The government has literally recruited and now pays a bunch of sadists to run detention centers. No reform aside from complete and total destruction will do

New Research: utilities dominate press coverage of state-level RPS policies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Democratic election chiefs are running through all the possibilities of Trump interfering in the midterms: “There’s a list of 10 or 20 scenarios that probably keep us up at night," Vermont’s secretary of state said. And they're preparing for every last one to ensure voters cast their ballots.

alright zohran, hear me out on this: promise the donald that you'll toss a handful of tootsie rolls on his desk for each signature on a cabinet member's termination letter. and if he signs one for each of them, you'll give him this.

Mid-Term Plt Twist: Trump realizes he's liked more when he does a socialism. Might even install it faster than the Dems!

Bravo, Spain!

That's an actual crime unlike the fake "crimes" they're trying to kidnap and murder people for.

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

the epidemic of men launching podcasts about nothing has gotten out of control to combat this I am launching a podcast WITH A WOMAN (veteran climate journalist Tracy Wholf) to talk about stuff that actually matters (the planet being destroyed by the worst people alive) Find subscribe links here:

Wonderful resource on community organising in crisis conditions ❤️

Fox News this week mocked an American athlete as part of a divisive segment called "DEI Thursdays" sponsored by Vanguard, Chase Bank, and NyQuil. If you oppose Fox News, stop doing business with its sponsors.

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

Emily is 100% correct that this is a brazen conflict of interest and should be a bigger story.

You can rest assured that someone w/ administration ties will make bank from this directly and also that from now on the private sector will be even more prominent in the provision of a public good - information - w/ all accompanying inefficiencies & inequities. Really selling the country for parts.

I just heard from someone who said she worked for a CoreCivic prison, and the staff/administration there were way more ill-behaved than the inmates!

Wow, they shared their process. Now we can replicate the project in our own areas. projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/using-data...

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

"Flock devices have been installed by more than 100 public school systems nationally, government procurement records show, and audit logs from six Texas school districts show campus camera feeds are captured in a national database that police agencies across the country can access."

Donald Trump would much rather be a famous talk show host instead of being president. He's only in office because he ran as a publicity stunt in 2016 and accidentally won because he was such a racist. Then he committed so many crimes that he had to run again to stay out of jail.

Bringing back the spoils system. It's wildly corrupt and illegal, but this is why the oligarchs worked for decades to install a fascist Supreme Court

Fascism is the cult of suicide. Until recently, America was one of the few large nations *not* facing population & then economic collapse. Why? Immigration! People wanted to come here. Now, we’ve lost ~7 million future people over the past year because Trump is stabbing the US with a rusty spoon

“We were still Marines. When it was time to fight, we did so decisively. But we also understood something essential: You cannot intimidate your way into lasting security. You cannot terrorize a population into cooperation-“

As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is trying to open California’s public and unceded Indigenous lands to expanded oil and gas development. Re: Central Coast proposals, BOM is holding public hearings by webinar today. empsi.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Trump hung a photo of himself alongside Vladimir Putin inside the White House.

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

First, I want to thank everyone who pitched in, yesterday. Your help got us almost halfway to our first benchmark. This is Ilhan Omar's neighborhood. And her people are targets. Whatever you can do to help them... Please and Thank you. Much love.

An extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

An ICE agent attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis, threatening the staff member who prevented him from entering. Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law. Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.

I know the terror campaign is horrible and we’re all getting emotionally pummeled by it 24/7 but few things have lifted my spirits like the videos of what such huge numbers of Twin Cities residents are actually getting up and out and doing every goddamn day

"the worst thing you can do to a human" used to just be "a $10k winning video on America's Funniest Home Videos starring Bob Saget"

Naaaaaaailed it

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

The reality in Minnesota in 2026

There is so much undocumented violence, torture, and god knows what else. I picked up a guy who was walking on the side of the road yesterday, shirtless. 14F,7wchill. They took his jacket, tore his shirt, trashed his phone, and left him. So, I drove him somewhere safe. Cruelty.

Look at all the trouble they go to just to eject organisms of one species with a certain skin hue from the bordershape they decided to invisibly overlay on the land. Like we aren't all Earthlings. Like anyone should die for it. I think I want us to be done with nation-states after this.

My dear friend in Minneapolis has a message for you all:

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

Paperwork found inside car abandoned by ICE agents during protest!

"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness." ~Anne Frank

Almost a year later #academicsky and 2025 has passed. Looking at the military misadventure part from @salon.com since we're into Greenland now. Looks like this article might be off by a year.

They’re levying war on the United States. It’s treason. bsky.app/profile/samh...