Stephanie Cook
@stecook.bsky.social
(They/them) Ex Twitter lurker, rabid democracy defender. Not the most eloquent writer but grateful to be here.
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A drone show using 2,977 lights, representing each victim of the 9/11 attacks, recreated the Twin Towers at full scale in Manhattan in honor of its 25th anniversary.
September 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
A drone show using 2,977 lights, representing each victim of the 9/11 attacks, recreated the Twin Towers at full scale in Manhattan in honor of its 25th anniversary.
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🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact.
Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
www.nature.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact.
Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
An ICE Air deportation flight carrying third country nationals landed in Georgetown, Guyana at 7:10pm local time. It left Alexandria, LA at 7am local time before it stopped in Miami and Bogota en route. This is the first third country transfer to Guayana. www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/guyana
September 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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7 faith leaders & clergy arrested after blockading the ICE surveillance center in Williston, Vermont.
September 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
7 faith leaders & clergy arrested after blockading the ICE surveillance center in Williston, Vermont.
Fascism. Period
NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Fascism. Period
Listen to the congresswoman!
Don't look away from the horrors happening at Delaney Hall detention center, operated by a for-profit prison corporation.
To date, there have been labor and hunger strikes by detainees, reported deaths in custody, and widespread accounts of medical neglect.
@replamonica.bsky.social explains:
To date, there have been labor and hunger strikes by detainees, reported deaths in custody, and widespread accounts of medical neglect.
@replamonica.bsky.social explains:
September 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Listen to the congresswoman!
That’s a question I ask myself every day. Why?
How are we allowing this to happen?
“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
August 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
That’s a question I ask myself every day. Why?
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Remarkable how little political noise it's made here in the US that a major American naval base in Bahrain was basically destroyed, and that this was kept quiet for five months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
Navy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War
Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Remarkable how little political noise it's made here in the US that a major American naval base in Bahrain was basically destroyed, and that this was kept quiet for five months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
Our government has awarded a $158M contract for the care and feeding of unaccompanied migrant children to a group run by an ex-ICE agent accused of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Much more on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thefrank...
August 22, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This!
“As reports of Black Americans found hanging from trees evoke the country's history of lynching, queer writer Josh Ackley argues that solidarity across marginalized communities is more urgent than ever.” 1/
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'Strange Fruit' in 2026: Why LGBTQ+ people cannot look away from racial terror — Advocate
Opinion: As reports of Black Americans found hanging from trees evoke the country's history of lynching, queer writer Josh Ackley argues that solidarity across marginalized communities is more urgent ...
apple.news
August 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This!
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Corporate media in the age of monopolization isn’t worried about ratings or views, those are secondary to appealing to oligarchs and corporations who will supplement lost viewership in order to ensure control of mainstream discourse and the information diet of politicians and parties
August 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Corporate media in the age of monopolization isn’t worried about ratings or views, those are secondary to appealing to oligarchs and corporations who will supplement lost viewership in order to ensure control of mainstream discourse and the information diet of politicians and parties
Best city in the world
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON"
New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
July 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Best city in the world
We only freak out when the kill a white. Basic facts
Are we comfortably numb with police violence?
The brutal cop killing of Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisc. sparked local protest but only muted outrage on the national level. Despite falling crime, cops gun down more Americans than ever
Where's the outrage? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/core...
The brutal cop killing of Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisc. sparked local protest but only muted outrage on the national level. Despite falling crime, cops gun down more Americans than ever
Where's the outrage? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/core...
Corey Ruiz police killing reveals an America numb to violence | Will Bunch
Police killings like the death of Madison’s Corey Ruiz, caught on gruesome video, are rising, but public outrage is not.
www.inquirer.com
July 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM
We only freak out when the kill a white. Basic facts
Amen. The fourth estate has failed us
The time to rethink the dinner was long before last night:
“Every Day is Jan. 6 now…and the Republic faces an existential threat from a movement that is openly contemptuous of democracy…”
Or something or other 🤷♂️🤦♂️
“Every Day is Jan. 6 now…and the Republic faces an existential threat from a movement that is openly contemptuous of democracy…”
Or something or other 🤷♂️🤦♂️
July 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Amen. The fourth estate has failed us
The upside down continues
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government:
WSJ
NYT
AP
Reuters
CNN
NBC
ABC
CBS
The Guardian
Semafor
Washington Post
Fox News
New York Post
BBC
Newsweek
MS NOW
WSJ
NYT
AP
Reuters
CNN
NBC
ABC
CBS
The Guardian
Semafor
Washington Post
Fox News
New York Post
BBC
Newsweek
MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
popular.info
July 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The upside down continues
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty
The 1997 Flores settlement says children can only be in immigration detention for 20 days. A new legal filing shows that kids at CoreCivic's detention facility in Dilley, TX have been there as long as 323 days, & includes firsthand accounts of the abuse guards are inflicting on children.
Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights - The American Prospect
The 1997 Flores ruling requires immigrant children be released from detention after 20 days. Trump is keeping some for as long as 323 days, new filings in a lawsuit state.
prospect.org
July 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty
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Beyond absurd. A budget is a moral document.
July 19, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Beyond absurd. A budget is a moral document.
This is now happening almost daily. Enough! Rise the fuck up people!
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive.
42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
July 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is now happening almost daily. Enough! Rise the fuck up people!
Amen to this thread!
37-year-old lifelong New Yorker here. You know, growing up, I don’t remember being trapped inside by toxic wildfire smoke.
Certainly not with this regularity.
I have a toddler. I am beyond outraged over the state of the planet he will inherit—a crisis fueled by greedy businessmen and their allies
Certainly not with this regularity.
I have a toddler. I am beyond outraged over the state of the planet he will inherit—a crisis fueled by greedy businessmen and their allies
July 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Amen to this thread!
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Ah, but of course. You’d expect no less from the Foxes in Charge of the Henhouses administration.
An insurrectionist is now in charge of prosecuting antifa. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6
On Jan. 6, 2021, a man approached the Capitol who looked like...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Ah, but of course. You’d expect no less from the Foxes in Charge of the Henhouses administration.
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It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
July 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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A young dad with a toddler in the backseat.
A father of 3 on his way to work.
A mom who had dropped her 6-year-old son off at school.
A VA nurse helping a woman pushed down by masked federal agents.
Enough is enough. Abolish ICE.
A father of 3 on his way to work.
A mom who had dropped her 6-year-old son off at school.
A VA nurse helping a woman pushed down by masked federal agents.
Enough is enough. Abolish ICE.
July 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A young dad with a toddler in the backseat.
A father of 3 on his way to work.
A mom who had dropped her 6-year-old son off at school.
A VA nurse helping a woman pushed down by masked federal agents.
Enough is enough. Abolish ICE.
A father of 3 on his way to work.
A mom who had dropped her 6-year-old son off at school.
A VA nurse helping a woman pushed down by masked federal agents.
Enough is enough. Abolish ICE.
Listen to Chantal!
Until the meteor strikes or the nuke takes us out, we have a chance. Don't give up because life in American can't be comfortable anymore. Ante up & ease life for others as the only way your life can be eased. We always have a chance to live as long as we wake up to another day.
It's about having courage right now y'all. Gather your hearts. It's an incredibly difficult severe time. More to come. Know you have what it takes, & we have what it takes. You need to hold that fundamentally in your heart as a survival tool. We will move through this is we believe in our strength.
July 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Listen to Chantal!
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🚨 W/THE VRA DEAD, FLIPPING THE HOUSE JUST BECAME EVEN *MORE* URGENT.
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Flipping the House blue is an ABSOLUTE MUST this year. Donate today. #Blue26
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July 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
🚨 W/THE VRA DEAD, FLIPPING THE HOUSE JUST BECAME EVEN *MORE* URGENT.
Flipping the House blue is an ABSOLUTE MUST this year. Donate today. #Blue26
NOTE: This is an #UnlikelyHeroes page *deliberately* featuring Dems running in RED districts.
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
Flipping the House blue is an ABSOLUTE MUST this year. Donate today. #Blue26
NOTE: This is an #UnlikelyHeroes page *deliberately* featuring Dems running in RED districts.
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...