Charlie McCabe

The SAVE Act is a poll tax in order to vote. It's voter suppression, pure and simple.

#ProtectTheVote

I will take 10

Photo of my hand holding a pint of milk

What it means to live in a walkable community: you realise that you have no milk left for your afternoon cup of tea. You stroll down the road to your local shop, getting some milk and some fresh air in the process. 10 minute round trip, happy days.

Just confirming that this is the conservative Cato Institute that did this study.

having basically the best day with my new crew.

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!

I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.

📷: WCCO-TV

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

YouTube video by Pod Save America Tim Walz Talks Honestly About ICE, Trump, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem

This interview with Jon Lovett and Gov Walz is incredibly inspiring. Never Give up. youtu.be/32ytVXOhxmE?...

Love it - we can always count on Bruce.

Donald Trump Is Frightened Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/

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Well, shit. Crying again.

Minneapolis is magic.

A great explainer by Jamelle Bouie

The World at War: watch a clip from the original 1973 series - video To mark its 40th anniversary, we revisit an epic chronicle of the second world war, narrated by Laurence Olivier

Having watched the entire series again recently, I often think of this opening of the World at War: "down this road, on a summer day, the soldiers came..." It was chilling then and is even more so now. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

What Trump can and can’t do with the Insurrection Act Demystifying the most ominous law in America

www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/what-trump...

I implore my fellow Dems not to overthink this. You can just say - I’m against the government shooting people in the face for no good reason. This is not hard. Same with the ludicrous invasion of Greenland. Democrats are anti-invasion of Greenland bc it’s the dumbest thing ever. Be ruthlessly blunt.

We’ve been on the scene all night in North Minneapolis. While we don’t know all the details, we know that ICE shot another person in our City. We also believe a family is still trapped inside and hasn’t been able to talk to anyone, including an attorney.

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure." - A. Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address

YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota:

youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

The amount of organizing happening in a VERY short period of time is truly mind boggling.

I've seen things come together in hours that, in the nonprofit & education spaces, would take weeks or MONTHS of planning and coordination.

So, so proud of the Twin Cities right now.

Vigil tonight in downtown Melrose - over 100 of us....

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped spread the word. Thousands of Minnesotans gathered tonight for a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was murdered by ICE agents. Let’s get ICE out of MN!

The way ICE officers approached the vehicle involved in today's shooting was counter to their training, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News. The official said ICE officers are trained: — never to approach a vehicle from the front; — to approach vehicles or possibly armed people in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire; — not to shoot at a moving vehicle; — only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death. ICE officers are also instructed that firing at a vehicle will not make it stop moving in the direction of the officer.

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.

This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.

I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96 Schloss, who was friends with Frank in Amsterdam and whose mother later married Frank's father, was a tireless educator about the Holocaust and was honorary president of The Anne Frank Trust UK.

Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96. Seems especially important to remember on 1/6. www.npr.org/2026/01/05/g...

16 hours in, my guess this was all intended basically as a coup to put VP Delcy Rodriguez in power (likely without her knowledge but 🤷).

At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.

All speculation, but let me explain:

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.

Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302

Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.