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Lifelong Community Organizer in the American South. Based in New Orleans.
Magistrate judge says grounds are insufficient for arrest so ICE goes to the Grammy's to arrest Lemon. Headlines shift off Epstein, bad economy, T rump ratings and cruel murders and Gestapo actions by ICE except this one of chilling the press and intimidation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Magistrate judge says grounds are insufficient for arrest so ICE goes to the Grammy's to arrest Lemon. Headlines shift off Epstein, bad economy, T rump ratings and cruel murders and Gestapo actions by ICE except this one of chilling the press and intimidation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Up for vote? Ban wearing masks, require to wear body cameras, visible identification, end sweeps, j. warrants for stop and searches and require use-of-force standards as community law enforcement.
an independent investigation of the two fatal shootings in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
an independent investigation of the two fatal shootings in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Democrats Reach Spending Deal With Trump, Seeking to Rein In ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Up for vote? Ban wearing masks, require to wear body cameras, visible identification, end sweeps, j. warrants for stop and searches and require use-of-force standards as community law enforcement.
an independent investigation of the two fatal shootings in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
an independent investigation of the two fatal shootings in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize
With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”
www.thenation.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
you already knew... www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
The Housing Market Is Slumping—but Sales Over $10 Million Are Skyrocketing
The broader real-estate market has struggled under the weight of higher mortgage rates. Meanwhile, the high end is surging.
The Housing Market Is Slumping—but Sales Over $10 Million Are Skyrocketing
The broader real-estate market has struggled under the weight of higher mortgage rates. Meanwhile, the high end is surging.
January 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
you already knew... www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
The Housing Market Is Slumping—but Sales Over $10 Million Are Skyrocketing
The broader real-estate market has struggled under the weight of higher mortgage rates. Meanwhile, the high end is surging.
The Housing Market Is Slumping—but Sales Over $10 Million Are Skyrocketing
The broader real-estate market has struggled under the weight of higher mortgage rates. Meanwhile, the high end is surging.
aim its weapons at the U.S. assets closest to its shores to make use of its large supply of short-range missiles, as well as Gulf countries that are close U.S. allies. Iran has “enough short-range missiles to strike at U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf in volumes www.wsj.com/world/middle...
A Battered Iran Is Still Able to Mount a Deadly Response to U.S. Strikes
Tehran has an arsenal of thousands of missiles and refined its tactics for using them during the June war with Israel.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
aim its weapons at the U.S. assets closest to its shores to make use of its large supply of short-range missiles, as well as Gulf countries that are close U.S. allies. Iran has “enough short-range missiles to strike at U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf in volumes www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Smells like a city that bore, bred and feted DJT: more than 84 percent of the drivers were Black or Latino while fewer than 4 percent of the drivers searched were white. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/n...
N.Y.P.D. Searches Target Black and Latino Drivers, Lawsuit Says
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Smells like a city that bore, bred and feted DJT: more than 84 percent of the drivers were Black or Latino while fewer than 4 percent of the drivers searched were white. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/n...
the two had entered the country legally, following U.S. government guidelines for asylum seekers. On Monday, a federal judge temporarily blocked their deportation while they challenged the case in court. Democrats Call for Release of 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Democrats Call for Release of 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
the two had entered the country legally, following U.S. government guidelines for asylum seekers. On Monday, a federal judge temporarily blocked their deportation while they challenged the case in court. Democrats Call for Release of 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
New Orleans own-- Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
New Orleans own-- Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
In the United States, a mirror world has already begun to form with the unleashing of multiple federal police forces...These police forces do not protect the body politic; they protect the bottom line of transnational corporations that surveil and jail us for profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | In Honduras, the American Right Is Piloting Our Future
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In the United States, a mirror world has already begun to form with the unleashing of multiple federal police forces...These police forces do not protect the body politic; they protect the bottom line of transnational corporations that surveil and jail us for profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN---STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS---OFFICIAL AUDIO!!!
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS GUYS!!!
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN---STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS---OFFICIAL AUDIO!!!
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS GUYS!!!
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN---STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS---OFFICIAL AUDIO!!!
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS GUYS!!!
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN---STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS---OFFICIAL AUDIO!!!
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
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"Genocide is a crime. Protest is not."
🇦🇺Protest near Sydney Town Hall condemning the disgraceful attempt to link the Palestine movement to the Bondi attack.
🇦🇺Protest near Sydney Town Hall condemning the disgraceful attempt to link the Palestine movement to the Bondi attack.
December 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Genocide is a crime. Protest is not."
🇦🇺Protest near Sydney Town Hall condemning the disgraceful attempt to link the Palestine movement to the Bondi attack.
🇦🇺Protest near Sydney Town Hall condemning the disgraceful attempt to link the Palestine movement to the Bondi attack.
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Abolish. ice. 💔
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Abolish. ice. 💔
restoring that chamber to an even partisan split. Shelley Buck, a former president of the Prairie Island Indian Community’s Tribal Council, won one of the seats, and Meg Luger-Nikolai, a lawyer, won the other.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/minnesota-house-special-elections.html?smid=bs-share
Democrats Restore Minnesota House to Even Split Amid Immigration Turmoil
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
restoring that chamber to an even partisan split. Shelley Buck, a former president of the Prairie Island Indian Community’s Tribal Council, won one of the seats, and Meg Luger-Nikolai, a lawyer, won the other.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/minnesota-house-special-elections.html?smid=bs-share
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Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
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At the very least, Congress must disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits, and slash its funding. The Senate has the chance to rein in ICE this week.
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the very least, Congress must disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits, and slash its funding. The Senate has the chance to rein in ICE this week.
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
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BREAKING:
Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.
Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
BREAKING:
Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.
Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.
People are going without insurance due to increase in premiums= Become more ill (threatening the general population) are forced to use currently over-packed emergency rooms more, help cause the death of small hospitals due to lack of use which throws others into precarity www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Health Insurance Is Now More Expensive Than the Mortgage for These Americans
Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare
www.wsj.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
People are going without insurance due to increase in premiums= Become more ill (threatening the general population) are forced to use currently over-packed emergency rooms more, help cause the death of small hospitals due to lack of use which throws others into precarity www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Can he erase cost of living nightmares w tax breaks for tipped employees, overtime workers, senior citizens, car buyers, parents and people with high state and local tax bills. Last year, 3/5 households received average $3,167. This year, should be $1,000 higher www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s High-Stakes Bid to Dole Out $100 Billion More in Tax Refunds
The Republican strategy puts pressure on a shrunken IRS to get cash out quickly—and bets on taxpayers to return the favor in midterm elections this fall.
www.wsj.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Can he erase cost of living nightmares w tax breaks for tipped employees, overtime workers, senior citizens, car buyers, parents and people with high state and local tax bills. Last year, 3/5 households received average $3,167. This year, should be $1,000 higher www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump vowed to further increase military spending to $1.5 trillion dollars over the next fiscal year, which the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget calculated would add $5.8 trillion to the national debt, including interest, over 10 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
Record Debt in the World’s Richest Nations Threatens Global Growth
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Trump vowed to further increase military spending to $1.5 trillion dollars over the next fiscal year, which the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget calculated would add $5.8 trillion to the national debt, including interest, over 10 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
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Ed Boards of 4 largest newspapers denounce Trump’s Minnesota crackdown as a ‘moral and political failure,’ ‘perversion of justice' say The Regime is "lying"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 27, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Ed Boards of 4 largest newspapers denounce Trump’s Minnesota crackdown as a ‘moral and political failure,’ ‘perversion of justice' say The Regime is "lying"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Plus they refused to let medics near her for 15 minutes.
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Plus they refused to let medics near her for 15 minutes.
WSJ poll: Majority say they will support Dems even tho the party is "tarnished" ... T rump is "distracted" with agenda for other countries.
www.wsj.com/video/series...
www.wsj.com/video/series...
WSJ Poll Reveals Three Warnings for Republicans Ahead of 2026 Midterms
WSJ’s Aaron Zitner breaks down three warning signs from the latest WSJ poll for President Trump and the Republican party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
WSJ poll: Majority say they will support Dems even tho the party is "tarnished" ... T rump is "distracted" with agenda for other countries.
www.wsj.com/video/series...
www.wsj.com/video/series...
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"