And they took the family groceries to boot. I keep hoping that each & every person who is participating as ICE officers has their identity revealed. May their families be embarrassed & ashamed of their actions. May their children be horrified to have a parent who willingly did this. #FuckIce

Outside her work, Southworth was an outspoken supporter of women’s rights, including suffrage and married women’s property rights, which were not legal at the time. Southworth was also an abolitionist and a Union supporter during the Civil War, and a close friend of Harriet Beecher Stowe. /end

Designed for serial publication, Southworth’s novels used Gothic romance and melodrama to maintain suspense. Nevertheless, Southworth used her fiction to address taboo subjects such as domestic violence and poverty. Her stories often featured abandoned wives or daughters oppressed by fathers. /5

Southworth’s firsthand experience with abandonment and destitution profoundly shaped her worldview and her writing, leading her to create heroines who could survive and thrive independently. Her strong characters resonated with her female contemporaries who also yearned for independent lives. /4

#ResistanceRoots E.D.E.N. Southworth was born on this day in 1819 in Washington, D.C. One of the most popular and prolific American novelists of the 19th century, Southworth used her work as social commentary to address “taboo” subjects and promote women’s rights. /1

Southworth’s father, Virginia merchant Charles Lecompte Nevitte, requested on his deathbed that she be christened Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, creating the acronym E.D.E.N. In 1840, she married inventor Frederick H. Southworth and moved with him to Wisconsin, where she became a teacher. /2

Southworth’s husband abandoned her and their two young children in 1843. She turned to writing to supplement her meager salary as a schoolteacher. Her first novel, Retribution (1849), was an immediate success, leading her to write full-time. She soon became one of the country’s best-paid writers. /3

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“People are telling me as they go through this training like, ‘I’m feeling empowered,’” he said. “‘I feel like I can do something and there’s a way to channel my love and my anger and my fear into something that supports other people.’” www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/u...

📢🇨🇦‼️ 🥰 to see this... #OV1 www.cbc.ca/news/carney-...

Deportations have happened over many admins. What’s different is trump’s ICE agents aren’t following the law. The LAW requires due process, proper warrants, agent IDs and not hiding behind masks. MAGA- You can be for enforcement and following the law at the same time. #DV1 #ProudBlue

Iowa-based journalist Laura Belin compares Bari Weiss' adventures at CBS to Putin's makeover of supposedly independent Russian media, which she covered for RFE-RL twenty years ago. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...

If you think racism doesn’t STILL exist in this country ask the 911 black firefighters.

There is one accomplishment that we can attribute to President Trump. The F-bomb is now a firecracker, and a small one at that. Your maiden aunt now wears a “F*** Trump” t-shirt. As a sailor, I appreciate the elevation of my favorite adjective.

It is hard to be in the holiday spirit when the love of my life, the country I served for 25 years, is being raped daily.

Small business owner successfully stops ICE goons in northern Illinois.

Sickening.....

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The USA is now the Fuedal Fiefdoms of Pedophilia

Pam Bondi needs to go! #Epstein #CoverUp

M olesting A dolescent G irls A llowed

No one has killed more Nigerian Christians than Trump since he shut down USAID.

Little GIRLS were RAPED by you and your friends 😡 You should be in prison for RAPING CHILDREN 😡

Not only does this intentionally violate the First Amendment to the US Constitution, it’s vile to watch mean-spirited, selfish ghouls who starve the poor and kidnap people for their skin color sanctimoniously pretending they follow any of the teachings of Jesus.

I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory

This is what leadership looks like…

Nothing screams "beloved family man" like sending 200+ unhinged posts to an audience of bots & sycophants on Christmas Day. While the rest of the world is sharing a meal, he’s sharing his psychosis with the cloud. What’s expiring faster, his relevance or his sanity? A truly festive tragedy. 🎅📉😡

Prime Minister Mark Carney 🇨🇦 message to the Canadian Military. This is a true world leader showing kindness, respect and thankfullness. #cdnpoli

The military actions under President Trump's administration have expanded, impacting global diplomatic relations.

Greenland was colonized in 1721, 102 years before the Monroe Doctrine was a thing. 54 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. 55 years before the United States was even called the United States of America.

Confronting a congressional candidate whose campaign is built on a message of hate:

Bari Weiss told her staff in an email (per the WaPo - in an article I read in “The Detroit News”) that she is trying to win back the trust of American viewers. Dear CBS, Earning the trust of viewers can only start if you fire Bari. www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

Resistance to this authoritarian shift is surging because the American people are finally fed up.

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark was convinced that Donald Trump signed off on the murder of his brother. He went so far as to report a tip to the FBI. Mark said Jeffrey was killed because he was about to name names.

Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.

Conservative South Park fans are demanding the show stop mocking Trump and instead “go after Joe Biden,” which is a fascinating request considering South Park has spent nearly three decades mocking everyone, relentlessly, without fear, favor, or basic human decency.

One could say the same about Garland. It's not like he didn't see these himself...

She is a traitor to women. How dare she conceal the rape and brutality that these women went through as children and still have scars as adults. Really Pammy? That’s who you want to protect? You are a traitor to your country. You are a traitor to women.

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

Better yet, Donald Trump's citizenship should be revoked, and he should be sent back where he came from: HELL!