Excellent story on our NO WAR IN VENEZUELA protest in early January! Thanks again to Community Word for providing outstanding coverage of Peoria 50501 and our allies in the Resistance! thecommunityword.com/community-or...

Ok, I got it now. It's Homan, not Human. This "change" by the regime is a bullshit ruse.

Get ready folks - No Kings 3.0 is coming. March 28. Mark your calendars. Look for more details as Peoria 50501 sets the stage for a mass event like no other.

The only difference between Homan and Bovino is that Homan understands that you keep the human rights violations out of public sight so people have plausible deniability to say “they didn’t know” later

On 1/25 Central Illinoisans braved the cold in a show of mass resistance at the "SHUT DOWN ICE" protest in Peoria. Thx to WorkersStrikeBack for organizing the event, coming after loss of life in MN at hands of fascist ICE/CBP. Thx to Jim McGinn for pics...here are a few. We the People will prevail!

Be kind to Minnesota.

Our allies at Minnesota 50501 call on folks to "Shine a Light for Minnesota" tonight at 7pm. Step outside your home, gather with neighbors, stay inside if needed, and light a candle for Alex, for Renee, for everyone who has suffered from the reckless cruelty of ICE, CPB, & the criminal regime.

I smell Nazis

JFC

ICE says it detains the "worst of the worst." Meet Liam Ramos, age 5.

From what hellhole did this malevolent, sadistic mfer emerge? We need to permanently cap the sewer - abolish ICE!

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

CALL CONGRESS NOW! Congress has a Jan 30 deadline to vote on the DHS budget for 2026, which includes large funding increases for ICE. Urge your Congressperson & Senators to vote NO on this budget, and to defund ICE! Use this link to the 5 Calls webpage. Follow the instructions & MAKE YOUR CALLS!

WRITE CONGRESS NOW! Congress has a Jan 30 deadline to vote on the DHS budget for 2026, which includes large funding increases for ICE. Urge your Congressperson & Senators to vote NO on this budget & to abolish ICE! Click on the link below & follow the easy instructions. Then click to send!

REMINDER: Peoria 50501's Virtual Free America Walkout is scheduled for 1pm on Saturday 1/17 and 10am Sunday 1/18. See details in Event posting on Facebook with Zoom Meeting ID & Passcode for both meetings in Event post comments. Hope you can join us! www.facebook.com/share/181Sa3...

Aware that he only had a few months left to live the great Mike Davis gave one of his final interviews to the Guardian in 202. "You’ve been organizing for social change your whole life. How do you deal with a future that feels so bleak?" Lois Beckett asked.

WTF?!? Fascist ICE Goons wreaking havoc on our communities with impunity. Rise the fuck up, people!!!

Somehow we have to get through this nightmare, capped off by the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Goebbels Junior - what a vile, monstrous pile of shit.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMMUNITY: Join in commemorating MLK Jr! The People's March - Honoring MLK's Dream is set for Monday, January 19 at 2pm. See details in this event post on FB. The time is right for some stirring inspiration!

Muthafuckas...Gestapo pigs.

Courageous Rapid Responders in Minneapolis show the way for the rest of us. "They don’t realize this is coming from a deep place of love and empathy and care for my community,” O’Keefe said. “And that is a stronger feeling that I have in me than fear."

Today 1/13 groups are holding a mass protest at the Customs & Border Control building in DC, calling for Congress to "Rein In ICE Now". Join our allies in DC by writing your Senators & Congressperson! Click the link below & follow the easy instructions. LET'S FLOOD THE ZONE! ICE OUT FOR GOOD!

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

ICE are the terrorists - no amount of scurrilous fascist propaganda can change the reality we see, day after day.

ATTENTION PEORIA: Vigil for Peace and Call to Action honoring Renee Good and all victims of ICE-related violence. 📍 Location: Corner of Main St. & University St., Peoria, IL 🗓 Date: Friday, January 9, 2026 ⏰ Time: 4:00–6:00 PM 🚗 Parking: Available at Campus Town Plaza facebook.com/events/s/vig...

Outraged by an ICE agent's killing of a 37 year old woman observing the terrorizing of Minneapolis by ICE? Tell your Senators & Congressperson to abolish ICE. Use the link below. Add your own words to text provided. ICE, DHS, & this destructive, lying, corrupt regime need to be held accountable!

When you see pessimism, share this. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY / Join protests / Donate time & $$ to defeat Republicans / Support good media (Guardian, ProPublica etc) / Boycott bad media (CBS, Fox) / Call & write lawmakers / Remind family & friends how bad MAGA is / Vote / Get others to.

Peoria 50501 is holding a "No War on Venezuela" Emergency Protest tomorrow (Sunday January 4) from 3pm to 4pm at Main and University, Peoria IL 61606. Spread the word!

Hope is what I hope for, in myself and so many others.

Compare and contrast this deeply sick Stephen Miller tweet (left) with the rhetoric that was used on people like his ancestors when they immigrated to the United States (right): newrepublic.com/article/2041...

As the fog fades away, I see the opening. New tune on the trusty 12-string: "The Opening"

My annual Christmas Eve column on why I choose to believe in Santa Claus, and believe that good prevails. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

ICE MONSTERS!#?@!

Another tune from my 1977 song cycle, a romantic reverie recorded in my friend's living room - one of my late sister Jo's favorites: "To the Sun"

Madness...madness...

Tune from a 1977 song-cycle, recorded "lo-fi" in a friend's living room, reflecting a bracingly cold winter's evening in Chicago near a frozen Lake Michigan: "Along the Shoreline" | Jim Haptonstahl

Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA, and US government agencies are sanctioning this as an operating principle on a daily basis:

The news is a torrent of horrors. Glee in domination and crimes against humanity. Dystopian tech and financialization. Antihuman futurism. All championed by sociopaths and raw id. We should be calling for humanistic moral revival, whether religious or secular.

Couldn't get this out of my head...in winter darkness on a snow-covered prairie road: "December Dream, 3 a.m." youtu.be/YN6XpW0Ts2Q?...

There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home. They are lawless bestial scum.

Outside - gusty winds. Inside - deep yearning. New song as winter descends upon us: "If and When?" youtube.com/watch?v=BQyv...

Today we start. BOYCOTT BIG. SHOP SMALL. USE CASH.

Peoria 50501 has created Holiday Talking Points to share with your family and friends as you gather for the holidays. We hope folks can find common ground. Peoria 50501 welcomes anyone who believes in protecting democracy and building a better future for our community and our country.

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

TIFU...

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd, Is a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear him shout so loud, Crying out that he was framed. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. --Bob Dylan

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Regime’s claims of TdA were DOA from the get-go. Monsters.

@durbin.senate.gov Your honorable career in public service has been irretrievably stained. In March you caved to vote for cloture on the CR. And now you've caved again to the monstrous regime & its GOP toadies. This is a real gut punch. You've failed your Illinois constituents & failed our country.