@ccpotts.bsky.social
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*record scratch* *freeze frame* newrepublic.com/article/2054...
The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance
The city’s rapid mobilization against ICE was aided greatly by a community with well-worn connections and a tradition of mutual aid. You can—and should—start building this resilience where you live.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last Message
"Man has the capacity to do right as well as wrong, and his history is a path upward, not downward.
The past is strewn with the ruins of the empires of tyranny, and each is a monument to his capacity to overcome them.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
"Man has the capacity to do right as well as wrong, and his history is a path upward, not downward.
The past is strewn with the ruins of the empires of tyranny, and each is a monument to his capacity to overcome them.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
MLK's Final Message
"People are often surprised to learn
that I am an optimist."
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last Message
"Man has the capacity to do right as well as wrong, and his history is a path upward, not downward.
The past is strewn with the ruins of the empires of tyranny, and each is a monument to his capacity to overcome them.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
"Man has the capacity to do right as well as wrong, and his history is a path upward, not downward.
The past is strewn with the ruins of the empires of tyranny, and each is a monument to his capacity to overcome them.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around his throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around his throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
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This is one I could get behind.
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
This is one I could get behind.
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The people on the Epstein list need to face the music.
Share to keep the spotlight on these criminals.
Share to keep the spotlight on these criminals.
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The people on the Epstein list need to face the music.
Share to keep the spotlight on these criminals.
Share to keep the spotlight on these criminals.
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We’re gonna need a bigger meme.
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM
We’re gonna need a bigger meme.
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The news cycle isn't slowing down and neither is Democracy Docket. Its team of 22 works around the clock to bring you the news you need to know — always from a pro-democracy, pro-voter perspective. Support its mission today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The news cycle isn't slowing down and neither is Democracy Docket. Its team of 22 works around the clock to bring you the news you need to know — always from a pro-democracy, pro-voter perspective. Support its mission today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over.
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over.
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
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A federal judge has barred USDA from cutting funds to help Minnesota administer its SNAP program.
January 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
A federal judge has barred USDA from cutting funds to help Minnesota administer its SNAP program.
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The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one
For my fellow brokies, though:
For my fellow brokies, though:
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
web.archive.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one
For my fellow brokies, though:
For my fellow brokies, though:
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Republicans will freeze assistance for you to feed your family if they find out you send a few hundred dollars to family outside this country.
Yet they make laws to help billionaires move money out of our economy to offshore bank accounts with no penalties.
Make it make sense for Americans.
Yet they make laws to help billionaires move money out of our economy to offshore bank accounts with no penalties.
Make it make sense for Americans.
January 13, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Republicans will freeze assistance for you to feed your family if they find out you send a few hundred dollars to family outside this country.
Yet they make laws to help billionaires move money out of our economy to offshore bank accounts with no penalties.
Make it make sense for Americans.
Yet they make laws to help billionaires move money out of our economy to offshore bank accounts with no penalties.
Make it make sense for Americans.
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PAM BONDI, RELEASE THE FILES!
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
PAM BONDI, RELEASE THE FILES!
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If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes Republican policy.
January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes Republican policy.