Joel Federman
@joelfederman.bsky.social
Professor and Chair, Department of Transformative Social Change, Saybrook University. Pronouns: he/him. San Francisco/Cleveland. Posts reflect my personal views.
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San Francisco solidarity with Minneapolis. Emergency protest against ICE killing of Alex Pretti.
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When a flag from every nation in this hemisphere can walk across a football field together and the only words you need are the ones he gave us:
The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
Over 100 million people saw that tonight.
And no Truth Social post can take it away.
The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
Over 100 million people saw that tonight.
And no Truth Social post can take it away.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
When a flag from every nation in this hemisphere can walk across a football field together and the only words you need are the ones he gave us:
The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
Over 100 million people saw that tonight.
And no Truth Social post can take it away.
The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
Over 100 million people saw that tonight.
And no Truth Social post can take it away.
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Hate is an inheritance nobody asks for, & yet it gets passed down just the same.
Bad Bunny didn’t say “ICE out” tonight. He didn’t need to. He just showed the world what America looks like when we’re not afraid of each other. When culture is shared, not policed. When language is music, not a threat.
Bad Bunny didn’t say “ICE out” tonight. He didn’t need to. He just showed the world what America looks like when we’re not afraid of each other. When culture is shared, not policed. When language is music, not a threat.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Hate is an inheritance nobody asks for, & yet it gets passed down just the same.
Bad Bunny didn’t say “ICE out” tonight. He didn’t need to. He just showed the world what America looks like when we’re not afraid of each other. When culture is shared, not policed. When language is music, not a threat.
Bad Bunny didn’t say “ICE out” tonight. He didn’t need to. He just showed the world what America looks like when we’re not afraid of each other. When culture is shared, not policed. When language is music, not a threat.
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The man who is supposed to represent all of us looked at the flags of our neighbors, heard the language of 500 million Americans across this hemisphere, and felt attacked. That’s not strength. That’s not patriotism. That is poverty of the soul.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The man who is supposed to represent all of us looked at the flags of our neighbors, heard the language of 500 million Americans across this hemisphere, and felt attacked. That’s not strength. That’s not patriotism. That is poverty of the soul.
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The leader of the free world watched a celebration of love, culture, and everything this hemisphere has given to the world, and all he could see was something foreign. Something threatening. Something disgusting.
Let that sink into your bones.
Let that sink into your bones.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The leader of the free world watched a celebration of love, culture, and everything this hemisphere has given to the world, and all he could see was something foreign. Something threatening. Something disgusting.
Let that sink into your bones.
Let that sink into your bones.
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“Together, we are America” into the ground. Not with anger. With joy. With love so big it made hate look exactly as small as it is.
What did the President do? Called it “absolutely terrible.” He said “nobody understands a word this guy is saying.” He called it “a slap in the face to our Country.”
What did the President do? Called it “absolutely terrible.” He said “nobody understands a word this guy is saying.” He called it “a slap in the face to our Country.”
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“Together, we are America” into the ground. Not with anger. With joy. With love so big it made hate look exactly as small as it is.
What did the President do? Called it “absolutely terrible.” He said “nobody understands a word this guy is saying.” He called it “a slap in the face to our Country.”
What did the President do? Called it “absolutely terrible.” He said “nobody understands a word this guy is saying.” He called it “a slap in the face to our Country.”
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That when the moment came, when the whole world was watching, a Puerto Rican kid who grew up to become the most-streamed artist on Earth stood in front of 100 million people, sang in his mother’s language, blessed every nation in the Americas, and spiked a football that read:
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
That when the moment came, when the whole world was watching, a Puerto Rican kid who grew up to become the most-streamed artist on Earth stood in front of 100 million people, sang in his mother’s language, blessed every nation in the Americas, and spiked a football that read:
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The messy, beautiful, multilingual, multicolored, courageous one. The one that has always been built by hands that speak every language and pray in every tongue and come from every corner of this hemisphere.
That is the America I want Jack and Charlotte to know.
That is the America I want Jack and Charlotte to know.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The messy, beautiful, multilingual, multicolored, courageous one. The one that has always been built by hands that speak every language and pray in every tongue and come from every corner of this hemisphere.
That is the America I want Jack and Charlotte to know.
That is the America I want Jack and Charlotte to know.
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“THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE.”
I teared up. I’m not ashamed to say it. I sat on my couch and I wept because THAT is the America I believe in. That is the American story, not the sanitized, gated, English-only version that small and frightened people try to sell us. The REAL one.
I teared up. I’m not ashamed to say it. I sat on my couch and I wept because THAT is the America I believe in. That is the American story, not the sanitized, gated, English-only version that small and frightened people try to sell us. The REAL one.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE.”
I teared up. I’m not ashamed to say it. I sat on my couch and I wept because THAT is the America I believe in. That is the American story, not the sanitized, gated, English-only version that small and frightened people try to sell us. The REAL one.
I teared up. I’m not ashamed to say it. I sat on my couch and I wept because THAT is the America I believe in. That is the American story, not the sanitized, gated, English-only version that small and frightened people try to sell us. The REAL one.
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And then, his voice breaking with everything he carries, “Mi patria, Puerto Rico. Seguimos aquí.” My homeland, Puerto Rico. We are still here.
The flags came. Every single one of them. Carried across that field by dancers and musicians while the jumbotron lit up with the only words that mattered:
The flags came. Every single one of them. Carried across that field by dancers and musicians while the jumbotron lit up with the only words that mattered:
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
And then, his voice breaking with everything he carries, “Mi patria, Puerto Rico. Seguimos aquí.” My homeland, Puerto Rico. We are still here.
The flags came. Every single one of them. Carried across that field by dancers and musicians while the jumbotron lit up with the only words that mattered:
The flags came. Every single one of them. Carried across that field by dancers and musicians while the jumbotron lit up with the only words that mattered:
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Chile. Argentina. Uruguay. Paraguay. Bolivia. Peru. Ecuador. Brazil. Colombia. Venezuela. Panama. Costa Rica. Nicaragua. Honduras. El Salvador. Guatemala. Mexico. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Jamaica. The United States. Canada.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Chile. Argentina. Uruguay. Paraguay. Bolivia. Peru. Ecuador. Brazil. Colombia. Venezuela. Panama. Costa Rica. Nicaragua. Honduras. El Salvador. Guatemala. Mexico. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Jamaica. The United States. Canada.
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And then this man, this son of a truck driver and a schoolteacher from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, stood on the biggest stage on the planet and said “God bless America.”
And then he started naming them.
And then he started naming them.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
And then this man, this son of a truck driver and a schoolteacher from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, stood on the biggest stage on the planet and said “God bless America.”
And then he started naming them.
And then he started naming them.
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I watched Bad Bunny deliver the most American halftime show I have ever seen. Then I came home and watched it again. And I am not okay. In the best possible way.
He sang every single word in Spanish. Every. Single. Word.
He sang every single word in Spanish. Every. Single. Word.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I watched Bad Bunny deliver the most American halftime show I have ever seen. Then I came home and watched it again. And I am not okay. In the best possible way.
He sang every single word in Spanish. Every. Single. Word.
He sang every single word in Spanish. Every. Single. Word.
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The ending to Bad Bunny's halftime show:
"The only thing more powerful than hate is love"
"Together, we are America"
"The only thing more powerful than hate is love"
"Together, we are America"
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The ending to Bad Bunny's halftime show:
"The only thing more powerful than hate is love"
"Together, we are America"
"The only thing more powerful than hate is love"
"Together, we are America"
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Bad Bunny made it clear at the Super Bowl that his global popularity translates seamlessly to the biggest U.S. stage, AP's Maria Sherman writes in her review of the halftime show.
#APPhotos by Matt Slocum and Charlie Riedel
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#APPhotos by Matt Slocum and Charlie Riedel
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February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Bad Bunny made it clear at the Super Bowl that his global popularity translates seamlessly to the biggest U.S. stage, AP's Maria Sherman writes in her review of the halftime show.
#APPhotos by Matt Slocum and Charlie Riedel
bit.ly/4tqcdjg
#APPhotos by Matt Slocum and Charlie Riedel
bit.ly/4tqcdjg
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From Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime performance.
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
From Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime performance.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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Via @mprnews.org
Indigenous-led demonstration serves ICE symbolic 'eviction notice'
During a demonstration at the Henry Whipple Federal Building Saturday, Indigenous activists pointed out the ‘bitter irony’ that the federal government is detaining people on a site where Dakota famili...
www.mprnews.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Via @mprnews.org
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The sheriffs….
🚨Minneapolis Sheriffs aggressively push ICE protesters into a corner, using their police vehicles to threaten running them over to get them to move.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The sheriffs….
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
Thank you, @donlemonofficial.bsky.social, for your courage in the face of censorship, and for joining us in NYC as our special opening guest.
HRC is proud to stand with you, and will always defend a free press.
Thank you, @donlemonofficial.bsky.social, for your courage in the face of censorship, and for joining us in NYC as our special opening guest.
HRC is proud to stand with you, and will always defend a free press.
February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
Thank you, @donlemonofficial.bsky.social, for your courage in the face of censorship, and for joining us in NYC as our special opening guest.
HRC is proud to stand with you, and will always defend a free press.
Thank you, @donlemonofficial.bsky.social, for your courage in the face of censorship, and for joining us in NYC as our special opening guest.
HRC is proud to stand with you, and will always defend a free press.
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"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
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New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
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February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
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Listen, people: We cannot have secret police in the U.S.
Masks are intended to stifle any accountability by ICE/CBP operatives.
It is indefensible in a functional democracy.
Period. Full stop.
Masks are intended to stifle any accountability by ICE/CBP operatives.
It is indefensible in a functional democracy.
Period. Full stop.
February 7, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Listen, people: We cannot have secret police in the U.S.
Masks are intended to stifle any accountability by ICE/CBP operatives.
It is indefensible in a functional democracy.
Period. Full stop.
Masks are intended to stifle any accountability by ICE/CBP operatives.
It is indefensible in a functional democracy.
Period. Full stop.
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Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.