Resist: It's Time

People not Politicians, the main organization behind the effort, said they submitted more than 300,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office, nearly triple the number required to block the map from going into effect. Missouri’s Republican secretary of state now needs to review the signatures.

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https://wehaverights.us/

ICE arrests and deportations are on the rise in the U.S., and it is your right to film an interaction as long as you don’t interfere — here are some best practices if you are a witness.

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This is why they are protesting:

• Demonstrators use "ice scraper protests" to denounce immigration raids, pressure action from Home Depot
• Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops

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This resource combines information from a variety of sources (check the Sources tab). It's intent is to be comprehensive, yet user friendly. It's not perfect but its the best I can do and IMO is better than the alternatives.

Each listing shows the reason for inclusion (donating to Trump, assisting ICE, advertised on Fox News, etc).

Check https://www.chicodemocracy.com/boycotts.html for additional boycott resources and alternatives.

This campaign was created to protect immigrants in Portland, OR by Revoking the ICE Permit for the building located at 4310 S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239. Join us in sending emails to Portland City Council, the Mayor and the Permitting and Development Department demanding they revoke the permit. Please feel free to use the template provided and/or add a personal message as well.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/portland-city-council-revoke-the-ice-permit

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Tell the Mayor and Portland City Council: The 60 Days Are Up!

Revoke the ICE Permit! Ice Out of Portland

Rally at City Hall November 19the - 5PM 1221 SW 4TH Ave, Portland, OR 97204

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/portland-city-council-revoke-the-ice-permit

Portland Contra Las Deportaciones

Revoke the ICE Permit PDX

Free tomorrow evening? Looking for a way to connect with the community and protect your neighbors from ICE? Live in or near the south loop? Belmont Craigin United has got you covered.

They are hosting a whistle packing event tomorrow Thursday, November 13th from 6 to 8 PM at Grace Place, located at 637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605 Bring supplies if you can, but most importantly bring yourself and maybe a friend or two.

RSVP (no ne required): https://forms.gle/FQpxk1F9nkb8XDyF7

Contribute supplies: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/E2H69CJCGB6C

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WE NEED YOUR HELP Whistle Assembly in the South Loop

Thursday, November 13 6-8PM

Grace Place 637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605

Wheelchair Accessible Mask Required and Provided

FORM A CROWD STAY LOUD PROTECH EACHOTHER We Keep Us Safe

A simple mixture of 50% antacid + 50% water relieves the effect of those chemicals in your eyes. From this summer's Action Skill Share event.

For the exhibition, "Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area," at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. See more at ybca.org/take-this-hammer

The Chicago Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at federal agents in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Saturday morning, police said. "There are no reports of anyone struck by gunfire," CPD said.

Follow-up story on what I posted the other day about DHS reports of being fired on in Little Village.

The more "details" are ... there aren't any. No video, CPD couldn't even find the location of the alleged shooting, the only source for this is "DHS said."

A driver fired shots at Customs and Border Patrol agents in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

This video is an overview of my 4-layer cold weather clothing layering system for patrol, civil defense, camping, whatever. I offer suggestions for each layer, both affordable and preferred, and also discuss important civilian/community defense topics such as camouflage, night vision, and thermal. If you have a layer that you can't live without, tell us about it in the comments.

Thanks @witten!

xpost: https://lemmy.world/post/37732606

This effort is specific to Washington state, but this applies anywhere.

October 18, 2025, may be a turning point. The administration has been gearing up to stomp a jackboot down on people who would oppose them. There's going to be a lot of us out there marching, and some of us might end up under that heel.

Be prepared. Bring water. Have an escape plan. Be ready to help those near you.

This is also important: if you aren't able to directly participate, for whatever reason, you are still needed. Just like there needs to be ten times the number of support people in the wings behind fighting troops, we will need you in the wings supporting us.

I'm going to be focused on the world in my immediate vicinity, so I'm going to need you to post relevant breaking news as it comes up. That way I can check in from time to time to keep abreast of what's going on elsewhere, and pass that information to the people near me. People who need to escape are going to need somewhere to go, and maybe a way to get there. They'll need food, water, medical care, and moral support when they get there.

We're in this together. Wherever you are, whether you're carrying a sign on the street, keeping yourself safe away from the fray, or anywhere in between - you are necessary and you are still part of this.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55324266

I've been exploring antenna designs that can fit on a protest sign. Something which would not be obvious as an antenna if carried about, but which could facilitate communications in the field.

A 70cm antenna could easily fit on a protest sign, but since most of the repeaters near me are 2m, I wanted something in that band. After some research, I learned of the moxon antenna, which is perfect for my use-case.

