I'm a bit creeped out, y'all.

I got a letter from our bank that my youngest's savings account was in inactive status and was going to the unclaimed property department if I didn't reply.

We've been in limbo with his SSA claim for over 2 years so there's been no activity on his account for that reason.

I called customer service to reactivate the account. They had to do some verification questions that the computer had the answers to. One of them was "what organization, if any, have you had contact with"? And a list of stores and hotels and Occupy Oakland.

How does the bank know I'm associated with Occupy Oakland? How did it get on the account verification computer? It struck me as so surreal and unexpected I'm having trouble processing it, tbh.

#Banking #Finance #USPol #USPolitics #Privacy

"While the Trump administration’s immigration blitz hit Midwestern cities like Chicago and Minneapolis, a quieter escalation unfolded in San Diego late last year with agents making thousands of arrests in and around the city"

https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/01/san-diego-immigration-arrest-surge/

#ICE #uspol #SanDiego #California

My House rep, Rep Val Foushee, just sent me a constituent email about ICE. The word "abolish" doesn't appear once in it (nor does she mention the initiative to abolish ICE using other words).

Vote Nida Allam. #uspol #nc04

I'm a bit creeped out, y'all.

I got a letter from our bank that my youngest's savings account was in inactive status and was going to the unclaimed property department if I didn't reply.

We've been in limbo with his SSA claim for over 2 years so there's been no activity on his account for that reason.

I called customer service to reactivate the account. They had to do some verification questions that the computer had the answers to. One of them was "what organization, if any, have you had contact with"? And a list of stores and hotels and Occupy Oakland.

How does the bank know I'm associated with Occupy Oakland? How did it get on the account verification computer? It struck me as so surreal and unexpected I'm having trouble processing it, tbh.

#Banking #Finance #USPol #USPolitics #Privacy

@mastodonmigration

I've told my Congressional representatives that if Schumer is still Leader after the California primaries I'm leaving the party and registering as an Independent.

#uspol

stolen #uspol #superbowl #badbunny

what do we call this, policewashing? (the phenom, not the article, which I was glad to see)

https://therealnews.com/us-media-defend-police-departments-from-liberal-backlash-against-ice

#policing #ICE #USpol

"What I do want to scream is that a strike is not a spell... Power concedes nothing without a demand—and that demand is not a word, not a spell. It is a strike"

I skimmed this essay before I realized who wrote it, but the author (Tabitha Arnold) makes stunning textile art

redid link: https://archive.ph/i92wW

#strike #unions #TextileArt #TabithaArnold #uspol

AJ+ :
It used to be illegal to own the flag #BadBunny waved at the #SuperBowl halftime show.

Here’s what to know about #PuertoRico ’s sky-blue “independence” flag — & why the territory’s official flag was changed to navy blue

#freedom #antifascism #antiimperialism
#uspol #decolonize #imperialism #usa #nfl #cuba #latinamerica #sport #resistance #protest #activism #socialmedia #tiktok #mastodon #twitter #freespeech #politics #cdnpoli #us #education @democracy @politics @humanities @blackvoices

conservatives in 2024: the woke left is trying to install a secret pedophile cabal into power

conservatives in 2026: the woke left is being mean to the secret pedophile cabal we installed into power

#uspol #uspolitics #shitpost

"While the Trump administration’s immigration blitz hit Midwestern cities like Chicago and Minneapolis, a quieter escalation unfolded in San Diego late last year with agents making thousands of arrests in and around the city"

https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/01/san-diego-immigration-arrest-surge/

#ICE #uspol #SanDiego #California

The 1% has sapped $79T in wealth from the bottom 90% since 1975. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was sapped from the bottom 90 percent which is enough to give every worker a $32,000 raise.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA516-2.html

#usa #uspol #economy #capitalism

what do we call this, policewashing? (the phenom, not the article, which I was glad to see)

https://therealnews.com/us-media-defend-police-departments-from-liberal-backlash-against-ice

#policing #ICE #USpol

"An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials since being arrested last September.

Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, Seamus Culleton is married to a US citizen and owns a plastering business in the Boston area. He was arrested on September 9th, 2025, and has been in an Ice detention facility in Texas for nearly five months, despite having no criminal record, 'not even a parking ticket'. In a phone interview from the facility, he said conditions there are 'like a concentration camp, absolute hell'."

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/02/09/absolute-hell-irish-man-with-valid-us-work-permit-held-by-ice-since-september/

#USPol

AJ+ :
It used to be illegal to own the flag #BadBunny waved at the #SuperBowl halftime show.

Here’s what to know about #PuertoRico ’s sky-blue “independence” flag — & why the territory’s official flag was changed to navy blue

#freedom #antifascism #antiimperialism
#uspol #decolonize #imperialism #usa #nfl #cuba #latinamerica #sport #resistance #protest #activism #socialmedia #tiktok #mastodon #twitter #freespeech #politics #cdnpoli #us #education @democracy @politics @humanities @blackvoices

“The Washington Post’s decision to cut a large share of its climate and environmental reporters is not just a newsroom story…

cuts to environmental journalism thin the information infrastructure societies rely on to recognize risks and respond before harm becomes harder to reverse.”

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/what-is-lost-when-environmental-coverage-is-cut/

#Democracy #Media #Journalism #Environment #Climate #Green #Oligarchy #WashingtonPost #USPol #Bezos

stolen #uspol #superbowl #badbunny