A widespread data-sharing program with ICE supports local and state budgets nationwide—even in so-called sanctuary cities and states that forbid certain law enforcement cooperation and information sharing with ICE.

Prisoners in Minnesota are earning less than a dollar an hour making products for Disney. Slavery is Legal in Minnesota. These Groups are Working to Change That. unicornriot.ninja/2026/slavery...

An amazing MN Librarian assembled us a reading list to add to the website so people can do more than donate, they can learn to organize in their communities. standwithminnesota.com/read

I downloaded the Upscrolled app. Just saw that the official accounts of the founder & even the app itself follow Greyzone "journalists" infamous for war crimes denialism everywhere that isn't Gaza. Hard pass. Another app that tells me African lives don't matter. That's just Meta with a 🇵🇸 flag.

This is infuriating. We've known that these datasets are rife with CSAM since at least 2023, and those are the ones that are public. stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...

We need to shut down the word "performative" until we can figure out what the hell is going on. Of course adopting symbols of protest and resistance is performative! Performance is a core strategy for mass movements!! That's why the call them demonstrations!!!

Trover: It happens all the time. Joe Biden's wealth increase while he was in office. Mockler: Joe Biden's wealth increased from $8 million to $11 million because of investments. Donald Trump’s wealth increased by $4 billion in one year.

Seeing that photo of Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Tom Homan circulate again. It's fake. Homan did get a civil service award during the Obama administration, but it wasn't the Medal of Freedom, it wasn't a medal (it was a certificate), and Obama didn't present it to him in person.

I know many things are happening but please take a minute to read this: we are in full blackout in Kyiv, metro stopped, for the 1st time like this, power outages for the whole Ukraine and even in neighbouring Moldova now too. all because of Russia bombing our power stations , while it’s -19 outside

President Donald Trump: "Stop making deals with China!" Political cartoon by Michael de Adder, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, January 28, 2026

What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵 www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...

"...the Utah State Bar has officially opposed...a list of 7 pieces of legislation proposed this year [in Utah]. The Bar issued a news release Wednesday saying it was deeply alarmed by the fast-moving package of bills being considered in the 2026 Utah Legislature’s session that began just last week.

Protest ICE and they scan your face. Three days later, your Global Entry and TSA PreCheck are gone. No charges. No explanation. Just surveillance → retaliation. Facial recognition. Watchlists. Revoked privileges. This isn't security It's Big Brother policing dissent in real time.

The U.N. is on the verge of “imminent financial collapse,” in large part due to the failure of member states to pay their mandatory dues, its secretary general said. The United States owes the most: nearly $2.2 billion, according to an official.

ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face

Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Yep. Mentioned this last night on @allinwithchris.bsky.social and he was 🤯

A reminder: Rümeysa Öztürk has now been facing deportation for 311 days for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like, and journalist Ya’akub Vijandre remains locked up by ICE over social media posts about issues he reported on. Read our newsletter (and subscribe) ⤵️

some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...

A significant majority of the $75 billion that Congress gave ICE in the OBBBA will go to private companies that operate most of the machinery of mass deportations; they staff and provide the prisons, they drive the buses, and they own and fly the planes. They are all set to cash in massively.

Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop

Watch the video of the interview, where Lemon "stood in close proximity to the pastor in an attempt to oppress and intimidate him, and physically obstructed his freedom of movement." Yeah, I'm not seeing it either. www.youtube.com/live/v4ctuhv...

I acknowledge the part of black history where we stopped going there

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Administration pretext of “national security” to stop offshore wind now 0-for-4 with 4 federal judges, including a Trump appointee. 0-for-5 if you count the first Revolution Wind “stop work” order thrown out months ago.

One thing to add to Carini’s column is that in the offshore litigation CT and RI AGs alleged in court filings hundreds of millions in consumer savings, with sworn affidavits. ecori.org/dont-blame-r...

"Family members and attorneys for patients hospitalized after being detained by federal immigration officials said they are facing extreme difficulty trying to locate patients, get info. about their well-being, and provide them emotional and legal support...many hospitals refuse to provide info..."

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor. You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought. They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others. www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

As a labor union representing independent media workers, we feel it's important to name that both Lemon and Fort are independent journalists, and that the targeting of independent journalists should be treated with the same gravity as the targeting of those with institutional backing.

If you are seeking a way to financially support Georgia Fort right now, this is the best, and most direct, way to do so (info from a family friend): www.georgiafort.com/support?utm_... Free Georgia Fort now!!

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

Lemon was arrested with three other people, including independent Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort.

The arrests of Lemon and Fort are intended to deter journalists from doing work we need them to do, and that the First Amendment was meant to protect. DOJ should drop these prosecutions or the courts should throw them out. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

"The Alabama Solution...documentary about the deeply disturbing conditions, corruption, and institutional violence in Alabama Department of Corrections facilities — much of which was filmed on illicit cell phones. It had to be, because Alabama doesn’t allow the media into its prisons.."

did you know you can stream every movie in Sundance competition at home, from now through Sunday night? I picked out some of the best. #Sundance2026

He is going to melt down.😆

A federal program is supposed to help people suffering from rare vaccine reactions pay their medical bills while protecting vaccine supply. But allies of HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. routinely transfer cases from the program to launch lawsuits against drugmakers. Read the investigation ⤵️

Lies about the 2020 election were so insidious and galvanizing .. they gave rise to an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol

NEW from me: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business. They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift. Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/01/29/m...

Trump: i’m at war with minnesota like i was with venezuela bsky.app/profile/leba...

Had to go find it:

People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.

I spoke with NPR's Here & Now about the FBI raid on Fulton County election offices www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Greg Bovino appears to be driving back to California after being reassigned from Minneapolis. Eagle-eyed observers spotted Bovino in South Dakota and Wyoming as he travels west in a convoy of SUVs.

NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.

I always feel the need to remind editors that the people of Rojava are not all Kurds. There are still Arabs in the SDF and of course Armenians and Yezidis. Nonetheless the friends are defending their revolution in difficult times and could use your solidarity.