Alex Akselrod
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"Copaganda”: Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing
Author Alec Karakatsanis warns activists: "Don't fall for the 'copaganda', which takes people outraged over abuse & "converts them into supporting meaningless reforms".
Such reforms "don’t reduce the size or power or budget of these bureaucracies."
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/27/alec_karakatsanis
#USPol #Europol #CdnPoli #ICE #BorderPatrol #Press #ResistFascism #StateMurder #DHS .
Agaric Tech Collective
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A noise protest at #Home2Suites by #Hilton resulted in multiple #ICENazis scurrying to checkout, graffiti on the hotel, smashed front window, broken automatic doors, a solo - seemingly drunk/self-injured ICENazi (he was bleeding from nose/hands & no one had touched him) trying to scare off protestors before a ton of his backup arrived & threw a lot of smoke bombs/fired tear gas. Once they left, a few protestors went back in front of the hotel & made noise again, joined by many cars - all honking their horns. Then MPD & SWAT arrived to clear out everyone remaining.
The protest worked to get ICENazis to leave the hotel & not have a peaceful night. Private property damage is covered by corporate insurance. Capital is of lesser value than human lives - for anyone who judges vandalism from protestors. You can repair material damages. You can't bring murdered people back to life & that damage is irreparable.
Leave a shitty review (remote protest option):
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JhFuXm1hqUKwxwbGA
These are #screenshots from a @UnicornRiot vid on YouTube that I put into a collage.
#USpol #FuckICE #TerroristUSA #BoycottUSA #FascistUSA #SanctionUSA #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #BoycottHilton #BoycottMarriot #BoycottWyndham #BDSUSA #AllPowerToThePeople #ResistFascism #Protest #HumanRights #DoxICE #DoxNazis #DoxICEAbettingBiz #Antifascist #UnicornRiot #SupportIndieMedia #CanadiansAgainstICE #PowerOfDissent
A noise protest at #Home2Suites by #Hilton resulted in multiple #ICENazis scurrying to checkout, graffiti on the hotel, smashed front window, broken automatic doors, a solo - seemingly drunk/self-injured ICENazi (he was bleeding from nose/hands & no one had touched him) trying to scare off protestors before a ton of his backup arrived & threw a lot of smoke bombs/fired tear gas. Once they left, a few protestors went back in front of the hotel & made noise again, joined by many cars - all honking their horns. Then MPD & SWAT arrived to clear out everyone remaining.
The protest worked to get ICENazis to leave the hotel & not have a peaceful night. Private property damage is covered by corporate insurance. Capital is of lesser value than human lives - for anyone who judges vandalism from protestors. You can repair material damages. You can't bring murdered people back to life & that damage is irreparable.
Leave a shitty review (remote protest option):
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JhFuXm1hqUKwxwbGA
These are #screenshots from a @UnicornRiot vid on YouTube that I put into a collage.
#USpol #FuckICE #TerroristUSA #BoycottUSA #FascistUSA #SanctionUSA #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #BoycottHilton #BoycottMarriot #BoycottWyndham #BDSUSA #AllPowerToThePeople #ResistFascism #Protest #HumanRights #DoxICE #DoxNazis #DoxICEAbettingBiz #Antifascist #UnicornRiot #SupportIndieMedia #CanadiansAgainstICE #PowerOfDissent
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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I highly recommend watching this #PressConference from #Minnesota yesterday. It's powerful & informative. The passionate speeches & #CallsToAction #solidarity were inspiring ❤️🔥❤️
In Minnesota, two well-known #CivilRights activists Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, as well as activist William Kelly were taken into federal custody on Thursday. Federal officials are calling the disruption, which injured no one, a “coordinated attack” and also "anti-Christian" — despite Armstrong being a Christian preacher herself who argues that ICE's activities violate the teachings of the gospel.
Local ICE Director David Easterwood is the pastor of Cities Church in St. Paul. Charging papers were not immediately available.
https://www.youtube.com/live/qRth2_5DKnQ?si=Qrfqrux-_QpJdYcY
#USpol #BoycottUSA #FascistUSA #SanctionUSA #Witchhunt #AllPowerToThePeople #FightForFreedom #ResistFascism #SupportActivists #SupportIndieMedia #BreakthroughNews #ICEOut #DomesticTerrorism #PoliticalPrisoners
I highly recommend watching this #PressConference from #Minnesota yesterday. It's powerful & informative. The passionate speeches & #CallsToAction #solidarity were inspiring ❤️🔥❤️
In Minnesota, two well-known #CivilRights activists Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, as well as activist William Kelly were taken into federal custody on Thursday. Federal officials are calling the disruption, which injured no one, a “coordinated attack” and also "anti-Christian" — despite Armstrong being a Christian preacher herself who argues that ICE's activities violate the teachings of the gospel.
