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Adjunct Professor Electronic Technology
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
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ICE wants us to cower. The moment requires us to fight back! On January 23, all around the country we stand in strength, love and solidarity against ICE's campaign of violence and fear. #ICEOUT
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
ICE wants us to cower. The moment requires us to fight back! On January 23, all around the country we stand in strength, love and solidarity against ICE's campaign of violence and fear. #ICEOUT
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“When I say bush league, I mean bush league,” Joyce said. “We don’t do that as law enforcement officers.”
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
Cumberland County sheriff: ICE arrest of corrections officer was ‘bush league’
Kevin Joyce said the officer, who was detained Wednesday night in Portland by several agents, has a 'squeaky clean' record.
www.pressherald.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“When I say bush league, I mean bush league,” Joyce said. “We don’t do that as law enforcement officers.”
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
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The FBI agent who tried to investigate the ICE officer who shot Renee Good to death has resigned after the bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the killing. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The FBI agent who tried to investigate the ICE officer who shot Renee Good to death has resigned after the bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the killing. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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🗣️NO ICE IN OUR STREETS!
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🗣️NO ICE IN OUR STREETS!
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
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Ben Damberg protest volunteer: “None of us want to be doing this — I don’t, but we simply cannot stand by as other Minnesotans are being hurt — we will march, we will protest, & we will do it all peacefully above all else”
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Ben Damberg protest volunteer: “None of us want to be doing this — I don’t, but we simply cannot stand by as other Minnesotans are being hurt — we will march, we will protest, & we will do it all peacefully above all else”
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Congratulations to Russia and China.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Congratulations to Russia and China.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
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Mike Lawler: "The image of a 5-year-old being in any way detained is very bad"
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Mike Lawler: "The image of a 5-year-old being in any way detained is very bad"
Hahaha 😂😬🤭
January 24, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Hahaha 😂😬🤭
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“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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200+ UU colleagues are in #Minneapolis protesting ICE www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
The Day of Truth and Freedom: UU Clergy and Laypeople Join Multifaith March in Minneapolis Against ICE
Developing story: Follow UU World’s live updates, including dispatches from Minneapolis.
www.uuworld.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
200+ UU colleagues are in #Minneapolis protesting ICE www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
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Today, Minnesota is shutting down in solidarity.
It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas
It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Today, Minnesota is shutting down in solidarity.
It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas
It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas
Spectacular failure with incomprehensible consequences.
The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Spectacular failure with incomprehensible consequences.
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TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
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It’s so cold but there are tens of thousands of people out here
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It’s so cold but there are tens of thousands of people out here
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Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27.5M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27.5M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Marching in support of the MSP general strike this afternoon with my union, the AAUP/AFT.
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
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January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Marching in support of the MSP general strike this afternoon with my union, the AAUP/AFT.
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
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The renowned soprano Renée Fleming withdraws from two scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center, the latest of a cascade of artists and performances who have cut ties with the center since Trump took it over and put his own name on it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/a...
Renée Fleming Won’t Perform at Kennedy Center Concerts
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The renowned soprano Renée Fleming withdraws from two scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center, the latest of a cascade of artists and performances who have cut ties with the center since Trump took it over and put his own name on it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/a...
Opinion | This unlikely leader ended Trump — with gentlemanly clarity - The Washington Post
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Opinion | This unlikely leader ended Trump — with gentlemanly clarity — The Washington Post
Donald Trump offered a “golden dome.” Mark Carney provided a grand rebuke.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Opinion | This unlikely leader ended Trump — with gentlemanly clarity - The Washington Post
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I won a prize from the Harvard Shorenstein Center for my newsletter, Popular Information.
“Legum has built a model of journalism that combines meticulous investigative reporting with clear, accessible explanations of how power operates—and who benefits."
“Legum has built a model of journalism that combines meticulous investigative reporting with clear, accessible explanations of how power operates—and who benefits."
Judd Legum and Samantha Maldonado win Nyhan Prizes - The Shorenstein Center
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January 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I won a prize from the Harvard Shorenstein Center for my newsletter, Popular Information.
“Legum has built a model of journalism that combines meticulous investigative reporting with clear, accessible explanations of how power operates—and who benefits."
“Legum has built a model of journalism that combines meticulous investigative reporting with clear, accessible explanations of how power operates—and who benefits."
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Today, I signed the discharge petition on our bill to ban members of Congress, the VP, and President from trading stocks.
GOP leadership is trying to block any real progress — I’m fighting to end stock trading to show the American people we work for them, not our pocketbooks.
GOP leadership is trying to block any real progress — I’m fighting to end stock trading to show the American people we work for them, not our pocketbooks.
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Today, I signed the discharge petition on our bill to ban members of Congress, the VP, and President from trading stocks.
GOP leadership is trying to block any real progress — I’m fighting to end stock trading to show the American people we work for them, not our pocketbooks.
GOP leadership is trying to block any real progress — I’m fighting to end stock trading to show the American people we work for them, not our pocketbooks.
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Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw