It’s time to get trashy again! – June 22 – 11am-1pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"api\/attachments\/97dMAkPS2D7E\/image\/20260318_133705.jpg\")
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MEET at 31 Cross Street<\/a> <-map link<\/p>\n\n\n\nMap below. When parking, just look for the people already in green vests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"api\/attachments\/KalVERwvOjqs\/image\/Summit%2520Trash%2520Pickup.jpg\")
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Please reply to this email if you plan to come out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pridefest – Pride In Every Holler – June 27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
JUNE 27, 1PM – 6PM, 2026
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT, NORTHLIGHT BUILDING<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.mypridenc.org\/pridefest-2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nJoin MY Pride for PrideFest 2026: Pride in Every Holler, a joyful, in-person celebration of LGBTQIA+ community, creativity, and belonging in the mountains of Western North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mitchell Democrats could use volunteers to help man their booth. Email mc.buchanan423@gmail.com<\/a> to volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
July 4 (on the 3rd) PARADE! Calling all Mountain Indivisibles and friends!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MI will have a large float in the \u201cSpruce Pine Independence Day Parade\u201d on July 3rd. This is a non-political event during the \u201cStars, Stripes, and Strings\u201d festival. Gather\/line up is between 5-5:30 pm. Parade starts at 6 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The float will carry the oh-so-talented sambAAppalachian drummers. Yippee!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We want y\u2019all to come dance with the band and\/or hand out candy to kiddos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please\u2026no political signs for this one!!! No exceptions unless your dog has a \u201cdogs for democracy\u201d vest! (I\u2019m looking at you, Rocky and Luna!) Bring water, sun screen, and pup foot protection, in case it\u2019s a blister of a day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a spread-good-cheer-and-love event (and to show folks how adorable we are.) Bring your friendly dogs! Dress yourself (or pooch) in red, white and blue! If you have Mountain Indivisible merch, wear that too. But definitely bring your dancing shoes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must be able to be on your feet for about 2 hours, but if you need a rest, (or to ride the whole time,) that can be accommodated in the bed of the pick-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be there or be square!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email questions to: contact@mountainindivisible.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you’re planning to join the parade, please register through https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/mountainindivisible\/event\/976395\/<\/a> so that we have a rough headcount beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
July 23rd MY Vecinos benefit at Birdfoot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/7r8mswdMr4w<\/a> (<\/p>\n\n\n\nBeginning at 6:30 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nJoin Vecinos on July 23rd at 6:30pm at Birdfoot in Burnsville for a special benefit event with Las Monta\u00f1itas. We’re excited for this opportunity and look forward to seeing our community there to support our neighbors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acompa\u00f1a a Vecinos el 23 de julio a las 6:30 p. m. en Birdfoot (Burnsville) para un evento ben\u00e9fico especial con Las Monta\u00f1itas. Nos entusiasma esta oportunidad y esperamos ver a nuestra comunidad all\u00ed para apoyar a nuestros vecinos.
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Other News<\/h2>\n\n\n\nI found a second vote.gov \u2014 and it’s registered to the White House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/thedreydossier.substack.com\/p\/i-found-a-second-votegov-and-its<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThere is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead. Mine found me on TrumpRx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have not been to TrumpRx, it is a federal drug pricing website that looks like Wix and a Pinterest board threw up on each other. There is a gold three-dimensional eagle on the homepage clutching a ribbon in its talons that says TrumpRx. There are pills floating across the screen like a pharmaceutical screensaver. The tagline, and I am quoting directly from a website owned by the United States government, invites you to TrumpRx the price. It has the typography of a Brooklyn juice bar and the self-regard of someone who has never been told no. It is, in every conceivable aesthetic sense, a catastrophe. And while you are busy looking at the eagle, the website is busy looking at you. I wish I were being metaphorical.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some local police have access to an ICE facial recognition app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2026\/06\/19\/npr-homeland-security-local-police-facial-recognition-identify-immigrants<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nFederal immigration officers often use facial recognition technology to identify immigrants in the field. Now, a newly revealed document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to give local police working on its behalf the same type of technology.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
ICE has been dumping people on the streets and left to die<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EyesOnIce\/s\/3fXZXHMf4x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nDaphy Michel, a Haitian asylum seeker and TPS recipient, was found dead on the streets of Pittsburgh on March 2nd, days after having been released by Trump\u2019s deportation force into the cold, far away from her home or family. She had spent months in jail awaiting an evaluation on two misdemeanor counts after a mental health episode before a judge dismissed both her charges. She was picked up by ICE on a detainer, given an ankle monitor, and then dumped in a city she did not live in on February 27th. Neither her brother Carlo, who lived an hour away, nor her legal representatives were notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office announced it had found her cause of death to be hypothermia and ruled it a homicide. This came just a week after we learned ICE will no longer report the deaths of recently released detainees. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Flock says its cameras don\u2019t track people. Its own training videos say otherwise.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJune 23rd, 11am – 1pm with a late lunch social after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MEET at 31 Cross Street<\/a> <-map link<\/p>\n\n\n\n Map below. When parking, just look for the people already in green vests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ll have extra vests and grabbers, just bring yourself, water and a rain jacket just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please reply to this email if you plan to come out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n JUNE 27, 1PM – 6PM, 2026 https:\/\/www.mypridenc.org\/pridefest-2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Join MY Pride for PrideFest 2026: Pride in Every Holler, a joyful, in-person celebration of LGBTQIA+ community, creativity, and belonging in the mountains of Western North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mitchell Democrats could use volunteers to help man their booth. Email mc.buchanan423@gmail.com<\/a> to volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n MI will have a large float in the \u201cSpruce Pine Independence Day Parade\u201d on July 3rd. This is a non-political event during the \u201cStars, Stripes, and Strings\u201d festival. Gather\/line up is between 5-5:30 pm. Parade starts at 6 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The float will carry the oh-so-talented sambAAppalachian drummers. Yippee!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We want y\u2019all to come dance with the band and\/or hand out candy to kiddos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please\u2026no political signs for this one!!! No exceptions unless your dog has a \u201cdogs for democracy\u201d vest! (I\u2019m looking at you, Rocky and Luna!) Bring water, sun screen, and pup foot protection, in case it\u2019s a blister of a day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a spread-good-cheer-and-love event (and to show folks how adorable we are.) Bring your friendly dogs! Dress yourself (or pooch) in red, white and blue! If you have Mountain Indivisible merch, wear that too. But definitely bring your dancing shoes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Must be able to be on your feet for about 2 hours, but if you need a rest, (or to ride the whole time,) that can be accommodated in the bed of the pick-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be there or be square!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Email questions to: contact@mountainindivisible.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’re planning to join the parade, please register through https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/mountainindivisible\/event\/976395\/<\/a> so that we have a rough headcount beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/7r8mswdMr4w<\/a> (<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beginning at 6:30 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join Vecinos on July 23rd at 6:30pm at Birdfoot in Burnsville for a special benefit event with Las Monta\u00f1itas. We’re excited for this opportunity and look forward to seeing our community there to support our neighbors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Acompa\u00f1a a Vecinos el 23 de julio a las 6:30 p. m. en Birdfoot (Burnsville) para un evento ben\u00e9fico especial con Las Monta\u00f1itas. Nos entusiasma esta oportunidad y esperamos ver a nuestra comunidad all\u00ed para apoyar a nuestros vecinos. https:\/\/thedreydossier.substack.com\/p\/i-found-a-second-votegov-and-its<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead. Mine found me on TrumpRx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have not been to TrumpRx, it is a federal drug pricing website that looks like Wix and a Pinterest board threw up on each other. There is a gold three-dimensional eagle on the homepage clutching a ribbon in its talons that says TrumpRx. There are pills floating across the screen like a pharmaceutical screensaver. The tagline, and I am quoting directly from a website owned by the United States government, invites you to TrumpRx the price. It has the typography of a Brooklyn juice bar and the self-regard of someone who has never been told no. It is, in every conceivable aesthetic sense, a catastrophe. And while you are busy looking at the eagle, the website is busy looking at you. I wish I were being metaphorical.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2026\/06\/19\/npr-homeland-security-local-police-facial-recognition-identify-immigrants<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal immigration officers often use facial recognition technology to identify immigrants in the field. Now, a newly revealed document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to give local police working on its behalf the same type of technology.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EyesOnIce\/s\/3fXZXHMf4x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daphy Michel, a Haitian asylum seeker and TPS recipient, was found dead on the streets of Pittsburgh on March 2nd, days after having been released by Trump\u2019s deportation force into the cold, far away from her home or family. She had spent months in jail awaiting an evaluation on two misdemeanor counts after a mental health episode before a judge dismissed both her charges. She was picked up by ICE on a detainer, given an ankle monitor, and then dumped in a city she did not live in on February 27th. Neither her brother Carlo, who lived an hour away, nor her legal representatives were notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Friday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office announced it had found her cause of death to be hypothermia and ruled it a homicide. This came just a week after we learned ICE will no longer report the deaths of recently released detainees. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPridefest – Pride In Every Holler – June 27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT, NORTHLIGHT BUILDING<\/p>\n\n\n\nJuly 4 (on the 3rd) PARADE! Calling all Mountain Indivisibles and friends!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
July 23rd MY Vecinos benefit at Birdfoot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nOther News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I found a second vote.gov \u2014 and it’s registered to the White House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Some local police have access to an ICE facial recognition app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ICE has been dumping people on the streets and left to die<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Flock says its cameras don\u2019t track people. Its own training videos say otherwise.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n