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“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
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The time for state police to arrest the ICE agent is yesterday. You may still be able to do it now. Once that's done, start investigating those who participated in the cover-up.
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The time for state police to arrest the ICE agent is yesterday. You may still be able to do it now. Once that's done, start investigating those who participated in the cover-up.
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Defaming a murdered woman and shrugging off her death with a lie is about as evil as it gets and no journalist who gets within shouting distance of this vicious troll should let him have a moment's peace about it.
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Defaming a murdered woman and shrugging off her death with a lie is about as evil as it gets and no journalist who gets within shouting distance of this vicious troll should let him have a moment's peace about it.
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We need every Democratic leader to assess right now what type of leadership they're capable of. If they're not feeling up to the moment, then they need to pass the baton to someone who is. Clock is ticking.
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
We need every Democratic leader to assess right now what type of leadership they're capable of. If they're not feeling up to the moment, then they need to pass the baton to someone who is. Clock is ticking.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
Not the news of the day, but this list of international organizations the US just withdrew from is as exactly as self-defeating as you would expect. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Not the news of the day, but this list of international organizations the US just withdrew from is as exactly as self-defeating as you would expect. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The Truman National Security Project is in the process of rebuilding, but this is literally why it exists and what it is still very very good at. If this is your jam, apply next time applications open: www.trumanproject.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The Truman National Security Project is in the process of rebuilding, but this is literally why it exists and what it is still very very good at. If this is your jam, apply next time applications open: www.trumanproject.org
Not to get parasocial about my close personal friend Tim Walz, but man I hope he's doing okay. This is a lot of political violence to lead through and it must be very difficult not to feel some (misplaced) personal responsibility for Minnesota being targeted.
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Not to get parasocial about my close personal friend Tim Walz, but man I hope he's doing okay. This is a lot of political violence to lead through and it must be very difficult not to feel some (misplaced) personal responsibility for Minnesota being targeted.
The Truman National Security Project is in the process of rebuilding, but this is literally why it exists and what it is still very very good at. If this is your jam, apply next time applications open: www.trumanproject.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The Truman National Security Project is in the process of rebuilding, but this is literally why it exists and what it is still very very good at. If this is your jam, apply next time applications open: www.trumanproject.org
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It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
As an Austinite who actually prefers my well-maintained older apartment, this does in fact rule. There are at least six new mid-rises this year within a half mile walk. Probably could have doubled my rent decrease if I'd been willing to change units.
A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
January 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
As an Austinite who actually prefers my well-maintained older apartment, this does in fact rule. There are at least six new mid-rises this year within a half mile walk. Probably could have doubled my rent decrease if I'd been willing to change units.
The general idiocy of this aside, "fitness" is an overarching term with several components: speed, strength, endurance, balance, coordination, etc.
You know which ones the military doesn't include in PT tests? The ones women tend to be better at.
You know which ones the military doesn't include in PT tests? The ones women tend to be better at.
The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard." n.pr/49n8NEN
Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions
The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The general idiocy of this aside, "fitness" is an overarching term with several components: speed, strength, endurance, balance, coordination, etc.
You know which ones the military doesn't include in PT tests? The ones women tend to be better at.
You know which ones the military doesn't include in PT tests? The ones women tend to be better at.
Absolutely crashing after pulling an actual all-nighter to write my statement for a doctoral program at the last possible minute, I am thirty-five years old & just had two weeks off my day job, WHY am I LIKE THIS (on the upside it is a slam dunk so I am going to keep being like this)
January 6, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Absolutely crashing after pulling an actual all-nighter to write my statement for a doctoral program at the last possible minute, I am thirty-five years old & just had two weeks off my day job, WHY am I LIKE THIS (on the upside it is a slam dunk so I am going to keep being like this)
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we need more allies doing stuff like this instead of sharing screenshots of content by white supremacists
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
we need more allies doing stuff like this instead of sharing screenshots of content by white supremacists
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rightly or wrongly you are going to be blamed at the margin, both individually and collectively, for the actions of your country by other people, and that the relationship-in-potential you had last week with international strangers is therefore different from what exists now.
January 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
rightly or wrongly you are going to be blamed at the margin, both individually and collectively, for the actions of your country by other people, and that the relationship-in-potential you had last week with international strangers is therefore different from what exists now.
I'm going to keep elevating strong dem statements on Venezuela, because lord knows we need something. The last two paragraphs from Gina Ortiz Jones here clearly connect the dots as to why she's commenting as Mayor of San Antonio.
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I'm going to keep elevating strong dem statements on Venezuela, because lord knows we need something. The last two paragraphs from Gina Ortiz Jones here clearly connect the dots as to why she's commenting as Mayor of San Antonio.
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Some of the things Trump annexing Greenland would do:
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
January 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Some of the things Trump annexing Greenland would do:
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
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Yet one more reason Democrats have to be out front—right now—in saying they condemn any talk of annexing Greenland, and pledging that they will undo it the second they return to the presidency.
Uhhhh. So to be clear this would be the end of the transatlantic alliance and Europeans should really make that clear.
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Yet one more reason Democrats have to be out front—right now—in saying they condemn any talk of annexing Greenland, and pledging that they will undo it the second they return to the presidency.
Thread with solid messaging from a dem leader on foreign policy.
The President must brief the Congress. We cannot put our troops in harm's way over Trump's reckless pursuit of power, oil and land.
January 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Thread with solid messaging from a dem leader on foreign policy.
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People remember the govt shuts down on Jan 30 if it doesn’t get funded, right?
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
People remember the govt shuts down on Jan 30 if it doesn’t get funded, right?
Rep. Castro emphasizes lack of congressional notification, destabilizing history of US-supported regime change in Latin America
Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro spoke to NPR about Trump's claims that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and "captured" President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. 🎧 Listen to the interview
🔊 Listen Now: Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro on Venezuela strikes, Maduro's capture
Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR One | 5:58
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January 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Rep. Castro emphasizes lack of congressional notification, destabilizing history of US-supported regime change in Latin America
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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And while we're at it I would like a commitment to send the Rome Statute to the Senate. Let them vote it down, whatever. But there needs to be a credible effort to get the US to join the ICC
At this point, if a Democratic presidential candidate wants my vote, their platform has to - at bare minimum - include some version of "I am going to put all these freaks in prison for their crimes." Full stop. No compromise. I am now a single issue voter for the dark woke prison camps.
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 AM
And while we're at it I would like a commitment to send the Rome Statute to the Senate. Let them vote it down, whatever. But there needs to be a credible effort to get the US to join the ICC
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you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.