Wednesday's 3 things: Not Zohran-related, but shoutout to the organizers of NYC!

Julia Smith

25 Jun 2025 — 2 min read

Item 1. A tiny way to show love to LA's immigrant rights community

This Friday is a National Day of Action to get the charges against Los Angeles immigrant rights activist Alejandro Orellana dropped. Two weeks ago, FBI agents, National Guard troops, and LA County Sheriff’s deputies forcibly entered his home, ransacked his belongings, and took him away in handcuffs. The Committee to Stop FBI Repression writes:

This arrest is part of a broader pattern of political persecution, from the FBI's historical targeting of Chicano activists, Black liberation organizers, and anti-war protesters to the current escalation of attacks against those resisting Trump's deportation agenda. The state is seeking to crush dissent.

You don't have to wait 'til Friday to show support! ➡️ Donate to the CentroCSO legal fund (Venmo @CentroCSO or Zelle +1 (323) 580-3764 under CentroCSO), ➡️ call U.S. Attorney Bilal Essayli at (213) 894-2400 and tell him to drop the charges, and/or ➡️ print out fliers to distribute in your neighborhood.

Item 2. More upcoming events

[ONLINE / DC] Tomorrow, Thursday ➡️Courtwatch DC training (Harriet’s Wildest Dreams)
[ONLINE] Monday, June 30, 8:00-9:00pm ET ➡️ #DisappearedinAmerica, "a training on how to meet with or call your sheriff and urge them to not cooperate with ICE in disappearing our neighbors... Help bring an end to these disappearances in your community." (Co-sponsored by The Workers Circle, American Friends Service Committee, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and many others)
[NATIONWIDE] Sign up before Friday, July 4th ➡️ Pass out “Not My Tax Dollars” flyers on Independence Day (U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights)
[NATIONWIDE] Anytime soonish ➡️ Volunteer and write letters (or host a letter-writing party) to PA voters ahead of their State Supreme Court elections in November, and help Vote Forward test a new approach to their GOTV campaigns.

Item 3. For fun

There's a new party game from the team that created Cards Against Humanity – and 100% of the proceeds go to fund Science Ambassador Scholarships for undergrad women and nonbinary students.

Large crowd gathered under cloudy skies. Handmade signs have slogans like IMMIGRANTS HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS and BRING KILMAR HOME. A rep from BAJI speaks at a mic.

Friday's one thing (with love from Maryland)

Weekend wish May we take even less shit than Judge Xinis. (That link is from The Hill; for a play-by-play of this week's hearings in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, dive into Anna Bower's Bluesky reporting for Lawfare.) P.S. This week I witnessed firsthand how

Tuesday's two things: Feminist mutual aid, a dad in ICE detention, and more

Item 1. Help a Los Angeles family A personal friend is leading this fundraising effort ➡️ Bring Jairo home: Support his family during ICE detention. Jairo had no criminal record and entered the US legally through "CHNV" humanitarian program. After getting married, [he and Melanie] retained an immigration attorney,

Close-up of a handmade poster at a protest in Baltimore. The sign reads THE WRONG ICE IS MELTING and has a sketch of polar icecaps with a penguin holding its own sign.

Tuesday's five ICE-melting, truth-telling things

Items 1-2. Melt ICE If you have a little money ➡️ I haven't met this person yet, but he is my neighbor, and now he has been detained by ICE. Resistencia en Acción NJ set up this GoFundMe for his legal fees and his family during this terrible time.

Monday's three things

Item 1. Now If the Big Bill passes today, it will cut billions in funding for Medicaid, SNAP, education, and more. ➡️ Text RESIST to 24284. Item 2. Anytime The Horizons Project writes that political violence has a playbook and that we can make it backfire. Item 3. Upcoming It'