Natalie

Absolutely.

Good!

Perfect description: cartoonishly incompetent.
Each day feels worse. I can’t imagine the amount of work it’s going to take to right the ship.

Absolutely destroying. Each day feels more ridiculous than the last.

Charley Crockett. Go see him 😊🎶

More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

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How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.

In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:

Masking is not about doxing. That is the excuse. They are wearing masks so people cannot identify agents who engage in abuses, civil rights violations, and crimes. You can’t report someone or hold them accountable in any way if you can’t identify them.

I really hope somehow, someone will hold them accountable!

There’s no way I could vote to give ICE more money.

Let’s be clear: ICE is now one of the wealthiest law enforcement agencies in this country, and they continue to prove they are ineffective and unqualified.

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I remember when this happened.

“Cowardice is contagious — so is courage.”

“That’s what we’ve been seeing month after month... Starting with some people demonstrating courage, and then other people looking around and saying I can do that, too. It’s in my power. I’m not just a victim of world events.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

😳 what are we doing?

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Wonder if he can talk tRump into stepping back to manage tRump businesses 🤔
Or hey, maybe Mr. Businessman/tRump could take a step back and go help Elon with Tesla.
#takehimwithyou

These billboards line the streets around Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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China orders its airlines to stop accepting deliveries of Boeing jets, report says As its trade war with the U.S. widens, China has ordered its airlines to stop accepting Boeing jet deliveries, Bloomberg reports.

Boeing stock trends down as China declares they’ll stop ordering their planes & parts from the U.S.
Boeing spends millions in campaign contributions for candidates, senators, Congress & 1 mil to the inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump

#Boeing #FAFO

www.cbsnews.com/news/china-b...

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

There we go. Support this man.

AOC: We saw Majorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair? How much did you make off of that panic? How much did you make off of that suffering? No more. We can’t accept it

I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

There we go.

Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.

Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.

The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that could block millions of American citizens from voting. Here's what you need to know from @gbedekovics.bsky.social:

I have a basic grasp of economics and even I can tell . . .