@stevereinhardt.bsky.social
Progressive Christian, husband, dad, grandfather, exercise fanatic (erstwhile basketball player), avid reader.
Interesting how the mayor of Wilder (Idaho) sees the ICE raid (masquerading as a clampdown on illegal gambling) so differently than almost everyone else.
The message seems obvious: anyone who crosses Trump's need to dominate will be taken out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
The message seems obvious: anyone who crosses Trump's need to dominate will be taken out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Interesting how the mayor of Wilder (Idaho) sees the ICE raid (masquerading as a clampdown on illegal gambling) so differently than almost everyone else.
The message seems obvious: anyone who crosses Trump's need to dominate will be taken out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
The message seems obvious: anyone who crosses Trump's need to dominate will be taken out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
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New data shows that over 86% of ICE arrests didn’t involve anyone accused or convicted of a violent crime.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
New data shows that over 86% of ICE arrests didn’t involve anyone accused or convicted of a violent crime.
cc: @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
cc: @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
I don't want the US to be defined by this cruelty to children, but here we are. We must do better.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I don't want the US to be defined by this cruelty to children, but here we are. We must do better.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Excellent article by @jburcum.bsky.social about how the underlying political culture of MN (part of @colinwoodard.bsky.social's "Yankeedom") made it a bad choice for the ICE onslaught. FAFO, indeed.
www.startribune.com/american-nat...
www.startribune.com/american-nat...
Burcum: To some, Minnesota’s fierce pushback against ICE was entirely predictable
"Kristi Noem and her flunkies may have expected a population that would cow before the masked, armed agents dispatched to Minnesota. Instead, the Twin Cities refuse to break," columnist Jill Burcum wr...
www.startribune.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Excellent article by @jburcum.bsky.social about how the underlying political culture of MN (part of @colinwoodard.bsky.social's "Yankeedom") made it a bad choice for the ICE onslaught. FAFO, indeed.
www.startribune.com/american-nat...
www.startribune.com/american-nat...
I completely agree with the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA), closing a loophole that lets the US government sidestep the 4th Amendment requirement to get a warrant to access US person's info, digital or otherwise. Kudos to @loganmcmillen.bsky.social.
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I completely agree with the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA), closing a loophole that lets the US government sidestep the 4th Amendment requirement to get a warrant to access US person's info, digital or otherwise. Kudos to @loganmcmillen.bsky.social.
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Today's installment of Words Matter: listening to a TV ad for Nautilus Muscle Code supplement, which said that it was "clinically studied at up to 10X the benefit of whey". Not "proven"; "studied". Sheesh.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Today's installment of Words Matter: listening to a TV ad for Nautilus Muscle Code supplement, which said that it was "clinically studied at up to 10X the benefit of whey". Not "proven"; "studied". Sheesh.
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This PSA is being released today by survivors of Epstein’s child rape trafficking in anticipation of Ghislaine Maxwell’s closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee Monday and AG Bondi testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday:
February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This PSA is being released today by survivors of Epstein’s child rape trafficking in anticipation of Ghislaine Maxwell’s closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee Monday and AG Bondi testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday:
For 20 years I have relished @shorterbrooks.bsky.social's perspective and admonishment to build better individual and collective character. Thanks for your contributions to American society and Godspeed on your next chapter.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
For 20 years I have relished @shorterbrooks.bsky.social's perspective and admonishment to build better individual and collective character. Thanks for your contributions to American society and Godspeed on your next chapter.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Excellent though chilling article by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. We who claim to be Christian and/or ethical must act!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-all-liv...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-all-liv...
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
The most disturbing revelation so far
broligarchy.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Excellent though chilling article by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. We who claim to be Christian and/or ethical must act!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-all-liv...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-all-liv...
Blatantly unconstitutional, secret, dependent on cronyism from red states; what's not to like?
Do the Reps not realize that there will be a Dem administration at some point, who will then have all this data on red-state voters. Might be great for exploring violations of the Voting Rights Act...
Do the Reps not realize that there will be a Dem administration at some point, who will then have all this data on red-state voters. Might be great for exploring violations of the Voting Rights Act...
February 8, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Blatantly unconstitutional, secret, dependent on cronyism from red states; what's not to like?
Do the Reps not realize that there will be a Dem administration at some point, who will then have all this data on red-state voters. Might be great for exploring violations of the Voting Rights Act...
Do the Reps not realize that there will be a Dem administration at some point, who will then have all this data on red-state voters. Might be great for exploring violations of the Voting Rights Act...
The Barack and Michelle Obama that I view as amazing examples for all Americans.
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The Barack and Michelle Obama that I view as amazing examples for all Americans.
@roxanegay.bsky.social : 🙌 🙌 "People often misunderstand nonviolent protest. ... [N]onviolent protest means ... that we understand who we are fighting. We know that nothing will reveal who they are more clearly than the contrast between their actions and ours."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Opinion | The Risk We Face in Opposing Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
@roxanegay.bsky.social : 🙌 🙌 "People often misunderstand nonviolent protest. ... [N]onviolent protest means ... that we understand who we are fighting. We know that nothing will reveal who they are more clearly than the contrast between their actions and ours."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Yes, this ordinary Joe ended up in the #EpsteinFiles. Click to see what I learned when I went to the circus.
clairepotter.substack.com/p/how-i-ende...
clairepotter.substack.com/p/how-i-ende...
How I Ended Up In the Epstein Files
A search for my own name led me to the stories these millions of documents have to tell, and a social history of life on the margins of a predator's gilded world
clairepotter.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Yes, this ordinary Joe ended up in the #EpsteinFiles. Click to see what I learned when I went to the circus.
clairepotter.substack.com/p/how-i-ende...
clairepotter.substack.com/p/how-i-ende...
I strongly agree that we need a "wartime voting rights group" to counter "broad and often force-based extra-constitutional and anti-constitutional actions" by the US govt.
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence
Both the calendar and the events in Minneapolis have brought the midterm...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I strongly agree that we need a "wartime voting rights group" to counter "broad and often force-based extra-constitutional and anti-constitutional actions" by the US govt.
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
Excellent detailed description of how to challenge the nonsense so many family members, friends, etc., are spouting in a way that actually might change minds.
joadt.substack.com/p/how-to-fig...
joadt.substack.com/p/how-to-fig...
How to Fight Back
A field guide for the kitchen table
joadt.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Excellent detailed description of how to challenge the nonsense so many family members, friends, etc., are spouting in a way that actually might change minds.
joadt.substack.com/p/how-to-fig...
joadt.substack.com/p/how-to-fig...
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Folks:
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
thepanorama.shear.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Folks:
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
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A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
@bfrist captures why climate change is already costing Americans, mostly homeowners in this discussion, $1000s/year due to increased cost of homeowners insurance.
www.forbes.com/sites/billfr...
www.forbes.com/sites/billfr...
When Actuaries See The Future: Climate Risk, Insurance, And Your Wallet
Seen through an actuarial lens, the changing climate is not an ideology. It’s a risk management challenge already reshaping insurance, mortgage lending & municipal bonds.
www.forbes.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
@bfrist captures why climate change is already costing Americans, mostly homeowners in this discussion, $1000s/year due to increased cost of homeowners insurance.
www.forbes.com/sites/billfr...
www.forbes.com/sites/billfr...
@ag.state.mn.us : does ICE fit the legal definition of law enforcement that is exempt from MN's "xxx BANS GUNS IN THESE PREMISES" law? If not, businesses (e.g., Target, WalMart, Home Depot) can legally prohibit ICE agents in their premises unless they leave their guns outside.
January 30, 2026 at 8:16 PM
@ag.state.mn.us : does ICE fit the legal definition of law enforcement that is exempt from MN's "xxx BANS GUNS IN THESE PREMISES" law? If not, businesses (e.g., Target, WalMart, Home Depot) can legally prohibit ICE agents in their premises unless they leave their guns outside.
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Uhhhh this file magically disappeared from the dump after being up for a while apparently
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Uhhhh this file magically disappeared from the dump after being up for a while apparently
As usual, @polgreen.bsky.social cuts to the heart of an issue, in this case what the majority of Americans will insist upon or permit from their government. James Lane Allen: ""Adversity does not build character, it reveals it."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | This Week Has Revealed 3 Types of Americans
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
As usual, @polgreen.bsky.social cuts to the heart of an issue, in this case what the majority of Americans will insist upon or permit from their government. James Lane Allen: ""Adversity does not build character, it reveals it."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...