we have somehow already arrived at "Platner derangement syndrome" and it is still four months until he stands in any election at all, anyone (including me) replying to this desperately needs to touch grass

NEW: Upticks in immigration enforcement are associated with increased minimum wage violations and more dangerous workplaces for ALL workers. Being pro-worker means being anti-ICE. @sarahlazare.bsky.social in @commondreams.org:

Now Warner Bros. is censoring wrestling to appease Trump. Welcome Brody King fans to the fight against media consolidation! (Hope those F-ICE chants get louder and louder!) cultaholic.com/posts/report...

So reporters: may be useful to contextualize today’s announcement to tomorrow’s vote on DHS funding. Feels important to make that point.

Fascism is founded upon misogyny.

When I hear people say that Trump hasn't accomplished much (an argument that comes from both the center and the left) it is mind-boggling. In one year they have destroyed the foundation of climate regulation, crippled the public health system, and brought immigration to a standstill.

We're highlighting reporting from @inthesetimes.com on the recent abduction of worker organizer and NewsGuild-CWA member, Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco. We ask that you please sign the petition demanding his release: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

I usually avoid sharing what feels like "inside baseball" political analysis here, but this merits an exception because of the stakes + scale involved. Zohran isn't "wrong" to endorse Hochul; he has no choice. But for primary voters to back Hochul would definitely be unwise. Let me explain why. 🧵

if you haven't listened to this yet, please do

People keep talking about how decentralized the resistance is in MN, and yes there is no singular figure, committee, or group coordinating all things. That's very different than there being no structures (plural), groups (plural), or leaders (plural) keeping things going and building things further.

"Silver gave In These Times a tour of more than 60 buttons documenting key moments in Minneapolis' radical history." "Part of having something in the realm of possibility is knowing that it has happened there before." #Minnesota #USA #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

The alt text here is poetry

“...we’re trying to build the scaffold for resisting ICE,” Sheigh Freeberg, of Local 17 says. ​“... it is awesome that the union gets to be the reason that [residents] get to stay safe.” @sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social on a key way of organizing against ICE.

Appreciate @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social description here of how cold it was in Minneapolis. You can't really understand how huge of a moral victory January 23 was until you realize how painful it was to be outside.

To understand the deep roots of the heroic resistance unfolding in Minnesota today, read this: georgetown.app.box.com/s/kxsmj8lkmp...

It is a shame and a scandal that Cook County States Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is not on this list. Call her office at 312-603-1880 to ask why, and why she is not fighting to prosecute the murderers of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez.

One down, 40,000 to go

always remember that everything they say is a lie

How you should feel is not the same question as how you should react.

Solidarity from Chicago. Our Mayor showed up to this. He’s called to abolish ICE.*

Target Center dunkers wear “ICE OUT” t-shirts

We call on Starbucks board member and Land O Lakes CEO Beth Ford to say the names of our murdered neighbors, to say the names of the agencies who murdered them in broad daylight. We can’t afford you trying to stay above the fray! Stand with us and say ICE out now!

It took a general strike for these CEOs to say anything at all. And their response is essentially “get back to work.”

Jes Seamans did the art! Items for sale at Landland online. They are raising money for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. @danblack.bsky.social landland.bigcartel.com/product/dont...

How do Democrats frame their arguments? For this piece, we interviewed a man who covered up a murder.

Nurses like Alex Pretti at the MN VA Hospital were represented by AFGE Local 3669. What is AFGE going to do about the blatantly false statement about Pretti issued today by its affiliate union, the National Border Patrol Council? If the NBPC won't disavow those lies, AFGE should disaffiliate them.

Hey @gluesenkampperez.house.gov who are you suggesting is doing this? "Law enforcement" has committed fully 2/3 of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Picked this up at Extreme Noise Records in Minneapolis this week, as good a slogan for the moment as any #DontTreadonMN

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

One day after hundreds of thousands took to the streets to remind us of our shared humanity, ICE murdered another innocent person in Minneapolis. We are praying for the victim and their loved ones. When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. ICE must be abolished.

It's worth noting that the killer this morning was not a freshly minted ICE officer but a veteran Border Patrol agent who has theoretically been through years of "training."

In Minneapolis I saw a vision for an alternative American ethos, which is love and also the willingness to fight to protect that love. Niceness, not weakness. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/hate-has-t...

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

"The structures that exist now—our unions and other organized groups that are fighting for immigrant justice, tenant rights, and a fair economy, as scattered and weak as they may be—are the vehicles we have to organize a fightback..." 🧵 1/4

www.iceoutnowmn.com inthesetimes.com/article/alex...

this year, do yourself a favor and elect a member of congress who does stuff like this, highly recommend 5/5 stars

I am introducing the Melt ICE Act to end funding for immigrant detention and monitoring. We have seen the danger in infusing resources into DHS’s abuses of power. Funding for ICE is fuel for human suffering. It’s time to start melting ICE.

not all heroes etc etc

Out today. Toxie heads to the White House.

This article is a joint publication of @inthesetimesmag and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social. You can see the Workday Magazine version here. workdaymagazine.org/we-are-facin...

this is a group of unions and community orgs who have walked their talk many times before inthesetimes.com/article/minn...

hmmm maybe @rahmemanuel.bsky.social could be president after all

We are ruled by 12 year olds, and their towering intellectuals are stoned 19 year olds having a dorm room debate

"Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good." @etoddbreland.bsky.social breaking down why corporations should pay more tax.

Don’t ever let any of these 30 alders (31 tbh) say they are for working people. Because they all chose to place the burden of this year’s budget on the backs of people too poor to pay off their own debts instead of making big corporations pay their fair share.

The Chicago City Council just punted again on passing a corporate head tax to help fill a $1.2b gap. Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵) inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

Wrote something in light of the ongoing conversations about the city budget in Chicago. We should demand that large corporations pay their fair share to support the public good! @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

in a moment of too many ascendant nationalisms, maybe what we need is some Midwestern Nationalism to defeat them all www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...