Tim and I are demoralized by Trump’s progress in destroying the liberal order and liberal democracy at home. We’re infuriated by the collaboration of the Republican Party, and of elites in general. Yet Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us—we shall overcome…someday. www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...

“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Good morning members of the GOP in Congress. Today would be a good day for you to wake up.

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Time to put grandpa in a home I’m sorry GOP

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2

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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” — Martin Luther King Jr. #MLK #MLKDay

Explore the most read research in Studies in Second Language Acquisition: 📚 https://cup.org/4qpCw7G #linguistics

Pink rose for Monday Bonus Bee #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #PinkMon #macroMonday #flowers #rose #photography #EastCoastKin #nayire #photographersofbluesky #photography

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks Just one question, how would anyone get satisfaction by “stealing” an award they did not earn? 🤔

BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.

Today we honor Dr. King by remembering that his legacy wasn’t comfort or quiet it was courage, sacrifice, and resistance in the face of injustice. He knew progress is never handed down; it’s pushed forward by ordinary people who refuse to accept inequality as normal.

Staying informed on current affairs can be overwhelming and depressing. Do it anyway.

"In the immediate aftermath of the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis... an FBI agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a probe into the actions of the officer who shot Good..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

🌱We did the hellebore foliage cut back job during False Spring 1 last week. We seem to have more of them starting earlier this year. And we’ve not really hard frost as of yet. But treacherous February is coming…

Real Apricot flower for this winter. #copper #electroformed #apricot #sciart #botanical #flowers

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WELCOME TO MONDAY GET TOGETHER 😎 LET'S KEEP FIGHTING FOR OUR DEMOCRACY 🇺🇲 💥LIKE 💥REPOST 🔊COMMENT & SHARE IDEAS #ProudBlue

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South Korea will require advertisers to label their ads made with artificial intelligence technologies from next year. https://to.pbs.org/4psIQKR

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.

The Nobel Institute said the Venezuelan opposition leader, who had been in hiding since last year’s elections, will be coming to Oslo after undertaking a journey “of extreme danger.”

The #Buffalo #Sentence is proof that "proper #English " isn't the flex some people think. Sometimes I think the verb "buffalo" is entirely made up to make the sentence work. #linguistics #words #language #wordplay

The Cherokee language syllabus with english translation and phonetic pronunciation

No one is above the law. Off to jail, ICE. A 45-year-old Riverside County man, identified as an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been arrested for allegedly detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty.

That's a fascinating question. Perhaps it's because their solution is for a different problem. Such as how do we get the rich richer without the poor realizing it and eating them?

Life should be about being a good person. How does being anti-trans... * help the crops in your field? * improve the pay in your pocket? * Improve your life or anyone's life whatsoever? Being anti-trans says more about you than it does them. Hate for the sake of hate is just not right.

Amen. And not just us old people. Our grandchildren will understand, because we'll tell them.

I held a door open for an old man today and he said, "didn't we go to school together" and we did. 😭

Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. When will party leadership learn this lesson?

Today’s flower 🌱 #1250 Orchid

🌱 the orange Mandevilla was one of my favorite tropicals this year🧡💚

One of the most fascinating topics I've ever written about - How different languages and different cultures view time: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languages #linguistics #writing #langsky #writingcommunity

Anytime we speak of it, we need to call it The Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom.

Gift link The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Trump is demanding that the DOJ transfer $230 million in taxpayer dollars into his own personal bank account. He can do this because, thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent decisions, the executive branch could accurately be described by King Louis XIV—L’état, c’est Trump.

Buried in a new GOP-backed Utah bill is a provision making it harder for courts to strike down future redistricting plans based on partisan bias. The stipulation, Michael Li of the Brennan Center said, is a clear attempt to tie the court’s hands. https://bit.ly/4owphkd

Via @kqednews.kqed.org In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."

The deployment and the quickening pace of U.S. strikes, including one Friday, raised new speculation about how far the Trump administration may go in operations it says are targeted at drug trafficking. n.pr/3JpFokp

#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)

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