You know what feels good today? Donating to the student newspaper of the Minnesota high school ICE raided yesterday. Keep writing, Lila!!

Meanwhile near where they killed Renee Good ICE was terrorizing a high school — and now Minneapolis has canceled school for the week. None of this is about safety. A lawless regime with no guardrails.

Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

Tomorrow, we all need to call our reps—even and especially MAGA ones, but also feckless Hakeem Jeffries— to voice our urgent support for @robinkelly.house.gov’s impeachment articles against Kristi Noem. It was public pressure that got the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed. We can’t let this go.

There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.

Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?

Wow

For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here, nor needed here." Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago.

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

✨ Small acts of defiance, big waves of change. History shows that simple acts of noncompliance can ignite movements and reshape society. #50501movement

Just me & fellow Nebraska State Board of Education members discussing how Marxism hasn’t infiltrated our public schools. Give it a listen! #ilovepublicschools

"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, & I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God’s airth a free woman. . ." —Elizabeth (Mumbet) Freeman #tdih 1781 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...

(I now see there was news while I was away.)

I’m baa-aack

Brutal.

If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re *not* really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t? So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??

This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.   If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20. (Via Christopher Hale)

Their reward for serving their country is being punished for being punished for who they are by people who have never spent a day in public service, even if they are now in the government bsky.app/profile/eric...

The Olympic gymnast put the ex-college swimmer on blast over the reason behind her campaign against transgender women in sports.

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“This bill would introduce the most significant & costliest new federal ed program in decades. It has virtually no quality-control measures, transparency provisions, protections against discrimination, or evidence to suggest that it’s likely to improve ed outcomes.” A+ Jon Valant ECCA explainer

There's an easy fix for this. Start a nationwide project using AI to identify the people snarling in the background of all those old civil rights photos. Problem solved.

My advice for journalists covering education via @thenation.com: pay attention to re-ascendancy of race science on the right and Trump's education moves make much more sense www.thenation.com/article/soci...

International students on America's campuses are some of the world's brightest, most motivated, and most extraordinary people on earth.* They are one of the things that "makes America great" - they represent what makes America a singular and remarkable place. *Except me, I got in by mistake

With the SCOTUS deadlock in the St. Isidore charter case, the lower court ruling will stand. The separation between church and state has dodged a bullet, at least for today. So has the right of states to defend &maintain that separation in their school systems. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n... 1/12

Federal judge blocks Trump’s Education Dept. shutdown, orders reinstatement of laid off staff https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/05/22/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plans-to-eliminate-education-department/

Fascinating higher ed history 🎓

The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," where as the top 1% have more money than at any time in history, according to a new analysis. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...

Rather than addressing the budget shortfall and providing property tax relief through equitable measures such as pausing income tax cuts, the Legislature plans to cut essential services and raise taxes on working Nebraskans—all to benefit Governor Pillen, not the people.

In addition to sharing beautiful images from her science, the Harvard scientist Trump jailed, Kseniia Petrova, has this to say about doing science in Russia and the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

“the president toured a half-billion dollar luxury 747 owned by the Qatari government which it then gave to him as a ‘gift’ and then he used it to replace Air Force One with the plan of keeping it after leaving office” is the most insane corruption any president has ever done and should end Trump

This is a huge new scandal. Trump and Musk are using tariffs as leverage to get other countries to buy from Musk’s companies. Working families pay $4,000+ more a year so Musk gets new deals. They get richer. Everyone else gets screwed.

The US government needs to hear the phrase, "Go fuck yourselves" on a regular basis. It will be character building.

Nebraska ❤️ Public Schools!!

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The @nebdouglasdems.bsky.social will be hosting canvassing 101 training next Weds. It will cover what you need to know and say when going door-to-door. Canvassing is one of the most effective ways of educating voters on candidates and having a plan to vote. Sign up www.mobilize.us/nebdems/even...

Sen. Ricketts is holding a town hall in Scottsbluff, NE, from 1-2 PM MT on Friday, April 25th. Join us to hold him accountable for his support of Trump's agenda and the disastrous DOGE cuts! #NebDems Sign up here and help us stand with working Nebraskans: www.mobilize.us/nebdems/even...

Ask and you shall receive 💅 A bill authorizing the use of chaplains in public schools as counselors was just defeated in House Education committee. Proponents argued that Americans had freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. Opponents correctly noted that this was wildly unconstitutional.

Don't miss your chance to attend a joint town hall this Saturday and engage with Sen. Juarez and Sen. Guereca regarding issues and ideas for both Districts 5 and 7. Learn about new things happening in South Omaha and how you can get involved. The town hall begins at 10 AM.

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