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1. Bills & Resolutions (JUSTICE FOR HIND RAJAB) HR 7903 // S. 4905 [bill text]: Introduced 3/12/26 in the Senate by Welch (D-VT) and Van Hollen (D-MD), and in the House by Jacobs (D-CA), Castro (D-TX) and Jayapal (D-WA), the “Justice for Hind Rajab Act“, aka, “To call for accountability for the killing of innocent civilians, including 5-year-old Hind Rajab and two paramedics, in an attack in Gaza City on January 29, 2024, by Israel Defense Forces, to require the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the attack, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary; and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Also see: press release – Welch, Jacobs Introduce Bicameral Bill Demanding Accountability for Hind Rajab, Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Forces; one-pager on the bill; U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Hind Rajab Accountability Bill (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Reporter 3/12/26)

Proud to see that the JUSTICE FOR HIND RAJAB ACT has been introduced by Welch and Van Hollen in the Senate as well as by Jacobs and Castro in the House.

It demands a full federal accounting and investigation, to be reported to Congress, on the murder of innocent civilians in Gaza by the Israelis.

For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be. A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.

We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back.

Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.”
19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...

This was also a nightly observation in Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. I’m so glad some reporting is out on it now.

Baby locked in Bay Area family's Cadillac EV after sudden 'faulty battery' shuts car down While leaving for church, a Bay Area family found their electric Cadillac SUV's car doors suddenly locked -- after putting their baby inside. The family tried the doors, the key fob, the remote entry ...

I've been obsessed with the electrically powered doors for several months. Incredible video footage here:

abc7news.com/post/baby-lo...

Montclair High Students Walk Out to Protest ICE Montclair High School students marched to protest ICE activity, voicing their concerns for immigrant rights in New Jersey.

To the point that @prisonculture.bsky.social was making yesterday: high school students continue to walk out EVERYWHERE, but there is no mainstream media coverage of it.

montclairlocal.news/2026/03/mont...

In Case of Emergency: The Dubious Legality of Trump Allies' Draft EO Conservative activists say that declaring a national emergency would allow Trump to assert sweeping authority over elections. They're wrong.

NEW: Right-wing activists are circulating a draft executive order that purports to give Trump sweeping power over federal elections.

@mollyroberts.bsky.social and I got new details on the activists, lawyers, and conspiracy theorists behind the proposed order:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/in-c...

Hundreds rally downtown against federal funding cuts at Stand Up for Science event Hundreds rally downtown against federal funding cuts at Stand Up for Science event

#StandUpForScience

“It’s difficult to have rigorous science without a functioning democracy, because science depends on scientific independence, academic freedom, and it depends on the material support of a society.”

www.dailyuw.com/article/hund...

The first week of war against Iran cost $11.3 billion. Compare that to just $6 billion invested in 34,000 projects across Appalachia since the founding of the federal Appalachian Regional Commission 50 years ago this week.

Women's History Every Day

GRETA THUNBERG
- Climate activist, founder of Fridays for Future
- Peace activist with the Gaza Freedom flotilla
- Author
- Unapologetically neurodiverse

"We don't have time to sit on our hands as our planet burns".

No Hate in Our State' rally draws crowd in Carlisle after white supremacist flyers appear A message of unity rang out across Carlisle as residents gathered for a “No Hate in Our State” rally following the distribution of white supremacist flyers over

No Hate in Our State' rally draws crowd in Carlisle, PA after white supremacist flyers appear local21news.com/news/local/n...

Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury The case is a major test of the Trump administration's push to label "antifa" protesters as terrorists.

The federal government is explicitly arguing that "wearing black clothes" at a noise demonstration is "enough to convict the eight defendants accused of material support" for terrorism. The outcome of this trial cold be catastrophic.

Rights Groups to Dems: Don't Give Stephen Miller What He Wants on Mass Surveillance | Common Dreams “Supporting Stephen Miller’s warrantless surveillance agenda would be a massive detriment to the privacy and civil rights and liberties of people in the United States."

Rights Groups to Dems: Don’t Give Stephen Miller What He Wants on Mass Surveillance

“Supporting Stephen Miller’s warrantless surveillance agenda would be a massive detriment to the privacy and civil rights and liberties of people in the United States.”
www.commondreams.org/news/section...

Elad is 100% correct.
We have been inundated under the full weight of a massive, extremely well financed far right radicalization campaign that has only accelerated in the time trump has been in office
Fascism is the geography now

Fuentes is Kirk 2.0

The funnels are huge and everywhere.

"The nationwide boycott of Target is successful and it will continue. Please continue to shop elsewhere" ➡️

Call Your Senators: Reject the SAVE Act The SAVE Act could block millions of American citizens from voting.

Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote:bit.ly/4srDVLB

“War on the Iranian People”: Nationalism Grows in Iran in Defiance of Deadly U.S. and Israeli Strikes “This is all being read inside of Iran as a war on the Iranian people.” As oil prices threaten to spike to $200 a barrel amid Iran's pressure campaign against the U.S. and its allies, professor Narges Bajoghli returns to Democracy Now! with an update on...

“This is all being read inside of Iran as a war on the Iranian people.”

New: The U.S. Attorney' Office in Chicago has moved to dismiss the indictment against 2 of the "Broadview Six," Chicago aldermanic staffer Cat Sharp, and musician Joselyn Walsh.

The six together faced conspiracy and impeding charges over a 9/26/2025 protest outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

Feds drop charges against two of the ‘Broadview Six’ immigration protesters Chicago’s top federal prosecutor on Thursday abruptly moved to drop charges against two defendants in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case.

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/12/b...

Nurses showed up at Senator Susan Collins’ district office today to demand she stop taking money from Palantir, the tech company powering ICE surveillance. Collins has taken over $105,000 from Palantir executives.

With Brasil holding its presidential election in October, the Trump Administration is interfering in the Brazilian election to defeat President Lula, a left critic of Trump.

Expressive Cat Drawings Capture Feline Personalities Through Gestural Lines The way this artist turns scribbles into incredibly expressive cat drawings is absolutely amazing!

Artist ShouXin brilliantly captures the range of personalities of cats with his energetic pencil drawings. trib.al/R9wjsog

In no world is it acceptable, lawful, or humane to abduct a 14-year-old girl.

This young girl was kidnapped, held for hours alone & scared, & transferred to New York.

I’m relieved we could work with community partners & legal counsel to bring her home—but it should have never gotten to this point.

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priorit

Trump has gutted health care and food assistance while funneling billions into a war machine that he’s empowered to kill civilians abroad with no accountability.

The cruelty never ends.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties

"Ana" is tying grape vines during early am foggy conditions in Madera CA. "I must go up and down ladders all day long and secure the vines with my arms held up. By the end of the day my arms ache. It's extra cold now which makes it even harder. I earned CA min wage." #WeFeedYou

Senate passes major housing affordability bill by Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott The vote marks a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a major issue. The bill aims to boost housing supply and prevent Wall Street from buying up single-family homes.

NEW: Senate passes major housing affordability bill by Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott

89-10, a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a salient issue.

The bill aims to boost housing supply and prevent Wall Street from buying up single-family homes.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE | Opinion “ICE in patients’ rooms can be resisted, and the data pathways that can expose patients to ICE can be closed.”

🚨Invisible data pathways can expose patient information to ICE.

🗣️In my new op-ed, I urge CA + all states to:

1️⃣ Require state-funded health systems to disclose data sharing w/ outside companies
2️⃣ Bar vendors that contract with ICE
3️⃣ Give patients clear notice on data collected and who can access it

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE | Opinion “ICE in patients’ rooms can be resisted, and the data pathways that can expose patients to ICE can be closed.”

"Patients and communities can play a direct role.

Ask your clinic: “What happens to my data beyond this visit? Do you have policies that protect it from ICE?”

Ask your hospital whether they contract with companies that also work with ICE."

When Trump declared that high oil prices are great because "we are making a lot of money," he gave away the fact that his definition of "we" only includes billionaires and donors.

Ordinary Americans are shelling out big time at the pump and the money is flowing to big oil companies and investors.

FAQ: Why Is the U.S. Attacking Iran? And What Happens Next? - Institute for Policy Studies FAQ: Why Is the U.S. Attacking Iran? And What Happens Next?

NEW: The U.S. and Israel have both had Iran in their gunsights for decades. How long is this war likely to last? Could it become World War Three? And what can we do?

Read the FAQ from IPS scholars Phyllis Bennis and Khury Petersen-Smith out today:

It is being read correctly