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Original Gen X cynic just trying to find peace and quiet.
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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If Trump really wants to make more states, he can start with DC.
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If Trump really wants to make more states, he can start with DC.
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Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121
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Lots of response to our coverage last night of the successful protest campaign to get Avelo Airlines to end its contract with ICE and stop flying deportation flights for the Trump Administration. Here's more on that:
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
Here’s How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE
ICE is not invulnerable. The Avelo Airlines win proves what happens when we refuse inevitability and fight together.
truthout.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Lots of response to our coverage last night of the successful protest campaign to get Avelo Airlines to end its contract with ICE and stop flying deportation flights for the Trump Administration. Here's more on that:
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
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This linktree has a variety of resources that help those in the twin cities.
If you reside in that area or in MN, please take time to review.
If you live outside the area and are looking to send some type of support, review & choose an option that aligns with your values, experiences, or cause.
If you reside in that area or in MN, please take time to review.
If you live outside the area and are looking to send some type of support, review & choose an option that aligns with your values, experiences, or cause.
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 20, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This linktree has a variety of resources that help those in the twin cities.
If you reside in that area or in MN, please take time to review.
If you live outside the area and are looking to send some type of support, review & choose an option that aligns with your values, experiences, or cause.
If you reside in that area or in MN, please take time to review.
If you live outside the area and are looking to send some type of support, review & choose an option that aligns with your values, experiences, or cause.
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📣NATIONWIDE WALK OUT TOMORROW AT 2PM📣
It's time for mass action. Well past time.
While feds can't strike, we can take annual leave. Take tomorrow afternoon off and leave work. Preferably at 2.
www.freeameri.ca
It's time for mass action. Well past time.
While feds can't strike, we can take annual leave. Take tomorrow afternoon off and leave work. Preferably at 2.
www.freeameri.ca
FREE AMERICA WALKOUT Jan 20, 2026
On Jan 20, 2026 we will walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
www.freeameri.ca
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
📣NATIONWIDE WALK OUT TOMORROW AT 2PM📣
It's time for mass action. Well past time.
While feds can't strike, we can take annual leave. Take tomorrow afternoon off and leave work. Preferably at 2.
www.freeameri.ca
It's time for mass action. Well past time.
While feds can't strike, we can take annual leave. Take tomorrow afternoon off and leave work. Preferably at 2.
www.freeameri.ca
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“We are going to fix the language, collect an additional 1,000 signatures, and not slow down,” Dennis Willard, spokesperson for Ohioans for Cannabis Choice, said in a statement.
MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohio-ag-yost...
MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohio-ag-yost...
Ohio AG Yost Slows Down Marijuana Reform, But Advocates Continue to Fight - Columbus Underground
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost rejected summary language Tuesday for a proposed referendum that would overturn a law that will change Ohio’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicati...
columbusunderground.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
“We are going to fix the language, collect an additional 1,000 signatures, and not slow down,” Dennis Willard, spokesperson for Ohioans for Cannabis Choice, said in a statement.
MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohio-ag-yost...
MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohio-ag-yost...
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'Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.' MLK’s words ring true as ICE inflicts terror on communities across the U.S.
Silence protects abuse. Stand up, organize, and demand dignity and accountability -- nonviolently, relentlessly. 💚✊
Silence protects abuse. Stand up, organize, and demand dignity and accountability -- nonviolently, relentlessly. 💚✊
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
'Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.' MLK’s words ring true as ICE inflicts terror on communities across the U.S.
Silence protects abuse. Stand up, organize, and demand dignity and accountability -- nonviolently, relentlessly. 💚✊
Silence protects abuse. Stand up, organize, and demand dignity and accountability -- nonviolently, relentlessly. 💚✊
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This should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
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ICYMI, murderer Jonathan Ross is set to be the recipient of a huge @gofundme.com reward for killing Renee Good. Please report this fundraiser and let GFM know that if they move forward, we will find other ways to help our own. They will not get another cent from us.
www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve...
www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve...
Donate to ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross, organized by Clyde Emmons
After seeing all the media bs about a domestic terrorist getting go fund me. I feel that the of… Clyde Emmons needs your support for ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross
www.gofundme.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
ICYMI, murderer Jonathan Ross is set to be the recipient of a huge @gofundme.com reward for killing Renee Good. Please report this fundraiser and let GFM know that if they move forward, we will find other ways to help our own. They will not get another cent from us.
www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve...
www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve...
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Physical chemist Ruth Benerito was born #OTD in 1916.
She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM
She held >50 patents. #inventor
She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM
She held >50 patents. #inventor
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Physical chemist Ruth Benerito was born #OTD in 1916.
She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM
She held >50 patents. #inventor
She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM
She held >50 patents. #inventor
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As a teen, Claudette Colvin helped launch a movement for #EqualRights when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a #Montgomery bus, months before Rosa Parks did the same.
#TheMarchContinues as we remember her life & legacy. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕯️.
#TheMarchContinues as we remember her life & legacy. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕯️.
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
As a teen, Claudette Colvin helped launch a movement for #EqualRights when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a #Montgomery bus, months before Rosa Parks did the same.
#TheMarchContinues as we remember her life & legacy. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕯️.
#TheMarchContinues as we remember her life & legacy. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕯️.
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Wow, just wow. 😮
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Wow, just wow. 😮
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JB Pritzker: “I have encouraged the public to have your phones at the ready, video everything, bring us your documentation, tell us your stories, make sure that we have witness testimony — so that when we are able to hold them accountable, we will be able to do it because we have the evidence”
January 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
JB Pritzker: “I have encouraged the public to have your phones at the ready, video everything, bring us your documentation, tell us your stories, make sure that we have witness testimony — so that when we are able to hold them accountable, we will be able to do it because we have the evidence”
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“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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"Ohio" (1971) - written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970. Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9...
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Music And Song Courtesy:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
YouTube video by peaceandfreedom2011
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"Ohio" (1971) - written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970. Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9...
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year
robertreich.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Christmas kitty?🐈⬛
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Christmas kitty?🐈⬛
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"The visibility of “Alt” accounts signals to others — former officials, civil servants, journalists, and citizens alike — that dissent is possible, shared, and legitimate. That signal has value well beyond any single post or thread."
"In that sense, the “Alts” are not a curiosity of social media. They are a signal — that even under pressure, civil society can reconstitute itself, find new forms, and push back. That is not just encouraging. It is essential."
#holdfast #altgov
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
#holdfast #altgov
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“The Alts”: Civil Society, Digital Dissent, and Democratic Resilience
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
"The visibility of “Alt” accounts signals to others — former officials, civil servants, journalists, and citizens alike — that dissent is possible, shared, and legitimate. That signal has value well beyond any single post or thread."
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If we’ve learned anything these past few years, it's that:
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers
3) Poverty is a policy choice
4) Health care is a human right
5) Strikes work
Let's keep fighting for a better world.
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers
3) Poverty is a policy choice
4) Health care is a human right
5) Strikes work
Let's keep fighting for a better world.
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If we’ve learned anything these past few years, it's that:
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers
3) Poverty is a policy choice
4) Health care is a human right
5) Strikes work
Let's keep fighting for a better world.
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers
3) Poverty is a policy choice
4) Health care is a human right
5) Strikes work
Let's keep fighting for a better world.
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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