The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis. They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.

You need to understand the heroism of these everyday people in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...

Let me give you a thought experiment: Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should. www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X)

Here is the video message of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding the Justice Department’s criminal investigation related to the Fed’s building renovations. Watch it. youtu.be/KckGHaBLSn4

Very succinct. More of this vibe from every Democrat.

You can help out Minnesotans affected by the regime's cruel suspension of SNAP benefits by making a donation to Second Harvest Heartland. Just $30 can provide 90 meals. www.2harvest.org

They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time. Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief. Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time. Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.

"I'm calling to demand the immediate dismantling of ICE for the murder of a woman in Minneapolis today and the impeachment of the President for his support of that murder" is the easiest call to my senators and representative I've ever made

Total blackout continues in Dnipro after the russian attack. No electricity or water in the middle of the winter. Russia, as always, fights civilian population. Terrorists. 🎥: Yan Dobronosov

“We are locked into a battle we did not seek and our timidity is keeping us on the defensive. It isn’t working. Our pessimism is self-fullfiling.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...

“I do not defend Maduro. I point at him. But I also refuse to accept that a global power can appoint itself as a moral judge while its history is written in interventions, sanctions, and broken countries.”

News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.

Clowns will say it doesn't matter; we don't have the numbers to impeach. You get the numbers by FORCING THE ISSUE. You make NOISE, you DEMAND, you NEVER STOP YELLING. You do nothing? You get nothing. Ignore the clowns. Call your fucking reps and tell them to do their jobs and IMPEACH. reps.fyi

The Cookers are more than just a jazz ensemble. They're a group comprised of several of the most important musicians of the last 60 years, including Billy Hart, Cecil McBee, Eddie Henderson. Living legends in their 80s who survived the pre-civil rights era, and know what it means to take a stand.

More artists have canceled their performances at the Kennedy Center after its Trump-acolyte-dominated board’s recent vote to add the president’s name to the performing arts center earlier this month. The latest includes The Cookers, a jazz ensemble, which called off their New Year’s Eve show.

I was so afraid this guy was going to get sued for taking a stand. I hope the "Kennedy" (as they're apparently known when their feelings are hurt) Center's bullshit lawsuit comes to nothing, and I hope Mr. Redd finds the necessary resources to get through this.

Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Picked up The Wynton Kelly Trio w/ George Coleman, live at the Left Bank Jazz Society, '68. In the liner notes is a Wynton quote, and it made me realize, I've never read an entire WK interview. Almost an interview, this semi-blindfold test is a treat : jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/11/19/j...

As the war in Ukraine drags on and U.S. policies shift, many Ukrainians “are stranded,” says a Chicago immigration attorney. “‘They’re saying, ‘We didn't violate the law, we came here to be protected, and now, we're treated as though we did something wrong.’”

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

I'm such a jaded motherfucker that instead of thinking "what a cute story," all I can think of is that the producer abducted a scab chorus of 11-year-olds and got away with paying them five bucks each, and not a penny of royalties for the last 60 years. Merry Christmas!

Federal agents are arresting American citizens. This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

You will be visited by three spirits.

if you haven't dumped Spotify yet, what are you waiting for? there are better services out there that pay artists more, don't run ICE ads, and work as well or better.

I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her. "My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me. www.thecut.com/article/any-...

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.” The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida. It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID. Free link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life. How a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft, and, in the process, found his soul. Wonderful writing by the great Kurt Streeter.

Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday. In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job." One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Zohran is a real New Yorker who knows his history, and is deeply in love with this city and its people. Bonus points for picking Harlem resident Duke Ellington's 1937 recording of "Caravan" for this video! If only Ds would follow his lead for media outreach, and embrace a Socialist message.

This is fucking amazing

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY. NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa. Extraordinary bravery, saving lives. (🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

Teens heading to school. Racial profiling isn’t just something they do, it’s all they do.

The AFM has ignored the demands of indie musicians for decades. We need a union. actionnetwork.org/petitions/we...

NYC: ICE is unwelcome in the city. Citizens have surrounded them and forced them to leave.

Anthony DiLorenzo: PIX-11 was tipped about ICE raid. NYers react: "People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."

You need to see this… Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

Fiscal disobedience: BlueStates could establish a tax receivership fund in trust for federal tax liabilities. Payments would be made into this account instead of directly to the IRS. The state would pledge to remit them in full once specific conditions were met." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@govpritzker.illinois.gov where are you? Time to back up all of your inspiring words with actions. Tell your police force to stand down.

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

Geri Allen---a name that should be spoken whenever the question of who's in, or who should be in the jazz piano pantheon comes up. I just got turned on to this album from 1984. Pure fire and brilliance from Geri, Andrew Cyrille and Anthony Cox. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJKD...

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket. How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

As a group of young musicians from the Lovett Hines Global Creative Arts Initiative performed John Coltrane compositions, the jazz legend’s son, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, spoke about his relief at seeing the site rescued from potential destruction.

Just redid my go bags (plural—there's a system!) and made a little slideshow about it for Insta. GRWM for emergency preparedness 🧵