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Glad to see some of the better parts of Twitter here. Formerly a library tech guy. Now doing library adjacent things but a little less adjacent than before. Wolves Twitter. Loons. Spurs. Disc golf nerd. Took up TTRPGs. Fully support 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
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Depressingly common anecdotes about medical care at Dilley and an example of why so many of us have fought against family detention since 2014.
February 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Depressingly common anecdotes about medical care at Dilley and an example of why so many of us have fought against family detention since 2014.
Incredible bundle to support MN on itch: No ICE in Minnesota: 1439 items for $10.00 itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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February 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Incredible bundle to support MN on itch: No ICE in Minnesota: 1439 items for $10.00 itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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hey @startribune.com @byjenna.bsky.social you should follow up with the one minute tours guy 1 year later on why he crowdfunded $65k for a new youtube series on minnesota and has now moved away from minnesota to australia. i’ve already seen people pissed because they donated and he left
February 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
hey @startribune.com @byjenna.bsky.social you should follow up with the one minute tours guy 1 year later on why he crowdfunded $65k for a new youtube series on minnesota and has now moved away from minnesota to australia. i’ve already seen people pissed because they donated and he left
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Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
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I think this is right.
We didn’t beat them in Minnesota. They will regroup elsewhere. This is the end of the beginning.
The only way this ends is to Abolish ICE.
Close the camps. End this.
We didn’t beat them in Minnesota. They will regroup elsewhere. This is the end of the beginning.
The only way this ends is to Abolish ICE.
Close the camps. End this.
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I think this is right.
We didn’t beat them in Minnesota. They will regroup elsewhere. This is the end of the beginning.
The only way this ends is to Abolish ICE.
Close the camps. End this.
We didn’t beat them in Minnesota. They will regroup elsewhere. This is the end of the beginning.
The only way this ends is to Abolish ICE.
Close the camps. End this.
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we have got to stop allowing cops to use their taxpayer-provided squad cars and uniforms for their off duty security work, because we have a separation ordinance and yet here it looks like MPD are providing security for the ICE agents staying at the depot hotel
February 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
we have got to stop allowing cops to use their taxpayer-provided squad cars and uniforms for their off duty security work, because we have a separation ordinance and yet here it looks like MPD are providing security for the ICE agents staying at the depot hotel
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If you're not in Minneapolis, in addition to the real work of patrols and food drops, this is what the resistance has looked like:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The Minneapolis brass band bringing joy amid grief: ‘When people see us playing, it gives them hope’
Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd’s murder, and now also marks the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at its weekly meetup
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
If you're not in Minneapolis, in addition to the real work of patrols and food drops, this is what the resistance has looked like:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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We’re going to continue being out there and patrolling to protect our neighbors until every single last agent is gone. We’re also going to keep this connection going and continue building community for long after whenever this operation ends.
February 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
We’re going to continue being out there and patrolling to protect our neighbors until every single last agent is gone. We’re also going to keep this connection going and continue building community for long after whenever this operation ends.
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Trump keeps saying he will illegally take control of the midterm elections
Voter identification requirements are working their way through Congress with the SAVE Act, which was passed by the House this week.
Trump Says Voter ID Will Be Required In Midterms ‘Whether Approved By Congress Or Not’
Voter identification requirements are working their way through Congress with the SAVE Act, which was passed by the House this week.
www.forbes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump keeps saying he will illegally take control of the midterm elections
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The total failure of elite accountability in 🇺🇸 politics. The most American of traditions, since at least 1865:
If we’re honest with ourselves about who we are as a country, the reality is this goes back far further than Iran-Contra, or Watergate & Cambodia, all the way to U.S. Grant’s original sin of exonerating the racist traitors, Robert Edward Lee & co., at Appomattox in 1865
From Ron Chernow’s “Grant”:
From Ron Chernow’s “Grant”:
February 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The total failure of elite accountability in 🇺🇸 politics. The most American of traditions, since at least 1865:
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At least someone in the administration understands that none of them should sleep soundly ever again.
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
At least someone in the administration understands that none of them should sleep soundly ever again.
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According to multiple reports, ICE is using facial recognition and video recordings to track and surveil protesters.
Yet despite mounting evidence of agents recording — including the agent who killed Renee Good — ICE told us it has no policies on these uses of tech.
Here's what we did ⬇️
Yet despite mounting evidence of agents recording — including the agent who killed Renee Good — ICE told us it has no policies on these uses of tech.
Here's what we did ⬇️
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
According to multiple reports, ICE is using facial recognition and video recordings to track and surveil protesters.
Yet despite mounting evidence of agents recording — including the agent who killed Renee Good — ICE told us it has no policies on these uses of tech.
Here's what we did ⬇️
Yet despite mounting evidence of agents recording — including the agent who killed Renee Good — ICE told us it has no policies on these uses of tech.
Here's what we did ⬇️
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Just a reminder (this piece is from 2024), this is the same Corey Lewandowski who wants a government-issued gun
www.cbsnews.com/news/corey-l...
www.cbsnews.com/news/corey-l...
Woman who accused Corey Lewandowski of assault speaks out: "I don't want this to happen to anyone else"
The ex-wife of a wealthy GOP donor reported Lewandowski to the police for allegedly assaulting and stalking her at a Las Vegas charity event.
www.cbsnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Just a reminder (this piece is from 2024), this is the same Corey Lewandowski who wants a government-issued gun
www.cbsnews.com/news/corey-l...
www.cbsnews.com/news/corey-l...
“Only I get to break down the people of Minneapolis!” - Jacob Frey
Frey: "Obviously there's progress in that they are leaving right now, but as far as some deal was struck to get them out -- the answer is no. I think what you saw is a federal govt and administration that thought they were going to break the people of Minneapolis down."
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM
“Only I get to break down the people of Minneapolis!” - Jacob Frey
Literally everyone RN
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Literally everyone RN
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There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store
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The professional grade logistics of the 9,723 individual pop-up leftist supply depots are running laps around the people paid to do these jobs
Kind of think that locally we’re entering into a political moment where the idea that someone in public office credibly claiming they are a more complex or pragmatic thinker than the average citizen has become untenable. The only question will be what did you do.
February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The professional grade logistics of the 9,723 individual pop-up leftist supply depots are running laps around the people paid to do these jobs
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There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”