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Dreaming the Impossible Dream
We're in The Wilds now ...
Dreaming the Impossible Dream
We're in The Wilds now ...
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Something heartwarming in these heavy times ❤️
Good morning BlueSky
Here is a little happiness to start your day💙
Here is a little happiness to start your day💙
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Something heartwarming in these heavy times ❤️
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fox sucks. its a black hole of evil. ive spent 22 years of my professional life combating it. i dont want to ever have a government with the power to determine what news is. ever.
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
fox sucks. its a black hole of evil. ive spent 22 years of my professional life combating it. i dont want to ever have a government with the power to determine what news is. ever.
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A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 AM
A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
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On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
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Let’s have more straight talk.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Let’s have more straight talk.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
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"The state has an abundance of evidence that there is abuse ... [T]he state does nothing [to stop it]. Instead, they provide the legal resources to defend [abuse]. That sends a [dangerous] message to whatever cliques of officers have decided that violence is their way to respond to most situations."
Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman of ‘The Alabama Solution’ discuss their piercing new documentary and what they hope people will take away from the film.
How Filmmakers Uncovered ‘Embarrassment of Horrors’ In Alabama Prisons
The directors of ‘The Alabama Solution’ discuss their piercing new documentary and what they hope people will take away from the film.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 AM
"The state has an abundance of evidence that there is abuse ... [T]he state does nothing [to stop it]. Instead, they provide the legal resources to defend [abuse]. That sends a [dangerous] message to whatever cliques of officers have decided that violence is their way to respond to most situations."
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A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
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We are at an inflection point in American history⚠️
The president's an evil 🦇💩 crazy fascist who created a brutal Gestapo-like paramilitary force with more funding than the Marines that's terrorizing American cities.
And there's nary a soul to stop them.
Call Senators: 202-224-3121
Do not Fund ICE
The president's an evil 🦇💩 crazy fascist who created a brutal Gestapo-like paramilitary force with more funding than the Marines that's terrorizing American cities.
And there's nary a soul to stop them.
Call Senators: 202-224-3121
Do not Fund ICE
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 AM
We are at an inflection point in American history⚠️
The president's an evil 🦇💩 crazy fascist who created a brutal Gestapo-like paramilitary force with more funding than the Marines that's terrorizing American cities.
And there's nary a soul to stop them.
Call Senators: 202-224-3121
Do not Fund ICE
The president's an evil 🦇💩 crazy fascist who created a brutal Gestapo-like paramilitary force with more funding than the Marines that's terrorizing American cities.
And there's nary a soul to stop them.
Call Senators: 202-224-3121
Do not Fund ICE
Caveat: this is far from a "bloodless" era
Human beings - children and adults - are being disappeared, brutalized, and murdered in plain sight. We shudder to envision what we are NOT seeing...
This horrific, destructive era MUST end, and the sooner the better.
Human beings - children and adults - are being disappeared, brutalized, and murdered in plain sight. We shudder to envision what we are NOT seeing...
This horrific, destructive era MUST end, and the sooner the better.
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Caveat: this is far from a "bloodless" era
Human beings - children and adults - are being disappeared, brutalized, and murdered in plain sight. We shudder to envision what we are NOT seeing...
This horrific, destructive era MUST end, and the sooner the better.
Human beings - children and adults - are being disappeared, brutalized, and murdered in plain sight. We shudder to envision what we are NOT seeing...
This horrific, destructive era MUST end, and the sooner the better.
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🔥MINNESOTA MAN to @stoneskynews.bsky.social : “The mood is anger. We’re angry with our federal government for invading us for no good reason other than Trump wasn’t backed here— it’s a violent, brutal fascist administration. Trump’s a terrible bully. We’re defending this place against him.”
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 AM
🔥MINNESOTA MAN to @stoneskynews.bsky.social : “The mood is anger. We’re angry with our federal government for invading us for no good reason other than Trump wasn’t backed here— it’s a violent, brutal fascist administration. Trump’s a terrible bully. We’re defending this place against him.”
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
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I keep thinking about the Target corporation headquarters in Minneapolis and how given the venal nature of this administration they're likely a phone call away from stopping thus, so is Home Depot, so is every other major corporation that buys politicians for tax breaks and legal loopholes
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I keep thinking about the Target corporation headquarters in Minneapolis and how given the venal nature of this administration they're likely a phone call away from stopping thus, so is Home Depot, so is every other major corporation that buys politicians for tax breaks and legal loopholes
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
These brutes have no choice - this is the only way to "defend" the indefensible and "win" this battle
YOU cannot let them win - YOU do have a choice
Keep up the pressure to STOP this horrific behavior - call your Senator, your Representative, support your local protestors - do whatever you can.
