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The House just voted for a bloated $900B Pentagon budget despite the fact that the Pentagon can't even pass an audit and despite the fact that Trump is getting ready for a war on Venezuela and despite the fact that so many people are about to lose health care.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The House just voted for a bloated $900B Pentagon budget despite the fact that the Pentagon can't even pass an audit and despite the fact that Trump is getting ready for a war on Venezuela and despite the fact that so many people are about to lose health care.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
Here are the 115 Dem YES votes.
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The KKK is alive and well in the United States, funded by taxpayers. Abolish ICE.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The KKK is alive and well in the United States, funded by taxpayers. Abolish ICE.
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The singer also accused the administration of "rage baiting" artists to get attention for its harrowing immigration agenda.
Sza Rips White House As 'Evil N Boring' For Using Her Song In ICE Video
The singer also accused the administration of "rage baiting" artists to get attention for its harrowing immigration agenda.
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The singer also accused the administration of "rage baiting" artists to get attention for its harrowing immigration agenda.
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Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
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Yeah total right wing some sorta media
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Yeah total right wing some sorta media
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Is that first guy some sort of right wing media? Is he riding along with them? As in does he get in the car with them in the second video?
December 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Is that first guy some sort of right wing media? Is he riding along with them? As in does he get in the car with them in the second video?
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This morning was a whole lot
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This morning was a whole lot
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We moved from New Orleans to Michigan and thought it would weather (bleak heh) climate change better, the first week here was a “once in a century flood” that flooded so many basements and highways. Now every summer we face weeks of bad air quality from Canadian wildfires. There is no haven.
From one flooded “climate haven” (Asheville) to another, the discourse is so damaging. Nowhere is safe from climate change. We had family lose their home in the Marshall Fire in CO a few years ago. We were evacuated for 3 weeks w/ our infant after Helene.
Western Washington is currently experiencing record flooding from a series of strong atmospheric rivers. 12 rivers are at major flood stage. 100,000 people await evacuation orders.
Will some places see less severe climate impacts than others? Yes. Does anywhere promise safe haven? Absolutely not.
Will some places see less severe climate impacts than others? Yes. Does anywhere promise safe haven? Absolutely not.
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We moved from New Orleans to Michigan and thought it would weather (bleak heh) climate change better, the first week here was a “once in a century flood” that flooded so many basements and highways. Now every summer we face weeks of bad air quality from Canadian wildfires. There is no haven.
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This came out as part of a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order to exclude certain immigrant children from Head Start
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy et al. | American Civil Liberties Union
The Trump Administration is threatening the future of Head Start – a program that has provided critical and evidence-based services—from education to childcare— to more than 40 million children and th...
www.aclu.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This came out as part of a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order to exclude certain immigrant children from Head Start
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
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Banned words list has real consequences.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Banned words list has real consequences.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
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LUCE expanded their work into food delivery, when they recognized that immigrants were afraid to leave their homes to buy food. In this time of acute insecurity, their mission is more important than ever. Please support them if you can!
Fund food not ICE! LUCE’s Cambridge Hub is collecting food donations to support local pantries and calling on @massgovernor.bsky.social to use the Rainy Day Fund to continue SNAP benefits and protect immigrant, refugee and working class families. Please come by to donate food — & share this widely!
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
LUCE expanded their work into food delivery, when they recognized that immigrants were afraid to leave their homes to buy food. In this time of acute insecurity, their mission is more important than ever. Please support them if you can!
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As you know, I take special delight in Minneapolis crabby patties complaining about protected bike lanes plowed before every street. But it occurred to me that a reason is, no one parks (legally) in a bike lane. In a sense, our protected lanes have the plowing ease of a suburban residential street.
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As you know, I take special delight in Minneapolis crabby patties complaining about protected bike lanes plowed before every street. But it occurred to me that a reason is, no one parks (legally) in a bike lane. In a sense, our protected lanes have the plowing ease of a suburban residential street.
