Michael Scott Moore

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And only because there‘s resistance 👇

Let no one deceive you.

Deborah Kapchan, American folklorist and ethnographer, on her new memoir TAKING LEAVE, about her complicated relationship with Judaism, Christianity, and Sufi Islam. Episode 26 of Radio Free Mike:

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Deborah Kapchan, American folklorist and ethnographer, on her new memoir TAKING LEAVE, about her complicated relationship with Judaism, Christianity, and Sufi Islam. Episode 26 of Radio Free Mike:

michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/026-debora...

this photo is enraging

101st Airborne 'pauses' major exercise as bases brace for possible snowpocalypse Expected to hit Sunday, the storm could bring up to a foot of snow in the mid-South with several major military bases directly in its path.

Miller: Nobody can stand against us. Your little ice nation will be ours.

US army: *sees snow* we’re all gonna die

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#optimism

A *lot* like Them’s cover

Saw her coming

Exactly how Putin talks about Ukraine.

Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.

Which to be fair used to be a sanitarium village.

Voting for Trump — and regretting it Sharif, the Madina Mall shop owner who fears she may have to return to the bad old days of having a boss, gave out an exasperated sigh. “Would you believe if I told you I voted for this man?” she said, referring to Trump. Sharif is not politically active, but in 2024, some campaigners came to her shop and told her that Trump would be good for business and against the LGBTQ agenda. “I was immediately hooked,” she said. She voted Republican for the first time. Now, chagrined, she said, “I never thought the man I put in office would come for my family, make me financially struggle and cause me so much fear that I carry my passport when I go to the bathroom,” she said, pointing at the mall’s bathrooms. “I feel as though the weapon I built is coming to kill me and my people,” she said.

Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...

Now we begin the familiar ritual where 95% of the Republicans in Congress claim they are completely unaware of Trump’s deranged letter to the PM of Norway so they are unable to comment on it.

A Congress with spine could be a wonderful thing

ICE's tear gas sent a 6-month-old to the hospital, the latest in an alarming pattern Federal agents' use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.

“A mother in Minneapolis rushed to perform CPR on her 6-month-old baby on Wednesday night after federal immigration agents deployed a flash bang and chemical agent near her car, leading all six of her children to be taken to the hospital.”
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

I shouldn't even have to say this, but precisely *no one* in the independent journalism sphere is saying that Trump can *legally* cancel the midterms.

So corporate media should put on its thinking cap and ask themselves what independent journalists *are* saying.

Yes.... *that*.

Kenneth R. Rosen talks about his book POLAR WAR and the politics of the Arctic — including, obviously, Greenland.

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Good. Optimism; but I’ll take it.

Who are the “two US officials” and why would CBS give them anonymity when they are just putting something out there that DHS and ICE obviously wants put out. Who are these “US officials” and why are they granted anonymity???

Kenneth R. Rosen talks about his book POLAR WAR and the politics of the Arctic — including, obviously, Greenland.

michaelscottmoore.substack.com/p/025-ken-ro...

Excellent instructional video pass it on

Photo of young man in car who has literally just had his driver side window busted out by ICE, captured by a photographer and posted to Getty images. This was likely the beginning of the video that ends with him surrounded by agents who choked him out, eventually dragged his limp body face first across the pavement as they cuffed him and took him away.

I'm going to post the link to the video but not the actual video which autoplays and is utterly brutal. Instead I'm posting the photo of the man before ICE assaulted him.

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Background checks don't happen until after people start work, one official said, as HR rubber-stamps applicants in days. Training was slashed from 16 weeks to six, with sit-ups eliminated because recruits couldn't handle them.

ICE recruitment is going well.

🇮🇷 A Tehran doctor told TIME on condition of anonymity that just six hospitals in the capital had recorded at least 217 protester deaths, “most by live ammunition.”

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

“That means it will not be available at Fort Monroe, the very place where American slavery started to unravel.”

I spoke to Tom for Radio Free Mike in October. Resist, and listen.

Tom Zoellner says his new book THE ROAD WAS FULL OF THORNS “will not be sold in any bookstore attached to a national park or monument because the National Park Service has been ordered to avoid showing any titles dealing with slavery . . .”

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