Chuck Darwin
@cdarwin.bsky.social
Social and economic justice, technology and tennis.
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Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?
theconversation.com
The real test is not whether Democrats can speak to rural concerns
It is whether the party can finally learn to hear them
It is whether the party can finally learn to hear them
Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to ... megadonor’s company
(of course he did)
www.ft.com/content/da74...
(of course he did)
www.ft.com/content/da74...
Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions of dollars to his re-election campaign
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to ... megadonor’s company
(of course he did)
www.ft.com/content/da74...
(of course he did)
www.ft.com/content/da74...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Deaths in ICE detention centers have occurred with increasing frequency in recent months
At least 30 people died in detention last year
— the highest in two decades
— and Lunas Campos is one of 4 who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone
Medical examiner believes Campos' death was homicide
At least 30 people died in detention last year
— the highest in two decades
— and Lunas Campos is one of 4 who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone
Medical examiner believes Campos' death was homicide
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Deaths in ICE detention centers have occurred with increasing frequency in recent months
At least 30 people died in detention last year
— the highest in two decades
— and Lunas Campos is one of 4 who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone
Medical examiner believes Campos' death was homicide
At least 30 people died in detention last year
— the highest in two decades
— and Lunas Campos is one of 4 who died in the first nine days of 2026 alone
Medical examiner believes Campos' death was homicide
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How many times do you think he asked, "and there was a cash prize too, right?"
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
How many times do you think he asked, "and there was a cash prize too, right?"
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He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
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"The centralization of this information by the federal government would have a chilling effect on voter registration," Judge David Carter wrote. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US judge dismisses Justice Department lawsuit seeking California voter details
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that sought an unredacted statewide voter registration list from California.
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
"The centralization of this information by the federal government would have a chilling effect on voter registration," Judge David Carter wrote. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
The first vaccine was a lucky accident.
Now we can design new vaccines in weeks,
atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
Now we can design new vaccines in weeks,
atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The first vaccine was a lucky accident.
Now we can design new vaccines in weeks,
atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
Now we can design new vaccines in weeks,
atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-go...
Medical examiner believes the death of man in ICE custody was #homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being
🔥choked to death by guards
at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being
🔥choked to death by guards
at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Medical examiner believes the death of man in ICE custody was #homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being
🔥choked to death by guards
at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being
🔥choked to death by guards
at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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I feel like we are witnessing the moronification of government. Add violence/genocide and not too different from Khmer Rouge
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "This idea that you should trust the experts, a good mother doesn't do that"
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I feel like we are witnessing the moronification of government. Add violence/genocide and not too different from Khmer Rouge
SING OUT, LOUISE!
Sing Out, Louise! | activist singing
www.singoutlouisenyc.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
SING OUT, LOUISE!
WHO THE HELL WOULD WANT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A BUILD-IN CHILD ABUSE TOOL?
Delete Your X Account"
(ps. Big thumbs up to people putting those ads up in London bus shelters!!)
-- [email protected]
#grok #ai #protests #musk
Delete Your X Account"
(ps. Big thumbs up to people putting those ads up in London bus shelters!!)
-- [email protected]
#grok #ai #protests #musk
Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it's illegal, X says
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok won’t be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal, according to a statement posted on X.
www.pbs.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 AM
WHO THE HELL WOULD WANT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A BUILD-IN CHILD ABUSE TOOL?
Delete Your X Account"
(ps. Big thumbs up to people putting those ads up in London bus shelters!!)
-- [email protected]
#grok #ai #protests #musk
Delete Your X Account"
(ps. Big thumbs up to people putting those ads up in London bus shelters!!)
-- [email protected]
#grok #ai #protests #musk
TSA snaps everyone’s photo,
ICE scans faces to check legal status…
Data is power.
Are we creating a nationwide biometric bank without consent?
Feels like surveillance is happening faster than the conversation about it
-- Carolyn Barber MD
med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/1...
ICE scans faces to check legal status…
Data is power.
Are we creating a nationwide biometric bank without consent?
Feels like surveillance is happening faster than the conversation about it
-- Carolyn Barber MD
med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/1...
Carolyn Barber, MD (@[email protected])
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TSA snaps everyone’s photo, ICE scans faces to check legal status… Data is power. Are we creating a nationwide biometric bank without consent? Feels like surveillance is happening f...
med-mastodon.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
TSA snaps everyone’s photo,
ICE scans faces to check legal status…
Data is power.
Are we creating a nationwide biometric bank without consent?
Feels like surveillance is happening faster than the conversation about it
-- Carolyn Barber MD
med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/1...
ICE scans faces to check legal status…
Data is power.
Are we creating a nationwide biometric bank without consent?
Feels like surveillance is happening faster than the conversation about it
-- Carolyn Barber MD
med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/1...
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Christian nationalist pastor says that wives must submit to their husbands with "a sense of fear, and trembling, and awe ... not only in things she agrees with, but in everything": "She belongs to him. He owns her."
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Christian nationalist pastor says that wives must submit to their husbands with "a sense of fear, and trembling, and awe ... not only in things she agrees with, but in everything": "She belongs to him. He owns her."
While the Insurrection Act is an exception to the
Posse Comitatus Act,
it is not an exception to other federal laws that might apply to their conduct
(for instance, the law criminalizing the presence of federal troops at polling places).
Posse Comitatus Act,
it is not an exception to other federal laws that might apply to their conduct
(for instance, the law criminalizing the presence of federal troops at polling places).
Chuck Darwin (@[email protected])
Although the Insurrection Act appears to confer wide-ranging authority,
the Department of Justice has long taken the position that the law is
“limited . . . by the Constitution and by tradition.”
