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Chicago area. Music, the arts and science inspire and employ me. I will not be a cat's paw for this autocracy; there will be no blind, repetitive acquiescence.
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· Nov 17
Not gonna be a cat's paw, giving it up over and over; no acquiescence.
Le Singe et le Chat, Fontaine's Fables (illus. Grandville)
Le Singe et le Chat, Fontaine's Fables (illus. Grandville)
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Outside the Twin Cities this morning, where it is -19F—
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
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This is literally illegal btw
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This is literally illegal btw
Bessent initiating a blatant, and lame, divide and conquer strategy on yet another alliance.
get the fuck out of my country
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Bessent initiating a blatant, and lame, divide and conquer strategy on yet another alliance.
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Republicans’ SAVE Act strategy, as described, would punish millions of women voters by exploiting name-change documentation mismatches right before the 2026 midterms—creating a voter suppression crisis under the guise of “election integrity.”
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Republicans Will Detonate Their Secret Weapon at the Midnight Hour to Stop Women from Voting
The Republican Senate will pass the SAVE Act at the midnight hour before the midterms, and tens of millions of women will discover their names don’t match their birth certificates when fixing the cris...
substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Republicans’ SAVE Act strategy, as described, would punish millions of women voters by exploiting name-change documentation mismatches right before the 2026 midterms—creating a voter suppression crisis under the guise of “election integrity.”
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Fun fact: the US is the only NATO member to ever invoke Article 5, which they did after 9/11.
Trump: “Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.”
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Fun fact: the US is the only NATO member to ever invoke Article 5, which they did after 9/11.
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Our community deserves someone willing to stand up and deliver impactful leadership. And yet Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez, along with 6 other Democrats in the House, just voted through a funding bill that will give ICE billions of dollars with minimal guardrails.
1/6
1/6
January 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Our community deserves someone willing to stand up and deliver impactful leadership. And yet Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez, along with 6 other Democrats in the House, just voted through a funding bill that will give ICE billions of dollars with minimal guardrails.
1/6
1/6
Nice.
Unitarians, Baptists, Reconstructionists, to name a few, come together against ICE, on the streets.
Unitarians, Baptists, Reconstructionists, to name a few, come together against ICE, on the streets.
NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Nice.
Unitarians, Baptists, Reconstructionists, to name a few, come together against ICE, on the streets.
Unitarians, Baptists, Reconstructionists, to name a few, come together against ICE, on the streets.
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“We got good reviews of that speech,” Trump told a Davos room full of fawning and applauding collaborationist American CEOs whom he’d kept waiting on their feet for over an hour. “Usually they say he’s a horrible dictator type person. But sometimes you need a dictator.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Wine, Water and No Chairs: Inside Trump’s Private Reception With CEOs in Davos
Apple’s Tim Cook, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and dozens more CEOs stood and waited for over an hour for a meet and greet with the president.
www.wsj.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM
“We got good reviews of that speech,” Trump told a Davos room full of fawning and applauding collaborationist American CEOs whom he’d kept waiting on their feet for over an hour. “Usually they say he’s a horrible dictator type person. But sometimes you need a dictator.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
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Vice President JD Vance will visit Minneapolis today to show support for immigration agents, whose aggressive tactics have drawn weeks of outcry since an ICE officer shot dead Renee Good, a 37-year-old citizen and mother of three reut.rs/4jTntQR
Vance heads to Minnesota as tensions rise after school says children detained by ICE
Vice President JD Vance will visit Minneapolis on Thursday to show support for U.S. immigration agents who have been met with throngs of demonstrators conducting their own patrols.
reut.rs
January 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Vice President JD Vance will visit Minneapolis today to show support for immigration agents, whose aggressive tactics have drawn weeks of outcry since an ICE officer shot dead Renee Good, a 37-year-old citizen and mother of three reut.rs/4jTntQR
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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🇬🇱🇺🇸 U.S., Danish, and NATO officials are discussing a framework for expanded American military access in Greenland, - NYT
The proposal would grant the United States sovereignty over limited areas of Greenland to build and operate military bases.
The proposal would grant the United States sovereignty over limited areas of Greenland to build and operate military bases.
January 21, 2026 at 9:39 PM
🇬🇱🇺🇸 U.S., Danish, and NATO officials are discussing a framework for expanded American military access in Greenland, - NYT
The proposal would grant the United States sovereignty over limited areas of Greenland to build and operate military bases.
The proposal would grant the United States sovereignty over limited areas of Greenland to build and operate military bases.
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Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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Theory: Rutte has presented the status quo of Greenland (US can do what it wants militarily, and can easily access resources) to Trump as an exciting new deal. Trump is too stupid to realize this was the status quo, and so is very excited.
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Theory: Rutte has presented the status quo of Greenland (US can do what it wants militarily, and can easily access resources) to Trump as an exciting new deal. Trump is too stupid to realize this was the status quo, and so is very excited.
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Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
A no shit sherlock moment, backed by data.
KEN GRIFFIN, on tariffs:
“.. Unfortunately, the most recent research indicates the tax been borne by both American consumers and by American businesses. So the money raised by Washington in the tariffs has really come at the expense of the American people.”
@cnbc.com
“.. Unfortunately, the most recent research indicates the tax been borne by both American consumers and by American businesses. So the money raised by Washington in the tariffs has really come at the expense of the American people.”
@cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
A no shit sherlock moment, backed by data.
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He is 100% threatening to use force. He still might not, but a headline that accepts this as a climb-down from force is simply inaccurate. And his word means nothing anyway.
Yes, this is my overwhelming impression listening to it. He repeatedly demanded full ownership of Greenland, and made an explicit threat to punish the Europeans if they don't give in. He then threatened to punish Canada over its prime minister's speech!
If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
He is 100% threatening to use force. He still might not, but a headline that accepts this as a climb-down from force is simply inaccurate. And his word means nothing anyway.
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BREAKING: The European Parliament suspended work on a trade deal between the 27-member bloc and the US following Trump's repeated requests to take control over Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory reut.rs/4bbpqGm
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
BREAKING: The European Parliament suspended work on a trade deal between the 27-member bloc and the US following Trump's repeated requests to take control over Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory reut.rs/4bbpqGm
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The president demanded “immediate negotiations” to annex the island, insisting he would “remember” if Denmark refused to hand the territory over.
TACO Trump Delivers Watered-Down Ultimatum Over Greenland
The president’s warning came as he withdrew his threats of military force to take over the world’s biggest island.
trib.al
January 21, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The president demanded “immediate negotiations” to annex the island, insisting he would “remember” if Denmark refused to hand the territory over.