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Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

“Given the violent tightrope our country is currently walking, it’s foolhardy to focus only on the upcoming elections as the silver bullet to reverse the damage Trump has done to America. We must also keep focusing on these alternative resistance paths: “
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Renee Good's Murder Moves Us Closer to Martial Law and Election Suspension

Trump/Miller wants protesters to kill ICE agents so they can cancel elections

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January 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM

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Eileen Clancy 🧿

@clancyny.bsky.social

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

January 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin

@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social

Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science

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January 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM

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Manon van Beek

@noctania.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

Day 11: a song about society or politics

For the missing women in Mexico.
‘Don’t forget their names please, Mr. President’

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January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM

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SteveM

@steve19m.bsky.social

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

11. Politics/society

God’s Country
Lambrini Girls

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Lambrini Girls - God's Country (Official Video)

YouTube video by Lambrini Girls

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January 10, 2026 at 10:52 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#NewMusicChallenge
#JazzInJanuary

Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - Little Lawrence

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Little Lawence:Jelly Roll Morton

YouTube video by Resurgam1901

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January 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Day 10
A song about society or politics

Under unjust regimes, empathy and basic respect are subversive.

The Blind Willie Johnson standard:

Lee Ann Womack & Fisk Jubilee Singers - Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right

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Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right

YouTube video by The Fisk Jubilee Singers - Topic

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January 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM

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Sherrilyn Ifill

@sifill.bsky.social

The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d

if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.

everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.

#ICE is LITERALLY in every corner of the Twin Cities right now. In case you don't know, here are the areas with the confirmed sightings as of 1/9/26 at 11:00pm:
- Apple Valley/Burnsville/Eagan
- Richfield/Bloomington
- Midway/Frogtown
- Como/Dale
- East side/Maplewood
- North Minneapolis
- Shoreview Arden Hills
- Blaine
- Columbia Heights
- Shakopee/Prior Lake
- Inver Grove Heights
- West St. Paul
- South Saint Paul
- Lakeville
- Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center
PLEASE stay safe! They are detaining and harassing US citizens so if you can help it, STAY HOME!

ICE is currently raiding an apartment complex near my home in Savage. Lots of children screaming. This is completely unnecessary. I'm certain these people being terrorized are hard working, law abiding individuals.

&S!#%
&S!#%
My brother's construction site was raided by ICE this
morning and 6 people were taken (they came after he left to a new site so he didn't get taken, but some of the crew did). MN companies need to do a better job at protecting their employees. They know ICE is present visibily in the Twin Cities so they need to not send their employees to work until ICE ain't roaming the streets!!
&$!#%
&S!#%

Ice is on 24th right by the resource center just started beating on someone for being under a blanket @highlight
And if you question me saying this I witnessed it with my own eyes!
They headed Southeast. White Jeep wagoneer grayish blue I think Toyota minivan

January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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Jennifer

@jen229.bsky.social

#JazzInJanuary
#MusicChallenge
Mingus Big Band, “Moanin’ Mambo”

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Mingus Big Band- Moanin' Mambo

YouTube video by JokingCarl

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January 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM

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herealexhere

@herealexhere.bsky.social

#JazzInJanuary

Sons of Kemet - My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu

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My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu

YouTube video by Sons of Kemet - Topic

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January 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM

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Rebecca Solnit

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Unlike Trump, the oil execs realize Trump will not be in power forever and his guarantee likely won't get them very far. Also the facial expressions here are telling and weird.

Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 1d

Trump promises oil executives 'total safety, total security' if they invest in Venezuela

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Energy Secretary Chris Wright attended Friday's meeting at the White House with Trump, alongside executives from Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas and Repsol.

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January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#NewMusicChallenge
#JazzInJanuary
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶

Day 10
A perfect song for headphones

Are you up for something celestial?

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises [Full Album]

YouTube video by Luaka Bop

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January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#NewMusicChallenge
#JazzInJanuary

Tania Maria - Funky Tamborim

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TANIA MARIA - "Funky Tamborim" (live)

YouTube video by Martins F.

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January 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶

Day 9
A song everyone should hear at least once

Howard Gospel Choir - Lift Every Voice And Sing

History of Black National Anthem and lyrics in comments

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Howard Gospel Choir - "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

YouTube video by Howardgospelchoir

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January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM

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Kenneth Eisenberger

@earsgato.bsky.social

#JazzInJanuary
Song 8
Shirley Horn
Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
Written by Al Byron & Woody Harris
Produced by Johnny Pate
1965 ABC- Paramount
The last album released in the 1960s by the jazz legend before retiring to raise her family.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpvL0kULLhc

Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues

YouTube video by Shirley Horn - Topic

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January 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#NewMusicChallenge
#JazzInJanuary

A pilgrimage to NOLA

Winton Marsalis Septet - Oh But On The Third Day

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Oh But On The Third Day (The New Orleans Function) - Wynton Marsalis Septet at Dizzy's Club 2013

YouTube video by Wynton Marsalis

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January 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶

Day 8
A perfect song for late night
listening

Quba means dome in Arabic

Büşra Kayikçi - Quba

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Büşra Kayıkçı – Quba (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Warner Classics

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January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."

January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

A rare film that draws you into layer upon layer long after it’s done. Unhurried, unvarnished, engaging you with a guy whose love for art doesn’t love him back enough to pay the bills.
Painful hilarity ensues when he finds loving art is the only thing he’s good at.

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"The Mastermind" is Pretty Much a Masterpiece

Director Kelly Reichardt explores the aftermath of an art heist gone horribly wrong in Massachusetts in 1970. Spoilers: Loosely based on the Worcester, MA Art Heist of 1972.

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January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge
#NewMusicChallenge
#JazzInJanuary

Cameron Graves - The Life Carriers

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Cameron Graves - The Life Carriers

YouTube video by Mack Avenue

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January 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM

Carol Ivanić

@mayfieldpath.bsky.social

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶

Day 7
A song with minimal instrumentation

The Fisk Jubilee Singers - Poor Man Lazarus

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