I went through the Politics1 listing, based on redistricting and who drew good seeming D contenders (qnd avoiding states still having potential R redistricting) but it looks, based on the type of contenders we pulled, that we have shots at something like 50 R held House districts...wtf?

Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:

A letter from the six #ELCA bishops of MN. “We are tired, and our hearts are broken. Yet we are not deterred…This has been a season marked by profound grief. It is also a season in which we have refused to be defined by what the baptismal liturgy names as ‘the forces that defy God.’”

Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people:

Update on the fractured shoulder-at 9 days after, I can get the arm out of the sling, they said I don't need it but when I get past around 4-4 1/2 hours it starts hurting. I can move it, but the ranfe of motion is *really* limited so it's probably a good idea that they said I couldn't drive

I want people to commit to memory faces, groups, and voices & what they are doing-who's actively helping either people or iCE, whats news groups/journalists published the truth, what orgs helped rather than bent the knee. We need to forge a new mainstream for after and need to rememver the good guys

This feels apt

Holy shit, another way people can help. And start taking notes folks, because these are issues that are gonna come up when they come to Michigan, and we all know they are gonna

Very curious what the long-term ripple effects of this ICE occupation will be. Many very privileged people have stepped up to prevent their own government from disappearing their non-white neighbors and have now confronted inequalities and social problems they never would have experienced firsthand.

Seeing Velshi this morning, and one clip was of a bunch of white guys in Iron Workers Union hoodies chanting back ICE. Does my heart good

Will is absolutely right: any time I think on it, even at their absolute worst, they can't do more than a few acts of public brutality to try to compel compliance. If that doesn't work, there's no second act

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The DFL has to run 4,000 precinct caucuses in a few weeks, under unprecedented circumstances. They're training thousands to be Constitutional Observers, helping get natl influencer attn. They have a vital role to play in defending democracy & I'm proud to support them. 5/ bsky.app/profile/bobb...

@katiephang.bsky.social They’re assaulting peaceful protesters.

I don't talk as much about my religious background, but I'm ELCA and Minnesota is heavily ELCA. Minneapolis is home to the ELCA Augsberg College and is next door to the largest ELCA Seminary (in St Paul). And I'm deeply proud of my fellow ELCA Lutherans for defending their neighbors and communities

I find it relatively heartening, though, how they came in with “We can kill you at our whim” and have been forced to pivot to “Our widdle agents are so scared :( they’re bleeding internally :( this is just self-defense” Like say what you will about the Gestapo but they didn’t whine like this

Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us

Trump is selling pardons every week to people who pay $1-2 million to his PAC and is approaching 2,000 corrupt and disgusting pardons less than a year into his term, but yeah “no one is above the law.”

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

Waking up (since this should I'll conk out for an hour or so in the evening) to remind everyone that we'd need to get through the midterms before we talk 2028 candidates

Organizing win. Its important to remember, even in these dark times, the folks working to make things better for their coworkers and families

Everyone is probsbly gonna see even more of me here, as I'm medically blocked from driving for the next 4 weeks (min) amd trust me, while I'm pretty good at using a phone to get things done, I've still never felt more useless

Attention Michigan folks. Something to keep in the "just in case" file

What? Damn

On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, as part of Operation Metro Surge. He has been transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus. newsguild.org/guild-member...

Blanket apology: I committed 2 cardinal sins for how I operate online lately that I want to do a blanket and full apology-a combination of myself, the Minneapolis violence, and the Lopez Belliza deportation had me give in to despair. For that I apologize

Told the family, so I'll let all of you know, on my shoulder: I don't need surgery! My worries shoed the problem in looking up you kychart info online. Still can't drive for 4 more weeks, need physical therapy (as always w/ me its all about doing the work) but I'll recover. Best Drs appointment

Okay, right before bed (as with the Shoulder injury I turn in earlier) but there's been a goodly number of new people following me lately so I thought I'd give a brief ABC of the account- I'm very active in MI politics and was formerly in UAW CAP. I support civil rights, education, and unions 1/2

Americans: I can’t afford groceries Trump:

A thought occurrs to me: the hardcore MAGA, the really committed 1s at least, seem to live in a hollow world lacking in friendship, joy&love. There's plenty of *hedonism* there but damned little affection. Regardless of the risk in standing by my morals and fighting this, my world still beats theirs

A strong majority of the American people and members of the US Congress stand with the people of Greenland and Denmark against the deranged madman who occasionally wanders into the WH from Palm Beach.

Being on the DL with this shoulder is driving me up the wall, there's so much work to be done and I want in, but can't. But I do want to say, to my Michigan people and mutuals elsewhere: I'm proud of the work you all are doing as you keep up the fight for those who (temporly or permanently) can't

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)

Congress. You can stop ICE. Vote to defund ICE.

By the way, it's looking extremely unlikely that I'll be able to return to work without surgery as I'm showing zero signs of improvement with the fractured shoulder. The internet tells me that could take up to 30 days to get performed. Love the American healthcare system

Can't even get a shirt off with this shoulder injury. It really is one of the most difficult injuries to live with

Going through the x ray results from my shoulder, how often is Google wrong on treatment recommendations for orthopedic stuff? Because Google is telling me I'm getting surgery

This is gonna be me after being one handed for a month with this fractured shoulder...

Note from a veteran police reporter: NAMING law officers who use lethal force under any and every circumstance IS NOT doxxing. It is journalism. Officers who invoke lethal force are ID'd publicly as a standard -- or were when we were a republic. Asdress, no. Name, rank, posting, etc. -- yes.

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

Given the committees that I have served on, I have seen a lot of real terrorists. Their glove compartments don’t look like this… As a dad, I feel sick to my stomach.

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

Usually I avoid delivery pizza, but with day I had with broken shoulder, I'm seriously debating that, anti pasta, and even cheesy bread...

This is bravery.

Hey kids-want to know why I'm "anyone D but Haley Stevens" for MI US Senate? Add.thia vote to the list

Silent vigil, outside ICE HQ in NYC, in memory of Renee Nicole Good, murdered yesterday by ICE in Minneapolis. She was a mother and poet. Rest in peace. 🙏 Grateful to @riseandresist.bsky.social for holding these vigils at 26 Federal Plaza, every Thursday at noon. #AbolishICE #HandsOffNYC #Resist

Okay update on the shoulder-it's not separated...it's fractured. Not sure how I'm going to drive, some idea how I could work