Ali

I feel like we've seen this movie before.

Meet the volunteer army fighting to save the Smithsonian from censorship As Trump seeks to reshape its museums and other cultural institutions, wall text has become a battleground and documentation a form of resistance.

Thanks to James Millward, Chandra Manning and everyone else with Citizen Historians, who are doing the important work of protecting OUR history from censorship. 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Our pug took 5 steps out the door, said NOPE and peed right there on the walk and dragged my husband back in.

The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley A baby who needs medicine. A toddler whose detained mom may have breast cancer. A suicide attempt.

"There was the 18-month-old baby, Amalia, who was suffering from respiratory failure and was rushed to the hospital, where she spent much of the next ten days on oxygen. Upon release, federal officers took her right back into detention."

Not surprising, sadly.

What’s With That Voice People Use When Reciting Poetry?

This is absolutely one of my biggest peeves with poetry podcasts and with poetry readings in general, sets my teeth on edge...
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In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump to office, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. summoned employees of the U.S. Supreme Court for an unusual announcement. Facing them in a grand conference room beneath ornate chandeliers, he requested they each sign a nondisclosure agreement promising to keep the court’s inner workings secret.

Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

View of the massive storm, covering much of the US, from the GOES-East satellite

Where the snow's coming from - wait, where'd New England go?
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#Boston #snow

If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.

Over 100 people showed up to the standout in my town this morning. Single digit temps and the beginnings of a major storm - but as John Bowes said, it's colder in Minnesota... If you've been standing on the sidelines, it's time to raise your voice. Fight for your democracy! #gtosm

Please stop with the auto posting. It is particularly tone deaf while our government is shooting our fellow citizens right fucking now. DO SOMETHING

Sellers: You all gave Obama hell because wore a brown suit. But yet and still this man comes on stage in front of the world and he rambles and he misspeaks… he could have said that we solved the war between wakanda and namor. Republicans would have been like I'm glad we stopped that African country.

MA Stands with Our Immigrant Communities Over the past couple weeks, we have seen increased ICE presence in Massachusetts. ICE has been kidnapping people off the streets, harassing bystanders, and terrorizing communities.

Have you contacted your state legislators yet about taking action to protect our immigrant communities?

They are hearing from people in MA who (disturbingly) think ICE is great. They need to hear from you.

#mapoli

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I don't want you to get to the bottom of it- I want Congress to do something. Stop trying to play nice & call him out for every last lie & criminal act. Between our government officials & the mainstream media, you can barely bring yourselves to even wring your hands, never mind take decisive action.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

ICE is indeed doing what Trump and his fellow Republicans deisigned it to do: Prepare the way for a coup.

Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...

Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

MURDER. Our government is murdering citizens.

Let me be very clear: tomorrow morning and EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, call your Reps and Senators whether Dem, Republican or Independent. Express your outrage at Trump’s imperial and illegal actions against sovereign nations. TELL THEM to convene. To hold up everything. Hold up $.

202-224-3121

WTAF

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

CVS texts me more often than my father does.

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…

Rara avis: Tropical bird shows up in Scituate, just ahead of a possible snowstorm Mary Ellen journeyed to Scituate today to take a gander at the limpkin first spotted there by Jessie McGuire. If that doesn't sound familiar, it's because limpkins, common to Central and South America...

Rara avis: Tropical bird shows up in #Scituate, just ahead of a possible snowstorm
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#birds #Massachusetts #GetThatBirdACoat

Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

"I Want You to Understand Chicago"
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I saw Kate's face and knew exactly where this was going. Great playlist!

A5: Ali and Lyra in Massachusetts - Lyra loves clothes but hates anything on her head!

#pugchat