This time last year I was fun employed, free to spend a week with my mom in her health crisis, because I'd just jumped so from nonprofitland to a new job. It was the best career decision I've ever made.

Earn $50K? Pay FICA on 100% of income Earn $250K Pay FICA on 67% of income Earn $500K Pay FICA on 34% of income Earn $1 Million Pay FICA on 17% of income!

if mary and joseph set off to bethlehem today they'd cross 15 israeli checkpoints and a 30ft wall

What kind of a monster goes to the gym without his phone?

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Some actual good news? "Federally recognized tribes are eligible to receive federal funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Benefits include support for housing, education and health care. "'I do believe that the biggest benefit we're going to receive as a tribe is Indian Health Services'"

The U housing has bunk bed bike racks in their secure bike room and I want that for my luxury high rise.

Just got the email from building management reassuring everyone they won't let ICE in or let them be in the parking lot.

A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property). THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"

I love love love the photo they put with this piece. Also the reminder that BLM work in these towns goes back way before 2020. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

UPDATE: Faith leaders were arrested by federal police outside San Francisco's immigration courthouse. They had chained themselves to the building, blocking the entrance to shut it down to protest immigrant arrests. It worked: By 11 a.m., the court was closed for the day.

www.instagram.com/reel/DSTUlWk... If you are around during the day, you might be able to offer your neighbors to meet their kids at the bus stop or just be a place people can duck inside if they can't go home. And if they need something else, maybe they'll ask next time, because you offered now

Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case. Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.

My address book is so old it has a space for pager #

Millions of young people across the globe protested against a genocide — an unprecedented mass movement that was organized on social media. In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.

I got a lot of gratitude (and excellent food) from hitting up Meseret this week, I'm guessing all of E Lake Street and Hiawatha and Franklin could use some $$.

UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.” Details in our story. thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...

From an observer on the ground today in Cedar Riverside: When the Somali grandmas and the Hard Times punks join up to resist ICE, there is community magic. Stay strong, MSP.

the very rich people currently trying to rewrite our media consumption: what the people want is more canceled comedians whining about trans people the audience, voting with their eyeballs: bring us more gay hockey sex

On Friday, City Council voted to undo Mayor Frey’s cuts to our sidewalk plowing pilots because the return of winter shouldn’t mean risking slips and falls on icy sidewalks every time it snows. Safely getting around our city should be a basic function of our government.

Mobility and accessibility doesn't need to be a seasonal privilege in Minneapolis. Whether you're waiting for the bus, walking to your car or just trying to get to the store down the block, sidewalk plowing would make our winters safer and better for everyone.

Filipinos share the realities of the climate crisis & the adaptation measures they need to survive. Rich countries must pay up for adaptation so that people can stay in their homes or move if they want to, & global leaders must take action to end our reliance on fossil fuels once & for all.

It's not fair but the stupid "follow back" button makes me briefly annoyed at everyone who follows me.

Target is now allowing 🧊to stage raids in their parking lots in Minneapolis. Maybe plan your holiday shopping according to whether it will be dorectly responsible for the abduction and disappearing of your neighbors. #ClearTheIceFromOurStreets #TargetTarget

Local activists reported a series of arrests across the Twin Cities, including outside Somali housing areas, malls and at a Latino day labor spot, after a contingent of ICE agents descended on the Twin Cities. Written by Katelyn Vue, Andrew Hazzard, Atra Mohamed and Joey Peters.

What asshole made me an 8am doctors appointment tomorrow? Past Me hates me.

After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts www.nber.org/papers/w34524 via @florianederer.bsky.social

I lived through this buzzing from hell as well, and let me tell you, it's PTSD that I can't recover from, even after almost 10 years out of the region. Fireworks, car engine popping, airplanes flying low, all these sounds break something in me and reminds me how much Israel screwed us up.

it was a tough call but i have decided the worst person in the nuzzi/lizza/rfk debacle is actually keith olbermann gleefully reveling in the downfall of your ex—who you started dating when she was 18 and you were 52—is so repugnant, not to mention tasteless...anywho, kudos to the dark horse villain

This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/

NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”

today is the first time since 1988 that the united states is not observing world AIDS day in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day

Think about all the evil assholes in this administration. They *all* expect to die of old age, obscenely wealthy, surrounded by family, because that is how the US has allowed *every single previous evil asshole* to live after doing their atrocities. They learned they will never be punished.

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake

HAPPENING NOW: Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally. Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”

Neighbors - you do not need anyone's permission to sound your whistle when you spot ICE. Nor do you need to attend a whistle training first. Here's everything you need to know.

Natural gas use for electricity generation is down 17% in California this year, even as overall generation has increased. Solar is eating natural gas' lunch.

Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union. They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration. More updates TK.

WSJ itself reported back in February that nearly 50% of all consumer spending is done by the top 10% of earners now www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

Attacking trans children is about attacking all children in the same way attacking trans autonomy is about attacking all bodily autonomy. Our actions are particularly powerful, autonomous and brave, and that means even well meaning ppl find us ideologically disturbing

Violence comes from police. ICE is no different.

“I told everybody: ‘I’m retired, I sit home all day. If we get any reports of ICE in the neighborhood, somebody text me, and I’ll run over on my scooter and go yell at them.’” Another example of something people would actually do with universal basic income.

It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them. This isn’t normal.