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Writer & teacher. Poet. Loves writing, libraries, rivers, wilderness, archives, & languages. Progressive. I don't reply to DMs. https://sheilapacka.com/

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Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stops Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stops

Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stops

07.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

"Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war."

- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

07.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.

07.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 771 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 49
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Trump’s War With Iran Is Also a Climate War Fossil fuels are structurally embedded in modern warfare.

"At a time when civilization is hurtling toward irreversible climate breakdown, to overlook the climate consequences of three of the deadliest militaries on earth going to war would be journalistic malpractice."

newrepublic.com/article/2073...

07.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Protect Wild Rice this Legislative Session! β€” Rise & Repair Alliance Current calls to action to protect Minnesota's state grain, Wild Rice, known as Manoomin to the Anishinaabe an Psin to the Dakota.

Protecting wild rice also protects water quality in Minnesota. riseandrepair.org/protectwildr...

07.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LOFGREN: Are agents trained to break the windows of people whose cars they encounter and drag them out forcefully without asking questions?

KRISTI NOEM: Our officers are all trained for situation where they are interacting with the public and detaining someone

04.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 1742 πŸ” 568 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 40
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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools β€” purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration β€” to monitor, ap...

www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

04.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lying seems to be the main strategy of this administration.

04.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 21370 πŸ” 7242 πŸ’¬ 426 πŸ“Œ 270

Interesting spin. By this logic, shouldn’t we be seeing tons of young Christian men volunteering to go to Iran? I mean, if it’s God’s plan and all, aren’t you eager to meet him, dudebros?

04.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

01.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 10171 πŸ” 3612 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 57
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04.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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After Khamenei, What Now? Iranians want democracy. Trump wants a brief conflict. Neither seems likely.

After Khamenei, What Now?
Iranians want democracy. Trump wants a brief conflict. Neither seems likely
by Hanna Rosin
Atlantic Gift Article

Before strike killed Khamenei nuclear deal was ultimate objective, now maybe regime change but Trump has no plan on how that might come about

bit.ly/4aLUyeQ

04.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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QTB | Bonfire Help us support LGBTQ+ artists!. By purchasing our merch, you can help us broaden the scope of classical ballet to authentically include lgbtq+ voices and narratives....

Support LGBTQ+ artists: www.bonfire.com/qtb/?utm_sou...

04.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Power of Singing in the Midst of Violence When Words Are No Longer Enough

Singing can de-escalate tense situations. open.substack.com/pub/neinast/...

01.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

We oppose H.R. 7661: Tying federal education funding to restrictions on certain books & educational materials pressures schools to remove titles that discuss identity, history, and lived experiences that some politicians find controversial. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661

02.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm so pleased to have my poem "Surface Displacements" in this collection of great writers!

03.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

From Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

28.02.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is even a bigger indictment of the GOP that the sex offender in the White House continues to hide evidence. #ImpeachTrump

23.02.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnesota's two US Senators are pressing Justice Dept to reverse decision and allow local investigators to have access to materials in the killing of Alex Pretti by a federal agents last month

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22.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 2716 πŸ” 846 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 36
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ALERT: Defeat The "Outlawing Activism" Bill

act.eqfl.org/a/2026-outla...

22.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump revokes EPA finding on greenhouse gas threat in huge blow to climate change regulations EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin officially revoked the endangerment finding, in a huge blow to U.S. efforts to fight climate change.

From floods to wildfires, communities are feeling the impacts of climate change, but the Trump administration just took its most extreme step ever to dismantle federal climate protectionsβ€”ignoring science and unnatural disasters.

22.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tick Tock

#Resist

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

#TrumpEpsteinFiles

22.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1338 πŸ” 524 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 30
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#Trump

22.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Ignoring climate science is stupid. It will only hurt the quality of life . The Trump & White House propaganda doesn't serve our country. www.startribune.com/trumps-epa-r...

12.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Her work crosses genres and audiences and centers Hmong children and families who live in our world, who dream, hurt, and hope in it. Yang’s writing and speaking are concerned with the plight of refugees from around our world, ideas of belonging, and the depths of the human experience.

29.01.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"There is no credible, independent, scientific consensus stating that the risk of acid mine drainage ... would be β€œzero.” ... sulfide-ore copper mining in this particular watershed poses a high risk of irreversible harm." edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...

28.01.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vance's message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help β€œlower the temperature” in the city. But during his stop in Minnesota on Thursday, he blamed β€œfar-left people” and state and local law enfor...

If ICE stopped killing people, it would "lower the temperature." apnews.com/article/vanc...
Vance's message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown

24.01.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Local View: Boundary Waters are worth more than minerals From the column: "'Public lands aren’t a piggy bank for billionaires'."

Boundary Waters are worth more than minerals www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

23.01.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

House of Representatives made an incredibly bad decision. Mining in northern Minnesota, the location of three major watersheds (Mississippi, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay) can contaminate EVERYBODY's fresh water.

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