Alice Zebra
@zebraparadox.bsky.social
Activist promoting democracy, science, and human rights. Just a zebra.
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Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
July 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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The atrocities of Nazi Germany happened gradually, through escalation: isolated selective brutality & murder, official impunity, dehumanizing propaganda, weakened legal protections, arrests, a state captured media.
Then came the mass violence, but only once the public were conditioned to accept it.
Then came the mass violence, but only once the public were conditioned to accept it.
Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. We demand immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!
July 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The atrocities of Nazi Germany happened gradually, through escalation: isolated selective brutality & murder, official impunity, dehumanizing propaganda, weakened legal protections, arrests, a state captured media.
Then came the mass violence, but only once the public were conditioned to accept it.
Then came the mass violence, but only once the public were conditioned to accept it.
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I submitted my comment on the proposed OMB rule. Sharing here to the extent it’s useful. Today is the last day to comment. If you have not yet commented, please do!
substack.com/@jennanorton...
substack.com/@jennanorton...
A Public Comment on Proposed Rule: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
Docket: OMB-2026-0034, Submitted by: Jenna M Norton, PhD, MPH in a personal capacity
substack.com
July 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I submitted my comment on the proposed OMB rule. Sharing here to the extent it’s useful. Today is the last day to comment. If you have not yet commented, please do!
substack.com/@jennanorton...
substack.com/@jennanorton...
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AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened.
We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.
We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.
July 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened.
We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.
We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.
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The administration is now removing that interpretation, arguing the law should apply more narrowly. The change could make it easier for development and other projects to damage critical habitat, making it harder to protect endangered wildlife and plants that depend on those ecosystems to survive.
Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov
July 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The administration is now removing that interpretation, arguing the law should apply more narrowly. The change could make it easier for development and other projects to damage critical habitat, making it harder to protect endangered wildlife and plants that depend on those ecosystems to survive.
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A congressional investigation just found that the Trump administration reassigned FEMA workers to immigration enforcement, undermining disaster relief efforts.
Make no mistake: the Trump administration’s cruel mass deportation plan makes our communities less safe.
Make no mistake: the Trump administration’s cruel mass deportation plan makes our communities less safe.
Assigning FEMA staff to immigration enforcement hurt disaster work, House report says
The findings by a group of House Democrats show how FEMA staffers were put to work in immigration enforcement and administrative roles, among others, straining the agency's disaster response ability.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A congressional investigation just found that the Trump administration reassigned FEMA workers to immigration enforcement, undermining disaster relief efforts.
Make no mistake: the Trump administration’s cruel mass deportation plan makes our communities less safe.
Make no mistake: the Trump administration’s cruel mass deportation plan makes our communities less safe.
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Many have asked about the proposed changes to federal grants by Russell Vought at the Office of Management and Budget.
Numerous colleagues have written excellent detailed comments. I have simply joined the chorus — reproduced at the link below.
Visit friends at @standupforscience.net to help.
Numerous colleagues have written excellent detailed comments. I have simply joined the chorus — reproduced at the link below.
Visit friends at @standupforscience.net to help.
OMB Public Comment — Sublette Weather and Consulting
Subject: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (Docket ID: OMB-2026-0034) July 9, 2026 I am writing to express profound disapproval and alarm at the composite regulations from the Office of Ma...
subletteweather.com
July 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Many have asked about the proposed changes to federal grants by Russell Vought at the Office of Management and Budget.
Numerous colleagues have written excellent detailed comments. I have simply joined the chorus — reproduced at the link below.
Visit friends at @standupforscience.net to help.
Numerous colleagues have written excellent detailed comments. I have simply joined the chorus — reproduced at the link below.
Visit friends at @standupforscience.net to help.
WSubmit a comment to OPPOSE proposals for federal grants - for science, social programs, education -- to be selected by ideology and partisan considerations. In other words: based on agendas, not the interests of people, science, or well being.
www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
July 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
WSubmit a comment to OPPOSE proposals for federal grants - for science, social programs, education -- to be selected by ideology and partisan considerations. In other words: based on agendas, not the interests of people, science, or well being.
www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
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🚨 ICE sighting in Himrod, Bushwick (Brooklyn). Report activity or send photos to the community hotline at 229-304-8720. For Know Your Rights guides and legal resources, visit nychotline.net. Stay safe and protect your neighbors.
July 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🚨 ICE sighting in Himrod, Bushwick (Brooklyn). Report activity or send photos to the community hotline at 229-304-8720. For Know Your Rights guides and legal resources, visit nychotline.net. Stay safe and protect your neighbors.
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ORANGE COUNTY, CA: Rally with your community this Sunday to denounce the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and demand justice for all victims of ICE!
📣 ABOLISH ICE NOW!
🗓️ Sunday July 12th, 2-4PM
📍Yorba Linda Blvd & Imperial Hwy, Yorba Linda
📣 ABOLISH ICE NOW!
🗓️ Sunday July 12th, 2-4PM
📍Yorba Linda Blvd & Imperial Hwy, Yorba Linda
July 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
ORANGE COUNTY, CA: Rally with your community this Sunday to denounce the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and demand justice for all victims of ICE!
📣 ABOLISH ICE NOW!
🗓️ Sunday July 12th, 2-4PM
📍Yorba Linda Blvd & Imperial Hwy, Yorba Linda
📣 ABOLISH ICE NOW!
🗓️ Sunday July 12th, 2-4PM
📍Yorba Linda Blvd & Imperial Hwy, Yorba Linda
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We’re starting in 10 minutes. Let’s talk about how we can prepare for Trump’s secret police to visit our communities.
We want to train every American on what to do if ICE comes to your community. Join us tonight to get the tools you need to organize against ICE surges or new concentration camps in your area: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
July 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
We’re starting in 10 minutes. Let’s talk about how we can prepare for Trump’s secret police to visit our communities.
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Trump lost in court to E. Jean Carroll. A jury found him liable for sexual abuse. Now his DOJ is reportedly opening a criminal investigation into her.
This is retaliation. We refuse to sit back while the Trump regime abuses survivors. Stand with survivors. Impeach Trump.
https://bit.ly/4uL7UPX
This is retaliation. We refuse to sit back while the Trump regime abuses survivors. Stand with survivors. Impeach Trump.
https://bit.ly/4uL7UPX
June 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Trump lost in court to E. Jean Carroll. A jury found him liable for sexual abuse. Now his DOJ is reportedly opening a criminal investigation into her.
This is retaliation. We refuse to sit back while the Trump regime abuses survivors. Stand with survivors. Impeach Trump.
https://bit.ly/4uL7UPX
This is retaliation. We refuse to sit back while the Trump regime abuses survivors. Stand with survivors. Impeach Trump.
https://bit.ly/4uL7UPX
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Contact your Members of Congress TODAY and urge them to take immediate action to demand dignity for immigrants, and be in solidarity with the people in detention on hunger strike.
Senate: indivisible.org/acti...
House:
Senate: indivisible.org/acti...
House:
Solidarity with Hunger Strikers: Demand Senate Action Against Trump's Mass Detention Regime | Indivisible
People being detained at Delaney Hall are living in horrifying conditions, and Senator Andy Kim was pepper-sprayed trying to access the facility. All while Republicans are trying to ram through billions more taxpayer dollars for ICE to terrorize our communities. Tell your Senator you demand their action!
indivisible.org
June 2, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Contact your Members of Congress TODAY and urge them to take immediate action to demand dignity for immigrants, and be in solidarity with the people in detention on hunger strike.
Senate: indivisible.org/acti...
House:
Senate: indivisible.org/acti...
House:
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Trump’s detention camps are extremely unpopular everywhere they’ve been proposed, but many people don’t realize DHS is planning a concentration camp in their community.
That’s why we’ve put up billboards to let local residents know there’s a proposed or existing detention camp nearby.
That’s why we’ve put up billboards to let local residents know there’s a proposed or existing detention camp nearby.
May 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Trump’s detention camps are extremely unpopular everywhere they’ve been proposed, but many people don’t realize DHS is planning a concentration camp in their community.
That’s why we’ve put up billboards to let local residents know there’s a proposed or existing detention camp nearby.
That’s why we’ve put up billboards to let local residents know there’s a proposed or existing detention camp nearby.
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Life in California is expensive. It doesn't have to be. As Governor, I'll bring down the largest costs in people's budgets--like housing, education, and healthcare--to make it actually affordable to live here.
May 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Life in California is expensive. It doesn't have to be. As Governor, I'll bring down the largest costs in people's budgets--like housing, education, and healthcare--to make it actually affordable to live here.
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Higher ed workers are rising up this May Day!
Our shared demands are:
1️⃣Make higher ed affordable
2️⃣End the assault on science & research
3️⃣Protect students' right to learn & faculty's right to teach
4️⃣Suspend ICE activity on ALL campuses nationwide
Find your local action and RSVP here:
Our shared demands are:
1️⃣Make higher ed affordable
2️⃣End the assault on science & research
3️⃣Protect students' right to learn & faculty's right to teach
4️⃣Suspend ICE activity on ALL campuses nationwide
Find your local action and RSVP here:
Labor for Higher Education
www.labor4highered.org
April 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Higher ed workers are rising up this May Day!
Our shared demands are:
1️⃣Make higher ed affordable
2️⃣End the assault on science & research
3️⃣Protect students' right to learn & faculty's right to teach
4️⃣Suspend ICE activity on ALL campuses nationwide
Find your local action and RSVP here:
Our shared demands are:
1️⃣Make higher ed affordable
2️⃣End the assault on science & research
3️⃣Protect students' right to learn & faculty's right to teach
4️⃣Suspend ICE activity on ALL campuses nationwide
Find your local action and RSVP here:
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NEW today in the New York Times:
In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy.
Join Us!
In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy.
Join Us!
A Professor Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2026 at 12:13 PM
NEW today in the New York Times:
In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy.
Join Us!
In the face of unprecedented authoritarian attacks, the AAUP is building a powerful and militant resistance movement in defense of American higher education, the freedom to learn, and our democracy.
Join Us!
