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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.

I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

Dear God.

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

Last night, GOP Senator Rand Paul went on national TV to flatly reject DHS's lies about the Pretti execution:

"My advice to [DHS], if they're watching:

If you come into [our hearing] and try to justify that [Pretti] was assaulting a police officer, that cannot be acceptable."

I’d like to believe that it would have made a difference but I’m not sure it would have

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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

CNN: Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost assaulted at Sundance Film Festival event, police say By Aleena Fayaz Updated Jan 24, 2026

NBC News: Man lunges at Ilhan Omar during town hall and tries to spray her with unknown substance January 27, 2026

Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.

second sitting black congressperson to be assaulted in the past week. all the violence seems to be coming from one side, and it ain’t ours

Consider deleting your TikTok account as the first step toward a national general strike. Let’s tank their investments and drain their funding.

I’m sad he dropped out of the governor race.

They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.

Closest one claps after the shots

That’s what it looked like to me because other agents seem to scatter in fear at first.

🚨"We wonder why people in the 1930s were quiet, we need to show we weren't quiet. History is gonna look back at all the people that didn't show up—their grandkids are gonna ask what were they doing! It's like -10 degrees and we're here!" -Minneapolis ICE protester. LIVE NOW⬇️

YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland Iowa mom's powerful testimony against "don't say gay/trans" for grades 7-12

Policies should protect our most vulnerable, not attack and erase them.”
Deeply moved by Kaylara Hoadley’s testimony in an Iowa Senate subcommittee on bill to extend “don’t say gay or trans” restrictions to grades 7-12.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKCx...

1/21/2026 - St. Cloud, MN

A Somali-American man is stopped by Federal agents and presents his passport proving he is a U.S. citizen

They demand he get out of his vehicle, but he declines

They pepper-spray him and his passenger, then forcibly remove him from his vehicle and handcuff him

A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

Grinnell students are so lucky!

Thank you @replamonica.bsky.social.

Don’t forget that we here in Minnesota are holding the line as best we can in hopes that you don’t have to later.

Crotch is too generous—that’s how I know it’s AI

Screenshot of Startribune article with the headline: Counterprotestors prevented Jake Lang from burning Qur'an. "Right wing influencer Jake Lang planned to burn a Quy'an outside Minneapolis City Hall at 1pm as part of his anti-Islam rally, but counterprotestors said they were not planning to let him do that."

If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.

next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.

The 2nd amendment to the US constitution:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Today is what this was written for.

👇More of this!

Philadelphia Attorney General message to ICE: “If you commit a crime in Philly you will be arrested, convicted, and you will do time. Donald Trump cannot pardon you for a state court conviction.
Do you hear me ICE?”

UPDATE FOR U.S. CITIZENS ABROAD SECURITY ALERT VENEZUELA STATE

Oops.

“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…

“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”