Hundreds of Springdale High School students walked out of class on Tuesday afternoon to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. #arkansas #arleg #arpx 4029tv.com/article/spri...

Another fine Andy Duncanson written shuffle, this one called "Terre Haute." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKyS...

UPDATED: Simon wins Republican nomination for Arkansas Senate district at center of prison project debate arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/03/t...

Even Mississippi said no to vouchers.

Here are actual facts showing that immigrants aren't a drain on government resources – quite the opposite. They pay more in taxes than they get in benefits. (The Cato Institute, which did the study, is definitely not a liberal group – it's libertarian.)

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

The U.S. ranks 40th in healthcare—dead last on this list—yet Congress keeps shoveling billions into ICE. We fund raids, cages, and weapons while people die waiting for care. This isn’t incompetence. It’s priorities. And they’re lethal. #FundHealthcareOverICE

Worth your time to read. Kudos arktimes.com/rock-candy/2...

UA-Little Rock prof reportedly steps down as history dept. chair after rebuffing pressure to remove references to racism in off-campus lectures about ... racism. Univ. lawyers feared descriptions violated state's "anti-woke" law; lectures canceled. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews

Another great opportunity to #SupportLiveMusic TONIGHT at a fantastic room in Rockville, MD. The musicians and the great team at Hank Dietles will certainly appreciate the support.

Here’s your map, District 26. #arpx media.ark.org/redistrictin...

Remembering Dennis Edwards on the 83rd anniversary of his birth. The lead singer of the Temptations from 1968 to '76, he died in 2018. youtu.be/i7ilyTnxcGk?...

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

They can continue rounding people up based on the color of their skin, point guns in the faces of Americans, but no money to answer FOIA requests???? #ICE @aclu.org @maddow.bsky.social @mswmedia.com #FOIA

Arkansas voter verification letters sent by state lacked date, official letterhead  arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/arkan...

Attention Arkansans! Today (Feb 2nd) is the last day for registering to vote in the March primary and judicial elections. Get your voter registration form turned in to the county clerk’s office by 5 p.m.!

Interested to hear how the Republicans are going to spin this one. (Providing they’ve heard anything about it, of course)

-Arkansas blues for Black History Month: John Weston (d. 2005), born in Lee County, Arkansas. He didn't become a full-time musician until late in life, winning the International Blues Challenge in 1989, his first album debuted in 1993. youtu.be/FjFuzclzOWo?...

Born Feb 2, 1942 Founding member of the Hollies and CSN, Graham Nash. Here playing “Chicago” after discussing the origin of the song with Howard Stern. “When you get pissed off, you know you gotta do something, right?” m.youtube.com/watch?v=8djf...

For the upcoming judicial races, Blue Hog explains why he thinks John Adams, Sarah Capp, Robert Tellez, Patti James and Quincy McKinney are the right picks.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse… Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

(because nobody will play there)

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Black History Month. Entry about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas by the late William McNeil & me. It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.” encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sist...

This Black History Month I’ll be posting about some important Arkansas artists. Here’s an entry on bluesman Cedell Davis I wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.” encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elli...

January 31, 2026

Great clip of legendary blues artist T-Bone Walker performing "Everyday I Have the Blues" with Chuck Berry live at the 1972 Montreux Jazz Festival. Berry considered Walker and Louis Jordan his two main influences. Song written by Memphis Slim. #Blues #BluesMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=xWZn...

The GOP blames women for undermining them on issues like abortion & ICE & thus hopes to pass the “SAVE Act,” which will make it harder for married women who changed their last names to vote. But they want you to think it’s about “election integrity”. 1/31/26 #HandmaidsTale 1/

In Arkansas, crickets ...

LITTLE ROCK FREAKSHOW Speaking first was Miss Cotton, then Gollum, then Googly Eyes, then Dumbo. In sum: Fearmongering, grandstanding, ass-kissing. You didn't miss nothin' if you didn't watch. What a waste of everyone's time. #arnews #arpx threadreaderapp.com/thread/20176...

Charlie Musselwhite’s birthday (1944). Musselwhite was friends with my old radio broadcast partner John “Sonny” Payne & would visit Sonny whenever he played in Helena. Musselwhite dedicated an instrumental track to Sonny: youtu.be/i5YOUd8N8vo?...

State Senator Bryan King calls for investigation into Franklin County Prison spending State Sen. Bryan King is challenging Arkansas’ prison project, citing cost disparities and planning issues, and pushing for key officials to testify under oath.

January 30, 2026

CLOWN SHOW! NOON! STATE CAPITOL! 🎪🤡🎪🤡🎪 Featuring these freaks: 💃A Longneck Bearded Lady! 🙉 Flappy Ears! 🤑 Gollum, the governor's gimp! 👀 The Googly Eyed Goofus! Watch them bend over backwards to kiss ass! YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE LIES! Invite your friends! Join the protest! #arnews #arpx

We think this I the kind of shuffle that makes Friday night not Tuesday. You know? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzB...

We are at the ‘seizing ballots, shooting protesters and arresting journalists because the president is a pu$$y a$$ bitch’ stage of the Great American Experiment.

Here’s one with Dizz & the Stones and Junior Wells. youtu.be/5MeK5Gd6VTY?...

Born Jan. 30, 1949 William “Wak” King Musician and choreographer for The Commodores Here playing trumpet on “Brick House” m.youtube.com/watch?v=67xf...

As with his suit against the FBI, the DOJ, whose entire leadership consists of people who at one time worked as one of Trump’s personal attorneys, will represent “the people,” and have the power to approve the terms of any settlement. Trump controls both sides of these lawsuits.

Dog dance party? Listening to Junior Walker, playing the pictured “anthology.” (Walker was born in 1931 at Blytheville, Arkansas.) youtu.be/f_amB431E4U?...

ALERT DAY⚠️ With temps slipping back below freezing for over 24 hours and wind chills dropping below zero Sat. morning, another AR Storm Team Alert Day has been issued. Continue dripping your faucets, leaving your cabinets open and take care of your people and pets. #ARwx

Remember—the FBI replaced their head investigator in the Atlanta office last week. Dems in Congress should call that person to testify. I bet they refused to go along with this bullshit Fulton County raid.

By a vote of 45-55, the Senate did not agree to the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to H.R. 7148. Republican Senators voting no: Budd, Johnson, Lee, Paul, Moody, Scott (Fl), Thune, and Tuberville. Majority Leader Thune voted no in order to make a motion to reconsider.

Thursday! Tune in to CRYSTAL BLUES at 1pm CST. Two hours of blues, new & old. Listen on-line at crystalfm.co.uk .

What gave Sarah Huckabee Sanders the authority to share our voter information with the feds? #arpx #arbluedots

I begged you to stop screaming about the beatings. Now look what you made me do.

Happy 73rd birthday to Charlie Wilson! youtu.be/17lkdqoLt44?...

State lawmakers stand ready to help ICE — or impede it arkansasadvocate.com/2026/01/29/r...