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Today when ICE was in Regina one ghoul pleaded to stop the whistling while another went on about how it wasn’t going to help
Keep whistling. Keep observing.
Fuck em.
They will rot in hell.
Keep whistling. Keep observing.
Fuck em.
They will rot in hell.
Do you have a whistle? Are you whistle trained? Is everyone in your house (above age idk 10?) trained ?
(my dogs don’t like it!)
Form a crowd stay loud. Tell targeted neighbors to stay inside when they hear whistles & don’t open the door.
(my dogs don’t like it!)
Form a crowd stay loud. Tell targeted neighbors to stay inside when they hear whistles & don’t open the door.
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today when ICE was in Regina one ghoul pleaded to stop the whistling while another went on about how it wasn’t going to help
Keep whistling. Keep observing.
Fuck em.
They will rot in hell.
Keep whistling. Keep observing.
Fuck em.
They will rot in hell.
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transit riders on transit boards
Met Council members oversee Twin Cities transit, but rarely ride it
In the last year, just half of those appointed to the Metropolitan Council have taken advantage of the free Metro Transit rides that come with their job.
www.startribune.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
transit riders on transit boards
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Cleared enough to walk but not cleared enough to roll a wheelchair is clearly not cleared enough.
#MunicipalSidewalkClearingWhen
#MunicipalSidewalkClearingWhen
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Cleared enough to walk but not cleared enough to roll a wheelchair is clearly not cleared enough.
#MunicipalSidewalkClearingWhen
#MunicipalSidewalkClearingWhen
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And I like my sidewalks cleared like I like my bread buttered: edge to edge
Wide enough for the wheelbase of a wheelchair, at least.
Wide enough for the wheelbase of a wheelchair, at least.
Cleared enough to walk but not cleared enough to roll a wheelchair is clearly not cleared enough.
#MunicipalSidewalkClearingWhen
#MunicipalSidewalkClearingWhen
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And I like my sidewalks cleared like I like my bread buttered: edge to edge
Wide enough for the wheelbase of a wheelchair, at least.
Wide enough for the wheelbase of a wheelchair, at least.
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Twin Cities folks: I cannot stress this enough... if you have capacity, PLEASE get plugged into local organizing efforts.
Resistance and community care comes in all forms and I promise you there's something you can do to help.
DM me if you need help getting connected.
Resistance and community care comes in all forms and I promise you there's something you can do to help.
DM me if you need help getting connected.
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Twin Cities folks: I cannot stress this enough... if you have capacity, PLEASE get plugged into local organizing efforts.
Resistance and community care comes in all forms and I promise you there's something you can do to help.
DM me if you need help getting connected.
Resistance and community care comes in all forms and I promise you there's something you can do to help.
DM me if you need help getting connected.
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Look how high the probability is that the US military might blow up a boat transporting law-abiding passengers:
Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela was particularly risky because her team had to inform the US military that she was escaping so they wouldn’t mistake her boat for an alleged narco boat and bomb it.
Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh
Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Look how high the probability is that the US military might blow up a boat transporting law-abiding passengers:
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Yeah. This would be the first bill to define sex in federal law, which is... not good
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yeah. This would be the first bill to define sex in federal law, which is... not good
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According to Congressional equality caucus:
vast majority of anti lgbtq+ provisions in earlier versions of the NDAA--including all provisions restricting access to trans healthcare--weren't in final bill
Final does ban trans women from fully participating in women's sports at military academies
vast majority of anti lgbtq+ provisions in earlier versions of the NDAA--including all provisions restricting access to trans healthcare--weren't in final bill
Final does ban trans women from fully participating in women's sports at military academies
![The NDAA should invest in our military, not target minority communities for exclusion.
While we're grateful that most anti-LGBTQI+ provisions were removed, the GOP kept one anti-trans provision in the final bill—and that's one too many.
We're committed to repealing it.
Side by side images. On the left text reads Takano Votes no on FY26 NDAA over a photo of the capitol building. On the right is white text on a dark background that reads:
“Congress has a vital role in securing America’s national security when writing the NDAA. There are key provisions in this year’s bill that are bipartisan, much-needed investments in furthering that goal, but too many other sections of the bill are problematic. Therefore, I voted NO on the FY26 NDAA. [....]
“Earlier this year, House and Senate Republicans’ versions of the NDAA were full of anti-LGBTQI+ provisions, including bans on medically-necessary healthcare for transgender servicemembers and their families—and even a ban on mental healthcare for transgender dependents. Thanks to the leadership and work of Ranking Members Adam Smith and Jack Reed and Democratic leadership in both chambers, the vast majority of these provisions—including all of the provisions restricting access to transgender healthcare—were not in the final bill. Unfortunately, the final bill still contained an anti-trans provision that bans transgender women from fully participating in women’s sports at the military academies, a provision I remain committed to repealing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yzffcfuovjomsauy4saqbdkr/bafkreia7cnbsnrt3fzj57uja44fz4xzskvkbshefv45r6guiavj2nry5gu@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
According to Congressional equality caucus:
vast majority of anti lgbtq+ provisions in earlier versions of the NDAA--including all provisions restricting access to trans healthcare--weren't in final bill
Final does ban trans women from fully participating in women's sports at military academies
vast majority of anti lgbtq+ provisions in earlier versions of the NDAA--including all provisions restricting access to trans healthcare--weren't in final bill
Final does ban trans women from fully participating in women's sports at military academies
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It was so nice to be supported by the interfaith community at the vigil for all victims of ICE terror at our nativity tonight. We are stronger together. So many different religions agree this time of year - it's up to us whether we bring more light into the world. I hope you choose hope and light.
In Evanston tonight, outside Chicago—
In the bitter cold, neighbors are gathered outside Lake Street Church for a vigil for ICE victims.
This is where @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social preaches—the pastor arrested on camera by ISP at Broadview.
Baby Jesus in zip ties. Mother Mary in a respirator.
In the bitter cold, neighbors are gathered outside Lake Street Church for a vigil for ICE victims.
This is where @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social preaches—the pastor arrested on camera by ISP at Broadview.
Baby Jesus in zip ties. Mother Mary in a respirator.
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It was so nice to be supported by the interfaith community at the vigil for all victims of ICE terror at our nativity tonight. We are stronger together. So many different religions agree this time of year - it's up to us whether we bring more light into the world. I hope you choose hope and light.
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It is, kind of by definition, currently being tolerated
Multiple U.S. citizens have been arrested during ICE operations.
The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.
The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It is, kind of by definition, currently being tolerated
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Without public ownership, we won’t address energy affordability and we won’t get our aging grid to the 21st century. Our bill to replace Central Hudson Gas & Electric will start saving millions in Year 1!
Read about it in the NY Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Read about it in the NY Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
How to Fight Rising Utility Bills? Take Over the Company, Activists Say.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Without public ownership, we won’t address energy affordability and we won’t get our aging grid to the 21st century. Our bill to replace Central Hudson Gas & Electric will start saving millions in Year 1!
Read about it in the NY Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Read about it in the NY Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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“We flew the Trans pride flag in Yosemite to make a statement: Trans people are natural and Trans people are loved. We are done being polite about Trans people’s existence.
Call it a protest, call it a celebration—either way, it’s giving elevation to liberation.”
Call it a protest, call it a celebration—either way, it’s giving elevation to liberation.”
This queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag
Pattie Gonia's effort supports nonprofits working to make the outdoors more equitable.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“We flew the Trans pride flag in Yosemite to make a statement: Trans people are natural and Trans people are loved. We are done being polite about Trans people’s existence.
Call it a protest, call it a celebration—either way, it’s giving elevation to liberation.”
Call it a protest, call it a celebration—either way, it’s giving elevation to liberation.”