Noriko Manabe 真鍋乃理子 @nmanabe.bsky.social

Standing in front of Hall Book Prize announcement. Many thanks 2 @AASAsianStudies @OUPMusic @nehgov @KlugeCtr prize committee, interviewees.

This seems highly illegal. And if it somehow is allowed to continue, why would anyone else enter into any sort agreement with this administration?

I was interviewed for this piece on @CBC by Abby Hughes on the boom in #folk #protest songs cbc.ca/news/entertain…

President Bush on the life and service of Robert Mueller.

@RoguePOTUSStaff The law seems firm for paper currency but not so much with coins. Although it is a real choice to want to be the second living president after Calvin Coolidge to appear on a commemorative coin. share.google/aimode/9A4r19c…

It is illegal for US currency to feature the portrait of a live person. Any instrument so adorned is not valid US currency, it is not legal tender, and its creation would in fact be counterfeiting.

The SAVE America Act doesn’t “Save” America. And this isn’t about voter ID. This bill requires everyone to re-register to vote in person and your driver’s license, REAL ID, or military ID aren’t even good enough. Imagine all of our seniors who don’t have valid passports and haven’t seen their birth certificates in decades? What about them? How hard will it be for them to register? And how do they get a passport if they can’t find their birth certificates? And what about the cost? If this becomes law, it will disenfranchise many Americans.

This man was 41 years old and had 6 kids, the youngest of which is an 18-month-old American citizen. He fought our war for us. Now he is dead, less than 24 hours after being taken into custody by ICE. We need investigations NOW.

@MrChuckD I want to hear your track about this!

Im FKN cursing at these Gas pumps

@LizzieKFoley This might also be an argument for ranked choice voting in primaries.

The state of the Democratic congressional primary in New Jersey's eleventh district. New Jersey is new to having real primaries, but we are killing it in terms of suspense.

I was interviewed by Axios on recent protest music about ICE. axios.com/2026/02/02/pro…

I participated in NPR's AirTalk with Larry Mantle, where callers chimed in on what they thought about Bruce Springsteen's new anthem on ICE and Minneapolis. Some very interesting comments. omny.fm/shows/airtalk/…

This excellent article by Alex Lauer considers ICE protest songs, many by Minneapolis musicians whom he interviews, and the role of music in protests. I was honored to offer comments. insidehook.com/music/ice-pr...

SCOOP: Nursing home firms donated $4.8M to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept. Their executives got a lunch in Aug. at Trump's golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect. His administration revoked the rule nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/…

Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come.  This is one of them.

Here's the link to the blogpost. @norikomanabe/ice-protest-songs-and-chants-minnesota-general-strike-january-23-and-beyond-b76358a569ca?source=friends_link&sk=4a1ac025ae4aee44c267164bb5f022f3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@norikomanabe/…

I've written this blogpost on ICE protest chants & songs, w/ a large section of transcriptions of singing at protests by faith leaders and the Singing Resistance. It also includes songs about ICE agents' perceived masculinity issues and new songs protesting ICE.

Former Governor Phil Murphy started showing New Jersey a lot of contempt after we refused to make his wife Tammy our U.S. Senator. This was one more kick on his way out the door.

NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials: Dear Ambassador:   President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state] “Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”

This blogpost transcribes protest singing and chants, from protests since Renee Good's killing by ICE. At the end, it presents three new songs written about ICE by Dropkick Murphys, Jesse Welles, and Mr. Newberger. medium.com/p/ice-out-for-…

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. The government controls the story and the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear. snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-mi…

@atrupar The Nobel Institute has confirmed that the prize is not transferable. elnacional.com/2026/01/nobel-…

Marina Corina Machado was just on Hannity's show effusively kissing up to Trump, including offering to share the Nobel Prize with him