INBOX: the police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school student sidewalk protest yesterday. They threw an underage girl to the ground, choked her, and disconnected all calls to the detention center where she and others are currently held.

Quakertown parents, groups demand release of students in police clash

Civil rights groups and parents gathered in front of the Quakertown Police Department Saturday demanding answers for the violent confrontation Friday.

phillyburbs.com

I’m working on something for a talk, in the stage where I’m writing lots of notes and trying to organize it. Then I remember my district’s AI policy, that students should be encouraged to use AI for outlining and brainstorming and wince.

Shit I didn't include the link. Maybe you shouldn't trust me. Draw your horse here: gradient.horse

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Draw a horse, watch it run!

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@lizajae.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Everyone take a minute and go draw a horse. Yes, even if you can't draw. Trust me.

I want to knit but the cat is now using my lil project as a pillow. What a dilemma.

Trump approvals in Feb. 2025 vs. Jan. 2026, according to @pewresearch.org: White: +12 to -8 Asian: -4 to -48 (!!) Latino: -26 to -45 Black: -59 to -71 That’s uhhhh quite the shift, especially with Asian voters.

please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota. people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

Do I think it wise that SDP is doing a virtual day tomorrow? Yes. Could they have announced this prior to 3:40pm? Also yes.

Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Police, not ICE, arrested around 100 clergy *yesterday* for participating in peaceful resistance against ICE. If Minnesota has "had it" then MN Democrats should do something about it and quit criminalizing the people willing to put their actual bodies on the line to say they've had it!

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov · 8mo ago

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.

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it. News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say

More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.

startribune.com

Breaking: The Department of Labor sent a letter to the Chicago Teachers Union demanding access to their finances, mirroring a similar inquiry from the House Education Committee, which exclusively cited a conservative think-tank funded by GOP megadonors. bit.ly/4qYgmt0

Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union

Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.

bit.ly

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.

New: “This is the modern Fugitive Slave Act,” said a judge when describing ICE behavior nationwide.

Judge slams government for conspiring to chill free speech of pro-Palestine students

U.S. District Judge William Young said he’d force the Trump administration to “jump through hoops” if it wants to deport more pro-Palestine protesters.

courthousenews.com

Protective presence efforts used to see big groups of activists helping deter settlers. Now it’s a sporadic handful. If you applied to join the flotilla, you can do protective presence! palsolidarity.org/join-ism/

Join ISM

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The second phase of the ceasefire deal includes naming a panel of Palestinian technocrats to lead post-war Gaza.

Gaza plan phase two: US to discuss Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawal

The second phase of the ceasefire deal includes naming a panel of Palestinian technocrats to lead post-war Gaza.

aljazeera.com

Update: Betar, the racist, ultra-Zionist group that encouraged the Trump administration to target pro-Palestine demonstrators, is winding down operations following an investigation by the NY Attorney General. OAG found that Betar's harassment violated state civil rights law ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

Attorney General James Stops Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation from New York Extremist Group

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a settlement ending Betar US’s (Betar) campaign of violence, harassment, and intimidation

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hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · last yr.

In its alleged fight against antisemitism, the Trump administration has relied on two groups with murky funders—one of which is in Israel. Here's my deep dive @thebaffler.com into Canary Mission and Betar, two extreme Zionist groups at the heart of Trump's crackdown. thebaffler.com/latest/for-b...

Obligatory repost 🫰🏼

Hyunsu Yim@hyunsuinseoul.bsky.social · 8mo ago

SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one For my fellow brokies, though:

It’s extra fun when you learn the chord that plays during this scene is an f-chord.

Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 8mo ago

found on IG and I'm dying

Portland Police Press conference on the shooting of 2 Portlanders: -DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope! -But they were def part of Tren de Aragua -actually no -But TdA is real and active in Portland -We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city

It is exhausting that liberals continue to ignore this. We are here in this moment because of BOTH PARTIES IN THIS COUNTRY

@eraldo.bsky.social · 8mo ago