Maureen Johnson
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There is no compromising with this regime, because regimes don't compromise. These people are fascists. Fight fascists always. No playing to their language or moved goalposts. No taking their statements as legitimate and reporting them. And then PROSECUTE THEM. Every last one of them.
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We are raising a nation of dumbasses. It’s on purpose
“In Ron DeSantis’s Florida…parents at one Miami school received a notice that their first graders would need a signed permission slip to “participate and listen to a book written by an African American.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
Can American Children Point to America on a Map?
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
We are raising a nation of dumbasses. It’s on purpose
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Feeling helpless? Here’s how YOU can help take a stand against ICE!
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January 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Feeling helpless? Here’s how YOU can help take a stand against ICE!
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Amadou Diallo was hit 19 out of 41 .
Twenty seven years ago.
Twenty seven years ago.
Nine shots? NINE SHOTS
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Amadou Diallo was hit 19 out of 41 .
Twenty seven years ago.
Twenty seven years ago.
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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gonnna do a nuremberg
At a rally in Union Square right now, Council member @chiosse.bsky.social tells the crowd, “We certainly need to abolish ICE, but that’s not enough—we need Nuremberg trials.”
January 24, 2026 at 9:56 PM
gonnna do a nuremberg
I just accidentally saw what appears to be the video. Be aware that a video is out there. But yeah, it seems there has been another shooting.
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I just accidentally saw what appears to be the video. Be aware that a video is out there. But yeah, it seems there has been another shooting.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
Greg Bonvino looks like a knuckleless thumb a discount wizard turned into a boy.
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Greg Bonvino looks like a knuckleless thumb a discount wizard turned into a boy.
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My cousin texted me about ICE patrolling her apartment complex, and how a bunch of kids won’t go to the bus stop anymore. This is terror. And, as usual, the children will suffer most.
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
My cousin texted me about ICE patrolling her apartment complex, and how a bunch of kids won’t go to the bus stop anymore. This is terror. And, as usual, the children will suffer most.
My friend Dan has written an essential piece about how we live and what we need to do NOW.
I tried to wrestle a lot of my brain-on-fire into a little essay about Minneapolis and feeling abandoned and hope. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
We Are All We Have | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My friend Dan has written an essential piece about how we live and what we need to do NOW.
Me explaining to my editor the varied and arcane reasons why I just need a few more days on my deadline:
January 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Me explaining to my editor the varied and arcane reasons why I just need a few more days on my deadline:
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how are journalists still this naive about Trump? His comments today about Greenland were clearly a threat
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
how are journalists still this naive about Trump? His comments today about Greenland were clearly a threat
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Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
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I recently met a widowed 71-year-old woman still working two jobs and living at an extended-stay hotel because even two jobs don't pay her enough to afford rent.
This is what "one more year of work" looks like in America.
This is what "one more year of work" looks like in America.
Dr. Oz: "If we can get the average person to work one more year in their whole lifetime -- just stay in your workplace for one more year -- that is worth about $3 trillion to the US GDP. That's the productivity we would unleash ... if you're sick, you can't work."
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I recently met a widowed 71-year-old woman still working two jobs and living at an extended-stay hotel because even two jobs don't pay her enough to afford rent.
This is what "one more year of work" looks like in America.
This is what "one more year of work" looks like in America.
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Iceland at Davos
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Iceland at Davos
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In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
Trump: "No nation is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the US. We're a great power. Much greater than people even understand. I think they found that out 2 weeks ago in Venezuela. We saw this in World War 2 when Denmark fell to Germany after just 6 hours of fighting."
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
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The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
Let this man cook.
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
January 20, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Let this man cook.
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Love Ursula K. Le Guin, hate patriotism.
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Love Ursula K. Le Guin, hate patriotism.
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I contain multitudes (threat)
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I contain multitudes (threat)
It’s important to have a friend who will text you if it happens.
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
It’s important to have a friend who will text you if it happens.
On writing retreat in Mexico, feeling immensely grateful to be here. Have a moment of sun and peace.
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
On writing retreat in Mexico, feeling immensely grateful to be here. Have a moment of sun and peace.
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Not just Mexican restaurants. Many places are doing this, including some McDonald’s and supermarkets.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Not just Mexican restaurants. Many places are doing this, including some McDonald’s and supermarkets.
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/