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We use strategic counterspeech on social media, esp. FB, to ensure that casual byscrollers see decent, fact-based comments rather than bigotry or dis/misinformation. We stand for internationally recognized human rights. Collaboration is key. Join us!
Democracy matters. The US is backsliding dramatically—from liberal democracy to electoral democracy. www.democracywithoutborders.org/41651/v-dem-...
V-Dem report finds global democracy is back at 1978 levels
V-Dem’s 2026 assessment finds that autocracies outnumber democracies by 92 to 87. With 44 countries worsening and 18 improving, the current wave of autocratization is continuing.
democracywithoutborders.org
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
nature.com
In the face of disinformation, we need independent journalism. This is important to watch: open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
EPSTEIN SPECIAL: TWO FBI TIPS CLAIM GIRLS MURDERED AND BURIED AT TRUMP GOLF COURSE
Two Separate Complainants Report Same Allegation to Bureau
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Note Homan’s role in policies connected to legal observers, including Alex Pretti: newrepublic.com/post/205769/...
Feds Knew Who Alex Pretti Was—and Broke His Rib in Earlier Fight
A chilling report raises new questions about why federal agents killed Alex Pretti.
newrepublic.com
Watch this. Then share it to confront the disinformation that McLaughlin and DHS are spreading. Kudos to @ahylton26.bsky.social for stellar reporting. Arnoldo and his family need their dad. All human beings deserve decent and humane treatment.
Antonia Hylton@ahylton26.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur doc is out on YouTube now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pkL...
SEEING IS BELIEVING DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite. 📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported. DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
Nonpartisanship becomes/seems complicated when one party engages in disinformation, going far beyond campaigning, and also in opposition to democracy and to internationally recognized human rights. We are nonpartisan. We stand for human rights & democracy & against disinformation & bigotry.
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
We all need to keep educating ourselves in many ways, including examples of resistance & the history that we haven’t yet learned. Most of us don’t know enough about BIPOC history. A great place to start is open.substack.com/pub/rozellak...
“I Didn’t Know” No Longer Cuts It
Post #1 in the 12-part “Less Cringe, More Change: Allyship Moves That Might Actually Build Trust” series from Brave Sis Project
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At this point, we have to use counterspeech against state-sponsored disinformation as well as against the misinformation that it causes. There’s lots of dis/misinformation about the murder of Renee Nicole Good. ICE killed her for no reason and lied to cover up the murder. Join our counterspeech work
Accuracy matters. In the face of state disinformation, we respond with facts and fact-based, strategic counterspeech.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 7mo agoHer vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
X just unveiled a new feature, letting users know which country an account is being managed from. Unsurprisingly, many large accounts (MAGA or otherwise) don't appear to match their self-description 🤔
The WH FB page has a post about the new vaccine recommendations supposedly intended to “align” us with the “developed” world—meaning the global north. Lots of disinformation in the post, lots of misinformation in the feed. We’re there with counterspeech, offering facts instead. Wanna join us?
1/🧵To say that there’s misinformation in public feeds about the attack on Venezuela is a gross understatement. One might even conclude that many people have no clue about international law, the UN Charter, or the US Constitution. We’re out there talking on the misinformation. Please join us! 👇
Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
Disinformation both in the public sphere and directed at Congress. Not okay.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo agoMoulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
We also stand with trans youth, and with trans adults as well. 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Indivisible Westford, MA@indwestfordma.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe stand with trans youth. 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
These attacks against the trans community have nothing to do with proven medicine or science—and everything to do with cruelty and control. We will fight relentlessly to stop these rules from taking effect.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 8mo agoRFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn’t get his way on trans healthcare
A l'heure du Digital Services Act, il est absurde que les grandes plateformes ne disent même pas quels sont leurs posts les plus viraux. Une pétition de @mozilla.org et @algorithmwatch.org demande plus de transparence. www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns...
Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation
Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.
mozillafoundation.org
This is the first segment of the documentary about CECOT that the administration and Bari Weiss don’t want you to see. The only appropriate response is to watch and share widely. Let’s make sure this goes viral. substack.com/@ninak268483...
Nina K (@ninak268483)
This is the first segment of the documentary about CECOT that the administration and Bari Weiss don’t want you to see. The only appropriate response is to watch and share widely. Let’s make sure this ...
substack.com
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
muellershewrote.com
Freedom of the press matters. CBS pulled this, so we all need to share this segment of the documentary about CECOT. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
open.substack.com
The administration isn’t so fond of opposition to disinformation or to misinformation, nor to criticism of xitter. Let’s respond by working even harder to oppose dis/misinfo. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter
Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
