MRFF Swamped with Complaints as MAGA Military Commanders Pressure Service Members to See “Melania” Movie “... Our unit commander requires active participation from our unit members at what he determines to be official ‘Unit Activity Events’ or UAEs which are supposed to create a bond within our combat un...

“He ‘advised’ our unit members & their families to join him & his wife & children for a showing of ‘Melania’ at an off base theater. He said seeing the film would satisfy attendance at one of his UAEs. When he said ‘advised’ we know what that meant.”

www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/02/mrff...

62% to 38% ❗️

txt reading "we had a great turn out with some adult protesters too!"

Good analogy. Yes they are. Like the PP Pickup that comes by every protest belching black exhaust at the crowds looking to stir things up.

Takes a big man to pick on a kid or kick a dog.

BTW, one kid texted this to me. These kids did it on their own & were happy for support.

YouTube video by TCDPhil The Honorary Patronage of Jesse Welles II The Phil Q&A

Instead of news today, I'm listening to this.

Trinity College Dublin's University Philosophical Society awarded the Bram Stoker Medal for Outstanding Cultural Achievement to Jesse Welles.

Thank-yous go for awhile, and the Q&A starts at 9 minutes in.

#JesseWelles

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBpt...

I gave up reading FB comments and just upvoted the kids for standing up to power. Trolls don't need me to be feed them.

YouTube video by Nina Simone Nina Simone: To Be Young, Gifted and Black

#morningmusic

Wiki says Nina Simone 1st performed “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” in Aug of 1969, yet this video is dated June, two months earlier when she was at Morehouse College. Either way, this is one of the earliest performances of this anthem.

Happy Sunday.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdV...

Jughandle mountain in distance, partially silhouetted in 7AM coming light foreground to line of fog maybe 1/8 mile off is shallow, crusty, and potholed snow with bare ground visible in many patches

Pothole Snow
4878', yesterday morning

Snow like this won't stick around too long. It's raining now with an expected ½" to 1" more today. #idahoescape

...which means there's something truly vile in those unreleased #Epstein files

photo montage showing, clockwise from top left, medgar evers, the site of ever's killing, the jackson mississippi clarion front page announcing his killer's life sentence, and his killer posing in front of a confederate flag

book cover 'portrait of a racist: the real life of byron de la beckwith" by reed massengill

Trump has ordered the Medgar & Myrlie Evers National Monument to stop referring to Byron De La Beckwith, Klansman and Medgar's convicted murderer, as a racist.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BMV...

YouTube video by hinter live Safia Nolin & Pomme at Lac de l'Aqueduc for hinter live

#nightmusic

This is Safia Nolin (hoodie) and Claire Pommet (Pomme, in green) singing at sunset at Mont Tremblant National Park, Quebec. This was filmed a few months before they married. They split their time between their home countries, Quebec and France.

G'night.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ya8...

Could be, I don't know. I was only there when visiting friends in Boise, maybe a half dozen times. But the atmosphere left a big impression.

I was thinking about it... I'd bet the Clinton's could get MS NOW to do an hour long interview about Epstein. Just start talking. We'd watch.

Most of my early 80s visits involved all-nighter breakfasts, but something about teddy bear pancakes sticks in my memory.

That was good.

YouTube video by Chad Mitchell Trio - Topic The John Birch Society

They have another on the John Birch Society:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCY...

YouTube video by Bluematter1969 Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day-Jethro Tull

#morningmusic

Hearing reports of local school kids practicing and performing at the local rink, and thinking about these times we're living in brought this song to mind.

Ian Anderson & crew recorded this in '74.

Raise your voices however you can.

153 weeks to go.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z2R...

from back when cafes were real, a b&w photo of a smallish white wooden building in some trees, big lettered sign on top reading Manley'sCAFECAFE, door and window frames dark, octaganal window closest to entry, and an OPEN sign

It feels like a coffee and slab of pie morning.
ifkyk
#Boise

YouTube video by rafiki305 John Coltrane - Equinox (Original)

#nightmusic #jazz

Only 13 musicians have ever won Pulitzer Prize Special Citations (11 individuals & 1 duo). John Coltrane was awarded his in 2007 (posthumously) for "masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz".

Later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m2H...

2/2
from Valley County People for Human Rights

The Idaho Statesman covered it
www.idahostatesman.com/.../article3...
Bystanders say ICE did not have a warrant (per the Statesman article).

Donate to Support a loving family after an unexpected separation, organized by Morgan Boschulte Estamos recaudando fondos para apoyar a una familia cariñosa y… Morgan Boschulte needs your support for Support a loving family after an unexpected separation

from Valley County People for Human Rights

ICE detained a father when he dropped his child off at Preschool this morning in #Boise.
The community has rallied and is scheduling watchers for drop off & pick up. There's a go fund me for the family.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-...
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(article in 2/2)

Yes.

The kids are alright. ✊🏽🇺🇸
#Idaho #McCall #ICEout

We could use one in Idaho, as well.

#idleg #idpol

#idleg #idpol

I have family who suspect ICE is doing raids & holding ppl in the Magic Valley (my family is there) & they are looking for ppl to contact. Any tips, lmk. I suggested Idaho ACLU to start with.
@acluidaho.bsky.social

Join us in McCall for Winter Carnival and an ICE Out protest. It’s going to be a busy weekend in McCall with the parade and other festivities.
I’m proud of our community.
✊🏽🇺🇸
#Idaho

YouTube video by magicfiddle Gypsy Jazz - "Minor Swing" - Rhythm Future Quartet

#morningmusic

The Rhythm Future Quartet take their name from the Django Reinhardt song title. Their mission is “to keep the spirit of Gypsy Jazz alive”.

w/ Jason Anick: (violin)
Olli Soikkeli & Vinny Raniolo (guitars)
Greg Loughman (bass)

It's Friday. We got this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1e...

McCall Donnelly High School Walkout to Protest ICE Friday, February 6 At 2:00PM on February 6th, McCall Donnelly High School students that want to participate will be walking out of the school to march to the Veterans park. We plan on arriving appx 2:30-2:45. We prefer that the walkout is solely students, but would like to strongely encourage community members to join us in protest at Veterans park from 3-4 pm . Our students are protesting the presence of ICE in communities. This means we are protesting not just our local communities here in Idaho, but also around the country. ICE has been escalating to more extreme measures, and we feel the need to show our indifference to these attacks. Murder and violence are not the solution and are harming our country. As the youth of today and the future of our country, we are proud to stand against and walkout on ICE. Statement from McCall Donnelly High School Student ICE Walkout Group

McCall Donnelly High School Walkout to Protest ICE

Friday, February 6

"At 2:00PM on February 6th, McCall Donnelly High School students that want to participate will be walking out of the school to march to the Veterans park. We plan on arriving appx 2:30-2:45."

#McCall #Idaho @maddow.bsky.social

Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.

Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.

Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.

Get them out!