On the fighting ICE with solidarity or "neighbor-ism" in rural Minnesota: "They see what’s been happening to their own neighbors, and they’re determined to do something about it" – @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org – and on @thenation podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

"You don’t have a press conference like that saying, 'I have nothing to hide' unless you have something to hide." – @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on Melania Trump's Jeffrey Epstein remarks delivered from the White House – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

"In a lot of these towns, everyone knows the big church, so these churches have become focus points for every form of resistance that you can imagine" – @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports on the resistance in rural Minnesota – in @prospect.org and on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

"If the arc of justice is long, but if it bends in any direction at all, you better equip yourself to see long arcs, and that means thinking in years and decades and sometimes centuries, to see" – @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu @haymarketbooks.org

Trump's terrible week started when he attacked the Pope & depicted himself as Jesus Christ; he then took control of the Strait of Hormuz ensuring that oil & gas prices continue to rise: @HaroldMeyerson comments – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4sL8VpB

Minneapolis made history with its mobilization against ICE, but what about the rest of the state? What kind of resistance has developed there? @emmarjanssen.bsky.social went to small-town Minnesota – her report on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

On "death of feminism" proclamations: "There’s a refusal to understand the whole trajectory... the extent to which feminism has changed everything, including men, is really pretty astonishing"— @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu @haymarketbooks.org

When ICE Blows Through Rural America: @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports on the resistance – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

Rebecca Solnit argues for understanding change over more than the last few years – in "The Beginning Comes After the End" – and on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org

On "otherwise super conservative guys, just using their presence to say, 'don’t mess with our friend and don’t mess with his business and what he’s trying to do.'" @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports on the resistance in rural Minnesota – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

Just when Trump hoped his war with Iran was distracting from the Epstein files, Melania announced she never had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on how "she’s learned from her husband how to act guilty as hell" – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

Report from rural Minnesota: In some towns "the local jail has an agreement with ICE to house immigrants who have been detained... It’s a real source of profit" – but, there are also "bright spots of solidarity" – @emmarjanssen.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

"The Trump administration is constantly doing things and assuming that they're the only actor in the field. The backlash... always seems to come as a surprise to them. May the surprises continue to rain down." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4ctYUqu

One of the things we learned from the group Faith in Minnesota was: don’t mess with the Lutherans!
Deepak Bhargava: "Well, don’t mess the Lutherans — or the Catholics, or the Muslims, or the Jews, it turns out." —on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

This 4th of July, the US will turn 250—that's why Trump has ordered historic sites to “eliminate” what he calls “divisive anti-American ideology” from historic sites— Beverly Gage on "This Land is Your Land" —on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52 @simonbooks.bsky.social

How Minnesota Changed Everything: On "the interfaith organizing effort... among the finest social justice, faith-based organizing efforts in the country" Deepak Bhargava on @isaiahmn.org – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History: It's like a US history survey course, but more fun – its author, historian Beverly Gage on visiting historical sites across America – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52 @simonbooks.bsky.social

With ICE in the streets, we’re calling on liberal nonprofits "to mount an emergency response as well as a strategic response, and also use of voice" – Deepak Bhargava of the Freedom Together Foundation on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

Philanthropy’s response to threats from Trump: “solidarity, rather than hiding" – a joint statement by 700 nonprofits that “we will not obey in advance.” – Deepak Bhargava of the Freedom Together Foundation on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

After Trump's TACO Tuesday: "And now, Iran will be able to run the tollbooth... with cryptocurrency" thereby subverting sanctions – Harold Meyerson @prospect.org – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4cydMW5

Why "All men are created equal" – is the most important sentence in American history – Beverly Gage explains in "This Land Is Your Land" – and, on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52 @simonbooks.bsky.social

How the Iranian regime has emerged stronger than it was before the war; while the US has emerged weaker – Harold Meyerson @prospect.org on Trump's TACO Tuesday – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4cydMW5

After Trump's TACO Tuesday: Has the Iranian regime emerged stronger than it was before the war; while the US has emerged weaker? "In a word, yes" – Harold Meyerson @prospect.org
explains – on 'Living in the USA' @kpfkmedia.bsky.social bit.ly/4cydMW5

Today at 4pm Pacific on 'Living in the USA': Iran, Elections & Trump's TACO Tuesday: Harold Meyerson @prospect.org comments – on @kpfk907fm.bsky.social Radio 90.7 FM and online kpfk.org

"The most important sentence in American history,” says Historian Beverly Gage is "All men are created equal" – she explains why in her new book "This Land Is Your Land" – and, on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52 @simonbooks.bsky.social

"The lessons of history are that the only protection you have is solidarity" – Deepak Bhargava of Freedom Together Foundation on effective philanthropy today and lessons from Minnesota's collective resistance to Trump and ICE – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

“History is hard to suppress.” Beverly Gage discusses her new book is "This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History" —on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52 @simonbooks.bsky.social

How 700 nonprofits formed "Unite in Advance,” to defend themselves against attacks by Trump: Deepak Bhargava on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

On July 4, the US will turn 250—it's also when Trump plans to “eliminate divisive anti-American ideology” from historic sites—historian Beverly Gage has another idea: a road trip to places where history happened—on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52

"Private foundations are required to spend at least 5% of their assets every year towards charitable activities" but it's time to increase that spending during our "democratic crisis that is fully human made"—Deepak Bhargava – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4snpV52