Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live.

Please take it to heart and take action.

Frog exclaims to Toad that he is happy. From "Alone" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

“But Toad,” said Frog, “I AM happy. I am very happy. This morning when I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog. And I felt good because I have you for a friend. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to think about how fine everything is.”

Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred.

Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred. n.pr/41Zphja

“[It’s not a] brilliant attack on Western democracy. The story, it appears, is that the Russian Mafia state is cultivating profit-yielding relationships with the aspiring Mafia boss of the U.S. and his band of crooks, subverting democratic institutions in the process.” @mashagessen.bsky.social 2019:

Republicans in Congress brace for a fight over the Iran war price tag In recent days, multiple GOP lawmakers have gone public with their concerns over the war -- a range of issues Republican leadership will have to address as they face the task of securing new funding.

In recent days, multiple GOP lawmakers have gone public with their concerns over the war -- a range of issues Republican leadership will have to address as they face the task of securing new funding. n.pr/3Q03EwI

Samuel L. Jackson:
"When your neighbors are being attacked and your communities are being targeted, you don't give up. You don't look away. You don't back down. You showed up."

Data shows three-quarters of ICE arrestees in Minnesota had no criminal record The new data shows fewer than one-quarter of those arrested by immigration agents in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge had a criminal conviction on their record. A little more than 13 percent of ...

Federal agents arrested more than 3,700 Minnesota residents during the federal government’s surge into the state this winter, according to new data.

It shows fewer than one-quarter of those arrested had a criminal conviction on their record.

Corporate cowardice and greed will be the end of us. #cowardice #greed

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on:

#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations.

She accepted three.

One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history.
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Around 100,000 descended on St. Paul for 'No Kings' flagship rally At the “No Kings” rally at the Capitol speakers talked about justice and accountability in the aftermath of the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota.

At the “No Kings” rally at the Capitol speakers talked about justice and accountability in the aftermath of the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota.

Tweet by Acyn quoting Robert De Niro criticizing war, rising prices, deportations, and government violence, saying Americans did not vote for these outcomes. The image shows De Niro speaking in a studio interview setting.

De Niro has it right. The American people can agree on some things after all.

Whipple building detainees, lawyers ask federal judge to order better access to legal counsel Legal advocates and people who have been detained at the Whipple building testified in court this week that the federal government has violated detainees’ rights to talk to lawyers. They’re asking the...

“More will suffer that fate without a preliminary injunction,” Attorney Jeffrey Dubner said. “These aren’t hardened criminals or safety risks. … these are just ordinary people caught up in a sweeping dragnet. They needed the meaningful assistance of counsel.”

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

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How to Create an Equal Household And why making a fair split of chores actually stick is so hard

In the Wonder Reader, @isabelfattal.bsky.social explores strategies to ensure an equal household—and why making a fair balance of chores stick is so hard.

A U.S. scholarship thrills a teacher in India. Then came the soul-crushing questions She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.

She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy. n.pr/4bfTTCp

A huge study finds a link between cannabis use in teens and psychosis later Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.

On Presidents Day, we remember America was built on rejecting monarchy and upholding the Constitution above any one ruler.

Today and every day, let’s recommit ourselves to these founding ideals.

President Trump has pocketed an estimated $1.4 billion since taking office. It’s egregious.

My Presidential Conflicts of Interest Accountability Act will prevent the President and VP from using their positions to enrich themselves and crack down on conflicts of interest.

Stop the grift.

Don’t believe it yet…

I'll take Frederick Douglass over Elon Musk

ICE raid at apartment complex causes elementary students to run from their bus stop in NJ Thursday Students were seen running away from their bus stop on Thursday morning as ICE agents conducted an operation at an apartment in Lindenwold, NJ.

Most people probably focus on the damage ICE has caused in Minnesota

But their violent, fascist tactics affect people all over the country

Here they are-terrorizing 4th and 5th graders at a bus stop in New Jersey

May Trump and Stephen Miller rot in hell

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Epstein survivors are sharing the most important ad you’ll see today. Please watch. Trump and his administration are trying to cover up this scandal, but we are not moving on from it.

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.

For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.

Thousands of children are staying home, often for lack of door-to-door transportation — or simply trust.

Far-right influencer Jake Lang charged with damaging ice sculpture at Minnesota Capitol Far-right influencer Jake Lang was charged Friday with felony damage to property, after posting video to social media showing him damaging an ice sculpture outside the Minnesota Capitol.

Far-right influencer Jake Lang, who was pardoned for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was charged Friday with felony damage to property, after posting video to social media showing him damaging an ice sculpture outside the Minnesota Capitol.