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In @newrepublic.com, @nancyokail.bsky.social and @sinatoossi.bsky.social warn that U.S. military intervention in Iran would accelerate the erosion of international law and risk normalizing war as a substitute for politics.
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Military Intervention Will Not Liberate the Iranian People
Iranians are once again caught between their own brutal regime and the U.S. war machine. There has to be a better way forward.
newrepublic.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
In @newrepublic.com, @nancyokail.bsky.social and @sinatoossi.bsky.social warn that U.S. military intervention in Iran would accelerate the erosion of international law and risk normalizing war as a substitute for politics.
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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“Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.”
#LoveThyNeighbor
#LoveThyNeighbor
'We had whistles. They had guns,' says wife of Minnesota woman killed by ICE agent
The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and descri...
www.pbs.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
“Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.”
#LoveThyNeighbor
#LoveThyNeighbor
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Nurses show up in our darkest moments. 9/11. The pandemic. Every illness and emergency. Their worth is not negotiable. Fair pay, safe conditions, dignity now. NYC stands with nurses and demands good faith bargaining for justice and care for all.
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Nurses show up in our darkest moments. 9/11. The pandemic. Every illness and emergency. Their worth is not negotiable. Fair pay, safe conditions, dignity now. NYC stands with nurses and demands good faith bargaining for justice and care for all.
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Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
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NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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Agree w Garrett, w this footnote:
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Agree w Garrett, w this footnote:
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
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Members of Congress have the right to visit ICE facilities unannounced — it's their job and their constitutional responsibility.
ICE can’t hide their cruelty and mistreatment of immigrants just because they want to.
ICE can’t hide their cruelty and mistreatment of immigrants just because they want to.
Reps. Omar, Morrison, Craig denied entry at ICE detention facility
The Minnesota congresswomen attempted to tour Whipple Federal Building. DHS says requests to visit are needed seven days in advance.
www.startribune.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Members of Congress have the right to visit ICE facilities unannounced — it's their job and their constitutional responsibility.
ICE can’t hide their cruelty and mistreatment of immigrants just because they want to.
ICE can’t hide their cruelty and mistreatment of immigrants just because they want to.
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Trump's EPA says it will stop calculating the public health value of air pollution regulations, instead solely focusing on costs to Big Business.
Like the rest of his deregulatory agenda, it's a gift for corporate donors and a disaster for the rest of us.
Like the rest of his deregulatory agenda, it's a gift for corporate donors and a disaster for the rest of us.
Who Wins in Trump’s Deregulation Spree?
Protecting us from financial predators. Keeping our air and water clean. Making sure our food won’t make us sick.Regulat
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January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trump's EPA says it will stop calculating the public health value of air pollution regulations, instead solely focusing on costs to Big Business.
Like the rest of his deregulatory agenda, it's a gift for corporate donors and a disaster for the rest of us.
Like the rest of his deregulatory agenda, it's a gift for corporate donors and a disaster for the rest of us.
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☢️ ☢️ ☢️ Let's pay attention!
"These are special alarms that are at the entrances to landfills; they go off when the truckload exceeds a certain amount of radioactivity. In 2023, alarms at landfills in Pennsylvania went off more than 500 times because of oil and gas waste."
From @kiley.bsky.social
"These are special alarms that are at the entrances to landfills; they go off when the truckload exceeds a certain amount of radioactivity. In 2023, alarms at landfills in Pennsylvania went off more than 500 times because of oil and gas waste."
From @kiley.bsky.social
Takeaways from frack waste investigation in Pennsylvania
Inside Climate News found lax state oversight of solid waste from gas drilling, despite new findings that it's more radioactive than previously thought.
www.alleghenyfront.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
☢️ ☢️ ☢️ Let's pay attention!
"These are special alarms that are at the entrances to landfills; they go off when the truckload exceeds a certain amount of radioactivity. In 2023, alarms at landfills in Pennsylvania went off more than 500 times because of oil and gas waste."
From @kiley.bsky.social
"These are special alarms that are at the entrances to landfills; they go off when the truckload exceeds a certain amount of radioactivity. In 2023, alarms at landfills in Pennsylvania went off more than 500 times because of oil and gas waste."
From @kiley.bsky.social
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New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
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Here at the NYS capital outsider Gov Hochul’s State of the State address. I’ll be speaking at a press conference in a minute. But right now I’m a banner holder. Great for traps, biceps, and lats. It’s a role we should all cycle in and out of. Also: #EndFossilFuels! I mean c’mon it’s 2026.
January 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Here at the NYS capital outsider Gov Hochul’s State of the State address. I’ll be speaking at a press conference in a minute. But right now I’m a banner holder. Great for traps, biceps, and lats. It’s a role we should all cycle in and out of. Also: #EndFossilFuels! I mean c’mon it’s 2026.
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Join us TOMORROW!
We'll be chatting with Mohamed Adow (@powershiftafrica.bsky.social), Fiona Harvey (@theguardian.com), and @billmckibben.bsky.social about what's in store for 2026... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll be chatting with Mohamed Adow (@powershiftafrica.bsky.social), Fiona Harvey (@theguardian.com), and @billmckibben.bsky.social about what's in store for 2026... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Join us TOMORROW!