The linked image isn't my design, but it's what I'm building. The longest dimension is just the right size for the cardboard signs sold at my local crafts store. Usually people build this with PVC tubes, wire, or aluminum poles. However, I built a prototype using copper foil tape. Bought from the gardening section at my hardware store, apparently it's used to keep slugs from climbing a plant pot. I'm hoping that by integrating the copper foil with the design of my sign, it will be relatively stealthy. You could probably hide the coax in a PVC pipe and mount the sign to that.

My shoddy PoC had an SWR of ~2.5 at 145MHz, and I hope to improve it for the final version. Not too shabby, considering how bad some rubber ducky antennae can be.

I'm curious if people know of other compact (maximum dimension) antenna designs that I could test out.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37036228

Arial comparison of Gaza over the last 22 months of genocide.

Music:

Look And Listen
Mister Rogers
It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers

Full videos:

1. American Gestapo Pointing Guns
2. American Gestapo Blowing Up Doors
3. ICE agent points gun at witnesses during violent arrest in Hyattsville, MD (9_24_25) - Marisa Kabas
4. American Gestapo Hosing off Detainees with a Firehose
5. American Gestapo Brandishing Weapons for Taking Pictures
6. American Gestapo Disappearing People
7. Resist the American Gestapo
8. Brave Woman Prevents the American Gestapo from Disappearing People
9. American Gestapo Snatches Dad at Preschool Drop-off
10. ICE agent pushes woman to the ground
11. ICE throws Congressional candidate Kat
12. ICE Agent Shoots and Kills Man Near Chicago

If you can think of other comms it'd be appropriate to crosspost this to, please feel free to do so! ☺️

https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/the-satanic-temple-s-guidelines-for-effective-protest

1. Protest is an act of free speech, and protesters must respect free speech.

2. Have a clearly articulated position with tenable demands and a practical well-defined statement for what constitutes achieving your goals.

3. Effective protest is founded on a legitimate theory of change that is exemplified by the structure of IF I do X, THEN Y will happen BECAUSE Z.

4. Protest must be based on a principle as opposed to identity politics. Everyone benefits from the pursuit of well-conceived principles.

5. Stay focused on specific issues and do not adopt issues that you think are analogously related.

6. Stand for issues and principles – do not reflexively support the entire agenda of parties, organizations, or individuals.

7. Do not allow narratives to prevail over facts.

8. Restrict your movement to people who believe in the principles of your movement.

9. If your protest calls for the deprivation of rights and liberties of others, intimidates others, harasses or threatens others, silences others, then you are an enemy of freedom no matter what the justification.

10. Engaging in, promoting, inciting, and/or celebrating physical violence that deliberately targets civilians is never justifiable.

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This is an application (website, iOS, Android) which allows you to record public "goings on" and upload those recordings to a searchable database.

It's geotagged so loved ones can possibly figure out what happened to their missing person

It's a huge collection to fuel outrage and disgust by the general public, free to use by journalists, activists, anyone willing to help spread the public shame

It's a long-term evidence archive for future accountability in court

Obviously, if you own a firearm, you should possess a sufficient amount of ammunition for it. Defense ammo (hollow point) is great, but range ammo makes holes, too.

But when the shit hits the fan, you will also be able to trade ammunition for food, water, fuel. It'll be a more reliable medium of exchange than currency, and it doesn't take up a lot of space. This makes it worth stocking up on for anyone.

I don't pretend to be an expert, but there are definitely callibers that are more common than others:

• 9mm (9x19, 9mm Luger, 9mm Parabellum) These are pistol rounds, very common for use in semi-automatics.

• .22LR Standard 22 caliber round, pretty much everything that fires a 22 (pistol or rifle) will use these. Very popular, very inexpensive.

• Other pistol rounds: 45 ACP, 40 S&W, 380 ACP, 38 Special While these are going to be less widely sought after, people who have guns that use these will need them.

• .223/5.56 These are rifle rounds, very common in AR-style rifles. Of note, the 5.56 round contains more powder and a heavier bullet. In most cases, you can shoot .223 in any rifle chambered for .223 or 5.56, but shooting 5.56 in a .223 rifle can damage the gun (possibly catastrophically).

• 308 Winchester Also a rifle round, primarily used for large game hunting (think deer, bear, maybe moose). If you're in an area with a lot of large game and their hunters, this round may be valuable

• 7.62x39 AK rifle round, also used in some AR. This is a light military round, so it won't have as large a market as the others, but has the potential to be very valuable to the right person.

• 12ga 12 gauge shotgun shell, as suggested by @shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works. Buckshot, since slugs can be damaging to shotguns that are tightly choked for shot.

• Other shotgun shells 20ga, 16ga are used in smaller shotguns.

Don't broadcast far and wide that you have ammunition. You risk making yourself a target. Just like a wallet full of cash, don't go flashing it around.

cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/578475

The website also has lists of Schools and Law Firms that have capitulated to the Trump administration.

Originally Posted By u/kevshp At 2025-08-18 03:48:38 AM | Source

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