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Wilderness burning in Minnesota :( Stay safe out there. Hazardous air quality known to increase hospital admissions, both heart and lung issues. www.mprnews.org/minnesota-wi...

Did you hear about the DC July 4 fireworks show? It promises 850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes. That's 354 per second. You'll miss up to 142 of them every time you blink. For your edutainment, I proudly present the nerdiest thing you will read about this dangerously absurd / absurdly dangerous event.

Wisconsin ICE surge brings trauma and broken trust to Milwaukee and elsewhere. @isiahholmes.bsky.social has the story. buff.ly/LuraA6K

Well this should scare the shit out of everyone, 6 weeks ago the justice department adopted a new policy to allow the attorney general the power to send any federal prisoner to any federal prison in the country. Listen to Liz Oyer former pardon attorney for the DOJ explain.👇👇

The USA just keeps winning… www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

#Columbus, #GA: 17y/o Deaisha was last seen on May 24 around 8am in the 4000 block of 15th Avenue. Have you seen her? Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindDeaishaBrown #DeaishaBrown #HelpUsFindUs

Today in What the Actual Fuck news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...

Cascading effects worldwide from US and Israel’s war of choice: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

An article I wrote for men about "Rape Academy." Women already know this & I say this with full awareness of how uncomfortable it makes men: Most men are not safe to be around alone. This is not sustainable & men must lead the change. Men, we need to talk: qasimrashid.substack.com/p/men-we-nee...

ICE DETENTION FOR PROFIT 🚨Respect and thanks to Representatives Yassamin Ansari, Greg Stanton, and Adelita Grijalva for their unannounced visit to an ICE detention center with disgusting conditions, that tried to pull a fast one. People need to be prosecuted for this. 1/2

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

In America today, wealth inequality has become so extreme that the top 1% now own as much stock and mutual funds as the bottom 99% combined. No democracy is sustainable when so few have so much while so many have so little. We need an economy that works for all, not the 1%.

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

What we saw Tuesday night from the Republican Party was the legislative counterpart to what ICE is doing in the streets. Bullying. Menacing. Illiberal. The party is just a fascist gang. www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-state...

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

"It's more soccer moms than hardcore activists, they said. But the challenging conditions have brought them closer together. After knowing each other for just weeks, they feel like they’d give their lives to protect one another if necessary..." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Every American needs to watch this:

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Key Takeaways from NIH Director Bhattacharya's hearing from Miriam and Bethesda Declaration whistleblower Jenna Norton (speaking in personal capacity). Our analysis? "Oof." (1/3 🧵)

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.

Tapping the sign again.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

Minnesota Republican officials stand firm, supporting the terror directed at Minnesotans, the execution of citizens. sahanjournal.com/democracy-po...

I gathered tonight w/ other highly paid violent rioters at the site of the murder of Alex Pretti where we did violent things like sing songs with about love & respect and being there for one another. And we said goodbye to a man who dedicated his life to caring for others #iceout #minneapolis

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New at Can We Still Govern? "I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government." Please read, share, help. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...

Jesse Welles doing that thing he's really good at

Way to go Chicago! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/18/t...

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Someone posted this on another site and I had to share. Powerful words to describe our so-called president. It’s almost impossible to believe that this is America in 2025.

We need to tax the rich! Repost if you agree.

If you're in line to reshore manufacturing to the US and open a trinket factory staffed by brain scientists STAY IN LINE

The House of Representatives will vote on the SAVE Act today - call your Representative and tell them to vote NO! 202-224-3121

#MedicaidAwarenessMonth Reminder: Republicans in Congress passed a budget resolution that could force about a trillion from Medicaid- which provides care to seniors, kids, pregnant people, & those w/ disabilities. Rep Bryan Steil & Rep Derrick Van Orden voted for it.

Read the law for yourself: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/sta...

been thinking about this poem by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social constantly lately

Bus shelter in London, UK‼️ Well done People vs Elon 👏

🚨 Trump and Musk want to fire federal workers, gut public services, and hand our government to billionaires. We’re not letting that happen. 📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.

This is the anthem I hope people yell at ICE when they try to take neighbors or friends The Neighborhood Kids, Kids in Cages

Hey, look, here’s @chriswarcraft.bsky.social out there walking the walk www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...