Joe Blanda
@joeblanda.bsky.social
our Democracy is on emergency life support rn . . . use it or lose it.
music 🎸 books 📚 family & friends 👨👩👦 my cat 🐈 = antidotes to the insanity
#organize #innovate #resist #voteblue
🌻🌻 Ukraine 🌻🌻
music 🎸 books 📚 family & friends 👨👩👦 my cat 🐈 = antidotes to the insanity
#organize #innovate #resist #voteblue
🌻🌻 Ukraine 🌻🌻
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Yes, there’s hell ahead. But Minnesota is reminding the country: the hate-filled fascists won’t prevail. Democracy will. The Constitution will. The rule of law...and the people who defend it...will.
January 31, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Yes, there’s hell ahead. But Minnesota is reminding the country: the hate-filled fascists won’t prevail. Democracy will. The Constitution will. The rule of law...and the people who defend it...will.
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Not a hoax and never was
Not a hoax and never was
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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Not a hoax and never was
Not a hoax and never was
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The United States federal government has partially shutdown.
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 AM
The United States federal government has partially shutdown.
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Bruce Springtseen showed up impromptu at a show with Tom Morello in Minneapolis Friday afternoon. It was ELECTRIC.
youtube.com/shorts/G5D51...
youtube.com/shorts/G5D51...
Springsteen surprises crowd at Minneapolis solidarity concert
YouTube video by CNN
youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Bruce Springtseen showed up impromptu at a show with Tom Morello in Minneapolis Friday afternoon. It was ELECTRIC.
youtube.com/shorts/G5D51...
youtube.com/shorts/G5D51...
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Whoa!
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Whoa!
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When ICE takes videos of protestors & says "We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
When ICE takes videos of protestors & says "We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
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Whatever cheese was ever on that man’s cracker has finally slipped off. He wants us to do what he says? Well, let me tell you, as proud nations (Canada & UK) there’s no way in hell that decent people will ever be told what to do by a fascist wannabe dictator like Trump. #pushback #resist #fucktrump
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Whatever cheese was ever on that man’s cracker has finally slipped off. He wants us to do what he says? Well, let me tell you, as proud nations (Canada & UK) there’s no way in hell that decent people will ever be told what to do by a fascist wannabe dictator like Trump. #pushback #resist #fucktrump
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If Don Lemon didn’t matter, they’d ignore him. They can’t. Power only fears what it can’t control. That’s Don Lemon. And they fear the platform he’s building. Which they just helped build.
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 AM
If Don Lemon didn’t matter, they’d ignore him. They can’t. Power only fears what it can’t control. That’s Don Lemon. And they fear the platform he’s building. Which they just helped build.
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There is no world, no scenario, no imaginable or unimaginable turn of events under which the Trump Administration will not end up regretting this stupefyingly idiotic arrest.
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 AM
There is no world, no scenario, no imaginable or unimaginable turn of events under which the Trump Administration will not end up regretting this stupefyingly idiotic arrest.
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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The arrest of Don Lemon is insulting in a moment when the public and Epstein survivors are still waiting on 99% of the Epstein files—now more than 40 days past the legal deadline.
This isn’t about accountability.
What it is, plainly, is a warning shot to journalists.
This isn’t about accountability.
What it is, plainly, is a warning shot to journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The arrest of Don Lemon is insulting in a moment when the public and Epstein survivors are still waiting on 99% of the Epstein files—now more than 40 days past the legal deadline.
This isn’t about accountability.
What it is, plainly, is a warning shot to journalists.
This isn’t about accountability.
What it is, plainly, is a warning shot to journalists.
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Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
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This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.
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One Big Grift.
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: Kevin Warsh—expected to be Trump's Fed chair pick—is the son-in-law of Trump donor Ronald Lauder (billionaire Estée Lauder heir), who convinced Trump in 2018 of the need to annex Greenland (and then invested heavily there), and who benefits from the Ukraine rare-earth deal?
Trump Administration Prepares for Warsh Fed Chair Nomination
The Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
One Big Grift.
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No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
Today, Fri., Jan. 30, is the #NationwideStrike calling for no work, school or shopping to protest the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
For me, the first two don't apply. But I'll be refraining from any shopping I had planned (eg, grocery store).
It's not a lot, but doing what I can.
For me, the first two don't apply. But I'll be refraining from any shopping I had planned (eg, grocery store).
It's not a lot, but doing what I can.
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Today, Fri., Jan. 30, is the #NationwideStrike calling for no work, school or shopping to protest the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
For me, the first two don't apply. But I'll be refraining from any shopping I had planned (eg, grocery store).
It's not a lot, but doing what I can.
For me, the first two don't apply. But I'll be refraining from any shopping I had planned (eg, grocery store).
It's not a lot, but doing what I can.
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So this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens
January 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
So this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens
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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 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 4:44 PM
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.
This is happening in our communities . . .
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This is happening in our communities . . .
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Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
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They are coming after those of us in independent media because we speak the truth!!
And now apparently they’ve come to arrest Georgia Fort, another independent journalist!
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They are coming after those of us in independent media because we speak the truth!!
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I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
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Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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January 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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