Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
Viktor Orban to go the Harvard Institute of Politics.
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Protest outside Signature Aviation
Man blowing shofar outside Signature Aviation with "Jews Against ICE" sign
Woman with Jews Against ICE sign
Woman speaking near "Dayeun! Enough" sign
Signature Aviation is a company that profits from literally fueling ICE deportation flights.
This weekend, we took action to deliver a petition — signed by over 2,800 Jews and allies — at Signature’s DC offices to demand they drop support for ICE.
They called the police.
But we will not stop 🧵
Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
“ICE is an affront to Torah.”
Hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and Jewish leaders turned out to a massive protest outside ICE headquarters in Washington DC.
Organized by @truahrabbis.bsky.social and Bend the Arc, it was the largest-ever Jewish faith protest against ICE.
Watch highlights below:
Grateful for the Pittsburgh folks in the aptly-named Friendship neighborhood who had this uplifting message waiting for me as I walked into work this morning.
Woody Guthrie would be proud. Where's the anti-ICE play
list? Someone must have put one (or many) together
At the White House, there is infighting behind closed doors, ego clashes, backstabbing, and carefully orchestrated leaks. But the fact is that Stephen Miller is spreading false information about Alex Pretti, turning the regime into a political clown show.
#ProudBlue #DV1
If it walks like a Nazi/White supremacist, if it talks like a Nazi/White supremacist… 🎁
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Two Bluesky scientists gave this nutty interview to podcaster, @mattsheffield.
HHS put NIH official Jenna Norton on leave, and NIH researchers Mark Histed is one of the many Bluesky activists.
Here's Jenna Norton calling Trump voters, including her own mother, a "cult"
NORTON: So I wanted like, I was glad you kind of drew a parallel there between science and democracy, and I wanted to draw this connection because we sort of started the conversation about science being siloed and not being effective communicators with the public and thus sort of like disconnecting ourselves with the public.
And then that being this sort of weakness that I think the disinformation machine saw and used to their advantage. And I think a similar thing happened with democracy as well, where there have been groups of people who have been [00:42:00] excluded from the democratic process to a large extent as well. And so there, there neither, science wasn't perfect and democracy hasn't been perfect.
It's been better, I think, than the authoritarian alternative that's being offered to us at the moment. But there is a real weakness there that I think we do need to grapple with and acknowledge and overcome and address as we move forward. And on the side of democracy, I think where that weakness was is that, certain groups have been cut out of the voting process.
Open versus closed epistemologies
NORTON: Some of that has been very much intentional, right? With like fewer polling sites and, with the allowance of money to sway politics and override, I think public sentiment. And so a lot of people feel very, I see this in my family, they feel very hopeless. And I actually had a conversation with my mother who's a Trump supporter, and I've been actually talking to her almost daily trying to pull her out of what I now see as sort of a cult in](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p66b7zkep57fp4rhrtktsdni/bafkreibk2u4zc2nvndemq3qhcabix2l5avpkqsl5n2z7wfxnidbyrbvmju)
Paul D. Thacker @thackerpd 8h Two Bluesky scientists gave this nutty interview to podcaster, @mattsheffield. HHS put NIH official Jenna Norton on leave, and NIH researchers Mark Histed is one of the many Bluesky activists. Here's Jenna Norton calling Trump voters, including her own mother, a "cult" NORTON: So I wanted like, I was glad you kind of drew a parallel there between science and democracy, and I wanted to draw this connection because we sort of started the conversation about science being siloed and not being effective communicators with the public and thus sort of like disconnecting ourselves with the public. And then that being this sort of weakness that I think the disinformation machine saw and used to their advantage. And I think a similar thing happened with democracy as well, where there have been groups of people who have been [00:42:00] excluded from the democratic process to a large extent as well. And so there, there neither, science wasn't perfect and democracy hasn't been perfect. It's been better, I think, than the authoritarian alternative that's being offered to us at the moment. But there is a real weakness there that I think we do need to grapple with and acknowledge and overcome and address as we move forward. And on the side of democracy, I think where that weakness was is that, certain groups have been cut out of the voting process. Open versus closed epistemologies NORTON: Some of that has been very much intentional, right? With like fewer polling sites and, with the allowance of money to sway politics and override, I think public sentiment. And so a lot of people feel very, I see this in my family, they feel very hopeless. And I actually had a conversation with my mother who's a Trump supporter, and I've been actually talking to her almost daily trying to pull her out of what I now see as sort of a cult in
A few months ago @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social and I talked to @mattsheffield.bsky.social about how science and democracy are linked.
That caught the attention of the anti-science crew.
“Crank”* Paul Thacker objected, see below.
But I stand by it. Science and free speech are under attack. 1/
If the president invokes the Insurrection Act, even more harm would descend on our communities.
Congress must rein in the Trump administration's already dangerous abuses in Minnesota.
Jewish clergy in Minneapolis have joined together in a powerful letter in support of their community.
tcjewfolk.com/2026/01/16/l...
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
The NY Times is really hard at it with incisive "speaking-truth-to-power" journalism...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/m...
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
I agree with Secretary Noem that this was an act of domestic terrorism.
However, I disagree about who the terrorist is.
thanks for your efforts. your strike was an inspiration. This is an unfortunate outcome.
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
I explained the dangers of the recent politicization of grant reviews at NIH for The Hill, and also that while diversity otherwise remains a bad word, geographic diversity is somehow laudable.
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
with all due respect to @abepalmer.bsky.social , it's actually much worse than he says.
at least you got that far. I assume I'm not the only one having trouble getting the system to work?
The regime is actively working to make living by a deadline harder. Taxes, elections, healthcare, bills. All affected by this ridiculous policy. See next post for more information.
FDT
If you are wondering what the NIH "leadership" is doing instead of learning about NIH programs and tending to important matters...here you go...
Performative Fitness!
www.youtube.com/shorts/E84dg...
Simply outrageous!
RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
Ending a $5 million research study when it is 70% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million.
When a project loses federal funding before completion, finding alternative resources is challenging. Most philanthropies do not have comparable resources.
🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
