The true purpose of the masked men terrorizing Minnesota, writes @polgreen.bsky.social, is "to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

FLASH: Congressional Democrats probe whether Jan 6 rioters are now working for ICE youtube.com/shorts/bHPqG...

“You can’t divorce this from the experience of COVID in New York. COVID tested our healthcare system & tested nurses in particular. They last went on strike in 2023 & continue to face chronic understaffing, leaving them feeling overextended,” Me from @nynurses.bsky.social picket line

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.

And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”

*correction: The initial county was in Georgia, developers are eyeing South Carolina now

After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields

Not just disappointed. Very disappointed.

Since then, Trump and his allies have tried to deny the facts and whitewash the truth. I will not be complicit in lies designed to protect his ego and escape accountability. (2/2)

Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to overturn the results of a free and fair election he lost. Calling it anything else is a lie. (1/2)

I’m not wearing anything right now, unless you consider the crushing weight of existential dread to be an article of clothing.

Good morning Bluesky! Trump slashed UN aid from $17B to $2B, tells agencies to “adapt or die.” Trump says he gets Putin’s ceasefire tantrum. Kyiv gets bombed, Venezuela gets bombed, the world’s on fire and Washington brought kerosene. 🔥

Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.

NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it. But this isnt a sad story. This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

On the one hand, they have redacted Trump’s name from the Epstein Files. On the other hand, they have put it on the Kennedy Center.

“Joe Campbell, a Pentecostal preacher who for half a century ministered to thousands of children across four states, has been arrested on child sex abuse charges, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday.“ Still not a drag queen.

There's lots of data to show cardiac troubles spike during the holidays amid the mix of merrymaking, travel and stress. But there are ways to spot the signs of trouble before it's too late. n.pr/4qhOzn2

The dumbing down of America continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

Verona’s ancient Roman Arena will receive a modern facelift and become more accessible to people with disabilities ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, where it will host both the Olympic closing ceremony and the Paralympic opening ceremony.

Hallelujah, they are risen. 🧟‍♀️ Cannot wait for this one - after the excellent middle instalment (very much the Empire Strikes Back or Two Towers of zombie films), hopefully they can round things out in a suitable manner.

If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.

according to the person third in line to the presidency and his wife, men’s brains are like waffles and women’s are like spaghetti * * actual analogy

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story. The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth. And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.

The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions. n.pr/44w8Kox

So, special election next year for MTG seat. Here's the Democrat already in the race. 40-year military vet, retired as an Army Brigadier General. 5 children, 4 grandchildren. Wife Karla works as a family doctor. Plus, they run their grass-fed cattle farm. www.shawnforgeorgia.com/meet-the-can...

Well, how about that? Seems just a little inconsistent with the position (and sworn testimony) DOJ presented to Judge Xinis.

“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”

Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors. n.pr/4r59PgR

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Holiday travel can already be stressful. Here's how a prolonged government shutdown might make things even harder and whether you should travel at all. n.pr/47rayRP

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot, says voters chose her to lead and address affordability at a time when many New Jersey residents feel challenged by the Trump administration. n.pr/4i3JXOx

Democrats enjoyed major wins beyond just the marquee races, up and down the ballot — and across the country — continuing the party's momentum heading into the 2026 midterm elections. n.pr/49AB24C

Bless his heart

Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states. Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.

More women are defying traditional beauty standards and finding empowerment by going without hair on their heads.

Has Albert Speer Jr here actually seen Trump tower?

A dramatic reading of the names of the corporations and fat cats who enabled Trump's demolition of the East Wing by donating millions of dollars to this ballroom project, a monument to Trump's ego. And they all have big financial interests that can be affected by the Trump administration.

Every imagined threat about socialism is modeled after real things that happened under capitalism

⚡️ Poland warns Putin's flight to Hungary for Trump talks could be diverted to The Hague. "I cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court won't order the government to escort such an aircraft down to hand (Putin) over to the court in The Hague," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

This aged well

The clown house in Burbank is out of control this year. This is ONE SIDE of it

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Important! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Call out the lies!

The frogs have spawned! Dublin represent! #NoKings