To the Tyrants of the World…

Bovino was doing exactly what Stephen Miller told him to. This is wildly insufficient.

Politicians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

One small thing you can do *right now* — donate $5, $10, $50, whatever you're able — to this rent fund for South Minneapolis daycare workers whose families are sheltering in place. Can we raise $5k today?? Whatever you can give matters. And if you can't give, can you share? givebutter.com/Rbpl0z

ICE leaving Minneapolis isn’t the end of anything, it would be cathartic and possibly curb some of the building revolutionary anger and energy. Nothing is over until ICE is abolished, its criminals imprisoned, the Trump Admin is run out of power, and a new and fairer future is realized.

You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.

rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know

Why insist that everyone understand that Democratic leaders from Clinton, Obama, Biden, and Harris to Pelosi, Jeffries, etc have played a huge role in facilitating the rise of fascism? To help people grasp that, to beat fascism, we can’t go back to what brought us here. We must build something new.

Yes

TODAY: @lesbrains.bsky.social in conversation with two Minneapolis activists defending their community against ICE. "I don’t think those fuckers were ready for all of this and how quickly we mobilized." flaminghydra.com/lessons-from...

True story. It all begins at home.

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If it were up to me, geriatric would-be invaders of Greenland would be sent out on an ice floe or maybe just rethink their life goals from an extended meditation retreat period atop the ice sheet. Perhaps a polar bear could discuss arctic life with him too?

Help where you can how you can. 💚

If you want to understand what is happening right now & what’s at stake, please listen to this conversation I had with historian Robert Kagan. Europe has to wake up FAST.

Think of all the people who'd rejoice if you didn't make it. And do your best to never give them the satisfaction.

Standing by the San Diego River in the park where my brother died.

the 'fuck your feelings' crowd has very sensitive feefees.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING YOUR SAFETY ON THE LINE TO PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE TO YOU ALL. NO THANKS TO THE VICHY POLITICIANS WHO ARE FAILING COMPLETELY TO MEET THE MOMENT. NO FORGIVENESS FOR ANYONE WHO IS FORCING YOU TO DO THIS

"Americans have been misled by pundits who proclaim the US a 'nation of laws.' It makes no difference if the US is a nation of laws when courts are selective in their application. Autocracies are nations of laws, too." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...

In other news, @debbiemillman.bsky.social wrote about the design of the new food pyramid. Spoiler: it's terrible design reflecting terrible politics. www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/n...

In my twenties I found books written by these three great American writers. Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, and Leslie Marmon Silko. I don’t know who I would be today without their work to guide me.

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social yesterday on @themts.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=USNT...

The most beautiful sound 🔊 🚨 🔊

If you are talking about Renee Good, but not her queerness, you are missing something very important about what happened. There is a VERY specific flavor of misogyny directed at queer women that is not the same as for cishet women. Please do not erase it. And yes, the agent knew she was queer.

This. Connect the dots.

"Being on the 'right side of history' is romanticized. It often means you were wronged and people cared too late." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders

"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

nicole is the second person murdered by ICE this year. keith porter was shot by an ICE agent on new year’s eve, ICE is claiming self defense in this case, too. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Before anyone in my country says something smug: Canada was confederated mainly to make it easier for mercenaries of private capital to commit genocide against Indigenous nations who stood in the way of their trade routes, literally or figuratively via land, competition, or fair trade expectations.

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “R.I.P. Renee Good” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

ICE murdering people of any citizenship status should be a very hard line in the sand for absolutely every single one of us. And at this point, I think they’ve done it seven or eight times if you’re waiting for a tipping point, the tipping point was the first time this happened.

We don’t need to compare what happened in Minneapolis to Nazi Germany. We can compare it to what has happened in Minneapolis before.

In 2026, if you don’t already, start keeping a personal journal. You don’t need to write every day. They want to destroy history. Tearing down the East Wing, throwing away NASA archives, removing Smithsonian exhibits and historical markers… Keep your own history. We might need it later.

Tell stories. Write stories. Read stories. Watch stories. Make your life a story. I am not exaggerating: the future depends on it.

Today I’m grateful to know that I’m not the glue which holds my fractured family together.

My Bed, 1998 by Tracey Emin

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THE FIVE FLAVORS: *sweet *salty *sour *bitter *nostalgia

Perhaps 2026 will be the year when everyone who thinks they can do something better than what's on offer will just go ahead and do it themselves.

Happy meal wreath on another front door.

Using AI is like slathering yourself in hamburger juice so your boss can feed you to his dog

A few days before Thanksgiving I received a phone call from the county coroner’s office. My brother had died. In a park. Unhoused for years he was found in a bush. I am still shaking. His death a taproot down through the trauma of our family. In a dark time. Be gentle with yourself and with others.