Yoni Blumberg
@yblumberg.bsky.social
💭 how might we foster (r)evolution towards a more loving and just world?
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committed to collective wellbeing and ecological justice 🌱💛🌏
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chaotic good 🥸🙂
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committed to collective wellbeing and ecological justice 🌱💛🌏
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chaotic good 🥸🙂
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Just gonna share @dreanyc123.bsky.social on qualified immunity and call it a night.
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Just gonna share @dreanyc123.bsky.social on qualified immunity and call it a night.
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All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump Stepped In.
The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out with local leaders, environmentalists and industry.
By @hclairebrown.bsky.social in @nytimes.com
The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out with local leaders, environmentalists and industry.
By @hclairebrown.bsky.social in @nytimes.com
All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump Stepped In.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
All Sides Agreed on Shutting a Coal Plant. Then Trump Stepped In.
The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out with local leaders, environmentalists and industry.
By @hclairebrown.bsky.social in @nytimes.com
The administration has thrown into chaos a deal that Washington State worked out with local leaders, environmentalists and industry.
By @hclairebrown.bsky.social in @nytimes.com
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Congress set aside funds for carbon capture, and the Trump administration is using them to prop up old coal plants. It is hard to imagine how this is legal. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump admin redirects carbon capture funds to prop up old coal plants
The Energy Department says it’s legally sound to shift more than half a billion dollars to help revive old and closed coal plants. Department officials
www.eenews.net
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Congress set aside funds for carbon capture, and the Trump administration is using them to prop up old coal plants. It is hard to imagine how this is legal. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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More than 2.5 million fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars have been sold in California since 2010, surpassing Jerry Brown's goal of 1.5 million by 2025: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
California exceeds clean car goal despite declining federal support
California has surpassed a goal set in 2012 to put 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced at the World Economic Forum.
www.latimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
More than 2.5 million fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars have been sold in California since 2010, surpassing Jerry Brown's goal of 1.5 million by 2025: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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RFK Jr. wants us to eat lots more meat, which would hasten climate destruction: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines
Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 AM
RFK Jr. wants us to eat lots more meat, which would hasten climate destruction: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Donald Trump wants to end freedom of speech and make it illegal to criticize him or his regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Donald Trump wants to end freedom of speech and make it illegal to criticize him or his regime.
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This is a concern I I’ve shared publicly many times recently but I will say it again.
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
🚨 SAC!: Yesterday, legal observers at the Sacramento anti-ICE camp were attacked with bats and bear spray by a parade of MAGA pro-Trump supporters.
If you have more information related to this event, please send to our email [email protected]
If you have more information related to this event, please send to our email [email protected]
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 AM
This is a concern I I’ve shared publicly many times recently but I will say it again.
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
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“It’s time for every Minnesotan who loves this state and the notion of truth and freedom to raise their voices and deepen their solidarity for neighbors and coworkers living under this federal occupation,” said @mplsunions.bsky.social president Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic...
labornotes.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 AM
“It’s time for every Minnesotan who loves this state and the notion of truth and freedom to raise their voices and deepen their solidarity for neighbors and coworkers living under this federal occupation,” said @mplsunions.bsky.social president Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
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Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
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There really are so many undiscovered choke points
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 AM
There really are so many undiscovered choke points
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congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job
INBOX: Air Force One (tail number 29000), which was carrying President Trump from Washington, D.C. to Davos, Switzerland, appears to be turning back. (h/t @PollTracker2024/X)
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January 21, 2026 at 3:40 AM
congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job
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I am overwhelmed & exhausted by the amount of press we've gotten over this but also determined to continue speaking loudly against Trump's reign of cruelty & retribution. #AbolishICE
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I am overwhelmed & exhausted by the amount of press we've gotten over this but also determined to continue speaking loudly against Trump's reign of cruelty & retribution. #AbolishICE
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"Mayor Kaohly Her of St. Paul, who said she knows the Thao family personally, said that available evidence showed that agents had the wrong person and were offered information to confirm that. “And they just ignored that information,” she said." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
ICE Arrest of a Citizen, Barely Dressed, Sows Fear in Twin Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 AM
"Mayor Kaohly Her of St. Paul, who said she knows the Thao family personally, said that available evidence showed that agents had the wrong person and were offered information to confirm that. “And they just ignored that information,” she said." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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hard to believe that the Charlie Kirk firings / pearl clutchings happened mere months ago but here we are
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:41 AM
hard to believe that the Charlie Kirk firings / pearl clutchings happened mere months ago but here we are
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I'm still thinking of the fact that Zohran Mamdani went on The View, said "abolish ICE" and then got a round of applause
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I'm still thinking of the fact that Zohran Mamdani went on The View, said "abolish ICE" and then got a round of applause
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Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
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"A review by the editorial board relying on analyses from news organizations shows that Mr. Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
"A review by the editorial board relying on analyses from news organizations shows that Mr. Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Motherfuckers
As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Motherfuckers
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Please read this excellent reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.social.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Please read this excellent reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.social.
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waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.
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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
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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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Patty O'Keefe, who was violently arrested while monitoring ICE activity, says one agent told her, "You guys got to stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead," referring to Renee Good.
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Patty O'Keefe, who was violently arrested while monitoring ICE activity, says one agent told her, "You guys got to stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead," referring to Renee Good.
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Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks: