"If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender,’” — Rebecca Solnit
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"If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender,’” — Rebecca Solnit
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2617-t...
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
People have had to sacrifice every aspect of their stability to hide from ICE. They lost jobs. They closed businesses. They used up every last bit of their savings—if they had any to begin with. And some people were taken anyway.
If ICE leaves tomorrow, there will still be communities in crisis.
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
A firsthand account by a doctor who tried to help.
Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass
Denmark has universal health care, including comprehensive free prenatal care; its infant mortality rate is about half of that in the U.S; its population is about the size of Wisconsin’s.
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Check out the handout from the AHA’s Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on tariffs. Panelists @douglasirwin.bsky.social, @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, & @rauchway.bsky.social discussed how the government has implemented tariffs in the past, & how they have impacted the economy.🗃️
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
An Oklahoma rose decorates our front stoop in Peoria. It is exceptionally productive and fragrant this year.
Just remember that proper representation of “warfighters” requires makeup. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Hands off our history.
I love that Illinois has adopted Permanent Vote By Mail. The Peoria County Election Commission even sends voters who use this system a digital “I voted” sticker. Voting should be this accessible for all citizens.
Word of the day:
Gleichschaltung —
courtesy of historian @thomaszimmer.bsky.social (co-host of the “Is This Democracy?” Podcast) and Merriam-Webster.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/G...
1/7. In case you haven’t been following, here is a short summary of the misnamed Russian-American "peace process" regarding Ukraine.
Confederate monuments were *quite literally* an effort to “perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history” by promoting the Lost Cause work of white supremacists who wanted to rewrite the history of the Civil War and, yes, Reconstruction.
“The Land of Lincoln” is serious about equality.
An unswerving assessment by Senator Duckworth of the Trump “national security” team’s glaring incompetence, and, I might add, the culpability of lawmakers who voted to confirm them.
Once again, this Illinoisan is proud to be represented by an ACTUAL American warrior.
What can we do in defense of democracy?
Join Indivisible’s Mass Mobilization.
Saturday, April 5.
Use this link to find a rally near you.
The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including historical offices.” 🗃️
"We call on scholars, students, administrators, and staff here at Columbia to reject such efforts to dominate universities."
Letter from History faculty at Columbia to President Armstrong (with complete list of signatories)
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
We ❤️ Sue!
#FieldMuseum
Three generations of Scott women at Nobody’s Darling. wordsfortheyear.com/2016/08/25/b...
Remembering antifascist hero Dorothy Thompson.
Dorothy Thompson: First American to interview Adolf Hitler
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
Destroying government documents violates the National Archives Act. It is a conscious effort to erase and distort history.
Experiments in thought control start with attempts to control language.
6 inches of rain in Peoria today, but it’s warm and dry in our kitty-approved basement grow zone.
#growfood
The Red Wave
