Walter M.
Walter M.
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WHICH WAY IS UP? (1977) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 34m (TCM Premiere)
(Black History Month | Directed by Michael Schultz Part 2)

Richard Pryor, Lonette Mckee, Margaret Avery; directed by Michael Schultz

A farmworker heads west, but juggling his job and relationships leads to comic chaos

#TCM #TCMParty
Which Way is Up? (1977)
www.tcm.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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One of these days, people will look back on these sports betting ads like we do on the ads for patent medicines featuring cocaine.
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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In America’s most famous Haitian community, everyone is now forced to just hunker down and wait for the Supreme Court to say when it is okay to come and try to deport them.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/waiting-fo...
Waiting For Judgment in Springfield, Ohio
Harsh times for America's most famous Haitian community.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Saving the Wilbur Cohen frescoes is about more than a building―Trump's demolition is a part of his scheme to erase the true history of our Social Security system.

Read the full article here:
It’s Been Called the ‘Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.’ Don’t Destroy It.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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There's no reforming the Gestapo. Dismantle and de-Nazify NOW!
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:

End the roving patrols and racial profiling.

Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.

Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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An 11-year-old girl from Columbia Heights remains in ICE detention at the Dilley, Texas facility — where measles cases have been reported — sparking concern among family, community members and advocates.
Columbia Heights girl, 11, remains in ICE detention in Texas during measles outbreak
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano was detained nearly a month ago with her mother on their way to school in Columbia Heights, the same district as 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos. A measles outbreak at the deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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His enablers shouldn't be allowed to skip away from this to become edgy pundits on the lecture circuit. We really need to agree the penalty now for people who'll go 'ha ha it was an open secret he had dementia'.
Just. Fucking. Insane.

When his disaster comes - because crazy people like Trump cause disasters - the current GOP and every Trump supporter will own it, and will have to atone, forever
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Now reading - The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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This is awesome.
January 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.

They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.

They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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“What’s happening at the dirty movie place?” Throughout February the New Beverly pays tribute to its previous era as the Eros, a theatre dedicated to erotic cinema from around the globe.
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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That's a brave human being.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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For YEARS I've been on the forefront of trying to pass real privacy reforms to stop an agency like Trump's ICE from weaponizing your private data. Now it's happened, but it's not too late to act. If you care about this as much as I do, please let your members of Congress know.
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Reading for the Uncanny Magazine Poll?

Try the short story "The Prodigal Mother (excerpt from Lessons in Magic and Disaster)" by Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

buff.ly/sfUCMZg
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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A Peter Sellers double bill in 35mm! Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) screens at 7:30pm with Hal Ashby's Being There (1979) at 9:35pm daily through this Thursday, January 29th.
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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ATLANTIC: “Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, CA, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official + two people with knowledge of the change.”
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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The mayor of Buffalo is signing his first executive order today; its barring ICE from using city resources to "assist" in their reign of terror. After decades of Byron Brown, it feels nice to have a mayor that cares. Because Brown wouls ABSOLUTELY be collaborating with ICE
January 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Rise and Resist is a NONVIOLENT direct action group in NYC, which is committed to opposing, disrupting, and defeating any government act that threatens democracy, equality, and our civil liberties.

Click link below to sign up for the RaR General Meeting Zoom link
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM