Shani
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Delightful, delicious, delovely. 💙💙
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Of course Republicans think Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist.
He spent his career providing healthcare to US veterans.
Republicans hate healthcare and they hate veterans.
He spent his career providing healthcare to US veterans.
Republicans hate healthcare and they hate veterans.
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Of course Republicans think Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist.
He spent his career providing healthcare to US veterans.
Republicans hate healthcare and they hate veterans.
He spent his career providing healthcare to US veterans.
Republicans hate healthcare and they hate veterans.
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Lots of people are asking me why DOJ is leveraging the ICE deployment in Minnesota to obtain unreacted copies of the state's sensitive voter file data. I recently explained why this is the biggest legal story and may be the biggest political story of the year.
Watch and share.
Watch and share.
WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Lots of people are asking me why DOJ is leveraging the ICE deployment in Minnesota to obtain unreacted copies of the state's sensitive voter file data. I recently explained why this is the biggest legal story and may be the biggest political story of the year.
Watch and share.
Watch and share.
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Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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didn’t realise we were going to celebrate 250 years since the revolutionary war by doing it again
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
didn’t realise we were going to celebrate 250 years since the revolutionary war by doing it again
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We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions.
We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:00 AM
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions.
We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
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Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are.
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos | CNN Politics
The ongoing protests and images coming out of Minnesota have prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown as Americans grow alarmed by the ch...
www.cnn.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are.
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
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Read the caption and understand what is happening here in Minnesota.
Our local schools are empty, many are at 50% or 70% absenteeism, it’s like COVID except with zero resources to support families or students. Because the federal government keeps specifically targeting them with terror tactics.
Our local schools are empty, many are at 50% or 70% absenteeism, it’s like COVID except with zero resources to support families or students. Because the federal government keeps specifically targeting them with terror tactics.
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Read the caption and understand what is happening here in Minnesota.
Our local schools are empty, many are at 50% or 70% absenteeism, it’s like COVID except with zero resources to support families or students. Because the federal government keeps specifically targeting them with terror tactics.
Our local schools are empty, many are at 50% or 70% absenteeism, it’s like COVID except with zero resources to support families or students. Because the federal government keeps specifically targeting them with terror tactics.
TL;DR: George Washington went out of his way to keep his slaves even after Pennsylvania passed a law intended to gradually free them.
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Why was the slavery exhibit removed from the President’s House? A historian gives context.
Historian and author John Garrison Marks discusses George Washington's relationship with slavery in light of exhibits about it being removed from the President's House.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:31 AM
TL;DR: George Washington went out of his way to keep his slaves even after Pennsylvania passed a law intended to gradually free them.
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NEW: There's a bill in Massachusetts that'd do something really important — give a pathway out of prison to people, often women, who are in prison due to a crime they committed against their abuser.
Several states adopted a version of this very recently: OK, NY, GA. Can Massachuetts be next?
Several states adopted a version of this very recently: OK, NY, GA. Can Massachuetts be next?
Massachusetts Could Be the Next State to Give Abuse Survivors a Pathway Out of Prison - Bolts
The Massachusetts Survivors Act emulates recent resentencing reforms across the country that allow for reduced sentences for people with convictions related to their abuse.
boltsmag.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
NEW: There's a bill in Massachusetts that'd do something really important — give a pathway out of prison to people, often women, who are in prison due to a crime they committed against their abuser.
Several states adopted a version of this very recently: OK, NY, GA. Can Massachuetts be next?
Several states adopted a version of this very recently: OK, NY, GA. Can Massachuetts be next?
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A post-by-post dissection of the Nazi and neo-Nazi tropes used in U.S. government social media accounts. By @alibreland.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com.
The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
A post-by-post dissection of the Nazi and neo-Nazi tropes used in U.S. government social media accounts. By @alibreland.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com.
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Just one more disgusting Trumpy thing in a year of disgusting Trumpy things.
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The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Just one more disgusting Trumpy thing in a year of disgusting Trumpy things.
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Really would like even a single major newspaper or TV media outlet to lead with this when discussing everything related to Trump and Greenland.
Threatening allies is a violation of the NATO treaty. Which makes it a violation of federal law.
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
A TACO truck on every corner in Nuuk & Brussels
He should still be immediately impeached & removed for even threatening this stuff with our NATO allies.
A TACO truck on every corner in Nuuk & Brussels
He should still be immediately impeached & removed for even threatening this stuff with our NATO allies.
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Really would like even a single major newspaper or TV media outlet to lead with this when discussing everything related to Trump and Greenland.
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If Democrats aren’t whipping votes against ICE funding, and letting conservative members vote to pass it, it means the Democratic Party supports ICE funding.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
If Democrats aren’t whipping votes against ICE funding, and letting conservative members vote to pass it, it means the Democratic Party supports ICE funding.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
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Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
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Minneapolis General Strike solidarity actions have spread to at least 43 cities according to our strike tracking
Check our map here.
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Check our map here.
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MAP: Minneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 43 Cities Across U.S.
At least 43 cities plan to hold actions in solidarity with the Minneapolis General Strike
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January 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Minneapolis General Strike solidarity actions have spread to at least 43 cities according to our strike tracking
Check our map here.
paydayreport.com/minneap/
Check our map here.
paydayreport.com/minneap/
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It’s exhausting and so terribly destructive.
January 21, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It’s exhausting and so terribly destructive.
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Charged for their jail stays, people leaving Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County jail were saddled with debts that made re-entry almost impossible. Advocates fought for years, and in 2024, the county finally forgave $65 million in “pay-to-stay” fees.
This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt
After Dauphin County ended the practice of charging people while they’re detained in jail, Commissioner Justin Douglas pushed it to forgive more than $65 million in lodging fees.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Charged for their jail stays, people leaving Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County jail were saddled with debts that made re-entry almost impossible. Advocates fought for years, and in 2024, the county finally forgave $65 million in “pay-to-stay” fees.