Hella_Fitzgerald
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I'm an anthropologist currently at historic Olivewood Cemetery, which is Houston's oldest remaining African American cemetery. Established in 1875, more than 1/4 of the population at rest were enslaved.
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12 months of MAHA:
Our last foodborne botulism outbreak hasn’t been resolved yet & now one of the only affordable sources of lean protein is a botulism risk, too; measles cases are exploding, even tuberculosis is on the rise. And they’re still trying to deregulate more.
Maybe expertise did matter…
Our last foodborne botulism outbreak hasn’t been resolved yet & now one of the only affordable sources of lean protein is a botulism risk, too; measles cases are exploding, even tuberculosis is on the rise. And they’re still trying to deregulate more.
Maybe expertise did matter…
FDA Announces Canned Tuna Recall in 9 States Over Botulism Risk
Tri-Union Seafoods initiated the recall after a distributor mistakenly shipped quarantined cans, which were first recalled last February.
www.health.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 AM
12 months of MAHA:
Our last foodborne botulism outbreak hasn’t been resolved yet & now one of the only affordable sources of lean protein is a botulism risk, too; measles cases are exploding, even tuberculosis is on the rise. And they’re still trying to deregulate more.
Maybe expertise did matter…
Our last foodborne botulism outbreak hasn’t been resolved yet & now one of the only affordable sources of lean protein is a botulism risk, too; measles cases are exploding, even tuberculosis is on the rise. And they’re still trying to deregulate more.
Maybe expertise did matter…
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No one should have to accept a shitty performative placation as the answer to actually dead people but honestly folks let that slide for Black & Native folks and here we are now.
People who show they don't care if people die cannot be the architects of a society for people to live.
People who show they don't care if people die cannot be the architects of a society for people to live.
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 AM
No one should have to accept a shitty performative placation as the answer to actually dead people but honestly folks let that slide for Black & Native folks and here we are now.
People who show they don't care if people die cannot be the architects of a society for people to live.
People who show they don't care if people die cannot be the architects of a society for people to live.
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I keep seeing people say "oh but people want to keep their jobs they don't want to be voted out" but what happens when these folks lose an election? They become a lobbyist or work in some other corporate position and get paid even more.
The costs of failure to meet the base's desires < corp power.
The costs of failure to meet the base's desires < corp power.
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I keep seeing people say "oh but people want to keep their jobs they don't want to be voted out" but what happens when these folks lose an election? They become a lobbyist or work in some other corporate position and get paid even more.
The costs of failure to meet the base's desires < corp power.
The costs of failure to meet the base's desires < corp power.
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I have two thoughts about how easily Dems let angry voters pleas slide off them like water off a duck's back...
1) Nothing permanently alienates voters more than the ease of you ignoring them, in person, over actual serious shit. These folks will not be "won back" later on.
and....
1) Nothing permanently alienates voters more than the ease of you ignoring them, in person, over actual serious shit. These folks will not be "won back" later on.
and....
January 29, 2026 at 5:34 AM
I have two thoughts about how easily Dems let angry voters pleas slide off them like water off a duck's back...
1) Nothing permanently alienates voters more than the ease of you ignoring them, in person, over actual serious shit. These folks will not be "won back" later on.
and....
1) Nothing permanently alienates voters more than the ease of you ignoring them, in person, over actual serious shit. These folks will not be "won back" later on.
and....
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This is really really on my heart today. 58 years is no time at all. Rest in peace to this absolute queen with a heart of gold. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Shirley Raines, who fed and cared for the homeless of Skid Row, dies at 58
A mother of six, she founded Beauty 2 the Streetz to advocate on behalf of homeless people in Los Angeles and later in Nevada.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 AM
This is really really on my heart today. 58 years is no time at all. Rest in peace to this absolute queen with a heart of gold. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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I'm going to be $450 short on rent due to missing work to covid earlier this month. I have until 2/4 to raise it or take a $100 late fee. Shares are a huge help, thank you
Hi, I have spent literally the very last of my money on rent. If you can help me survive to the end of the month with a share or donation, I would be very grateful. Thank you so much.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I'm going to be $450 short on rent due to missing work to covid earlier this month. I have until 2/4 to raise it or take a $100 late fee. Shares are a huge help, thank you
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Our tax dollars are being used for children's concentration camps where they're giving terrorized, sick kids contaminated water and food with bugs in it.
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Our tax dollars are being used for children's concentration camps where they're giving terrorized, sick kids contaminated water and food with bugs in it.
