Highly recommend this interview with Carlos Dada, whose work at El Faro should be a model and inspiration for independent journalists everywhere. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/carlos-...

Tariffs!

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

The DOJ has expressly suggested otherwise in court.

Reality doesn’t live here anymore.

“This decision is an important step toward upholding what fear tried to destroy: the right to speak for peace and justice,” as Mohsen said today. I’m honored to call Mohsen a friend, and I can’t wait to congratulate him on the day he becomes a U.S. citizen.

Lifting up the life of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson. Hard to lay out the range of his work and contributions and how much he inspired. They are leaving us one by one, exhorting us to pick up the mantle with courage & determination. Justice work is a lifelong commitment. Thank you Rev. Jackson.

“Many have said civic virtue and sacrifice for the common good are dead. Those commentators have been proven wrong. The people of Minnesota and across the nation have rallied in opposition to “the harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.” www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...

That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.

Magnificent opinion defending true history on President's Day.

I'll save them time too. Hey DHS! Hey Madam Secretary! I'm over here! You're violating the Constitution and laws every damn day. You need to resign and ICE needs to be abolished. I said what I said.

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding? Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.

This is just open, unabashed white nationalist rhetoric at this point.

Nothing about our current moment is comprehensible without understanding that: 1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president. 2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner. 3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

That’s actually exactly what ICE is doing

Goldman: “You & your untrained, unqualified, unvetted, unidentified agents are intentionally terrorizing our cities & communities all over this country to avoid accountability for their excessive force & their lawless actions — that is why you're wearing masks. So no one can hold you accountable”

The rest of the thread gets into it, but the violence is less visible—and that translates into fewer resources for growing need. Minnesota is truly in an economic crisis. Every harm compounds every day that the ICE occupation continues. If you donated a month ago, it’s time to donate again.

Charge them.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

JUDGE JOHNSTON: “Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same .. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees. "This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Europe is holding individuals named in the Epstein files accountable for their action & relationship with Epstein after his 2008 conviction. While 🇺🇸 fallout has been muted, the latest release of documents has triggered high-level resignations across Europe.  🇺🇸 LETS GO #Epstein

🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.

Lift Every Voice is one of our national anthems. People need to have some damned respect.

Completely demented.

Please take the time to read this superb @jamellebouie.net column. It establishes a baseline of truth for anyone who wants to think, talk, and write honestly about Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

This kind of trauma, inflicted on children, cannot be healed. ICE cannot be reformed. #AbolishICE

Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"

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Pure evil. This family should get special protections from the government that unconstitutionally harmed them. Instead the government is trying to kick them out of our country. A five year old in a bunny hat. Call your electeds.

I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.

The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...

this is the easiest, most straightforward opportunity that dems have to just.. say this, and I‘m not optimistic that many of them will.

The vicious white supremacy gets more obvious every day. Mike Johnson will say he hasn't heard anything. Leavitt: "fake outrage." We have lost all basic decency in our leadership. Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Steve Descano, prosecutor for Fairfax County said prosecuting federal agents isn't easy but officials have a responsibility: “If they are not willing to take these actions,” he said, “then they are cowards and they are not worthy of their positions” via Andy Mannix www.propublica.org/article/why-...

It isn't only that Trump doesn't understand democracy. He couldn't possibly care less about it.

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

These people are terrorists. Full stop.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire. It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.

Portland, OR., Mayor Keith Wilson: "To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame." www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...

Liam Conejo Ramos is on an airplane on his way home to Minnesota. How wonderful. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...