Whitney Peek
@whitneypeek.bsky.social
Forest and tacos and dogs and gardens.
She/her.
She/her.
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If Canada hopes for support from our allies when threats to our sovereignty materialize, we need to show support for them in the face of threats to their sovereignty. The source of the threat doesn't change that logic. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada weighs plans to send soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity
Move could anger U.S. President Trump, who has threatened new tariffs on European countries that sent personnel there
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 AM
If Canada hopes for support from our allies when threats to our sovereignty materialize, we need to show support for them in the face of threats to their sovereignty. The source of the threat doesn't change that logic. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
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I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
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Verbal assault or, as it's legally known, "not assault"
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Verbal assault or, as it's legally known, "not assault"
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This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
January 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
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The State Dep't Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs today posted that detaining people "for 'liking' posts online shows how paranoid [an] illegitimate" regime is, referring to "political prisoners."
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The State Dep't Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs today posted that detaining people "for 'liking' posts online shows how paranoid [an] illegitimate" regime is, referring to "political prisoners."
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
On Friday, a fed'l judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit over State taking similar actions in the U.S.
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
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if you vote for another cent for this you are a collaborator. this is a litmus test for every politician for the rest of my life
Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM
if you vote for another cent for this you are a collaborator. this is a litmus test for every politician for the rest of my life
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The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal.
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal.
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
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Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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journalists never take the cops at their word 2026 challenge
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 AM
journalists never take the cops at their word 2026 challenge
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“A Ford factory plant worker who called Donald Trump a ‘pedophile protector’ has said he has ‘no regrets’ about using the words.”
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity.”
people.com/man-called-d...
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity.”
people.com/man-called-d...
Auto Worker Who Called Donald Trump a 'Pedophile Protector' Has ‘No Regrets’ After Being Suspended from Job
The auto worker who called Donald Trump a 'pedophile protector' has said he has 'no regrets' about using the words after being suspended from his Ford factory plant job.
people.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
“A Ford factory plant worker who called Donald Trump a ‘pedophile protector’ has said he has ‘no regrets’ about using the words.”
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity.”
people.com/man-called-d...
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity.”
people.com/man-called-d...
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
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Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
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Primula pauciflora, our Shooting Stars, blooming roadside in North Park #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Primula pauciflora, our Shooting Stars, blooming roadside in North Park #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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A massive escalation in the Trump administration's effort to dismantle institutions that check its power.
Breaking WaPo:
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A massive escalation in the Trump administration's effort to dismantle institutions that check its power.
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Think you have to retire the phrase “immigration crackdown” when every major violent spectacle — at least those the news is choosing to highlight — involve US citizens screaming “Check my ID!”
As the Trump administration escalates its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents, business owners and immigrant workers. trib.al/zVm2mk5
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Think you have to retire the phrase “immigration crackdown” when every major violent spectacle — at least those the news is choosing to highlight — involve US citizens screaming “Check my ID!”