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Global warming threatens all life as we know it
Austerity kills opportunity
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At her estimate of $15.64 per person per day, a family of three would need $1407.60 to feed the family, yet the maximum monthly SNAP benefit for that family is only $785 and the average benefit is $588.
She's unwittingly making the case to raise SNAP benefits.
She's unwittingly making the case to raise SNAP benefits.
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
At her estimate of $15.64 per person per day, a family of three would need $1407.60 to feed the family, yet the maximum monthly SNAP benefit for that family is only $785 and the average benefit is $588.
She's unwittingly making the case to raise SNAP benefits.
She's unwittingly making the case to raise SNAP benefits.
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
@dailybeanspod.com Happy Birthday AG! 💗
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
@dailybeanspod.com Happy Birthday AG! 💗
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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A federal judge won't block a DHS policy reviving advanced notice requirements for congressional visits to ICE facilities.
Congress members can try again, under a different mechanism.
Background from last week buff.ly/r0Nr0YA
Congress members can try again, under a different mechanism.
Background from last week buff.ly/r0Nr0YA
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A federal judge won't block a DHS policy reviving advanced notice requirements for congressional visits to ICE facilities.
Congress members can try again, under a different mechanism.
Background from last week buff.ly/r0Nr0YA
Congress members can try again, under a different mechanism.
Background from last week buff.ly/r0Nr0YA
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“The damage this President is doing to our reputation and our relationships is growing, making us less safe. If something doesn’t change we will be on our own with adversaries and enemies in every direction.”
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Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland — The Associated Press
The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warnin...
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January 18, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“The damage this President is doing to our reputation and our relationships is growing, making us less safe. If something doesn’t change we will be on our own with adversaries and enemies in every direction.”
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ICE is allegedly hunting for Hmong people in Minneapolis and as I watched video of the incident lo and behold @whstancil.bsky.social was on the scene
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
ICE is allegedly hunting for Hmong people in Minneapolis and as I watched video of the incident lo and behold @whstancil.bsky.social was on the scene
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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When you ask your professor for an extension on your term paper but have no intention of ever doing the work.
"Trump’s aides know if the changes they propose were actually turned into law, it'd be a political disaster. Which is how we get what we got: A plan that's not a plan, released so they can say they have a plan but not actually do anything. And that’s just fine with Trump." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Trump's long-awaited healthcare "plan" is a joke
He can barely bring himself to pretend he cares.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
When you ask your professor for an extension on your term paper but have no intention of ever doing the work.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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According to Brian Stelter, 60 Minutes is finally airing the "Inside CECOT" story that Bari Weiss shelved.
She made Sharyn Alfonsi fly to DC to get an interview with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem for the segment, but both refused.
So it'll run tonight -- with no promotion and against the NFL playoffs.
She made Sharyn Alfonsi fly to DC to get an interview with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem for the segment, but both refused.
So it'll run tonight -- with no promotion and against the NFL playoffs.
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
According to Brian Stelter, 60 Minutes is finally airing the "Inside CECOT" story that Bari Weiss shelved.
She made Sharyn Alfonsi fly to DC to get an interview with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem for the segment, but both refused.
So it'll run tonight -- with no promotion and against the NFL playoffs.
She made Sharyn Alfonsi fly to DC to get an interview with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem for the segment, but both refused.
So it'll run tonight -- with no promotion and against the NFL playoffs.
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Kristi Noem is the one who released Jonathan Ross's name to the public but she's angry that anyone else would repeat what she revealed.
Pretty sure her noggin is 90% botox and fillers at this point.
Pretty sure her noggin is 90% botox and fillers at this point.
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Kristi Noem is the one who released Jonathan Ross's name to the public but she's angry that anyone else would repeat what she revealed.
Pretty sure her noggin is 90% botox and fillers at this point.
Pretty sure her noggin is 90% botox and fillers at this point.
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Held illegally and pressured to rat on organizers and neighbors.
O'Keefe said the officer who sprayed their car Sunday threatened them, saying that “obstructing” their work was how Good got killed.
“It was very clear that they were trying to just humiliate me, break me down,” O’Keefe said.
O'Keefe said the officer who sprayed their car Sunday threatened them, saying that “obstructing” their work was how Good got killed.
“It was very clear that they were trying to just humiliate me, break me down,” O’Keefe said.
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Held illegally and pressured to rat on organizers and neighbors.
O'Keefe said the officer who sprayed their car Sunday threatened them, saying that “obstructing” their work was how Good got killed.
“It was very clear that they were trying to just humiliate me, break me down,” O’Keefe said.
O'Keefe said the officer who sprayed their car Sunday threatened them, saying that “obstructing” their work was how Good got killed.
“It was very clear that they were trying to just humiliate me, break me down,” O’Keefe said.
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My law firm is currently litigation 81 voting and election cases in 40 states. This includes 11 redistricting lawsuits. It also includes 26 cases where we are litigating against the DOJ.
Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
January 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
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The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
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DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Fuck this “no doxxing law enforcement” rule. If the state is going to give you a deadly weapon and license to use it, you’re damned right your identity SHOULD BE PUBLIC.
January 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Fuck this “no doxxing law enforcement” rule. If the state is going to give you a deadly weapon and license to use it, you’re damned right your identity SHOULD BE PUBLIC.
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More Immigrants Detained by ICE Recount Harsh and Cruel Treatment
One man targeted at home in Minneapolis says agents took “trophy pictures” of him on their personal phones.
One man targeted at home in Minneapolis says agents took “trophy pictures” of him on their personal phones.
More immigrants detained by ICE recount harsh and cruel treatment
One man targeted at home says agents took "trophy pictures" of him on their personal phones.
www.motherjones.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
More Immigrants Detained by ICE Recount Harsh and Cruel Treatment
One man targeted at home in Minneapolis says agents took “trophy pictures” of him on their personal phones.
One man targeted at home in Minneapolis says agents took “trophy pictures” of him on their personal phones.
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They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM
They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.
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Jamelle Bouie: The Trump Regime Has Learned The Wrong Lesson From Occupations
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Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
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January 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Jamelle Bouie: The Trump Regime Has Learned The Wrong Lesson From Occupations
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Newly inaugurated Gov. Abigail Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
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Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
“This is an absolutely huge first step because it sends a message that she cares about the trust that the community has with the government, not just law enforcement,” immigration advocate Luis Aguila...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Newly inaugurated Gov. Abigail Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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thinking about when cory booker held that filibuster for literally no reason
Asked if he's willing to shut down the government over ICE funding, Senator Cory Booker replies: "We had the longest government shutdown, and Democrats could not hold together to sustain that kind of pressure."
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
thinking about when cory booker held that filibuster for literally no reason
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s