The first three days of the operation suggest that it is far more indiscriminate and includes immigrants who had already been working with the federal government to obtain permanent permission to live here. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/23/m...

#MePolitics #ICE = #BrownShirts

Breaking into homes without warrants. Racial profiling. Arresting American citizens. ICE is no longer enforcing the law. They’re breaking it. I will not vote to give this goon squad more taxpayer money to terrorize our communities.

Just FYI, a government shutdown will not affect ICE funding. "The Dems should have been sounding this from the rooftops to let voters know..." #MEpolitics

Heads up: The Trump admin has started arresting immigrants in Maine as part of a new federal operation targeting the state. The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.

Federal officials launch ICE operation in Maine and begin arrests: “Operation Catch of the Day” Given that they undoubtedly knew the level of scrutiny, this would be subjected to, the choice of name is deliberately disrespectful to human beings. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

For folks in Maine. Folks at risk of being targeted are being advised to stay off the streets. This includes Black, Brown, and immigrant folks. The ICE activity is truly all over the Greater Portland area.

Maine mother of 4 with a pending asylum case was arrested in Portland this morning. She is not here illegally. She has no criminal convictions. She was arrested after dropping her child off at school. #MEpolitics themainemonitor.org/mother-of-4-...

ICE confirmed that it launched an immigration enforcement effort in Maine that officials are calling “Operation Catch of the Day."

Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition volunteer sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (Via their resource hub: maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...)

Project Relief Maine is seeking volunteers to assist Mainers who are being terrorized in our streets- everything from delivering groceries to families afraid to venture out, to providing legal assistance, to retrieving the abandoned cars of people who have been detained. linktr.ee/projectrelief

Nuclear proliferation. No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

Trans people DID notch some losses though. Probably the biggest one came in the NDAA, which had a provision to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in sports designated for women and girls. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Long short of it: despite what a lot of well-paid pundits have said and some accounts that post rage bait, Democrats largely held the line against anti-trans legislation. They killed the anti-trans provisions of the one Big Beautiful Bill AND appropriations.

Context: Democrats removed anti-trans provisions in all of the other appropriations bills that have passed. This minibus will pass, even if many Democrats don’t like that HHS money is tied to DHS and ICE money. But this should be seen as a net plus for trans people. bsky.app/profile/eric...

This is just my latest hobby horse. It’s also why Democrats can only do so much on reining in ICE funding in the appropriations process AND why some Democrats plan to oppose the DHS appropriations bill. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

Mainers, check out this very well-organized Minnesota website to support resistance to ICE. It would be great if we had something like this. (I don't have the tech skills to do it myself.) Note that Minnesotans are also doing lots of trainings. #mepolitics www.standwithminnesota.com

Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...

Advice from ACLU of Maine and others on interacting with ICE #mepolitics www.aclumaine.org/preparingfor...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

"I’ve commanded soldiers in combat zones where anonymity could mean life or death. Even then, we understood that identity signaled responsibility. It signaled professionalism, discipline, and confidence in the mission. *We answer for the things we do.*" lnk.thebulwark.com/49wOyob

Today, we were officially notified by USG that Pres Trump's memo that revoked my security clearance w/o due process is no longer in effect over me. My access eligibility to classified info has been restored. On Dec 23, 2025, a federal court ruled his action was unconstitutional. Rule of Law wins!

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

At the NYC protest. Powerful and tough.

Human rights activists: 490+ protesters and bystanders killed by #Iran security forces and 10,000+ detained during #IranProtests

Despite a days-long internet blackout, CNN is learning details about some of the Iranians killed as security forces launch a violent crackdown on anti-government protests sweeping the country. https://cnn.it/4brNPas

Please join me in praying for my city's only synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, which was set on fire in the early morning hours, yesterday. Nobody was hurt and a suspect has been caught and charged with arson, but not much is public. Beth Israel is part of JXN's long tradition of racial justice.

Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested. It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...

If you are a veteran, this kind of visible presence at anti-ICE protests is really valuable. These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.

🇺🇲🇻🇪 US State Department urged US citizens to leave Venezuela immediately and warned against any travel to the country. The reason for such measures was reports that armed militias, known as colectivos, were setting up checkpoints and stopping vehicles, including to identify US citizens.

US policy on protests in Iran somewhat different from policy on protests in US: “On Friday, the US repeated that killing protesters would be met with a military response.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tim Dillon: "I don't believe, from the angle I'm watching, that the federal officer feared for his life. At the speed she is going when she's turning the wheel, I don't believe that the federal officer feared for his life."

Former GOP Senator from IL: “People will say ‘Well, if Donald Trump’s against her, then I’m gonna vote for her,” he added. “My guess is on edge, he will have actually helped her with this." #mepolitics www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Trump succeeds at united the world—against us. This week, South Korea's president had 1st official visit to Beijing by leader of Korea since 2019. In fall, Chinese President Xi had his first visit to South Korea in 11 years. The leaders of Canada & China met for first time in 8 years. Etc.

How many rubicons are there?

No. Square the circle. "He's spending money on invading other countries. The only money he's spending here is to kill you."

Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.

Kavanaugh Stop

Chicago Woman Shot by Border Patrol Reacts to Minneapolis ICE Killing: “Of Course This Happened” ICE shootings keep happening bc ICE allows it. There's no accountability. The only reason we know what happened is bc people keep showing up to record ICE activity. theintercept.com/2026/01/07/c...

Protesters in Iran have seized two cities. Residents of Abdanan and Malekshahi have pushed out security forces and are celebrating their victory.

Former Jan 6 prosecutor Brendan Ballou is testifying now at US House Democrats special meeting on Jan 6. He's urging people to resist the whitewashing of the Capitol siege Ballou urges people to: Talk about it, learn about it, and implement school curriculum about it

What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.

Venezuelan government launches wave of repression after Maduro’s ousting ft.trib.al/W74hPLd

Not Iraq, not oil, not "distraction," none of that. This. You frame it like this. The money is here or there, in your pocket or not.

Which brings us to what happens next. Safe bet there's no plan for that. Plus, Trump has gutted US state capacity, including diplomatic and military, while extending the military at home and abroad and making threats in all directions. Many pointed at Russian-backed targets. How mad is Putin? 4/