Rachel Niederer
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Rachel Niederer
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· Apr 16
Trans women are women.
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I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
January 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
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Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
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Please donate to Nekima Levy Armstrong’s defense fund if you can. she needs support.
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Donate to Support Nekima Levy Armstrong’s Legal Defense, organized by Daja Williams
For years, Nekima has been at the forefront of the movement for racial jus… Daja Williams needs your support for Support Nekima Levy Armstrong’s Legal Defense
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January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Please donate to Nekima Levy Armstrong’s defense fund if you can. she needs support.
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“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
@washingtonpost.com
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January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
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🚨 BALTIMORE STANDS WITH MINNEAPOLIS
New report from me.
@therealnews.com @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
youtu.be/6EKX_ufBIHo
New report from me.
@therealnews.com @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
youtu.be/6EKX_ufBIHo
"We stand with Minneapolis": Baltimore marches against ICE
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
🚨 BALTIMORE STANDS WITH MINNEAPOLIS
New report from me.
@therealnews.com @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
youtu.be/6EKX_ufBIHo
New report from me.
@therealnews.com @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
youtu.be/6EKX_ufBIHo
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I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.
Another man fondly remembered and missed by his community, taken by the state. I remember all the stories of him paying off lunch debt for students and how much it meant to them.
I remember how well that worked for Philando Castile—in Minneapolis. www.cbs17.com/news/nationa...
January 25, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Another man fondly remembered and missed by his community, taken by the state. I remember all the stories of him paying off lunch debt for students and how much it meant to them.
I have very young boys and I can’t imagine getting through this early childhood period worried about SIDS and sickness, then to navigate the next hurdles or toxic expectations/peer pressures and then for them to finally make it to adulthood like this as thoughtful, considerate (1/2)
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 25, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I have very young boys and I can’t imagine getting through this early childhood period worried about SIDS and sickness, then to navigate the next hurdles or toxic expectations/peer pressures and then for them to finally make it to adulthood like this as thoughtful, considerate (1/2)
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Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
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Like me, Alex Pretti was a millennial from northeast Wisconsin. Played football & track in high school. Boy Scout. Outdoorsy. Wanted to help people.Today, DHS murdered him for defending our neighbors from ethnic cleansing. May we all be as brave as him in fighting fascism. apnews.com/article/immi...
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Like me, Alex Pretti was a millennial from northeast Wisconsin. Played football & track in high school. Boy Scout. Outdoorsy. Wanted to help people.Today, DHS murdered him for defending our neighbors from ethnic cleansing. May we all be as brave as him in fighting fascism. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Your reminder that cops in LA maje $20 to $30k more than starting tenure track faculty in the CSU system. In case you’re curious about priorities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Your reminder that cops in LA maje $20 to $30k more than starting tenure track faculty in the CSU system. In case you’re curious about priorities.
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I know the idea of “better” policing is as old a demand as civil rights movements in this country, the impulse to call for it at this moment is so terribly cruel that it can only be understood as aligned with the terrorists.
January 24, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I know the idea of “better” policing is as old a demand as civil rights movements in this country, the impulse to call for it at this moment is so terribly cruel that it can only be understood as aligned with the terrorists.
Putting on my ‘Let this Radicalize You’ shirt because I need the fucking reminder
January 24, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Putting on my ‘Let this Radicalize You’ shirt because I need the fucking reminder
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Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting.
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting.
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I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
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In patients with melanoma who had surgical removal of tumor, receiving a customized mRNA cancer vaccine increased protection against recurrence by 44% at 2 years when compared to standard therapy.
At 5 years, it appears that protection slightly increases to 49%.
At 5 years, it appears that protection slightly increases to 49%.
mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient's unique cancer.
arstechnica.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM
In patients with melanoma who had surgical removal of tumor, receiving a customized mRNA cancer vaccine increased protection against recurrence by 44% at 2 years when compared to standard therapy.
At 5 years, it appears that protection slightly increases to 49%.
At 5 years, it appears that protection slightly increases to 49%.
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
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What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
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me looking at Massie's name on this list like Ted Danson in that Good Place "JASON figured it out??" meme
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
me looking at Massie's name on this list like Ted Danson in that Good Place "JASON figured it out??" meme
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Anyway what’s amazing is that it’s a vampire movie but the real monster is the inescapable labyrinth of the Jim Crow economy. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in 'Sinners'
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Anyway what’s amazing is that it’s a vampire movie but the real monster is the inescapable labyrinth of the Jim Crow economy. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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The very serious goal is to segregate the sector. It's challenging to me that people who pushed for these kinds of things didn't see that this is where the administration was going. Guess I should've held a special session at ASSA.
2/2 Because merit - as assessed in US ed - is racialized any institution that that enrolls student students from more than one racial or ethnic group will likely show differences in scores by race (and gender). The only near-term way to eliminate the gaps would be to segregate the sector.
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The very serious goal is to segregate the sector. It's challenging to me that people who pushed for these kinds of things didn't see that this is where the administration was going. Guess I should've held a special session at ASSA.
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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Restricting the use of multiyear or forward funding, which in 2025 led to13% fewer grants being awarded and especially harmed the chances for early career researchers. 4/n
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Restricting the use of multiyear or forward funding, which in 2025 led to13% fewer grants being awarded and especially harmed the chances for early career researchers. 4/n
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/