MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

Dr. King suffered many bouts of severe depression. His autopsy found that he had a heart consistent with a 60 year old. He was murdered at 39. Stress, threats and exhaustion will do that to a person. #TheUnSanitizedKing

Henry Ford’s intent to eliminate recognition of MLK Day will hurt staff, patients, and the community michiganadvance.com/2026/01/19/h... Commentary from Alison Taplin, a certified nursing assistant at Henry Ford Rochester Hospital and a member of her union's bargaining committee.

Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.

On January 27, Andy Levin and I are hosting a town hall about how we grow and strengthen unions in Michigan and all over the country. Detroit, I hope you'll join us.

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I've reported from a lot of LGBTQ+ rallies, protests, Pride events, etc but this is the most I've seen people shoved or yelled at (or that I myself have been yelled at) by anti-trans activists. it was the first time in a long time at a DC rally that the anti-trans crowd was as big as the trans crowd

can an empire survive when it's fighting domestic and foreign wars for no clear reason, without public buy-in, and in contravention of law? tune in to America tonight to find out!

ICYMI A Ford factory worker caught on video heckling President Donald Trump as a “pedophile protector” has been identified as 40-year-old TJ Sabula, a member of UAW Local 600. Sabula, who has been suspended by Ford, says he has “no regrets”. Story from @bensolis1.bsky.social

Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.

The Michigan Supreme Court will host a hearing Wednesday for a proposal to prohibit civil arrests from taking place in a courthouse. The rule covers most ICE arrests, usually done under civil immigration warrants — which are administrative warrants, not judicial warrants. By @kdailey.bsky.social

"Proximity is one of the most important risks to assess when on the scene, says Xavier de Janon, director of mass defense at the NLG. 'The closer people have been to federal agents or property, the more likely they’ve been charged, tackled, or arrested,' he says." https://ow.ly/7lCJ50XWnst

Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says

I really wish they would just say it. This gaslighting is it's own form of abuse. An implicit denial of our identity and dignity inherent to the question of constitutional protections. Many Jim Crow laws denying the right to vote didn't name race either but they were still unconstitutional.

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

DTE spends more to buy off politicians than any other corporation in Michigan. Not me. I'm fighting for working people and I'm not bought by ANY corporation.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that ask whether trans students who want to play sports with their friends can be discriminated against just because of who they are. Share why it’s important for ALL kids to be able to play: hrc.im/millionvoices

Detroit teachers are pushing for the release of immigrant students from Michigan – many of them minors – who are being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. From @publicnewsservice.bsky.social

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/

Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside. This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

Two more shootings in Portland last night. MAKE THOSE CALLS! Call Slotkin! Call Peters! Call Missing Moo! CALL EVERYONE!

Hey @slotkin.senate.gov

At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report: An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”

I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement. Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.

Let me get this straight. DTE thinks they can provide us unreliable service, jack up our electricity bills, build a data center anywhere they feel like, and now add a credit card fee? Hell no.

This is a fucking insane statement. Do you know how many people are prosecuted for felony murder just for driving a car that someone else shot from? And this guy is on video murdering someone.

Look at the hundreds of people in that community in Minneapolis who ran TOWARDS the danger. Look at those who documented in their heads what happened so they could accurately recount it afterwards, look at those currently out protesting. Pay attention & do your part too.

I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...

After a tip from a colleague, I did my own research and discovered that Peter Pauper Press uses AI-generated art in several (if not dozens) of their products. The use of AI is not disclosed in any of their product listings.

It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.

This is how you can be an ally. They need to feel the cost of what they've done.

New: I spoke with a Colombian asylum seeker who was the victim of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ about what it was like to be racially profiled, abducted in front his family and held in ICE detention hours from home for more than a month—despite doing everything “the right way.” This is Nick’s story.

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It is not believable because this is complete bullshit.

The Jan 6 riot was successful. Maybe this will put to bed the constant admonition that "riots don't work."

“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...

When utilities like DTE and Consumers buy political favor—YOU pay for it. And every single person running for US Senate has taken a campaign check from them…except one. It’s lonely out here fighting for the people over the corporations.

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

Naomi Schalit, the politics editor with @us.theconversation.com, interviewed political scientist Sarah Burns, author of the book “The Politics of War Powers” on the historical struggle between Congress and U.S. presidents over who has the power to authorize military action.

A sobering look at how Fox-owned OutKick zeroed in on a Michigan teen volleyball player in relentless coverage — raising serious questions about media ethics, privacy, and the impacts of national culture wars on a high school student. From @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social

Mike Rogers wants you to know he's so rich he doesn't have to worry about the price of groceries. But what about you?

The part that's cracking me up is the "assume the best intent of our colleagues" part. Yes, take it on faith, because the actual evidence shows that it's not there.

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

When I was a teen, I told one of my friends that I wished I could unscrew my boobs sometimes and screw them back in when I wanted to wear them. I'm now in my 40s.

How many students were suspended and missed graduation for protesting genocide while these students are running a neo Der Stürmer on Harvard's campus without so much as a peep from the administration. It's untenable.

On standing: When Catholic Charities is “more guarded and cautious,” it has standing in the Sixth Circuit to challenge Mich.'s conversion therapy ban. When Friends of George’s “alter[s] the content of their productions,“ it lacks standing in the Sixth Circuit to challenge Tenn.'s anti-drag law.