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> She and her husband have been able to remain home since, and keep a low profile. She knew the group because they had organized initiatives to support vendors during the height of the coronavirus pandemic – and on occasion she had worked with them to distribute her tamales to unhoused people and others in need.
> “That is why I believe that when you give love, you receive love,” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/los-angeles-residents-immigrants-ice-resistance
#SolidarityInLA #LASolidarity against #ICEThugs

‘We’re seeing the best of LA’: as Ice raids haunt the city, Angelenos show up for each other

With the largest undocumented population of any US city, much of LA locks in with fundraisers, mutual aid networks and grocery deliveries

The Guardian

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bsmall2 9h ago

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> .. that the National Guard and the militarized approach to policing in our community ends immediately. There’s no reason for people to be beat on camera because they’re immigrants. And lastly, we want for every single agent who comes into this community to identify themselves. And as a policymaker, I will be making sure that the Department understands that this is a top priority to our city.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/25/narcisco_barranco
#ICEThugs #SantaAna #JonathanHernandez #AlejandroBarranco #uspol

“Inhumane”: Marine Veteran Calls for <span class="caps">ICE</span> to Release His Father After Video of Brutal Arrest Goes Viral

As ICE increases its raids on immigrant communities, footage of the arrest of one man, Narciso Barranco, shows seven federal agents — all masked — pinning the 48-year old gardener to the ground and repeatedly punching him in the head before pushing him into an unmarked vehicle. His son, Marine veteran Alejandro Barranco, recently visited him in an ICE detention center. “He looked beat up, he looked rough, he looked defeated. He was sad. It’s just not right,” he says. Barranco, whose three children have all served in the U.S. military, was arrested while working as a landscaper at an IHOP restaurant in Santa Ana. “We are seeing an extreme abuse of power on the screens of our phones,” says Santa Ana councilmember John Hernandez, who adds that Barranco is a “hardworking Santa Ana resident of over three decades, who has raised three children who have all decided to sacrifice their freedom for this country that we love.”

Democracy Now!

bsmall2 9h ago

> ... Narciso Barranco sits in ICE detention, with his two sons still on active duty in the US Marines not far away, at Fort Pendleton. It is past time to unmask the violent agents targeting people like Narciso, and halt Trump’s racist, xenophobic mass detentions and deportations.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/26/time_to_unmask_trumps_detention_and
#ICEThugs #USAImmigration #DemocracyNow! #NarcisoBarranco

Time to Unmask Trump’s Detention and Deportation Squads

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Narciso Barranco sits in ICE detention, with his two sons still on active duty in the US Marines not far away, at Fort Pendleton. It is past time to unmask the violent agents targeting people like Narciso, and halt Trump’s racist, xenophobic mass detentions and deportations.

Democracy Now!

bsmall2 1d ago

Extinction Rebellion Global 2d ago

Jeff Bezos is arriving for his wedding in Venice in a mega yacht and his guests are turning up in 95 private jets.

We're here avoiding food waste in our kitchens. 😑

bsmall2 1d ago

Aral Balkan 1d ago

Introducing Web Numbers

Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains!

Get ready for an exciting new (old?) way to address (small) web sites in 2026.

https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/

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(Thanks to @letsencrypt.)

#WebNumbers #SmallWeb #domainNames #IPAddresses #TLS #HTTPS #LetsEncrypt #web #decentralisation #SmallTech

Web Numbers

Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains! Until the end of this year, the only way to have a secure web site is to have it accessible via a domain name. That, however, is changing. And the design of the Small Web will be changing along with it. IP addresses are about to make a comeback on the web in a big (ok, small) way, thanks to upcoming support for security certificates for IP addresses by Let’s Encrypt.

Aral Balkan

bsmall2 1d ago

Tinker ☀️1d ago

A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork #NYC #NYCMayor #ZohranMamdani

bsmall2 1d ago

Laffy 1d ago

#ProLifeMyAss

Via WIRED:

NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

Unpaywalled (supposedly)

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-detention-center-911-emergencies/

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

WIRED

bsmall2 1d ago

We Must Strike 1d ago

A #USA citizen brutally KIDNAPPED in broad daylight by #Trump's #SecretPolice. Whereabouts presently unknown. WHERE IS ANDREA VELEZ.

Proof positive that #ICE's remit is to indiscriminately round up all brown people, documented or not. Complacent white people who think this does not concern you? Better not get a tan this summer...
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Family members outraged as U.S. citizen detained by federal agents in downtown LA on way to work - CBS Los Angeles https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/family-members-outraged-u-s-citizen-detained-federal-agents-downtown-la/

#uspol #TrumpGestapo #FreeLA #FreeAndreaVelez

Family members outraged as U.S. citizen detained by federal agents in downtown LA on way to work

Andrea Velez, a Cal Poly Pomona grad, was taken into custody while being dropped off at work by family members

CBS Los Angeles

bsmall2 1d ago

Sue Stone 1d ago

CNN fires back as Trump demands reporter be fired and thrown out 'like a dog' - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2672436709/

CNN fires back as Trump demands reporter be fired and thrown out 'like a dog'

CNN is defending national security reporter Natasha Bertrand after President Donald Trump lashed out over her reporting on the U.S. airstrikes in Iran and demanded she be fired and “thrown out ‘like a dog.’”In a fiery statement posted Wednesday, CNN said it stands “100% behind Natasha Bertrand’s jou...

Raw Story

bsmall2 1d ago

victorvonvortex 1d ago

"A group of protesters, some in wheelchairs, were arrested and zip-tied on Capitol Hill and dragged out by police officers as they demonstrated against proposed cuts to Medicaid in Republicans' massive spending package."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/protesters-wheelchairs-cuffed-medicaid-capitol-b2777036.html

Protesters in wheelchairs cuffed with zip-ties during Capitol demonstrations against Medicaid cuts

More than 30 demonstrators arrested ahead of Senate vote over Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ that could leave millions uninsured

The Independent

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