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HOST: Advocacy Arena Podcast Series
"Connections & Conversations with Dee"
You are the Change You Seek!
#Veteran & “Nature Lover”
#goodtrouble
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“From deadly street operations to the torture, neglect and other abuses documented in immigrant detention facilities, ICE has repeatedly violated human rights while facing virtually no consequences,” reads a statement issued by Amnesty International USA.
“From deadly street operations to the torture, neglect and other abuses documented in immigrant detention facilities, ICE has repeatedly violated human rights while facing virtually no consequences,” reads a statement issued by Amnesty International USA.
Minneapolis protesters resist fascist takeover
“More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota,” Barack Obama said.
www.thewhig.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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“From deadly street operations to the torture, neglect and other abuses documented in immigrant detention facilities, ICE has repeatedly violated human rights while facing virtually no consequences,” reads a statement issued by Amnesty International USA.
“From deadly street operations to the torture, neglect and other abuses documented in immigrant detention facilities, ICE has repeatedly violated human rights while facing virtually no consequences,” reads a statement issued by Amnesty International USA.
The agreement will split the bill funding the DHS off from a “minibus” package of five other major funding bills. The Senate will instead move a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund DHS at current levels until Feb. 13.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump strikes deal with Democrats in government shutdown funding fight
The agreement includes advancing five spending bills and funding the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks as lawmakers negotiate changes to DHS and ICE.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The agreement will split the bill funding the DHS off from a “minibus” package of five other major funding bills. The Senate will instead move a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund DHS at current levels until Feb. 13.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The US embassy in Denmark may have just made Donald Trump’s row with Copenhagen even worse after it removed flags meant to honour the Danish soldiers who died in the Afghanistan war.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/us-emb...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/us-emb...
US Embassy Snubs Danish Efforts To Remember Afghanistan Fallen Amid Trump's Nato Row
The accidental insult comes after the US president strained relations over Greenland.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The US embassy in Denmark may have just made Donald Trump’s row with Copenhagen even worse after it removed flags meant to honour the Danish soldiers who died in the Afghanistan war.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/us-emb...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/us-emb...
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“These are communists.” Jackson County TN’s Christian nationalist podcasters, C.Jay Engel and Andrew Isker, mock the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, the killing of Alex Pretti, even the civil rights activism of Rosa Parks.
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 PM
“These are communists.” Jackson County TN’s Christian nationalist podcasters, C.Jay Engel and Andrew Isker, mock the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, the killing of Alex Pretti, even the civil rights activism of Rosa Parks.
In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black Springfield area woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler.
www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
White former downstate cop gets 20-year sentence for murdering Sonya Massey
In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black Springfield area woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler. His ...
www.wbez.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black Springfield area woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler.
www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
The bill fell short of 60-vote margin needed to clear debate, 45-55, leading to possibility government shutdown on Saturday. It incl $64.4B for DHS, which oversees ICE. Senate Democrats are reportedly negotiating w WH on restrictions to ICE & aggressive deportations
newrepublic.com/post/205890/...
newrepublic.com/post/205890/...
Eight Republicans Join Every Democrat to Block DHS Funding Bill
Senate Democrats are finally showing a united front after federal immigration agents killed two people in Minneapolis.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The bill fell short of 60-vote margin needed to clear debate, 45-55, leading to possibility government shutdown on Saturday. It incl $64.4B for DHS, which oversees ICE. Senate Democrats are reportedly negotiating w WH on restrictions to ICE & aggressive deportations
newrepublic.com/post/205890/...
newrepublic.com/post/205890/...
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“As a reward for having many children,” historian Andrew Nagorski, “the Nazis handed out the Cross of Honor to the German Mother — a bronze one for four or five children, silver for six or seven, and gold for eight or more.”
The first crosses were presented in 1938 and the last in 1944, 4.7M total.
The first crosses were presented in 1938 and the last in 1944, 4.7M total.
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“As a reward for having many children,” historian Andrew Nagorski, “the Nazis handed out the Cross of Honor to the German Mother — a bronze one for four or five children, silver for six or seven, and gold for eight or more.”
The first crosses were presented in 1938 and the last in 1944, 4.7M total.
The first crosses were presented in 1938 and the last in 1944, 4.7M total.
Trump touted his “Trump Accounts” at a U.S. Treasury event on Wednesday, during which he celebrated giving “every newborn American child a financial stake in the future.”
time.com/7358521/trum...
time.com/7358521/trum...
Trump Launches $1,000 Accounts for Babies. What to Know
Trump celebrated giving “every newborn American child a financial stake in the future.” But some experts have concerns.
time.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Trump touted his “Trump Accounts” at a U.S. Treasury event on Wednesday, during which he celebrated giving “every newborn American child a financial stake in the future.”
time.com/7358521/trum...
time.com/7358521/trum...
Good morning 🥶
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Good morning 🥶
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This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
OTD January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945
The Soviet Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, liberating survivors.
www.history.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 AM
OTD January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
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@desia.bsky.social we read advocacya.substack.com/p/technocrac... today - exceptional piece.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW and do everything we can to save communities from what is happening NOW as this complicit congress looks away OR codifies the abusive oligarchs.
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PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW and do everything we can to save communities from what is happening NOW as this complicit congress looks away OR codifies the abusive oligarchs.
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Technocracy Resurrection
Elon Musk’s Tennessee Test Case
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January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
@desia.bsky.social we read advocacya.substack.com/p/technocrac... today - exceptional piece.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW and do everything we can to save communities from what is happening NOW as this complicit congress looks away OR codifies the abusive oligarchs.
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PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW and do everything we can to save communities from what is happening NOW as this complicit congress looks away OR codifies the abusive oligarchs.
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if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:
NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:
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coming up on wake 'n bake 1/27:
confirmation hearing of NSA Director nom Joshua Rudd
defensescoop.com/2025/12/18/j...
news on Minnesota, venezuela, why greg phillips scares me, and the latest from great minds like @desia.bsky.social and @jim-stewartson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/ke_3V62...
confirmation hearing of NSA Director nom Joshua Rudd
defensescoop.com/2025/12/18/j...
news on Minnesota, venezuela, why greg phillips scares me, and the latest from great minds like @desia.bsky.social and @jim-stewartson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/ke_3V62...
wake 'n bake with lolo
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January 27, 2026 at 5:04 AM
coming up on wake 'n bake 1/27:
confirmation hearing of NSA Director nom Joshua Rudd
defensescoop.com/2025/12/18/j...
news on Minnesota, venezuela, why greg phillips scares me, and the latest from great minds like @desia.bsky.social and @jim-stewartson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/ke_3V62...
confirmation hearing of NSA Director nom Joshua Rudd
defensescoop.com/2025/12/18/j...
news on Minnesota, venezuela, why greg phillips scares me, and the latest from great minds like @desia.bsky.social and @jim-stewartson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/ke_3V62...
Boxed in by refineries, pipelines, & Superfund sites—clinics report asthma spikes & respiratory distress. NAACP & Southern Environmental Law Center are mobilizing, message from the ground is blunt: this is environmental racism stacked atop decades of extraction.
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open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...
Technocracy Resurrection
Elon Musk’s Tennessee Test Case
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Boxed in by refineries, pipelines, & Superfund sites—clinics report asthma spikes & respiratory distress. NAACP & Southern Environmental Law Center are mobilizing, message from the ground is blunt: this is environmental racism stacked atop decades of extraction.
open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...
open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...
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Sending Tom Homan to Minnesota is like pouring gasoline on a fire.
The chaos is the point — let’s stop sending Trump officials in and start sending Trump’s agents home.
The chaos is the point — let’s stop sending Trump officials in and start sending Trump’s agents home.
Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Sending Tom Homan to Minnesota is like pouring gasoline on a fire.
The chaos is the point — let’s stop sending Trump officials in and start sending Trump’s agents home.
The chaos is the point — let’s stop sending Trump officials in and start sending Trump’s agents home.
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Clearly, the Trump Administration cannot be trusted to investigate their own agents' pattern of brutality that has led to them murdering two Americans.
I’m leading the effort to force independent investigations into this lawlessness.
Americans deserve the truth. No more lies.
I’m leading the effort to force independent investigations into this lawlessness.
Americans deserve the truth. No more lies.
January 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Clearly, the Trump Administration cannot be trusted to investigate their own agents' pattern of brutality that has led to them murdering two Americans.
I’m leading the effort to force independent investigations into this lawlessness.
Americans deserve the truth. No more lies.
I’m leading the effort to force independent investigations into this lawlessness.
Americans deserve the truth. No more lies.
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Please read what Alex Pretti’s parents have said. Do not listen to the lies.
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Please read what Alex Pretti’s parents have said. Do not listen to the lies.
Frey said he asked Trump in a phone call to end the immigration enforcement surge and that Trump agreed the present situation cannot continue.
apnews.com/article/shoo...
apnews.com/article/shoo...
Mayor says some federal agents will begin leaving Minneapolis
A federal judge is considering Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
apnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Frey said he asked Trump in a phone call to end the immigration enforcement surge and that Trump agreed the present situation cannot continue.
apnews.com/article/shoo...
apnews.com/article/shoo...
Frey said he asked Trump in a phone call to end the immigration enforcement surge and that Trump agreed the present situation cannot continue.
apnews.com/article/shoo...
apnews.com/article/shoo...
Mayor says some federal agents will begin leaving Minneapolis
A federal judge is considering Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
apnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Frey said he asked Trump in a phone call to end the immigration enforcement surge and that Trump agreed the present situation cannot continue.
apnews.com/article/shoo...
apnews.com/article/shoo...
Not one more cent to DHS
This lawless agency needs accountability not funding‼️
This lawless agency needs accountability not funding‼️
January 25, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Not one more cent to DHS
This lawless agency needs accountability not funding‼️
This lawless agency needs accountability not funding‼️