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Prison-hating queer librarian organizing in the bayou city. they/them. (A). #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishTheDeathPenalty #FightToxicPrisons linktr.ee/txabolitionists

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Opportunities | After Violence Project

the documentation & archives team at @afterviolence.bsky.social is looking to hire a paid intern for may - december 🌈 app closes 4/12 afterviolenceproject.org/opportunities/

12.03.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heal Minds Gaza: empowering Palestinian children who were in detention Palestinian children in Israeli occupation prisons face severe psychological violence that deeply impacts their sense of safety, identity, and community after their detention. The Heal Minds Gaza initiative...

My beloved friend asked me a year ago to get ready for this project. Can we make it happen?

Psychologists will bring an urgent, six-day mental health intervention to Palestinian children who were detained in the occupation's violent prisons.

Let's do it:

12.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8
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DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s β€œmost powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims...

NEW: DHS is requesting access to the government’s β€œmost powerful people-finder system,” which contains the name, address, Social Security number, employer, and salary or wages of every employed person in the country β€” as well as sensitive information on children and domestic violence victims.

11.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 41
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Travis Scott among artists fighting use of rap lyrics in Dallas County death penalty case James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on April 30 in Huntsville. He was condemned in 2009 for the deaths of Stephen Swan, 26, ...

The much bigger story in the James Broadnax case is that DNA testing excluded him from the murder weapon and clothing of the victims. The lyrics and questionable confession tapes (made while intoxicated) were used to distract from the physical evidence.
www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/...

10.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

β€œEXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year”

Writing for Zeteo from inside of prison on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia asks us not to forget the female detainees being held and mistreated in ICE detention camps.

08.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 2604 πŸ” 1043 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 21
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Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...

07.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 2197 πŸ” 1297 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 208

It's not an excuse for cooperation, but the federal government has clearly extracted bullshit confessions under conditions that meet the definition of tortureβ€”incl extreme isolation, sexual violence, physical and emotional abuse, and the withholding of appropriate food and medical care.

06.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank Lawmakers cite β€˜consistent pattern’ in which Americans are being killed β€˜without justice or accountability’

At least 9 American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the West Bank since 2022. The most recent victim is Philadelphia native Nasrallah Abu Siyam, killed on 18 Feb

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

07.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

07.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 5317 πŸ” 2423 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 153
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Opinion | He Didn’t Kill Anyone. Alabama Is About to Execute Him Anyway.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...

05.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

05.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 2882 πŸ” 1544 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 380

Very true. My partner is aligned politically but works 10 to 14 hours and often 6 or 7 days a week. I am lucky if I see him much less for him to go to an event. A lot of his union coworkers are leftists but they're in the same boat.

05.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah a while ago I said in my coalition call that the last thing I want to do after talking to people all day at work is get on an organizing call 🀣 it's just the truth. I am exhausted all the time. Chronic pain doesn't help.

05.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to Corey! That is the best news.

05.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Houston Demands an Arms Embargo Now! Help us demand a Houston arms embargo on Israel!

Great time to say if you dont like the US bombing whatever country we feel like, you should consider supporting the Houston Arms Embargo to end arms shipments through the Port of Houston (a vital piece of this supply chain).
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ho...

04.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incarcerated Women in Arizona Go on Hunger Strike for Better Conditions After a correctional officer allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old woman, as many as 200 of her fellow prisoners went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks.

My latest for @theappeal.org
Women imprisoned in AZ went on hunger strike for more than 2 weeks, issuing 21 polite requests: theappeal.org/arizona-perr...

04.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

From Des’ defense: β€œIf a loved one is charged with a crime, how long until it is safe for that person to move their own belongings without also being charged with a crime?” The witness: β€œI don’t know”.

03.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.

truthout.org/articles/saf...

03.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

They also allege that the box contained six incendiary zines, which you can get here to help pay for Des' defense.

detritusbooks.com/des

03.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

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03.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not to mention the people who say chatgpt told them to get something notarized (often something that doesn't require a notary) but did not put a notary certificate on their nonsense petition so we go round and round about notary laws.

28.02.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Secondly, every time someone asks me to help them find a case citation they cant locate i now have to start with "where did you get this citation?" Because I've spent too long looking for hallucinations with people.

28.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to know how using AI is going for pro se litigants, I can tell you I have lost count of the amount of times someone said their judge told them they filed the wrong thing or "they dont know what I'm filing" because they used chatgpt while acceptable forms were easily accessible online.

28.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents.

Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress.

Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg.

My report:

27.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 2133 πŸ” 1271 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 106

This is what the Trump bureau of prisons is doing to trans people, putting them at immediate risk of medical emergency to forcefully detransition them.

Unimaginable levels of cruelty.

26.02.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 755 πŸ” 275 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11

"Plans for a proposed federal immigration detention facility in New Hampshire were scrapped by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Tuesday after hundreds of protesters took to the streets over the weekend in protest." www.rawstory.com/ice-26753150...

24.02.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom. An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

My latest, with @propublica.org + @nytimes.com:

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of domestic violence survivors who fought back -- women who are serving long sentences for killing their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

www.propublica.org/article/okla...

22.02.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 455 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 19
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L.G.B.T.Q. Clubs in Some Texas Schools Can’t Be Banned, Judge Says

An obviously unconstitutional Texas law can't be enforced after state declined to offer "any defense of their new policies." To me this says they knew it was unconstitutional and the arguments they'd have to make were so embarrassingly wrong and bigoted, they'd rather lose the law than defend it.

21.02.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0