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Japanese artist Nana Akua photographed her grandmother's embroidery work - Temari, a folk art meaning ‘hand ball’ given as special gifts #WomensArt
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Japanese artist Nana Akua photographed her grandmother's embroidery work - Temari, a folk art meaning ‘hand ball’ given as special gifts #WomensArt
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"I am the light of happiness and I am a dancing owl" Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuk artist #womensart
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
"I am the light of happiness and I am a dancing owl" Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuk artist #womensart
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!
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As regulations protecting the health and safety of Americans are stripped away, I find myself thinking a lot about the amorality of the marketplace. This week's comic: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: MurderKorp
A cartoon by Jen Sorensen.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As regulations protecting the health and safety of Americans are stripped away, I find myself thinking a lot about the amorality of the marketplace. This week's comic: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Visitors to Trump's America are supposed to hand over five years of social media history before they're given extended access? Another data point for the devolving pariah state.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Visitors to Trump's America are supposed to hand over five years of social media history before they're given extended access? Another data point for the devolving pariah state.
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Scenes of joy from late October as students at Naluva Primary School in Salima, #Malawi carry in desks delivered by the #KINDFund. Our 15-year collaboration with @ms.now's @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social has benefitted over 1.6 million learners throughout the country to date: https://buff.ly/dHSnLHs
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Scenes of joy from late October as students at Naluva Primary School in Salima, #Malawi carry in desks delivered by the #KINDFund. Our 15-year collaboration with @ms.now's @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social has benefitted over 1.6 million learners throughout the country to date: https://buff.ly/dHSnLHs
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
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“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
Twin Cities religious leaders unite to support Somali community and condemn Trump attacks
Religious leaders from churches, Jewish temples and mosques from across the state opposed remarks from President Donald Trump that included calling Somalis “garbage.”
www.startribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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"Under any president, of any political party, these series of shifting narratives would scream coverup, law-breaking, and corruption. While I can’t tell you for sure who is guilty of what, I can tell you there’s no way they’ll be able to run away from it now."
The boat-strike lies are piling up. We're at 25, and counting.
The Trump administration's story about the boat strikes keeps shifting dramatically, exposing the seriousness of the coverup underway.
www.defiance.news
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Under any president, of any political party, these series of shifting narratives would scream coverup, law-breaking, and corruption. While I can’t tell you for sure who is guilty of what, I can tell you there’s no way they’ll be able to run away from it now."
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This is Trump’s America. youtube.com/watch?v=e4X0...
Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
YouTube video by New York Times Opinion
youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is Trump’s America. youtube.com/watch?v=e4X0...
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Trump’s rhetoric toward our Somali neighbors is unacceptable. My job as your Attorney General is to protect your rights and freedoms—that means no Minnesotan gets singled out or targeted for who they are.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trump’s rhetoric toward our Somali neighbors is unacceptable. My job as your Attorney General is to protect your rights and freedoms—that means no Minnesotan gets singled out or targeted for who they are.
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Donald Trump’s hateful words don’t stand in Minnesota.
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Donald Trump’s hateful words don’t stand in Minnesota.
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Minnesota doesn’t just welcome refugees, they sent one to Congress. 💪🏽
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Minnesota doesn’t just welcome refugees, they sent one to Congress. 💪🏽
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Fifteen years ago, @ms.now's @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social and UNICEF USA teamed up to deliver desks to classrooms across Malawi. Since then, the #KINDFund has benefitted 1.6 million students.
For #GivingTuesday, here's a look at how this partnership continue to help kids imagine a brighter future:
For #GivingTuesday, here's a look at how this partnership continue to help kids imagine a brighter future:
K.I.N.D. Fund Celebrates 15 Years of Impact for Children in Malawi
A look back at the origins of a longstanding and successful partnership that continues to open doors for children in Malawi.
www.unicefusa.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fifteen years ago, @ms.now's @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social and UNICEF USA teamed up to deliver desks to classrooms across Malawi. Since then, the #KINDFund has benefitted 1.6 million students.
For #GivingTuesday, here's a look at how this partnership continue to help kids imagine a brighter future:
For #GivingTuesday, here's a look at how this partnership continue to help kids imagine a brighter future:
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"It is a creepy obsession." Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to Trump's personal attacks. "It's actually very frightening to have that level of attention from somebody who should be focused on doing the business of the American people and not just creepily watching what one member of Congress is doing."
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"It is a creepy obsession." Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to Trump's personal attacks. "It's actually very frightening to have that level of attention from somebody who should be focused on doing the business of the American people and not just creepily watching what one member of Congress is doing."
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New comic: The listeria league www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: The listeria league
This comic was inspired by a recent ProPublica analysis that found inspections of overseas food plants had dropped significantly under Trump despite unsanitary conditions found at several facilities.
www.dailykos.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
New comic: The listeria league www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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American Mood right now.
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
American Mood right now.