The survivors standing in front of the Capitol twice is why Rep. Thomas Massie & I were able to pass the Epstein Transparency Act. Tomorrow, Massie and I will go together to DOJ to see the unredacted files. We will not rest until the Epstein class is brought to justice.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Protesters are in the streets of Milan protesting ICE in their city! It’s unanimous: everybody hates ICE. #ICEout #FuckICE #ProudBlue #Italy #Olympics

"I am scared that girls are being redirected from the careers of their choosing and from positions of power within them, and that that loss is too great to quantify." msmagazine.com/2026/01/19/y...

Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.

Consumer confidence is now the lowest it has been since 2014, even lower than during the worst of the pandemic. This is true across all political affiliations.

I am in Milan. It’s work. I help with safety planning for big events. My take from in the room. VP Vance was heckled by the crowd when he appeared on screen. But I want to point out that the same crowd was loud and supportive when Team USA came out. It was lovely to hear. And quite a juxtaposition.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Thank you Janet Mills for pointing this out. Susan Collins likes to take credit for saving the #ACA but did she really? No. Mainers cannot afford the exorbitant, unsubsidized rates. #Maine #MEpolitics

Haven't seen this angle mentioned, but it's an extraordinary national security risk to have an anonymous "staffer" impersonating the president of the United States, posting racist memes, from his personal accounts, at 10 PM.

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. n.pr/46d74S3

Is there any way to have a US division of @theguardian.com to replace NYT and WaPo? I love the way they can take tips over paywall and we need a fresh start but still a strong institution for print journalism. I cannot subscribe to every individual Substack :(

This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

Look if I let myself start crying about all the women, especially women of color, that I saw pushed out of physics and astronomy by people who subscribe to sexist and racist views, I truly might never stop The things I saw and heard the grief feels enormous and bottomless

Governor Mills should redistribute the rainy day fund to address the most pressing needs of our communities. We do not need $300 per individual. We need functioning government for all.

#notTHISpresident!

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president. n.pr/3Zl5fOZ

This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care. It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

@mainedems.bsky.social this thread has some important ideas for our State too!

The ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.

It has been true for the past decade. Senator Collins has lost all credibility that her supposed priorities - Health research! Civility! Freedom from Government overreach! A smaller deficit! Tax fairness! - ever mattered to her at all. Loyalty to $$ and protecting her wealthy predator friends wins

KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo--- TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.

Y’all want to sit up here and write bills as it relates to literally 10 collegiate athletes. That’s all we have that are trans! We have thousands of people being incarcerated and we are subjecting our communities to abuse.. But no, no, let’s focus on the 10 trans kids!” ~Rep Jasmine Crockett 👑

Now being targeted by Libs of TT. I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.

So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing. www.science.org/content/arti...

Breaking: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians, preventing them from being exposed to deportation to a country ravaged by gang violence. www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.

a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX. we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home. delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.

what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines

Which movement orgs are leading the feminist strategy for addressing Epstein files in biggest possible way? Is there a trauma informed plan to organize and demand answers and gigantic structural change? There is so much collective outrage but I don’t know where to find movement orgs? #SV #MeToo

for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed. ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them

"Even for an administration that has spent a year violating the First Amendment in all kinds of novel ways, the arrest of a prominent journalist is a shock—a five-alarm fire moment." By @jillfilipovic.bsky.social in @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...

Based on what I've seen, at least 4 current/former Harvard professors have now been named as Epstein associates. Which seems notable given prior reporting that Epstein used false promises of "elite" college admissions to lure young girls into his web of abuse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This ought to be unthinkable. Instead, it's Saturday katemanne.substack.com/p/katie-john...

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

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?

A new statement from Epstein survivors: "Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."

Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia. (Published Nov. 2025)

Minnesota is grieving. But we’re resolved. The support we’ve received from across the country has energized us, and given us hope. It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.

Sometimes the headline writers get it so wrong, in this case the Portland Press Herald. Maine is so done with Sen Collins and so done with ICE We see through her waffling and recognize she set us up but we are not settling or capitulating. We demand our full slate of constitutional and human rights

WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner: “This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.” #ICEoffOurStreets #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

For reference, Minneapolis's "Metro Surge" was 25x larger than Chicago's Midway Blitz - ten times as many agents in a city almost a third the size. The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.

www.pressherald.com?p=7573250&uu... Portland Maine

Removing US as World Cup host would be eminently sad – and entirely justified | Alexander Abnos

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "It looks very untrained. It looks unprofessional. It looks very chaotic…People should be able to have an expectation that the federal government can enforce federal immigration law without these poor tactics & really unconstitutional practices."

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Social movement scholars – what films would you show right now to community groups/social movement classes? #sociology

Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.