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They're locking them up today
And throwing away the key
I wonder who it will be tomorrow, you or me?
For all the ex-friends and -family.
January 28, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Cliche by now, but here it is anyway:
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Jason Pohlman
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
"There are such things in the world as human rights. They rest upon no conventional foundation, but are external, universal, and indestructible. Among these, is the right of locomotion; the right of migration; the right which belongs to no particular race, but belongs alike to all and to all alike."
The Pursuit of Happiness: Frederick Douglass on Immigration
One of Frederick Douglass's greatest speeches, supporting open immigration to the United States as a basic human right and a benefit to the country.
www.elijahwald.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

28: Song driven by rhythm

Also #rhythmisking

I was saving this for a special day, but he's still hanging in there so I'll just share it again when that day comes.
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
YouTube video by KoolAndTheGangVEVO
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The Bar Kays - Son Of Shaft / Feel It (Live At Wattstax Festival 1972)
YouTube video by Sabes
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by Jason Pohlman
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
About Crispy Gnome, the article says in closing:

"She's doing the job the president wants her to do," one official said. "There's no daylight here."
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
www.axios.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"So when the state calls somebody “illegal,” it is saying: you violated borders that were created through violence, laws that were written by the victors, and a sovereignty that was established by erasing the people who originally had it."
Deport White America?
A note to readers: I’ve been getting a lot of requests to read my articles aloud.
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Jason Pohlman
Learn more about your rights in the event of an ICE workplace raid by visiting the link below.

Conozca más sobre sus derechos en caso de una redada de ICE en el lugar de trabajo visitando el enlace a continuación.
www.acluaz.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights Before, During, and After a Workplace Raid - ACLU of Arizona
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Know your rights as an immigrant if you are approached by immigration agents during a workplace raid. This…
www.acluaz.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"These agents, and the president who sent them, are no one’s heroes, no one’s saviors—just men with guns who have to hide their faces to shoot a mom in the face, and a nurse in the back."
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Jason Pohlman
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

27: A song you understood only later in life.

That last verse stings like a scorpion's tail.
The Royal Scam
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I had this asshole's balderdash forced on me back in the 90s for work "training" and my BS meter swung so hard it shattered. I soon expended my hatred of him (and other self help gurus) to include people who worshipped him/them.
Tony Robbins Has Always Been Shitty
I called it years ago
jamesfell.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Jason Pohlman
In this day and age, a “reasonable centrist type” is someone who supports what the fascists are doing, but doesn’t want you to think poorly of them.
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Jason Pohlman
Minneapolis, MN -

Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 AM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
26: A song that led you to an artist's entire catalog
Fantastic Negrito - Plastic Hamburgers (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fantastic Negrito
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Is true solidarity possible now? Solidarity that doesn’t evaporate when the headlines move on? Can this outrage be trusted? Or will it curdle into self-preservation, into a frantic circling of wagons, into a determination to make sure they are never the ones in the crosshairs again?"
Now That State Terror Has Crossed the Color Line, Do White Folks Finally Believe Us? History Has Notes.
This Substack is reader-supported.
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM