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Tribal leaders are still unable to locate their missing members.

The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.

Portland company Bahfed has signed a multi-million dollar contract to support DHS/ICE operations. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

January 11, 2026

This guy at the Minneapolis airport has more courage than 99% of our elected officials. Surrounded by CBP agents, including Bovino, he doesn't concede an inch.

Here is the original WWII-era "Army Talk" given to troops on how to recognize fascism. It is an eerily letter-perfect description of Trump and his tactics. (H/T to the great Heather Cox Richardson for pointing out the existence of this gem.) archive.org/details/Army...

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.

January 9, 2026

Everyone on this platform should post a 'remember the Epstein Files' comment. #Trumpsteinfiles #Epsteinfiles

This is a MUST WATCH - you won't regret it. youtu.be/_FKcP8j010o

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

Quietly, Trump is reducing the US sanctions on Russia. On June 27 US Treasury authorized "Certain Transactions Related to Civil Nuclear Energy", allowing a dozen of big sanctioned Russian banks to do transactions "related to civil nuclear energy." ofac.treasury.gov/media/934396...

My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine. This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs. We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.

April 26, 2025

This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Thank you Senator @corybooker.com! That’s the post…

Donald Trump has axed security clearances for President Biden and any member of the Biden family: VP Kamala Harris, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Alexander Vindman, Andrew Weissmann, Adam Kinzinger, Anthony Blinken, Jacob Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, and Norm Eisen.

February 11, 2025

February 3, 2025

Lawyers on here: Is there a legal challenge underway to Musk's apparent seizure of federal spending? If not, why not?

TONIGHT: Join us, @moveon.org, and @workingfamilies.org to talk about what comes next in our fight against Trump’s unconstitutional power grab and how you can make a difference. RSVP now: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.

Who Can Stop Elon’s ‘Team’ Wilding Its Way Through the Federal Government? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls

Thinking of starting a Bishop Budde fan club. Anybody in?

Which house Democrat is going to go the well of the House and start listing off the various violent extremists who were just freed from jail after tasering Cap police officers, bashing their heads w flag poles, shitting on the floor in the capitol building, triggering one Cap police officers …

2/ fatal brain hemorrhage and causing the suicides of a handful more? GOP leaders are already running scared on this and afraid to talk about it. Get on the floor. Get in camera. Not complicated.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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