Folks still paying attention to COVID19 will want to read this thread. Time to mask up again if you have relaxed.

ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

The Handmaids of Nashville, carrying signs with the names of the men who are in the Epstein files.🔥🗽

Exactly. I've sent screen shots of my aranet4 readings to several car makers and they never respond. I can't see requiring prayers helping if they didn't care about the readings.

Training: Protest Safety 101/Marshal Training · Indivisible Somerville Protests, rallies, and marches are important tactics to fight back against the Trump Administration. Volunteer marshals help ensure the intended message is delivered by keeping the event safe. Marshal...

We need volunteer marshals for No Kings Day Boston 3/28! Get trained to support the rally and then sign up as a marshal. Join this virtual training to learn nonviolent tactics to help keep the rally and events like it safe and effective.

Also, if you expect Americans to sacrifice, you need permission in advance from their representative. Senate anyone?

Republicans just OBJECTED to funding FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard. They’re holding them hostage to extract more $$$ with no accountability for Trump’s rogue ICE/CBP operations.

No doubt now who’s responsible.

Darn, I was at Costco tonight and missed the mint chocolate sundae!

I looked into this a bit. It could be better if the airlines weren't focused on loyalty status. But it will never be great as long as people struggle with carry on luggage.

Screenshot that says: It’s frustrating that people are disrespecting Surya Bonaly. She was not a pioneer because she backflipped. She was a pioneer and she backflipped. She had a championship resume that can only be matched by a handful on the planet. Give her flowers - but give her the right ones.

Scream it from the rooftop! x.com/newsbysamuel... #MilanoCortina2026 #figureskating

Apparently the answer is yes, according to the NYT:

Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.

Are Jewish space lasers coming back? Because I'd like to be able to wear this button again

Photo of a large brown and white bird, clearly a raptor, standing on the snow over the remains of a mammal.

Nature in action. It seems a Cooper's Hawk made a meal of one of our resident rabbits, and may have buried the unfinished part in the snow for later consumption.

The Boss speaks the truth

Hey NRA, are you good with this?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

Upper body of a standing man wearing glasses and a blue winter coat, holding a lit oil lamp, against a dark and snowy background.

Shining a light in Lexington, MA, in support of Minneapolis. Posting it here since not many people will see it in person.

Abolish ICE. Reign in CBP.

Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.

Also, I created feeds with people talking about things like "emergency management" and "science". Today I noticed all those people talk about ICE/DHS atrocities, threats of invasion, ... instead. I get it, but what does that say about the state of our world?

So, is this the storm that is going to demonstrate what happens when you decimate your national emergency response capacity? #weather #snow #ice

Unbelievable. This is exactly what ICE/CPB is doing. How can someone think itemizing is a denial?

It occurs to me that a person could give me the pin they earned when they graduated from nursing school. That would not make me a nurse. The same principle would seem to Nobel prizes…

Trump wants prayer back in schools. Boston has a cautionary tale. - The Boston Globe History has long shown that public schools and prayer are incompatible.

Thank you @bostonglobemag for publishing my Perspective piece on attempts to return prayer to schools. Read the article in today's Globe, online here: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/m... or in this post. #religionandpublicschools #schoolprayer #FirstAmendment
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Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.

Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.

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Five Ways To Remember January 6th Too many people saw January 6th as the final aggrieved death throes of Trumpism. We can now understand it was the start of something much darker.

I believe the original sin Democrats, and especially the Biden administration, made after January 6th was viewing January 6th as the *end* of something, rather than the *beginning* of something. My post on how to remember this somber anniversary for democracy: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-ways-...

Trump’s campaign to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack has largely succeeded. Here’s why. - The Boston Globe Five years after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol to try to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss, Americans lack a shared understanding of what happened that day.

The public reaction to Jan. 6 began as something close to collective horror. Five years later, Trump’s historical revisionism has destroyed any shared national understanding of what happened that day, today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/06/n...

Five years after Jan. 6, officers describe the toll of defending the Capitol In his first day in office, Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. The country has moved on, but for some the day still looms large.

In his first day in office, President Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. Five years later, most of the officers injured that day have never widely shared their experience.

Here are some of their stories, in their own words:

Decided to put some thoughts on paper for this "anniversary" of January 6th

As our January 6th Committee report showed, many heroic Americans stood up to Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

But the Big Lie did not stop after January 6, and we need to be ready as Trump and his loyalists work again to undermine our free and fair elections.

Reporter: In 2022, Congress voted to honor the police officers who were attacked defending the Capitol with a plaque. But that plaque is not hanging this morning. Some Democrats have posted copies outside their offices. The Speaker's office said the law authorizing the plaque is 'not implementable'