Soraya Nadia McDonald
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Minnesota nice prevailing as a mass of regular people who refuse to knuckle under or be cowed with fear is like a warm plate of hotdish for my soul.
Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
January 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Minnesota nice prevailing as a mass of regular people who refuse to knuckle under or be cowed with fear is like a warm plate of hotdish for my soul.
You can't lie to a horse. They know. Magically perceptive animals 💗
Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say
Tests showed horses that smelled body odour from people watching scary films startled more easily
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
You can't lie to a horse. They know. Magically perceptive animals 💗
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This woman died of heart failure because she couldn't receive treatment while pregnant, and couldn't access an abortion.
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This woman died of heart failure because she couldn't receive treatment while pregnant, and couldn't access an abortion.
This is nearly half the world's countries
Trump administration pauses immigrant visa processing for 75 countries
The pause starting on 21 January will bar foreign nationals who "would take welfare and public benefits".
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This is nearly half the world's countries
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If you want to end this regime, you need to upend the structure of caring, and the way you do that is by caring about the people who are being abused.
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
If you want to end this regime, you need to upend the structure of caring, and the way you do that is by caring about the people who are being abused.
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pow wow grounds, moona moono, briar bar, a bar of their own—i spoke with these folks and many more about their role in this ongoing federal invasion, and about the "overwhelming support" and "massive" scale of donations that are flooding in to support immigrants, organizers, and ICE observers.
With the Twin Cities Under Siege, Restaurants Become Hubs of Solidarity - Racket
Restaurants, bars, and coffee shops are collecting donations, handing out whistles, and acting as gathering sites for volunteers and observers.
racketmn.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
pow wow grounds, moona moono, briar bar, a bar of their own—i spoke with these folks and many more about their role in this ongoing federal invasion, and about the "overwhelming support" and "massive" scale of donations that are flooding in to support immigrants, organizers, and ICE observers.
Welcome to the frigid, slippery, ice covered streets of Ho Chi Minnesota
Also, who could have imagined? You surge forces to an area expecting it to go quietly away and it turns into a massive fucking mess this has obviously never happened and never occurred to great powers.
January 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Welcome to the frigid, slippery, ice covered streets of Ho Chi Minnesota
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No European can hate America in the same way Americans do. We have to fucking live here dog.
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
No European can hate America in the same way Americans do. We have to fucking live here dog.
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/10 The ICE “reformers“ want you to eat around the cockroach. I want you to send the plate back.
Stomp the cockroach.
Stomp the cockroach.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
/10 The ICE “reformers“ want you to eat around the cockroach. I want you to send the plate back.
Stomp the cockroach.
Stomp the cockroach.
It's pretty clear that the biggest threat to national security is the president himself.
'The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security,' Trump said in a social media post.
Trump says US 'needs' Greenland ahead of Vance's meeting with Denmark
'The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security,' Trump said in a social media post.
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
It's pretty clear that the biggest threat to national security is the president himself.
whine harder sloplord
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
whine harder sloplord
Sexual violence was a key tool of repression during Jim Crow.
"White police officers forced other Black inmates, fueled with alcohol, to whip, beat, and rape Hamer as she was kept immobilized, screaming, and pleading for her life. She suffered kidney damage, and never walked properly again."
"White police officers forced other Black inmates, fueled with alcohol, to whip, beat, and rape Hamer as she was kept immobilized, screaming, and pleading for her life. She suffered kidney damage, and never walked properly again."
January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Sexual violence was a key tool of repression during Jim Crow.
"White police officers forced other Black inmates, fueled with alcohol, to whip, beat, and rape Hamer as she was kept immobilized, screaming, and pleading for her life. She suffered kidney damage, and never walked properly again."
"White police officers forced other Black inmates, fueled with alcohol, to whip, beat, and rape Hamer as she was kept immobilized, screaming, and pleading for her life. She suffered kidney damage, and never walked properly again."
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This is not a news outlet.
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is not a news outlet.
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We're now seeing headlines that claim X is blocking Grok from complying with requests to undress and sexualize women. Wrong again gang — it happily stripped me, gave me bigger breasts, and put me in pornographic poses, entirely for free. All I had to do was ask.
www.theverge.com/news/861894/...
www.theverge.com/news/861894/...
X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK
Meanwhile Elon Musk insists users are to blame for what they do with his bot.
www.theverge.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
We're now seeing headlines that claim X is blocking Grok from complying with requests to undress and sexualize women. Wrong again gang — it happily stripped me, gave me bigger breasts, and put me in pornographic poses, entirely for free. All I had to do was ask.
www.theverge.com/news/861894/...
www.theverge.com/news/861894/...
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The Post Guild stands with Hannah, and will continue to fight for our members’ safety and independence so that they can continue their critical work. (3/3)
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
✊🏽
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this one weird trick will let you make a talk show but not have to pay union rates
'The Pete Davidson Show,' a weekly video podcast, premieres later this month on Netflix—get details.
The Pete Davidson Show Weekly ‘Podcast’ Sets Netflix Premiere
'The Pete Davidson Show,' a weekly video podcast, premieres later this month on Netflix—get details.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
this one weird trick will let you make a talk show but not have to pay union rates
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The MN Leg could start its own version of these hearings tomorrow. The IL leg too. Months and months and months and months of them. Don't stop.
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The MN Leg could start its own version of these hearings tomorrow. The IL leg too. Months and months and months and months of them. Don't stop.
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This is the GoFundMe that the org named in the article - Dare to Struggle SoCal - has set up for him:
Please help spread the word.
Please help spread the word.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
This is the GoFundMe that the org named in the article - Dare to Struggle SoCal - has set up for him:
Please help spread the word.
Please help spread the word.
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The four Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other three are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people including the Dakota 38 during the Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
The four Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other three are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people including the Dakota 38 during the Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Something folks can do in the coming weeks is to organize Ice Watch Training in your communities. There's an excellent resource that can help you to do this: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Get five people together in person or virtually and get skilled up together.
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Something folks can do in the coming weeks is to organize Ice Watch Training in your communities. There's an excellent resource that can help you to do this: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Get five people together in person or virtually and get skilled up together.
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If you are interested in a longer reflection (in English): I just wrote about how the killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence.
MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
When the State Terrorizes the People:
MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
When the State Terrorizes the People:
When the State Terrorizes the People
The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence. MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
steady.page
January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
If you are interested in a longer reflection (in English): I just wrote about how the killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence.
MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
When the State Terrorizes the People:
MAGA is at war with the reality of American society.
When the State Terrorizes the People:
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New Jersey jury pools and juries are extremely unrepresentative, because the state has excluded hundreds of thousands with past convictions. An estimated *25%* of Black N.J. adults have been banned from jury service.
Gov. Murphy just ordered major reform on this. I wrote about it in @boltsmag.org:
Gov. Murphy just ordered major reform on this. I wrote about it in @boltsmag.org:
In a Final Act, New Jersey Governor Opens Jury Service to Thousands with Convictions - Bolts
On Sunday, coming up on his last full week in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy stood at the lectern of the New Hope Baptist Church in East Orange to... Read More
boltsmag.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
New Jersey jury pools and juries are extremely unrepresentative, because the state has excluded hundreds of thousands with past convictions. An estimated *25%* of Black N.J. adults have been banned from jury service.
Gov. Murphy just ordered major reform on this. I wrote about it in @boltsmag.org:
Gov. Murphy just ordered major reform on this. I wrote about it in @boltsmag.org:
It's like they're trying to compete with Rikers
Press releases from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have revealed that a four migrants died in custody in the first 10 days of 2026.
More migrants are dying in ICE detention under Trump
Press releases from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that four people died in custody in the first few days of 2026.
ebx.sh
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
It's like they're trying to compete with Rikers
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Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)