YOU cannot let them win - YOU do have a choice
Keep up the pressure to STOP this horrific behavior - call your Senator, your Representative, support your local protestors - do whatever you can.
“They are tripling down on the fascism”
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 26, 2026 at 12:13 AM
These brutes have no choice - this is the only way to "defend" the indefensible and "win" this battle
YOU cannot let them win - YOU do have a choice
Keep up the pressure to STOP this horrific behavior - call your Senator, your Representative, support your local protestors - do whatever you can.
YOU cannot let them win - YOU do have a choice
Keep up the pressure to STOP this horrific behavior - call your Senator, your Representative, support your local protestors - do whatever you can.
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Otto Ohlendorf was the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, responsible for killing more than 90,000 Jews in Ukraine in 1942.
At Nuremberg he didn't claim he didn't do it, he claimed it was self defense.
Remember this as you hear Republicans defend ICE today. Remember this
At Nuremberg he didn't claim he didn't do it, he claimed it was self defense.
Remember this as you hear Republicans defend ICE today. Remember this
January 25, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Otto Ohlendorf was the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, responsible for killing more than 90,000 Jews in Ukraine in 1942.
At Nuremberg he didn't claim he didn't do it, he claimed it was self defense.
Remember this as you hear Republicans defend ICE today. Remember this
At Nuremberg he didn't claim he didn't do it, he claimed it was self defense.
Remember this as you hear Republicans defend ICE today. Remember this
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The only way Trump should ever get a Nobel peace prize is if he does that bunker thing his hero did in 1945.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The only way Trump should ever get a Nobel peace prize is if he does that bunker thing his hero did in 1945.
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Sure, definitely not a firing squad…
(and took my own pics from the video so you can’t accuse me of AI)
(and took my own pics from the video so you can’t accuse me of AI)
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Sure, definitely not a firing squad…
(and took my own pics from the video so you can’t accuse me of AI)
(and took my own pics from the video so you can’t accuse me of AI)
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"It does say something that Alex Pretti and Renee Good... seem to be the best of us, and there was a reason why they were gunned down. It's because they put themselves out there... We need to continue to stand up, because they did too."
Alex Pretti's last words were likely "Are you okay?"
#Pinks
Alex Pretti's last words were likely "Are you okay?"
#Pinks
The Execution of Alex Pretti Broke Me
YouTube video by LegalEagle
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"It does say something that Alex Pretti and Renee Good... seem to be the best of us, and there was a reason why they were gunned down. It's because they put themselves out there... We need to continue to stand up, because they did too."
Alex Pretti's last words were likely "Are you okay?"
#Pinks
Alex Pretti's last words were likely "Are you okay?"
#Pinks
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believe you will be spared one day or should you just join team trump now and convert? Seriously though. You cannot cry over what is happening in the west without recognizing what you helped happen across the sea and how you remain here, on native land. End of story. 🪶
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
believe you will be spared one day or should you just join team trump now and convert? Seriously though. You cannot cry over what is happening in the west without recognizing what you helped happen across the sea and how you remain here, on native land. End of story. 🪶
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Just going to say this, every time I post about what the Palestinians have come through and their losses and the things they have endured, I am also relaying to you what was done to take our lands too. Genocide is recognizable by the oppressed. And every time, liberals block. Why is that? Do you
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Just going to say this, every time I post about what the Palestinians have come through and their losses and the things they have endured, I am also relaying to you what was done to take our lands too. Genocide is recognizable by the oppressed. And every time, liberals block. Why is that? Do you
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Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner
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And a racist pedophile…
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
And a racist pedophile…
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and an additional fuck you to everyone who said we were overreacting during the patriot act and creation of DHS.
Huge fuck you to every single fucking person who dared say we were overreacting in 2016 and 2024.
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
and an additional fuck you to everyone who said we were overreacting during the patriot act and creation of DHS.
This literally breaks my heart, but is an amazing depiction of the horror American is going through right now.
It's a Pretti Good reason to STOP whatever the hell is driving this horrific behavior against all of us.
It's a Pretti Good reason to STOP whatever the hell is driving this horrific behavior against all of us.
January 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This literally breaks my heart, but is an amazing depiction of the horror American is going through right now.
It's a Pretti Good reason to STOP whatever the hell is driving this horrific behavior against all of us.
It's a Pretti Good reason to STOP whatever the hell is driving this horrific behavior against all of us.