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Reformed curmudgeon. Dog owner. Occasional writer/editor. Former WIRED/AV Club staff writer.

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Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

30.01.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 3234 πŸ” 409 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 57
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show."
Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."
Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms.
Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room.
"I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.

Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show." Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us." Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms. Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room. "I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.

Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

28.01.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 26628 πŸ” 6019 πŸ’¬ 412 πŸ“Œ 270
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

27.01.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 35881 πŸ” 12861 πŸ’¬ 638 πŸ“Œ 341

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 47537 πŸ” 14314 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 600

Filming the police is not obstruction.

Filming the police is not resisting.

Refusing to stop filming police is not resisting.

Holding onto your phone is not resisting.

Federal agents under this admin have zero respect for rights and liberties.

25.01.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 9473 πŸ” 2893 πŸ’¬ 328 πŸ“Œ 65
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National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social) The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.

NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social β€œdemands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”

25.01.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 2947 πŸ” 941 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 35
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JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.01.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 16428 πŸ” 5527 πŸ’¬ 397 πŸ“Œ 229
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StandwithMinnesota.com

24.01.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5
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I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.

25.01.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 3735 πŸ” 1423 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 49

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.

It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

24.01.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 7400 πŸ” 1997 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 69
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

24.01.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 33655 πŸ” 10441 πŸ’¬ 446 πŸ“Œ 422

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

24.01.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 60633 πŸ” 18877 πŸ’¬ 1404 πŸ“Œ 741

Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is β€œpolls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law

24.01.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 4157 πŸ” 909 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 96

Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.

24.01.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 9716 πŸ” 2263 πŸ’¬ 174 πŸ“Œ 79

What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?

24.01.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 20812 πŸ” 3295 πŸ’¬ 427 πŸ“Œ 96

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump β€” 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

24.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 13221 πŸ” 5093 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 405

"Just stay cool and don't make trouble until the midterms" is not going to cut it as an opposition response to a murderous regime whose masked thugs are killing people in the streets and then attempting to round up witnesses and destroy evidence.

24.01.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 2158 πŸ” 597 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 20

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

24.01.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 31566 πŸ” 7295 πŸ’¬ 362 πŸ“Œ 346

BETTER LUCK TOMORROW Criterion 4K when?

23.01.2026 06:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.

23.01.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 22169 πŸ” 3883 πŸ’¬ 874 πŸ“Œ 242
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Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.

BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...

22.01.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 3495 πŸ” 1701 πŸ’¬ 210 πŸ“Œ 762

Sharks defeat Panthers after FL’s embarrassing groveling at the White House.

Warriors drub the feckless Heat.

UMiami loses the national title game in their home stadium.

A good sports day.

20.01.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

19.01.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 17489 πŸ” 3418 πŸ’¬ 201 πŸ“Œ 151
"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick.
"I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day."
Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton
Man of the Year nominee.

"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick. "I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day." Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game

www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

19.01.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 12507 πŸ” 2512 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 83

It’s too bad all the Harper’s letter signatories all died in that awful fire or they would be furious

18.01.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 631 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

friendly reminder

The things you believed were right yesterday are still right. They'll be right if they put you in jail. They'll be right if they shoot you. They'll still be right when these people are dead and dusted and gone.

which they will be

15.01.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 2967 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 27

Not just the encampments. People like Kristof admire the protests that happen ELSEWHERE. They critique those that happen where they live. This is a feature not a bug.

11.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 1922 πŸ” 414 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

A friendly reminder that no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty in a hostile incident.

The industries that illegal immigrants often work in β€” like landscaping and construction β€” are far more deadly and dangerous work than being an ICE officer.

08.01.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 676 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7

one small thing im going to do is never forget who the ghouls were during this terrible period of time and never stop talking about it whenever their name comes up

08.01.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 620 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: β€œA 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

08.01.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 27419 πŸ” 9376 πŸ’¬ 629 πŸ“Œ 378