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Elizabeth D. Leonard
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Civil War historian, unapologetic activist for the poor and democracy, biographer of Benjamin Franklin Butler, native New Yorker living in Maine
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Always worth a listen. Special guest: Erica Chenoweth. ❤️🖇️
1.30.26 What's the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Leah and Ezra
YouTube video by Indivisible
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January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Please consider participating in this Feb 16 event wherever you are! See the link for details, spread the word. #notTHISpresident!
Not THIS President! Day, 2026 · Indivisible Mid Maine
On February 16, 2026, Indivisible Mid Maine (IMM) is calling for pro-democracy, anti-authoritarian patriots in our area and across Maine and the USA to celebrate "Not THIS President! Day" as a fitting...
www.mobilize.us
January 30, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest * Free to access
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Beautiful. May it be so. And may we all be as courageous and committed to the Beloved Community as our friends in Minnesota. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Amazing. ❤️🖇️
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
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January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
May it be so! 🙏
See you in Nuremberg.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Get ready. ❤️🖇️
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Has Li'l Mikey Johnson heard about the situation in Minneapolis yet? I know he has trouble keeping up w/ the news & misses a lot of things. Someone please let him know what's going on there, OK? As a Christian & an elected "leader" who swore an oath to the Constitution he must want to do something?🙄
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
They are monsters, pure and simple.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The sadism continues.
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Please consider joining this "President's Day" action, wherever you are! And spread the word to pro-democracy friends and allies who are repulsed, like I am, by the sadistic thugs currently masquerading as our federal government! ❤ www.mobilize.us/IndivisibleM...
Not THIS President! Day, 2026 · Indivisible Mid Maine
On February 16, 2026, Indivisible Mid Maine (IMM) is calling for pro-democracy, anti-authoritarian patriots in our area and across Maine and the USA to celebrate "Not THIS President! Day" as a fitting...
www.mobilize.us
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The Bill of Wrongs
A Cult Constitution
snyder.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Trump’s trying to turn Greg Bovino into the fall guy, like people are going to forget that Vance, Noem, and Miller labeled Pretti a terrorist and still won’t hold anyone accountable for the actions that led to his death.
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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The body of Alex Pretti being wheeled out of VA Minnesota Hospital with saluting military nursing staff and "Taps."💔
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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30 minutes with experts on authoritarianism trying to help us see what is happening, and face it clear-eyed. ❤️🖇️
Lucid Q&A Jan 23 Yelena Litvinov and Tatyana Margolin
YouTube video by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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January 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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BREAKING: The Minnesota National Guard is handing out coffee and donuts to Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, after governor Tim Walz called them in to help out.

The good guys!
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"governing style," lol.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Maine friends, and friends of Maine: A powerful article by a self-identified "light-skinned Black American," anticipating the ICE surge here.
Minneapolis Is a Second Amendment Wake-Up Call
The federal killing of a Minnesota ICU nurse should worry every American.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Oh hell no.
BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers killed a man in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids.
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 AM