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claude zachary

@leftist101.bsky.social

I don't vote for Democrats or Republicans, so don't bother. 🥱

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Anodyne@anodynesix.bsky.social · yesterday

"In an ongoing class-action lawsuit against [the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision] for placing disabled people in solitary confinement despite a [NY] law forbidding the practice, DOCCS has failed to provide the number of disabled people in its custody ... and where they are held."

Prism@prismreports.org · yesterday

“They put me through hell. Life was a battle & hard for me to get around on my own.” The New York prison system routinely fails to meet its federal obligation to provide disability accommodations that its own staff approves, reports @curtisbrodner.bsky.social in a new investigation.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 3h ago

The six organizations Macklemore will be donating his $1 million earnings to: — PCRF (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund) — Anera (American Near East Refugee Aid) — HEAL Palestine (Health, Education, Aid and Leadership) — MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) — Gaza Soup Kitchen — UNRWA USA

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4h ago

New: Macklemore will donate entire $1M of his earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour to six orgs helping Palestinians — and invites Robert Kraft to match him. Says he wants to center Palestinians being killed + journalists & aid workers who keep going. "Their risk is of a far different order than mine."

With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom. I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth. That is what this has always been about. Not me. Not a tour. Not the headlines or the controversy. It is about Palestinians right to freedom, dignity and safety in their own homeland. I want to center the parents carrying their children into hospitals without the basic resources to treat them, and the physicians, paramedics, journalists and aid workers who keep going back in. I want to center the organizers and activists who have paid real costs for standing with Palestine. Their risk is of a far different order than mine. Just yesterday, 15 year old Muhammad al Zinati was killed in an Israeli strike while rushing to help aid worker Sherif Lubbad, who had already been injured. He was a child. Both were murdered. Both should be alive. And the ones still under the rubble, whose names exist only in the memories of people who may not have survived to speak them. Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me. I am doing it because I can, and because these organizations are doing the work while much of the world debates it. But aid alone cannot address the conditions that make it necessary. This is a manmade injustice, and I believe it requires immediate political change. Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free. That is where my focus will remain. I will …
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28m ago

Just watched a butch queer woman I follow on Insta get chased across a parking lot by someone shouting "you'll never be a man no matter how much testosterone you take!" and threatening her. This is a post for everyone telling trans people to suck it up and vote for Dems who are selling them out.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3h ago

according to politico, since Jan. 2025, Trump admin has deported 170+ people “in violation of court orders,” “in defiance of legally mandated due process protections,” or “to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture and persecution” ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...

The Trump Justice Department Is Way Too Comfortable Violating Court Orders

Judges have tools for responding to noncompliance. They just have to use them.

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Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 30m ago

If you have any info or tips about the donations that Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft, or others in the NFL are planning — or anything else related — please text me on Signal @ premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 28m ago

American Samoans’ status as U.S. nationals—not citizens—denies them the right to vote in state or local elections. Alaska prosecuted an American Samoan family for voting in local school elections, but dropped the charges last week.

After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - Bolts

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

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The Lever@levernews.com · 28m ago

The AI bubble has a problem: A lot of these startups aren’t profitable — and may not even be acquirable. .@edzitron.com explains why companies burning cash with few hard assets could create risks that extend far beyond Silicon Valley.

Truthout@truthout.org · yesterday

On September 4, the Mount Sinai hospital system in New York City – one of the largest health networks in the city – agreed in a settlement with Trump’s DOJ to permanently stop providing gender-affirming care for minors. The settlement also included an agreement for the hospital to pay a penalty.

Parents of Trans Kids Slam Mount Sinai for Permanently Ending Trans Youth Care

“They’re turning away children, and they’re refusing to provide care that is life-saving,” one parent said.

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doloresquintana needs a nap@doloresquintana.bsky.social · 2h ago

Guess who got left waiting for maintenance because everyone else was busy.

doloresquintana needs a nap@doloresquintana.bsky.social · 5h ago

I sent a text to the roommates last night and told them there's a problem with the kitchen sink backing up, and I think we should contact maintenance. Snippy, laughing replies, saying, "Well, it just worked for us." Me: shrug. This morning: "Uh, yeah, the kitchen sink's backed up. Who do I call?"

Common Dreams@commondreams.org · 3h ago

Citing the 70% depopulation of Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to "finish the job" of what he called Palestinian "migration"—a euphemism, say critics, for ethnic cleansing.

As World 'Pretends There's a Ceasefire,' Israeli Minister Doubles Down on Gaza Expulsion Plan

Citing the 70% depopulation of Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to "finish the job" of what he called Palestinian "migration"—a euphemism, say critics, for ethnic cleansing.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 4h ago

Pete Hegseth’s propaganda push is failing. No matter how many journalists he bans from the Pentagon, the press is still finding scoops. But that could change, unless politicians stop supporting crackdowns on leaks and restrictions on the open internet.

Hegseth is a propaganda flop. Don’t let Congress throw him a lifeline

Whistleblowers and the open internet are key to undermining official half-truths, but lawmakers keep trying to weaken both

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