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Human rights, civil rights, equal justice under the law
Baseball, soccer, hockey
SD Padres, SJ Sharks, SJ EarthQuakes, SDFC, ArsenalFC (Oakland A's RIP)
Most things Trek, Silver-, bronze-age Marvel comics
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Human rights, civil rights, equal justice under the law
Baseball, soccer, hockey
SD Padres, SJ Sharks, SJ EarthQuakes, SDFC, ArsenalFC (Oakland A's RIP)
Most things Trek, Silver-, bronze-age Marvel comics
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As a Minneapolis, Minnesota native son (living most of his life in California), my heart goes out to the family and friends of the woman murdered by ICE today.
As if you didn't realize this back in June of 2020, you do not fuck around with people from Minneapolis. Very low tolerance of bullshittery
As if you didn't realize this back in June of 2020, you do not fuck around with people from Minneapolis. Very low tolerance of bullshittery
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Yes because what Star Trek needs is to give an 90 year old actor who was most famous in the 60s total creative control. Jesus fucking Christ these people are fucking insufferable idiots who can’t think beyond when they were 2 years old. Fuck off you Nazi scum.
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Yes because what Star Trek needs is to give an 90 year old actor who was most famous in the 60s total creative control. Jesus fucking Christ these people are fucking insufferable idiots who can’t think beyond when they were 2 years old. Fuck off you Nazi scum.
how to face the horrors now - may all be protected from harm www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/496b0dbd-a...
how to face the horrors of now
feel, then do
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
how to face the horrors now - may all be protected from harm www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/496b0dbd-a...
Personal historical fun fact:
My (Jewish) grandparents settled in North Minneapolis in the 1910s after immigrating from Ukraine. After my father and uncle came home from WW2, many Jews began moving out of North Minneapolis for the suburbs such as St Louis Park.
Twin Cities, stay strong!
My (Jewish) grandparents settled in North Minneapolis in the 1910s after immigrating from Ukraine. After my father and uncle came home from WW2, many Jews began moving out of North Minneapolis for the suburbs such as St Louis Park.
Twin Cities, stay strong!
For people outside Minneapolis: North is the historically Black part of the city. It's been heavily disinvested from, gutted by the 2008 mortgage crisis, and got hit by a tornado which did damage you can still see from aerial photos. It's no mistake ICE is going after more vulnerable populations.
i feel for the people of north minneapolis if they’re about to become a protest hot spot from outside the neighborhoods. this is an area often neglected and ignored by even its own elected officials. people not from over north should really be judicious in how they act coming over there
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Personal historical fun fact:
My (Jewish) grandparents settled in North Minneapolis in the 1910s after immigrating from Ukraine. After my father and uncle came home from WW2, many Jews began moving out of North Minneapolis for the suburbs such as St Louis Park.
Twin Cities, stay strong!
My (Jewish) grandparents settled in North Minneapolis in the 1910s after immigrating from Ukraine. After my father and uncle came home from WW2, many Jews began moving out of North Minneapolis for the suburbs such as St Louis Park.
Twin Cities, stay strong!
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telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to
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Stunning interview with observers Patty O’Keefe & Brandon Siguenza who were snatched off the streets of Minneapolis yesterday.
This is Jana Shortal's weeknight show, Breaking the News Plus, on @kare11.bsky.social. Watch all 17 minutes.
This is Jana Shortal's weeknight show, Breaking the News Plus, on @kare11.bsky.social. Watch all 17 minutes.
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Stunning interview with observers Patty O’Keefe & Brandon Siguenza who were snatched off the streets of Minneapolis yesterday.
This is Jana Shortal's weeknight show, Breaking the News Plus, on @kare11.bsky.social. Watch all 17 minutes.
This is Jana Shortal's weeknight show, Breaking the News Plus, on @kare11.bsky.social. Watch all 17 minutes.
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Set by a 19 year old white suprematist who has been arrested. What an unimaginable & terrifying time we are living through.
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Set by a 19 year old white suprematist who has been arrested. What an unimaginable & terrifying time we are living through.
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Someone set fire to the only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Someone set fire to the only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.
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What an incredible comeback for #SJSharks today against Dallas.
Not only do I love to see the Sharks beat Dallas but the way Dallas goalie DeSmith slams & shatters his stick on the ice while Shark players are streaming off the bench & dog-piling Toffoli after scoring the GWG is
Not only do I love to see the Sharks beat Dallas but the way Dallas goalie DeSmith slams & shatters his stick on the ice while Shark players are streaming off the bench & dog-piling Toffoli after scoring the GWG is
January 10, 2026 at 11:55 PM
What an incredible comeback for #SJSharks today against Dallas.
Not only do I love to see the Sharks beat Dallas but the way Dallas goalie DeSmith slams & shatters his stick on the ice while Shark players are streaming off the bench & dog-piling Toffoli after scoring the GWG is
Not only do I love to see the Sharks beat Dallas but the way Dallas goalie DeSmith slams & shatters his stick on the ice while Shark players are streaming off the bench & dog-piling Toffoli after scoring the GWG is
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
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Democratic leadership had better catch up to their constituents in a fucking hurry, because the constituents are not going to wait forever.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Democratic leadership had better catch up to their constituents in a fucking hurry, because the constituents are not going to wait forever.
1. This is ... something... I guess... but...
2. Senator Blumenthal, you realize they will ignore this, right? What is your plan then?
3. Oh my lord, Ron Johnson is chair of this committee?
2. Senator Blumenthal, you realize they will ignore this, right? What is your plan then?
3. Oh my lord, Ron Johnson is chair of this committee?
NEW: In the wake of Renee Nicole Good's killing, and as part of the Permanent Subcmte on Investigations' ongoing inquiry into DHS use of excessive force against US citizens, Sen. Blumenthal sent a letter to Secretary Noem demanding information on ICE training policies by Jan 23.
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
1. This is ... something... I guess... but...
2. Senator Blumenthal, you realize they will ignore this, right? What is your plan then?
3. Oh my lord, Ron Johnson is chair of this committee?
2. Senator Blumenthal, you realize they will ignore this, right? What is your plan then?
3. Oh my lord, Ron Johnson is chair of this committee?
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No
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
No
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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Pressure works
Stop telling me there's nothing we can do or that violence is our only option
We have tremendous power in boycotts and strikes
Stop telling me there's nothing we can do or that violence is our only option
We have tremendous power in boycotts and strikes
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Pressure works
Stop telling me there's nothing we can do or that violence is our only option
We have tremendous power in boycotts and strikes
Stop telling me there's nothing we can do or that violence is our only option
We have tremendous power in boycotts and strikes
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Days like today really are just stunning reminders that MAGA is, above all else, a movement for the weakest, most mediocre cowards trying to pretend they're something they're not.
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Days like today really are just stunning reminders that MAGA is, above all else, a movement for the weakest, most mediocre cowards trying to pretend they're something they're not.
As long as this madness continues I'll be wearing my Minnesota Twins cap in memory of Ms Good and in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota
January 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
As long as this madness continues I'll be wearing my Minnesota Twins cap in memory of Ms Good and in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota
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As a Minneapolis, Minnesota native son (living most of his life in California), my heart goes out to the family and friends of the woman murdered by ICE today.
As if you didn't realize this back in June of 2020, you do not fuck around with people from Minneapolis. Very low tolerance of bullshittery
As if you didn't realize this back in June of 2020, you do not fuck around with people from Minneapolis. Very low tolerance of bullshittery
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
As a Minneapolis, Minnesota native son (living most of his life in California), my heart goes out to the family and friends of the woman murdered by ICE today.
As if you didn't realize this back in June of 2020, you do not fuck around with people from Minneapolis. Very low tolerance of bullshittery
As if you didn't realize this back in June of 2020, you do not fuck around with people from Minneapolis. Very low tolerance of bullshittery
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My wife, a Minneapolis native, reminding me it's dead of night in Minnesota in January, below freezing, and there's thousands of people outside
January 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
My wife, a Minneapolis native, reminding me it's dead of night in Minnesota in January, below freezing, and there's thousands of people outside
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This day nearly broke me, so I'm reminded:
- They want to break us.
- Things will get worse before they get better.
- They will not break us, and there are a hell of a lot more of us than there are of them.
So on the fuck we go.
- They want to break us.
- Things will get worse before they get better.
- They will not break us, and there are a hell of a lot more of us than there are of them.
So on the fuck we go.
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This day nearly broke me, so I'm reminded:
- They want to break us.
- Things will get worse before they get better.
- They will not break us, and there are a hell of a lot more of us than there are of them.
So on the fuck we go.
- They want to break us.
- Things will get worse before they get better.
- They will not break us, and there are a hell of a lot more of us than there are of them.
So on the fuck we go.
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Lotta people get mad at me when I criticize Democratic messaging but THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TALKING. Like normal people using normal language to communicate normal human emotions about the fucked up situation.
THIS.
THIS.
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Lotta people get mad at me when I criticize Democratic messaging but THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TALKING. Like normal people using normal language to communicate normal human emotions about the fucked up situation.
THIS.
THIS.
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The bare minimum needed in this moment:
- a thorough investigation led by state law enforcement
- the ICE thug brought up on murder charges
- Kristi Noem’s resignation
- a complete overhaul of ICE with rigid congressional oversight
- Trump censured for his lies about the murder
- a thorough investigation led by state law enforcement
- the ICE thug brought up on murder charges
- Kristi Noem’s resignation
- a complete overhaul of ICE with rigid congressional oversight
- Trump censured for his lies about the murder
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The bare minimum needed in this moment:
- a thorough investigation led by state law enforcement
- the ICE thug brought up on murder charges
- Kristi Noem’s resignation
- a complete overhaul of ICE with rigid congressional oversight
- Trump censured for his lies about the murder
- a thorough investigation led by state law enforcement
- the ICE thug brought up on murder charges
- Kristi Noem’s resignation
- a complete overhaul of ICE with rigid congressional oversight
- Trump censured for his lies about the murder
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"There was a young woman who'd take bread to the poor in a pitcher so the people of Sodom wouldn't see it. The matter was revealed, so they smeared her with honey, put her on a wall, and hornets came and devoured her... a woman killed for an act of kindness." (Talmud, Sanhedrin 109b, Steinsaltz ed.)
January 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
"There was a young woman who'd take bread to the poor in a pitcher so the people of Sodom wouldn't see it. The matter was revealed, so they smeared her with honey, put her on a wall, and hornets came and devoured her... a woman killed for an act of kindness." (Talmud, Sanhedrin 109b, Steinsaltz ed.)
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Here are the facts, Kristi.
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Here are the facts, Kristi.