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Mainly lurking and learning
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February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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In Kenya, American funds had helped feed hundreds of thousands of refugees. When it was cut, children starved.

In South Sudan, U.S. aid had been helping to stave off a cholera epidemic. Then the disease came roaring back.

Tomorrow at 4 pm ET, join us for a discussion about the gutting of USAID:
ProPublica Event: Inside the Destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development
Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid worldwide.
events.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Extremely or very confident Donald Trump acts ethically in office
White evangelicals 40%
US adult avg. 21%
Unaffiliated 10%
Black Protestants 7%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Here’s a video for folks who don’t know about Surya. At the 1:30 mark you can see her back flip and how she lands on one foot, which is how all figure skating jumps are supposed to land.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cna0...

Also, a current article from NBC New York www.nbcnewyork.com/olympics/202...
This backflip made history: Surya Bonaly | Extraordinary Figure Skating
YouTube video by Female Lead
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Congress and SCOTUS are derelict in their duty to the degree of treason. Let's NEVER forget that.
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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"deprofessionalizing" fields that are majority-women...not by accident!
Public comments needed!

The admin wants to define grad programs in many "helping" fields (social work, nursing, teaching, etc) to no longer be "professional" degrees. This would mean major student loan restrictions: only $20,500/year. Tuition alone is often more.

Please comment by March 2!
Reclassifying Social Work Degrees Will Harm Students, Communities, and the Profession
www.cswe.org
February 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
What a moment.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”

9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”

From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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This is torture. The US is torturing children. Children whose words and whose art contain infinitely more humanity than the people keeping them detained.
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”

From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Quick round up:

- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies

👍👍👍
February 4, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Oh my god, they’re already not allowed to deport US citizens.

This is not bargaining. This is acquiescence in the face of authoritarianism.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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What Americans think is and isn't acceptable from immigration officers and the general public, per new @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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“You’re terrorizing people, and it’s unacceptable. I’m a citizen, this is my home.”

Nimco Omar, a citizen and long-time Minneapolis resident, was on her way to work when federal agents demanded to see her ID. As agents repeatedly asked her where she was born, Omar calmly stated her rights.
ICE demanded an ID, but she held her ground
A viral video shows a Minneapolis resident calmly resisting federal immigration agents.
www.motherjones.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.

Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Abolish. ice. 💔
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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It is long past time to ban tear gas in the U.S.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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For the record, my mom had six kids, drove multiple carpools every week, ran a household, did multiple regular volunteer gigs and somehow found time to play with us, care for us and love us unreservedly. Moms are good at stuff. And as @jessicacalarco.com reminds us, they're our social safety net.
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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A slow, broad smile spreads across the face of every mom who ever quietly organized a school carnival or ran a city council campaign.

"Fuck ICE," they whisper, as they sip their coffee and plan their next secure food drop.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Please share this!

I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening

Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility.

The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "This idea that you should trust the experts, a good mother doesn't do that"
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM