Martha Baskin
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
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www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...
You have to wonder how much Trump’s assholes are behind all the riots in Minn. The Gestapo agents are told to cause as much violence as possible to get people riled up so I can send Troops in.
This asshole is using the constitution as TP!
You have to wonder how much Trump’s assholes are behind all the riots in Minn. The Gestapo agents are told to cause as much violence as possible to get people riled up so I can send Troops in.
This asshole is using the constitution as TP!
Trump Threatens To Use The Insurrection Act To 'Put An End' To Protests In Minneapolis
Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against ICE persist in Minneapolis.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...
You have to wonder how much Trump’s assholes are behind all the riots in Minn. The Gestapo agents are told to cause as much violence as possible to get people riled up so I can send Troops in.
This asshole is using the constitution as TP!
You have to wonder how much Trump’s assholes are behind all the riots in Minn. The Gestapo agents are told to cause as much violence as possible to get people riled up so I can send Troops in.
This asshole is using the constitution as TP!
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It's time. We are beyond finding a compromise with this.
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
It's time. We are beyond finding a compromise with this.
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Under Trump, manufacturers nationwide have lost 63,000 jobs. In 2025, U.S. employers announced more than 1.2 million job cuts — the highest level since 2020.
Manufacturing saw 8K job losses in December 2025
Preliminary numbers show the industry lost about 68,000 between Dec. 1, 2024, and Dec. 1, 2025. Additionally, the chemical and plastic and rubber product sectors lost the most jobs last month.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Under Trump, manufacturers nationwide have lost 63,000 jobs. In 2025, U.S. employers announced more than 1.2 million job cuts — the highest level since 2020.
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It’s not perfect but this could be a useful start.
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
It’s not perfect but this could be a useful start.
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One week ago they killed a white woman in broad daylight.
Tonight they’ve shot a protester in the leg and put six children in the hospital.
The kids were in a car with their Dad who was trying to get them out of the neighborhood.
ICE threw a flash bang at the car.
6 children.
Tonight they’ve shot a protester in the leg and put six children in the hospital.
The kids were in a car with their Dad who was trying to get them out of the neighborhood.
ICE threw a flash bang at the car.
6 children.
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
One week ago they killed a white woman in broad daylight.
Tonight they’ve shot a protester in the leg and put six children in the hospital.
The kids were in a car with their Dad who was trying to get them out of the neighborhood.
ICE threw a flash bang at the car.
6 children.
Tonight they’ve shot a protester in the leg and put six children in the hospital.
The kids were in a car with their Dad who was trying to get them out of the neighborhood.
ICE threw a flash bang at the car.
6 children.
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Denmark/Greenland will let us do anything we want militarily to protect our interests in Greenland with current and abandoned US military bases. We can move any assets we want there. So all the arguments about security are BS. Trump wants to OWN Greenland, not protect it.
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Denmark/Greenland will let us do anything we want militarily to protect our interests in Greenland with current and abandoned US military bases. We can move any assets we want there. So all the arguments about security are BS. Trump wants to OWN Greenland, not protect it.
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Good. I think if most of Europe stands up to Trump on this, he'll back down. Right now he's all excited about conquering and bombing things, but at heart he's still a coward. Best to punch the bully in the nose right away and avoid the real fight.
German military forces begin arriving in Greenland to defend the island in the event of an invasion. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
USA-News: Deutschland sendet gutes Dutzend Soldaten nach Grönland.
Vor dem Hintergrund der US-Ansprüche auf Grönland entsenden auch die Nato-Staaten Schweden und Norwegen Militär auf die Insel. Bei den Gesprächen mit den USA zeichnet sich keine Lösung des Konflikts ...
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Good. I think if most of Europe stands up to Trump on this, he'll back down. Right now he's all excited about conquering and bombing things, but at heart he's still a coward. Best to punch the bully in the nose right away and avoid the real fight.
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The president of the United States is extorting the Federal Reserve Board Chairman by threatening criminal prosecution if he doesn't lower interest rates.
DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The president of the United States is extorting the Federal Reserve Board Chairman by threatening criminal prosecution if he doesn't lower interest rates.
DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
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ICE has awarded a contract to Constellis Holdings, the successor to the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater.
The contract is for "skip tracing" to hunt down 1.5 million immigrants—and offering bounties for their locations.
Using whatever surveillance tools they want—no badges, no oversight.
The contract is for "skip tracing" to hunt down 1.5 million immigrants—and offering bounties for their locations.
Using whatever surveillance tools they want—no badges, no oversight.
Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE
Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter.
theintercept.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:33 AM
ICE has awarded a contract to Constellis Holdings, the successor to the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater.
The contract is for "skip tracing" to hunt down 1.5 million immigrants—and offering bounties for their locations.
Using whatever surveillance tools they want—no badges, no oversight.
The contract is for "skip tracing" to hunt down 1.5 million immigrants—and offering bounties for their locations.
Using whatever surveillance tools they want—no badges, no oversight.
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Look at this shit!
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Look at this shit!
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
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Mike Johnson announced today that there is not going to be a deal on healthcare before the deadline.
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Mike Johnson announced today that there is not going to be a deal on healthcare before the deadline.
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
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I mean everyone voted for fewer jobs, more war and more expensive healthcare, right?
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I mean everyone voted for fewer jobs, more war and more expensive healthcare, right?
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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#GVerse #Attention
Jessica Tarlov delivers brutal reality check on #Shit4Brain’s economy: just 17,000 jobs added per month, 700,000 more Americans out of work than last year, and youth unemployment soaring past 10%.
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Jessica Tarlov delivers brutal reality check on #Shit4Brain’s economy: just 17,000 jobs added per month, 700,000 more Americans out of work than last year, and youth unemployment soaring past 10%.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#GVerse #Attention
Jessica Tarlov delivers brutal reality check on #Shit4Brain’s economy: just 17,000 jobs added per month, 700,000 more Americans out of work than last year, and youth unemployment soaring past 10%.
Share widely.
Jessica Tarlov delivers brutal reality check on #Shit4Brain’s economy: just 17,000 jobs added per month, 700,000 more Americans out of work than last year, and youth unemployment soaring past 10%.
Share widely.
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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Gazing at the layers of time in the cliff side in Redstone Colorado.
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Gazing at the layers of time in the cliff side in Redstone Colorado.
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology