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They Came for the Press, but I wasn’t a Journalist, So I didn’t Speak UP.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” -Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution- Read that again. I know a lot of people who have spent their entire adult lives, politically, fixated on that one sentence. They haveContinueContinue reading “They Came for the Press, but I wasn’t a Journalist, So I didn’t Speak UP.”

Yes, we WILL!

I have never had any doubt that the American people could stop Trump and his sycophantic mob from taking total control of our country. Could. I have not always been all that convinced that we Would. Trump is a bully and a coward, and he is surrounded by more of the same. He has beenContinueContinue reading “Yes, we WILL!”

1/26/2026 @ 7PM CST – Eyes on ICE: Document and Record (Virtual)

About this event On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses. Enough is enough. Exercising our Constitutional right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is moreContinueContinue reading “1/26/2026 @ 7PM CST – Eyes on ICE: Document and Record (Virtual)”

1/25/2026 – ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE: STOP THE KILLING (Quad Cities Solidarity Action)

Indivisible QC and Visibility Brigade Quad Cities are organizing a protest Sunday in response to the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents. On Saturday in Minneapolis, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the VA hospital, was fatally shot by a federal Border Patrol agent. This shooting follows a string of controversial federal agent-involvedContinueContinue reading “1/25/2026 – ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE: STOP THE KILLING (Quad Cities Solidarity Action)”

This is How We Get There

In the aftermath of the killing of Rene Good by a federal ICE agent, this essay reflects on protest, nonviolence, and the moral stakes of resistance in the Trump era. Drawing on recent demonstrations in Minneapolis and the Midwest, it examines whether violence in language, even when physical violence is rejected, undermines both the strategic effectiveness and the spiritual integrity of movements for justice. Through the lens of radical love, somatic healing, and the teachings of figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Valarie Kaur, and Loretta Ross, the piece asks what it means to confront authoritarianism without becoming hardened by it.

1/23/2026 – ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom (Quad Cities Solidarity Action)

Quad Citians are encouraged to show solidarity with Minnesota on Friday, January 23 by pausing nonessential shopping (especially at Target) and contacting Congress to demand an end to DHS/ICE funding or strict limits on ICE operations.

Notes on Radical Love, Somatic Energy, and Resistance to the Trump Regime

In the aftermath of the killing of Rene Good by a federal ICE agent, this essay reflects on protest, nonviolence, and the moral stakes of resistance in the Trump era. Drawing on recent demonstrations in Minneapolis and the Midwest, it examines whether violence in language, even when physical violence is rejected, undermines both the strategic effectiveness and the spiritual integrity of movements for justice. Through the lens of radical love, somatic healing, and the teachings of figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Valarie Kaur, and Loretta Ross, the piece asks what it means to confront authoritarianism without becoming hardened by it.

Mamdani-Hysteria and the Misdirected Angst about “Progressive Antisemitism”

Why are so many American Jews focused on “progressive antisemitism” when the most dangerous antisemitic threat is the emboldened Right? This essay argues the panic over Mamdani distracts from white supremacists, Christian nationalism, and a politics built on fear.