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✅ TAKE ACTION: Tell the EPA to protect human and animal life, pollinators, and the environment. This action isn’t limited to USA citizens.

Click below for more information and to send your messages. Follow us, “Like,” & share. #EPA #Roundup #glyphosate #environment #pollinators #ecosystems
TAKE ACTION: Tell the EPA to reassess its decision on the safety of Roundup®
Science no longer finds glyphosate, the active ingredient Roundup®, safe.
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📌 From artist/cartoonist Benjamin Slyngstad Follow him here: @slyngstad.bsky.social #Minneapolis #Pretti #ICE
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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From Liberal Jane. Follow here: @liberaljane.bsky.social Her Facebook post said, "ICE is terrorizing our communities and some people think it's normal." #ICE #terror
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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📌 Western culture seriously undervalues nature.

Economists and ecologists are helping us understand the full extent of the contributions to economies made by plants, animals, or entire ecosystems—and what’s at risk financially if they are lost. #nature #environment #ecosystems #economies
These researchers are working to quantify the value of nature
They consider themselves "natural capital" accountants.
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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🎯 Robert H. Jackson or Hannah Arendt probably had words to describe these ... individuals. We’re at a loss.

Note: The plan has been condemned by human rights advocates, who say it is an an attempt to erase #Palestinians by building a capitalist dystopia on the ruins of #Israel’s #genocide.
Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers, Vacation Resort on Ruins of Gaza Genocide
The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.
truthout.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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🎯 Explains a lot.

"He said, when a crisis happens, the only thing you need to do is call me. The most important thing in any crisis is controlling the #narrative. I was like: No, no, no. We actually have to do some work here. We’re going to have to investigate, to solve this." #KashPatel #FBI
FBI agents reveal 'surreal' Kash Patel response to Charlie Kirk killing: 'Out of control'
Dozens of current and former FBI employees revealed what most troubled them about the leaders installed by President Donald Trump in his second term.The New York Times spoke to 45 bureau sources who w...
www.rawstory.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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🎯 The random, uncoordinated reintroduction of food may result in rapid, unhealthy weight gain over a short span of time, which, in turn, could create the illusion that starvation no longer exists in #Gaza — allowing the world to turn its back with a fleeting sense of conscience. #genocide
In Gaza, We’re Struggling to Reintroduce Foods to Bodies Adjusted to Starvation
A sudden influx of nutrients after famine can cause spikes in blood glucose and fatal electrolyte imbalances.
truthout.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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⁉ Why does Trump want to invoke the Insurrection Act? This is what he said, “It does make life a lot easier. You don’t go through the court system. It’s just a much easier thing to do.”

Invoking the Act doesn’t do what he thinks it does. Surprise! 😆 #InsurrectionAct #emergency #militarization
Trump just let slip the real reason he wants to use the Insurrection Act: analyst
President Donald Trump keeps toying with the use of the Insurrection Act to essentially declare an emergency state that mobilizes military forces in American cities — something he has considered many ...
www.rawstory.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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🔥 That pesky Constitution!

Newly hired ICE officers are told they can rely solely on administrative warrants to enter homes to make arrests, even though that conflicts with written DHS training materials (and the 4th Amendment). #ICE #warrants #4thAmendment #Constitution #DHS #immigration
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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📌 In honor of Jeffrey Epstein’s January 20 birthday, the artist protest group called The Secret Handshake erected a huge replica of the lewd birthday card then Epstein-bestie Donald Trump insists he never wrote or signed ... on the National Mall. #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Trump #birthdaycard
Giant Trump B’day Card To Epstein Pops Up On National Mall
The Trump White House is not handling it well.
ino.to
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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✅ TAKE ACTION: Tell the EPA to protect human and animal life, pollinators, and the environment. This action isn’t limited to USA citizens.

Click below for more information and to send your messages. Follow us, “Like,” & share. #EPA #Roundup #glyphosate #environment #pollinators #ecosystems
TAKE ACTION: Tell the EPA to reassess its decision on the safety of Roundup®
Science no longer finds glyphosate, the active ingredient Roundup®, safe.
progressivesecretary.salsalabs.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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From artist/cartoonist Joe Heller, “Is it me, or does it feel like we're in training to occupy Greenland?” #Minneapolis #occupation #Greenland #EpsteinDistraction
January 21, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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📌 All people of color. Who'd have thought

"We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty. Every one of these individuals is a person of color who has had this happen to them." #ICE #Minneapolis #CivilRightViolations
Analysts floored by police chief's 'extraordinary' allegation against Trump's ICE
A Minneapolis-area police chief left one political analyst stunned on Tuesday with comments he made about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are conducting themselves in the area.Mark Brul...
www.rawstory.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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🎯 We have no words ...

Israeli forces targeted at least two UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) buildings for demolition, and fired tear gas in a vocational school serving young refugees in Qalandia, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. #Palestine #Israel #genocide #UNRWA
Israeli Forces Demolish UNRWA Buildings in “Unprecedented Attack”
UNRWA’s head called the attack “a new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law” by Israel.
truthout.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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📌 Trump has almost succeeded in diverting our attention. Almost. #EpsteinFiles #diversion #HonorTheSurvivors
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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📌 There’s a unified federal government pushing multiple contentious #development proposals at once, with fewer moderate Republicans opposing them and environmental conservation organizations weakened by systemic funding issues and coordinated political attacks. #conservation #environment #Alaska
Alaska’s public lands are a political battleground - High Country News
In its first year, the second Trump administration has rolled back protections across a swath of high-profile public lands in Alaska.
www.hcn.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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✅ TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress, “Make the Roadless Rule permanent.”

Click below for more information and to email Congress. Follow us, “Like,” & share. #RoadlessRule #environment #logging #mining #development
TAKE ACTION: Stop the Forest Service from rescinding the Roadless Rule.
No logging, mining, or “development” on wild public lands!
progressivesecretary.salsalabs.org
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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💩 What a load! $2,000 won't even cover the Medicare contribution that Social Security recipients pay from their monthly benefits.

If there was any better argument for Medicare for All, it's a Republican "healthcare" plan. #healthcare #Medicare #SocialSecurity #Republican
January 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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📌 Yes, remind everyone who #Trump REALLY is!

For 3 seconds on the floor of a Ford Motor Co. plant, an auto worker did what the political establishment has largely failed to do for 3 months: remind the country exactly who its president is. No more #distractions. #EpsteinFiles #PedoProtector
Media, take note: this is how you hold Trump to account over Epstein
For three seconds on the floor of a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn, a solitary autoworker did what the political establishment has largely failed to do for three months: remind the country exactly w...
www.rawstory.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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💥 Federal agents can no longer use pepper spray or other nonlethal munitions against people engaged in peaceful protest. They cannot stop or detain drivers where there is no “reasonable, articulable suspicion” that they are interfering. #Minneapolis #Peaceful #Protests #FreeSpeech
Federal Judge Orders ICE to Stop Retaliating Against Minnesota Demonstrators
The ruling comes out of a December lawsuit filed by six plaintiffs who were all observing ICE’s ramped-up raids.
truthout.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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‼ This is how police states are built—not by a single law or single leader, but through precedents set in moments of crisis. Through declarations made before facts are gathered. Through the steady retreat from the assumption that power flows from the people. #Minnesota #PoliceState #ICE
It’s a Police State in Minnesota
Minnesota is experiencing a state-wide police riot backed by the full authority of the federal government.
progressive.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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‼ House Democrats continue to work with survivors to document what Jeffrey Epstein did.

The convicted sex offender lured some victims into his trafficking operation by promising an acceptance to NYU and other schools, and paying for their tuition. #Epstein @raskin.house.gov
NYU to release all Epstein-related records amid pressure from Congress - Washington Square News
A House committee is requesting that NYU turn over all records and payments relating to Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the convicted sex offender lured some victims by promising them acceptances into NYU a...
nyunews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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🎯 From artist/cartoonist Steve Greenberg #ICE #injustice #prejudice #accomplice #malice #Trump
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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✅ TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY: Tell Congress, “Prevent the president from interfering in Iran.”

Click below for more information and to send your messages. Follow us, “Like,” & share. #Iran #NoMoreWar
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to prevent war or other actions against Iran
No actions against Iran!
progressivesecretary.salsalabs.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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⁉ Over the last several months, DHS has been posting art that apparently reflects Nazi propaganda.

Is anyone surprised? The Trump family has supported white supremacy at least since Donald was a young man and his family refused to rent to Black families. #Nazi #WhiteSupremacy #racist #Trump
'Is that what I said?!' CNN panel melts down over DHS art on social media
The panel on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" melted down on Thursday night over the artworks the Department of Homeland Security has been posting on its social media accounts. Over the last severa...
www.rawstory.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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♦ Funding should have been increased.

The Senate passed a limited spending package that will fund several science-related agencies, including the Dept. of Interior, the Forest Service, NOAA, and the EPA, at current levels. It already passed the House. #DOI #ForestService #EPA #NOAA #environment
Congress passes environmental funding without Trump’s deep cuts - High Country News
But the bipartisan effort still trimmed climate research and fails to solve agencies’ chronic underfunding. The Senate passed an environmental spending package that rejects many of Trump's cuts but co...
www.hcn.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM