Midge
@mmk007.bsky.social
Public health educator, professor. Science and diversity are our STRENGTHS! Equity and inclusion make the world bright. I will not give into the lies or the fear. My Feb 26 resolution is to post HOPE! We must keep up the HOPE!!! 💕⚖️🦋🐶 🪴🌎🌈
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
If you have not seen this, it’s a must. It’s a clear example of how the racist rhetoric that we saw on full display from Trump‘s now deleted social media post today about the Obama‘s- is playing out with actions and violence towards US citizens. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI.
If you have not seen this, it’s a must. It’s a clear example of how the racist rhetoric that we saw on full display from Trump‘s now deleted social media post today about the Obama‘s- is playing out with actions and violence towards US citizens. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI.
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 11:40 PM
If you have not seen this, it’s a must. It’s a clear example of how the racist rhetoric that we saw on full display from Trump‘s now deleted social media post today about the Obama‘s- is playing out with actions and violence towards US citizens. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI.
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WAKE UP! This is a White Christian nationalist coup (continuation of Jan 6) reshaping our judiciary & government to then reshape American culture. The goal? A Christian version of Saudi Arabia, where religious extremism merges with corporate power to control policy, wealth, and society
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
WAKE UP! This is a White Christian nationalist coup (continuation of Jan 6) reshaping our judiciary & government to then reshape American culture. The goal? A Christian version of Saudi Arabia, where religious extremism merges with corporate power to control policy, wealth, and society
Dr. Osterholm….”I could never have imagined “public health leaders” saying things about vaccines…beyond reproach. To hear a senior official casually state that the US is losing its measles elimination status is because of the cost of doing business pains me”
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Episode 201: The Twilight Zone of Immunization
Podcast Episode · Osterholm Update · 01/29/2026 · 1 sec
podcasts.apple.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Dr. Osterholm….”I could never have imagined “public health leaders” saying things about vaccines…beyond reproach. To hear a senior official casually state that the US is losing its measles elimination status is because of the cost of doing business pains me”
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Facebook launched 22 years ago this week.
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping at least $65 million into super PACs to stifle regulation of AI and tech.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping at least $65 million into super PACs to stifle regulation of AI and tech.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Facebook launched 22 years ago this week.
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping at least $65 million into super PACs to stifle regulation of AI and tech.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping at least $65 million into super PACs to stifle regulation of AI and tech.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
There is NO civil defense for this garbage right now. None. apnews.com/article/trum....
Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it
A racist post on President Donald Trump's social media account depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been taken down.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
There is NO civil defense for this garbage right now. None. apnews.com/article/trum....
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They don't own us 💥
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
They don't own us 💥
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American workers just took home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar.
Why? This chart has the answer.
Why? This chart has the answer.
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
American workers just took home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar.
Why? This chart has the answer.
Why? This chart has the answer.
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@janetmillsforme.bsky.social: "Kristi Noem needs to go”
After DHS failed to fully disclose the 206 people arrested in Maine during an ICE surge, Maine Governor Janet Mills is demanding the full list of detainees and calling for a complete overhaul of the agency. She joins The Weeknight to respond.
After DHS failed to fully disclose the 206 people arrested in Maine during an ICE surge, Maine Governor Janet Mills is demanding the full list of detainees and calling for a complete overhaul of the agency. She joins The Weeknight to respond.
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social: "Kristi Noem needs to go”
After DHS failed to fully disclose the 206 people arrested in Maine during an ICE surge, Maine Governor Janet Mills is demanding the full list of detainees and calling for a complete overhaul of the agency. She joins The Weeknight to respond.
After DHS failed to fully disclose the 206 people arrested in Maine during an ICE surge, Maine Governor Janet Mills is demanding the full list of detainees and calling for a complete overhaul of the agency. She joins The Weeknight to respond.
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Dr Michael Osterholm, regarding the US pull out of WHO, “ we are in big trouble on a global public health basis”. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o....
Episode 201: The Twilight Zone of Immunization
Podcast Episode · Osterholm Update · 01/29/2026 · 1 sec
podcasts.apple.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Dr Michael Osterholm, regarding the US pull out of WHO, “ we are in big trouble on a global public health basis”. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o....
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MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
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www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Trump administration was dealt another setback Thursday in its effort to use taxpayer information to track down undocumented immigrants, as a second federal judge ordered the IRS to stop sharing residential addresses with #ICE
The Trump administration was dealt another setback Thursday in its effort to use taxpayer information to track down undocumented immigrants, as a second federal judge ordered the IRS to stop sharing residential addresses with #ICE
Second judge blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani cited concerns including violations of privacy laws and the possible arrest of misidentified U.S. citizens.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Trump administration was dealt another setback Thursday in its effort to use taxpayer information to track down undocumented immigrants, as a second federal judge ordered the IRS to stop sharing residential addresses with #ICE
The Trump administration was dealt another setback Thursday in its effort to use taxpayer information to track down undocumented immigrants, as a second federal judge ordered the IRS to stop sharing residential addresses with #ICE
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Measles cases are rising.
A newborn baby died from listeria infection. The mother drank raw milk. Listeria can cause miscarriages & still births.
Pasteurization was invented for a reason.
Misinformation is expensive.
MAHA is making us sicker.
#ImpeachRFKJr
🧪 www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/new...
A newborn baby died from listeria infection. The mother drank raw milk. Listeria can cause miscarriages & still births.
Pasteurization was invented for a reason.
Misinformation is expensive.
MAHA is making us sicker.
#ImpeachRFKJr
🧪 www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/new...
New Mexico warns against drinking raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
The New Mexico Department of Health said officials believe the baby contracted listeria after their mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.
www.cbsnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Measles cases are rising.
A newborn baby died from listeria infection. The mother drank raw milk. Listeria can cause miscarriages & still births.
Pasteurization was invented for a reason.
Misinformation is expensive.
MAHA is making us sicker.
#ImpeachRFKJr
🧪 www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/new...
A newborn baby died from listeria infection. The mother drank raw milk. Listeria can cause miscarriages & still births.
Pasteurization was invented for a reason.
Misinformation is expensive.
MAHA is making us sicker.
#ImpeachRFKJr
🧪 www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/new...
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Homan just announced a draw down of 700 agents in Mn. What about the other 2300? And for those of you outside MN-wake up! That means 700 more agents could be coming to your area! We are just a training ground. @governorwalz.mn.gov
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Homan just announced a draw down of 700 agents in Mn. What about the other 2300? And for those of you outside MN-wake up! That means 700 more agents could be coming to your area! We are just a training ground. @governorwalz.mn.gov
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According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
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February 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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One (I'm sure of many) that was missed...
The ICE killer is still unnamed 😡
The ICE killer is still unnamed 😡
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
One (I'm sure of many) that was missed...
The ICE killer is still unnamed 😡
The ICE killer is still unnamed 😡
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This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...