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Bob “Birdman” Price
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Musician who plays woodwinds including clarinet and shakuhachi…improvises new music, Indian music, bird song, etc. Citizen of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi.
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www.democracynow.org/2026/2/11/ic...
“De Facto Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics
House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations. “These three directors are re...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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“Devastating”: Trump EPA to Scrap Landmark Climate Finding in Pro-Fossil Fuel Deregulatory Push
In a victory for the fossil fuel industry, a set of Obama-era rules that required the federal government to regulate the emissions of six greenhouse gases is being reversed by the Trump administration...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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“I Have Never Felt So Much Fear”: Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX
A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside, such as being served contaminated food, with children and...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis
We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has beco...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Friday, February 6, 2026 — New art exhibitions offer creative interpretations of Native survival and endurance » Native America Calling
As the country gears up to commemorate 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, several galleries are exploring the enduring strengths of Native Americans through both traditional and contempo...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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“Journalism Deserves Better”: Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper
The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage. “Everybody is grieving, and it’s a loss for our readers,” says Nilo Tabrizy, ...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Rayan El Amine on Voices From Gaza
The voices of Palestinians themselves are an intervention into a media conversation that presents Palestinians as subjects more often than as actors.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Thursday, February 5, 2026 – Can caribou slow the drive for oil and mineral development in Alaska? » Native America Calling
An Iñupiaq village on Alaska’s North Slope is suing after the Trump administration removed protections for an area important to subsistence hunting. The suit by Nuiqsut Trilateral Inc. says the action...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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THIS is what momentum looks like
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
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February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Shot, Harassed & Threatened: U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents
U.S. citizens who have had violent encounters with federal immigration agents deployed in cities across the U.S. testified before Congress on Tuesday. Amid harrowing testimony by three victims and the...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – College Native American Studies programs map their next steps » Native America Calling
College Native American Studies courses are engines for Native-led research in addition to serving as a welcoming academic home for Native students. As it is, Native students are already the most unde...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Monday, February 2, 2026 – Native Americans are compelled to respond to indiscriminate ICE pressure » Native America Calling
The Oglala Lakota tribal president banned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Red Lake Band of Ojibwe officials say ICE can’...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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"All we need is each other": From the frontlines in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The Red Nation
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February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of “Trump’s Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms”: Ari Berman
We speak with Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman about the shocking FBI raid on an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Federal agents were seeking records related to the 2020 pre...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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“Billionaire Boys Club”: What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity
The Justice Department on Friday released an additional 3 million pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration says it was the final release ...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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February 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Our guest put together a report on how “DHS Is Expanding Domestic Surveillance While Targeting Efforts to Document and Dissent.” Jenna Ruddock is Advocacy Director at the group Free Press. We hear from her this week on CounterSpin.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3O... Demanding a perfect victim to justify outrage when law enforcement kills someone is a trap we don't have to step into.
Survival should not require sainthood
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January 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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“Let Us Out”: ICE Detention of Kids Sparks Protests at Immigration Jail in Texas
Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old from Minnesota who was detained last week after coming home from preschool, is being held in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Congressmembers who ...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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“The Border Is the Entire Country”: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities
As President Trump shakes up the leadership of his immigration crackdown in Minnesota following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, we examine the expanding role of the agenc...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: “Copaganda” Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing
As calls grow to defund and abolish ICE, author Alec Karakatsanis warns that activists should take care to not fall for “copaganda,” which “takes ordinary people who are outraged over what’s happening...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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"Yes, I have an ulcer, for Chrissake. This is Kaliyuga, buddy, the Iron Age. Anybody over sixteen without an ulcer's a goddam spy."

J. D. Salinger
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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RIP Alex Pretti: ICU Nurse Killed By Feds Known for His “Compassion” & “Deep Empathy”
Democracy Now! speaks with a former colleague of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who hired Pretti for a research job o...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Actually, There IS Something You Can Do About ICE — And It Only Takes 5 Minutes
Political and immigration experts shared what exactly you can do and why it matters so much this week.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in “Day of Truth and Freedom”
Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of an economic blackout to protest the surge of ICE agents into the state. Organizers of the strike include faith leaders and unions...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM