is an absolute must-read for anyone who cares about wrongful convictions, and the criminalization of women and queer people. I was so thrilled to get to talk to @valenabeety.bsky.social about her new book for @theappeal.org. theappeal.org/pink-crime-v...

Valena Beety@valenabeety.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s book launch day for Pink Crime and here’s the first sighting out in the world - Books Are Magic in Brooklyn! If you see the book somewhere, please post or let me know! 🥳 @thenewpress.bsky.social

It’s book launch day for Pink Crime and here’s the first sighting out in the world - Books Are Magic in Brooklyn! If you see the book somewhere, please post or let me know! 🥳 @thenewpress.bsky.social

“These are criminal cases that are about punishing women and queer people for their #bodilyautonomy, for their gender, and for their gender performance.” Check out my new interview with @theappeal.org @elizabethweill.bsky.social discussing Pink Crime: theappeal.org/new-book-exa... #socialjustice

Check out my interview with @valenabeety.bsky.social about her amazing new book on "Pink Crime"! theappeal.org/new-book-exa...

New Book Examines Women and Queer People Convicted for Crimes That Never Occurred

In <em>Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity</em>, Valena Beety examines how women and queer people face punishment for their bodily autonomy an...

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Fantastic new reporting from @bdolinar.bsky.social. truthout.org/articles/com...

Community Activism Forced Federal Government to Abandon Plans for ICE Warehouses

Activists are now watching to see whether the Trump administration will instead further privatize immigration detention.

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"I tried to stop," said the immigrant shot in the head and bleeding to death This is the new "I can't breathe" www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/b...

Biddeford witness saw gunshot victim bleeding from head

One resident who saw the shooting said he heard the man who died say 'I tried to stop.'

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Then They Came for the Anarchists: Prairieland Defendants Sentenced to 562 Years Judge Reed O’Connor reportedly said at sentencing that he “wants to send a message to anyone else with similar ideology.” This ideology, in the words of FBI Director Kash Patel, is “Antifa-aligned anarchis[m].”

Then They Came for the Anarchists: Prairieland Defendants Sentenced to 562 Years - UNICORN RIOT

According to federal prosecutors, the defendants were the members of a murderous “North Texas Antifa Cell.” The Prairieland defendants received over 562 years in federal prison -- the longest sentence...

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My partner and I are doing a fundraiser for a family in Gaza trying to survive the genocide. For every donation of $25, I'll send you a handmade (by me!) Palestine knot bracelet or a Knicks one. (I’m covering postage costs for all domestic orders.) Please DM me if you’d like to make a donation.

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Take Action: Help Free Dr. Abu Safiya From Israeli Abduction. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

Take Action: Help Free Dr. Abu Safiya From Israeli Abduction

Five Israeli prison guards severely beat Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya with batons and hammers, leaving him with injuries that made him unrecognizable to his lawyer. After over 18 months in prison, torture, a...

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Three days after Todd Sidesinger was released from the hospital for heart failure in February 2024, he was taken to jail for unpaid court costs and fees, totaling about $1,500. Within 48 hours, he would be dead. New from me for @theappeal.org. theappeal.org/unpaid-court...

He Was Arrested for Unpaid Court Fees. He Was Dead 48 Hours Later.

Todd Sidesinger was taken to Pennsylvania’s York County Prison for unpaid fees. His family says the jail’s medical neglect led to his death just two days later.

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"This is the last time you will see me. They brought me here to kill me. I don't see myself surviving. This is the end." — Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Tell Congress: Act NOW to save Dr. Abu Safiya's life: www.imeupolicyproject.org/free-dr-abu-...

Tell Congress: Act NOW to Save Dr. Abu Safiya's Life — IMEU Policy Project

Dr. Abu Safiya should be free. Doctors should not be tortured for saving lives. Tell Congress to act now and secure Dr. Abu Safiya's freedom and save his life.

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Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.

A short thread on how (some) trans women are spending Pride weekend behind bars:

Victoria Law@victorialaw.bsky.social · last mo.

Gia Valentina is spending this Pride weekend in isolation in a men's prison. Earlier this month, the PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) Accommodation Committee denied her request to be transferred to NJ's women's prison.

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

syracuse.com

Breaking: Eight anti-ICE protesters have been sentenced to between 30 and 100 years in prison. Prosecutors had argued that their use of the encrypted messaging service Signal and wearing all-black at the protest proved that they were members of an “Antifa cell.” www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...

Leader of Antifa Cell Members in North Texas Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Terrorist Attack on ICE Facility

Today, the Justice Department announced that eight North Texas Antifa Cell operatives were sentenced for their roles in rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists,...

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Hi all. Tonight I was made aware of a Minneapolis mutual aid/RR person whose relative is in ICE detention leaving 4 kids at home alone with no income. Can we raise some survival funds for this family while the parent is detained? V: colocha_rachel $: ColochaRachel starting goal is $2500 🌻

President Trump's national security memo (NSPM-7) and antifa order are "ungrounded in fact and law,” says @faizapatel.bsky.social. "Acting on them would violate free speech rights."

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸@elizabethweill.bsky.social · last mo.

DOJ's indictment against 15 activists is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize its opponents. College professor Erik Davis is accused of moderating meetings and attending an anti-ICE rally where other people wore “‘Antifa’ branded sweatshirts.” theappeal.org/minneapolis-...

DOJ's indictment against 15 activists is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize its opponents. College professor Erik Davis is accused of moderating meetings and attending an anti-ICE rally where other people wore “‘Antifa’ branded sweatshirts.” theappeal.org/minneapolis-...

Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent Comes for Minnesota Anti-ICE Organizers

Federal prosecutors charged 15 people with conspiracy, painting their political speech, protest activity, and alleged antifa ties as evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

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the other thing is… I did not (and do not) want my rapist to go to jail. I want him to stop raping. prison does not reform people.

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 2mo ago

One of the reasons I don't take the "what about the rapists?" objection to abolition seriously is because after 250 years of the current system, an allegation of shoplifting is met with deadly force and a rape conviction gets probation. And the punishment for shoplifting is way, WAY more common.

The Knicks belong to New York City. And this championship belongs to the people who waited 53 years for it. That’s why we’re giving away 600 free tickets to Thursday’s Championship Ceremony at City Hall following the ticker-tape parade.

Last month, a federal judge found that prisoners at Angola are forced to work in conditions that are so dangerous that they violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Yet, he ruled, that he could not order DOC to make any changes. theappeal.org/angola-farm-...

A Court Found Conditions at Louisiana’s Prison Farm Unconstitutional. It Let Them Continue Anyway.

Incarcerated workers at Angola must pick crops in dangerous heat. A judge ruled that a recent appellate decision meant he can't help them.

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Guards and medical staff ignored Alex Kuhnhausen's worsening symptoms. He hadn't eaten in days. He was too weak to hold a cup. When they finally brought him to the hospital, he was diagnosed with sepsis. He died within days. With Kevin Light-Roth for @thenation.com.

The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · 2mo ago

Alex Kuhnhausen shouldn't have died while incarcerated in 2024. But mismanagement and neglect from the prison healthcare system took his life. https://bit.ly/4e2flfP

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2mo ago

It’s about to get hot, New York. Sometimes, too hot. Don’t let extreme heat sneak up on you this summer. Go to nyc.gov/beattheheat for more information on how to stay cool during heat emergencies.

Friends in NJ-6: Election Day is TODAY. You can vote for Medicare for All, a moratorium on AI data centers, and an end to the genocide in Palestine. Please remember to vote John Hsu for Congress! Polls are open until 8 pm. Let's vote Pallone OUT.

Sherrill lied about the protesters. She's a former federal prosecutor. Did she lie in any of those cases too?

Dave Against The Machine🏴@johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is what Democratic governor Mikie Sherill did. She worked with ICE to brutalize protestors. She lied and said it was to protect free speech and now the nazis at DHS are bragging. This was a test of leadership and she failed.

Since Trump’s second term began, ICE has entered into contracts worth a total of more than $25 million for Glocks and related supplies, like holsters and red dot optic sights, according to usaspending.gov. www.thecarceralreport.com/p/ice-is-buy...

ICE is Buying Lots and Lots of Guns and Gun Accessories - more than $25 million worth

Since President Trump’s second term began, ICE has entered into contracts worth more than $25 million dollars for Glocks and related supplies.

thecarceralreport.com

Charles Flores was sent to death row based on the testimony of one eyewitness who identified him after she was hypnotized. Hypnosis is premised on the false idea that memory works as a recording. In reality, memory can be easily corrupted, manipulated, and altered. theappeal.org/charles-flor...

Police Used Debunked Hypnosis on the Only Eyewitness. Texas Wants to Kill Charles Flores Anyways.

Experts say “investigative hypnosis” often leads to false testimony, but Texas courts have refused to hear Charles Flores’s case.

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You can check to see if your member of congress is accepting donations from ICE profiteers here: inthesetimes.com/article/immi...

PSA: @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has accepted donations from ICE contractors. Maybe the Democratic Party is confused...we said "ABOLISH ICE." not "accept donations from ICE profiteers."