the attitude with arnie arnesen the monday edition Feb 9

[Arnie Arnesen]

the attitude with arnie arnesen
opening thoughts: the slave auction
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opening thoughts:

As I read the poem The Slave Auction, I can't help but think of the brutal actions of ICE...in a way we R selling the immigrant to the ICE agent who got a $50,000 bonus with orders to terrorize families and round up families of dark or swarthy complexion forcibly separating them sending them to a prison or a warehouse/detention center that treats them as inventory not as human. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47686/the-slave-auction

The Slave Auction By Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

The sale began—young girls were there,   

   Defenseless in their wretchedness,

Whose stifled sobs of deep despair   

   Revealed their anguish and distress.

And mothers stood, with streaming eyes,

   And saw their dearest children sold;

Unheeded rose their bitter cries,

   While tyrants bartered them for gold.

And woman, with her love and truth—

   For these in sable forms may dwell—

Gazed on the husband of her youth,

   With anguish none may paint or tell.

And men, whose sole crime was their hue,

   The impress of their Maker’s hand,

And frail and shrinking children too,

   Were gathered in that mournful band.

Ye who have laid your loved to rest,

   And wept above their lifeless clay,

Know not the anguish of that breast,

   Whose loved are rudely torn away.

Ye may not know how desolate

   Are bosoms rudely forced to part,

And how a dull and heavy weight

   Will press the life-drops from the heart.

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talkers:

Stephen Pimpare is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Master in Public Policy program at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, numerous articles, and the Host of the New Books Network's public policy channel. 

Jamie Rowen is a professor of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the founding director of UMass' Center for Justice, Law, and Societies. Her work focuses on both domestic and international criminal law. Her book, Worthy of Justice: The Politics of Veterans Treatment Courts in Practice, was released by Stanford University Press in December 2025.

Lincoln Mitchell teaches political science and public policy at Columbia University. He is the author of nine books and his writings have appeared at CNN, Reuters, the New York Times, NBC, the San Francisco Examiner and numerous other media platforms. For more of Lincoln’s work you can subscribe to his Substack “Kibitzing with Lincoln” at /lincolnmitchell.substack.com/.”

Aaron Rosenthal is the research director for North Star Policy Action and the author of The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality.

topics

Donald Trump's name appears more in the Epstein Files than Harry Potter's name appears in the 7 Harry Potter books.

Trump Wants Dulles and Penn Station Named After Him

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/05/trump-wants-dulles-and-penn-station-named-after-him/

Jeff Bezos Just Taught Liberal Elites How Oligarchy Really Works BIG by Matt Stoll

Democrats Smell Blood in the Water

February 6, 2026 at 6:26 am EST By Taegan Goddard 57 Comments

Rachel Bade: “If it wasn’t clear before, it’s crystal clear now: Democrats are feeling their power when it comes to ICE enforcement and the looming Department of Homeland Security funding deadline.”

“Republicans, meanwhile, face a no-win situation: Hold the line and eat the blowback from a shutdown — or cave and torch their own base.”

“Consider this: In the past 48 hours, President Donald Trump has extended an olive branch to the left on immigration enforcement, taking tangible steps to de-escalate. In a rare moment of introspection, the president admitted in to NBC that he should have taken a ‘softer touch’ with Minnesota. He’s pulled 700 agents out of Minneapolis. And he’s now insisting that he’ll only deploy the feds to cities where governors and mayors ‘ask’ for help.”

“But instead of returning the good-faith gesture, Democrats have hardened their position. Wednesday night — a full five days into the two-week deadline for a deal — they expanded their list of demands to overhaul ICE from three to 10 asks.”

BREAKING: DOJ Empowers Board of Immigration Appeals to Strip Due Process From Migrants Migrant Insider

The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota’s Killings Wired

Anti-ICE Organizing Is Creating Counter-Institutions Based on Care Truthout

In ICE’s War, the Public Is Winning Ken Klippenstein

Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5701432/minneapolis-ice-air-deportation-flights

Zohran Mamdani: Why I’m Endorsing Kathy Hochul Exclusive: New York City’s mayor explains why he’s backing New York’s governor in the 2026 election. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-kathy-hochul-endorsement-essay/

AOC and NY House Dems endorse Hochul The congresswoman is the latest progressive heavyweight to throw her support behind the more moderate governor's reelection bid. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/aoc-and-ny-house-dems-to-endorse-hochul-00768518

Governor Kathy Hochul Is Undermining Striking New York Nurses https://jacobin.com/2026/02/governor-kathy-hochul-is-undermining-striking-new-york-nurses

Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-republicans-midterms-election-rigging/

How to Deter Trump From Rigging and Overturning the Midterm Election https://prospect.org/2026/02/05/how-to-deter-trump-from-rigging-overturning-midterm-election/

Elections overhaul takes center stage in House as hard-right pressure mounts The SAVE America Act, up for a vote next week in the House, has been a rare rallying point for a divided GOP. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/house-save-act-vote-filibuster-00768499

The Trump Administration Arrested Don Lemon Like He Was a Fugitive Slave https://www.thenation.com/article/society/don-lemon-georgia-fort-arrest/

Mamdani Touts a Stunning View of the City, but Struggles to Clear the Sidewalks. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-governance/

The Plot to Privatize Veteran Brain CareThe VA has developed elaborate capacity to treat traumatic brain injuries. Billionaires want to divert that funding to their own programs. https://prospect.org/2026/02/05/veteran-department-veterans-affairs-traumatic-brain-injuries-beacon-act/

Whole Hog Politics: Republicans’ alarming nosedive with white working class voters  https://thehill.com/newsletters/whole-hog-politics/5725160-gop-republican-education-shift/

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