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Here we go again. #fascism
Under investigation for doing her job: Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan says she has learned that federal prosecutors are investigating her after she took part in a video urging military service members to resist illegal orders.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Hoskinson: "You've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad .... Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends."

www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...
January 14, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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January 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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UPDATE: The database has been updated and now when anyone looks up this particular asteroid, my name is attached to it. Try it for yourself!

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_l...
January 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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This should be a national shutdown
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Horrible violence against a protester in California: www.latimes.com/california/s...
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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If you like me struggle to keep up with #WALeg and providing support or opposition to bills, 350 WA has got you covered. Wide-ranging in their concept of climate, so housing, Just Transition, and transpo bills all tend to get attention. h/t @r343l.bsky.social www.350wa.org/cat
350 WA - Civic Action Team — 350 WA
www.350wa.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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FIFTY YEARS AGO I rode the Bullet Train from Shimonoseki to Tokyo. Smooth as glass, 200+ mph.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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High speed rail is a non-trivial effort with massive construction impacts and steep costs but it's never going to be cheaper, so governments should really start a semi-permanent program of building the most obvious corridors...or are we just going to keep flying from Seattle to Portland forever?
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It was a hard week, but journalists rose to the challenge in many different ways.

Many orgs had prepared to resist any attempt to lie about what happened on 1/6/21, and were ready when the WH did so:

apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Ice is terrorizing Minnesota and California and and and and
Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez: "Many of our immigrants neighbors are picked up simply by moving their cars. Help your neighbors take out the trash, because there are many reports of neighbors being kidnapped when they're taking their trash out."
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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The person who was hit, who was reportedly run over by the vehicle involved, is being transported to Harborview now with significant injuries.
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Seattle Fire is currently responding to a driver hitting someone walking at NE 45th Street and 7th Ave NE near the I-5 ramps.
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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January 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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As someone who used to live on 6th in Pine in the early 2000s…drums are great, but bagpipes are the ultimate weapon of choice
CNN in Minneapolis: You can literally see someone is playing on the drum set right here outside the entrance of the hotel right now.
January 10, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.

You support murder.
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.

You support murder.
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Prison guards are flocking to ICE jobs and frankly this makes sense. Those of us who have been anti-prison organizers for decades have been saying that fascism already existed within prisons/jails. Our best teachers for how to survive fascism are incarcerated people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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The federal government seceding from the union is a new one
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM