Smartyesque
@smartyesque.bsky.social
Writer, educator, movie/music/theatre/science/philosophy nerd. Nature is my happy place. Kindness is my jam.
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Claudette Colvin, who at 15 refused to give her seat on the bus to a white woman in Alabama, has died at 86.
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.
nyti.ms
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Claudette Colvin, who at 15 refused to give her seat on the bus to a white woman in Alabama, has died at 86.
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Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86.
Claudette Colvin, civil rights pioneer on a Montgomery bus, dies at 86
Nine months before Rosa Parks made history, Ms. Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus. She became a star witness in a civil rights case.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86.
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SPREAD THE WORD: General Strike & Economic Blackout
FRI: Jan 23rd
Faith leaders & union reps are calling for a Day of Truth & Freedom — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school, or shop Jan 23rd in protest of Operation Metro Surge!
JaNaé Bates Imari gives an impassioned call-to-action! 👇🏼🙌🏻
FRI: Jan 23rd
Faith leaders & union reps are calling for a Day of Truth & Freedom — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school, or shop Jan 23rd in protest of Operation Metro Surge!
JaNaé Bates Imari gives an impassioned call-to-action! 👇🏼🙌🏻
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
SPREAD THE WORD: General Strike & Economic Blackout
FRI: Jan 23rd
Faith leaders & union reps are calling for a Day of Truth & Freedom — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school, or shop Jan 23rd in protest of Operation Metro Surge!
JaNaé Bates Imari gives an impassioned call-to-action! 👇🏼🙌🏻
FRI: Jan 23rd
Faith leaders & union reps are calling for a Day of Truth & Freedom — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school, or shop Jan 23rd in protest of Operation Metro Surge!
JaNaé Bates Imari gives an impassioned call-to-action! 👇🏼🙌🏻
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Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Charge them.
"ICE just broke Minnesota law detaining an American Citizen and kneeing on his neck, which was outlawed after the George Floyd murder."- @krassenstein.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Charge them.
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NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just hired an extremely aggressive law firm in his criminal fight against Donald Trump.
The firm is known for going “scorched earth” and fighting until the very end without settling.
The firm is known for going “scorched earth” and fighting until the very end without settling.
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just hired an extremely aggressive law firm in his criminal fight against Donald Trump.
The firm is known for going “scorched earth” and fighting until the very end without settling.
The firm is known for going “scorched earth” and fighting until the very end without settling.
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This is a big no-no in armed combat.
It’s like dressing up as a doctor or a nurse and then shooting someone.
If this is proven accurate, it’s 100% a war crime.
It’s like dressing up as a doctor or a nurse and then shooting someone.
If this is proven accurate, it’s 100% a war crime.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This is a big no-no in armed combat.
It’s like dressing up as a doctor or a nurse and then shooting someone.
If this is proven accurate, it’s 100% a war crime.
It’s like dressing up as a doctor or a nurse and then shooting someone.
If this is proven accurate, it’s 100% a war crime.
Ban it. Boycott it. Boycott the advertisers. Run it into the ground financially.
After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations. n.pr/4aSZcYZ
Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images
After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations.
n.pr
January 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Ban it. Boycott it. Boycott the advertisers. Run it into the ground financially.
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☢️THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR LIFE—E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution. the EPA plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives.
Gift🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
☢️THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR LIFE—E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution. the EPA plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives.
Gift🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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More of this across the board. Wherever there are Democratic leaders, resist and flex all of your power.
Today, Attorney General Ellison announced a lawsuit to end ICE’s aggressive and unconstitutional surge into Minnesota.
This operation was never about safety, it’s a targeted political operation and Minnesota won’t stand for it.
This operation was never about safety, it’s a targeted political operation and Minnesota won’t stand for it.
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
More of this across the board. Wherever there are Democratic leaders, resist and flex all of your power.
Gotta say those cars and horns backing her up helped. Stay strong everyone.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Gotta say those cars and horns backing her up helped. Stay strong everyone.
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This lawsuit alleges that Border Patrol and ICE "have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law" in Illinois and Chicago.
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This lawsuit alleges that Border Patrol and ICE "have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law" in Illinois and Chicago.
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Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
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The guardrails are gone
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
The guardrails are gone
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BREAKING
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s under federal investigation.
The Fed chair says subpoenas and the threat of criminal charges are retaliation for refusing to set interest rates according to the president’s wishes.
Story: bit.ly/4aOOWAV
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s under federal investigation.
The Fed chair says subpoenas and the threat of criminal charges are retaliation for refusing to set interest rates according to the president’s wishes.
Story: bit.ly/4aOOWAV
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s under federal investigation.
The Fed chair says subpoenas and the threat of criminal charges are retaliation for refusing to set interest rates according to the president’s wishes.
Story: bit.ly/4aOOWAV
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s under federal investigation.
The Fed chair says subpoenas and the threat of criminal charges are retaliation for refusing to set interest rates according to the president’s wishes.
Story: bit.ly/4aOOWAV
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
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Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
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70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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"The notion that Donald Trump claims this is somehow making the country safer is absurd. It’s making the country more dangerous… The domestic terrorists are ICE!"
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"The notion that Donald Trump claims this is somehow making the country safer is absurd. It’s making the country more dangerous… The domestic terrorists are ICE!"
A lot of us feeling scared and angry right now. Scangry. But mostly angry.
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
A lot of us feeling scared and angry right now. Scangry. But mostly angry.
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Watch this.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Watch this.
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Damn — @tndems.bsky.social bringing the heat 🔥 calling out @marshablackburn 👀
January 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Damn — @tndems.bsky.social bringing the heat 🔥 calling out @marshablackburn 👀