Mary Kontrary💙💛💙💔
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
That was fun! I’ve been learning (or trying to) Spanish for more than 400 days, but I couldn’t understand anything. OTOH, I smiled through the whole show and wished it had gone on longer.
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
That was fun! I’ve been learning (or trying to) Spanish for more than 400 days, but I couldn’t understand anything. OTOH, I smiled through the whole show and wished it had gone on longer.
So say we all.
BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
So say we all.
Crass versus class.
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Crass versus class.
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This is what Hess said: “It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is what Hess said: “It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”
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More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives
Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.
www.axios.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
This all makes me furious and terribly sad.
“…a lawyer for the man was told Friday morning that Abreu would need a doctor’s note to be able to access the anti-rejection medication vital to his transplant.”
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
February 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This all makes me furious and terribly sad.
This gave me shivers. Shakespeare, who wrote this soliloquy 400 years ago, could have written it about what is happening today. "Mountainous inhumanity" indeed.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This gave me shivers. Shakespeare, who wrote this soliloquy 400 years ago, could have written it about what is happening today. "Mountainous inhumanity" indeed.
Can I get a WTF?!?
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Can I get a WTF?!?
In all my 75+ yrs of interacting w/LEOs in Chicago, L.A., New York, Denver, or anyplace else, I've never had one of them use the word "fuck" once, no matter what the provocation or situation. These ICE thugs are not legitimate LEOs. They are gestapo. They must be stopped & ICE disbanded.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 7:09 PM
In all my 75+ yrs of interacting w/LEOs in Chicago, L.A., New York, Denver, or anyplace else, I've never had one of them use the word "fuck" once, no matter what the provocation or situation. These ICE thugs are not legitimate LEOs. They are gestapo. They must be stopped & ICE disbanded.
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Students walked out. Workers stayed home. Thousands filled the streets in hundreds of cities with one message: Get Trump's immigration agents out of our communities. This is for Renée Good, Alex Pretti, and 5-year-old Liam Ramos—sick in a Texas detention center.
Get out of our cities: Another nationwide uprising against ICE
Powerful mages from around the country show thousands of demonstrators participating in a national day of action.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Students walked out. Workers stayed home. Thousands filled the streets in hundreds of cities with one message: Get Trump's immigration agents out of our communities. This is for Renée Good, Alex Pretti, and 5-year-old Liam Ramos—sick in a Texas detention center.
What the fucking fuck!?!
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
What the fucking fuck!?!
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
Upset about what ICE is doing and the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti but don’t know what to do about it?
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Upset about what ICE is doing and the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti but don’t know what to do about it?
I’m in. Are you?
Is this the #NationalStrike / #NationalShutdown so many of us have been waiting for?
Let me know if you’re in and spread the word.
Let me know if you’re in and spread the word.
Steve Marmel (@marmel)
#NationalShutdown on Jan 30th.
If you’re in: Let me know with either a ReStack, A Like or a Comment. Is this the shutdown we’ve all been waiting for?
https://nationalshutdown.org
substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I’m in. Are you?
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I have already said enough about the insanity of the 2A crowd now saying that legally carrying a gun was the problem in Minnesota. Instead of offering more thoughts on this, just watch the incredible John Stewart on the @thedailyshow.com. A MUST WATCH!!!
Jon on Alex Pretti's Killing, DHS vs. Video Evidence & MAGA's Gun Rights Surrender
youtu.be/I-eNduwugmY
youtu.be/I-eNduwugmY
Jon on Alex Pretti's Killing, DHS vs. Video Evidence & MAGA's Gun Rights Surrender | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I have already said enough about the insanity of the 2A crowd now saying that legally carrying a gun was the problem in Minnesota. Instead of offering more thoughts on this, just watch the incredible John Stewart on the @thedailyshow.com. A MUST WATCH!!!
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I think a national strike may be the only way. I’m afraid the corrupt MAGA members of Congress aren’t going to stand up, even now.
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I think a national strike may be the only way. I’m afraid the corrupt MAGA members of Congress aren’t going to stand up, even now.
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We are there.
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We are there.
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Good morning
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Good morning
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
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Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
Anybody else remember the film Silent Running?
"The push to end the ban comes as a Chilean mining company considers opening a copper mine in the Superior National Forest on the edge of the wilderness area."
Trump and his allies in Congress are once again putting polluter profits over people by attempting to sell off our treasured public lands.
Trump and his allies in Congress are once again putting polluter profits over people by attempting to sell off our treasured public lands.
House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans have moved closer to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a premier destination for outdoors lovers in remote northeastern Minnesot...
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Anybody else remember the film Silent Running?