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lighting a candle with another candle does nothing to diminish the flame of the first candle
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lighting a candle with another candle does nothing to diminish the flame of the first candle
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Had this one
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Had this one
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Check out Community Movement Builders community sea moss cooperative Communityseamoss.com. Buy on line, help us get into stores. Community Sea Moss helps us develop resources for the community and the organization and it promotes good health for us all. Please spread
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Check out Community Movement Builders community sea moss cooperative Communityseamoss.com. Buy on line, help us get into stores. Community Sea Moss helps us develop resources for the community and the organization and it promotes good health for us all. Please spread
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"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
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THREAD. This can be an important educational moment for progressive people who don't work in or study the punishment bureaucracy. Having spent 20 years in it--and just publishing a book on exactly this topic--I can say that reality works in the opposite way that Jamelle assumes.
maybe an unpopular position on this website but i think the moderate dem focus on ICE training can be, with political pressure, the pathway to more fundamental reforms. rhetorically it is not too hard to move from “more training” to “turns out they’re untrainable and we have to start all over.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 AM
THREAD. This can be an important educational moment for progressive people who don't work in or study the punishment bureaucracy. Having spent 20 years in it--and just publishing a book on exactly this topic--I can say that reality works in the opposite way that Jamelle assumes.
Cops don’t prosecute cops. True under every administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday.
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Cops don’t prosecute cops. True under every administration
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Imagine Biden's administration being half this tough
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Imagine Biden's administration being half this tough
Looks like they’ve been hitting the booze again @rifftrax.com
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Looks like they’ve been hitting the booze again @rifftrax.com
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This is pathetic. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is pathetic. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE.
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Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86.
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer on a Montgomery bus, dies at 86
Nine months before Rosa Parks made history, Ms. Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus. She became a star witness in a civil rights case.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86.
Cool looking squirrel
Squirrels 2026 #1
The first Squirrel of the year. Many more to come!
#photography #eichhörnchen #squirrel #squirrelspotting #sqrlpix #summer #balcony #nature #naturephotography
foto.bibra-medien.de...
The first Squirrel of the year. Many more to come!
#photography #eichhörnchen #squirrel #squirrelspotting #sqrlpix #summer #balcony #nature #naturephotography
foto.bibra-medien.de...
January 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Cool looking squirrel
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What with the nazi invasion of our town and all, I forgot about this fun thing happening in San Francisco next week:
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
What with the nazi invasion of our town and all, I forgot about this fun thing happening in San Francisco next week:
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
Janet Varney, @hodgman.bsky.social, @frankconniff.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton and me doing funny riffs on some weird short films!
Nature remains undefeated
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Nature remains undefeated
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
Had this one
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Had this one
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“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat
WALPOLE, NH—Revealing that the series would force Americans to rethink everything they thought they knew about the “cute little fuzzball,” filmmaker Ken Burns announced Friday the release of Mr. Biscu...
theonion.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
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Respectfully Congresswoman, what's the plan for this? Once the Articles are drafted, how will the case for this be made? Are you all going to do shadow hearings? Will you host people's tribunals in your districts? Political Ed sessions about abolishing ICE? Please share the concrete plans.
Kristi Noem must be impeached.
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Respectfully Congresswoman, what's the plan for this? Once the Articles are drafted, how will the case for this be made? Are you all going to do shadow hearings? Will you host people's tribunals in your districts? Political Ed sessions about abolishing ICE? Please share the concrete plans.
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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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you could see the panic; it was like when a new worker shows up at a job and starts actually doing it, exposing everyone who had just been sitting around
Mamdani just won by promising concrete measures to improve people’s lives but nah
January 13, 2026 at 11:19 AM
you could see the panic; it was like when a new worker shows up at a job and starts actually doing it, exposing everyone who had just been sitting around
Don’t even ask if I’m gonna help the team and work Martin Luther King day. I’m Black
January 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Don’t even ask if I’m gonna help the team and work Martin Luther King day. I’m Black
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"America’s problems are solved problems. Universal healthcare is not some utopian fantasy. It is Tuesday in Toronto. Affordable higher education is not an impossible dream. It is Wednesday in Berlin," writes @adambonica.bsky.social. Great piece. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"America’s problems are solved problems. Universal healthcare is not some utopian fantasy. It is Tuesday in Toronto. Affordable higher education is not an impossible dream. It is Wednesday in Berlin," writes @adambonica.bsky.social. Great piece. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
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The storm of heart sometimes reflects here
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper
Medium oil
Original for sale
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper
Medium oil
Original for sale
January 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The storm of heart sometimes reflects here
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper
Medium oil
Original for sale
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper
Medium oil
Original for sale
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We will cross difficulties
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
We will cross difficulties
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.
Size 17 by 13 inch on paper.