If you need any extra motivation to make sure you're registered & have a plan to vote (iwillvote.com), here's one: ICE remains out of control, & has an endless list of horrible ideas Like: Grabbing ppl & sticking them in 'snatch vans' for who knows how long. Food, water, etc? Eh, details, details

ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'

Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."

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Elon Musk is spending hundreds of millions to influence our elections and defeat Troy Jackson. He is forgetting that power actually belongs to the people. We will not allow big money to control our collective future. #BlueWaveIn70Days

Don’t surrender your power. The system fails when you opt out. When you don’t vote, you let someone else use your influence to serve their interests. Keep what’s yours. Register. Vote. #BlueWaveIn70Days

Happy Canada day, to those who celebrate. Credit to Mike Digout (Mike's videos of beavers on YouTube) for the incredible picture.

Getting sick is not a sin. Medical debt is not a character flaw. Yet our leaders choose to fund endless wars while gutting Medicaid and leaving families to go bankrupt. This is a massive moral failure. #FundHealthcareNotWar

Trump wants you to fear Iran more than you fear a medical bill. But for most Americans, it’s the bill that kills. The war costs $1-2 billion/day! Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies are estimated at $30 billion/year. Fund doctors, not drones. Clinics, not conflict. #FundHealthcareNotWar

Do you live in one of these states? If so, you’ve got a primary TOMORROW! If you’re disgusted by today’s political climate, DO YOUR JOB and USE YOUR VOICE AT THE BALLOT BOX! Be the change.

The new iteration of the "SAVE" act is more than just a voter ID bill (which is already geared to suppress voting). It's stalled now, but they'll try again another way. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The SAVE America Act Explained: How the New ‘Show Your Papers’ Voting Bill Is Even More Extreme Than the SAVE Act

At President Donald Trump’s urging, Congress is intent on passing an even more extreme version of the SAVE Act. But no matter what the far right calls these “show your papers” bills, its push to requi...

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The SAVE America Act puts millions of American citizens, not undocumented immigrants, at risk of losing access to the ballot, all in the name of solving a problem that doesn't exist. Demand your senators keep it off the floor. #SaveActTaxesYourVote

Dr Erica Chenoweth (who researched and developed the 3.5% rule for non-violent protests and political change) and their team are continuing to do great work tracking protests and crowd sizes across the US. Their post quoted below is fascinating and heartening reading.

Bock Sam@bocksam.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Y’all remember back when we were in college & profs talked about primary source materials? Dr Chenoweth’s team has done great research to get this information available for us. Check it out. It is a heck of a thread. If you have information to share with them, there is information how to do that.

$75 billion for ICE Meanwhile: clinics closing, nurses cut, patients rationing meds Leader Jeffries is right—taxpayer dollars should make life affordable, not fund brutality and lawlessness. Congress knows the choice. History will remember it. #FundHealthcareOverICE

Chris Murphy names the harm plainly: ICE is inflicting trauma and violence—Minneapolis to Texas, block by block. Families terrorized. Communities destabilized. This happens by design and by funding. Congress can stop feeding it today. #FundHealthcareOverICE

WTAF is 🧊 going to the Olympics in Italy? They said they are only “vetting individuals” going to the Olympics. Why is that needed? See nothing has changed & they are escalating their appearances world wide. They are also planning to be at the Super Bowl. Can’t we enjoy anything w/o them showing up?

For everyone in the South Shore MA or Cape Cod areas (or anyone who wants to travel): The next planned large stand out in front of Plymouth County Correctional Facility to demand that Sheriff McDonald end the Services Agreement with ICE to house detainees is December 13, 2025 from 2pm to 3:30pm.

As Kathryn Monet said, we must do right by veterans and their families—many of whom rely on SNAP and the ACA to get by. Supporting them isn’t charity; it’s a promise this nation is morally bound to keep. It’s time to deliver on it. Happy Veterans Day!

Corporate layoffs are exploding with over 1 million jobs slashed this year. October alone saw 153,000 cuts, the worst since 2003. That’s 100,000 more than last month, and 100,000 more than last year. Remember this the next time Republicans brag about their “booming economy.”

The MAGA administration has set a very low number of refugees to be allowed into the US in 2026. And they've made their racial bias clear by prioritizing white Afrikaners over everyone else. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Speaker of thr House Johnson is showing up in the media, but hr and his GOP colleagues aren't showimg up for work. #TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

Are you participating in a nokings.org rally on Saturday, 10/18? Here are some helpful tips to get your messages across in safe, peaceful, and joyous ways.

This is a good read, w great tips on how to stay grounded & confident in our purpose & journey as we come together to exercise our First Amendment right this Saturday (& beyond). (Join us Sat Oct 18 as we send a LOUD message: there are #NoKings in America. Find an event near you: nokings.org )

No Kings Field Kit: Staying Human Under Occupation (October, 2025)

They want fear to keep you home—or make you so reactive you play into their hands. This field kit helps you choose your stance, pace yourself, and refuse to let occupation break you.

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Project 2025 was the plan all along The fever dream of Stephen Miller Fire as many government employees as possible Roll back regulations so billionaires can exploit ALL of our resources-including US workers End anything that promotes equity Destroy the rule of law Burn down American democracy

Pennsylvania: a critical Supreme Court retention election is on the ballot in Nov. GOP billionaires want to flip the court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access. Most voters don’t even know it’s happening: spread the word! #PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/2la6xwcI

Sign up to phone bank & GOTV🗳️

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🎧 Don’t Let Them Lie to You! The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, and the lives & livelihoods of 15M people are on the line! If the government shuts down, it's because THEY chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the American people. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

The White House is weaponizing a shutdown to hollow out federal agencies gutting services Americans rely on. This crisis is due to Trump’s refusal to negotiate. A MAGA plan to exploit a crisis they create With the funding deadline days away, Americans will pay the price #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

The perversity of Stephen Miller channeling Joseph Goebbels cannot be overstated. The descendant of Jewish refugees from Belarus mimicking the words and attitudes of the chief propagandist of Nazi Germany is sickening. Do not turn away. Remember this. Stand up against this.

Mary Wood@maryrosewood.bsky.social · last yr.

This is terrifying but necessary to watch. Speak now or they will forever hold your tongue. #MomSky

This woman went to three grocery stores and found produce sections either bare or rotting. That’s #Trumpflation. Trump’s war on immigrants and careless financial policies make him richer while families struggle with higher prices and empty shelves. Seems fair?

With the de minimis exemption gone, everything now comes with surprise duties, broker fees, and shipping surcharges. That hidden tax shows up at checkout and in grocery prices too. Tariffs pile up, prices soar to outrageous levels. #Trumpflation social.demcast.com/s/TCcAlRJb

The rich keep getting richer while the minimum wage stays stuck. Thanks to inflation, that $7.25 from 2012 in the US barely buys a bag of chips today. #Trumpflation

The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area (MA) are holding a panel discussion on immigration detention in the commonwealth this evening (Mon. Sept 8) at 7pm at Plymouth Town Hall.