Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social burns a confederate flag in the rotunda after the House passed 9-0 maps stripping Memphis of representation… #Memphis #JimCrow @MarshaBlackburn @GovBillLee
Jenna Somers
@jennasomers.bsky.social
Communications and events planning manager @ an R1 university (all opinions are my own) https://www.clippings.me/users/jennasomers
We live in a time dominated by deeply unserious people making deeply unserious arguments in support of tragically serious results that serious people would have both avoided and known to avoid.
This is the trust trap, and we have seen it play out again and again in institutions like media, higher ed and govt. The right feeds distrust, use that distrust as a justification to take control, and then undermine the core competencies that everyone else actually values, further eroding trust.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5mo ago'Universities must build bridges with populist parties and take steps to restore their legitimacy among the general public or face being recast as “convenient enemies” by the next Westminster government, according to a new report.' 1/2
“Tens of thousands of Arab Americans in Dearborn and beyond flocked to Trump in the 2024 presidential election due to his opponent, Kamala Harris’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.” Sorry, no, it’s because she was a woman. Trump was more pro-Israel than Harris. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Detentions and disappearances: how ICE has driven fear into Michigan’s Arab communities
Arab Americans in Dearborn and beyond are being swept up by ICE at places of worship and work, with devastating consequences
theguardian.com
In normal times, this would be a completely impeachable, possibly criminal offense.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6mo agoA lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study. The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
Parents who refuse to vaccinate healthy, non-immunocompromised children, should be stripped of their legal rights over their children and put in prison if their child dies or the child’s life is destroyed by a preventable virus. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication f...
independent.co.uk
I went looking for this file myself on the DOJ files record. It is nowhere to be found now. Not only is Ron DeSantis accused of rape, so are Clarence Thomas and Steve Bannon.
D Marie@gypsysoul1968.bsky.social · 6mo agoEpstein files (Dataset 10, EFTA01660666 that was later scrubbed), victim says she was sexually assaulted by Ron DeSantis, who was then serving as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
FAFO alert: when the crux of your business depends on people who are the main target of this regime, maybe don’t give them your vote. You could have swallowed your male pride, voted for a woman, and continued successfully building houses.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6mo ago"Trade groups are raising alarms about immigration enforcement wreaking economic havoc. Construction delays threaten higher prices. Suppliers are laying off employees "One concrete company filed for bankruptcy, citing a dropoff in sales because of immigration raids" 🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
if ur still wondering who to root for… ponder this 🫢🤔
Everyone who voted for Trump bears responsibility for destroying this man’s life. Elections have consequences. If you aren’t willing to seriously consider those consequences during the campaign season, then you are not responsible enough to vote. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked
abcnews.go.com
Two things can be true: we’re a competitive authoritarian state with all sorts of efforts to put a thumb on the scale of who has power AND we have sufficiently free and sufficiently fair elections that every month we see the party in power lose.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 6mo agoJUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards. With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43. Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
We are now at the arresting journalists part of fascism. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
nytimes.com
MAGA: “DONT TREAD ON ME!!!” -to- “LOOK SEE HE WALKED TOWARD SOMEONE COMPLY OR DIE” In record time
“Their untroubled and automatic dishonesty, amid so much shared evidence, gives rise to a horrible question: If this is what they do when we can see, what’s going on in the places—planes and cars, detention centers—where we can’t?”
Witnessing Another Public Killing in Minneapolis
Videos of Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting, rapidly disseminated on social media, reveal a brazen display of brute power.
newyorker.com
Correct: fascism has always existed in this country, persecuting non-white people.
Sassy0210@sassy0210.bsky.social · 6mo agoSunday Friends #2 @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @skynyrdsimpleman.bsky.social @mauticeveneble.bsky.social @hengel1615.bsky.social @colette73.bsky.social @groovecookie.bsky.social @bostonbitch.bsky.social @814bleedingrose.bsky.social @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social @schultziepie.bsky.social
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
They fired six more shots at Mr. Pretti after he was already lying motionless on the ground. execution squad. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
nytimes.com
I have been calling for this since the funding freezes.
Fred Guttenberg@fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 6mo agoToday is the day for Governors of blue states, who actually fund the federal government, to get together and come up with a plan to withhold all funds from the federal government and to deprive red states who take the money from the ability to do do.
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
Video appears to show new ICE shooting in Minneapolis
In the video multiple agents are seen trying to pull a person down to the ground before shots are heard ringing out.
newsweek.com
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
