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SEIU, which represents nearly 2 million workers around US, are holding Friday actions in solidarity with the Minnesota economic blackout, from the Twin Cities to Orlando, to Columbus, to Phoenix, to Seattle, to Boston, to LA, to New York.
January 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
SEIU, which represents nearly 2 million workers around US, are holding Friday actions in solidarity with the Minnesota economic blackout, from the Twin Cities to Orlando, to Columbus, to Phoenix, to Seattle, to Boston, to LA, to New York.
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Listen to me... all the people we have been warned not to trust
The Horny
The Poor
The rebellious
The agitator
The unusual
The Punk
The disenfranchised
embody prophetic urgency in the earth realm
The Horny
The Poor
The rebellious
The agitator
The unusual
The Punk
The disenfranchised
embody prophetic urgency in the earth realm
You ever notice how sex workers are always on the front lines of this sort of thing?
January 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Listen to me... all the people we have been warned not to trust
The Horny
The Poor
The rebellious
The agitator
The unusual
The Punk
The disenfranchised
embody prophetic urgency in the earth realm
The Horny
The Poor
The rebellious
The agitator
The unusual
The Punk
The disenfranchised
embody prophetic urgency in the earth realm
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
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This is appalling and not how public health leaders typically respond to ongoing outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases.
“Not really,” said Ralph Abraham... “You know, it’s just the cost of doing business, with our borders being somewhat porous [and] global and international travel.”
“Not really,” said Ralph Abraham... “You know, it’s just the cost of doing business, with our borders being somewhat porous [and] global and international travel.”
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This is appalling and not how public health leaders typically respond to ongoing outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases.
“Not really,” said Ralph Abraham... “You know, it’s just the cost of doing business, with our borders being somewhat porous [and] global and international travel.”
“Not really,” said Ralph Abraham... “You know, it’s just the cost of doing business, with our borders being somewhat porous [and] global and international travel.”
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I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
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MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota
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not doom scrolling I just want to be here when it happens alright
January 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
not doom scrolling I just want to be here when it happens alright
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@prisonpolicy.org shows that immigration detention relies heavily on local jails, not just standalone ICE facilities. these are the same jails holding people pretrial, cycling them through for short (highly destabilizing) stays, already dealing with overcrowding www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/12...
New ICE arrest data show the power of state and local governments to curtail mass deportations
Using fresh data on ICE arrests through mid-October from the Deportation Data Project, we examine how jails continue to facilitate mass deportation, spotlighting important opportunities ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
@prisonpolicy.org shows that immigration detention relies heavily on local jails, not just standalone ICE facilities. these are the same jails holding people pretrial, cycling them through for short (highly destabilizing) stays, already dealing with overcrowding www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/12...
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i think for some there’s a comforting fiction that ICE operates in some separate universe from “regular” policing, but immigration enforcement is tightly stitched into local jails and policing, whether officials admit it or not www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic96...
Minneapolis Mayor Tells ICE to Get Out of Minnesota
YouTube video by C-SPAN
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
i think for some there’s a comforting fiction that ICE operates in some separate universe from “regular” policing, but immigration enforcement is tightly stitched into local jails and policing, whether officials admit it or not www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic96...
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“These are the domestic weaknesses that helped to make the country susceptible to becoming a concentration camp regime.” degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-a...
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“These are the domestic weaknesses that helped to make the country susceptible to becoming a concentration camp regime.” degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-a...
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
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I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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The original concentration camps didn't start as death camps. But they did kill a lot of people through neglect, malnutrition, disease, and individual murders.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
nbcnews.to
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The original concentration camps didn't start as death camps. But they did kill a lot of people through neglect, malnutrition, disease, and individual murders.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
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modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
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Police brutality is a disability issue. Here's just one example. www.wowt.com/2026/01/17/d...
Deaf man shot, killed by police couldn’t hear officers’ commands, family says
The family of a man shot and killed by Danville police over the weekend says he was deaf and unable to hear officers’ commands.
www.wowt.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Police brutality is a disability issue. Here's just one example. www.wowt.com/2026/01/17/d...
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Black and brown people famously have never worked
January 19, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Black and brown people famously have never worked
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We know that people are being horrendously abused in these facilities. It will take a long time for us to figure out exactly what that abuse looks like. But we can’t say that we didn’t know.
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
We know that people are being horrendously abused in these facilities. It will take a long time for us to figure out exactly what that abuse looks like. But we can’t say that we didn’t know.
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The attached reporting casts the relationship as consensual. But consent is not operative between concentration camp guards and their prisoners.
January 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The attached reporting casts the relationship as consensual. But consent is not operative between concentration camp guards and their prisoners.
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In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
Contract detention officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee at ICE facility in Basile
A former ICE detention officer pleaded guilty Monday to the sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan detainee at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, according to court documents obtained by WBRZ.
www.wbrz.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
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"…Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical needs is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence. Even the lack of willpower to help humanity is a sick and Sinister form of violence."
— Coretta Scott King, 1968
— Coretta Scott King, 1968
April 25, 2024 at 4:37 AM
"…Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical needs is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence. Even the lack of willpower to help humanity is a sick and Sinister form of violence."
— Coretta Scott King, 1968
— Coretta Scott King, 1968
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"Poverty can produce the most deadly kind of violence in this society; violence against poor people and minority groups is routine. I remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her child is violence…
April 25, 2024 at 4:36 AM
"Poverty can produce the most deadly kind of violence in this society; violence against poor people and minority groups is routine. I remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her child is violence…
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Minneapolis AFL-CIO and several Minnesota labor bodies have called for a General Strike on Friday to protest ICE's occupation of the city.
Solidarity actions are planned in several cities as the movement could go national.
paydayreport.com/minneapolis-...
Solidarity actions are planned in several cities as the movement could go national.
paydayreport.com/minneapolis-...
Minneapolis AFL-CIO Calls for General Strike on Friday as Movement Spreads to Other Cities
This weekend, the Minneapolis AFL-CIO endorsed a measure calling for a general strike in response to ICE’s continued operations and raids in Minneapolis on Friday, January 23.
paydayreport.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Minneapolis AFL-CIO and several Minnesota labor bodies have called for a General Strike on Friday to protest ICE's occupation of the city.
Solidarity actions are planned in several cities as the movement could go national.
paydayreport.com/minneapolis-...
Solidarity actions are planned in several cities as the movement could go national.
paydayreport.com/minneapolis-...