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“This city also deserves to be protected from anyone who would allow Seattle police officers to help ICE agents unconstitutionally abscond with innocent people they fully intend to disappear into an inescapable prison in El Salvador.”
‘I’ll Go to Jail to Protect Seattle,’ Says Seattle Police Chief Arresting Self: tinyurl.com/y9tpbfzz
January 20, 2026 at 10:34 PM
“This city also deserves to be protected from anyone who would allow Seattle police officers to help ICE agents unconstitutionally abscond with innocent people they fully intend to disappear into an inescapable prison in El Salvador.”
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"This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism."
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism."
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This dynamic is basically unchanged in the decades I've followed US politics. The right raises a bullshit bad-faith objection, Dems try to change policy to address it, the right just repeats the bad-faith objection, Dems try again ... forever.
So in the end, what does this article amount to? Republicans are telling the same lie about welfare that they've told for 40 years despite consistent efforts — including many led by Democrats — to restrict and police it.
And in response, Democrats should restrict and police it even more.
And in response, Democrats should restrict and police it even more.
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This dynamic is basically unchanged in the decades I've followed US politics. The right raises a bullshit bad-faith objection, Dems try to change policy to address it, the right just repeats the bad-faith objection, Dems try again ... forever.
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Fifty years from now, the courageous and patriotic citizens of Minneapolis defending their neighbors from fascist aggression will be known as “The Greatest Generation.”
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Fifty years from now, the courageous and patriotic citizens of Minneapolis defending their neighbors from fascist aggression will be known as “The Greatest Generation.”
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You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
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Trump is a fascist but we don’t have to be.
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Trump is a fascist but we don’t have to be.
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Zero percent chance this is true.
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Zero percent chance this is true.
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The only reason this autoworker has the freedom to speak truth to power without fear of losing his livelihood is because he's in a union.
Amazing, a Ford worker called Trump a “pedophile protector” during his visit to an assembly plant in Michigan today.
In return, Trump, who has failed to release the Epstein files, yelled, “fuck you” and flipped off the worker.
In return, Trump, who has failed to release the Epstein files, yelled, “fuck you” and flipped off the worker.
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The only reason this autoworker has the freedom to speak truth to power without fear of losing his livelihood is because he's in a union.
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President Trump is rapidly moving this country toward authoritarianism.
Part of that is creating the myth of the “Great Leader” by naming public buildings after himself—something dictators have done.
Today I introduced a bill with @vanhollen.senate.gov & @alsobrooks.senate.gov to stop it.
Part of that is creating the myth of the “Great Leader” by naming public buildings after himself—something dictators have done.
Today I introduced a bill with @vanhollen.senate.gov & @alsobrooks.senate.gov to stop it.
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
President Trump is rapidly moving this country toward authoritarianism.
Part of that is creating the myth of the “Great Leader” by naming public buildings after himself—something dictators have done.
Today I introduced a bill with @vanhollen.senate.gov & @alsobrooks.senate.gov to stop it.
Part of that is creating the myth of the “Great Leader” by naming public buildings after himself—something dictators have done.
Today I introduced a bill with @vanhollen.senate.gov & @alsobrooks.senate.gov to stop it.
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Trump’s persecution of Jerome Powell and his political opponents must end.
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Trump’s persecution of Jerome Powell and his political opponents must end.
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DHS Releases List Of Mothers Driving Cars
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
DHS Releases List Of Mothers Driving Cars
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Legislators in New York and Hawaiʻi are considering bills that allow their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies if climate-related disasters cause residents’ property insurance premiums to rise.
Aloha.
Aloha.
States consider suing fossil fuel industry over insurance hikes
New York and Hawaii could expand the legal battlefield and seek to hold companies liable for disasters that cause premiums to rise.
www.eenews.net
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Legislators in New York and Hawaiʻi are considering bills that allow their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies if climate-related disasters cause residents’ property insurance premiums to rise.
Aloha.
Aloha.
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If they don't pursue public exposure of Trump's latest "GRIFT" then who will? Media?
He owns Fox, Newsmax, NewsNation, Facebook, X & is working on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN ... as the billionaires bow to their KING.
He owns Fox, Newsmax, NewsNation, Facebook, X & is working on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN ... as the billionaires bow to their KING.
January 11, 2026 at 12:24 AM
If they don't pursue public exposure of Trump's latest "GRIFT" then who will? Media?
He owns Fox, Newsmax, NewsNation, Facebook, X & is working on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN ... as the billionaires bow to their KING.
He owns Fox, Newsmax, NewsNation, Facebook, X & is working on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN ... as the billionaires bow to their KING.
app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...
Seattle / Washington State folks, please be aware that bad people in Washington are trying to pass this bill
Requiring age verification is a very bad idea. Your ID will get hacked, kids will find pornography, your data will be stolen by big tech companies.
Seattle / Washington State folks, please be aware that bad people in Washington are trying to pass this bill
Requiring age verification is a very bad idea. Your ID will get hacked, kids will find pornography, your data will be stolen by big tech companies.
HB 2112 Washington State Legislature
app.leg.wa.gov
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...
Seattle / Washington State folks, please be aware that bad people in Washington are trying to pass this bill
Requiring age verification is a very bad idea. Your ID will get hacked, kids will find pornography, your data will be stolen by big tech companies.
Seattle / Washington State folks, please be aware that bad people in Washington are trying to pass this bill
Requiring age verification is a very bad idea. Your ID will get hacked, kids will find pornography, your data will be stolen by big tech companies.
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This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This week: we execute a U.S. citizen.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.”
It's so transparent what's going on here.
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Off duty ICE agent killed a man in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve: capitalandmain.com/why-no-charg...
Why No Charges? Friends, Family of Man Killed by Off-Duty ICE Officer Ask After New Year’s Eve Shooting.
Keith Porter, 43, had been firing a gun into the air to celebrate before he was killed, family members say. If the shooter weren’t an ICE agent, ‘We would expect that there would be an arrest,’ a comm...
capitalandmain.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Off duty ICE agent killed a man in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve: capitalandmain.com/why-no-charg...
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Federal Agents Shoot 2 People in Portland Who Threatened to Exist: tinyurl.com/mjrsh7d2
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Federal Agents Shoot 2 People in Portland Who Threatened to Exist: tinyurl.com/mjrsh7d2
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Maduro was a dictator.
But let's not pretend Trump cares about democracy.
He cozies up to dictators all over the world when it suits him.
Trump has been clear: he wants Venezuela’s oil.
That’s not democracy. That’s imperialism.
But let's not pretend Trump cares about democracy.
He cozies up to dictators all over the world when it suits him.
Trump has been clear: he wants Venezuela’s oil.
That’s not democracy. That’s imperialism.
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Maduro was a dictator.
But let's not pretend Trump cares about democracy.
He cozies up to dictators all over the world when it suits him.
Trump has been clear: he wants Venezuela’s oil.
That’s not democracy. That’s imperialism.
But let's not pretend Trump cares about democracy.
He cozies up to dictators all over the world when it suits him.
Trump has been clear: he wants Venezuela’s oil.
That’s not democracy. That’s imperialism.
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Just like climate change , there are two sides to this but one side is lying and we can just report the truth.
If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Just like climate change , there are two sides to this but one side is lying and we can just report the truth.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Plastic recycling is largely not viable and never has been, but there are clear pathways to solve our plastic pollution crisis, says Judith Enck. She joins me on this week's @mongabay.com Newscast to detail the solutions from her latest book.
Plastic pollution requires urgent action, says author Judith Enck
Judith Enck is a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, appointed by President Barack Obama, and the founder of Beyond Plastics, an organization dedicated to eradic...
news.mongabay.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Plastic recycling is largely not viable and never has been, but there are clear pathways to solve our plastic pollution crisis, says Judith Enck. She joins me on this week's @mongabay.com Newscast to detail the solutions from her latest book.
Such a great episode must listen
ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
January 6, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Such a great episode must listen
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More good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 7.2% in October! Or to quote the PDA's own words the market has had "exceptional sales performance of our tenants." (pikeplacemarket.community.highbond.com/document/fd1...)
📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!
📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!
January 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
More good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 7.2% in October! Or to quote the PDA's own words the market has had "exceptional sales performance of our tenants." (pikeplacemarket.community.highbond.com/document/fd1...)
📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!
📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!
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Transforming lives, from the bottom up, with no need for imperial wars.
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Transforming lives, from the bottom up, with no need for imperial wars.