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A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment - ICT
At least five Native American men have been detained by ICE around Minneapolis following significant immigration raids
ictnews.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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can he just die already
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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On the occasion of Karl Marx's birthday, I will send a free, signed copy of my new book, "Karl Marx in America," to a randomly selected person. To be entered in the drawing, simply repost. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Karl Marx in America
The vital and untold story of Karl Marx’s stamp on American life.   To read Karl Marx is to contemplate a world created by capitalism. People have long viewed the United States as the quintessential a...
press.uchicago.edu
May 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Industrial Workers of the World founding member Lucy Parsons died on this day in 1942.

A legendary labor organizer and socialist, Parsons' commitment to worker emancipation was never in doubt.
March 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Great showing at Tesla Showroom in NYC today
March 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Great essay.
March 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Endless knee-bending from the tech oligarchs
Trump says he had dinner with Bezos week of Washington Post changes
The president said in an interview that they were "bitter enemies" in his first term.
www.axios.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Even the Nazis knew enough to maintain a decent weather service
It appears that staff fired today include meteorologists, data scientists responsible for maintaining weather predictive models, and technicians responsible for maintaining the nation’s weather instrumentation network (among many others).
2/11
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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These folks have never *ever* believed in freedom of speech, or freedom of any kind but the freedom to amass levels of wealth that are cataclysmic to organized society.

Cancel your subscription and make a donation to kick-ass independent journalism of your choice.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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NEWS: The Trump administration has funneled Elon Musk's company $86 million out of NASA coffers since the inauguration - all while NASA now slashes 5 percent of its entire workforce.
Musk’s Empire Is Reaping $2 Million Per Day From Trump
While the billionaire is touting cuts to government, the new administration has already delivered $86 million to Musk’s rocket company since the inauguration.
www.levernews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk's "Chaotic Blitz" at DOGE, Living in a Tech Dystopia, Luigi Mangione & More
Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk’s “Chaotic Blitz” at DOGE, Living in a Tech Dystopia, Luigi Mangione & More
We speak with the acclaimed science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow, who has spent decades writing and thinking about the impact of technology on our lives. He coined the term “enshittification”...
www.democracynow.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The headline of this Financial Times piece spells it out clearly: Tech Titans Stand with Donald Trump to Kill Activism in Silicon Valley on.ft.com/41c1hsl
Tech titans stand with Donald Trump to kill off activism in Silicon Valley
Fearful employees have done little to protest against the rightward shift of leaders such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg
on.ft.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Sources at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are saying that Musk, DOGE, and Trump's actions are already hurting ability of the United States to maintain a functioning public weather service.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Noaa imposes limits on scientists, sparking concerns over global forecasts
‘Crackdown on climate’ predicted as oversight enacted over agency staffers’ email and meetings with foreign nationals
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A bill has been introduced in Congress that would let landlords evict tenants on only three days’ notice or less.

The legislation aims to roll back the 30-day notice landlords are currently required to give renters.
February 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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I'm with Kelly here: deeply interested in leftism as a political project but have no interest whatsoever in leftism as a subculture. the stakes of leaving this behind are hopefully clearer by the day
Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
February 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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LIVE tomorrow 4pm ET - Elon Musk and DOGE: Increasing efficiency, or robbing Americans? @ahjohnson.bsky.social & @parismarx.com join @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social to talk about the grim future of technofascism materializing before us in real time.

Watch: youtube.com/live/uQPtjo7...
February 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.
February 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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"cherish."
While meeting with the King of Jordan and a visibly uncomfortable Rubio today, Trump now changes his position from yesterday and says the US is not going to buy Gaza, we are just going to take it: “We’re gonna take it, we’re gonna hold it, we’re gonna cherish it.”
February 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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"The PayPal Mafia": Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel
“The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump
President Trump’s targeting of South Africa is clearly tied to his influential adviser Elon Musk and a coterie of wealthy U.S. oligarchs, “all of whom in some way or other grew up in South Africa...
www.democracynow.org
February 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM