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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

“If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than AI. Authoritarian leaders & tech oligarchs are deploying AI systems to hollow out public institutions with an astonishing alacrity.”

Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”

This is why we need to be telling our stories.

I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead

they did though. they have been here. harris county (houston metro) has the highest deportation rate in the country. but just the city proper is 600+ square miles and of course the public is not ready to hear that texans have been organizing and fighting this for months and months.

"Abolish the Police and then what?" while infantile and often asked in bad faith, is at least, on some levels, a real question

"Ablish ICE and then what?" Is not a real question. Clearly if ICE didn't exist tomorrow society would just objectively be more peaceful and would not in any way fall apart

nap boule!!! 🇭🇹

this is up to 5,335,376. wow.

read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000

It’s driving me a little insane to see all this “protester” lingo.
Like yea there are protests..

But if masked, armed thugs invade your neighborhood and terrorize your community, standing against that is not “protesting”.

That’s an attempt to maintain safety. The government made itself the danger.

Body cams for government thugs are a joke obviously but here's my compromise idea: shock collars for government thugs

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nobody knows what a full grown greg bovino looks like.... only the larval stage has ever been photographed

oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.

Atlantic article by Jonathan Rauch: “Yes, it’s fascism.”

*breaking into the burned out husk and pulling the fire alarm* I’ve seen enough; this was a fire

My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.

We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.

Let’s make a list of things that could help.

appreciate this take on what should be a relentless questioning; why stop at abolishing DHS? a crack is forming. widening it actually seems within reach as the media seem slightly less willing to spin the indefensible lately.

theracket.news/p/when-will-...

Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”

Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.

They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.

They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.

He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.

A 🧵 of ICE abuse

They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops

Protester sprayed with chemical irritant while agents pinned him to the ground Protesters gathered on Blaisdell Avenue in south Minneapolis between 28th and 29th streets after federal agents detained two teenagers, according to witnesses. Protesters were shouting and tensions escalated before agents began detaining observers like the man seen below, who was pinned to the ground when a federal agent sprayed a chemical irritant directly into his face.

Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.

‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

One year into Trump's second presidency, how are science and medical research faring? Our @nature.com team breaks it down for you. (1/n)

From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about

Layoffs ✅
Funding cuts ✅
Attacks on science ✅

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Remembering Silent Servant on the day of his passing. Forever forging ahead with his passion and unwavering spirit dedicated to music he loved. He continues to inspire us and his legacy will never be forgotten. 🥀
🎥 @bisradio.bsky.social

this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"

UAW worker at Ford factory on Trump flipping him off after he called Trump a "pedophile protector":

"Definitely no regrets whatsoever."

loooove my libby!!! it’s so amazing how much i have been inspired to read with free access to so many ebooks! libraries 4ever 📚

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

this is GREAT news!!! congrats 🎉

well said. they are relentless and without compunction. we need to be relentless too.