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When we talked back in January, @proftwolf.bsky.social told us about this new @aaup.org platform.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg1...
It is really great to see it coming together - and especially inspirational to launch it in TX, ground zero for attacks on academic freedom. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg1...
It is really great to see it coming together - and especially inspirational to launch it in TX, ground zero for attacks on academic freedom. Check it out!
April 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
When we talked back in January, @proftwolf.bsky.social told us about this new @aaup.org platform.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg1...
It is really great to see it coming together - and especially inspirational to launch it in TX, ground zero for attacks on academic freedom. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg1...
It is really great to see it coming together - and especially inspirational to launch it in TX, ground zero for attacks on academic freedom. Check it out!
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Scientists, check it out! (it's almost like your job depends on it...)
Science is on the ballot this year. ✅
We’re launching Science Votes the Future to help scientists vote, engage, and advocate with confidence. 🗳️🧪
Learn more, explore our resources, and share with others!
👉ScienceVotesTheFuture.org
We’re launching Science Votes the Future to help scientists vote, engage, and advocate with confidence. 🗳️🧪
Learn more, explore our resources, and share with others!
👉ScienceVotesTheFuture.org
April 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Scientists, check it out! (it's almost like your job depends on it...)
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The Voting Rights Act has been essential to protecting everyone’s freedom to vote.
By destroying a key provision of the VRA that ensured Black voters were fairly represented, the Supreme Court today betrayed the legacy of the civil rights movement.
We won’t stop fighting.
By destroying a key provision of the VRA that ensured Black voters were fairly represented, the Supreme Court today betrayed the legacy of the civil rights movement.
We won’t stop fighting.
![Black graphic with white text reading "[The Voting Rights Act] was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers. It ushered in awe-inspiring change, bringing this Nation closer to fulfilling the ideals of democracy and racial equality. And it has been repeatedly, and overwhelmingly, reauthorized by the people’s representatives in Congress. Only they have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the Members of this Court." The quote is attributed to Justice Elena Kagan dissenting in Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bg5vuqejktlwjgcdsm3jyv73/bafkreiazjvtq54sf4mvgstovvy2sdso6jr66j7mo3zzasreeimevvgc22m)
April 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The Voting Rights Act has been essential to protecting everyone’s freedom to vote.
By destroying a key provision of the VRA that ensured Black voters were fairly represented, the Supreme Court today betrayed the legacy of the civil rights movement.
We won’t stop fighting.
By destroying a key provision of the VRA that ensured Black voters were fairly represented, the Supreme Court today betrayed the legacy of the civil rights movement.
We won’t stop fighting.
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I have two daughters and I think about this all the time. I don't know how I will explain it to them when the time comes. bsky.app/profile/carn...
American Black women now have fewer voting rights and reproductive rights than their mothers did at the same age.
Progress isn’t a straight line, indeed.
Progress isn’t a straight line, indeed.
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century
This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.
slate.com
April 29, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I have two daughters and I think about this all the time. I don't know how I will explain it to them when the time comes. bsky.app/profile/carn...
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If you live in rural California, your ER is on the line. These federal cuts put our hospitals on life support. If the funding vanishes, the doors close.
We cannot let your zip code determine if you survive a heart attack
We cannot let your zip code determine if you survive a heart attack
The math of the Trump healthcare cuts is simple and cruel. It targets:
1️⃣ Seniors & families on Medi-Cal
2️⃣ Undocumented adults losing their lifeline
3️⃣ Middle-class families facing 5x premium hikes
When they lose, we all pay the price.
1️⃣ Seniors & families on Medi-Cal
2️⃣ Undocumented adults losing their lifeline
3️⃣ Middle-class families facing 5x premium hikes
When they lose, we all pay the price.
April 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
If you live in rural California, your ER is on the line. These federal cuts put our hospitals on life support. If the funding vanishes, the doors close.
We cannot let your zip code determine if you survive a heart attack
We cannot let your zip code determine if you survive a heart attack
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Congress is considering reauthorizing a law that the government has repeatedly used to warrantlessly spy on U.S. citizens, including protestors and journalists.
Our leaders must vote no on this dangerous privacy invasion.
Our leaders must vote no on this dangerous privacy invasion.
Himes Fact-Checked on ‘Misleading’ Claims About Warrantless Spying - The American Prospect
Himes seemed to signal openness toward reforming the 702 program, but emphasized that its extension cannot be allowed to lapse. Privacy activists argue the window for reform is closing.
prospect.org
April 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Congress is considering reauthorizing a law that the government has repeatedly used to warrantlessly spy on U.S. citizens, including protestors and journalists.
Our leaders must vote no on this dangerous privacy invasion.
Our leaders must vote no on this dangerous privacy invasion.
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There is something you can do about all of this — make your plans for May 1. This country needs a united show of power, energy, and hope.
indivisible.org/events/may-d...
indivisible.org/events/may-d...
May Day Strong: No Work, No School, No Shopping | Indivisible
indivisible.org
April 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
There is something you can do about all of this — make your plans for May 1. This country needs a united show of power, energy, and hope.
indivisible.org/events/may-d...
indivisible.org/events/may-d...