Another example of a thing @amywestervelt.bsky.social and i both (for different things but same root causes) talk about in terms of how hard it is to _do_ the work we do & fundraise for it at the same time, where the right simply dumps nearly limitless money into anything that moves their agenda fwd

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

I wrote about the Monks' Walk for Peace.

Me at dinner: So what terrible thing happened today? I haven’t had time to look. Husband: Oh, it was really stupid. Let’s not talk about it now. Me looking at phone after dinner: OK, there’s about ten different things you could have been talking at.

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

this is a very cool thing to do and also highlights one of the biggest keys to Zohran's appeal: he just thinks New York City is really neat people who live somewhere want to vote for someone who likes it there and wants to make it better, not someone who wants to use it as a springboard

CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called? ME: Dominos. CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop? ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker. CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that? ME: Now hang on a second,

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island). The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

"We may have gotten into a dynamic where you see me as being the 'political' one, or overly anxious, and you want me to calm down. What I need you to understand is that you're forcing me to hold a responsibility that rightfully belongs to both of us." -- @anya1anya.bsky.social

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA -- our latest on the murder of Alex Pretti and the actions we should take right now:

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.

🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇 There you have it. ICE has never been about immigration enforcement. It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.

Important messaging. AOC seeks to stave off civil war. Might be useful to say that.

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

REMINDER: If you want Dem senators to shut down ICE/DHS funding here are the Senators to focus on: Cortez-Masto Fetterman Rosen Shaheen Hassan King Gillibrand Peters Murray And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz. Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121

“Let’s do the fucking news”

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

The entire range of my interests in a single photograph.

Minnesota is the best of us.

Current conditions in Minneapolis for those abroad that think Americans aren't pushing back.

I'm on the Green Line towards downtown Minneapolis ICE OUT protest. The train filled immediately. Even 20 stops away from our destination we reached capacity. People are cheering at every stop when they see people waiting to board because we are all starting to realize how big this is.

Cannot see the end of it.

Something evil came to Minnesota and something good and extraordinarily powerful has risen up to meet it

❤️❤️❤️

it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...

Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

we'd like to thank you for your attention to Another Unbelievably Stupid Day in America. please remember, attendance for tomorrow's performance is mandatory.

This is Minneapolis: I’m at a major healthcare clinic (just here for a friend) and overheard the front desk staff mention they’ve had 97 missed appointments today. People aren’t getting medical care bc they’re afraid to leave home.

"The wealth and power of oligarchs far exceed their *Gilded Age* peak."

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.

11:38 a.m.: “CROWD CALMED DOWN NOW THAT ICE IS GONE."

Holy hell, what an obituary

hearing from sources that Amelia Bedelia has been arrested in connection with the water-pouring assault. "but it was ICE headquarters," she said

"Sorry America, we shut down the government because Dems won't let us give billons more to a secret police force you hate that is killing your neighbors." Force Republicans to make that argument. Let them try. It's called politics - Dem leadership should try it some time.

Yes, voting against ICE funding is the morally right thing to do. But you can be the most heartless political consultant bastard out there - cutting ICE is still the smart play. That Schumer/Jeffries are silent right now is political malpractice (and morally reprehensible, if you care about that).

I’ve found these calls very grounding and helpful. This week particularly so, especially the first 15 minutes.

@warren.senate.gov is on fire.

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

Tim Walz needs to activate the national guard and put a stop to this. These electeds are cowards. They need to stand up for their citizens instead of just meekly standing by and filing lawsuits. DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.

This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...

Dropped some friends off at the airport earlier and saw a bunch of protesters with a huge ICE CAN MURDER YOU TOO banner stretched across an interstate overpass

Us: "It's fine. I don't hate you." Them: "Fucking Bitch." Centrists: I literally cannot tell you people apart.

“If you’ve spent decades writing the same ‘social justice gone too far’ column, it can be difficult to switch gears to something else. That thing that looks a heck of a lot like fascism, that must be a reaction to social justice going too far.” www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...