We'll be chatting with Mohamed Adow (@powershiftafrica.bsky.social), Fiona Harvey (@theguardian.com), and @billmckibben.bsky.social about what's in store for 2026... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll be chatting with Mohamed Adow (@powershiftafrica.bsky.social), Fiona Harvey (@theguardian.com), and @billmckibben.bsky.social about what's in store for 2026... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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This is *the* thing no author can abide: An editor inserting a change **after** writer has seen "final proof" etc.
A late update in a breaking news story? Sure. But columns, reviews, features, magazine pieces... No.
Happened to me once. Refused to work with that editor ever again.
A late update in a breaking news story? Sure. But columns, reviews, features, magazine pieces... No.
Happened to me once. Refused to work with that editor ever again.
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is *the* thing no author can abide: An editor inserting a change **after** writer has seen "final proof" etc.
A late update in a breaking news story? Sure. But columns, reviews, features, magazine pieces... No.
Happened to me once. Refused to work with that editor ever again.
A late update in a breaking news story? Sure. But columns, reviews, features, magazine pieces... No.
Happened to me once. Refused to work with that editor ever again.
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Update: the early arrivals have arrived here in the Main Concourse outside the auditorium where Gov Kathy Hochul will be giving her State of the State #StandUpForClimate
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Update: the early arrivals have arrived here in the Main Concourse outside the auditorium where Gov Kathy Hochul will be giving her State of the State #StandUpForClimate
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From EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook: "Natural gas prices increase in our forecast because growth in demand—led by expanding liquefied natural gas exports and more natural gas consumption in the electric power sector—will outpace production growth." www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/ 🔌💡
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
From EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook: "Natural gas prices increase in our forecast because growth in demand—led by expanding liquefied natural gas exports and more natural gas consumption in the electric power sector—will outpace production growth." www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/ 🔌💡
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The U.N. has officially described Israeli rule in the West Bank as apartheid for the first time, citing systemic racial segregation.
UN Report: Palestinians Are Living Under Apartheid in the West Bank - Truthdig
In an extensive report, the Office of Human Rights for the first time describes Israeli policies as apartheid.
www.truthdig.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The U.N. has officially described Israeli rule in the West Bank as apartheid for the first time, citing systemic racial segregation.
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"Energy Secretary Chris Wright killed the Department of Energy’s decades-old radiation safety standard Friday, [ending] the department's use of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable—or "ALARA"—principle, which has long been a staple of nuclear regulation."
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E&E News: DOE kills radiation safety standard
The nuclear standard is based on a regulatory principle dating to the 1950s that there is no safe dose of radiation.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Energy Secretary Chris Wright killed the Department of Energy’s decades-old radiation safety standard Friday, [ending] the department's use of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable—or "ALARA"—principle, which has long been a staple of nuclear regulation."
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Israel's ban on NGOs in Gaza will have devastating effects on Gaza's population.
"But it cannot ban our struggle for justice or our innate human desire to help one another survive." Read more from AFSC's Yousef Aljamal for @aljazeera.com
"But it cannot ban our struggle for justice or our innate human desire to help one another survive." Read more from AFSC's Yousef Aljamal for @aljazeera.com
Israel’s ban on NGOs operating in Gaza will be devastating
But it will not extinguish its people’s drive to survive, rebuild and prosper.
www.aljazeera.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Israel's ban on NGOs in Gaza will have devastating effects on Gaza's population.
"But it cannot ban our struggle for justice or our innate human desire to help one another survive." Read more from AFSC's Yousef Aljamal for @aljazeera.com
"But it cannot ban our struggle for justice or our innate human desire to help one another survive." Read more from AFSC's Yousef Aljamal for @aljazeera.com
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Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
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These parsley workers appreciate a break from recent rains. They're out in the field and harvesting the parsley that we will enjoy in various meals. #WeFeedYou
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
These parsley workers appreciate a break from recent rains. They're out in the field and harvesting the parsley that we will enjoy in various meals. #WeFeedYou
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Every western country on earth is currently both (A) hollering about the need to free people from authoritarian governments and (B) gradually making it illegal to criticize the state of Israel.
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Every western country on earth is currently both (A) hollering about the need to free people from authoritarian governments and (B) gradually making it illegal to criticize the state of Israel.
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Corporate media are demanding that we ignore what we see and only listen to what they say.
State-Sanctioned Murder and the Media’s ‘Rorschach Test’ - Truthdig
Corporate media are demanding we ignore what we see in the Renee Good shooting video and only listen to what they say.
www.truthdig.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Corporate media are demanding that we ignore what we see and only listen to what they say.
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There is nothing - literally nothing - that will ever wash your shame away.
You are monsters, and you will always be monsters - and that's all you will be remembered for.
You are monsters, and you will always be monsters - and that's all you will be remembered for.
January 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM
There is nothing - literally nothing - that will ever wash your shame away.
You are monsters, and you will always be monsters - and that's all you will be remembered for.
You are monsters, and you will always be monsters - and that's all you will be remembered for.