Steve Sikora
@artofangles.bsky.social
Former manager, bleeding edge tech services for visual communicators. Still sane. Gainfully retired.
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Nat King Cole Trio with an instrumental version of "Body and Soul." Johnny Miller is on bass, Oscar Moore is amazing on guitar, but Cole on piano is to die for—simple yet with subtlety, snazzy but not too showy. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ON...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ON...
Body And Soul
YouTube video by Nat King Cole - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Nat King Cole Trio with an instrumental version of "Body and Soul." Johnny Miller is on bass, Oscar Moore is amazing on guitar, but Cole on piano is to die for—simple yet with subtlety, snazzy but not too showy. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ON...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ON...
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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In the closed door hearing, Smith was extremely deft in parrying aggressive questions and making Rs eat their lunch. His calm demeanor and especially his command of the facts repeatedly clobbered them. Jim Jordan et al may get buzzsawed at hearing if they deploy their typical tendentious bombast.
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
In the closed door hearing, Smith was extremely deft in parrying aggressive questions and making Rs eat their lunch. His calm demeanor and especially his command of the facts repeatedly clobbered them. Jim Jordan et al may get buzzsawed at hearing if they deploy their typical tendentious bombast.
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Lieu uses his questioning time to contrast how Biden let Jack Smith operate independently with how Trump orders his underlings to open politicized investigations into his political foes
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Lieu uses his questioning time to contrast how Biden let Jack Smith operate independently with how Trump orders his underlings to open politicized investigations into his political foes
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Earlier this week, a local police chief warned that federal agents’ racial profiling is so pervasive that many of his cops are being targeted while off-duty. trib.al/m1rWhD5
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Earlier this week, a local police chief warned that federal agents’ racial profiling is so pervasive that many of his cops are being targeted while off-duty. trib.al/m1rWhD5
“'If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat,' Smith said. 'No one should be above the law in our country, and the law required that [Trump] be held to account …'”
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wapo.st/3LpTsvy
Jack Smith defends cases against Trump in high-stakes House hearing
Former special counsel Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill to offer his first public testimony defending his efforts to prosecute Donald Trump.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“'If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat,' Smith said. 'No one should be above the law in our country, and the law required that [Trump] be held to account …'”
wapo.st/3LpTsvy
wapo.st/3LpTsvy
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Barry Harris performing on solo piano his song "Mutattra." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hC...
Mutattra
YouTube video by Barry Harris - Topic
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January 22, 2026 at 5:45 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Barry Harris performing on solo piano his song "Mutattra." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hC...
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It seems to me Congress should hold off on funding elaborate conspiracies to violate the Constitution.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
It seems to me Congress should hold off on funding elaborate conspiracies to violate the Constitution.
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“Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German,” Donald Trump scolded European leaders in Davos this morning. Perhaps the Germans have a word for the experience of watching your country’s leader embarrass himself and the country on the global stage. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump Gives a Stump Speech at Davos
The president’s remarks at the World Economic Forum show that he still doesn’t understand how American greatness functions globally.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
“Without us, right now you’d all be speaking German,” Donald Trump scolded European leaders in Davos this morning. Perhaps the Germans have a word for the experience of watching your country’s leader embarrass himself and the country on the global stage. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Somehow it remains breathtaking to watch the president get up in front of these audiences and just make shit up wholesale
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Somehow it remains breathtaking to watch the president get up in front of these audiences and just make shit up wholesale
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Three journalists, including a CBS News contributor, were killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza on Wednesday. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor
The journalists were killed Wednesday in a strike on their car in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck “several suspects” who were operating a drone.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Three journalists, including a CBS News contributor, were killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza on Wednesday. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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THIS
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 5:14 AM
THIS
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Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
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[ Displaying it this way is easier to read. ]
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
[ Displaying it this way is easier to read. ]
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king — the White House press corps squeezed him into existing rituals, and then wrote endlesslly about his contempt for them— the rituals and the reporters. 3/
“As we look towards dismantling ICE and holding its agents and leaders accountable, those [Klan violence] hearings stand as a good model for what a new Congress could do in 2027.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
“As we look towards dismantling ICE and holding its agents and leaders accountable, those [Klan violence] hearings stand as a good model for what a new Congress could do in 2027.”
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
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“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 AM
“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
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There’s more. His missing cell phone ended up at a pawn shop. Wonder how it got there. 🤔
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
There’s more. His missing cell phone ended up at a pawn shop. Wonder how it got there. 🤔
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I've been waiting for this.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
Independent autopsy in ICE shooting death of Renee Good released by law firm in civil investigation
The results of an independent autopsy for Renee Good have been released as part of a law firm's civil investigation, two weeks after she was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
6abc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I've been waiting for this.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
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Very legally significant.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
Private Autopsy Shows Renee Good Was Shot at Least 3 Times, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Very legally significant.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
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At a time of unprecedented daily scandals, this this whistleblower complaint, and the memo it reveals for the first time, breaks through for me as beyond the pale.
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
At a time of unprecedented daily scandals, this this whistleblower complaint, and the memo it reveals for the first time, breaks through for me as beyond the pale.
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Looks like Senator Blumenthal's office worked with the whistleblowers, and has already put out a letter to the Trump admin demanding answers.
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6
January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Looks like Senator Blumenthal's office worked with the whistleblowers, and has already put out a letter to the Trump admin demanding answers.
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
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This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.