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Well, we did it because of the protesters
Nukes
I mean theyβre building an ICBM
We did it defensively because Iran was going to attack us
I mean Israel was gonna do it anyway so we did it too
They were gonna attack us because Israel was gonna attack them so we attacked them
Cartoon by Tommy Siegel
I can't wait.
So many people are saying...
I would also be bad at my job if I didn't say, hey, want to be a part of this amazing thing? go donate to a rent fund at standwithminnesota.com. maybe one of the smaller ones.
Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com launched Stand With Minnesota standwithminnesota.com, a mutual aid repository supporting residents under ICE's siege, in early Jan. in the weeks since, it's facilitated covering people's rents and flown folks detained back home from Texas.
she can help you do it, too.
Guess too much emphasis on STEM is a problem.
Donald Trump stands at a podium with the presidential seal, holding a large board titled "Reciprocal Tariffs" listing percentages for various countries. The PBS News logo is in the corner of the graphic. The headline reads, "Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping tariffs."
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump's global tariffs, a key part of his economic agenda during his second term.
Read more: https://to.pbs.org/4kIlmjo
No! Not on the Justice Dept building!
Oops. Took me a minute.
It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees. The government suggests β with minimal explanation and even less evidence β that doing so would result in "chaos." The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights. 14 At this preliminary stage, Plaintiffs have made a clear showing of likelihood of success on their Fifth Amendment claim.
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
I look forward to members of the US team skipping the White House reception.
I wish they'd included their proposal for a solution.
Not a Sociologist, and I applaud them today.
I'm going to a conference on Friday about the Supreme Court's reliance on "history and tradition," and truly one of the many many problems with originalism is how it often flattens & distorts history, creating jurisprudence that reflects the history of domination but not the history of resistance
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Massachusetts immigration advocates sued the Trump administration in federal court on Friday over a policy that allows for immigration agents to enter private homes without a warrant. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-01-30/mass-advocates-sue-ice-over-warrantless-home-entry-policy
On this newest ep I spoke with @radleybalko.bsky.social about the similarities between the events in Minnesota and the Boston Massacre. Great episode all around. Listen!
"Coalition of the Horrified" Sen Tina Smith, MN @smith.senate.gov referring to Senators seeking changes & limits on ICE, BCP, on @pbsnews.org
Bring back Serif font on city letterhead!
A reminder to the news media: βconflicting accountsβ is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
a chart showing how in 1995 the top 20% and everyone else each conducted about 50% of consumer spending. That has now diverged to 59% and 41%.
In our increasingly unequal economy, the top 20% of earners power 59% of consumer spending.
Everyone else accounts for 41% of spending.
This judge should haul Bovino in every time one of his goons violates the order.
We know it's not accurate -- especially for women & moreso women of color.
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judgeβs warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Is that title real? Not a joke?