🧵CHICAGO / WEST SUBURBS @brianstraw.bsky.social, of Broadway Six fame, is still standing against ICE & CBP's lawless brutality & DJT's attacks on the Constitution—but his legal battle is likely to be LONG. Here's a great way to support him & meet other folks (like me!) on the right side of history

Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”

We are living thru the second greatest civil rights movement in this country. Stand up. Speak out. Start where you are. Do what you can.

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble." If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power. And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/

“It is time for all Americans — citizens and residents, political leaders and neighbors, left, right, center and independent — to take a clear and unequivocal stand [against ICE]. It is unconscionable to allow this to continue.”— @riverasun.bsky.social for @wagingnonviolence.org

There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else

here are a couple of special state legislative elections taking place today. One is for Georgia’s State Senate 18th District. There are 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat in this race. If any candidate gets 50% or more of the vote, then that person wins.

Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false? SMITH: Yes Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost? SMITH: Yes Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage

Jack Smith: "Our assessment of the evidence is that [Trump] is the person most responsible for what happened on January 6. He caused what happened, it was foreseeable to him — and then, when it happened, he tried to exploit it."

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

Get involved. Fight back. Stand up. Resist. Whistle. Marching is a start, this is “what’s next”!! Find your activism team at the “Activists Assemble” festival on Sun in Shoreline. Dozens of organizations from Edmonds to South Seattle, and West Seattle to Redmond. Meet the Resistance, we need you!

The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

"As I testify before the Committee today, I want to be clear: I stand by my decisions as Special Counsel, including my decision to bring charges against Pres. Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Pres. Trump engaged in criminal activity." --Jack Smith

This new whistleblower report is on par with the Zelensky call - not just because it’s violative of law - but because they also tried to keep people from seeing it. I’ve been doing this for a long time and this is absolutely explosive news. Impeachable and criminal. Swift accountability must follow.

Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.

Listening to @aclu.org livestream is giving me hope. People across this country are fighting for US. Do not give up. Firewall for Freedom. www.youtube.com/live/6M-6TUn...

Do not look away. Bear witness. Stand up. Speak out.

“It feels important to do something together.” That sentiment echoed through Seattle’s streets Monday as more than 1,000 people joined the annual MLK March under the theme “We Choose Community.”

Everything is [waves hands around], but at least we got to talk fascinating television on Maude and abortion from 1972, PRE Roe! Seriously uplifting & cool episode with Jennie from @reprosfightback.bsky.social

At 8 PM tonight another person was taken from Central Ave, with ICE leaving their cars hazardously all over endangering everyone just to kidnap a human being from our streets. Afterwards, we helped escort a family home. They only had to walk 2 blocks to get home but yet prayed before we went.

And then there's Maude, who had a compelling conversation about abortion in the first season of her show! Listen to us chat with Jennie Wetter from the rePros Fight Back Podcast all about Maude's Dilemma. Listen at 80sTVLadies.com, or your preferred podcast player!

Update: @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has now come out against funding DHS & ICE state-sanctioned domestic terrorists. Thank you Rep Jeffries. Still radio silence from Minority Leader @schumer.senate.gov on whether or not he’s willing to do the bare minimum to oppose the American Gestapo

I've joined @robinkelly.house.gov’s effort to impeach DHS Secretary Noem. Noem’s complete disregard for the law and inhumane treatment of our neighbors can’t be ignored. Her army of ICE agents are terrorizing communities across the country and ignoring due process. Noem must be held accountable.

62% of the vote in, Dem Garrett McGuire is currently overperforming by 18 points :)

It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by. Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?

You can’t stop the beat! 🎶

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives. Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.

You cant buy a house because our president is really mad he didn’t get a Nobel peace prize and so he is threatening Greenland.

Elected Democrats... pick one. Go hard: Defund and abolish ICE. Impeach and remove this president and his cabal. Release the Epstein Files. Prosecute anyone who committed crimes. Tax the B out of the billionaires. Apologies, restitution and reparations to everyone harmed by this administration.

You do get to choose who you are going to be in this current moment. That's all you can control [and even that is a challenge].

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

As we await the release of Supreme Court opinions, I want to remind everyone just how much Democracy Docket is tracking: Active Voting Rights Cases: 169 Active Redistricting Cases: 47 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 91 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 74 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 27 Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

G’night. Bowie wants you to sleep well, and dream of large meals, and better days. Better days, indeed.

This will be a very important week for democracy in court. Make sure you are staying up to date while supporting fearless independent media by subscribing to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

When this thread started, I literally thought it was some sort of joke metaphor on the situation we’re all experiencing now - of being stuck in a “vehicle” driven by a madman, who will not listen to reason or sense, and who no one seems to be able to stop - all of us hurtling toward god knows where.

We best start believing in unhinged fascist POTUS & friends destroying NATO, cause we're in it. You did teach how to disobey illegal & criminal orders. A reminder: the president is a person in charge of the executive branch. Their job is to execute the laws & mind the Ps and Qs of the country.

Happy 80th to Dolly Parton, the greatest of singers, songwriters, and people.

While it probably won't change anything given my representative, it takes 5 minutes to send off an email or call to let them know that this president is mad and must be stopped. Take the time, please.

As we celebrate MLK holiday, we should be reminded that our national parks used to be free for everyone today. No more, now Flag Day is free which just happens to be Donald Trump’s birthday.

"But I know that Justice is Indivisible. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Important--this is the most significant Trump revenge prosecution that has been flying under the radar. @replamonica.bsky.social we stand with you! Friends please give a read....

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

We are losing so many people too soon. I know I’m getting to that age, but it’s too many deaths of dear friends, colleagues and peers this month. Take care of yourselves out there.

Let Freedom Ring🎶 some are starting to ring a bell at 8pm (your time zone) for 10 mins every night until our freedoms are restored #LetFreedomRing

Today is Monday, Jan 19 Good morning ❤️ eat take your meds hydrate tell your people you love them let them love you back *** "Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” - Dr. King