"Some humans (I think? Hard to tell) in masks and vests showed up this morning and took Manny and Kumal away. As you may have noticed, those two were the only staff—despite this place being open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m."

I'm good. How about you? Show of hands?

Immigrants in the US consumed about 24% fewer welfare and entitlement benefits per capita than native-born Americans in 2023, new Cato Institute research finds. Learn more from Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo: https://ow.ly/2w4Z50Y4Bsj

This morning, I signed on to Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Secretary Noem & DHS employees have systemically violated the rights and privacy of Americans, terrorized our cities, and obstructed Congress.

We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”

There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there A-telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down

ICE and the Logic of Escalation Dominance talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ice-a...

FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.

It’s as bad you think it is. Worse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

SUGAR is back! Love You Even Still 2026 Tour + new song "Long Live Love" out today. Register at sugarcopperblue.com for presales starting Tue Jan 27 10am local. 7" vinyl pre-order available. More shows coming soon!

Is Bruce Cockburn Canada’s Bob Dylan? Or Dylan America’s Cockburn? (Pt.3) www.tourtle.com/tourtle/696d...

Great to be in Titusville with new friends, Ms. Nancy and Ms. Evelyn, discussing the legacy of Harry T. Moore and their witness to Black History in Florida.

British artist Rob Rowland specialises in railway paintings ~ here, I’m enjoying the night-time atmosphere and lighting effects he achieves in this nostalgic image of a misty, wet Drury Hill, Nottingham in the early 60s

#ICEOUT TAMPA

She spoke with fire and conviction about why we can never, ever give up. The playbook is already written. It’s damn time we open the book. #iceoutforgood

50501 National Coordinator and Voices of Florida Fund’s Sarah Parker, spoke in Tampa to protestors who came out after the murder of Renee Good.

I miss Dragon Point. Hope it gets rebuilt. Along with Fred and Wilma and the hatchlings.

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I was there at the beginning… www.linkedin.com/posts/nelson...

Left: Trump Jan. 6 site claiming “no weapons”found on Ashli Babbitt, killed while storming—her word—Capitol. Right: evidence photo of knife found on Babbitt by Capitol Police. And if you say, “that’s just a little blade,” try taking one on an airplane—or into the Capitol—and see how far you get.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Jan. 6 was shocking. That Trump left the scene of the crime to return to power is a little less so,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.

I wrote a book about January 6 and what I called the "slow civil war" in which it was a battle, called The Undertow. In 2022 Vanity Fair published an excerpt of the in-progress called "January 6 Was Only the Beginning." I think we really nailed that headline... www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06...

Wishing a happy birthday to John McLaughlin, the influential jazz guitarist who also explored blues, flamenco, and Indian music, and helped found the jazz/rock fusion movement.

God, did I love this when I first heard Station to Station as a youngster. Loved it even more when, as an adult, I discovered it was written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington (of The Ballad of High Noon fame—“Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’”) for the 1957 film of the same name. Still love it.

Well and truly, the end: www.tourtle.com/tourtle/6730...

I love reading I would love to help people read just a little bit more

Charles Sumner was a leading voice in Congress for abolishing slavery and Reconstruction. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from an ambitious historical biography written by a law student. It ended up being my favorite book I read in 2025. www.powells.com/book/charles...

Is Bruce Cockburn Canada's Dylan? Or Dylan America's Cockburn? www.tourtle.com/tourtle/6949...

The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever. Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years. They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has

@stephruhle.bsky.social breaks down Trump's 50-year mortgage plan

AOC: “We have a future to plan for, we have a future to fight for, and we’re either gonna do that together or you’re going to be left behind… This is about: do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now, and the assignment is to come together across difference no matter what.”

Tonight was a good night for Democrats. Tonight was a good night for democracy. Tonight was a good night for the United States. And I'm out... 🇺🇸

“We were ordinary people plunged into extraordinary circumstances.” What a life Selma van de Perre lived for 103 years... 🎁🔗

Yes this is great. But after FL, MO and other R states redistrict and SCOTUS kills the VRA, Republicans will have the technical means to make the baseline House balance +5 R on the national popular vote. And it will all be perfectly legal.