Local ICE Director David Easterwood is the pastor of Cities Church in St. Paul. Charging papers were not immediately available.
https://www.youtube.com/live/qRth2_5DKnQ?si=Qrfqrux-_QpJdYcY
#USpol #BoycottUSA #FascistUSA #SanctionUSA #Witchhunt #AllPowerToThePeople #FightForFreedom #ResistFascism #SupportActivists #SupportIndieMedia #BreakthroughNews #ICEOut #DomesticTerrorism #PoliticalPrisoners
🚨🚨The Trump regime, via the Trump-Bondi DOJ, is taking initial steps to jail Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Absolutely we are in an American civil war. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-investigating-tim-walz-jacob-frey-minnesota/
Alex Akselrod
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#NativeAmericaCalling: A new wave of resistance against #Trans #Native relatives
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
"Trans #NativeAmericans face a new wave of #resistance
"Iowa is testing new legal limits as the first state to remove gender identity as a protected class in the state’s civil rights code.
"The Trump administration is also removing transgender service personnel from the military. And the State Department is using existing law against #fraud to bar foreign #TransgenderAthletes from entering the country, something critics worry could be used to ban any trans traveler.
"After years of progress, Native American trans residents are facing a major rollback of favorable laws and policies. Tune in to hear about the current public climate and what might be in store for the future."
Listen:
https://soundcloud.com/indianz/two-spirit-ncai-ecws2025
Spotify link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dtU6nDFD0f7eupqihE4Rg?go=1&sp_cid=b834467a3894c08ce4d3b77ae608fd50&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=1452335958d041a6
#Resist #ResistFascism #ResistColonialism #GBLTQRights #NativeAmericans #USPol #Decolonization #Decolonize
nullagent
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Yikes! Apparently, #Trump is accusing these #Veterans of #sedition!
#Goodlander is among Democratic lawmakers urging military to reject ' #IllegalOrders'
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Josh Rogers
Published November 19, 2025
Excerpt: "New Hampshire Rep. #MaggieGoodlander joined five other Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds in an online video Tuesday to advise members of the U.S. armed forces that they should refuse to carry out 'illegal orders.'
"The video didn’t identify any specific order or U.S military action as 'illegal,' but the message comes at a time of flaring tension between Democrats and the #Trump administration over the administration’s deployment of the #NationalGuard to patrol American cities and military strikes against #Venezuelan drug cartels that are believed to have killed more than 80 people.
" 'Right now, the threats to our #Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,' the Democrats said as they took turns reading a single statement. 'Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders.'
" 'Don’t give up the ship,' the message ended.
"Sen. #ElissaSlotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst who served in Iraq, led the messaging effort. It comes on the heels of Sloktin introducing legislation aimed at limiting the president's power to deploy National Guard troops in American cities.
" 'I’ve joined my colleagues in sending a clear message to our brave women and men in uniform,' Goodlander said in a statement. 'We stand with you at a moment when you have been put in a terrible position by a president and a secretary of defense who are testing the boundaries of the law here at home.”
"In addition to Goodlander — a former U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer — the video features Navy veteran and former astronaut Sen. #MarkKelly of Arizona; Rep. #ChrisDeluzio of Pennsylvania, who also served in the Navy; Rep. #JasonCrow of Colorado, a former Army Ranger; and Rep. #ChrissyHoulahan of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran."
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-11-19/goodlander-democrats-military-illegal-orders
Trump Suggests Death Penalty for ‘ #Seditious’ Democratic Lawmakers Who Condemned ‘Illegal’ Military Orders
“Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL," the president adds
by Corbin Bolies
Thu, November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST
"President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a half-dozen Democratic lawmakers who issued a video urging military officials to 'refuse illegal orders' should be tried for seditious behavior, a crime he said was 'punishable by death!' "
#Resistance #USPol #PresidentBoneSpurs #USCivilWar #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism
Yikes! Apparently, #Trump is accusing these #Veterans of #sedition!
#Goodlander is among Democratic lawmakers urging military to reject ' #IllegalOrders'
New Hampshire Public Radio | By Josh Rogers
Published November 19, 2025
Excerpt: "New Hampshire Rep. #MaggieGoodlander joined five other Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds in an online video Tuesday to advise members of the U.S. armed forces that they should refuse to carry out 'illegal orders.'
"The video didn’t identify any specific order or U.S military action as 'illegal,' but the message comes at a time of flaring tension between Democrats and the #Trump administration over the administration’s deployment of the #NationalGuard to patrol American cities and military strikes against #Venezuelan drug cartels that are believed to have killed more than 80 people.
" 'Right now, the threats to our #Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,' the Democrats said as they took turns reading a single statement. 'Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders.'
" 'Don’t give up the ship,' the message ended.
"Sen. #ElissaSlotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst who served in Iraq, led the messaging effort. It comes on the heels of Sloktin introducing legislation aimed at limiting the president's power to deploy National Guard troops in American cities.
" 'I’ve joined my colleagues in sending a clear message to our brave women and men in uniform,' Goodlander said in a statement. 'We stand with you at a moment when you have been put in a terrible position by a president and a secretary of defense who are testing the boundaries of the law here at home.”
"In addition to Goodlander — a former U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer — the video features Navy veteran and former astronaut Sen. #MarkKelly of Arizona; Rep. #ChrisDeluzio of Pennsylvania, who also served in the Navy; Rep. #JasonCrow of Colorado, a former Army Ranger; and Rep. #ChrissyHoulahan of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran."
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-11-19/goodlander-democrats-military-illegal-orders
Trump Suggests Death Penalty for ‘ #Seditious’ Democratic Lawmakers Who Condemned ‘Illegal’ Military Orders
“Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL," the president adds
by Corbin Bolies
Thu, November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST
"President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a half-dozen Democratic lawmakers who issued a video urging military officials to 'refuse illegal orders' should be tried for seditious behavior, a crime he said was 'punishable by death!' "
#Resistance #USPol #PresidentBoneSpurs #USCivilWar #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism
Alex Akselrod
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Imagine what our world might be like if Republicans knew how to do something besides killing Americans.
#RepublicansDidThis #TrumpKakistocracy #ResistFascism #SupportPeopleInPain #NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #RacistGOP #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueUpAndDown #USPol
Imagine what our world might be like if Republicans knew how to do something besides killing Americans.
#RepublicansDidThis #TrumpKakistocracy #ResistFascism #SupportPeopleInPain #NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #RacistGOP #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueUpAndDown #USPol
"Following the release of the graphic novel and its 2005 film adaptation, this design came to represent broad protest, later also becoming a symbol for the online #hacktivist group ' #Anonymous' after appearing in web forums, used in Project Chanology, the #Occupy movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless, and other #AntiEstablishment protests around the world. This has led to the mask also being known by the alternate name of the Anonymous mask.
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"The British comic book series #VForVendetta, which started in 1982, centers on a #vigilante's efforts to destroy an #authoritarian government in a #dystopian future United Kingdom. When developing the story, illustrator David Lloyd made a handwritten note on the intended #anarchist protagonist, V: 'Why don't we portray him as a resurrected Guy Fawkes, complete with one of those papier-mâché masks, in a cape and a conical hat? He'd look really bizarre and it would give #GuyFawkes the image he's deserved all these years. We shouldn't burn the chap every Nov. 5th but celebrate his attempt to blow up Parliament!' Writer Alan Moore commented that, due to Lloyd's idea, 'All of the various fragments in my head suddenly fell into place, united behind the single image of a Guy Fawkes mask.'
"Moore also noted, 'how interesting it was that we should have taken up the image right at the point where it was apparently being purged from the annals of English iconography.' "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask
#ResistFascism #ResistAuthoritarianism #UK #USA #USPol #NoKings #NoRulers
joene 🏴🍉
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Report: "A planned day of civil disobedience" on Aug 9 is “a defence of basic freedoms”.
Since the UK designated Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation, 100s have been arrested for holding placards referencing the group or even Palestine more generally.
The day of civil disobedience is against the UK's anti-terror legislation that is curtailing basic freedoms & undermining the rule of law.
Report: "A planned day of civil disobedience" on Aug 9 is “a defence of basic freedoms”.
Since the UK designated Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation, 100s have been arrested for holding placards referencing the group or even Palestine more generally.
The day of civil disobedience is against the UK's anti-terror legislation that is curtailing basic freedoms & undermining the rule of law.
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Report: "UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action"
The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
"She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription."
#UKPol#USPol#GazaGenocide#UKCensorship#ResistFascism#SueParfitt #PalestineAction @palestine .
Report: "UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action"
The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
"She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription."
#UKPol#USPol#GazaGenocide#UKCensorship#ResistFascism#SueParfitt #PalestineAction @palestine .