Rob Levine
@roblevine82.bsky.social
Photographer, drone pilot, writer, editor, web developer, media critic (not necessarily in that order). Proprietor at edhivemn.com, roblevinephotography.com, intheairphotography.com, threatenedwaters.com. Minneapolis
Billionaire owned media won't be telling you the most crucial Epstein files - including that he most likely was an Israeli agent www.juancole.com/2026/02/blac...
The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection
By Jasim...
www.juancole.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Billionaire owned media won't be telling you the most crucial Epstein files - including that he most likely was an Israeli agent www.juancole.com/2026/02/blac...
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I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
Farmers who voted overwhelmingly for Trump are being driven to bankruptcy by Republican policies - but they'll never ever change their voting patterns because they are extreme Authoritarian Followers
thehill.com/business/572...
thehill.com/business/572...
thehill.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Farmers who voted overwhelmingly for Trump are being driven to bankruptcy by Republican policies - but they'll never ever change their voting patterns because they are extreme Authoritarian Followers
thehill.com/business/572...
thehill.com/business/572...
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The US State Department plans to fund Far Right (and pro-Russia) think-tanks and charities in Europe to promote American policy positions and oppose European online speech regulations, the FT reports.
America’s biggest export: fascism.
America’s biggest export: fascism.
February 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The US State Department plans to fund Far Right (and pro-Russia) think-tanks and charities in Europe to promote American policy positions and oppose European online speech regulations, the FT reports.
America’s biggest export: fascism.
America’s biggest export: fascism.
How it should have been reported by Traditional Media if it wasn't all owned by Republican billionaires
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BREAKING: Madman President Promotes Racist Video of the Obamas as Apes
Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both.
zeteo.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
How it should have been reported by Traditional Media if it wasn't all owned by Republican billionaires
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zeteo.com/p/trump-obam...
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
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Kenworthy posted a photo to Instagram showing the words “F--- ICE,” which he confirmed in follow-up posts was written in urine.
www.thedailybeast.com/olympic-skie...
www.thedailybeast.com/olympic-skie...
Olympic Skier Blasts ICE in Yellow Snow Message
ICE presence in Milan during the Winter Olympic Games has triggered increased protests against the organization.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Kenworthy posted a photo to Instagram showing the words “F--- ICE,” which he confirmed in follow-up posts was written in urine.
www.thedailybeast.com/olympic-skie...
www.thedailybeast.com/olympic-skie...
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Just before election 2024 @nhannahjones.bsky.social invited to me to speak at her Center for Journalism & Democracy summit on oligarchy.
My topic was billionaire threats to public education, rooted in resistance to the Civil Rights era.
Thinking about Nikole’s event a lot this week.
My topic was billionaire threats to public education, rooted in resistance to the Civil Rights era.
Thinking about Nikole’s event a lot this week.
February 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Just before election 2024 @nhannahjones.bsky.social invited to me to speak at her Center for Journalism & Democracy summit on oligarchy.
My topic was billionaire threats to public education, rooted in resistance to the Civil Rights era.
Thinking about Nikole’s event a lot this week.
My topic was billionaire threats to public education, rooted in resistance to the Civil Rights era.
Thinking about Nikole’s event a lot this week.
First story on the impact of the Republican incel goon army invasion on segregated charter schools in Minneapolis. These schools wouldn't be targets except for the actions of the Mpls Foundation which created deliberately segregated charters to weaken teachers unions
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Inside a Minneapolis school where 50% of students are too afraid of ICE to show up
'Operation Metro Surge,' the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to nationwide protests after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, has had students, parents and teachers on edge r...
www.latimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
First story on the impact of the Republican incel goon army invasion on segregated charter schools in Minneapolis. These schools wouldn't be targets except for the actions of the Mpls Foundation which created deliberately segregated charters to weaken teachers unions
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Imagine someone thinking this is the right person for governor of Minnesota! archive.thinkprogress.org/amy-klobucha...
Amy Klobuchar has voted to confirm more than half of Trump’s judicial nominees
The Minnesota Democrat is an outlier among 2020 presidential candidates.
archive.thinkprogress.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Imagine someone thinking this is the right person for governor of Minnesota! archive.thinkprogress.org/amy-klobucha...
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NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
These Dems are suffering from Stockholm syndrome and need to get out of the way
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
These Dems are suffering from Stockholm syndrome and need to get out of the way
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odd feature of our time in how many liberals and progressive are bog standard monogamous family types--Serwer, Bouie, Hayes, AOC, etc--and how many Traditional Family Values conservatives are fuckin drugged up perverts
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
odd feature of our time in how many liberals and progressive are bog standard monogamous family types--Serwer, Bouie, Hayes, AOC, etc--and how many Traditional Family Values conservatives are fuckin drugged up perverts
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Do you vote in IL-2, Robin Kelly's seat?
Read about Donna Miller's connections to AIPAC.
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Read about Donna Miller's connections to AIPAC.
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
AIPAC Coordinates Donors in Illinois House Primaries
Three Democratic candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Do you vote in IL-2, Robin Kelly's seat?
Read about Donna Miller's connections to AIPAC.
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Read about Donna Miller's connections to AIPAC.
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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“Sanders, who rallied for his former adviser Mejia on the eve of the election, said Democrats are starting to realize that "not only is [AIPAC's] policy bad, but it's going to hurt me politically,'" and predicted candidates will start throwing the AIPAC spending back at them.”
‘It’s pissing people off’: Centrist Democrats are livid with AIPAC after primary fiasco — POLITICO
AIPAC spent $2 million attacking moderate-leaning Tom Malinowski in a House special election — and may have handed the race to progressive Analilia Mejia.
apple.news
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
“Sanders, who rallied for his former adviser Mejia on the eve of the election, said Democrats are starting to realize that "not only is [AIPAC's] policy bad, but it's going to hurt me politically,'" and predicted candidates will start throwing the AIPAC spending back at them.”
This is when not if. Soon states will have to choose between funding religious charter schools or having no charter schools at all. Ed deformers are like the dog that caught the bus
Religious Charter Schools Push New Cases Toward Supreme Court: Advocates seeking to establish publicly funded religious schools in three states.
Religious Charter Schools Push New Cases Toward Supreme Court
Advocates seeking to establish publicly funded religious schools in three states.
www.edweek.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This is when not if. Soon states will have to choose between funding religious charter schools or having no charter schools at all. Ed deformers are like the dog that caught the bus
Republican animals
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Republican animals
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This is great! I know everyone’s putting their back into mutual aid, but Mercado Central‘s could still use some love: www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is great! I know everyone’s putting their back into mutual aid, but Mercado Central‘s could still use some love: www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
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I don't know what happens next, but Liam and his family are not being deported today.
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I don't know what happens next, but Liam and his family are not being deported today.
Holy shit read these - it documents what's been going on here while the mayor told his 600 strong police force to cool their jets
Sworn declarations in ACLU lawsuit.
www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne...
www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne...
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Holy shit read these - it documents what's been going on here while the mayor told his 600 strong police force to cool their jets
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If folks in other parts of the country are preparing for ICe Surge, part of the fabric of response has to include anti-fascist tow truck drivers.
Recruit them now.
Recruit them now.
Tow truck driver offering free service returning abandoned vehicles to families of those abducted by ICE: "For the last three weeks, we have been getting nothing but death threats."
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
If folks in other parts of the country are preparing for ICe Surge, part of the fabric of response has to include anti-fascist tow truck drivers.
Recruit them now.
Recruit them now.
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This is a murder attempt by fascist foot soldiers and nothing less.
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.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This is a murder attempt by fascist foot soldiers and nothing less.