Melanie Figg
@mafigg.bsky.social
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Poet, essayist, teacher, writing coach. She/her. Poetry book: TRACE ~ www.melaniefigg.net
Minnesotan Beloveds! Enjoy some much-needed respite and distraction and soak up the national treasure of the Smithsonian! A free (but register!) Virtual Tour of the Renwick's show: STATE FAIRS: Growing American Craft - Wed., Jan. 28, 2026, 6 – 7pm CST -
americanart.si.edu/events/virtu...
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Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Liz Schreiber
https://americanart.si.edu/events/virtual-studio-tour-artist-liz-schreiber-january-28-2026
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And Cory Booker wants to fund these goons, or make them more trained? You can't train a monster who wants to play video games and just kill
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23 days ago
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call out media on this BS -
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23 days ago
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please help us, world. This could really help
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Tanya 🧚♀️👑
24 days ago
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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while the rest of the media outlets ignore Minnesota's general strike and protest, here is today in very cold temps <3
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24 days ago
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Mark Jacob
25 days ago
Santayana wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Republicans think: We need to cover up our racist past so we can repeat it.
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Hamilton Nolan
24 days ago
Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
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Today is a general strike in MN to end the madness. Please support people there. This is a great organization with lots of options to help.
www.standwithminnesota.com
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
24 days ago
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Make sure your Democratic Senator votes NO to more ICE funding, or your Blue town will be next.
@booker.senate.gov
- we're watching you.
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24 days ago
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we saw this coming but WHO is gonna take this on !?
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about 1 month ago
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/15/ice-detention-death-homicide/
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Good god - what a train wreck
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about 1 month ago
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Scott Horton
about 1 month ago
What Fox is not telling its followers, but Semafor has reported: Trump put this money in a private bank account in Qatar. Perfectly normal, right?
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 month ago
ICYMI — worthwhile analysis here. That above angle Trump used to claim Ross was hit was sped up to make the car look faster and hide that he was out of the way. He wasn’t hit, he dropped his phone. No wonder they won’t really investigate. Full:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThM17gQA/
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 month ago
DAN KOH: “$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents… that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all medical debt. Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
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what is happening in MN is way worse than what DC, LA or NC saw.
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about 1 month ago
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brutal
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about 1 month ago
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West Virginia Watch
about 1 month ago
Federal agents reportedly shot and injured two people in east Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau, reports
@jmshumway.bsky.social
of
@oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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Federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say • West Virginia Watch
Federal agents shot and injured two people in east Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/01/08/repub/federal-agents-shoot-two-people-in-portland-police-say/
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about 1 month ago
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GrampaBill56 🇺🇸
about 1 month ago
About the military action and kidnapping in Venezuela.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 1 month ago
Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
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Mark Hamill
about 1 month ago
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WTF
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about 1 month ago
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Republicans Against Trumpism
about 2 months ago
NEW: Trump used his first veto to block a unanimously approved Colorado drinking water project. Lauren Boebert, whose district the pipeline project is in, slammed Trump, suggesting it was retaliation for her signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files
www.9news.com/article/news...
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Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/trump-vetoes-bill-arkansas-valley-conduit-colorado/73-92847cda-6b22-4402-a8e2-c3882888c7a3
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Eric Umansky
about 2 months ago
The actual story:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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FINALLY. On Jan. 20th, there will be a NATIONAL STRIKE. At 2pm, we will walk out of work, school, and commerce because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism.
www.freeameri.ca
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FREE AMERICA WALKOUT Jan 20, 2026
On Jan 20, 2026 we will walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
https://www.freeameri.ca/
about 2 months ago
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how a total a**hole leaves office
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about 2 months ago
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Alex Ip 葉清霖
2 months ago
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Ron Filipkowski
about 2 months ago
Little kid just wants to hear about Santa and Trump wants to talk about himself again.
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about 2 months ago
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Number of people in ICE detention hits record high, data shows
ICE held more than 68,400 people as of 14 December, breaking previous high set at beginning of December
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/ice-detentions-record-immigration
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT? Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1766538010&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 months ago
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Dawn Xiana Moon
about 2 months ago
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
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Mark Hamill
about 2 months ago
The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
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someone said no republicans would go on the record supporting the nasty post....where there is this guy
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2 months ago
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Ron Filipkowski
2 months ago
This is a Member of Congress.
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agreed. stop acting like this is "criticism" - when is the media and Congress gonna call Trump out for this?
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2 months ago
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Raw Story
2 months ago
New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
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New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, a pair of far-right masculinity influencers under criminal investigation by the Romanian government for sex trafficking, got a reprieve after the Trump administration got to work leaning on that country's prosecutors to lift their travel ban, allowing them to vis...
https://bit.ly/4psc10E
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Alt National Park Service
2 months ago
executive privilege to stop the National Archives from releasing those materials. The officers had requested the documents earlier this year as part of their effort to hold him accountable for the violence at the Capitol. So much for Trump “supporting our police.”
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Trump Personally Intervenes to Block Release of January 6 Documents
Donald Trump is blocking access in a lawsuit brought by police officers injured in the January 6 riot.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204173/donald-trump-personally-intervenes-block-release-january-6-documents
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Charles Gaba ✡️
2 months ago
BOOM! FLIP! That’s a 14-15 point overperformance via
@the-downballot.com
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Greg Bluestein
2 months ago
In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
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ICE cut off her f*cking wedding ring
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2 months ago
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Multi Facet Fables
2 months ago
"Gus is a kid with special needs. A kid who did nothing except be born in a nation where cruelty has become a badge of honor for fascist monsters. To the adults who did this, hear Me. You screamed a slur at a child. You tried to frighten a family. You chose hatred over humanity. You are cowards."
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The Tennessee Holler
2 months ago
File this under Least Surprising News of the Day The Corruption never ends
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Bill Kristol
2 months ago
"We could roll our eyes and pretend that regular order still exists. In private, everyone admits nothing in the federal apparatus can be trusted. But publicly, we pantomime as if the foundation of the federal government hasn’t transformed. America chose pretend."
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Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/donald-trump-and-the-power-of-the-little-lie?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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2 months ago
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The Tennessee Holler
2 months ago
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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