JT Spartz
@jtspartz.bsky.social
Occasional place writing and songcraft. MA, PhD. Struggling to make sense of whatever this is. Treading lightly on Dakota + Ho-Chunk lands, Upper Midwest, USA.
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Organizers in Minnesota have transformed crisis into action and tragedy into solidarity. Join us on Thursday to hear from MN community leaders and learn from their model of resisting authoritarianism: bit.ly/resistreimagineMN
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Organizers in Minnesota have transformed crisis into action and tragedy into solidarity. Join us on Thursday to hear from MN community leaders and learn from their model of resisting authoritarianism: bit.ly/resistreimagineMN
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.
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Wisconsin Tribes Worried About ICE Tactics in Minnesota
Wisconsin Tribes Worried About ICE Tactics in Minnesota
Ho-Chunk president says federal agents have stopped, detained Native Americans.
urbanmilwaukee.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Wisconsin Tribes Worried About ICE Tactics in Minnesota
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Dignity. Intelligence. Love. Respect.
Better than jealousy.
Better than jealousy.
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Dignity. Intelligence. Love. Respect.
Better than jealousy.
Better than jealousy.
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That's one helluva lede.
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
That's one helluva lede.
People in the Northeast U.S. appear to struggle most meeting #energy needs and #rent payments, based on Census data released Jan. 2026. #CostOfLiving #Affordability www.census.gov/content/dam/...
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in the Northeast U.S. appear to struggle most meeting #energy needs and #rent payments, based on Census data released Jan. 2026. #CostOfLiving #Affordability www.census.gov/content/dam/...
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Over 35,000 munitions have been sent to Minneapolis "intended to battle protesters":
“Fucking overkill,” a homeland security official said of the inventory. “I’ve never seen this amount of shit being used.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
“Fucking overkill,” a homeland security official said of the inventory. “I’ve never seen this amount of shit being used.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
In ICE’s War, the Public Is Winning
Feds stockpile 35,000 munitions in Minneapolis - but suddenly withdraw
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Over 35,000 munitions have been sent to Minneapolis "intended to battle protesters":
“Fucking overkill,” a homeland security official said of the inventory. “I’ve never seen this amount of shit being used.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
“Fucking overkill,” a homeland security official said of the inventory. “I’ve never seen this amount of shit being used.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
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"It’s not about bravery, it’s about making sure to do the right thing, at the right time, for the other human—because we too are human." Marcie Rendon in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy : lithub.com/letter-from-...
Letter From Minnesota: We Are a People Born and Bred of Organizers
Before the current ICE occupation, many folks in the activist community moved off Facebook, Meta, X, and went to, at the time, more secure communication platforms. I asked a Lakota friend, activist…
lithub.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
"It’s not about bravery, it’s about making sure to do the right thing, at the right time, for the other human—because we too are human." Marcie Rendon in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy : lithub.com/letter-from-...
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WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
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Trump's fascist goons are very much still terrorizing our community
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Trump's fascist goons are very much still terrorizing our community
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The @washingtonpost, where I started in the mailroom, is the place that made me everything I am now. Skinflint billionaire and failed fashion model Jeff Bezos has decimated it. Well, fuck that guy and give to the people he screwed. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The @washingtonpost, where I started in the mailroom, is the place that made me everything I am now. Skinflint billionaire and failed fashion model Jeff Bezos has decimated it. Well, fuck that guy and give to the people he screwed. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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Alabama has the worst maternal mortality in the United States at 60 deaths per 100K live births. For reference, California has 18 deaths per 100K live births.
But Dr. Oz thinks it’s “cool” that American citizens do not have access to good reproductive healthcare in the wealthiest nation in history.
But Dr. Oz thinks it’s “cool” that American citizens do not have access to good reproductive healthcare in the wealthiest nation in history.
Dr Oz: "Alabama has no OBGYNs in many of their counties, so they're doing something pretty cool. They're actually having robots do ultrasounds on these pregnant moms."
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Alabama has the worst maternal mortality in the United States at 60 deaths per 100K live births. For reference, California has 18 deaths per 100K live births.
But Dr. Oz thinks it’s “cool” that American citizens do not have access to good reproductive healthcare in the wealthiest nation in history.
But Dr. Oz thinks it’s “cool” that American citizens do not have access to good reproductive healthcare in the wealthiest nation in history.
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
Knowles-Nelson #stewardship preserves wildlife habitat and supports outdoor recreation in #Wisconsin "by authorizing state borrowing and spending for the purchase of land and by giving grants to local governments and nonprofit conservation organizations." #LandUse #GetOutside
Bills limiting land acquisition for Knowles-Nelson stewardship program receive Senate hearing. @bspears.bsky.social has the latest
Bills limiting land acquisition for Knowles-Nelson stewardship program receive Senate hearing • Wisconsin Examiner
“I think we've landed it in a good spot now. Is it perfect? I'll be the first to admit this is not a perfect bill,” Sen. Patrick Testin said.
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Knowles-Nelson #stewardship preserves wildlife habitat and supports outdoor recreation in #Wisconsin "by authorizing state borrowing and spending for the purchase of land and by giving grants to local governments and nonprofit conservation organizations." #LandUse #GetOutside
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With its reporting on ICE raids and foreign wars, Amjambo Africa aims to build a more inclusive community. Eloge Willy Kaneza speaks with Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Eloge Willy Kaneza says Maine’s immigrants ‘see themselves in us.’
With its reporting on ICE raids and foreign wars, Amjambo Africa aims to build a more inclusive community.
www.cjr.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
With its reporting on ICE raids and foreign wars, Amjambo Africa aims to build a more inclusive community. Eloge Willy Kaneza speaks with Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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I consider 2025 my finest professional year. The Post just laid me off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I consider 2025 my finest professional year. The Post just laid me off.
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Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
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Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
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Tulsi Gabbard is withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress, citing executive privilege (which means it involves Trump) and that it's "too classified to give to Congress," which is ridiculous. You can support the lawyers representing the whistleblower here: whistlebloweraid.org/beans
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February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Tulsi Gabbard is withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress, citing executive privilege (which means it involves Trump) and that it's "too classified to give to Congress," which is ridiculous. You can support the lawyers representing the whistleblower here: whistlebloweraid.org/beans