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Massive crowd gathers at UCLA ICE protest | FOX 11 LA
YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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Last night, volunteers in so called “Houston” dropped two banners in solidarity with those facing tyranny in Minneapolis. We can no longer tolerate incursions into our communities as neighbors are being disappeared.
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Last night, volunteers in so called “Houston” dropped two banners in solidarity with those facing tyranny in Minneapolis. We can no longer tolerate incursions into our communities as neighbors are being disappeared.
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"DHS officers exited the Old Federal Building in Downtown Eugene and violently surged hundreds of people—including elders and minors—attending an Oregon Nurses Association-organized candlelight vigil for slain Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti..." doublesidedmedia.com/2026/01/28/f...
Federal Officers Interrupt Nurse-led Candlelight Vigil for Alex Pretti in Eugene with Chemical Munitions
On the evening of Jan. 27, Department of Homeland Security officers exited the Old Federal Building in Downtown Eugene and violently surged hundreds of people—including elders and minors—attending …
doublesidedmedia.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 AM
"DHS officers exited the Old Federal Building in Downtown Eugene and violently surged hundreds of people—including elders and minors—attending an Oregon Nurses Association-organized candlelight vigil for slain Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti..." doublesidedmedia.com/2026/01/28/f...
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Stood in solidarity in Cincinnati tonight with hundreds of federal and healthcare workers to honor Alex Pretti and the other victims of ICE and CBP and heard inspirational speeches from union nurses, EMS, Cincy Food Not Bombs, and Ayman Soliman, the hospital chaplain wrongfully detained by DHS
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Stood in solidarity in Cincinnati tonight with hundreds of federal and healthcare workers to honor Alex Pretti and the other victims of ICE and CBP and heard inspirational speeches from union nurses, EMS, Cincy Food Not Bombs, and Ayman Soliman, the hospital chaplain wrongfully detained by DHS
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#Texas troopers attacked anti-ICE demonstrations with projectile weapons, as protesters "gathered outside the South Texas Family Residential Center to draw attention to the detention of a five-year-old boy from the Minneapolis area being held at the ICE facility." www.tpr.org/border-immig...
DPS troopers clash with protesters outside Dilley ICE detention facility
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrived in riot gear in Dilley on Wednesday as protesters gathered outside the South Texas Family Residential Center to draw attention to the detention of a ...
www.tpr.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 AM
#Texas troopers attacked anti-ICE demonstrations with projectile weapons, as protesters "gathered outside the South Texas Family Residential Center to draw attention to the detention of a five-year-old boy from the Minneapolis area being held at the ICE facility." www.tpr.org/border-immig...
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ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
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Layoffs over the last year:
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Layoffs over the last year:
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estée Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
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"At least 32 people died in ICE custody last year, the highest number since 2004. An autopsy... showed that Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant held at Fort Bliss in Texas, was killed by his jailers. ICE had previously said he had committed suicide." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
"At least 32 people died in ICE custody last year, the highest number since 2004. An autopsy... showed that Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant held at Fort Bliss in Texas, was killed by his jailers. ICE had previously said he had committed suicide." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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"We have reports of ICE staging in parking lots or near food shelves, potentially following people who are making deliveries, and so the fear and anxiety is real," she said.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
'This cannot continue': 100 hunger relief groups call for end to ICE surge in Minnesota
"It's really hard when the helpers are the ones who are getting targeted as well."
www.kare11.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"We have reports of ICE staging in parking lots or near food shelves, potentially following people who are making deliveries, and so the fear and anxiety is real," she said.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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This bill passed both chambers in Kansas today —>
1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms
The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This bill passed both chambers in Kansas today —>
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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WHEW hold on to your butts
(it might be a good day to load Linux onto a USB stick and just play around a bit)
(it might be a good day to load Linux onto a USB stick and just play around a bit)
holy f*ck
*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS
*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS
*MICROSOFT 2Q REV. $81.27B, EST. $80.31B
*MICROSOFT 2Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $32.91B, EST. $32.39B
*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
*MICROSOFT 2Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $32.91B, EST. $32.39B
*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 AM
WHEW hold on to your butts
(it might be a good day to load Linux onto a USB stick and just play around a bit)
(it might be a good day to load Linux onto a USB stick and just play around a bit)
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Our country is going through a mass effort at ethnic cleansing, and we need to get into the practice of saying that out loud.
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Our country is going through a mass effort at ethnic cleansing, and we need to get into the practice of saying that out loud.
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No hell too hot for the people who did this.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM
No hell too hot for the people who did this.
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As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
Confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi, one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
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Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
"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
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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January 28, 2026 at 4:39 PM