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Professor, birder, photographer, hiker, community organizer, lover of rescue dogs and cats and so much more. All power to the people!
The biggest loser. To be fair, we the people stand to lose the most but we were warned for decades: the only kind of business he's good at is grifting and mismanaging.
WASH POST: “Dollar down 10% under Trump… the key to the dollar’s drop is the ripple effect of the president’s erratic policymaking, including abrupt stops and starts with tariffs and military action against a lengthening list of countries…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 7, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The biggest loser. To be fair, we the people stand to lose the most but we were warned for decades: the only kind of business he's good at is grifting and mismanaging.
Despite reports in the mainstream media DHS has not de-escalated their assault on Minneapolis/St. Paul and elsewhere. Keep the pressure on!
If you’re not horrified, you’re not paying attention!
Listen to a MN resident, “I’m immediately concerned for other states. If 700 agents leave here, they’ll go somewhere else. One kid pulled off a bus or out of school is too many. Everyone is afraid & is hiding.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Listen to a MN resident, “I’m immediately concerned for other states. If 700 agents leave here, they’ll go somewhere else. One kid pulled off a bus or out of school is too many. Everyone is afraid & is hiding.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Despite reports in the mainstream media DHS has not de-escalated their assault on Minneapolis/St. Paul and elsewhere. Keep the pressure on!
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The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
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We’ve seen lots of reports of legal observers being arrested in North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, and Eden Prairie. Exercising your first amendment right to observe is not a crime.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We’ve seen lots of reports of legal observers being arrested in North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, and Eden Prairie. Exercising your first amendment right to observe is not a crime.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
Send this to all of your elected representatives. Then call them and leave a voicemail.
POLITICO: “As Europe’s political class moves to clean up its mess and address its shame concerning ties with Epstein , it’s inadvertently highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in 🇺🇸- No prominent politicians have taken a fall.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Send this to all of your elected representatives. Then call them and leave a voicemail.
That is Howard Lutnick, currently Sec. of Commerce.
Howard lied.
By the time Epstein and Lutnick agreed to buy stakes in Adfin, it had been more than four years since Epstein agreed to enter a guilty plea to Florida state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
By the time Epstein and Lutnick agreed to buy stakes in Adfin, it had been more than four years since Epstein agreed to enter a guilty plea to Florida state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 AM
That is Howard Lutnick, currently Sec. of Commerce.
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Again, if you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Again, if you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
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most recent email i have received is a guy who told me i should be lynched. looked him up and he is a 68/69-year-old retiree in phoenix who doesn't appear to be married or have children. his facebook page is nothing but reposted memes and AI slop and he used to post a lot on gun forums
February 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
most recent email i have received is a guy who told me i should be lynched. looked him up and he is a 68/69-year-old retiree in phoenix who doesn't appear to be married or have children. his facebook page is nothing but reposted memes and AI slop and he used to post a lot on gun forums
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Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
February 7, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
This is terrible news. We must continue speaking out and blocking the concentration camps.
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
This is terrible news. We must continue speaking out and blocking the concentration camps.
Isn't that interesting...
John Phelan, Trump’s Navy secretary, listed in Epstein flight logs www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
John Phelan, Trump’s Navy secretary, listed in Epstein flight logs
Documents indicate that Navy Secretary John Phelan was a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s Boeing 727 for two transatlantic flights in 2006.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Isn't that interesting...
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Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family
Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”
www.ms.now
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
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if everyone could take on the “what if we just did the thing instead of waiting for it to happen” energy that much of minneapolis has right now, the world could be pretty good
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
if everyone could take on the “what if we just did the thing instead of waiting for it to happen” energy that much of minneapolis has right now, the world could be pretty good
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What drawdown?
Just as we suspected, Homan was full of shit. Nothing has changed for the better in Minneapolis.
Just as we suspected, Homan was full of shit. Nothing has changed for the better in Minneapolis.
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
What drawdown?
Just as we suspected, Homan was full of shit. Nothing has changed for the better in Minneapolis.
Just as we suspected, Homan was full of shit. Nothing has changed for the better in Minneapolis.
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Nice one by Brian Merchant. Read it in full.
One thing I'd love for people to do, instead of simply boycotting, which implies potential return, is to simply understand that you don't need Amazon, Prime or otherwise.
You have local alternatives. Use them. Buy direct. Buy less.
Never go back.
One thing I'd love for people to do, instead of simply boycotting, which implies potential return, is to simply understand that you don't need Amazon, Prime or otherwise.
You have local alternatives. Use them. Buy direct. Buy less.
Never go back.
With Jeff Bezos's dismantling of the Washington Post and Amazon's extensive ICE and DoD profiteering, it's imperative to understand precisely how both have openly become instruments of authoritarianism
How Jeff Bezos and Amazon became instruments of authoritarianism
And how to stop them
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Nice one by Brian Merchant. Read it in full.
One thing I'd love for people to do, instead of simply boycotting, which implies potential return, is to simply understand that you don't need Amazon, Prime or otherwise.
You have local alternatives. Use them. Buy direct. Buy less.
Never go back.
One thing I'd love for people to do, instead of simply boycotting, which implies potential return, is to simply understand that you don't need Amazon, Prime or otherwise.
You have local alternatives. Use them. Buy direct. Buy less.
Never go back.
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The US is traumatizing thousands of kids in detention camps. But we are also traumatizing *millions* of kids who are in hiding or fear their parents being snatched.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The US is traumatizing thousands of kids in detention camps. But we are also traumatizing *millions* of kids who are in hiding or fear their parents being snatched.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
Like how we have tens of thousands of kids who have survived school shootings, and a whole generation shaped by active shooter drills.
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“Congress made a choice: cut assistance for the most vulnerable to double down on a tax code already favoring dominant firms."
Trump-GOP Law Slashes Amazon’s Tax Bill by 87% as Company Fires 30,000 Workers, Profits Soar www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-...
Trump-GOP Law Slashes Amazon’s Tax Bill by 87% as Company Fires 30,000 Workers, Profits Soar www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-...
Trump-GOP Law Slashes Amazon's Tax Bill by 87% as Company Fires 30,000 Workers, Profits Soar | Common Dreams
"Congress made a choice: cut assistance for the most vulnerable to double down on a tax code already favoring dominant firms," said one progressive think tank.
www.commondreams.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
“Congress made a choice: cut assistance for the most vulnerable to double down on a tax code already favoring dominant firms."
Trump-GOP Law Slashes Amazon’s Tax Bill by 87% as Company Fires 30,000 Workers, Profits Soar www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-...
Trump-GOP Law Slashes Amazon’s Tax Bill by 87% as Company Fires 30,000 Workers, Profits Soar www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-...
So Dear Leader is hosting a gathering of his fellow racist, misogynist, homo/trans phobic, xenophobic, hate-filled, greedy sycophants. Got it.
Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
So Dear Leader is hosting a gathering of his fellow racist, misogynist, homo/trans phobic, xenophobic, hate-filled, greedy sycophants. Got it.
This is exactly what's happening and it's only going to get worse. Hopefully Republicans will wake up tomorrow and realize they can either ride the ship to the bottom or they can work with the people trying to bail it out.
This is a mix of accelerating cognitive decline/disinhibition combined with Trumps continuing compensatory response to severe ego injury over his mounting unpopularity. It’s accelerating the collapse of that popularity. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump...
Trump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer, sources say
Sources told ABC that Schumer rejected Trump's offer.
abcnews.go.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This is exactly what's happening and it's only going to get worse. Hopefully Republicans will wake up tomorrow and realize they can either ride the ship to the bottom or they can work with the people trying to bail it out.
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Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
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ICE denied having Leonela, 8mo's pregnant, then deported her to Nicaragua days later, without counsel. All while attorneys members of congress actively searched for her. This should alarm everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
ICE denied having Leonela, 8mo's pregnant, then deported her to Nicaragua days later, without counsel. All while attorneys members of congress actively searched for her. This should alarm everyone.
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With the winter Olympics starting today in Italy, US athletes are being asked (by foreign journalists) how they feel about what ICE is doing.
Short answer, they are not happy and are ashamed as we are.
#ProudBlue
#WinterOlympics
Short answer, they are not happy and are ashamed as we are.
#ProudBlue
#WinterOlympics
February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
With the winter Olympics starting today in Italy, US athletes are being asked (by foreign journalists) how they feel about what ICE is doing.
Short answer, they are not happy and are ashamed as we are.
#ProudBlue
#WinterOlympics
Short answer, they are not happy and are ashamed as we are.
#ProudBlue
#WinterOlympics
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Oralè Resister
UK Olympic Skier Ken Gus Kenworthy posted this on his Instagram
Yellow Snow “fuck ice” from
Milan Italy’s Winter Olympics!
#USDemocracy
UK Olympic Skier Ken Gus Kenworthy posted this on his Instagram
Yellow Snow “fuck ice” from
Milan Italy’s Winter Olympics!
#USDemocracy
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Oralè Resister
UK Olympic Skier Ken Gus Kenworthy posted this on his Instagram
Yellow Snow “fuck ice” from
Milan Italy’s Winter Olympics!
#USDemocracy
UK Olympic Skier Ken Gus Kenworthy posted this on his Instagram
Yellow Snow “fuck ice” from
Milan Italy’s Winter Olympics!
#USDemocracy