WARREN: This should be an easy one. Can you commit that Trump's Fed nominee will not be sued or investigated by the DOJ if he does not cut interest rates like Trump wants?
BESSENT: That's up to the president
W: You can't say he won't be criminally investigated? That's supposed to be the soft ball!
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
The government has attempted to conflate civil disobedience with terrorism to target political opponents several times throughout U.S. history. Thomas Brzozowski looks at the lessons that can be learned from these cases to protect democratic dissent.
These findings add a new layer to this piece I reported:
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Khanna: "I was in Mpls. 3rd & 4th generation Minnesotans were talking about tyranny. They were talking about ICE following them to church. It's a violation of the 1st, 2nd, & 4th Amendments. I can't in good conscience vote to give more money to ICE agents as they're violating constitutional rights"
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SHABOOZEY: “Immigrants built this country.”
It’s NOT just Liam!
Marshall Project:
3,800 children including 20 infants, were held by ICE in 2025
children held longer than the 20-day limit, some held for months
reports of worsening mental - physical health
facility allegations of poor medical care, inadequate food, unsanitary conditions
Liam gave them a face. Now give them their freedom as well. ALL of them.
Release ALL the kidnapped children
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
@senategop.govpeeps.us
@housegop.bsky.social
Liam was not alone! Other kids are still in ICE detentions. They should all be FREED. No kid should be separated from their parents. Free the parents also.
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We don't let up until all the families in concentration camps are free.
RELEASE ALL THE CHILDREN!!
Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
My friend "lost her virginity" to a 36 year old man that she "loved". Her mother and stepdad (the detective) knew. There were no charges filed. This was late eighties or early 90s. I'm too emotional to do the math right now. THIS IS RAPE CULTURE.
This "offer" was made in front of the town's lead detective's wife. She said NOTHING. The only thing that saved me was my sense of it's creepiness. There was never a time that I was not around an older male that was not down with having sex with me, a 12 year old
At 12 years old in small town NE, very blue collar, my picture was put up at an oil well operation. The creep that put it there without my knowledge excitedly informed me that he received offers of a thousand dollars for a "date"with me.
We can all see with our own eyes what ICE is doing to our neighbors.
It’s time for the Senate to step up and do the right thing. Stop this violence.
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
“Join us in sending a message to all our elected officials that no agency should have license to arbitrarily arrest and detain people without due process.
...In our varied and united faith traditions, love of neighbor is not optional.” -Bishop Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington
One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history
#MLKDAY
GOOD MORNING
"SOMEWHERE I READ"
"Of the FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY "
"Of the FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Of the FREEDOM OF PRESS
"SOMEWHERE I READ
THAT THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA IS THE RIGHT TO PROTEST FOR RIGHTS "
How We long for Dr.King today
Honor This Great Man
Good Trouble
Listen please
Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
Aliya Rahman told ICE she was disabled
She told them she was on her way to a doctor appt
They broke her window, cut her seatbelt & dragged her away like an animal
She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her.
She was denied access to a doctor & tossed in detention
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
ICE agents are stalking the streets of Minneapolis demanding that random brown people provide proof of citizenship.
We good with that, America?
I thought we learned this lesson back in World War II, but I guess not.
But Pepper-Jackson has more than the 4 kilogram weight of the shot used in high school girls’ shot put on her shoulder as her case enters the nation’s highest legal arena. “I feel very nervous, but I know that someone has to do it, because letting these awful laws and bills just stand is not something that should happen,” Pepper-Jackson says in the video. “I want other trans girls to know that they are not alone, and that I’m doing this for us. … I really want them to have hope.”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
This has been going on for months - note that she discusses it happening not only to her, but also to her son and uncle, apparently in separate incidents.
- A group of fully grown adults collapsed into emotional rubble this week after encountering a teacher title that did not personally receive their approval. The incident triggered mass Facebook posts, legal threats, and a community-wide reminder that the people screaming "kids are too soft" cannot emotionally survive one new word. Parents immediately announced they were pulling children from music class, threatening lawsuits, and demanding firings, all because children accepted something calmly, politely, and without a meltdown. This response enraged adults, who had worked very hard to be upset. Children processed the situation in under 30 seconds. Adults have now entered day three of spiral posting. Several parents described the issue as "dangerous" and "immoral," words they apparently reserve for situations involving tambourines and basic respect. One adult warned that children might ask questions, confirming the real horror is not gender, but curiosity. The fragility on display has been remarkable. These are the same adults who mock participation trophies, complain about snowflakes, and brag about "how we were raised." That upbringing, it turns out, produced people who short-circuit when reality fails to match their Facebook comfort zone.
Experts note that not one child reported confusion, distress, or identity crisis. However, dozens of adults reported being personally wounded, spiritually attacked, and victimized by the existence of a teacher who did not cater to their feelings. At press time, children remained fine. Music class remained fine. The school remained fine. Only the adults were broken, trembling before the terrifying idea that the world does not freeze until they approve it. Community Note: If you would like to counter the noise, the district needs supportive messages reminding them that calm, inclusive adults still exist and that children do not need to be rescued from basic human respect. The encourages these parents to locate the nearest mirror and ask themselves why a second grader has more emotional stability than they do.
Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
