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The WGAE joins a coalition of 31 press-freedom and civil-liberties groups in a joint statement condemning the government invasion of the home of Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson. www.freepress.net/news/31-pres...

NEW: Austin City Council members have strong thoughts on when APD should cooperate with ICE. (tl;dr they say rarely/never) But the city/police chief say state law hampers their ability to bar all contact. Story by @mosebuchele.bsky.social. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #ATX #ICE

Good news! Congress PASSED the Senate Interior Appropriations bill with bipartisan support. This bill rejects cuts to national park funding and staffing after a devastating year of attacks by the administration. https://bit.ly/3YKgNLl

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“Here are some practical steps immigrants can take to stay safe […] Leave home with caution […] Experts also suggest keeping a low profile and avoiding drawing attention to yourself…” This is what is actually being written in major newspaper in my region. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Being required to present proof of citizenship to someone not required to present proof they're actually law enforcement is one hell of a dichotomy

Federal funding cuts and international student enrollment drops are contributing to the university’s budget concerns.

DAILY MEMO: Ten-Year-Old Child, Gardeners, and Vendors, Among the More Than 88 Kidnapped in SoCal This Week Plus, another death in ICE detention, and Memo breaks down what’s happening with the mask ban for ICE and law enforcement. @eltragon.bsky.social

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

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Federal agents arrest a woman for "impeding" A man nearby starts blowing a whistle while other observers honk their horns The agents pepper-spray the man with the whistle, he continues, and they tackle him then arrest him 1/16/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point. When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.

Democratic politicians facing frivolous criminal investigations from Trump: Kat Abughazaleh Elissa Slotkin Jason Crow Tim Walz Jacob Frey Letitia James Lisa Cook Mark Kelly Eric Swalwell Adam Schiff

Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO. It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.

just saw an ad for Walgreens that was like “Because you don’t stop for a sick day. And neither do we.” and uh. yeah that’s the whole fuckin problem bud

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Yesterday these folks had raised $17k. As of right now they’re a few hundred bucks from $100k. A lot of that is Bluesky—y’all absolutely kick so much ass.

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Read our @boltsmag.org story on the fourth of these, a big one that risks not getting enough attention. boltsmag.org/virginia-con...

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Immigrant advocates count gains, mourn losses a year after local sweeps www.bakersfield.com/news/immigra...

A lot of people don't know that Nobel laureates get two medals. A real gold one usually kept in a safe deposit box and a gold plated duplicate for public display. She gave him the dupe

San Antonio’s march for MLK did not start as an enormous event, that’s for sure. It began much smaller and quieter. But over the years, it’s evolved into the massive gathering it is today. txst.us/98746u

Oh gosh. Don't even get me started on how these measures wouldn't improve anything while the additional funding would increase harm.

Angie Craig is now arguing for the brilliant reform of ... making ICE wear body cameras. Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.

Nothing to say? Big Minnesota companies keep quiet as Trump’s immigration crackdown squeezes the state minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/b...

Immigrants, activists and local politicians on Friday implored members of Congress to use their influence to stop the violent arrests conducted by federal immigration officers who have flooded Minnesota.

They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.

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The Bucks County Sheriff's Office is no longer assisting ICE's cruel agenda thanks to Bucks County community members coming together to demand better from their elected officials. Together, we are powerful.

Nooooooooo! I’m sad to hear this.

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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

SCOOP: A new ethics report shows Republicans spent $2.9 million — nearly all of which went to a Trump Jr.-endorsed political campaign company — to stop Missourians from gathering enough signatures to block the GOP's new congressional gerrymander.

"Please stop existing where we decide to be." Because if you just happen to be near where they stop to operate - just as a bystander, or you live there - and are harmed by it, you're automatically at fault.

It's striking that the federal line is now simply that there is no justifiable or legal means of resistance, defense, or protest, against ICE period. That seems to me like a change/escalation (though I know it's not unprecedented). Either assist ICE or comply with them, or be attacked and slandered.

More than 50% of US college students are enrolled in a state with at least one law or policy censoring higher education. Since PEN America began tracking this legislation in 2021, educational censorship has spread nationwide. Read our America’s Censored Campuses report at: pen.org/report/ameri...

There's a huge gap with your reporting if your Dispatches From MN don't mention both the direct violence *and also* all the families afraid to leave home, the businesses shut or locked down, the preschools being targeted for harassment, the local parents organizing patrols—*the day-to-day toll*

Ugh, I don't want to talk to friends and family members about another democratic primary. The sheer weight of people I knew who were Bloomberg and Yang curious made me lose it but ultimately they were going to vote Biden because they thought everyone else was too not for any policy reason...

Canceling a graduate ethics course right after removing Plato from the philosophy syllabus.

Texas A&M Cancels Graduate Ethics Class in Ongoing Course Review Administrators say the professor teaching the course did not specify when and how race, gender and sexuality might come up in class. The professor says that would be impossible. https://bit.ly/49n6zqm

A&M at it again. Censorship. Universities here in Texas are absolutely determined to reverse decades of teaching, in service to fascism.

Right now I care about punishing the people attacking my city more than I care about healthcare policy. … and I have probably published fifty essays on Medicaid and related programs over the years.

One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.