This is testimony…

📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.

“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”

(around the No Kings logo, images of megaphones, and a photo of protesters holding signs that read “ICE OUT”) MARCH 28 NO KINGS NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.

The date for the next No Kings Day is set.

But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.

Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...

You shouldn’t be charged more based on who you are ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing!

action.consumerreports.org/nb-20251002-...

As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.

Trump Labor Statistics Pick Called Social Security a 'Ponzi Scheme' That Should Be Shuttered | Common Dreams U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to replace the top labor statistics official he fired earlier this month has called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" that needs to be "sunset."

Trump Labor Statistics Pick Called Social Security a 'Ponzi Scheme' That Should Be Shuttered www.commondreams.org/news/trump-l...

Horrifying

This administration does not care about the small businesses that play a vital role in our economy.

I'm attending my local Sierra Club meeting tonight. Better use of my time than listening to djt.

Disgusting

Breaking: Social Security Admin warns employees of "massive reorganizations" An email to all SSA employees on Thursday threatens "involuntary" reassignments and offers a claimed "Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments" program to encourage departures.

BREAKING: Social Security Administration warns employees of "massive reorganizations.”

An email to all SSA employees on Thursday threatens "involuntary" reassignments and offers a claimed "Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments" program to encourage departures.

New, at Law Dork:

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Seems a lot of this going around.

We're just handing our government over to elon musk and his thugs to do whatever they want with it. Horrifying.

There are a lot of us here rooting for Canada. Play hardball with donny dumbass. He tends to back down when the majority come after him.

😡

'Love Will Not Die Here Today': UU Minister Delivers Powerful Post-Election Message of Resistance In a November 10 sermon titled "The Love of Liberty," Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter called on Unitarian Universalists to uphold freedom and progressive values.

www.uuworld.org/articles/pos...

🙂 This makes me happy.

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Acosta at a Midnight Crossroads CNN chief Mark Thompson wants Jim Acosta to take up the network's graveyard shift, delivering the anchor the proposal days before Donald Trump takes office.

Scoop: As Donald Trump gets ready to take power, CNN boss Mark Thompson has informed Jim Acosta that he would like to move his show to the graveyard hours.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jim-acosta...

The Mercury News Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke Paul Rogers and Jason Green UPDATED: January 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM PST California News, Crashes and Disasters, Crime and Public Safety, Latest Headlines, Local News, News

"It's a major incident," he said. "All the resources in the county and our neighboring jurisdictions have been deployed to assist with this incident." The facility, owned by Vistra Energy, a Texas company, is one of the largest battery storage plants in the world. It holds tens of thousands of lithium batteries, which are used to store electricity from solar power and other sources generated during the day for use at night. Such battery storage plants are a key part of California's efforts to shift most of its electricity generation to renewable sources. "There's no way to sugar coat it. This is a disaster, is what it is," Monterey County Supervisor Glen Church told KSBW-TV. "This is extremely disconcerting."

This sounds potentially very bad. www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/16/m...

“…not with a bang,but with a whimper…”

@wulfabirdsong.bsky.social we're fb friends. Since you're leaving fb, I will follow you here.

Exclusive | Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC.

Oh hell yes, let's absolutely get rid of the FDIC. Would love to have re learn all the lessons of the New Deal again.

www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

“Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.” - @ashtonpittman.bsky.social.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...