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'This cannot continue': 100 hunger relief groups call for end to ICE surge in Minnesota "It's really hard when the helpers are the ones who are getting targeted as well."

"We have reports of ICE staging in parking lots or near food shelves, potentially following people who are making deliveries, and so the fear and anxiety is real," she said.
www.kare11.com/article/news...

29.01.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 222    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7

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29.01.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop Peer review has met its match.

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop | Peer review has met its match. | By Ross Andersen www.theatlantic.com/science/2026... #AI #PeerReview #science #philscience #philsky #sciencesky #PhilosophySky

29.01.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

"Two women trained as first responders abducted by three ICE agents.
One of the agents starts seizing.
The other two don’t know what to do.
The women save the agent’s life, only to be processed.
lawyer, state representative got them released on condition they tell people they were β€œtreated kindly.”

25.01.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for β€œillegals trying to vote.”

29.01.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10238    πŸ” 3690    πŸ’¬ 747    πŸ“Œ 257

Any β€œconcessions” that Senate Democrats squeeze out of Republicans are pure theater. Trump and Stephen Miller will ignore them anyway β€” it’s all LIES.

Schumer and every Senate Democrat must STOP funding ICE and Border Patrol NOW. No more blank checks for brutality and murder.
#DefundICE

29.01.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1314    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 21

Well, you can count on all American citizens who are POC trying to vote being picked up by ICE on suspicion of being illegal and held until the election is over. Their intentions are as clear as day.

29.01.2026 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:

"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

28.01.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3291    πŸ” 1665    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 78

In 2020, Donald Trump tried to extort Georgia election officials to find 11,780 votes

He also used fake electors as part of his insurrection scheme

Now he directed the DOJ to raid the Fulton County Elections hub-in an attempt to rewrite history

If only Fani Willis could have completed her work

29.01.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 580    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2
U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators

Funding for more money for ICE requires 60 votes in the senate.

Get on your phones and call your Democratic and Republican Senator with a clear NO.

☎️ Capitol switchboard - (202) 224-3121

www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

28.01.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis man says he was detained for hours after witnessing Alex Pretti shooting New affidavits filed in court detail how witnesses were arrested immediately after the shooting of Alex Pretti.

DHS arrested a large number of bystanders at the time of the murder of Alex Pretti, apparently to prevent them from giving accounts of what transpired. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

29.01.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 305    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 13
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South Africa Cancels Release of β€˜Melania’ Documentary The distributor, which was set to release the film on Friday, said it had canceled the theatrical premiere because of β€œrecent developments,” but declined to specify.

β€œMelania,” the new documentary about the first lady, has been pulled from theaters in South Africa after the film’s local distributor said on Wednesday that it would no longer release it.

29.01.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 702    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 32

"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.

#AccountabilityIsComing

28.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 25353    πŸ” 6179    πŸ’¬ 1434    πŸ“Œ 286
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Occupying The Ballot Box: DHS is Hiring the Frontline of Voter Suppression From lethal Metro Surge tactics in Minnesota to today’s FBI raid in Fulton County, the administration is building a paramilitary force to control elections in 2026 and beyond

The massive DHS hiring surge is the final piece of the puzzle: an army of agents ready to occupy the very polling places the FBI is 'investigating' today

The administration isn't just building a deportation machine; they are building a wall around the ballot box

prolib.substack.com/p/occupying-...

29.01.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

HereΚ»s my gift link to the NYT article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

29.01.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

29.01.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17432    πŸ” 7738    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 384
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MS NOW: Should there be accountability for Stephen Miller?

WALZ: There better be

29.01.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7656    πŸ” 1948    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 92

this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane

26.01.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2366    πŸ” 877    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 45

This is incredible. Sound up.

28.01.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9678    πŸ” 3069    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 123
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Warnock: "You can't ask me to be an accomplice to the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. It's to make a butchery of my conscience."

28.01.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7980    πŸ” 1887    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 91
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SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?

RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding

SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?

RUBIO: Yes

28.01.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7358    πŸ” 3075    πŸ’¬ 1162    πŸ“Œ 525
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 80964    πŸ” 34901    πŸ’¬ 3599    πŸ“Œ 4714
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β€˜Five alarm fire for democracy’: Dems, voting advocates voice outrage at FBI raid of Georgia elections office Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office.

🚨BREAKING: Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

28.01.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6961    πŸ” 3611    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 229
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Seems less than ideal

28.01.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Asking the brownshirts to self-police is NOT a solution. They won't even identify the officers who murdered a man on his hands and knees, and didn't put them on leave for nearly a week. What makes you think they'll comply with codes of conduct or actually use their body cameras?

28.01.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules

28.01.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9076    πŸ” 3487    πŸ’¬ 345    πŸ“Œ 250

@mayor.nyc.gov I'm reading reports that ICE is in Harlem right now, specifically on 116 and FDB.
🚫🧊

28.01.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨ACTION ALERT:

The Senate is voting to fund ICE next week. There shouldn't be a single vote to provide more funding for murdering American citizens.

It's time to defund ICE.

win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...

24.01.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 11

I'm reading reports that ICE is in Harlem right now, specifically on 116 and FDB.
#ICEalert #HarlemICE #ICEraids

28.01.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Facebook post from 1 year ago: I'm assuming the broader public isn't aware of the absolute devastating assault happening on science in the US, but it's really freaking bad. Most scientists I know have been going home freaking out and crying throughout the past week. And every day the news is worse.

Facebook post from 1 year ago: I'm assuming the broader public isn't aware of the absolute devastating assault happening on science in the US, but it's really freaking bad. Most scientists I know have been going home freaking out and crying throughout the past week. And every day the news is worse.

It's only been a year

28.01.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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