Impractical Proposals - Liberty & Justice for ALL.
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Writer-editor-photographer. Lifelong activist & Democratic Party dissident. Neoliberalism spent, Trumpism shredding government & Constitution, & capitalism raping planet: what comes next? Democracy, community, equality, saving planet: Devil's in details.
States can hold the Federal government accountable.
A Legal Tool for Holding ICE Agents to Account, Hiding in Plain Sight
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
States can hold the Federal government accountable.
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Texas Senate District 9 over the years ⬇️
2022 ➡️ 🔴 Republican wins by 20 points
2024 ➡️ 🔴 Trump wins by 17 points
2026 ➡️ 🔵 Democrat wins by 14 points
We can compete and win anywhere. But we MUST show up and vote! TEXAS your primaries are on Tuesday, March 3!
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
2022 ➡️ 🔴 Republican wins by 20 points
2024 ➡️ 🔴 Trump wins by 17 points
2026 ➡️ 🔵 Democrat wins by 14 points
We can compete and win anywhere. But we MUST show up and vote! TEXAS your primaries are on Tuesday, March 3!
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
Democrat wins special election for red Texas Senate seat
With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.
www.texastribune.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Texas Senate District 9 over the years ⬇️
2022 ➡️ 🔴 Republican wins by 20 points
2024 ➡️ 🔴 Trump wins by 17 points
2026 ➡️ 🔵 Democrat wins by 14 points
We can compete and win anywhere. But we MUST show up and vote! TEXAS your primaries are on Tuesday, March 3!
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
2022 ➡️ 🔴 Republican wins by 20 points
2024 ➡️ 🔴 Trump wins by 17 points
2026 ➡️ 🔵 Democrat wins by 14 points
We can compete and win anywhere. But we MUST show up and vote! TEXAS your primaries are on Tuesday, March 3!
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
In case you missed it:
One possible housing crisis solution? A new kind of public housing for all income levels
Maryland's Montgomery County is building mixed-income apartments in which people who can afford to pay market rate allow other renters to pay less. Cities and states nationwide are taking up the idea.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
In case you missed it:
Americans have an advantage over the "good Germans." Germany didn't have 80 years of histories, social studies, memoirs, fiction, plays and musicals on the evils of fascism.
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Americans have an advantage over the "good Germans." Germany didn't have 80 years of histories, social studies, memoirs, fiction, plays and musicals on the evils of fascism.
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Yes, Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable.
https://trib.al/z9gnYeW
https://trib.al/z9gnYeW
How the Billionaires Took Over America
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.
trib.al
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yes, Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable.
https://trib.al/z9gnYeW
https://trib.al/z9gnYeW
This should happen everywhere.
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This should happen everywhere.
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The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
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WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
Expanding territorial power for a class of transnational elites who believe they’re above the law. #mustread
Opinion | Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Expanding territorial power for a class of transnational elites who believe they’re above the law. #mustread
Boy's still got it.
Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge
open.spotify.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Boy's still got it.
“It’s obvious that workers can no longer count on the Department of Labor to serve their interests or offer any defense against an historically anti-union, anti-labor, authoritarian administration.”
A Piece of Work | Kim Kelly
Workers can no longer count on the Department of Labor.
thebaffler.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 AM
“It’s obvious that workers can no longer count on the Department of Labor to serve their interests or offer any defense against an historically anti-union, anti-labor, authoritarian administration.”
Only a future of general strikes involving large-scale disruptions has the chance of stopping Trump’s forces.
We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How
A day before Alex Pretti’s brutal killing by federal agents in the Minneapolis steets, Minnesota showed us a way forward: the general strike.
theintercept.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Only a future of general strikes involving large-scale disruptions has the chance of stopping Trump’s forces.
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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
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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
Stay free
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.
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 28, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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.
An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility — many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go,” according to an attorney who witnessed the event.
Immigrant Children Lead Uprising at Texas Detention Center
The immigrant jail, where many children are detained, has "horrible" conditions, including "putrid" drinking water.
truthout.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility — many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go,” according to an attorney who witnessed the event.
Patronize your locally-owned coffee house.
Louisiana Starbucks Workers: ‘No Contract, No Coffee!’
Baristas in River Ridge, Louisiana, are among more than 1,000 employees who have gone on strike against unfair labor practices.
progressive.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Patronize your locally-owned coffee house.
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to state violence.
This Could Be the Moment MAGA Collapses
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to st...
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to state violence.
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to state violence.
This Could Be the Moment MAGA Collapses
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to st...
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to state violence.
"Overwhelming evidence shows that immigrants do not cost the government in resources any more than citizens cost. What is costly, however, is arbitrarily rounding them up, detaining them and deporting them. Opening borders would actually alleviate resource strains."
What Trump is forgetting: American nations have a long history of open borders | Daniel Mendiola
The US cites the ‘wisdom’ of historical immigration policy. But nation states in the Americas have spent more time with open borders than closed
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 AM
"Overwhelming evidence shows that immigrants do not cost the government in resources any more than citizens cost. What is costly, however, is arbitrarily rounding them up, detaining them and deporting them. Opening borders would actually alleviate resource strains."
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Organized labor reacted immediately to Pretti’s execution with rage and anguish, including the National Nurses United (NNU), which said Monday afternoon it is holding a national week of action, including vigils every night. “ICE messed with the wrong profession,” NNU President Mary Turner said.
Organized Labor Escalates Against ICE Summary Executions - The American Prospect
Unions in Minnesota and across the country have spent the days after an immigration officer murdered Alex Pretti discussing how to escalate, including toward a national general strike.
prospect.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Organized labor reacted immediately to Pretti’s execution with rage and anguish, including the National Nurses United (NNU), which said Monday afternoon it is holding a national week of action, including vigils every night. “ICE messed with the wrong profession,” NNU President Mary Turner said.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites. This is a dangerous game. But looked at properly it is not irrational. And it can be beaten.
Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites. This is a dangerous game. But looked at properly it is not irrational. And it can be beaten.