I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Brandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.

Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

🚨BREAKING: Federal court DISMISSES Department of Justice's lawsuit to obtain Georgia's full voter file information for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Essentially, the geniuses at DOJ filed in the wrong court. Dhillon and DOJ are now 0-3 in these cases. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

After Bregman, the Red Sox shifted their focus to pitching and Ranger Suárez - but the pursuit of another bat remains ongoing. A look at some changes in that pursuit post-Bregman/Suárez: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/16/s...

Craig Breslow attended this year’s signing ceremony at the team’s Dominican Academy. He offers a reference scale for how big Silverio (17 years old) is… www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/s...

It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.

Well done. youtu.be/4QeqKpWw9QE

I no longer work in a refugee programme. Why? Thanks to Trump and his flunkies, there is no immigration to speak of. That led to a layoff. I've not removed it from my bio because I believe in the immigrants we worked with. They are good people. Stand up for them.

Schlafly was the first, but plenty have followed her, women who work against the best interests of other women while making a bundle doing it. They seek to carve out a place in patriarchy at the expense of the rest of us. www.jezebel.com/woman-with-2...

It would be all too easy to overlook this case with everything else that's going on, but it's too important to miss, so I wrote a rare midday post. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Malmedy. My Lai. Both were massacres and war crimes, one where our soldiers were victims and one where our soldiers were the perpetrators. Accountability matters. It is essential. Now we have an illegal act ordered by the Secretary of DEFENSE. He and those who carried it out should face justice.

For New Hampshire people. When supporters of the GOP rattle on about Democrats in this state, show them this.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Yikes.

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx. The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake. And that’s why we’re fighting back.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

The gender gap between men and women has been a durable fact of life in American politics — and nowhere is this gap larger than among Gen Z. NBC News' Steve Kornacki breaks down a recent NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey on Gen Z's definition of success.

So Mace and Jackson want to institutionalise trans people. Meanwhile, Disney sucks up to Trump and dumps Kimmel. Our country, succumbing to lying right wing thugs. To hell with that. I stand for freedom, justice, equality, and human rights.

The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here. This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.

This man has undoubtedly had the first brain transplant. I haven't sussed out which insect it came from.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

OMG! My aunt Delores just forwarded me a Zohran Mamdani tweet from April 14, 1865 gloating about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Why aren’t people talking about this???

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵

This is not our USA….

Know Your Rights Information🚨 ICE has been arresting people at immigration court and routine check-ins across the country. If you or a loved one is in this situation, know you still have rights.

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

Strait of Hormuz closed. The US will try to challenge that. Fighting will ensue. This is what our amoeba-brained president has brought about.

Typical Trump comment: I... blah blah blah. Only I can... blah blah blah Only I have... blah blah blah He demands praise. Without it, he withers. Lack of praise for him is like throwing a bucket of water on WWOTW.

Madness. If he thinks Iran will go paws up and compliant, good luck with that.

Vance Boelter was an anti-transgender Christian Nationalist who delivered anti-queer sermons in the DRC, in case anyone was confused as to his political slant.

@amandabouldin.com I read your article in Ink Link. A round of applause.

The Supreme Court has granted states the right to treat transpeople like shit. Funny how this sort of thing is fine when done to others. When restrictions would affect the decision makers, they won't happen.

All of the madness we see. People arrested for no reason, people mistreated, people grabbed by masked agents, inane rhetoric, threats of war, encouraging assassins... None of it budges 40% of the population. Those folks do not care. Until it comes their way.

I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.

Indeed it does.

Who could have imagined that two men who famously fuck people over and have public meltdowns about it would try to fuck each other over and have public meltdowns about it?

Trump has declared war on us lgbtq peeps. Donald, fuck right the fuck off.