We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”

On the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we’re reminded that without federal protections, access to reproductive care depends on our states. I will always work to protect and expand reproductive rights for all Californians.

The US is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on January 22, in the face of warnings it will hit both US health and global health and also in violation of a US law that requires Washington to pay the UN health agency $260 million in fees that it owes (Reuters)

Below is our story about the skyrocketing number of kids detained by ICE. We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...

In court this afternoon, a federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's claims that it has the proper authority to continue construction on the East Wing site that was demolished last year www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-s...

More from today’s awesome brigade. The 405S was on fire and so was Palms Blvd!! People were SO loud!! @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @wajali.bsky.social

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines. This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.

The war powers resolution to block further military action in Venezuela by Trump is currently winning by 1, with all Dems + Massie and Bacon supporting, but the Rs have flown Wesley Hunt back to DC and are holding the vote open as he makes his way to the Hill from Dulles airport

“Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to ‘Operation Midway Blitz.’ With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared and nobody has been convicted.”

"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said. "Two of them are high-schoolers. "One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

@hcrichardson.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/juhani...

Just got an email from my kid’s basketball coach outlining the safety precautions the host school has put in place, including when and how they’ll go into lockdown if the federal secret police show up. Again, schools making plans to protect children from their own government.

scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "Social media video depicts agents taking a 15yo & 16yo on the 2800 block of Blaisdell. Community member reports either tear gas or pepper spray deployed"

Another proud day for America.

HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social says to read this whole speech, because Carney's plans may just be the wave of the future..a good one! I say you should read it all, too, but, you know, Heather's just so much taller..

This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies. At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?

An Indiana judge and his wife were shot and injured at their home. They have eliminated one of the checks (legislative branch) and inspector generals and are now actively trying to intimidate the judicial branch www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Finished Pastor Glen's Gay Hockey Fuck Drama and Jacob Tierney did a really good job, is a talented director, very impressed with the heavy use of Russian, and maybe what's weird is that romance drama isn't a genre of English-language tv so much. It's not a sports anime, though.

Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland

You would think!! But we have republicans wallowing, literally just rolling around in trumps shit and apparently loving being part of the destruction of the world as Trump sees it.

Trump thinks he’s the highest ranting person on earth and can do as he pleases. The mob boss, the gangster cometh.

From the "No Shit Sherlock" news desk...

ABC News: "here's a list of those targeted by his administration" with *50+* names abcnews.go.com/US/list-indi...

#SCOTUS can always add another public session between now and then, but as things currently stand, the justices are not scheduled to take the bench at all between tomorrow (when no rulings are expected) and February 20. So it could be some time before we see the tariffs or LA redistricting rulings.

Gotta say, the Constitutional originists are awfully comfortable with shooting people who don't express their worldviews.

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.

Baby dies from cold in Gaza as leaders meet to discuss Trump's Board of Peace apnews.com/article/isra... Inexcusable and shameful Bebe and trump

BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest. "He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."

Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...

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Imagine a President who was blocking Congressional access to government records, imposing economically destructive policies and forcing Congress to strengthen their oversight of foreign wars. That was Nixon in 1973.

i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states

More demented international correspondence from the First Lunatic of the United States. t.me/pul_1/19890

They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his home in the Twin Cities in -18° weather wearing only shorts. That’s sick. This administration is dismantling civil rights, ignoring due process, and turning cruelty into policy. This isn’t law and order. It’s state-sanctioned abuse.

“Trump is the first president not to issue an official proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day since President Reagan made it a holiday.”

The other day I bitched that people always forget LaMonica McIver in their list of politicized prosecutions. The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Saying Trump was "snubbed" for the Nobel Peace Prize is like saying Goonies 3 was snubbed for the Best Picture Oscar. He was never in contention because he is a war mongering fascist.

Good morning members of the GOP in Congress. Today would be a good day for you to wake up.

Remember right after ICE murdered Renee Good when they shot a second person, this time in the leg? They put out an elaborate story about the man assaulting ICE agents, ramming them, etc. Only one problem: it was all a lie, as shown by multiple videos and the transcripts of calls to 911. ICE lies.

I agree. Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it. -The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man. -That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war Which side are we on?