Philip Nel

I’m Analilia Mejia and I approve this message.

This woman is about to be my Rep.

HELL YES.

unsolicited advice in hindsight |
lesson from my body

do one less thing even if something isn't going to get done |
even something in the Signal

we haven't done 2026 before |
we're just humans

i know

i see you, hear you

(together) we keep us safe/r

Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week Carter G. Woodson initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month.

"This crusade is much more important than the anti-lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom." — Carter G. Woodson

#tdih 1926, Woodson initiated Negro History Week which led to Black History Month. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...

In 1927, Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens On Sunday, Trump declined to disavow the support of white supremacists.

In light of Trump’s post yesterday, some history:

“On Memorial Day 1927, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested. One of those arrested was Fred Trump.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...

How to resist like Minneapolis Meet the block, shop the indies, and check on your people.

“How to Resist Like Minneapolis.” There are many versions of this advice floating around out there. But I’ll share this, since it’s good & since I’m a Dessa fan. (She wrote this.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I do not think the most significant cultural shifts will come from a World War, Class War, Race War, or whatever other battle people weirdly fantasize about. I think it’ll be an integration of the idea that children are people and not the property of their parents.

Exciting announcement from Jeff Bezos's reimagined Washington Post!

This made me tear up a little. Go Birds and F' Trump indeed

2/2
How things happen has always been
unclear. Hurricanes begin
in a place where no one lives.
Agents of the government start
to wear masks. Fascism is
a word my neighbors won’t use
yet. They are following
the law, they say, and the sirens
are coming for someone else.

—CHARLES RAFFERTY

1/2
“The Problem with Early Warnings”
CHARLES RAFFERTY

People don’t like to leave a party
unless the house is actually
on fire. Even then, if the flames
are far enough away
to be pretty, they’ll finish
their drink, take one more pass
at the hors d’oeuvres.

Besieged by ICE and need whistles? See below.
Want to help communities besieged by ICE get whistles? See below.

This made me weepy

What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.

With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, we decided to write a guide on what to do if ICE invades your neighborhood. There’s no single right way to approach a dangerous moment, but there are steps you can take to stay safe. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened.

So here’s a quick thread to help.

The Week Ahead February 1, 2026

The Judge who ordered the release of five-year-old Liam wrote quite an opinion. Come read it with me.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration

“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”

I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.

The regime moves to make journalism a crime But try as they might, they won't silence the voices of dissent.

New in PN: The regime moves to make journalism a crime

"The way he’s targeting the press isn’t just about quieting criticism so he doesn’t have to hear people being mean to him. It’s the same impulse we see on the streets of Mpls: He wants to dominate those who oppose him and force them to submit."

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? Nazi Lies in Vance's America

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen

Maybe Liam is too wee yet for Spider-Verse, but I ❤️ Miles Morales and Nueva York is covered in snow too!

Much thanks to @julioanta.bsky.social for the translation so that I could include both spideys.

#Comics4Liam FREE THE CHILDREN!!! Shutter forever these evil detention centers; ABOLISH ICE.

Steve would like to show you his favourite rock.
Thanks, Steve. It's a great rock.

A must read investigation into a Mexican immigrant with no criminal record who was hospitalized in Minneapolis with multiple skull fractures while in ICE custody.

Federal agents claim he ran headfirst into a wall. Doctors determined that was impossible.

abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...

If you're watching this, the government is shut down.

Reporter Jacob Bogage breaks down which services are open and which are closed during the shutdown. https://wapo.st/4alk8qJ

Read this story not just for the ending but to see how the secret police treated this woman. Guns drawn. Dragged out of her car. Because she was observing them.

Opinion | ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters.

Four minutes of your day. Watch this video of children at Valley View Elementary in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, reading their beautiful writing aloud.

To ICE: "I think you should make friends with the world."

What a privilege to get a glimpse of this sunlit, caring school community.

What We Saw in Minneapolis Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.

NEW: Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering what they saw in the days before and after the shooting of Alex Pretti.

Read their accounts below: