This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen: A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained" But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.

Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."

Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives

Last Friday, a federal judge called the Trump administration's reasoning for removing an exhibit about slavery from Independence National Historic Park a "dangerous statement to make" and "horrifying to listen to."

granular, practical, well organized info here: www.wired.com/story/how-to...

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

Teachers looking to teach about what's happening in Minnesota might consider an "AHA" lesson (Analyzing Historical Analogies - check out the structure here: doi.org/10.1108/SSRP...). One historical comparison might be British occupation of Boston: radleybalko.substack.com?utm_source=n...

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

This is very, very good. By M Gessen, gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

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He is insane. He is a madman. He is unhinged. He is dangerous.

Outstanding piece of moral and intellectual clarity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

David Brooks: This is a war on blue states Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

Truly grateful for #ValerieZeigler, a government + history teacher at my alma mater, Abraham LincolnHS in #SF. She’s teaching students media literacy + critical thinking skills desperately needed during the escalating Unreality of #AI slop. See this Dec25 NYT report 🌉 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...

Make no mistake, he is justifying violence if he objects to the outcome of an election. Keep that in mind as we prepare for 2026.

He really is doing all of it.

Incredible that the Lakota Sioux in their homelands, and Black Americans, Hmong, Somalians, and the descendants of Scandinavians have been making the most important stand in modern times about the ideals of the US project / American experiment.

Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

Being a hs history teacher this week was difficult. I was set to start the week with Jan 5th but then we kidnapped the leader of Venezuela so I had to teach about the Monroe Doctrine and then the president started yammering about Greenland so I had to teach abt NATO and then Renee Good was shot and

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

Also, the man who literally destroyed the White House, is giving $1,000,000,000,000 of your money to billionaires who support him, funding it all by taxing you through tariffs and taking away your healthcare is trying to make you believe your life is worse not because of him but Somalis.

The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher. This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.

What are the top reasons early career teachers leave? @laurenwreports.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social talked to Center for American Progress researchers about their new survey.

Because we cannot say it enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do. If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

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OPINION: Funding high-quality teacher preparation programs should be the highest priority for policymakers   By dismantling the Department of Education, the Trump administration claims to be returning control of education to the states. And while states and local school districts are doing their…

Unreal

fyi this is terrorism abolish ice

GOP senators hide potential kickback inside bill to end shutdown www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I have voted for the deal that was on the Senate floor and which is probably caving to fascism Forgive me the flight delays were so annoying and so old

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

This is fantastic. Make sure you stick around until the record scratch at the end.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago: "He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Not a word from the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt on Tucker hosting Fuentes. Amazing. I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier. Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.