Thank goodness Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison stopped the sale of his half-million square foot Warehouse in my home county of Hanover Virginia as an ICE detention facility

This is what Unite the Right in Charlottesville was about. This is what January 6th was about. This is what ending birthright citizenship is about. This is what immigration enforcement is about. This is what Heather Heyer, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti were killed for.

@maddow.bsky.social thanks so much. It was #Hanover County, #Virginia residents that alerted the Canadian media to the impending sale As you mentioned we learned about this on 1/23. The next day 60 of us protested outside the facility. Then 1,000 showed up on 1/28 youtu.be/4iNHG_ZEnJ4?...

PBS will tell the story of Sun Ra and his Philly-based musical collective in an upcoming episode of 'American Masters'

Sounds like Richmond police targeting protesters during the the BLM protests of 2020

Thank you @maddow.bsky.social

So let's talk about open borders. Like Reagan and HW Bush did.

This is what it's all about folks.

Apparently that is Matt Mercer's voice. New respect

What wild days when the words of this man make sense! youtu.be/l16tPdgQzYk?...

@erickakopp.com everyone is talking about abolishing or reforming ICE. But I don't hear anyone talking about reforming immigration law in the spirit of Reagan and HW Bush. These guys would be considered far left loonies today. youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok?...

It's time to have a real discussion about #immigration policy beyond "we don't want dark people to replace us". Don't forget the "E" in ICE does stand for "enforcement". It's not only about abolishing ICE. It is about creating humane laws that match the reality of our reliance on #immigrants.

Amazing news for Virginia and Hanover County! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ericka Kopp with boots on the ground in the frog costume outside the proposed half million square foot ice detention facility in Hanover, County Virginia.

A question so obvious it must be rhetorical.

This is how it's done. A Virginian contacted Canadian media to let them know about the pending sale of the proposed Hanover ice detention facility. The Pattison group also owns Great Wolf Lodge and Ripley's Believe it or Not in Williamsburg! vancouversun.com/news/jim-pat...

They want to incentivize people to have more babies to increase our population but end birthright citizenship. Make it make sense beyond the obvious.

Everybody insists that an open #border is by default a terrible thing with no discussion. It's a fallacy called begging the question. It's time for politicians to get brave and have serious discussions about our border like Reagan and HW Bush did in their presidential primary debates. 1/

Whether from Central Virginia about 30 minutes north of Richmond. We got mostly sleet capped with some freezing rain Saturday and Sunday. I'm able to walk on top of it without breaking through. Notice the lack of footprints around me.

I meant tell them, but you can tell me too

Contact information for Bass Pro Shops national corporate. Tell me what you think of an ICE detention facility opening next door to their Hanover County Virginia location

Bass Pro Shops does about 8 billion dollars in sales annually. Now that we've had an American citizen executed for simply exercising their second amendment rights, it'll be interesting to see BPS official position on this neighboring facility. A national pressure campaign would be interesting.

I'm being advised to be diplomatic and politically strategic. This is not in my nature but it is something I've been learning over the past few years. Time is short and the need for action was yesterday.

I have been nose to nose with law enforcement, had my sculpture stolen from me by Capital police. Been assaulted in front of Ashland Town Hall by a conservative thug at a rally for Amanda Chase. It's not a question of if I will do something about this ICE detention center. It is WHAT and WHEN 3/

I currently co-chair Ashland's Public art Commission. I am officially part of Ashland's government. I am also an unabashed activist, with many dozens of protests behind me since 2020. I've been shoulder to shoulder with people who have been tear gassed and hit with rubber bullets. 2/

This facility is just miles from the town limits of Ashland, Virginia and it will have an Ashland address. My wife and I moved to Ashland in 1994, where we lived for 6 years. I now live about 15 minutes away but have been very involved in Ashland politics for the last 15 years... 1/

Ericka Kopp showed up yesterday in Hanover the protest outside the 500,000 square foot ICE detention Warehouse across the street from Bass Pro Shops. She is wearing the frog costume on the right.

The 500,000 s.f. Warehouse in Hanover County #Virginia that ICE wants to purchase for a 1500 bed detention center, is right across the street from Bass Pro Shops. Exit 89 off I-95 #ICEOUT #RVA #Indivisible #50501

This 500,000 s.f. facility will stain this region for years to come. It will devastate the town of Ashland, Virginia, having an Ashland address and being only a couple of miles from town limits. It will devastate local businesses including Bass Pro Shops, Bojangles, Home Depot, Cigar Realm...

Over 60 protesters showed up today at the site of a proposed 1500 bed, half a million square foot ICE detention center in Hanover County Virginia just north of #Richmond, right across the street from Bass Pro Shop on Lakeridge drive. Exit 89 off I-95. #50501 #Indivisible #RVA #Getthefuckout

We are protesting outside a half million square foot facility that is destined to become a ice detention center in Hanover County Virginia. The county's been given 30 days to respond to notice but I doubt they will oppose it.

Unless Trump is doing the raping?

Hanging with my trash pandas is in #Ashland, Virginia. 625 North Washington highway. I created the installation in 2022. #maskedbandit

Google's number one search December 4th! Covered globally. #AshlandVa #RVA #Virginia #VirginiaisforLovers

I created this sculpture in 2022 in #Ashland #Virginia. I chose raccoons to hold up the recycling symbols because they are nicknamed Trash Pandas. Who knew a #trashedpanda in Ashland was going to become the world's top story on December 4th 2025? #maskedbandit #RVA

Another winner proposed amendment to Virginia's Constitution protecting #marriageequality! Keep going #Virginia!

There can be no other interpretation than that Trump wants to issue illegal orders

Repeat after me: America is not a Christian Nation My state is not a Christian state My city or county is not a Christian city or county

As a Virginian this strikes deep "and do declare that the rights hereby asserted, are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right" "Natural rights." Not god-given

@brian-goldstone.bsky.social if you do a speaking tour you should make #Ashland #Virginia one of your stops. The Ashland theater would be a perfect venue for you.

@brian-goldstone.bsky.social thought you might be interested

Inflatable bumble in front of Ashland Firehouse Station One #Ashland #Virginia #bumblesbounce

@brian-goldstone.bsky.social Check out this documentary made 13 years ago. Almost identical to the one you did with Ted. My hometown Ashland Virginia. We should talk youtu.be/78MTYEhFjaU?...

Just saw last week's Sunday morning with Ted Koppel. This is such important stuff. "The big business of homelessness" I've got some stories to tell.

Virginia's been selling it soul to the devil

I agree 100%. But it's a start. Wondering if any other states have done something similar.

This is big news for #Virginia. From the #Shenandoah to #RVA to the #757 #nomasks #ICE #nokings #handsoff

This right here. Biden screwed us all by not stepping down after his first term.

This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.

@sunjeevbery.bsky.social have you heard about this?