Fascism always returns if it's not crushed. Warsaw Ghetto 1943. Minneapolis 2026.

People are being asked to walk out everywhere at 2 pm on 1/20 - www.freeameri.ca

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

I beg us not to lose sight of the role queerphobia played along with misogyny. Becca Good’s tone in interacting with Ross was just like her late wife’s: calm yet lightly mocking; neither scared nor deferential; and because of that deeply, deeply subversive. katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...

Wearing a mask during a pandemic was not tyranny. Having to get vaccinated during the same pandemic was also not tyranny. Shooting people point blank for not exiting their vehicle IS tyranny. Supporting state sanctioned murder is tyranny. Learn the difference.

“We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

Why Greenland? "Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."

The ICE fascist Jonathan Ross who killed Renee Good was masked—making him extremely difficult to identify. Here's an important petition to demand ICE be unmasked permanently. This is the bare minimum. Please sign & boost. bit.ly/4nhZw62

There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.

Make it viral.

This is Renee Good. She was a mother of a six-year-old child. She was an American citizen. She described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado.” And she was gunned down in cold blood and broad daylight by Trump’s ICE agents.

In new essay I talk about how Trump-Witkoff-Kushner are approaching the world the way the New York real estate families approach their businesses, and in their titanic idiocy and blinding greed are guaranteeing we become less prosperous, less safe, less free: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-ridicu...

This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.

I’m happy to have this poem out in tinywords today, with thanks to editors Peter Newton and Kathe Palka.

sap rise the long gleam of the river   -Meredith Ackroyd https://tinywords.com/2026/01/06/43914/

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

When you see pessimism, share this. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY / Join protests / Donate time & $$ to defeat Republicans / Support good media (Guardian, ProPublica etc) / Boycott bad media (CBS, Fox) / Call & write lawmakers / Remind family & friends how bad MAGA is / Vote / Get others to.

In case you were still wondering, it is indeed a horrible idea to have a militant anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist dictating the healthcare policy of an entire country.

The world has changed today.

Only Human is a new journal of English-language senryu that explores what it means to be human. Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.

Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?

Heaven help us. The cruelty.

The New York Times is doomed to asymptotically get closer to Getting It but never actually Get It. It's Zeno's paradox but for Upton Sinclair's "it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead

67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.

It was such an honor and delight for our Charlottesville Homeschool Art Club to take part in Let There Be Light at PVCC last night.

Cville folks, Let There Be Light is tonight! Our Charlottesville Homeschool Art Club will be leading a mystical beings parade at 7 and 8 pm! This is a participatory performance so wear some lights and come join us! This is such a beautiful event every year and is not to be missed!

Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today

A new verse from returning contributor J. R. Wilkerson: 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 for a lifetime he’ll remember to take the cannoli — J. R. Wilkerson

If Mamdani invites Trump to Gracie Mansion and serves him 1980’s surf-and-turf and chocolate cake with a chilled can of Diet Coke in a graciously appointed dining room, we might be able to get Medicare For All. Dream big.

Since 2013, I have produced a mini-calendar of my art combined with my #haiku. It’s so rewarding to assemble my favorite pieces of the past year into one collection—and then to send it out across the country. You can find them at MakinoStudios.com for $12. #haiga #haikucalendar

There is one and only position that makes any sense if you really take it seriously: say openly and unapologetically that he must be removed from office. Not just call on people to condemn it, not just fret about norms. He is literally trying to kill you. Act like it.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Speaking of asylum

Looking for what you can do to make you voice heard? This campaign is gaining traction. The enablers have to feel it. weaintbuyingit.com

It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning. The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.

Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.

Rev. Woolf is the faith leader in this viral photograph:

Blessed are the peacemakers.

UVA student journalist is fired for not adhering to expectations of "politeness" and "courtesies" with an interview subject, the UVA interim president. c-ville.com/student-jour...

The Senate’s spending bill eliminates or delays food safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses and contamination. Not only did 8 Senate Democrats fail to protect millions of Americans’ healthcare, but they’re also making our food less safe. Hello?

Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️ Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.

The horror! 😱

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

They’ve chosen to fold in the immediate aftermath of election results that gave them a clear mandate to fight. Think about that. They’ve arranged their votes to enable them fold while also appearing to oppose—and they will fundraise off the appearance. Think about that. They think we’re stupid.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship. Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952