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David Fedman
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historian of japan/korea/the environment | words: davidfedman.org | digital archive: JapanAirRaids.org | film: https://papercityfilm.com/
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Shame.
under grilling from Duckworth, Rubio defends Trump's comments denigrating the service of American's NATO allies in Afghanistan
January 28, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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This needs to happen at the very least
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
From a June 1938 NYT editorial calling for the US to boycott the 1940 Olympiad in Tokyo:

Hint, hint, nudge, nudge....
January 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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From a June 1938 editorial from the NYT calling for the US to boycott the 1940 Olympiad in Tokyo:

Hint, hint, nudge, nudge....
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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Trump:

"Two percent of the population causes 90% of the crime. So when you start decimating that two percent - boom."

This is straight up Nazi language.

And on International Holocaust Memorial Day.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Yep! Easier said than done, but the whole world should be boycotting, divesting from, and sanctioning the United States, including sports events.
From a June 1938 editorial from the NYT calling for the US to boycott the 1940 Olympiad in Tokyo:

Hint, hint, nudge, nudge....
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 AM
From a June 1938 editorial from the NYT calling for the US to boycott the 1940 Olympiad in Tokyo:

Hint, hint, nudge, nudge....
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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"Senator Chuck Grassley, a lifelong Iowan, has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1981, when he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate." www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/chair

He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
Suddenly republicans have forgotten what the constitution says 🤷🏼 🇺🇸
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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on Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Alex Pretti’s most immediate legacy is galvanizing the country against tyranny. We should do what we can to see to it that his other legacy is reclaiming the public meaning of masculinity from the whiny, sadistic freaks responsible for his murder. www.offmessage.net/p/alex-prett...
Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity
If you'd rather be like them than like him, it's time to take a look in the mirror...
www.offmessage.net
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.

Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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This is one of the most touching and heartbreaking things I have ever read.
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Of course they are
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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getting feds to say shit like this on camera with their face exposed is NUTS -- you can not reform this agency, everyone involved must go, there is no practical way to root out all of these guys
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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The administration that spent the first half of 2025 telling us there was nothing wrong with coordinating literally classified war plans on Signal now is saying that it believes it’s a crime to post publicly available information on Signal.
I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.

Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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⅓ reich
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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Keith Porter is a Black Father who was killed by an ICE Agent on New Years Eve.

Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.

The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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This is the Trump administration equivalent of sending someone to the gulag.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
DHS suspends Bovino's access to his social media accounts, source says
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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