This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Remember like two days ago when that Hilton branch in Minnesota canceled ICE's reservation and the Hilton company punished them for it? Boy I think maybe Hilton should be informed about what happened today. 888/446-6677

Minneapolis.

I want people to realize prosecuting the police is always a long shot and even when successful that it hasn’t produced any observable change in behavior from the police in general.

A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve. Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. This is not new but it is expanding.

Black folks been saying that 5 years ago, 15 years ago, 50 years ago, 250 years ago

Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense

It looks like @governorwalz.mn.gov is going to let the feds handle this. That is cowardly as fuck. Arrest him. It is entirely possible the Feds will swoop in and rescue him. Make them do it. Make them answer questions about it. Make it a damn story, don't let them cut ahead to the end.

surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational

Update: As of January 7, The Trace has identified 28 incidents, including 14 shootings, in which federal agents shot someone or held them at gunpoint during an immigration enforcement action under Trump’s crackdown. At least four people have been killed and five others have been injured.

If you are not in Minneapolis, It is important that you spread the word how bad it is. Everywhere in the city is seeing ICE. They are speeding, kicking in doors, taking people at bus stops. Yell at your electeds. They are taking daycare workers. Parents dropping kids off at school.

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.

Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.

Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you - one painting per day (ish) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 12. Leon Bakst. Afternoon of a Faun. 1912. Print. 38.75 cm by 29.5 cm. Private collection.

i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things

More and more, I’ve stopped being offended when people are shitty about masking and just get confused. Are you all genuinely having a better time than me? Because you don’t look like you are. And that hacking cough you’ve had for three months doesn’t sound like it either

goddammit man

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Utterly shocking that the country that invaded Iraq for oil and suffered zero consequences internally or externally is doing it again.

Universities have a duty to safeguard the freedom to teach, learn, explore, & debate ideas, even when doing so is uncomfortable or politically unpopular. At the University of Oklahoma, the policy is to give a paid suspension to any faculty member against whom a student has filed a complaint. 👀

I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather. “No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!” “No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”

It's probably fine

Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like: “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”

Elegance of chalkboard use. Whiteboards don't count

This Upton Sinclair quote never misses “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...

“Several weeks ago, the department set up a trap: a large metal cage sprayed with cherry and caramel scents. A bear was found inside it on Dec. 16, but officials said it was the wrong bear.”

What the fuck?

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

I keep coming back to this because I cannot handle the amazing gender politics of using "frigidity" here

like I think Mamdani's success helped a lot of people think differently about the first wave of 2028 presidential contenders trying to make a name for themselves. it's proof we can want better for ourselves than the Gavin Newsoms

"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.

This seemed like a weirdly low price to call out as expensive for boots so I trotted over to the Prada website as the first fancy brand I thought of and the cheapest "boots" they have are suede sneakers for $1,270

He's still at it

One of the greats. Go knit a top down sweater in her honor

people keep saying variations of "differing political views used to mean the tax rate and not killing minorities!" and, baby, no, it never did, not in the way you imagine

Nobody thinks a guy doing the YMCA in a frog costume on a city sidewalk is a credible threat to public safety AND Oregon lawyers were able to leverage that perception to discredit the argument that Portland needed immediate federal intervention. Both tactics work in tandem to reinforce the other.

Well this is lovely and I shamelessly stole it. #Austen

#woty folks, I know it’s not that new or special to this year but “skill issue” should get some love at some point. It’s really one of the great rhetorical advances of the English language