apnews.com/article/braz... schools honor Black Brazilian female authors during their Carnival parades

apnews.com/article/carn... rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, says he told Trump he meant what he said at Davos

apnews.com/article/indi... and the European Union reach a free trade deal representing a third of global trade

Given that there is no intelligence, wisdom or grace in the Trump White House, we will have to see/hear them lie about the lives of American citizens that they have destroyed. Keith Porter, Jr. Renee Nicole Good, and Alex Pretti should be alive. Now is time for resistance & defiance. #abolishICE

I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop. It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities. I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job. “I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.

apnews.com/article/elea... DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is ending her reelection campaign for Congress

apnews.com/article/dona... of LGBTQ+ option from 988 hotline is straining overburdened Texas crisis centers

A masked ICE agent warned a woman in Portland, Maine, that her information would be entered into a “nice little database” that would label her a domestic terrorist. It is not illegal to film a federal agent. trib.al/OA9fwfN

Minneapolis shooting live: man shot by federal officers in Minneapolis has died – reports

apnews.com/article/immi... is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

apnews.com/article/robe... Redford remembered for his mentorship of new filmmakers at Sundance gala

NYC stands with Minnesota. WGAE members joined today’s solidarity rally supporting the Day of Truth and Freedom and demanding justice for communities under siege by ICE. #ICEOutForGood 🚫🧊

apnews.com/article/minn...  Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures The citizens of Minnesota are holding the line for all who believe in Democracy.

“If we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the EU.” trib.al/5fVjvXt

Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

apnews.com/article/supe... Day to open 60th Super Bowl with anniversary ceremony celebrating generations of MVPs

apnews.com/article/cong... Department special counsel Smith will testify publicly about his Trump investigations

apnews.com/article/swit... to know about the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos

We are targets for the Devils work—fertile women, queer men, Black and brown people, the usual suspects and yet, he’s uneasy. _______ - Patricia Spears Jones, #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow & New York State Poet (2023-2025) @pksj51.bsky.social voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/22/p...

“The Devil’s Wife remembers the good times.” Read a poem by @pksj51.bsky.social from the collection The Devil’s Wife Considers.

apnews.com/article/grok..., Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over sexually explicit AI images

The murder in broad daylight of Renee Good is one more reminder that the federal government has sent armed, masked men (mostly) into cities and towns across the nation. They already unalived five other people & harmed protestors, lawyers, etc. We are not safe with them around. We are occupied.

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. She was also a prize-winning poet.

apnews.com/article/boli... Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional 'pollera' skirt

apnews.com/article/trum... overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

apnews.com/article/guin... votes in first election since 2021 coup with junta leader expected to win

apnews.com/article/clim... Senegal, climate change is adding to historic tension between farmers and herders

apnews.com/article/trum... schools hit by Trump's grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money

‘Despite his podgy physique, he had great strength and stamina. In his prime, he once swam from Cheyne Walk to Blackfriars and thought of opening a swimming school for noblemen.’ Ferdinand Mount on Benjamin Franklin. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

apnews.com/article/chri... holiday movie fans are flocking to Connecticut's quaint filming locations

Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference. trib.al/tb1Z91N

apnews.com/article/mali... and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces

The EU froze €210bn of Russian sovereign assets held in the bloc on Friday. The freezing paves the way for a loan to be raised against the assets to prop up Ukraine's defence. on.ft.com/48PfDCV

This sounds like good news to me.

The Democrats were playing super hard ball and she got up and ran out--well she walked while a question was about to asked. Thank you Democrats.

A few days away from the Solstice, but it already feels like winter in Brooklyn. There's that frost scent that happens when it's near or freezing and old or new puffer jackets and coats march about. Dogs wear booties. Leaves scatter or rot. Decay is part of the process.

apnews.com/article/amer...  Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image

This is WORLD AIDS DAY and the United States of America is doing not one thing on the federal level to spread awareness or prevent the disease. I lost many good friends during the height of the epidemic, this neglect of a serious illness is terrible. Trump policy is SHAMEFUL shameful SHAMEFUL

Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

We now have war criminals in the federal government. Dwight Eisenhower is turning in his grave.

The connection between Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the USA’s murder of Venezuelans is the desire on the part of both states and their fascist leaders to exercise unchecked power, including the power to kill at will without justification or consequence. We should all be frightened.

A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project." Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA

apnews.com/article/auto... diseases can strike any part of the body, and mostly affect women. Here's what to know

apnews.com/article/marg... Atwood reflects on literature, feminism and luck

apnews.com/photo-galler... show new balloons joining the usual suspects in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade