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We stand with Minnesota and echo the calls ringing out around our country to abolish ICE. No one should have to fear leaving their home. Reach out to your legislators encouraging them to pass our bills that will keep Georgians safe.
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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The research of Dr. Gladys West, who died Jan. 17 at 95, laid the groundwork for the GPS.

Thanks in part to her, anyone with a smartphone can navigate easily from one place to the next, without having to stop to ask for directions.
Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.
Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Federal immigration agents detained a 5-year-old prekindergartner named Liam Ramos this month. His classmates miss him, so they decided to write letters to the agents who took him. “Dear ICE,” one student wrote, “You are scaring schools, people and the world.”
Opinion | ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say.
Letters from students living in fear.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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oh shit we got hennepin hannah
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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I Really Don't Care- Do U?
If you don't like being in crowded theaters, today is your lucky day.
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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The fact that they’re using facial recognition to blacklist people, while wearing masks and committing crimes…. Well, kind of speaks for itself
January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Taxing the billionaires is…a start.
January 31, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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We are now in a full-blown constitutional crisis.

That’s why following the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I sent three separate letters demanding the dismissal of all charges, a congressional hearing, and a DOJ Inspector General investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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As a retired criminal justice professional, I want to remind everyone that—almost certainly—none of the vengeance investigations and prosecutions Trump and Bondi have coordinated will lead anywhere.

But 1) they'll terrorize their targets' lives, 2) eventually Trump will start using military courts.
January 30, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.

Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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On 1/30 we are shutting it down, and, on 1/31, we are gathering across the country to demand ICE Out of Everywhere, permanently!
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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MacKenzie Scott
March 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.”

RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!
February 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oh, Teen Vogue... I forgot how amazing you are!
This is a great piece.

"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I can't with this... who would get in the room with decision-makers? A billionaire or 30 million social media users?
I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.

I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
No offense, Mark, but you have influence and power most of us don’t. Why don’t you speak up to those in DC you have connections with? Actions speak louder than words as you well know.
January 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Look, if ever I accidentally and awkwardly moved my arm in a way that represented a Nazi salute, I would be bending over backwards and screaming from every mountaintop that I didn't mean it and it was unintentional. And I would be doing that immediately.

I don't see that happening...
January 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Welcome to the public domain, HALLELUJAH (1929), the first Hollywood studio film with an all-Black cast. This musical drama was selected for the National Film Registry in 2008. 🎞️

Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
January 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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December 31, 2024 at 8:42 PM
You can't convince me that the AI we, the unwashed masses, have access to isn't intentionally shit so we don't do anything about the AI the governments and corporations are using. There is no way they are dealing with this bullshit.
"Where there used to be a specific useful tool, there's now a generically useless thing that vaguely and incompetently mimics the general shape of the old tool." www.indignity.net/the-washingt...
The Washington Post burns its own archive
Indignity Vol. 4, No. 216
www.indignity.net
December 11, 2024 at 3:22 AM