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Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾
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Professor Emerit at UC Davis. Researches in the history & philosophy of biology and environmental ethics. https://www.RLM.net/

New open-access book w/ U Chicago Press: _The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_
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Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium_, available for purchase or free #OpenAccess download from UChicago Press.

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The Land Is Our Community
A contemporary defense of conservationist Aldo Leopold’s vision for human interaction with the environment.   Informed by his experiences as a hunter, forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservati...
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It's a bit surprising to me that Clinton's statement goes much farther than the one released by the Obamas.
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
Moderate Sen. Jacky Rosen urges Noem's impeachment as Dem fury grows over Minneapolis shooting
Moderate Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”
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January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Echo's of "A Call for Unity" from the white clergy of Birmingham, King's famous letter from a Birmingham jail was respond to it.

"We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham."
MINNESOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: “.. With yesterday’s tragic news, we are calling for an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.”

#$MMM #$GIS #$HRL #$BBY #$TGT
www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...
January 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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No President and no administration is above our country’s Constitution, and no one in this country is without rights. 

Support your community by staying peaceful and prepared. Report federal agent misconduct to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
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January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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Authoritarianism prevails not because people stop believing the truth, but because they stop saying it aloud. If we wish to remain free, we must refuse that silence. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/lies...
Lies, violence and the American state
Trump abhors democracy because it allows ordinary Americans to reject his lies. Even worse for Trump, it allows us to reject him.
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of Alex Pretti, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.
Democrats vow to oppose homeland security funding bill. That increases the chance of a shutdown
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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In addition to rescinding every dollar of this slush fund, Democrats should demand that Noem, Lyons, and Scott are all removed.
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.

Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”

The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Tick tock… accountability is coming.
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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I’m not voting for one more dime for ICE or CBP.

These agents are provoking chaos and conflict in American cities and killing people in cold blood.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Law enforcement and legal experts warn if more agents barge into homes, everyone could be put at greater risk.
https://to.pbs.org/4k0nvqn
Not opening the door to ICE may no longer stop officers
Law enforcement and legal experts warn if more agents barge into homes, everyone could be put at greater risk.
www.pbs.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.

House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
The 7 Democrats who voted to fund Homeland Security amid ICE crackdowns
www.the-independent.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job.

“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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@joshtpm.bsky.social: "The Trump administration's goal is submission + the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. They think that because they have more + bigger guns, eventually those who oppose them will have to give in. I don't think that's the case."

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ice-a...
ICE and the Logic of Escalation Dominance
Again we have an ICE killing in which the Department of Homeland...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Christi Noem should testify under oath in Congress and explain why she lied about the facts around the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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@joshtpm.bsky.social: The White House's escalation is pushing state leaders to adopt the posture they should already have had: resolute defenses of local self-government and properly identifying ICE as a lawless presidential secret police.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...
White House Terror Tactics Are Pushing Blue State Leaders to Active Resistance
There is another point I want to note about what has happened...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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It has been more than 30 days since the Department of Justice was required by federal law to make all of the Epstein Files public. According to the DOJ’s own estimates, it has released less than 1% so far. The last time the Department of Justice released any documents was Dec. 23, 2025.
The DOJ offers only excuses as the Epstein Files remain secret
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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“you seem to be getting radicalized by this”

you mean the government executing peaceful protesters and then lying about it and trying to destroy the evidence? yeah a bit
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Here's the graph split between ICE and CBP. As you can see, CBP has traditionally had far more funding. It got a much smaller increase, but still quite sizable. ICE on the other hand has been much smaller, and they are supercharging it.
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.

Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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BREAKING: Trump-appointed judge blocks FBI/DOJ/DHS from destroying or altering evidence related to shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis. Judge Eric Tostrud grants TRO & sets Monday hearing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Order on Motion for TRO – #10 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
Order on Motion for TRO
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January 25, 2026 at 5:18 AM