Jordan Grey
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
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Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.
my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...
A Long History of Betrayal
Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.
foreignpolicy.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.
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We sat down with Mayor Katie Wilson to get the latest on initiatives she has cooking now that her team is in office. We touched on emergency housing, bus lanes, World Cup preparations, Sound Transit, culture change at the police department, and more.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/13/o...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/13/o...
One Week In, Katie Wilson Charts the Path Ahead » The Urbanist
# The Urbanist recently sat down with Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson to get the latest on initiatives she has cooking now that her team is in office. We touched on emergency housing, bus lanes, World Cup ...
www.theurbanist.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
We sat down with Mayor Katie Wilson to get the latest on initiatives she has cooking now that her team is in office. We touched on emergency housing, bus lanes, World Cup preparations, Sound Transit, culture change at the police department, and more.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/13/o...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/13/o...
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So please. Quietly use removepaywall.com or archive.org if you're not in a position to pay. Don't get mad in the comments because we're trying to make a living
Life's tough all over
Life's tough all over
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
So please. Quietly use removepaywall.com or archive.org if you're not in a position to pay. Don't get mad in the comments because we're trying to make a living
Life's tough all over
Life's tough all over
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the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
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There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
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Like they did in Chicago, feds are abducting unhoused people in Minneapolis: in this instance, four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Also as in Chicago, “homeless people… told the Minnesota Star Tribune that ICE apparently detained the four men without looking for credentials.”
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is still trying to locate four members kidnapped by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week, and many Native people in the Twin Cities have felt scared to leave the house to go to work or get groceries.
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Like they did in Chicago, feds are abducting unhoused people in Minneapolis: in this instance, four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Also as in Chicago, “homeless people… told the Minnesota Star Tribune that ICE apparently detained the four men without looking for credentials.”
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The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
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TW/CW: child death
The genocide on Gaza is not over.
Keep speaking up.
The genocide on Gaza is not over.
Keep speaking up.
Seven children freeze to death in one month as Israel and the U.S. block shelter supplies to Gaza
⭕️ A one-year-old child has died from freezing conditions in Deir al-Balah, a direct result of Israel’s blockade and deliberate restriction of aid.
This brings the number of children who have died from the cold since the beginning of the winter season to seven.
🎥 Video by Alaa Mohsen
This brings the number of children who have died from the cold since the beginning of the winter season to seven.
🎥 Video by Alaa Mohsen
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
TW/CW: child death
The genocide on Gaza is not over.
Keep speaking up.
The genocide on Gaza is not over.
Keep speaking up.
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DHS hired exactly who they wanted to hire and trained them to do exactly what they wanted them to do. Which is what you see.
January 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
DHS hired exactly who they wanted to hire and trained them to do exactly what they wanted them to do. Which is what you see.
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Democrats are simultaneously beginning to refer to ICE and CBP agents as "poorly trained."
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Democrats are simultaneously beginning to refer to ICE and CBP agents as "poorly trained."
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
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More training isn't going to fix the ethnic cleansing squad! The problem is that we employ an ethnic cleansing squad that attracts the type of people who would want to be part of an ethnic cleansing squad!
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
More training isn't going to fix the ethnic cleansing squad! The problem is that we employ an ethnic cleansing squad that attracts the type of people who would want to be part of an ethnic cleansing squad!
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
wow delighted to see the byline on this! 🤗
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s newly elected mayor, has embraced a city-owned startup designed to emulate Vienna’s social housing model, which involves a public developer building housing designed to be permanently affordable.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
wow delighted to see the byline on this! 🤗
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Thousands of people attended a vigil near the scene of the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Video by Aaron Lavinsky and Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Photos by Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Continuing coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Video by Aaron Lavinsky and Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Photos by Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Continuing coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Thousands of people attended a vigil near the scene of the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Video by Aaron Lavinsky and Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Photos by Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Continuing coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Video by Aaron Lavinsky and Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Photos by Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Continuing coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Renee Good, who was murdered in cold blood today by ICE, was a queer woman. June "T-Rex" Knightly, who was murdered in Portland, was a queer woman. The ICE detainees who were sexually assaulted in Louisiana are queer women and trans men.
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Renee Good, who was murdered in cold blood today by ICE, was a queer woman. June "T-Rex" Knightly, who was murdered in Portland, was a queer woman. The ICE detainees who were sexually assaulted in Louisiana are queer women and trans men.
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also i think the idea that consent is required to meet the definition of "pornography" is probably well-intentioned but feels like the kind of idiosyncratic definition that is defined by the world as we wish it was rather than how it is
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
also i think the idea that consent is required to meet the definition of "pornography" is probably well-intentioned but feels like the kind of idiosyncratic definition that is defined by the world as we wish it was rather than how it is
just a thought but i don't think the left needs to reclaim the word un-american
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
just a thought but i don't think the left needs to reclaim the word un-american
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Many of you have called or texted to ask my thoughts on the rapidly developing situation in #Venezuela
I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/
REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!
I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/
REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!
The Long Road Ahead For Venezuela
Welcome to a special edition of Double Click Newsletter. The following are broad thoughts and analysis of the recent events in Caracas, Venezuela. For full disclosure, the author, now a U.S. Citizen a...
doubleclick.blog
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Many of you have called or texted to ask my thoughts on the rapidly developing situation in #Venezuela
I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/
REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!
I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/
REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!
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Congress should still pass a resolution, which they might have the votes to do with a handful of Republican defectors. But the War Powers Resolution as a mechanism is broken and toothless, effectively nullified by the Supreme Court. It needs a complete overhaul b/c now it's basically a dead letter.
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Congress should still pass a resolution, which they might have the votes to do with a handful of Republican defectors. But the War Powers Resolution as a mechanism is broken and toothless, effectively nullified by the Supreme Court. It needs a complete overhaul b/c now it's basically a dead letter.
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The War Powers Resolution as Congress designed it requires withdrawal if both houses pass a concurrent resolution. SCOTUS gutted that with Chadha, so now it's subject to an inevitable veto. Instead of affirmative approval, presidents in effect only need at least one third in at least one house.
Schumer: "We have the War Powers Act ... if it's voted positively in both houses, then the president can't do another thing in Venezuela without the okay of Congress. Ww have to pass it."
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The War Powers Resolution as Congress designed it requires withdrawal if both houses pass a concurrent resolution. SCOTUS gutted that with Chadha, so now it's subject to an inevitable veto. Instead of affirmative approval, presidents in effect only need at least one third in at least one house.
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This could be us but you playin
For those whose sudden expertise on Korean politics has waned: the opposition party has vowed to impeach Yoon EVERY SATURDAY until they basically shame him into resigning or his own party is shamed into voting against him. He's looking at a charge of treason or insurrection.
January 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This could be us but you playin