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Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP's Slim Majority
The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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January 31, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
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this is fucking insane and she's barely trying, you will never convince me AOC haters on the left are not just weird freaks
January 30, 2026 at 11:53 PM
this is fucking insane and she's barely trying, you will never convince me AOC haters on the left are not just weird freaks
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The Latest: Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
The Latest: Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
The Latest: Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The Latest: Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
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This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
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Don’t mess with Rep. Ilhan Omar.
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Don’t mess with Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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ICYMI: My conversation with Anne Lehman at @smittenkittenmn.bsky.social about their amazing community organization and mutual aid programs in Minneapolis/St. Paul:
www.youtube.com/live/XZPA3h9...
www.youtube.com/live/XZPA3h9...
LIVE: Minneapolis Businesses TEAM UP To SUPPORT PROTESTS
YouTube video by Katie Phang
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
ICYMI: My conversation with Anne Lehman at @smittenkittenmn.bsky.social about their amazing community organization and mutual aid programs in Minneapolis/St. Paul:
www.youtube.com/live/XZPA3h9...
www.youtube.com/live/XZPA3h9...
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An eyewitness to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti said she still has not been contacted by any federal authorities investigating the incident.
Witness Who Filmed Fatal Nurse Shooting Reveals Investigation Bombshell
ICU nurse Alex Pretti was killed on a Minneapolis street by Border Patrol agents after he tried to help a woman they’d shoved down.
trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
An eyewitness to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti said she still has not been contacted by any federal authorities investigating the incident.
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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3. ICE is using government data from state DMVs and federal agencies and refuses to answer questions about how that data is used. I'm also leading that fight in the Senate to rein them in, and warned states that care about their residents to stop sharing DMV data with ICE.
Dem governors unwittingly share DMV data with ICE, lawmakers warn
40 congressional Democrats are urging blue-state leaders to block ICE access to a database containing residents’ driver license and registration information.
fedscoop.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
3. ICE is using government data from state DMVs and federal agencies and refuses to answer questions about how that data is used. I'm also leading that fight in the Senate to rein them in, and warned states that care about their residents to stop sharing DMV data with ICE.
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Reading recommendation for #NationalSlaveryandHumanTraffickingPreventionMonth: “The League of Nations and Colonial Prostitution” by Liat Kozma in The Routledge Companion to Sexuality and Colonialism (2021)
🔗 www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
*Book available for purchase or pirating
🔗 www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
*Book available for purchase or pirating
The Routledge Companion to Sexuality and Colonialism
Unique in its global and interdisciplinary scope, this collection will bring together comparative insights across European, Ottoman, Japanese, and US imperial contexts while spanning colonized spaces ...
www.routledge.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Reading recommendation for #NationalSlaveryandHumanTraffickingPreventionMonth: “The League of Nations and Colonial Prostitution” by Liat Kozma in The Routledge Companion to Sexuality and Colonialism (2021)
🔗 www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
*Book available for purchase or pirating
🔗 www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
*Book available for purchase or pirating
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“Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back.” — President Bill Clinton, 1/25/26
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
“Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back.” — President Bill Clinton, 1/25/26
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Minneapolis is the capital of the U.S. right now. Random middle aged aunties on the ground there are showing more physical and moral courage in one volunteer shift than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have in their entire lives combined.
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Minneapolis is the capital of the U.S. right now. Random middle aged aunties on the ground there are showing more physical and moral courage in one volunteer shift than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have in their entire lives combined.
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Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
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What are you waiting for? Contact your Senators NOW & tell them not to fund the DHS bill. Call 202*224*3121 & use this tool to send a letter to your Senators: open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Don’t wait for more terroristic murders to occur.
Don’t wait for more terroristic murders to occur.
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
What are you waiting for? Contact your Senators NOW & tell them not to fund the DHS bill. Call 202*224*3121 & use this tool to send a letter to your Senators: open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Don’t wait for more terroristic murders to occur.
Don’t wait for more terroristic murders to occur.
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☎️ CALL ☎️ YOUR ☎️ REPS
scripts + numbers here:
scripts + numbers here:
January 21, 2026 at 9:34 PM
☎️ CALL ☎️ YOUR ☎️ REPS
scripts + numbers here:
scripts + numbers here:
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We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.
“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.
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“CBP did not tell the Office of Refugee Resettlement which children it had separated at the border, and CBP systems did not link separated children’s records with those of their parents. A federal judge observed … that the gov’t kept better records of property than of the children in its care.”
Human Rights Watch, 2024: “As many as 1,360 children have never been reunited with their parents six years after the United States government forcibly separated them at the US border …” www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
“CBP did not tell the Office of Refugee Resettlement which children it had separated at the border, and CBP systems did not link separated children’s records with those of their parents. A federal judge observed … that the gov’t kept better records of property than of the children in its care.”
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They're arresting kids who need medical care in Oregon.
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
They're arresting kids who need medical care in Oregon.