Lisa Schiff
@lschiff.bsky.social
Librarian. Some things I care about: social justice; defending libraries, education, & research; information equity. All posts/thoughts my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981 @[email protected] https://defendresearch.org
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Don't print lies in the newspaper.
January 21, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Don't print lies in the newspaper.
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It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
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If we had a functioning FBI he'd be getting a little visit right about now.
You can read about this human turd here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fu...
You can read about this human turd here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fu...
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
If we had a functioning FBI he'd be getting a little visit right about now.
You can read about this human turd here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fu...
You can read about this human turd here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fu...
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Update: It appears that DOGE staff at the Social Security Administration entered a data sharing agreement with True the Vote, which played a key role in spreading the Big Lie about the 2020 election, including in the propaganda film "2,000 Mules."
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOGE worked with political group to probe voter rolls, Trump admin admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Update: It appears that DOGE staff at the Social Security Administration entered a data sharing agreement with True the Vote, which played a key role in spreading the Big Lie about the 2020 election, including in the propaganda film "2,000 Mules."
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In addition to the oligarchs raking in money from ICE sadism- dependent businesses, the ice men get their bonuses dependant on their racist and violent kidnapping of ppl.
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
In addition to the oligarchs raking in money from ICE sadism- dependent businesses, the ice men get their bonuses dependant on their racist and violent kidnapping of ppl.
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Bill Cassidy reportedly voted for RFK Jr because Cassidy was afraid of losing his next primary and feared Trump endorsed his further-right opponent.
Trump just endorsed Cassidy’s opponent anyway!
Appeasement does not work.
Fight or get out of the way.
Trump just endorsed Cassidy’s opponent anyway!
Appeasement does not work.
Fight or get out of the way.
Trump says he will endorse Julia Letlow if she runs against Bill Cassidy in a Republican senate primary.
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Bill Cassidy reportedly voted for RFK Jr because Cassidy was afraid of losing his next primary and feared Trump endorsed his further-right opponent.
Trump just endorsed Cassidy’s opponent anyway!
Appeasement does not work.
Fight or get out of the way.
Trump just endorsed Cassidy’s opponent anyway!
Appeasement does not work.
Fight or get out of the way.
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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The kids and I helped pack food this morning for families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE occupation.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The kids and I helped pack food this morning for families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE occupation.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
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ICE officers are publicly stating that Renee Good was killed not because an officer was threatened but because they were mad at her for not instantly following every order issued.
The new ICE threat:
"Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch."
newrepublic.com/post/205189/...
The new ICE threat:
"Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch."
newrepublic.com/post/205189/...
“We Killed That Lesbian B*tch”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat
Protesters are recounting federal agents using Good’s death to warn them off.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
ICE officers are publicly stating that Renee Good was killed not because an officer was threatened but because they were mad at her for not instantly following every order issued.
The new ICE threat:
"Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch."
newrepublic.com/post/205189/...
The new ICE threat:
"Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch."
newrepublic.com/post/205189/...
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social Absolutely no $$ for ICE.
moving to a vibes based citizenship
From @404media.co,
“ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify, provides a “definitive” determination of someone’s immigration status, and should be trusted over a birth certificate. “
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
“ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify, provides a “definitive” determination of someone’s immigration status, and should be trusted over a birth certificate. “
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social Absolutely no $$ for ICE.
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I understand. I think about this Mary Oliver poem a lot 💜
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I understand. I think about this Mary Oliver poem a lot 💜
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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Today is Monday, Jan 19
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
***
"Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” - Dr. King
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
***
"Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” - Dr. King
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Today is Monday, Jan 19
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
***
"Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” - Dr. King
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
***
"Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” - Dr. King
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Yes, I.C.E. “needs” reasonable suspicion to stop cars, if they are following the law—which they are not.
You people MUST get past the fact that all this is illegal—Courts are permitting, even encouraging it, so it’s not illegal anymore.
Noting the illegality is moot.
Wasted time energy. Futile.
You people MUST get past the fact that all this is illegal—Courts are permitting, even encouraging it, so it’s not illegal anymore.
Noting the illegality is moot.
Wasted time energy. Futile.
ICE needs reasonable suspicion of an immigration violation to pull over a vehicle - what would that be in this instance? They have no authority to randomly stop vehicles.
January 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Yes, I.C.E. “needs” reasonable suspicion to stop cars, if they are following the law—which they are not.
You people MUST get past the fact that all this is illegal—Courts are permitting, even encouraging it, so it’s not illegal anymore.
Noting the illegality is moot.
Wasted time energy. Futile.
You people MUST get past the fact that all this is illegal—Courts are permitting, even encouraging it, so it’s not illegal anymore.
Noting the illegality is moot.
Wasted time energy. Futile.
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Absolutely; The policy IS the terror and terror IS the policy.
There is no recalibrated or sanitized way to conduct the war that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror.
The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Absolutely; The policy IS the terror and terror IS the policy.
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They all casually use the language of abusers.
WELKER: Is military action on the table?
BESSENT: I believe the Europeans will understand that the best outcome is for the US to receive control of Greenland
BESSENT: I believe the Europeans will understand that the best outcome is for the US to receive control of Greenland
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
They all casually use the language of abusers.
Great piece about the need to not only abolish ICE, but go deeper and rediscover our collective humanity: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Great piece about the need to not only abolish ICE, but go deeper and rediscover our collective humanity: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.
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In 2014, a group of young Black and Brown people traveled to the United Nations to make a case that the CPD was genocidal against Black and Brown youth: wechargegenocide.org
We Charge Genocide
wechargegenocide.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
In 2014, a group of young Black and Brown people traveled to the United Nations to make a case that the CPD was genocidal against Black and Brown youth: wechargegenocide.org
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If a person in Minneapolis is caught protesting or simply turning down the wrong street while driving, they are likely to face a wall of masked and armed agents.
This is what ICE descending on Minneapolis looks like
Photos show the terror and resistance taking over Minnesota's largest city.
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
If a person in Minneapolis is caught protesting or simply turning down the wrong street while driving, they are likely to face a wall of masked and armed agents.
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This is also a modern day example of a retreating enemy salting the earth behind them.
They're fucking up EVERYTHING on EVERY LEVEL so that Democrats won't possibly be able to clean up the mess in 2-4 years...thus priming them for a comeback because the public has the memory of a flea.
They're fucking up EVERYTHING on EVERY LEVEL so that Democrats won't possibly be able to clean up the mess in 2-4 years...thus priming them for a comeback because the public has the memory of a flea.
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM
This is also a modern day example of a retreating enemy salting the earth behind them.
They're fucking up EVERYTHING on EVERY LEVEL so that Democrats won't possibly be able to clean up the mess in 2-4 years...thus priming them for a comeback because the public has the memory of a flea.
They're fucking up EVERYTHING on EVERY LEVEL so that Democrats won't possibly be able to clean up the mess in 2-4 years...thus priming them for a comeback because the public has the memory of a flea.
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HHS terminates thousands of grants for substance use, mental health worth billions
HHS terminates thousands of grants for substance use, mental health worth billions
The Department of Health and Human Services told grantees funding their projects was no longer aligned with agency priorities.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
HHS terminates thousands of grants for substance use, mental health worth billions
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The warehouse where a new ICE facility for processing immigrants is being proposed is owned by Carl Icahn, a former unofficial adviser to President Donald Trump.
#OrangeCo #NY
#OrangeCo #NY
A former Trump adviser owning the land where a proposed new ICE facility is set to be built gives away the game.
The systematic hunting down of immigrant communities is no more than a corrupt 💵 money-making scheme 💵 for the wealthy and well-connected.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
The systematic hunting down of immigrant communities is no more than a corrupt 💵 money-making scheme 💵 for the wealthy and well-connected.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
Former Trump adviser owns spot proposed for Hudson Valley ICE facility
A warehouse owned by Carl Icahn would process 500 to 1,500 immigrants at a time before sending them to larger detention facilities until their deportation.
www.timesunion.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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"Israel understandably wanted to silence him, and has kept him incommunicado, without charges, for a year. But why did the U.S. press help suppress his views? ... [Such] self-censorship is even more pathetic when you contrast it with how a leading Israel paper, Haaretz, did in fact cover the story."
"A year later, Dr. Abu Safiya is still in an Israeli prison."
"[N]ot a single word about this remarkable man has appeared in the New York Times since January 7, 2025."
"Washington Post has [.] completely ignored" him.
#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Media #Censorship #Healthcare #Incarceration #Genocide
"[N]ot a single word about this remarkable man has appeared in the New York Times since January 7, 2025."
"Washington Post has [.] completely ignored" him.
#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Media #Censorship #Healthcare #Incarceration #Genocide
Israel has detained Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya without charges for a year. Why has the New York Times refused to cover his case?
One year ago, an iconic photo from Gaza went viral of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walking through rubble in Gaza to be detained by Israeli forces. Today, Safiya is still being held without charges, but you wouldn't know it from reading the New York Times.
mondoweiss.net
January 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"Israel understandably wanted to silence him, and has kept him incommunicado, without charges, for a year. But why did the U.S. press help suppress his views? ... [Such] self-censorship is even more pathetic when you contrast it with how a leading Israel paper, Haaretz, did in fact cover the story."