Nina Jo Smith
@njsmith.bsky.social
Songwriter. Poet.
“In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.”
- Bertolt Brecht
“In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.”
- Bertolt Brecht
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Nina Jo Smith
@njsmith.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I don’t know how to tell you this, but being anti-immigrant is anti-American.
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The people are not happy with the abuse of our immigrant neighbors and more. Our economy needs immigrants. And immigrants are people. Treat them as such. Request for asylum is legal and violating it is a misdemeanor, nothing more.
Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025 truthout.org/articles/ant...
Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025
In Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and beyond, grassroots resistance to ICE is growing.
truthout.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The people are not happy with the abuse of our immigrant neighbors and more. Our economy needs immigrants. And immigrants are people. Treat them as such. Request for asylum is legal and violating it is a misdemeanor, nothing more.
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He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
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Dems need to get on this right away. These places have been subject to regular inspection. Tell Walz to stop apologizing. Don’t let this narrative spin out of control.
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Dems need to get on this right away. These places have been subject to regular inspection. Tell Walz to stop apologizing. Don’t let this narrative spin out of control.
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
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All of this.
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All of this.
Somebody in Philly, please take her under your wing, help her get her GED and put her through business school. Or law school.
A bank’s ‘racist and overzealous’ fraud investigator ruined a Pa. car dealership, lawsuit says
M&T Bank ultimately found no fraud in its investigation of Tianna Williams. But the Lehigh Valley dealership owner says her business was still ruined.
www.inquirer.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Somebody in Philly, please take her under your wing, help her get her GED and put her through business school. Or law school.
They’re doing more to help than politicians.
US faith leaders supporting targeted immigrants brace for a tough year ahead
Faith leaders across the United States face challenges as they support anxious immigrants. Haitians, Afghans, and Somali Americans fear policy changes under the Trump administration.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
They’re doing more to help than politicians.
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As Governor, Tim Walz DISCOVERED billions in fraud and prosecuted it.
Republicans want him recalled.
As a business owner, Rick Scott COMMITTED billions in fraud and was prosecuted for it.
Republicans elected him Governor.
No, you aren't crazy. Republicans are.
Republicans want him recalled.
As a business owner, Rick Scott COMMITTED billions in fraud and was prosecuted for it.
Republicans elected him Governor.
No, you aren't crazy. Republicans are.
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As Governor, Tim Walz DISCOVERED billions in fraud and prosecuted it.
Republicans want him recalled.
As a business owner, Rick Scott COMMITTED billions in fraud and was prosecuted for it.
Republicans elected him Governor.
No, you aren't crazy. Republicans are.
Republicans want him recalled.
As a business owner, Rick Scott COMMITTED billions in fraud and was prosecuted for it.
Republicans elected him Governor.
No, you aren't crazy. Republicans are.
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I was in my early teens in the aftermath of Prop 187 in California. For roughly three quarters of my life I’ve seen Republicans demonize people who look like me, so I’ll be damned if I’m going to let some white leftists try to tell me that Democrats are the same as Republicans on immigration.
December 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I was in my early teens in the aftermath of Prop 187 in California. For roughly three quarters of my life I’ve seen Republicans demonize people who look like me, so I’ll be damned if I’m going to let some white leftists try to tell me that Democrats are the same as Republicans on immigration.
Artists are not having it.
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating,” he said in an email.
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Artists are not having it.
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The MAGA regime has now launched drone strikes on Venezuelan soil.
This is yet another dangerous criminal action taken by these deranged war-hungry fascists.
This is yet another dangerous criminal action taken by these deranged war-hungry fascists.
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The MAGA regime has now launched drone strikes on Venezuelan soil.
This is yet another dangerous criminal action taken by these deranged war-hungry fascists.
This is yet another dangerous criminal action taken by these deranged war-hungry fascists.
This is the way.
If enough of us cook black eyed peas, 2026 can’t hurt us right
I made the mistake of not eating black eyed peas for the new year this year, and I am not making that mistake again
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is the way.
I have questions.
More: the Ballroom would sit on the 2nd floor of a new 2-story bldg, with a multi-level passageway connecting it to the president’s primary residence. It also features monumental stairs, guest suites, executive offices, & a new visitor entrance to the White House w/ expanded interpretive areas.
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I have questions.
Trump voters.
i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Trump voters.
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I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.
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It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
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TIL Japan built the bullet train before California built the 5 freeway.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
December 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
TIL Japan built the bullet train before California built the 5 freeway.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
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Please share this far and wide. On and off line. Together we can get them to and past this goal. Together.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Please share this far and wide. On and off line. Together we can get them to and past this goal. Together.
donorbox.org/palmetto-sta...
donorbox.org/palmetto-sta...
Corndog!
December 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Corndog!
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TIKTOKER SHOT BY ICE HAS INDICTMENT THROWN OUT
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot in the elbow by ICE during an immigration arrest in October.
A judge tossed the indictment after finding the government violated his constitutional rights, and it looks intentional.
1/2
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot in the elbow by ICE during an immigration arrest in October.
A judge tossed the indictment after finding the government violated his constitutional rights, and it looks intentional.
1/2
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
TIKTOKER SHOT BY ICE HAS INDICTMENT THROWN OUT
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot in the elbow by ICE during an immigration arrest in October.
A judge tossed the indictment after finding the government violated his constitutional rights, and it looks intentional.
1/2
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot in the elbow by ICE during an immigration arrest in October.
A judge tossed the indictment after finding the government violated his constitutional rights, and it looks intentional.
1/2
Something good. Too good for its own good, it seems. Nice reporting.
Ube is in high demand. Philippine farmers are struggling to keep up.
The world’s new hunger for ube, the Philippine purple yam, it is starting to strain the people who farm it.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Something good. Too good for its own good, it seems. Nice reporting.
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I like this, good context.
December 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I like this, good context.
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It’s not “patriotic” to bail out Argentina while Americans are struggling, to build a ballroom while cutting SNAP benefits, or to pad your own pockets while claiming “affordability” is a hoax.
December 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s not “patriotic” to bail out Argentina while Americans are struggling, to build a ballroom while cutting SNAP benefits, or to pad your own pockets while claiming “affordability” is a hoax.
December 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A little comic relief.
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A little comic relief.