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NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

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Anyone know how we can reach her?

This sounds familiar... 🤔 But growing a newsroom from the ground up takes time and money — and frankly, we need way more resources than we have now to fill this massive gap. You can help us build the newsroom D.C. deserves: 51st.news/signup

Peaking in Pink. This morning's sunrise in Chicago.

#BREAKING 🚨 WA premier Roger Cook says the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth has been formally declared an act of terrorism A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act

Are Border Czar, Tom Homan’s, announcements today on ICE and Border Patrol changes a win? Memo breaks it down. @eltragon.bsky.social

The Washington Post, one of the largest newspapers in the U.S., has announced that it is laying off a third of all staff. If Bezos paid out $100 million to the paper today, his net worth would go from $248.7 billion to $248.6 billion.

"Trump, with his authoritarian tendencies, has been making visible what so many communities already know to be true: the Department of Homeland Security is a threat to our collective safety." —Rep. Delia C. Ramirez #abolishICE

If you’ve ever walked around Bunker Hill, you may have noticed a series of pedestrian sky bridges. Come along with @marinamasako.bsky.social as she takes @metrolosangeles.bsky.social to explore DTLA’s unfinished pedway system and the controversial history behind it. #metropartner

There's a new petition to the House of Commons to support gender-affirming healthcare in Canada. If you're in Canada, please sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #Canada #CdnPoli #CanPoli #TransRights #TransHealthcare

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen has handed over confidential voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice, which has asked the state to remove, upon demand, any voters who may be deemed ineligible by federal officials.

The Whipple building, which sits near the airport south of Minneapolis, has seen weeks of sustained protest since it has become the base of federal operations in the area and the site where people arrested by immigration agents — both immigrants and activists — have been detained.

"They laugh, gesture, taunt, and treat suffering like entertainment. They do not see the people out there as neighbors. They do not see themselves reflected in this community. They see an enemy. Meanwhile, the nightmares of this community now include their faces."

This week on Fully Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social reviewed @thegamebakers.com's Cairn. Yahtzee rock climbs in real-life, but he's so tall that it doesn't really look like he's even climbing anything.

The ambitious fundraising goal we set in November was for 1/150th of the amount reportedly spent by Amazon on the production and promotion of the film "Melania." Subscribe to Liberal Currents: www.liberalcurrents.com/support-us/

Private prison money is flooding Congress. 💰 @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @ethanscorey.bsky.social uncover companies fueling ICE detention, like CoreCivic & GEO Group, donating millions while Congress expanded detention. Have your reps taken $$$ from ICE jailers? inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Two Human Rights Watch employees — the group’s entire Israel-Palestine team — resigned after senior staffers blocked a report calling Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return to their homeland a crime against humanity.

"What follows is a brutal, extended assault: tear gas, flashbangs, rubber bullets, pepper-balls. Kids in costumes. Elders. Disabled community members. People run blindly into traffic. Cars are tear-gassed. I fear panicked drivers will plow into the crowd." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...

⚠️ This is what happens when essential news institutions are owned by billionaires and run like corporate assets — not public trusts.

While Poilievre and his MPs talked up being the “party of Canadian workers,” the Conservative's new top council shows other priorities. Our analysis shows half the council are recent or active lobbyists for oil & gas, Big Tech, telecoms and pharma giants. breachmedia.ca/pierre-poili...

The Trump administration is removing roughly one-quarter of the immigration agents in Minnesota, but a full withdrawal is contingent on “the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE and its federal partners," border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday morning.

From the far-right’s celebration of killings to the police’s extrajudicial executions, nothing about where we are is random. The violence that shapes this country is smothering it. Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social analyzes how we must ferociously oppose America’s white accelerationist mandate.

“You can sense, particularly from characters like Knowles, a cloying desperation to be seen as important, shiny media figures in their own right. They want the glow of stardom, and they hate the people who have it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...

