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Streets Of Minneapolis | Bruce Springsteen

January 30, 2026

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice / Singing through the bloody mist / We’ll take our stand for this land / And the stranger in our midst

January 30, 2026

‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers

Dan Kaufman The New York Times

Illustration of workers getting crushed by a falling white house

With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor. Did it also start a movement?

"Freedom Is A Verb" | Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

January 30, 2026

Freedom is a verb / Something never finished, never done / It's something you must make / It's something you must take / It's something you must constantly become

January 30, 2026

Greenland’s Inuit Have Spent Decades Fighting for Self-Determination

Susan A. Kaplan and Genevieve LeMoine The Conversation

While contemporary Greenland encompasses this range of lifestyles, Kalaallit are unified in their desire for self-determination. Greenland’s leaders have delivered this message clearly to the public and to the White House directly.

January 30, 2026

Minneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg

Jamelle Bouie The New York Times

Gettysburg was supposed to be the blow that forced the United States to negotiate an end to the Civil War. What Lee did not anticipate was the iron resolve, the ferocious tenacity, of the Union defenders.

January 30, 2026

Maxwell Lobs Grenade Naming 29 ‘Protected’ Epstein Friends

David Gardner, Farrah Tomazin, and Sarah Ewall-Wice Daily Beast

Buried in a petition that Maxwell recently filed in court, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein references four potential “co-conspirators” and “25 men” who allegedly reached “secret settlements” —and were never indicted.

January 30, 2026

Why the Next “No Kings” Could Be the Biggest One Yet

Katie Herchenroeder Mother Jones

“My goal here is a unified, strong opposition party to the regime,” Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said ahead of the March 28 protests.

January 30, 2026

Friday Nite Videos | January 30, 2026. Fascism Can Be Defeated!

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Here’s how fascism can be defeated. March. Vote. Sing. Paint. Animate. All ways to defeat fascism. "Freedom Is A Verb." Streets Of Minneapolis. Democratic Penguins Republic - Greenland. "All You Fascists Bound To Lose." Only You Can Prevent Fascism.

January 29, 2026

The Death, Times, and Legacy of Mike Quill – Labor Champion, Anti-Racist, Anti-Colonialist

Patrick Kelly The Stansbury Forum

Mike Quill was one of the most effective labor organizers in the United States. Studying his life and actions will help us deal with the current Fascist threat and Gestapo tactics we are facing in the United States.

January 29, 2026

Tidbits-Jan 29- Reader Comments: Minneapolis, Nation Respond; NBA Assoc Speaks Out; National Briefing – Minnesota and Beyond: Rapid Response to ICE in Occupied Cities; Planning Call-Stand With Minnesota-Plan for NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING-MAY 1

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Reader Comments: Minneapolis and Nation Respond to ICE; NBA Assoc Speaks Out; National Briefing - Minnesota and Beyond: Rapid Response to ICE in Occupied Cities; Planning Call-Stand with Minnesota-plan for NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING-MAY 1st;