Kara
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It's a lot right now so here are some constructive things you can do:
Save timestamped posts with facts (see @chrisgeidner.bsky.social)
Donate to MN support groups www.ilcm.org
Donate to @runforsomething.net
Call your reps. Call volume matters.
AND THEN GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE DAY
Save timestamped posts with facts (see @chrisgeidner.bsky.social)
Donate to MN support groups www.ilcm.org
Donate to @runforsomething.net
Call your reps. Call volume matters.
AND THEN GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE DAY
Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
www.ilcm.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It's a lot right now so here are some constructive things you can do:
Save timestamped posts with facts (see @chrisgeidner.bsky.social)
Donate to MN support groups www.ilcm.org
Donate to @runforsomething.net
Call your reps. Call volume matters.
AND THEN GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE DAY
Save timestamped posts with facts (see @chrisgeidner.bsky.social)
Donate to MN support groups www.ilcm.org
Donate to @runforsomething.net
Call your reps. Call volume matters.
AND THEN GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE DAY
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ICE has committed an unspeakable act of violence today, shooting and killing a woman in South Minneapolis.
These masked agents are out of control and creating real chaos in our state. ICE must leave Minnesota immediately - before more people are hurt.
These masked agents are out of control and creating real chaos in our state. ICE must leave Minnesota immediately - before more people are hurt.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
ICE has committed an unspeakable act of violence today, shooting and killing a woman in South Minneapolis.
These masked agents are out of control and creating real chaos in our state. ICE must leave Minnesota immediately - before more people are hurt.
These masked agents are out of control and creating real chaos in our state. ICE must leave Minnesota immediately - before more people are hurt.
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Dear neighbor,
Please take precautions. Our neighbors are waking up to a ton of immigration enforcement across our communities and neighborhoods. Families are being separated. Please be safe.
We need folks to patrol our neighborhoods, give rides to neighbors, and to keep an eye out. 1/
Please take precautions. Our neighbors are waking up to a ton of immigration enforcement across our communities and neighborhoods. Families are being separated. Please be safe.
We need folks to patrol our neighborhoods, give rides to neighbors, and to keep an eye out. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Dear neighbor,
Please take precautions. Our neighbors are waking up to a ton of immigration enforcement across our communities and neighborhoods. Families are being separated. Please be safe.
We need folks to patrol our neighborhoods, give rides to neighbors, and to keep an eye out. 1/
Please take precautions. Our neighbors are waking up to a ton of immigration enforcement across our communities and neighborhoods. Families are being separated. Please be safe.
We need folks to patrol our neighborhoods, give rides to neighbors, and to keep an eye out. 1/
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NIH funded this work—reflecting a surge in Alzheimer’s funding over the last 10-12 years. NIH is the primary funder for AD research.
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
NIH funded this work—reflecting a surge in Alzheimer’s funding over the last 10-12 years. NIH is the primary funder for AD research.
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163 years ago in Mankato, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history.
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dakota riders return home to Minnesota via horseback, honoring legacy of Dakota 38
Dakota riders completed a journey of hundreds of miles to honor the 38 Dakota men executed in 1862 — the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The annual rides ending in Mankato serve as a poignant ...
www.mprnews.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
163 years ago in Mankato, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history.
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Facts: The universal hepatitis B birth dose has prevented more than 500,000 childhood infections, reduced infant hepatitis B cases by 95%, and prevented an estimated 90,100 childhood deaths (NFID).
RJK is the opposite of "Do No Harm"
RJK is the opposite of "Do No Harm"
CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.
The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot, saying it’s unnecessary when the mother tests negative.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Facts: The universal hepatitis B birth dose has prevented more than 500,000 childhood infections, reduced infant hepatitis B cases by 95%, and prevented an estimated 90,100 childhood deaths (NFID).
RJK is the opposite of "Do No Harm"
RJK is the opposite of "Do No Harm"
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
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Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Speaker Johnson, why won't you swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva?
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Speaker Johnson, why won't you swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva?
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“I honestly feel in that group of people where I will probably drop health insurance”
What kind of country do we live in that we can’t agree to help people like CHILDCARE PROVIDERS see their doctor?
What kind of country do we live in that we can’t agree to help people like CHILDCARE PROVIDERS see their doctor?
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“I honestly feel in that group of people where I will probably drop health insurance”
What kind of country do we live in that we can’t agree to help people like CHILDCARE PROVIDERS see their doctor?
What kind of country do we live in that we can’t agree to help people like CHILDCARE PROVIDERS see their doctor?
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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We haven’t expanded the size of the House since before the baby boom. 42 senators represent states with a combined population smaller than that of California’s.
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
The decline of representation in our representative democracy
The effort by Texas Republicans to wring five more GOP House seats from their state triggered a range of responses. For example: This doesn't seem like something that a party confident in its electora...
www.pbump.net
August 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We haven’t expanded the size of the House since before the baby boom. 42 senators represent states with a combined population smaller than that of California’s.
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
www.pbump.net/o/the-declin...
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Unbelievable. Just days after the tragic flooding in Texas, NOAA is demanding that public TV stations remove equipment from towers that is critical for these stations to send weather alerts. Trump’s ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives.
July 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Unbelievable. Just days after the tragic flooding in Texas, NOAA is demanding that public TV stations remove equipment from towers that is critical for these stations to send weather alerts. Trump’s ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives.
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I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
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Funny how the tax cuts for billionaires are permanent, but the ones for waiters and nurses come with an expiration date.
Tips untaxed until 2028.
Overtime break ends 2028.
But the rich? They got theirs forever.
This bill isn’t reform. It’s a heist.
Tips untaxed until 2028.
Overtime break ends 2028.
But the rich? They got theirs forever.
This bill isn’t reform. It’s a heist.
July 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Funny how the tax cuts for billionaires are permanent, but the ones for waiters and nurses come with an expiration date.
Tips untaxed until 2028.
Overtime break ends 2028.
But the rich? They got theirs forever.
This bill isn’t reform. It’s a heist.
Tips untaxed until 2028.
Overtime break ends 2028.
But the rich? They got theirs forever.
This bill isn’t reform. It’s a heist.
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The basic point here is, what Lee is saying is not true, but even if it were, who cares? Whether the assailant is a Marxist or Democrat doesn’t make the act less worthy of condemnation. More on moral disengagement in this post, from
my Substack course open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
my Substack course open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Class 37. This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Moral Disengagement.
How to identify the "moral off-ramps" that enable people to rationalize problematic beliefs and behavior.
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The basic point here is, what Lee is saying is not true, but even if it were, who cares? Whether the assailant is a Marxist or Democrat doesn’t make the act less worthy of condemnation. More on moral disengagement in this post, from
my Substack course open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
my Substack course open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.
June 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.
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Very important apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Very important apnews.com/article/nih-...
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Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
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There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
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The National Science Foundation is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. The funding decreases touch virtually every area of science — extending far beyond the diversity programs that the Trump administration says it wants to cut.
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The National Science Foundation is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. The funding decreases touch virtually every area of science — extending far beyond the diversity programs that the Trump administration says it wants to cut.
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Musk and SpaceX are among the biggest winners in Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon, reshaping federal space spending to funnel billions of dollars in new business directly to him.
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Musk and SpaceX are among the biggest winners in Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon, reshaping federal space spending to funnel billions of dollars in new business directly to him.