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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
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Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
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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 6:07 PM
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.
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The Nebraska legislature has approved a bill that LOWERS the minimum wage from $15 an hour to $13.50 for young workers.
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Legislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workers
The Nebraska Legislature voted final approval Thursday of a bill lowering the minimum wage employers must pay some teen workers.
nebraskapublicmedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Nebraska legislature has approved a bill that LOWERS the minimum wage from $15 an hour to $13.50 for young workers.
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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Dems are pushing for body cameras to curb abuses by ICE.
Trump/MAGA are proud of footage of ICE's brutal murders. What good will body cams do?
The necessary fix isn't documenting ICE agents being abusive; it's ending the cruel, abusive unconstitutional secret police force.
Trump/MAGA are proud of footage of ICE's brutal murders. What good will body cams do?
The necessary fix isn't documenting ICE agents being abusive; it's ending the cruel, abusive unconstitutional secret police force.
A question no Democratic Party official has been able to answer: Given that Bannon says they will deploy ICE to voting locations in November (after *filming themselves* killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti), what do you want to accomplish with more body cameras?
February 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Dems are pushing for body cameras to curb abuses by ICE.
Trump/MAGA are proud of footage of ICE's brutal murders. What good will body cams do?
The necessary fix isn't documenting ICE agents being abusive; it's ending the cruel, abusive unconstitutional secret police force.
Trump/MAGA are proud of footage of ICE's brutal murders. What good will body cams do?
The necessary fix isn't documenting ICE agents being abusive; it's ending the cruel, abusive unconstitutional secret police force.
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“Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research.”
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February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research.”
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2000 agents are still here. Woke up this morning to horns and whistles down my street -- panic jumped out of bed ready to run outside, but the cars were being pursued. ICE is still kidnapping people, still getting stymied at every turn, still brutalizing observers because they know they're losing.
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
2000 agents are still here. Woke up this morning to horns and whistles down my street -- panic jumped out of bed ready to run outside, but the cars were being pursued. ICE is still kidnapping people, still getting stymied at every turn, still brutalizing observers because they know they're losing.
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Another nice reminder that fossil fuel company CEOs are not rational actors trying to run a good business. Their ideology is violent and vicious and short-termist
Renowned economist @profwolff.bsky.social examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
Dr. Wolff explains the secret ingredient to economic fascism
Renowned economist Dr. Richard Wolff examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Another nice reminder that fossil fuel company CEOs are not rational actors trying to run a good business. Their ideology is violent and vicious and short-termist
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U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...
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This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 AM
This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
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The federal government is just disappearing children.
These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The federal government is just disappearing children.
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no better example of the purely cosmetic function of liberal political leaders than this stuff, the people in charge begging SOMEONE ELSE to do something
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
no better example of the purely cosmetic function of liberal political leaders than this stuff, the people in charge begging SOMEONE ELSE to do something
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heartbreaking to see public health people people get as far as “ICE detention is a driver of disease” only to call for increased funding for ICE medical services not “free them all for public health”
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
heartbreaking to see public health people people get as far as “ICE detention is a driver of disease” only to call for increased funding for ICE medical services not “free them all for public health”
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How could we? Our union siblings and leaders are being detained, our workplaces invaded, and our families and neighborhoods terrorized. We can’t ignore this and we will not back down. #ICEout
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February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
How could we? Our union siblings and leaders are being detained, our workplaces invaded, and our families and neighborhoods terrorized. We can’t ignore this and we will not back down. #ICEout
https://seiu.co/4kifLzZ
https://seiu.co/4kifLzZ
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An administration filled with sieg-heiling Nazis continues to lie about Jews in order to plunder and destroy higher education in the US:
Q: Does Trump want to see Harvard officials arrested?
LEAVITT: I know the president wants to see Harvard held responsible for the criminal behavior, the harassment and targeting of Jewish-American students
LEAVITT: I know the president wants to see Harvard held responsible for the criminal behavior, the harassment and targeting of Jewish-American students
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An administration filled with sieg-heiling Nazis continues to lie about Jews in order to plunder and destroy higher education in the US:
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“In a little over a year, the number of detention facilities used by ICE *nearly doubled* to 212 sites spread across 47 states and territories. *Most of that growth* came through existing contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service or *deals to use empty beds at county jails.*” (emphasis mine)
Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities
State and local officials are pushing back against federal plans to expand immigrant detention facilities.
apnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“In a little over a year, the number of detention facilities used by ICE *nearly doubled* to 212 sites spread across 47 states and territories. *Most of that growth* came through existing contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service or *deals to use empty beds at county jails.*” (emphasis mine)
Ep 294 - A New Kind of Politics
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ICE's reign of terror & working class political power, CUNY, Ubisoft, Trader Joe's, PAME, Starbucks, Bolivia worker victory, 31k healthcare workers walked out once again at Kaiser Permanente
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ICE's reign of terror & working class political power, CUNY, Ubisoft, Trader Joe's, PAME, Starbucks, Bolivia worker victory, 31k healthcare workers walked out once again at Kaiser Permanente
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Ep 294 - A New Kind of Politics
www.patreon.com/posts/149843...
tinyurl.com/WSEP294
ICE's reign of terror & working class political power, CUNY, Ubisoft, Trader Joe's, PAME, Starbucks, Bolivia worker victory, 31k healthcare workers walked out once again at Kaiser Permanente
www.patreon.com/posts/149843...
tinyurl.com/WSEP294
ICE's reign of terror & working class political power, CUNY, Ubisoft, Trader Joe's, PAME, Starbucks, Bolivia worker victory, 31k healthcare workers walked out once again at Kaiser Permanente
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We've documented actions taken on hundreds of college campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students. Here's the latest: https://chroni.cl/4k9patI
Texas A&M Shutters Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Citing New Curricular Rules
We’ve documented actions taken on hundreds of campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid mounting political pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and re...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We've documented actions taken on hundreds of college campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students. Here's the latest: https://chroni.cl/4k9patI
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While corporate payouts have flowed, most East Palestine families still haven’t seen a dime.
Three years later, life in East Palestine, Ohio is still derailed
While corporate payouts have flowed, most East Palestine families still haven’t seen a dime.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
While corporate payouts have flowed, most East Palestine families still haven’t seen a dime.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of students across three high schools in Manor, TX — including Manor New Tech seen here — walk out of class against ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of students across three high schools in Manor, TX — including Manor New Tech seen here — walk out of class against ICE.
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ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
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Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
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“I’m a 32-year-old ICU nurse… in many ways, I could be Alex Pretti. What Alex did is a call to all of us to help people in our community, to organize and make sure that we stop fascism from spreading all across the United States right now.”
'A hero': Nurses, federal workers honor Alex Pretti
“I'm a 32-year-old ICU nurse… in many ways, I could be Alex Pretti. What Alex did is a call to all of us to help people in our community, to organize and make sure that we stop fascism from spreading ...
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February 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
“I’m a 32-year-old ICU nurse… in many ways, I could be Alex Pretti. What Alex did is a call to all of us to help people in our community, to organize and make sure that we stop fascism from spreading all across the United States right now.”