...
c.im
January 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
While the Insurrection Act is an exception to the
Posse Comitatus Act,
it is not an exception to other federal laws that might apply to their conduct
(for instance, the law criminalizing the presence of federal troops at polling places).
Posse Comitatus Act,
it is not an exception to other federal laws that might apply to their conduct
(for instance, the law criminalizing the presence of federal troops at polling places).
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This will be the easiest way to go after this administration once its over. Will be the equivalent of getting Capone for tax evasion. But it will be enough especially if we can sweep the funders with them.
Donald Trump’s social-media empire is muscling into Wall Street, entering the $14 trillion US ETF market with five new “Made in America” funds.
Trump Media ETFs Test Brand Power in Crowded $14 Trillion Market
Donald Trump’s social-media empire is muscling into Wall Street, entering the $14 trillion US ETF market with five new “Made in America” funds spanning industries from energy to defense.
bloom.bg
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This will be the easiest way to go after this administration once its over. Will be the equivalent of getting Capone for tax evasion. But it will be enough especially if we can sweep the funders with them.
On January 20th, walk out of work, school, and commerce
Because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism.
#Minnestoa #strike #WomensMarch #WalkOut #Schools #Commerce
www.womensmarch.com
Because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism.
#Minnestoa #strike #WomensMarch #WalkOut #Schools #Commerce
www.womensmarch.com
Join our feminist movement.
The mission of Women’s March is to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change.
www.womensmarch.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
On January 20th, walk out of work, school, and commerce
Because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism.
#Minnestoa #strike #WomensMarch #WalkOut #Schools #Commerce
www.womensmarch.com
Because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism.
#Minnestoa #strike #WomensMarch #WalkOut #Schools #Commerce
www.womensmarch.com
We must make it clear that anyone responsible for our current crisis will be prosecuted and barred from political life forever.
The stakes are too high.
We’ve already lost so much,
but there is still so much we need to protect
The stakes are too high.
We’ve already lost so much,
but there is still so much we need to protect
America Is Paying for Not Dealing With Difficult Issues
A recording from my conversation with Lincoln Square's Stuart Stevens: Looking back at American history and forward to the necessity of change.
www.americaamerica.news
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We must make it clear that anyone responsible for our current crisis will be prosecuted and barred from political life forever.
The stakes are too high.
We’ve already lost so much,
but there is still so much we need to protect
The stakes are too high.
We’ve already lost so much,
but there is still so much we need to protect
More gas, more flashbangs.
Feds reappeared, made that arrest.
People screaming for medics.
Feds cleared out from this road but left one vehicle.
It's been broken open.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Feds reappeared, made that arrest.
People screaming for medics.
Feds cleared out from this road but left one vehicle.
It's been broken open.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by unraveled | @unraveledpress.com
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehic...
skywriter.blue
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
More gas, more flashbangs.
Feds reappeared, made that arrest.
People screaming for medics.
Feds cleared out from this road but left one vehicle.
It's been broken open.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Feds reappeared, made that arrest.
People screaming for medics.
Feds cleared out from this road but left one vehicle.
It's been broken open.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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President Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to deploy military to Minnesota. To learn more about the act and its limits, check out this explainer from @brennancenter.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
President Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to deploy military to Minnesota. To learn more about the act and its limits, check out this explainer from @brennancenter.org
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The tactical error of invading Minneapolis just because of Walz is hilarious.
That metro has a high concentration of motivated liberals with the means to organize and act.
ICE invading Minny is like when Hitler invaded Russia in winter.
That metro has a high concentration of motivated liberals with the means to organize and act.
ICE invading Minny is like when Hitler invaded Russia in winter.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The tactical error of invading Minneapolis just because of Walz is hilarious.
That metro has a high concentration of motivated liberals with the means to organize and act.
ICE invading Minny is like when Hitler invaded Russia in winter.
That metro has a high concentration of motivated liberals with the means to organize and act.
ICE invading Minny is like when Hitler invaded Russia in winter.
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Every republican needs to be asked how this keeps our communities safe. Explain it to us. Show their work.
And then they need to be called on their bullshit.
And then they need to be called on their bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Every republican needs to be asked how this keeps our communities safe. Explain it to us. Show their work.
And then they need to be called on their bullshit.
And then they need to be called on their bullshit.
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To anyone who wants a live stream from a local independent journalist in the area please check in on this channel.
www.youtube.com/live/2l5GY9Z...
www.youtube.com/live/2l5GY9Z...
AT LEAST ONE SHOT BY ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
YouTube video by Mercado Media
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM
To anyone who wants a live stream from a local independent journalist in the area please check in on this channel.
www.youtube.com/live/2l5GY9Z...
www.youtube.com/live/2l5GY9Z...
DAN KOH:
“$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents…
that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year.
It would eliminate all medical debt.
Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
“$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents…
that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year.
It would eliminate all medical debt.
Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
DAN KOH: “$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents… that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all medical debt. Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people aliv...
fed.brid.gy
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 AM
DAN KOH:
“$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents…
that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year.
It would eliminate all medical debt.
Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
“$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents…
that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year.
It would eliminate all medical debt.
Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
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The Mayor and Police Chief will be holding a press conference at 10:15 p.m. tonight. A livestream is available at www.youtube.com/live/IyGSmBy...
January 14, 2026 Press conference
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The Mayor and Police Chief will be holding a press conference at 10:15 p.m. tonight. A livestream is available at www.youtube.com/live/IyGSmBy...