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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3h
Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.

workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
Only a few hours after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident and mother Renee Good on January 7, federal immigration enforcement agents descended onto Roosevelt High School property during school dismissal as students were exiting the building. MFE members say that ICE agents tackled and detained a school staff member and union member who was working at the time. The MFE member was since released, according to a union spokesperson. The agents also deployed a chemical irritant against students and staff on school grounds, MFE says. A school official, speaking to MPR News on condition of anonymity, said many students sheltered in a nearby library.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 11h
From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.
echoparklatu colo yar Confirmed kidnappings in Echo Park/Silver Lé 1/6 on Friday, January 9. • 9:07 a.m. - 1312 Echo Park Ave (at the former Los Burritos/now Tijuanero), 90026. One worker kidnapped while painting. • 9:10 a.m. - 2139 Glendale Blvd, 90039. Three gardeners kidnapped. • 10:15 a.m. - Outside the gas station at Sunset / Alvarado, 90026 - One street vendor kidnapped. • 10:44am - Elsinore St & Mohawk St - One person kidnapped • 10:45 a.m. - Descanso Dr. and Micheltorena St., Silver Lake, 90026 - At least one kidnapped. • 10:45 a.m. - Temple and Edgeware, 90026 - At least one person kidnapped. • 11 a.m. - Restaurant on Sunset Blvd & Lemoyne - One worker kidnapped while sweeping outside. • 12:30 p.m. - Gas station at Fletcher Dr and Riverside Dr, 90039 - One street vendor kidnapped. • ••

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h
Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h
AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 13h
I’m chair so I’m assigning my own fall teaching schedule and I don’t have to factor in childcare and that hasn’t been true since I met my kid fifteen years ago. A trip.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 16h
Yesssssssss

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
Page One.

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 1d
By Lila Dominguez, Editor in Chief of the Roosevelt Standard, news site of Roosevelt High School: "Later in the afternoon today my high school Roosevelt was paraded by ICE vehicles during dismissal. Our community and staff stepped up to protect one another."
ICE Needs To Get Out Of Minneapolis
On Wednesday January 7th at 3:20 pm I was working in the wrestling basement of Roosevelt Highschool to publish an article about the tragic event that occurred earlier today in South Minneapolis when a...
rooseveltstandard.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them." n.pr/3YxZjlj
Mamdani says New York child care expansion a real step to fulfilling campaign pledge
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them."
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 1d
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.

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Albert Burneko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d
blogged it defector.com/how-hard-is-...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d
huge Ws on the horizon

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Q: Is there anything stopping state law enforcement from conducted an independent investigation even if the feds don't want it?

JACOBSON: Without assistance from the FBI, we would be at a loss to be able to initiate & conduct a thorough investigation. It would be very difficult if not impossible

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 1d
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 1d
All of it is horrifying. I'm just constantly horrified.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will unveil a plan to expand free or affordable child care for New Yorkers across the state.
Hochul and Mamdani to Announce Road Map to Expand Child Care
Governor Kathy Hochul will appear with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lay out a plan to expand free and subsidized child care in New York, which had been a central focus of his campaign.
nyti.ms

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d
I reshared @siembranc.bsky.social's excellent toolkit "How We Dealt with Border Patrol" in NC just this morning in my newsletter before this horrible killing. It's worth people reading and then acting on: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d
Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 2d
When the cop murdered Philando Castile his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter were also in the car.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d
I uplifted that targeted campaign against Avelo Airlines #onhere a few times. Each time, someone would get into my mentions to say that the organizing "would not do anything." Those people were once again wrong. Those activists won.

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 2d
Really worth watching this interview with a bystander who witnessed the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "I'm pretty right-leaning. But seeing this, this is not how we're supposed to be doing things in America.”

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d
I was eating a sandwich in a restaurant and a man walked past me and muttered, “hearty appetite.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One https://theonion.com/every-trait-disqualifying-ice-agent-from-previous-jobs-ideal-for-current-one/
Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One

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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 2d
So many things are bad right now, but I interviewed @maggietokudahall.bsky.social about painting pigeons and small acts of survival. 📸 by @estefancy.bsky.social
Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings
“Everything that we think is disgusting about human life, pigeons wear without shame.”
www.coyotemedia.org

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 2d
$3 a ride on ostensibly public transportation is an extortionate tax on the poor.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 3d
Still mad at losing 1997 state debate quarterfinals because someone finally found a tiny piece of evidence suggesting that in some forms and quantities teff can be poisonous. Doesn't outweigh the advantage of returning native plants to colonized agriculture. That is how long I can hold a grudge.

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Wiley Nickel @wileynickel.com · 3d
Grassroots organizing is how Democrats win big — and it’s how we’re building a safer Wake County.

I shared a short recap of our Wake County DA race in my latest Substack. Link below.