The Boss speaks out for the heroes of Minneapolis— It’s our blood and bones And these whistles and phones Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.

“As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motion of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn’t go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.” -Wendell Berry

The great Billy Bragg testifies about the courage of Minnesotans right now— But in this city if heroes We learned the lessons of history I will bear witness to terror I will bear witness to tyranny I will bear witness to murder I will bear witness to fascism

We are Minneapolis We are Renee and Alex WE, the PEOPLE

Finally made it to the head of the column. The lead vehicle is leading a chant of "abolish ICE, it's not that hard!" Meanwhile visibility is dropping as the snow keeps coming down.

They should nominate the Minnesota anti-DHS protestors for the Nobel Peace Prize. Still 6 days to do so, and it would infuriate Trump.

Newly released video clearly contradicts Federal account of the murder of Alex Pretti: “shows that the final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted by the masked agents who would then kill him.” ICE must be abolished. Trump must be impeached. Now.

Just two weeks after the murder of Renee Nicole Good, federal agents have murdered another person in Minneapolis. We need a general strike to demand ICE and CBP out of our cities. www.leftvoice.org/federal-agen...

DHS issued deportation notices to two people after they witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos' death, but a judge halted their deportations this week to allow them to potentially testify.

It’s worth comparing the speeches given at Davos by Carney and Trump—one a statesman calmly confronting the “rupture” of the world order that has stood since WWII, the other a rambling, narcissistic clown clamoring to have his imaginary accomplishments recognized.

In a world of New York Times headlines—normalizing Trump’s unhinged behavior—be a Common Dreams headline: “‘None of This Is Normal’: Trump Attacks Allies, Demands Control of Greenland in Rambling Davos Speech”

Aftyn Behn on why her campaign outperformed expectations in Tennessee: “immigrants and trans kids are not the reason grocery prices are high, you can’t afford your mortgage, life is unaffordable…And the real boogeymen are the billionaires and the multinational corporations that aren’t paying taxes.”

The island that became the headquarters of Epstein’s human trafficking operation was ceded to the US by Denmark in the same 1917 deal that gave Denmark control of Greenland. Does this history help explain Trump’s obsession with Greenland? Donald wants a bigger Danish island than his best pal got?

“Since the deadline for the Epstein files came and went, Trump has attacked Venezuela, invaded Minneapolis and threatened Greenland.” Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law do distract from the Epstein scandal, but the distraction goes both ways if we dismiss them as merely distractions.

Representative of Greenland speaks out firmly about Trump’s designs on Greenland and his real motivations. Imagine living in a nation with such intelligent, informed, thoughtful leadership. Maybe the solution to Trump’s unhinged global aggression is for Greenland to take over the United States?

In Greenland and Denmark thousands rally against Trump’s unprovoked aggression. Solidarity with those defending their sovereignty against capitalist imperialism. Trump is a blight on world peace and a threat to the safety of the planet. He must not be appeased.

Senator Bernie Sanders: “This is an unprecedented and dangerous moment in modern American history.” Donald Trump is intentionally sowing chaos in our streets as part of an orchestrated grab for authoritarian power.

Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen. Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night. Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out. Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

Perhaps a half mile of mourners with candles slowly circling our small Vermont town tonight in memory of Rene Good

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.

“She was kind and talented, a working-class mom who put herself through school despite circumstances that would’ve crumpled the pathetic rich boy politicians who sadistically abetted her murder.”

...the worst kind of one party state.. "invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt

Activist Bobby Seale had this right decades ago.

The Trump admin’s reckless ICE operations are trampling on working people’s fundamental rights and freedoms. We demand that ICE stop these dangerous operations and leave our communities and workplaces before even more innocent people are hurt or killed. https://bit.ly/4sFzgGL

“Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum.” - P.J. O’Rourke #RadioFreeAmerica

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social : “Abolishing ice is the bare minimum… it’s an agency acting like an American Gestapo.”

The coward Donald J. Trump’s Great America

As always, my friend @willbunch.bsky.social of the @inquirer.com provides factual and moral clarity on the key political developments of our time. Please read this one ⤵️

Brother Jesse Welles tells it like it is… You probably don’t need to shoot Someone in the face To do the thing That you’re calling your job.

Open letter to the civilized world: Please stand together against the Trump dictatorship. The American political establishment has lost the will to uphold democracy and the rule of law. Any reasonable citizens of what used to be the US are now trapped in a nightmare. Do not appease Trump. Fight.

“Insane rulers rarely stop themselves: they’re stopped when the people around them decide the country matters more than the crown.” The mad king in the Oval Office must be stopped. Our democracy depends on it. Our nation depends on it. Our NATO alliance depends on it. He has put our world at risk.

In an address to the UN security council, Colombia University economist Jeffrey Sachs lays out the illegality of the US assault on Venezuela, the history that has led us to this moment, the need for a firm response by the UN, and the risk of not upholding international law in this matter.

“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.” #LiberationTheology #TrumpHypocrisy

When idolatrous people come together, their individual folly is increased by numbers and becomes greater. And they are led like sheep, and follow in every direction the opinion of one another or of a violent leader of savage tyranny. — St. John Chrysostom

In the wake of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant warned that any future conflict in the nation would be fueled by ignorance. Grant was especially wary of the danger to our nation when ignorance is combined with ambition. It’s almost as if the 18th president could foresee the impact of the 47th.

Pope Leo has appointed Brooklyn priest Father Manuel De Jesus Rodriguez (51) as Bishop of Palm Beach; a member of the Salesians, Rodriguez is a native of the Dominican Republic and became a US citizen in 2018. He is a well-known dynamic preacher whose writings have appeared in America Magazine.

He saw the evils of capitalism as being tied to the evils of racism and militarism, and his final project, the Poor People's Campaign, aimed to address these economic injustices. He was about to change the political landscape and the capitalist ruling class couldn't have that.

“These are the kind of things junior high school boys do. And not even most junior high school boys; just the really dysfunctional ones. The bullies. The ones who are desperate to be part of the in crowd, but always on the outside looking in. The ones no one wants as friends.”

On the importance of Isaiah Berlin… www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...