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Keep doing the work! Share your knowledge with friends in other cities.

I was so proud watching Ms Rahman testify. She is a smart, composed person with autism!

I just learned Androids have this option too. Useful information and counts towards learning something new each day. Stay curious!

These are dark times we are living through. Don't look away!

Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino. They must all resign and be held accountable.

Today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the memory of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, and remember those who survived and those who risked their lives to save others. Let us work to make sure we root out hatred so we can truly say #NeverAgain.

If Timothy Snyder is showing up, then I'm showing up.

Go through this thread. Remember when Trump said he was going to use American cities as training grounds for military? He's doing it in MN right now.

Minneapolis, MN - A view from the inside entrance to the lobby of the hotel where the noise demonstration against ICE is happening.

I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.

The lawsuit was filed after the BCA said it was blocked from accessing the shooting scene on Saturday to collect evidence, despite having a search warrant giving them authority to do so. A hearing on that lawsuit is set for Monday afternoon in federal court.

Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."

Filming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once. Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Now is the time!

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Trump and Vance have already lost. They thought Americans would embrace their policy of sending masked ICE agents to terrorize communities across the US. Exactly the opposite happened. Americans are standing up and saying NO. ICE is now at 63% disapproval and only 36% approval.

This made me laugh out loud this morning. We really need to cherish laughter in these dark days. @bjennings90.bsky.social

This is the conversation most engaged voters were having around the dinner table tonight.

This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

Invoke the 25th Amendment.

If your peace plan includes Vladimir Putin and excludes actual allies, it’s not peace. It’s submission.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

I will be walking out and will protest outside my local city hall. What will you do?

The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

It’s like ICE stealing that kid’s phone and selling it. No responsibility, no law, just greedy violence. But on a massive scale. As though McKremlin consultants were explaining how to do it.

I did not vote for a show me your papers country.

Those fleeting thoughts of retiring to a warmer state? Completely gone. Illinois protects full healthcare access, defends voting and civil rights, stands up for workers, welcomes immigrants, and takes gun safety seriously—because lives actually matter here. Illinois is my home, from cradle to grave.

An uninformed population voted against their best interests. The GOP fears voters with critical thinking skills.

This is what a community being occupied by a paramilitary secret police looks like.

As a government employee, my salary, my employment records, my research notes, even my email – all are public record. Meanwhile this upholstery enthusiast thinks that simply revealing the identities of his goons is a crime.

If the United States Constitution doesn’t protect you from a federal agent shooting you in the face for the “crime” of turning your car around, it doesn’t exist. ICE has become a paramilitary force with zero oversight and a Secretary in Kristi Noem who encourages the chaos. ENOUGH.

JFC. I mean. I don't know. I don't have the words for this today. This is not good. Trump is. Or good for our country and our future. The people he surrounds himself with aren't good for humanity. The GOP is not good for our country. But they sure are good for the other dictators.

“ICE claims in its own mission statement the whole point of the organization is to ‘ensure the safety of the public and our communities.’ In what world does this ensure public safety? I can’t see how a community could possibly be protected by the same people who are actively coming to kill them.”

This could be any one of us. We are not sliding into authoritarianism. We are there. ICE is not Gestapo like - they are the illegal lawless paramilitary force creating terror in our communities.

This hits so hard. I am numb and scared and heartbroken.

The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...

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Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate ruler who oppressed the people of Venezuela. But President Trump’s unilateral decision to attempt a regime change in Venezuela is shortsighted and drags the U.S. into a reckless conflict that could destabilize the entire region.

Our NYE is composed of Mind Flayer Spore (margarita pesto) pizza, Mike's (Wheeler) Hot Honey pizza, Upside Down Bundtlets and The Abyss cocktail. And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.

The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.

This is scary that it's real life

This is my intention for the next year.

"if you want to know how you would have behaved in the face of the Nazi regime, you can look at how you are behaving now" paraphrasing Frank Abe, child of Japanese Incarceration survivor on @maddow.bsky.social Burn Order special.

I'm super excited! I get to see @maryldixon.bsky.social tape an episode of Say More!

Pay attention to this! The Trump Administration seeks to classify ALL Latinos as enemy alien Venezuelan gang members.