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"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r. Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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rnrkd.bsky.social
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
govwesmoore.bsky.social Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 5d
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.

Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
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February 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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lalahaenzy.com
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.

They should be reminded of it. Often.
ryanlcooper.com ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 7d
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
Springfield, too, has been given new life by immigrants. A once-thriving manufacturing hub, its fortunes so collapsed that in 2012 it was regularly called the unhappiest city in America. In 2014, seeking to stem population decline, the city launched its “Welcome Springfield” campaign to attract immigrants. Haitians, many of whom had been given T.P.S. status after a devastating 2010 earthquake, responded. As new manufacturing jobs were created in the city, more immigrants followed. Many Haitians who settled in Springfield had children. The city stopped shrinking; in 2023, there was a tiny population increase. On Sunday evening, Rose Goute, a Haitian restaurant, was almost deserted. “People stay home,” said Jean Philistin, a 50-year-old who was there picking up takeout. “People are scared.” He said he was less frightened than many others because he became a citizen a few years ago, though he wasn’t sure how much that would matter. “The worst thing is, since you’ve got an accent, or since you’re Black, they can stop you for no reason.” Philistin had been a civil engineer back in Haiti and now worked refurbishing houses. He has two teenage children, both born in America. “I don’t know why they hate my community,” he said sadly.
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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ceej.online
my grandma’s rural AI doctor diagnosed her with missing fingers
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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propublica.org
A note from our editors:
Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
That meme from the making of the last Nolan Batman movie where Bane is challenging someone and an actor, presumably dressed for post production editing in an all pink jumpsuit, is challenging back We see Bane from the back and the much smaller person is facing Bane and us. They are both holding their arms spread like “here I am”
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
*Through gritted teeth* Je suis Don Lemon
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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monscience.bsky.social
Note: Don Lemon isn't alone.

"Journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort arrested in connection with church protest against ICE"

📝: Samantha Fischer

"Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minneapolis civil rights attorney and racial justice advocate, was also arrested"
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort arrested in connection with church protest against ICE
Lemon's attorney said he was taken into custody by federal officers Thursday night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy Awards.
www.kare11.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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adamisacson.com
“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:

- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions

He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14d
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams

There are *already* standards on much of this.

The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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jamellebouie.net
you can’t fucking dox a public official!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
bettyruthryan.bsky.social
Such a well written and wonderful tribute.

“The world is a gift we build for each other, friends. Glory to the martyrs who defend the republic.”
liberalcurrents.com Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 14d
"I wish I never knew his name, his face, or the heavy burden of his common decency. It’s better to not know heroes exist than to find out they did only after they’re gone." www.liberalcurrents.com/he-served-th...
He Served Those Who Served: Portrait of a Man Named Pretti
It’s better to not know heroes exist than to find out they did only after they’re gone.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.

It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
If you’re a grown ass man in full tactical gear asking a child to show you ID or proof of citizenship you failed at life. Utterly & completely failed. Loser.
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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sharonk.bsky.social
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."

- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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mckonomy.bsky.social
I'm speechless. I can't find the words to describe how awful this is. A humiliation for the United States.
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
bettyruthryan.bsky.social
News headlines from Davos should only read: “Trump gives nonsensical, racist speech”.

Acting as though there was any discernible policy/position/thought in that is equally nonsensical.
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
bettyruthryan.bsky.social
I don’t know what the Europeans should do re: actual policy, but these leaders could start by laughing him off stage. Trump is absolutely bonkers and unfit in every way for the world stage.
January 21, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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theonion.com
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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monscience.bsky.social
You can either have Medicaid or Greenland. You can't have both.

📝: Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, Abigail Williams and Monica Alba

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Buying Greenland could cost as much as $700 billion
The estimate is part of planning around Trump’s efforts to bring Greenland into the U.S. fold, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio tasked with crafting a proposal to purchase the semi-autonomous Dani...
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM