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Trump and Miller were hoping ICE's murder victim was brown and illegal. Fox News and the rest of republican state media keep emphasizing gay as a proxy for people who should be murdered.

i threw in $20. if you've got any spare change:

We must celebrate every victory if only to remind ourselves that the many can and will defeat the money. Let this fuel our efforts to force more corporations to defy this regime. variety.com/2026/digital...

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For the evening crowd.

the new insurance granted prior auth for the meds i've been taking for years, it is a week of good things

They hate, hate, HATE women.

a legend of the field and a generous soul. about a decade ago, he made sure that I and other younger women critics got Rock Hall ballots. never forgot that.

i was getting gas at costco earlier & chatting w/one of the employees & after a minute he says, "You look like a prepared sort of lady, would you happen to have any tylenol or other pain reliever, i have a bad headache)." of course i did never has a compliment been so deeply felt

brother, you are not cut out for this moment

I keep emphasizing this point because I am worried that some US citizens who are doing rapid response may have the false belief that it is illegal for ICE/Border Patrol to arrest them, and out of this incorrect belief respond in ways that make it *more likely* they get arrested or brutalized.

This is also why authoritarians in both parties are so intent on censoring social media. For decades cops murdered with impunity and the press repeated their lies as fact. Now everyone can document abuse and instantly share it with millions of people. That makes those in power scared. Good.

ok idk what to do so starting a thread of protests against ICE in various cities as i become aware of them—NONE OF THESE ARE TONIGHT

akron, 1/8

Heather Burnash’s obituary, discussing her life and the unbelievable amount of roles she filled in the Flint community. “It is Heather’s personal request that in lieu of flowers, everyone please stop watching Fox News.” www.sharpfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/h...

This is really what it is with MAGAs & their conservative brethren who may not like trump but still vote for the same evil. We don’t count.

When the cop murdered John Crawford III he was talking on the phone to his girlfriend in in WalMart buying snacks for his kid's birthday.

Daniel is local

I posted a version this moments after DHS's initial statement was issued this afternoon, but John adds a lot of nuance (and knowledge) to it in this short thread —>

These pics of the murderer from this angle without his mask are AI generated DO NOT SHARE THEM. I don’t care if it gets him killed—disinformation and fake images have consequences for everyone and they are bad consequences

Please stop asking for meetings or public hearings or backroom conversations with these people and start treating them like the existential threat to life and freedom that they are loudly telling you they are.

Renée Nicole Good was a poet. A prize-winning poet.

Point being, we are making a difference by fighting back against these unlawful acts. With all the awfulness around, there is reason to have hope. We are keeping families together and making a difference.

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As a resident of Minneapolis, I can assure you that my Latino and East African neighbors aRe responsible for cleaning up East Lake St by making it a viable business node.

This helps nobody right now and if you see it please call it out.

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posting screenshots from outlets doing on-the-ground journalism without posting the links to those articles is rude and bullshit, quit doing that

I am outside Roosevelt now, my daughter goes there. Talked to staff, ICE was in a car pursuit of someone and they crashed and went up on school property. Teachers formed a circle around the person to protect them. Ice releases tear gas and took two people

let's hear it for the Garden State

This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.

Every time.

These people will fire and deport you for insufficiently glazing Charlie Kirk but openly celebrate killings against perceived ideological enemies.

They murdered an American woman named “Good.” The symbolism can’t be worse for them

Local people protested, people raised money and showed up for court support. Local press covered what happened which is how folks on here came to know this happened. Local people didn't abandon her.

I had to get it out of my system. My open letter to the Block family in light of today's news they are shutting down the storied Post-Gazette. I am just so very angry. open.substack.com/pub/breathin...

Yeah, and I'm seeing a lot of "she wasn't a member of any protest group." Brothers and sisters in Christ, I don't care if she shot JFK, this SHOULD NOT BE HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE.

Small but lively crowds at Snelling and Selby. Lots of supportive honks.

In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.

i'm not trying to be a doomer but rn it feels like there's no number of humans they can kill before it motivates democrats to stop being scared and actually do or say something that matters (and by matters i know who controls government, i'm just tired of consultant-speak & minced words.

Her wife was in the car with her. They have a 6 year old child who was in school. They’re new to Minneapolis. I saw a video recorded by someone in the home in front of where the car ended up stopping and the wife could be heard on the video hysterical, talking to who was filming.

To properly credit this, it's a detail from a larger photograph from this local media source's (Minnesota Reformer) article. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i... The full image includes the driver's seat, airbag, and a lot of blood, which I cropped out so this portion could be shared more widely.

The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.

protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter protesting does matter

the fascist mouthpieces have a massive resource advantage. this is a way to chip away at that advantage: give valuable stuff to real journalists at real news outlets (and real independent journalists.)

Emergency response vigil organized by @miracmn.bsky.social tonight.

Take the opportunity to learn this universal fact about all forms of policing. Don't let their deaths be in vain.

This is very real and good advice. Protect your mental health; you do not need to bear witness in that way.