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The Women Holding Minneapolis Together In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron...

"In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the front lines."
www.glamour.com/story/the-wo... @glamour.com

Yes, FBI? I’m calling to report a murder.

I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.

Murder. Shot in the back three times.

Don’t turn away. Please share.

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is always worth reading. This column is one of his best. If you admired Mark Carney's Davos speech, this is a must-read.

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years The British crown and the navy expanded and protected the trade in enslaved African people for hundreds of years, unprecedented research into the monarchy’s historical ties to slavery has found. The Crown’s Silence, a book by the historian Brooke Newman, follows the Guardian’s 2023 Cost of the crown report, which explored the British monarchy’s hidden ties to transatlantic slavery. Continue reading...

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals

Number of homeless ODSP, OW recipients in Ontario surges 72% since 2019: report | CBC News The number of people on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program who are also experiencing homelessness has shot up 72 percent since 2019, according to a new report from human rights o...

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ANALYSIS | By suddenly declaring a deal on Greenland, Trump demolished his case for owning it | CBC News In a whiplash-inducing U-turn, U.S. President Donald Trump suddenly dropped his insistence on taking control of Greenland, mere hours after laying out at great length his rationale for ownership of th...

#TACO

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‘This is all our family’: Nunavummiut rally to support Greenland, as Inuit leaders also speak up | CBC News Nunavummiut rallied on Saturday in Iqaluit to show their support for Greenland, as thousands of others did the same in Greenland and Denmark.

#Nunavut
‘This is all our family’: Nunavummiut rally to support Greenland, as Inuit leaders also speak up
Dozens of people participated in rally and walk in Iqaluit on Saturday

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Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Link to a text version for anyone interested:

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This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.

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Trump promises ‘help is on its way’ and tells Iranians to ‘keep protesting’ US president gives clearest signal yet that he might take military action against Tehran over killing of demonstrators

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Appalling and heartbreaking.

And Trump is telling protesters to hold on, help is coming... what, like the "help" offered to protesters in the US?

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Working for me - hope you get it sorted.

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Thanks for the opportunity! Greenland: a genuine threat to annex the country, or just another theatrical distraction from what other atrocities are being planned?

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On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket Woolly incursion occurred during seasonal migration of animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn About 50 wayward sheep have broken off from their flock and stormed a discount supermarket in German town, startling and delighting customers as they rushed to explore the aisles before being escorted from the premises. The woolly incursion occurred on Monday during a routine seasonal migration of the farm animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn. A few dozen of the sheep had other ideas about the route and made their way into a store of the Penny retail chain. Continue reading...

On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket

Trump makes it clear on Air Force One that Venezuela was about the oil. He also floats more strikes in Venezuela, military action against Cuba and Columbia, and taking Greenland.

Completely off the rails.

Belgian PM’s cat Maximus is social media star with ‘subliminal political message’ Maximus Textoris Pulcher, an official resident at Rue de la Loi 16, shows a warmer side of Bart De Wever

Look out, @number10cat.bsky.social, you have competition!

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Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela? International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence and face little serious pushback

Analysis from international law experts in @theguardian.com .... yes, it is illegal but he'll get away with it 🤬

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Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall

Thanks to @theguardian.com for the kind of analysis and warning that media in the US seem unable to offer in the age of Trump.

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Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says

Under international law, this is unambiguously a war of aggression. There is no plausible pretext of self-defense. The objective is transparently to topple the government, install a surrogate of US liking, and to seize Venezuela's natural resource reserves. It exudes contempt for law in all forms.

Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise

"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."

NYT Editorial Board

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a dog is playing with a bottle of mayonnaise on a table with gifak.net written below it Alt: A cat is pushing a series of bottles off of a clear tabletop.

The solid proof that the Earth is not flat, is that cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now.

Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president’s unusual behavior in 2025 Trump has shown erratic and bizarre behavior throughout the year, leading to questions about his mental acuity

Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president’s unusual behavior in 2025