"These protesters endure gas, munitions, trauma, and violence in the name of the Constitution. In the most literal sense, these are patriots. And I discover that I am one of them." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...

Want to know more about journalism co-ops like us? We're featured in this article from @niemanlab.org alongside some of the worker-owned news greats like @defector.com, @hellgatenyc.com, @coyotemedia.org, @sequencermag.bsky.social and @aftermath.site.

This week's episode of the Rascal Radio Hour podcast is a longer, more casual discussion of the recent Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast article, including questions and criticisms sent in by readers.

It's really this simple.

New nationwide polling demonstrates a deep distrust of federal immigration agencies in the wake of their violent raid of Minnesota, with a majority of respondents indicating they would not want such agents coming to their own home states.

Refugees fleeing war, persecution, and climate disasters now face new fees for prescriptions and essential therapies in Canada. As a doctor, writes @yipengge.bsky.social these cuts will harm patients and strain our health-care system. breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-...

"I did not fully grasp what was happening in cities across the country. My feeds did not show local voices or nightly realities. (. . .) When we drove into Portland on October 1, I felt a pull to see the Macadam ICE facility with my own eyes. What I saw from the front seat of our van changed me."

Our newsletter will be going out late tomorrow in solidarity with the WaPo journalists. Get out there if you can.

Supporters of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in Ontario recently crashed an event attended by Premier Doug Ford to press him on lack of support for the community. The First Nation has been dealing with mercury in their water for decades.

Wildfires are getting worse. Republicans are pushing legislation that would weaken environmental protections and open vast swaths of land to logging. Scientists say policies should focus on making infrastructure and landscapes fire-resilient.

In today's Flyover news roundup...

NDP Interim Leader Don Davies and Party Defence Critic Lori Idlout wants the federal government to back out of commitment to purchase fighter jets from the United States and instead purchase from the Swedish government.

Play a (mostly) RPG-themed crossword developed by our own @newmadras.bsky.social as a special anniversary month treat!

As a rare winter storm bore down on South Carolina, bringing conditions that historically paralyze the state for days, local officials in a rural county quietly pushed through a massive $2.4 billion data center without most residents knowing it was even on the table. capitalbnews.org/secret-data-...

Community members urged Great Falls officials to take action in response to federal immigration enforcement during a Tuesday evening meeting of the city commission, which has not indicated any plans to take up the topic.

Wikipedia has signed major AI training deals with Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft. Now, regional-language Wikipedia editors are doing double duty: feeding LLMs with credible knowledge while fighting a flood of AI-generated misinformation

Still a lot of federal agents here:

"Senators who believe in compassion and human rights have a unique opportunity to pull back the powers of ICE by refusing to back an appropriations bill passed by the House of Representatives." inthesetimes.com/article/demo...

💉 FDA granted expanded access to the stem cell infusion RegeneCyte for Long COVID 🌍 New study found that Long COVID isn’t being consistently captured around the world 💊 A phase two trial for LC-associated POTS is testing 2-HOBA #LongCOVID research updates: bit.ly/4qfLpzC

In Saskatchewan, storytelling events are being planned across the province. The teachings being shared and how storytelling reconnects us with our Elders, tonight on APTN National News. Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews

Half the Answer #63: Trent and Caitlin talk to Chris Geidner of Law Dork about the absolute deluge of legal news that seems to be crashing over us like a tsunami. What are the current assaults on our constitutional rights? What are judges and lawmakers doing to defend those rights?

As Operation Metro Surge continues, community-led mutual aid efforts are feeding and housing Minnesotans in need—but there’s lots more work to be done.

Montana U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy has added his name to an amicus brief supporting the Trump administration’s effort to challenge the United States’ longstanding policy of granting citizenship to nearly any child born in the country as the matter is heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bitcoin might be heading into another crash – and it’s not just “crypto people” who’d feel it. Retirement money, banks, and dollar-linked stablecoins are pulling more people into the risk. ⬇️ youtube.com/shorts/NlYyq...

Renowned economist @profwolff.bsky.social examines how oil functions not just as a resource but as a tool of political control and imperial power, as illustrated by recent US aggression in Venezuela.

“While I also don’t look to many (. . .) artists to be experts or guideposts in fields like politics and economics, I also do not have any reason to view Michael Knowles, Megyn Kelly, or Jesse Kelly as any more insightful(. . .). That’s because they are not. They are entertainers themselves.”

"On the last weekend of January this year, agents at the Macadam ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, unprovoked, launched tear gas and other “less-lethal” munitions at peaceful protesters including children, elderly people, and babies in their strollers." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...

Reader, I thought of one thing when I saw this and it was not "popcorn bucket"

Gaza’s healthcare collapse is killing children right now, doctors warn.

Still room in this one! If you know of an independent/worker-owned newsroom that isn't already included here or in the first pack, please lmk so I can add it

Millions of complaints about credit report errors Credit bureaus: “Have we tried simply hiding the complaints?”

This is why it’s vital to support movement media; for every cause you care about & every movement you’re part of, journalists accountable to your community are doing incredible reporting. We’re proud to be part of the Movement Media Alliance, & you can support our work here:

2026 Winter Anime Three-Episode Check-In 2026 has started off with a lot of big, complicated Gender Feelings, tackled with a range of styles and skill levels--here's updates on what we're watching! www.animefeminist.com/2026-winter-...

Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray complied with a Justice Department request for the driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers of registered Wyoming voters. That's drawn criticism from the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Wyoming. Read more ➡️ wyofile.com/gray-defends...

What looks like chaos is actually convergence. The United States is in a self-inflicted polycrisis—a term coined by historian Adam Tooze—where overlapping failures amplify each other until the whole system destabilizes. 1/

“For residents, this is about the possible erasure of the political status they have maintained for close to eight decades.”

Big news! We're thrilled to welcome two incredible additions to Planet Detroit: 🌳 @IanSolomon joins as Outdoors Reporter, bringing his work connecting Black Detroiters to natural spaces 💼 @AshleyWoodsBranch becomes Chief Officer of Partnerships & Revenue Story: planetdetroit.org/2026/02/plan...

OPINION: Multiple disturbing incidents show our state puts little value on discouraging animal suffering, writes guest columnist Faith Williams. If we're serious about addressing animal cruelty, we can strengthen existing laws and close loopholes.

February is Saskatchewan Indigenous Storytelling Month. In Indigenous culture stories are told in many different ways and our video journalist Rachel May talks with storytellers about how these stories can continue to be preserved for future generations.

Now coming to the stage, please welcome

“Between a siege that blocks food & a partial opening that allows the entry of products of questionable safety, 2+ million people live in a gray zone: There is no guarantee of what is placed on the table & no real choice for those who are simply trying to stay alive,” Ohood Nassar reports from Gaza.

Abuse victims seek Kansas law denying bond to convicted felons prior to sentencing | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/a...

Over three years after the suspicious death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked a nationwide protest movement in Iran, artists continue to fuel creative resistance. Alessandra Bajec reports on the Iranian artists keeping the spirit of #WomanLifeFreedom alive.

Take a moment to read Coretta Scott King's lessons for activists today: inthesetimes.com/article/mlk-...

Read @erinbiba.bsky.social ‘s thread

TODAY: @zeets.bsky.social on legendary Benfica manager José Mourinho. "Only a handful of managers can compete with him in terms of trophies, and fewer still in terms of drama." flaminghydra.com/issue-495/#m...

🚨The Lever is hiring🚨 Our newsroom won the 2025 National Press Club Award - and now we're expanding. We're looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Investigative Reporter to join our remote team. Interested? Email a cover letter, resume, and 3 clips to [email protected]

“Boudreaux has suggested that Marx was “blind to the positive contributions made by entrepreneurial and capitalist initiative.” This is false. Marx was unquestionably aware of those contributions and said so (along with Engels) in the Communist Manifesto” www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-all-ju...

Tonight on APTN National News: Inquest into a police shooting death continued today in Winnipeg. Supporters of Grassy Narrows First Nation in Ontario crashed an event to press Premier Doug Ford about mercury poisoning in the First Nation.

Kansas lawmakers revive bill to cut combination hunting-fishing license fees for seniors and kids | #kselg via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/k...

Top Dems in Congress list ICE constraints they want in funding bill | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social and @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/r...

Spokane City Council approves eviction prevention program as Washington’s eviction filings soar to a historic high for the second year in a row:

When you are on parole, your freedom constantly feels in peril, especially when a group of men at work harass you over your incarceration. Reentry is the journey of a lifetime & my vulnerability is both my greatest armor & biggest liability, writes columnist Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

House votes to extend aviation tax credits despite complaints about favoring big corporations | #ksleg via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/h...

As Trump revives the war on terror against domestic opposition, what does antifascism mean?

There are two history projects I may get to do if funding comes through. 🤞🤞🤞

Kansas GOP House members renew attacks on DEI, CRT at public universities | #ksleg #ksed via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/k...

The dude who rated the water in games needs a new place to do his work.

The family of a 16-year-old girl who was in care is looking for answers after she was found dead in Smithers, B.C. The province’s police watchdog has its own questions about the case.

Wyoming's young people are leaving, and we're asking them why. Join us tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 5th at 12 PM MT for Building Wyoming's Future: The Exit Interview, a virtual community conversation in partnership with WyoFile and ENGAGE. 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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"John Roberts thought he could do both. Like, he could be the institutionalist while day-to-day, he could chip away at people's rights and implement his vision for the law." www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...

The Call of the Night Dub Cast Talks With Anime Herald - Seth Burn talks with Natalie Rial, Gabriel Regojo, and Shannon D. Reed about their work on Call of the Night, their time in New York for Anime NYC, and more. #interview #anime

Yukon University’s campus in Whitehorse was contracted to feed athletes and provide venue space for a medical station, operations centre and transportation hub.

North Carolina’s largest organ procurement nonprofit is suing the Trump administration over a new rating system the group argues could upend the transplant system and risk lives. www.theassemblync.com/news/health/...

Students in the Northwest Territories are learning about biomass heating systems to help with energy needs in northern communities.

Only time will tell how a Gov. Mark Gordon-appointed working group will change a migration corridor that biologists have been trying to designate for seven years. At stake is the longest pronghorn migration path known to exist on the planet.

It was day three of the inquest into the police shooting death of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The inquest is expected to last all month and the officer in question, Kyle Pradinuk, was the only witness to take the stand today.

What seems like a leisurely trip into a world of boxes quickly becomes a nightmare of Patrick and Chia's own making in the latest episode of our Baby Steps playthrough. youtu.be/4EFdq7C-7vM

Opinion by Sam Foglesong: What I learned after protesting ICE on a street corner in Hays, Kansas #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/05/w...

OPINION: The Wyoming Freedom Caucus brings back memories of a hard lesson learned as a youngster: Don't bite into something just because someone says it's good for you, writes columnist Rod Miller.

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“Now, I don’t have any mandatory hijab on my characters anymore. I show women free, exercising without headscarves, walking, riding bikes, doing activities we’re not allowed to do culturally or politically.” - Forouzan Safari Alessandra Bajec reporting inthesetimes.com/article/iran...

Today on APTN National News: Family of 16-year-old First Nations girl wants answers after she was found dead on a trail in Smithers, B.C. after being in provincial care.

Weekly Round-Up, 28 January – 3 February 2026: Emergency Contraceptives, Gunpla Girls, and Crunchyroll Price Increases www.animefeminist.com/weekly-round...

The show features 13 artists interpreting cards from the Minor Arcana, with work centered on healing and illuminating Brigid, the queer Celtic goddess of fire, poetry, and wisdom.