Helly R’s Innie

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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

A balm to the soul now is to read Theo of Golden. It’s not a book that I just couldn’t put down or HAD to read - but I always looked forward to spending time with the characters. It made me smile, cry, and reflect.

Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

a woman in a robe with #schittscreek written on the bottom ALT: a woman in a robe with #schittscreek written on the bottom

“This wine is AW-FUL -pour me another glass!” -Moira Rose. RIP and cheers to you, Catherine O’Hara. Thanks for all the laughs

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

I feel this guy’s pain and agony and frustration deep in my soul. NO MORE!! GTFO, ICE!!!

Happy birthday 🎉 Love the Daily Beans. Appreciate all you and Dana do! Hope you had some time to relax and maybe read some of your Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins books while snuggling with the cats

What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.

Oh my god this lady rules. I love this.
Just make fun of these poseurs.

Protest poster stating Stop Othering and Thuggering with a drawing of a masked ICE agent and blood spatters over statement of ICE Get Out

Attended a peaceful protest yesterday. Got flipped off quite a bit and coal rolled (red state) but more supportive honks than all that — and we’re not going away as long as this shit keeps happening.

December 6, 2025 On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...

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YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Billie Eilish asked the right question.

Billie Eilish asked the right question:

If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?

These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.

From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys

Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!

Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.

We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.

It has nothing to do with crime.

This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)

Orange is the New Nightmare The Regime

There was something I missed that I now understand with grave reality — people lived their lives under repressive systems. They still worked and cooked and ate and wrote and talked to neighbors. They still took walks and watched movies and read books.

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If you aren’t uncomfortable learning our country’s history, you are learning propaganda.

They Can't See What I See Because they aren't from where I'm from

I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does.

I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering.

But it is.

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