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Judith A. Miller
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French/Global History 1500-1850
#Emory, Opera, Skiing, Gardening, French shoes, Vote Blue!
User #396,109 :)
Ohio native bouncing between Atlanta, Paris, & Salt Lake City.
Immune compromised, leukemia 1992, still wear a mask.
Where's the #skiing community?
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"Pivot"
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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In Minneapolis and around the country, vocal, tenacious opposition to Trump's police state tactics is growing. But if anything, Trump's secret police are only more violent in response. www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/usa-w...
Widerstand gegen den Trumpismus: We, the people
Die USA wurden auf Basis einer Art Bürgerreligion gegründet, die sich auf Nächstenliebe und Pragmatismus stützt. Nun, im 250. Jahr ihres Bestehens, wird sich entscheiden, ob dieses Licht neu aufflammt...
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview"

Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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“Trying to go back to a phony-baloney corporate job of filing trademarks and talking about profit shares versus incentives and other just horse s--- is just so ultimately meaningless,” Young said. “I’ll figure something else out. But right now, my city needs me.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How daily life in Minneapolis has transformed since federal agents flooded the streets
The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by immigration agents and a sweeping federal operation have transformed the city.
www.nbcnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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The funniest thing about this is that it means that generative AI isn't even good at stealing--and its capacity for theft and replacement is the only reason it has so much backing in the first place.
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 31, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Tonight at 8 PM ET, when Don Lemon goes live as an independent journalist, it will be the biggest moment of his career. And it’s telling for two reasons. He’s no longer tethered to legacy media, and Trump and his administration tried to silence him.
January 31, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Breaking MS NOW:

The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.

The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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There is no world, no scenario, no imaginable or unimaginable turn of events under which the Trump Administration will not end up regretting this stupefyingly idiotic arrest.

Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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In today’s batch of Epstein files. An email from Melania to Ghislaine Maxwell. 👇
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Disgusting.

In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Theory of Affect and Emotions
Gender and Jewish History
Madness & Madmen in Russian Lit
Nationalism
The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Race and Romanticism
Shakespeare
Jackie Robinson
Modernism
Holocaust and Film
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Religion and Ethics
U.S. 1861-1865
History of Slavery
History of the Vietnam War
History of Cold War Foreign Policy

Just the ones that come immediately to mind
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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In grad school my fave courses were

History of Capitalism
Disability Histories
Archives and Paper Collections
Early American Republic
Political Economy in 18th and 19th Century America
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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BREAKING: The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files that contained allegations made against Donald Trump.

But we saved it. 👇
DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It.
The Trump Department of Justice has done it again.
www.meidasplus.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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FIFA have suspended their blue sky account , due to bad publicity , all the hotel cancellations flight cancellations plus ticket cancellations , for the up coming catastrophe they call the world cup in the USA , time they got off the arse licking drug of Trump and give Brazil and Argentina USA games
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Brought to you by people who had free college and university education.
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"

2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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A bit of a reversal:
Todd Blanche:
"I don’t want the takeaway to be there is some massive civil rights investigation. I would describe it as a standard investigation by the F.B.I. "
State officials need to press on
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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New Epstein files dropped. That would explain the extrajudicial DOJ arrests. https://bit.ly/4aagPl1
DOJ releasing 3 million pages of Epstein files, 'didn't protect' Trump, deputy AG says
Additional material from the DOJ's files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is being released to the public today, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says.
abcnews.go.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Oralè
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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This is worth watching. "I don't feel like I have my First Amendment right as a member of the press because now federal agents are at my door arresting me for filming the church protest." Fort also says the agents said they had an indictment from a grand jury.
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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“’Force’ is a nice way of saying, ‘Ending someone’s life.’ A nice way of saying, ‘Shooting someone in the face and maiming them, breaking people’s bones, kicking people’s teeth out.'”
He lost an eye in the George Floyd protests. Now he represents the ward where Renée Good was killed.
Meet Minneapolis city council member Soren Stevenson.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Translation: “I intend to cheat” bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on the Virginia governor: "I don't know how they get elected. The get elected because they cheat, if you want to know the truth. If they didn't cheat, they'd have no chance."
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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The president coldly referred to Pretti as an “agitator” and claimed that his “stock has gone way down.” trib.al/D9PsiLR
Trump Implies Alex Pretti Deserved What Happened to Him
Donald Trump flew off the handle over a video of Pretti kicking a law enforcement vehicle.
trib.al
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Andrew Mercado’s following helped him purchase protective gear last year so that he can continue to report from dangerous situations.

He’s a solid journalist, being harassed in Minneapolis at home. He has to move.

Please consider checking out his on-the-ground reporting & sending him some support.
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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We are going to start using the warehouses' local place names as shorthand, like Auschwitz and Dachau.
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM