Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
@blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
7th/Newest book: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (June 24). Substack: honoreejeffers
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On Toni Morrison’s 95th birthday (Feb. 18) I will be in conversation at the 92nd St. Y in NYC w/ archivist, poet & professor Kevin Young and poet Reginald Dwayne Betts about Morrison’s impact & a new edition of her lectures. You can attend in person or stream from afar!
www.92ny.org/event/toni-m...
www.92ny.org/event/toni-m...
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DHS is using explosives on people’s homes???
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 PM
DHS is using explosives on people’s homes???
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I'm gonna add to this that the Dems had ZERO to do with the Bovino firing. It was the tireless work of the good people of MSP standing strong, filming and writing the news with their first hand accounts. The press tried to both sides it. They WANTED to. But the citizens of Minnesota ended this guy
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I'm gonna add to this that the Dems had ZERO to do with the Bovino firing. It was the tireless work of the good people of MSP standing strong, filming and writing the news with their first hand accounts. The press tried to both sides it. They WANTED to. But the citizens of Minnesota ended this guy
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“I’ve read stories of folks rounded up who were seeking asylum with no order to leave the country, no criminal record, and consistently check in with authorities. Literally no reason to be rounded up. Surely we aren’t helping do that?”
I have some bad news for this Palantir employee.
I have some bad news for this Palantir employee.
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 AM
“I’ve read stories of folks rounded up who were seeking asylum with no order to leave the country, no criminal record, and consistently check in with authorities. Literally no reason to be rounded up. Surely we aren’t helping do that?”
I have some bad news for this Palantir employee.
I have some bad news for this Palantir employee.
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Having spent some time recently in an ICU -- these are just the most extraordinary people. Staggeringly committed. Thank you for your service.
As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
January 27, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Having spent some time recently in an ICU -- these are just the most extraordinary people. Staggeringly committed. Thank you for your service.
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more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Let me get off here before I lose my Black southern lady training & completely get out of character.
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Let me get off here before I lose my Black southern lady training & completely get out of character.
I know these White folks saying “you don’t know what it feels like to have your community terrorized” are not talking to ME.
I’m from Georgia & Alabama. My mama remembered a lynching in 1943 a couple counties over from her. There’s a book about it: Fire in the Canebrake.
Y’all need to quit.
I’m from Georgia & Alabama. My mama remembered a lynching in 1943 a couple counties over from her. There’s a book about it: Fire in the Canebrake.
Y’all need to quit.
January 27, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I know these White folks saying “you don’t know what it feels like to have your community terrorized” are not talking to ME.
I’m from Georgia & Alabama. My mama remembered a lynching in 1943 a couple counties over from her. There’s a book about it: Fire in the Canebrake.
Y’all need to quit.
I’m from Georgia & Alabama. My mama remembered a lynching in 1943 a couple counties over from her. There’s a book about it: Fire in the Canebrake.
Y’all need to quit.
I know you’re not talking to anybody but other White folks.
I know you are not talking to Black & Indigenous folks. I know that.
I know you are not talking to Black & Indigenous folks. I know that.
The "he's just one guy" contingent clearly didn't have this *specific* guy terrorize your community. So shut the fuck up if those of us that did are perhaps elated to see him actually take a fall.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I know you’re not talking to anybody but other White folks.
I know you are not talking to Black & Indigenous folks. I know that.
I know you are not talking to Black & Indigenous folks. I know that.
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What, is he fled?
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
What, is he fled?
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"I will have my vengence, in this life or the next" --Kristi Noem's puppy.
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
"I will have my vengence, in this life or the next" --Kristi Noem's puppy.
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Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP
The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.
sfstandard.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
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A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
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Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
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Even removing Miller is just the beginning.
It ain't over 'til it's over...and it ain't over 'til Stephen Miller is unemployed.
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Even removing Miller is just the beginning.
I don’t want to be the skunk at the garden party. I truly hope things will calm down in Minneapolis, but remember that White supremacist brutality doesn’t admit defeat easily: They are already in other cities.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I don’t want to be the skunk at the garden party. I truly hope things will calm down in Minneapolis, but remember that White supremacist brutality doesn’t admit defeat easily: They are already in other cities.
Keep your powder dry.
Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.
They are losing.
They are losing.
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Keep your powder dry.
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I am trying so hard not to yell at people but every day is a sojourn through reminders that they were fine as long as it wasn't them
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I am trying so hard not to yell at people but every day is a sojourn through reminders that they were fine as long as it wasn't them
White folks online saying “how can I explain this to my children?”
What do you think Black folks have been explaining to their children—for centuries?
Do you know how y’all sound?
What do you think Black folks have been explaining to their children—for centuries?
Do you know how y’all sound?
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
White folks online saying “how can I explain this to my children?”
What do you think Black folks have been explaining to their children—for centuries?
Do you know how y’all sound?
What do you think Black folks have been explaining to their children—for centuries?
Do you know how y’all sound?
Do y’all even see Black folks?
Or do you just like our music & the latest TikTok dances?
Jesus Christ.
Or do you just like our music & the latest TikTok dances?
Jesus Christ.
January 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Do y’all even see Black folks?
Or do you just like our music & the latest TikTok dances?
Jesus Christ.
Or do you just like our music & the latest TikTok dances?
Jesus Christ.
Nearly every Black person online is trying to keep from flipping tables over the incredulity of White folks over what police forces can do—over White folks saying “this is just like the Nazis” when Nazis used southern Jim Crow as their model.
I am infuriated.
Where the **** have y’all been?
I am infuriated.
Where the **** have y’all been?
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Nearly every Black person online is trying to keep from flipping tables over the incredulity of White folks over what police forces can do—over White folks saying “this is just like the Nazis” when Nazis used southern Jim Crow as their model.
I am infuriated.
Where the **** have y’all been?
I am infuriated.
Where the **** have y’all been?
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Demand the name of the shooter.
January 27, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Demand the name of the shooter.
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"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports