Ray Pride
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Ray Pride
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· Dec 15
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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The anti-ICE/CBP rally in Chicago's Daley Plaza has grown significantly in just the last half hour.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The anti-ICE/CBP rally in Chicago's Daley Plaza has grown significantly in just the last half hour.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
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Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
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🧵🧵🧵 "Melania" reviews 🧵🧵🧵
The Independent:
"The vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet.”
The Independent:
"The vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet.”
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review
Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chatea...
www.the-independent.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
🧵🧵🧵 "Melania" reviews 🧵🧵🧵
The Independent:
"The vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet.”
The Independent:
"The vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet.”
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I’m a NO — not one more penny for ICE without stopping this violence. Two American citizens were killed by federal agents.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
January 30, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I’m a NO — not one more penny for ICE without stopping this violence. Two American citizens were killed by federal agents.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
“Argentina: Not Just For Nazi War Criminals”
I guess $40 billion buys you the ability to dump people you don't want.
NYT - US and Argentina are in advanced talks to sign an agreement that would allow Washington to deport immigrants from other countries to the South American nation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/wo...
January 30, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“Argentina: Not Just For Nazi War Criminals”
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When formerly incarcerated people are able to obtain work, it tends to be a low-paying position, keeping them well below the poverty line. “The No. 1 contributor to recidivism is poverty,” says a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Program for Helping People Get Jobs After Prison
The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release.
boltsmag.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
When formerly incarcerated people are able to obtain work, it tends to be a low-paying position, keeping them well below the poverty line. “The No. 1 contributor to recidivism is poverty,” says a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
Deepak scoping Ivanka!
January 30, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Deepak scoping Ivanka!
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Don Lemon is out of jail already. They knew these arrests would be thrown out immediately, but they did it anyway to intimidate and terrorize.
That’s what dictators do.
That’s what dictators do.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Don Lemon is out of jail already. They knew these arrests would be thrown out immediately, but they did it anyway to intimidate and terrorize.
That’s what dictators do.
That’s what dictators do.
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MAGA has a whole cottage industry of commentators who claimed that this person threatened free speech.
The First Amendment is a foundational promise to every American: Each of us has the freedom to speak, to report, and to hold those in power accountable without fear of retribution or retaliation.
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
MAGA has a whole cottage industry of commentators who claimed that this person threatened free speech.
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BREAKING: After a brief hearing in L.A., Don Lemon was released.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
BREAKING: After a brief hearing in L.A., Don Lemon was released.
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Beyond this one post, I am not wasting time on “I don’t like him, but”
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
“… exercising their rights over the next three years. This is especially true of instances where Trump’s government is eager to criminalize forms of speech, activism, and support for immigrants as “terrorism.””
zeteo.com/p/don-lemon-...
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With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech
The rabidly anti-First Amendment administration plans to keep escalating its fascist assault on journalists, activists, and ordinary Americans too.
zeteo.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Beyond this one post, I am not wasting time on “I don’t like him, but”
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
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"Protests against ICE raids have spread far beyond Minnesota, with demonstrations reported in hundreds of towns and cities. These actions might not stop deportations in Minneapolis, but they do something else that historians recognize as vital: tell those resisting on the ground that they are seen."
In Minneapolis, the sounds of ICE Watch whistles echo the church bells that guided Resistance in occupied France. In my latest for @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I spoke to Minnesotans & WWII historians to explore the lessons of such parallels for the Minneapolis uprising newlinesmag.com/essays/minne...
Minneapolis Protests Sound a Lot Like the French Resistance
Minnesota is not occupied France, but historians see some parallels with the neighborhood groups and solidarity networks responding to federal operations today
newlinesmag.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"Protests against ICE raids have spread far beyond Minnesota, with demonstrations reported in hundreds of towns and cities. These actions might not stop deportations in Minneapolis, but they do something else that historians recognize as vital: tell those resisting on the ground that they are seen."
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Many people are asking "why don't other politicians do this" and the answer is BECAUSE they don't want you to understand this shit and they want you to just trust they know what they're doing when they're secretly fuck you over. Look at the funding bill!
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Many people are asking "why don't other politicians do this" and the answer is BECAUSE they don't want you to understand this shit and they want you to just trust they know what they're doing when they're secretly fuck you over. Look at the funding bill!
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January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
O shit
New DHS memo says ringing a bike bell at an ICE agent is considered assault
January 30, 2026 at 9:51 PM
O shit
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NEW: Enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest happening in Baltimore right now.
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
NEW: Enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest happening in Baltimore right now.
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
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Brett Ratner’s vile and vapid MELANIA balances a casually cruel worldview with terminally dull aesthetics. Best viewed as a game of Spot the Bootlicker. Cineplex should market their popcorn tubs as commemorative barf buckets. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Amazon’s painful Melania documentary is an unintentionally perfect portrait of American cruelty
Brett Ratner film follows the first lady in the lead up to Donald Trump’s 2025 presidential inauguration
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Brett Ratner’s vile and vapid MELANIA balances a casually cruel worldview with terminally dull aesthetics. Best viewed as a game of Spot the Bootlicker. Cineplex should market their popcorn tubs as commemorative barf buckets. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
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“Elon Musk, the car designer?”
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
“Elon Musk, the car designer?”
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You know whom Trump, Vance, Bovino, Noem, et al. sound like when they talk about anti-ICE protesters?
They sound like the Iranian government talking about their own protesters. The same phrases, even.
www.thebulwark.com/p/protesters...
They sound like the Iranian government talking about their own protesters. The same phrases, even.
www.thebulwark.com/p/protesters...
When It Comes to Killing Protesters, Trump Sounds Like Iran
From Minneapolis to Mashhad, similar rhetoric justifying lethal government violence.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
You know whom Trump, Vance, Bovino, Noem, et al. sound like when they talk about anti-ICE protesters?
They sound like the Iranian government talking about their own protesters. The same phrases, even.
www.thebulwark.com/p/protesters...
They sound like the Iranian government talking about their own protesters. The same phrases, even.
www.thebulwark.com/p/protesters...
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For months, DOJ has been sandbagging the Epstein release claiming they were redacting sensitive information and using it as an excuse to delay other document productions, but they just released the files with apparently "thousands" of instances of victim's names and identifying details unredacted.
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
For months, DOJ has been sandbagging the Epstein release claiming they were redacting sensitive information and using it as an excuse to delay other document productions, but they just released the files with apparently "thousands" of instances of victim's names and identifying details unredacted.
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NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026).
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026).
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
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Georgia Fort, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews have been released. No word on Don Lemon. But I am glad the other three have been released safely!
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Georgia Fort, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews have been released. No word on Don Lemon. But I am glad the other three have been released safely!
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Wait, the dude who created the world's most prolific underage deepfake porn platform was partying with Jeffery Epstein?
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
January 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Wait, the dude who created the world's most prolific underage deepfake porn platform was partying with Jeffery Epstein?