Becky

I did.

This man put tears in my eyes & made my throat get tight.

His family’s military service sounds just like my family & friends.

💔🇺🇸💔

Isn't a bit difficult to make the claim that he has never committed a crime with those 34 felony convictions?

I admire her for having the guts to compete and do something none of her naysayers would have the ability or courage to do.

I think she's a hero for competing.

(Photo of Vonn right before her crash taken by the AP's Jacquelyn Martin)

This picture shows the march in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon-- I took this photo from the skyway before joining them in the street. One thing academics have struggled with is coming up with statements in their individual capacity about what is going on. Institutions are fearful of making bold statements because they fear retribution (including for their students). We professors, though, shouldn't have that same fear. I wrote a statement on my own behalf, which is set out below. I thought it was important to both name the harm and call for an end to that harm. An Open Letter to those who have eyes to see or ears to hear: I write in my individual capacity as a member of the faculty of the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota to address the wrongs that I see as a teacher, a scholar, a neighbor and as a Christian. My objection to the realities of "Operation Metro Surge" in our city are rooted in my chosen vocation, which directs me to care deeply about our students, to engage with and support our neighbors, and to search for and value the truth. As a Catholic institution, our focus on human dignity means that we cannot turn a blind eye to the degradation and harm done to people in our midst.

St. Thomas Law was founded on and animated by the idea of community. The value of supporting one another, even when we disagree, is a core ethic here. That means that we cannot stay silent when members of our community are threatened and harmed. I condemn the actions of the federal government that have terrified and harmed people in our community because of the color of their skin, the accent in their voice, or their expression of fundamental First Amendment rights. It seems that all in our community are at the very least adjacent-by blood, love, faith, or friendship-to someone who has a been harmed in some way by the actions of ICE and the federal agents working with them. There has been too much blood on the snow, too many people forced into hiding, and too much carelessness in the enforcement of our laws. As a scholar, I am appalled by not only the assault on human dignity that has been at the center of Operation Metro Surge, but the assault on truth. With each death and lesser tragedy, those in power have made claims that are facially false and brutally offensive to those who have suffered. People who understand the normal mechanisms of a rational criminal law system are united in calling for a vigorous truth-seeking investigation into potential crimes committed by federal agents, and vigorous prosecution where those truths reveal a crime. Not all moments are equal, and this one is extraordinary for our community, for our state, and for our nation. Operation Metro Surge must end now.

Photo of protesters in the streets of Minneapolis

This was written by Mark Osler, who is a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas Law School in Minneapolis, a former professor of law at Baylor University in Waco, a former federal prosecutor in Detroit, and was also member of my previous Episcopal parish in Edina in the North Star State. ⚓️

"If that was your 5-year-old child, would that be okay?" Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty poses the question to members of Trump's administration following the detainment of Minneapolis preschooler. "The truth of it is it would not."

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

Jamie Raskin says he has signatures from all the dems on the panel to recall Jack Smith to testify after the potential release of Volume II of his final report on the classified documents case. The block on the report is set to expire February 24th.

JACK SMITH: “I have seen how the rule of law can erode. My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it.”

One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.

Exactly. Anyone who tells you the observers are increasing the violence has it exactly backwards - ICE isn't committing anywhere near enough violence to do a proper ethnic cleansing because - and perhaps *only* because - they're being constantly watched and filmed

A Statement from President Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D. “It is with great sadness that Old Dominion University mourns the loss of one of our own, Renee (Macklin) Good, a proud Monarch who graduated in December of 2020 from the College of Arts and Letters w...

It's rare to see college presidents muster enough courage or moral leadership to comment on current events these days. But here is Old Dominion President Brian Hemphill addressing the recent murder of Renee Good (an ODU alum) by ICE.

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A person is not a people. If you are saying ‘them’ for the actions of ‘him’, you are wrong.
And inevitably when the mob expands, ‘them’ will include ‘you’. And it will be too late for us all.

Misty Copeland redefined what a ballerina looks like. What happens after she leaves? After 25 years, the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal ballerina performs her last show on October 22.

After 25 years, the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal ballerina, Misty Copeland, performs her last show on October 22.

I'm not giving up. And thank you for not giving up either.

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Naval Station Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling.”

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

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Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

The speech Republicans are still seething over

Hey, decent humans of Texas. You’re getting a massive concentration camp. Get organized and fight back.

The People vs. The Power Grab: A Rally to Fight Texas Redistricting YouTube video by Beto O'Rourke

Okay. I'm gonna watch this.

It's a rally against redistricting in Austin last night. Beto, Castro, all my local electeds.
www.youtube.com/live/03TME7Q...

The people of Texas are speaking truth to power. Listen to your neighbors explain why they’re fighting against manipulated district lines that threaten to divide our communities.

These are the voices that matter most in the redistricting process.

#txlege #texas #houston #redistricting

I Think It's Bad to Shoot at Starving Kids Perhaps controversially.

"In my mind, this is no longer a conversation about anything else. Children are starving and being murdered in Gaza by the Israeli military while they seek to feed themselves. It feels impossible to talk about anything else in this conflict when that degree of sociopathic violence is occurring."

10. You might lose health insurance entirely, meaning that a trip to the emergency room could bankrupt you.

The money you lose will be handed directly to a handful of giant corporations and billionaires as tax giveaways.

We still have time to stop it.

ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing. A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...

Full article:

Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.

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"If the US had voted for Kamala, we wouldn't have tariffs, we wouldn't have ICE deporting people following quotas, and the US wouldn't have bombed Iran today.

Those are all certain."

Everyone post this everyday until someone wakes up!

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

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🔥 DENIRO AT CANNES: “In my country we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted… Art looks for truth, embraces diversity — that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists.” 🇺🇸

Incredible tribute by Robert De Niro last night at the Operation Renewal Hope Foundation supporting our Veterans. Thank you so much for your support. Great time hanging out with Harry Dunn, Daniel Hodges, and Michael Fanone.