In a world of corporate and Republican reeks who have all bent the knee to Trump, be auto worker TJ Sabula, who called Trump a "pedophile protector" to his face. Bravo.

Important reporting from @sarahlazare.bsky.social on an action that'll be critical to watch, as cities consider how to respond to all-out siege by federal immigration forces.

Significant labor support for this call for a Minnesota-wide shutdown to stop the federal assault. Backers include ATU Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, SPFE, and others, and organizers tell me more unions are expected to join. The call is Jan 23: No work, no school, no shopping.

This article is a joint publication of @inthesetimesmag and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social. You can see the Workday Magazine version here. workdaymagazine.org/we-are-facin...

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

It's 10am in Minneapolis and rapid response is underwater, reports of chemicals deployed already. As others have pointed out, the ratio of feds (with more arriving) to residents and square mileage here is extreme compared to what we experienced in Chicago. We are in freefall.

Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it. Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.

Antisemitism is violent, and I do not trust the US government to actually address it as a form of white supremacy. www.mississippifreepress.org/suspect-in-b...

I know and trust one of the organizers of this fundraiser and can vouch for it. Aimed at support and relief for Twin Cities daycare workers.

⭕️ Somaliland says “all Somaliland-UAE agreements remain lawful and binding.” The self-declared state in the Horn of Africa, recently recognized by Israel, rejected Somalia’s authority over the port of Berbera over which it says Somalia has no “legal jurisdiction, administrative authority, or...

🟠 NEW: Somalia cancels UAE security, defense deals after alleged unauthorized transit of Yemeni secessionist leader Somalia has cancelled all security and defense agreements with the UAE after opening an investigation into the alleged unauthorized use of Somali airspace and Mogadishu airport to...

luv 2 b a major beer brand doing normal posts about dry january

This assertion from Yglesias is quite damning -- for Yglesias. He is claiming it is "basic reality" that Elizabeth Warren is "an electoral underperformer" and that anybody who doesn't understand that shouldn't be trusted to understand more complicated things. But he appears not to understand the...

Springfield and Holyoke are both fairly large working class towns in Western Mass, and Warren outperformed Harris in both. Springfield (20% have a college degree) Warren 70% Harris 65.5% Holyoke (25% have a college degree) Warren 66.3% Harris 63.5% Now let's go back to some rich areas...

Again, the country does not look like Massachusetts. Overall nationally, around 50% of people have a college degree by the age of 25. In areas where Harris romped in Mass., that number was up to 80% or more. But there are LOTS of areas in Mass. that do look like the rest of the country...

Our strike begins today! Show your support for nurses fighting for safe staffing, healthcare benefits and a fair contract! #NYCNurseStrike #SafeStaffingSavesLives #PatientsOverProfits

The tech bros are fully integrating their operations into the Trump administration.

Powell ending up in prison–because he refused to listen to those of us who said that raising interest rates while failing to reign in Wall Street overcompensation was a recipe for financial and political misery–would be the own goal of the century.

Nearly 15,000 NYSNA nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian are on strike today because greedy hospital management have given frontline nurses no other choice.

Fat cat hospital executives: get bent! NYC is with the nurses!!! 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻

This is great news for everyone, but especially for people with conditions like Crohn's and unhoused people. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...

NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good. Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.

new @us.theguardian.com A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade

Greetings! Several hundred protesters are currently at Pershing Square. They are protesting against recent fatal shootings in the US by ICE officers.

"The murder of Renée Nicole Good has sparked outrage in all of us." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Alaska officials gave false info to American Samoans, telling them they can vote. (They can’t, due to a unique status.) Now, the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic. @burness.bsky.social spent months reporting the story; spend some of your w-e with it.

Alongside the terrible news, this was really a hell of a week for Zohran Mamdani, who has already advanced the core campaign promise of free, universal child care, among other forms of progress for New Yorkers. I wrote that up for today's On Tap: prospect.org/2026/01/09/m...

Jacob Frey standing at the sidelines shouting 'fuck' over and over so everyone knows this is a progressive use of police.

See full statement here: dsausa.us/vz-cuba-statement

OPEIU Statement: ICE Puts Working People at Risk

the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens

Congress can force ICE to release documents like these at any time, but doesn't because they do not do their jobs

John Roberts, Stop Gaslighting America By @thelisagraves.bsky.social 🔗 substack.com/@legalaf/not...

Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels. "We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."

“The wrong ICE is melting, the wrong Amazon is burning.” (Written on the back of a frozen pizza box)

🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.

Childcare providers in Minnesota are being demonized and scapegoated, and hounded by right-wing content creators. Amie Stager spoke with one childcare worker about the material consequences, and what cuts mean for both workers and the children they serve. for @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

American Samoans, unique among *everyone* born in US states or territories, are denied US citizenship. That means they are banned from voting. That's made some a target of vicious GOP prosecution for fraud; even if they were told incorrect info from public officials. A. New. Must. Read.

The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies

All that right-wing talk since the 1990s about the danger of a violent and unaccountable federal government, whose agents would one day gun Americans down in the streets, I foolishly thought that was a warning, but it turns out it was more of a promise they were making

US violence in Venezuela, and violence in Minneapolis, cannot be separated. This is conquest and fortress, violently driving people out and then disappearing them when they seek safety. The Trump admin is at the helm, but the military and deportation apparatus have ballooned with bipartisan support.

I'm a union organizer, Assemblymember, and democratic socialist running for Congress in NY-07. I came to politics through low-wage jobs and the labor movement. That’s the perspective I’ll bring to Washington to take on oligarchy, fascism, and war—and win for working people.

ICYMI, yesterday I ran down several examples of federal officers who violated state laws being prosecuted. Yes it would likely be removed to federal court. Yes there would be claims that the officer was discharging his duties. So what. If you don't prosecute now you've given ICE practical immunity.

what a pathetic and disappointing thing to say from someone who is supposed to be protecting minnesotans

Luis Gustavo Nuñez Caceres, originally from Honduras, died on Monday in ICE custody in a hospital in Conroe, Texas after being held in GEO Group facilities for more than a month. He was 42. www.ice.gov/news/release...

I keep saying it. But they’d rather just tweet. Also, get the hell off Twitter. Tonight!

🔴 BREAKING: Israeli forces have bombed a residential home in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing 3 people. The strike occurred west of the yellow line as daily Israeli violations and killings continue, despite the Trump-backed ceasefire. Vid: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)