Laura Flanders
@gritlaura.bsky.social
Host, Laura Flanders & Friends, “Where the people who say it can’t be done take a backseat to the people who are doing it.” On PBS tv/radio/youtube. Author, rabble rouser, media activist. Fresh episodes Fridays, 5pm ET, http://lauraflanders.org
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Today on Laura Flanders & Friends, journalist and policy strategist @carmitage.bsky.social and @tenantbloc.bsky.social Executive Director Sumathy Kumar discuss “soft secession” and how states can pass legislation to resist authoritarianism and enrich their communities: bit.ly/4bGxTkX
February 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Thanks for the conversation, @johncassidysays.bsky.social and @faiz.bsky.social and for your reporting @moreperfectunion.bsky.social !
Greatly enjoyed discussing the political economy of AI, the logic of the Luddites, and much else, with @gritlaura.bsky.social and @faiz.bsky.social
Today on Laura Flanders & Friends: Debunking the AI hype. As energy-sucking data centers take root around the country, communities are pushing back. @johncassidysays.bsky.social (@newyorker.com) and Faiz Shakir (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) tell us more: bit.ly/4k5S8uu
February 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Thanks for the conversation, @johncassidysays.bsky.social and @faiz.bsky.social and for your reporting @moreperfectunion.bsky.social !
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Today on Laura Flanders & Friends: Debunking the AI hype. As energy-sucking data centers take root around the country, communities are pushing back. @johncassidysays.bsky.social (@newyorker.com) and Faiz Shakir (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) tell us more: bit.ly/4k5S8uu
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Today on Laura Flanders & Friends: Debunking the AI hype. As energy-sucking data centers take root around the country, communities are pushing back. @johncassidysays.bsky.social (@newyorker.com) and Faiz Shakir (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) tell us more: bit.ly/4k5S8uu
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“There are… agents provocateurs who try to push the protests in particular directions.”
US-Iran scholar @valinasr.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how foreign agents have been involved in the Iran protests.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/vali-nasr-...
US-Iran scholar @valinasr.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how foreign agents have been involved in the Iran protests.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/vali-nasr-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“There are… agents provocateurs who try to push the protests in particular directions.”
US-Iran scholar @valinasr.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how foreign agents have been involved in the Iran protests.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/vali-nasr-...
US-Iran scholar @valinasr.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how foreign agents have been involved in the Iran protests.
Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/vali-nasr-...
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
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White House posts image bragging about Don Lemon's arrest that includes at top after "Lemons..." the chains used on slaves--not anything dealing with modern day law enforcement like a handcuff. The white supremacist regime is not hiding they did this for their white supremacist base.
January 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
White House posts image bragging about Don Lemon's arrest that includes at top after "Lemons..." the chains used on slaves--not anything dealing with modern day law enforcement like a handcuff. The white supremacist regime is not hiding they did this for their white supremacist base.
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The United States of America in 2026.
Do not look away.
Do not look away.
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The United States of America in 2026.
Do not look away.
Do not look away.
“The changes the White House has made over the last 24 hours are purely nominal... But nominal doesn’t mean meaningless. They show the White House saw the current situation was untenable. They couldn’t keep people in line.”
Trump Pitches a Kinder, Gentler ICE Wilding Sprees As His Top Fluffers Fight Amongst Themselves talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Pitches a Kinder, Gentler ICE Wilding Sprees As His Top Fluffers Fight Amongst Themselves
Yesterday I discussed how in a flash, over roughly 24 hours, the...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:51 AM
“The changes the White House has made over the last 24 hours are purely nominal... But nominal doesn’t mean meaningless. They show the White House saw the current situation was untenable. They couldn’t keep people in line.”
This entire thread is important. Exactly the movement analysis and reporting that our media will never do. Watch ICE, denounce fascism all you like - we’ll never build power if we don’t learn how. The Minnesotans aren’t simply “nice.” They are deeply organized.
With so many of us watching the tremendous mobilizations in Minneapolis, culminating in the call to action against ICE today, I wanted to share some of what I have gathered from talking to comrades in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. A few things stood out:
January 25, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This entire thread is important. Exactly the movement analysis and reporting that our media will never do. Watch ICE, denounce fascism all you like - we’ll never build power if we don’t learn how. The Minnesotans aren’t simply “nice.” They are deeply organized.
Correction: ANOTHER Person: Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say
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January 24, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Correction: ANOTHER Person: Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Cited "no specific criminal statute"???
Once again, wtf is the meaning of this?
Once again, wtf is the meaning of this?
The subpoenas cited "no specific criminal statute" according to the NYT. In other words, more political lawfare against opponents of regime repression. #Minnesota
Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Cited "no specific criminal statute"???
Once again, wtf is the meaning of this?
Once again, wtf is the meaning of this?
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By using words like “arrest” and “capture” to describe the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, media evoke a framing where the “good guys” and “bad guys” are preordained.
fair.org/home/labelin...
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Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
fair.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
By using words like “arrest” and “capture” to describe the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, media evoke a framing where the “good guys” and “bad guys” are preordained.
fair.org/home/labelin...
fair.org/home/labelin...
January 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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News outlets, STOP using hackneyed and misleading language to describe govt violence.
"Protesters clashed with federal agents"
In Minneapolis, in 100+ videos during the past 6 weeks, time and again, we see a bunch of folks just standing around being unprovokedly SET UPON by federal agents.
"Protesters clashed with federal agents"
In Minneapolis, in 100+ videos during the past 6 weeks, time and again, we see a bunch of folks just standing around being unprovokedly SET UPON by federal agents.
Protesters clashed with federal agents for another night outside the Whipple Federal Building, which holds ICE detainees. Agents fired less-lethal munitions and deployed chemical irritants at the crowd.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
News outlets, STOP using hackneyed and misleading language to describe govt violence.
"Protesters clashed with federal agents"
In Minneapolis, in 100+ videos during the past 6 weeks, time and again, we see a bunch of folks just standing around being unprovokedly SET UPON by federal agents.
"Protesters clashed with federal agents"
In Minneapolis, in 100+ videos during the past 6 weeks, time and again, we see a bunch of folks just standing around being unprovokedly SET UPON by federal agents.
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Laura Flanders & Friends is the show for forward-thinking people, and on today’s program, we have the brilliant thinker Donna Haraway! The esteemed feminist philosopher and scholar joins Laura for a vast conversation on generative thinking to resist authoritarianism: bit.ly/4jN89FJ
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Laura Flanders & Friends is the show for forward-thinking people, and on today’s program, we have the brilliant thinker Donna Haraway! The esteemed feminist philosopher and scholar joins Laura for a vast conversation on generative thinking to resist authoritarianism: bit.ly/4jN89FJ
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Hey NYC/NJ: Joins us this Sunday as the top Brown comedians in NYC join forces for one BIG show! Comedians who have appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, TLC's “Match Me Abroad,” Comedy Central and much more! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-br...
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Hey NYC/NJ: Joins us this Sunday as the top Brown comedians in NYC join forces for one BIG show! Comedians who have appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, TLC's “Match Me Abroad,” Comedy Central and much more! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-br...
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
Dang. I was so hoping the last two words were “it Quits.”
Chuck Schumer Calls His Shot
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Dang. I was so hoping the last two words were “it Quits.”
Living in an apparently non-compliant Black, brown, indigenous or female body is daily to risk death in white macho America. We will survive, but only hand in hand. We have nothing to lose but our lives. davidrovics.bandcamp.com/track/say-th...
Say Their Names, by David Rovics
from the album Say Their Names
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January 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Living in an apparently non-compliant Black, brown, indigenous or female body is daily to risk death in white macho America. We will survive, but only hand in hand. We have nothing to lose but our lives. davidrovics.bandcamp.com/track/say-th...
Tons of good stuff here: Roaming Charges: In ICE Cold Blood - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/09/r...
Home
CounterPunch.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Tons of good stuff here: Roaming Charges: In ICE Cold Blood - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/09/r...
Absolutely. Hard not to see the mirror.
ICE and the IDF are two arms of the same system. Militarized borders. State violence. No accountability.
Hind Rajab. Renee Good.
Different locations. Same injustice. We fight back for life, dignity, and freedom for everyone.
Fight back with us: smvmt.org/revolution
#FreePalestine #Abolishlce
Hind Rajab. Renee Good.
Different locations. Same injustice. We fight back for life, dignity, and freedom for everyone.
Fight back with us: smvmt.org/revolution
#FreePalestine #Abolishlce
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Absolutely. Hard not to see the mirror.
Can you hear the Bolivarians calling? There’s a message in their experience of bottom-up power (from above) that I’ve been thinking about this week:
From Venezuelan Communes to U.S. Blocks: Same Struggle, Same Fight.
Why the fate of Venezuela’s “popular power” project has lessons to teach American neighborhood organizers.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Can you hear the Bolivarians calling? There’s a message in their experience of bottom-up power (from above) that I’ve been thinking about this week:
“Twenty years ago Venezuela was a great country” - says Trump . Note: Twenty years ago Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“Twenty years ago Venezuela was a great country” - says Trump . Note: Twenty years ago Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela.